as we said, we remember when there wasn't a rot of news -- a lot of news on saturday. we'll see you back here tomorrow. elizabeth: have a great easter weekend. leland: happy easter, good passover. >> fox news alert, u.s. consulate staff in st. petersburg wrapping up operations as russia follows through on threats of retaliation. moscow giving u.s. representatives until today to be out of the consulate building in st. petersburg while also ordering 60 american diplomats out of the country. the move adding tension to the already-strained relationship between the u.s. and russia. hello and welcome to "america's news headquarters," i'm molly line. kelly: i'm kelly wright, and all this comes days after president trump ordered the expulsion of 60 russian dip promats in a show of solidarity with the e.u. and the nato hall lies, of course, over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter on british soil.

meanwhile, back here in the u.s. president trump taking to twitter to target amazon and california's governor. we have live team coverage right now on all of these breaking developments. garrett tenney begins our day live in washington with more on the u.s. tension with russia. but we begin with peter doocy, he's in west palm beach, florida, where president trump is spending the holiday weekend at his mar-a-lago estate. peter? >> reporter: kelly, president trump campaigned on a promise to be the law and order president, and today he is using the bully pulpit to point out what he sees as flagrant violations of immigration law and tax law. his most recent target was california's democratic governor jerry brown, and here's why. the president wrote on twitter:

>> r eporter: the president is also venting his frustration today with amazon for three reasons. he believes they're gaming the tax code with their complicated distribution where they are sometimes direct vendors and sometimes third parties. he believes they are exploiting low rates at the u.s. postal service, and he doesn't think that the newspaper that jeff bezos owns provides fair coverage to his administration. so two more tweets. quote:

>> r eporter: "the washington post"'s rebut al qaim in the form of an article on their web site written by the white house bureau chief where part of it says that: >> reporter: a white house spokesman says the president is not weighing actions, we're left with a war of words between bezos and president trump, the most powerful man in the world. kelly? kelly: the plot just thickens. peter, thank you. molly: all right. the u.s. has to be out by the end of the day. russian citizens having some mixed reactions as they watched

moving trucks load up at the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg. many fear that this could mean bad news for u.s./russia relations. here is what the state department had to say. >> russia should not be acting like a victim. the only victims in this situation are the two victims in the hospital in the u.k. right now. and the people who cannot go into the park, the medical workers, the first responders. molly: garrett tenney joins me now. garrett, this seems to all be happening pretty fast. >> reporter: well, mollly, it certainly is. u.s. officials say russia's response is about what they expected. moscow promised tit for tat responses after we closed their consulate in seattle and expelled 60 of their diplomats. russia announced it was closing the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg and kicking out 60 of our diplomats. today u.s. staff in st. petersburg, russia's second largest city, are rushing to get everything packed up and moved out. white house officials are suggesting they won't let

russia's response go unanswered. white house press secretary sarah sanders said the tit for tat move, quote, marks a further deterioration in the united states/russia relationship and continues, russia's response was not unanticipated, and the united states will deal with it. in total, russia has dicked out more than -- kicked out more than 150 diplomats from could ry two dozen countries who expelled russian diplomats over the poison attack of a former russian spy in the u.k. and his daughter. on friday's russia's ambassador to the u.s. again denyed moscow had any part in the attack. >> look at our history. that guy, he was ex-spy. >> yes. >> yes? he spent five years in russian jail, then he spent five years in london. please. there is just only question do we have motive to kill him on

the eve of russian presidential election? >> reporter: nearly a month after that poison attack, both victims remain hospitalized though this week the 33-year-old tower was upgraded from critical to stable condition. molly? molly: a lot of people watching this very closely, garrett tenney. thank you. >> reporter: you got it. kelly: for more on this, kelly jane or torrance with the weekly standard joins us to share her perspective of what she sees going on with all of this. good of you to join us, kelly. as the united states, however, and the united kingdom enter this so-called tit for tat diplomacy that we're hearing about, how much more of this can both sides take without falling into what potentially could be a deep divide that leads to a diplomatic war with russia? >> yeah, it's starting to look that way, isn't it, kelly? i mean, you had the united states tell russia it had to close a consulate in seattle. well, that was a pretty minor

consulate, and the reason they had to close it was because it was near a naval base, and they were worried about spying. so the russia response was to close the second biggest consulate that america has in russia, the one in st. petersburg. and i have to say i wonder if it was, you know, how they planned this, because the russian embassy in and the u.s.' twitter account actually asked people to vote on which consulate in russia that belonged to the u.s. you think should be closed. so they were actually having quite a bit of fun with this, but this is a serious situation. you know, in any diplomatic fitt for tat with russia, the united states cannot win. that is because russia can do better with less personnel than we can. you know, we're calling these people diplomats that are being exes pelled, and in some cases that's not quite the case. a lot of these people are actually intelligence officers that are sort of using the cover of diplomacy to conduct their intelligence gathering here in the united states. and fact is russia is great at

this. russia puts far more resources into their intelligence services than the united states does. so when we lose an equal number of personnel, it's we that are losing and not russia. so they can take a lot more of this. kelly: you lay out the case very clearly in terms of what many perceive to be a problem for us, but theodore like november, the head of an advisory board to the kremlin on foreign and defense policies quoted as saying this: there is still room for more battles in this diplomatic war, but it won't remain a diplomatic war for much longer. now, when you hear russian diplomats or leaders make statements like that, is that bravado, or what do you believe should be the proper response from the united states in response to that kind of statement which is almost threatening? >> yeah. you know, it is, kelly. what worries me is that he is not the only one making those kind of remarks. now, we just heard recently a russian general saying that if the united states has any

attacks in syria that involves the russian troops stationed there on behalf of the assad government, they will retaliate and use force. and, you know, when a russian general says something, it's not just bravado. he is -- this is the kind of guy who doesn't talk a lot, so when he does talk, you have to listen. i have to say i was on a panel last week, earlier this week at a think tank here in d.c., and someone asked each panelist on a scale from 1 to 10 what do you think the likelihood is that there will eventually, soon, be a military confrontation between russia and the united states. one person said 5 out of 10, the others said 6 or 7. i was kind of terrified -- i didn't realize that people were taking it this seriously, but they are. kelly: yeah, you bring that up, and a lot of people are looking at it like that. i remember serving in the military -- and by no means was i in military leadership, i was just a sergeant. but i remember when we were doing exercises in germany, we were always preparing for russian forces advancing through

that area. and now you're hearing talk about this again. are we getting to a level of talking about cold war? i think it's too soon for that, but most importantly in this, in all of this where does president trump stand on the issue? he has explained in a tweet that, quote, getting along with russia and others is a good thing, not a bad thing. the president, of course, wisely thinking about the fact that russia mic needed -- might be needed, and the u.s. cooperation with russia and russia, therefore, cooperating with us on key issues involving north korea, syria and iran. i mean, there's a lot going on right now. do we really need russia's help, and can we trust russia to bring some resolution to these serious problems with these troubled countries? >> you know, that's an excellent question, kelly. i hope some people in the white house are listening, because the fact is russia does not have the same goals as the united states. and the idea that we need

russia's help to solve some of these problems, well, russia has a very, very different strategic goal in mind in all of those places than the united states. and we're seeing that in syria specifically where russia is sending troops to help prop up the assad reitem which -- regime which, you know, the united states is certainly not for. you've got russia doing deals with iran, and america's certainly against that. so the idea that we need their help i find a little strange because they're not interested in helping us to get our goals across because they have very different goals. kelly: given that statement you just made then, i'm reminded of senate lindsey graham talking about how he likes president trump, supports president trump but would like to see him get tougher on vladimir putin as well as russia. and the president, of course, is trying to get tough and quiet his critics on that issue. at the same time, he's still reaching out because of the belief that he has to work with

them and cooperating with them. and what's wrong with that, if you can cooperate and get them to the table but trust, make sure that they're verified, that their statements are verified? >> well, kelly, i think the problem is you want them to know that they can't get away with really bad behavior -- kelly: you know that they are, which is why putin continues to flaunt his aggression and his behavior. the people in russia actually support him because of his populist rhetoric over there. and they see him as helping russia rise again. >> exactly. cl e cel do we want to see russia rise to the point of a cold war or rise again to be a good neighbor to the rest of the world and not be thwarting our efforts to bring peace? >> no, i think, i mean, russia thrivers on this kind of -- thrives on this kind of confusion. despite some of the

irregularities, people do want to see a new russian empire. rush -- russia wants power. we saw that in ukraine, and we're seeing that now in the middle east. the u.s. has stepped out, and russia has rushed in to fill that vacuum. kelly: we've got a lot of work to do. kelly jane torrance, thank you for your by spective, and we'll continue to follow the developments. >> thank you, kelly. kelly: all right. molly. molly: a fox news alert, more protests are planned today over the shooting death of an unarmed black men by the sacramento police. this comes after family of stephon clark released a second independent autopsy that appears to contradict the original police report saying clark was approaching the officers when he was shot. demonstrators now demanding charges be filed against the two officers involved. >> here we have the police on our streets once again killing us, you know? we've been saying this. we've been asking sac-pd to stop killing us for how long, you

know? and our cries are going unheard. molly: william la jeunesse has been following all of this, he joins us live from downtown sacramento. william? >> reporter: well, molly, a rally does begin here in about 45 minutes as cesar chavez park, and the protests have been largely peaceful. that was true last night when about 500 protesters marched through downtown. now, they did disresult traffic, and they want attention, they want to keep pressure on the d.a. and police department, but they don't want a backlash. they don't want anything to distract from their message. this is not antifa. so far they've self-policed, they've restrained those individuals who wanted to be more hostile in their confrontation with motorists. the family has hireeded a doctor to do an independent autopsy. he said eight shots struck stephon clark, six in the back,

and in his opinion the police shooting was not justified. >> the proposition that has been presented that he was assailing the officers -- meaning he was facing the officers -- is inconsistent with the prevailing forensic evidence. >> reporter: so today sacramento native and ex-kings basketball player matt barnes is holding a unity for rally. he said he's proud of the city, the kings and the protesters for showing restraint. he has invited members of the team as well as the visiting golden state warriors to attend today's rally. >> at the end of the day, we want to stop the violence. so, i mean, violence is, you know, violence is the problem. so i think to protest peacefully we're showing that, you know, this is serious, this is bigger than ourselves. this is for our future, for our children. >> reporter: so it was two

weeks ago tomorrow that police shot stephon clark after a 911 call of a car break-in. a helicopter tracked a suspect going through several backyards. you hear police on the ground saying show us your hands, show us your hands. about six seconds later, they yell gun, gun, gun, and that's when they fired those shots. now underway you've got two police investigations, one on procedures, the other on use of force. the d.a. will evaluate those reports and see if, number one, was a crime committed and, number two, does she think she can get a jury to convict if those officers, if, indeed, they are tried. then you have the state attorney general who's overseeing both of these investigations, and that office could also file charges. last thing, molly, i'll say that right now people here are towing pretty fine line. you've got the mayor who says i don't want to second guess the police. on the other hand, he says i don't condone what happened. you have the city who wants to keep public safety, but they don't want to provoke

protesters. protesters, of course, want to keep their message out there in the public, keep the pressure on without creating this backlash with members of sacramento which so far, it seems, everyone has succeeded along those lines. let's hope it continues. back to you. molly: sadly, similar scenarios in cities all as cross america. william, thank you for keeping an eye on this for us. kelly: republican leaders reacting today after attorney general jeff sessions refuses to appoint a second special counsel but chooses a washington outsider to investigate the fbi and claims of fisa abuse. so how might he go about doing just that? we speak to a former fbi official next.

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♪ ♪ kelly: well, there's new reaction to the justice department's decision not to appoint a second special counsel to investigate fisa abuse claims. attorney general jeff sessions tapping u.s. attorney for utah john huber to lead the review, also looking into controversial issues including the clinton foundation and the uranium one deal. gillian turner has more on this story from washington. >> reporter: republican

lawmakers may not have succeeded in getting the department of justice to appoint a new special counsel to look into alleged abuses by the fbi under president obama, but there's now a consolation prize on offer from the department. the doj's inspector general has appointed john hoover, a u.s. attorney for the state of utah, to lead a new investigation into the foreign surveillance process during the obama administration. so far reaction from the gop to the announcement of this new probe has been a real mixed bag. some lawmakers, like dave brat of virginia, are outraged. >> the new appointment isn't sufficient. he reports to rosenstein, and rosenstein is in the middle of the dossier fault lines, right? the entire problem. you've got ten fbi, starting with the top, comey fired or displaced ten top political appointees of the fbi are missing. and the attorney general, sessions -- who i respect -- says there's not enough there to go forward with the special prosecutor.

>> reporter: others though think this new probe is a step in the right direction. >> i think the attorney general has taken a step in the right direction in appointing mr. huber to do this. it gets the matter outside of main justice, outside of washington d.c. it leaves the door open for a special counsel. >> reporter: all republicans do agree on the charges that the fbi, under president obama, mishandled the foreign intelligence surveillance process. democrats, for their part, contend a separate special counsel for this matter is a pipe dream, and they are perfectly content with the special counsel already on offer for the russia matter. that is robert mueller. >> so i think mr. mueller has done this brilliantly. he's worked from the periphery and moved toward the middle and done this in a surgical context; getting people in a vulnerable state who are willing to and have information that we need to know. >> reporter: huber will zero in on the obama administration's

process, of special interest the warrant granted to the fbi that allowed them to surveil trump campaign adviser carter page. kelly? kelly: gillian turner from our d.c. bureau, thank you. molly: going about reviewing the fbi, joining me is bill gavin, former assistant director to the fbi in new york. thank you, sir, for being here today. you are the perfect person to talk about this. you've had this broad experience in your life, so perhaps we can get kind of an inside look look at this from you. is this is the right way about going forward? >> i think there are a number of options and, of course, this was the option that was chosen by the attorney general. but i think that we have to get our head wrapped around the fact that when somebody says it's the wrong person because they belong to the justice department, that kind of supposes they can't find anybody in the justice the president or the fbi hahas integrity left -- that has integrity left, and i think that's just plain wrong. maybe the united states attorney who might eventually determine

that they do need a special prosecutor after he completes his investigation which i i understand has been going on since november. but i think we have to wait and see that. i also believe that the united states attorney can conduct an impartial, ethical investigation. i also fully understand that the optic is what comes in here to confuse people just a little bit. molly: you know, we just heard or this brilliant reporting repm jilling january turner, she talked about the reaction in washington. some republicans really wanted to see that special counsel. here's senator o run hatch says -- orrin hatch says huber spent his career far removed from the politics of washington. so in that essence, kind of taking things outside of the beltway, will that give people some is added confidence? >> i think it really shouldn't. i think the united states attorney out there, mr. huber, john huber, is a man of integrity. and i think people should just kind of relax just a bit to see

what happens here. he is going to have access to everything that the fbi did, molly, during the course of their investigation from the fisa all the way through uranium one, through hrc's computers and servers. he's going to have access to all that. he's going to have to look at a number of things. number one, what kind of a protocol occurred in the investigation conducted by the bureau? he's going to have to look at what stopped that investigation. i think it was around 2015, of uranium one. how did that come to a conclusion? was it closed because there was nothing there, or was it closed because the director and deputy director at the fbi decided let's close this and not do anything with it. is he's going to have to look at all of these things, the protocols, the process, the procedure, the depth of investigation, and is he's going to have access to the paperwork and to the agents that did this -- or he should have access

to all that in order for him to reach a good, solid conclusion. molly: want to talk a little bit about the full scope he has. these are two investigates that are ongoing. not that similar to each over. the fisa court looking into potential fbi abuses and also uranium one and what hillary clinton may have been linked to. pretty broad aspects. how much investigative power does he have? what sort of tools are at his disposal? >> i think at this particular point in time it's, his ability to look at what has been done, to make a general kind of a wide scope look at everything that has been done in these causes and then try to -- in these cases and then try to narrow it down. if he finds some defect in the performance of duties, then he's going to look at that to find out where that, where attribution to that belongs and maybe recommend some additional investigators to look for him. he has a lot of people available

to him to do what he needs of to have done, it's just that i totally agree with you the scope of what he has to do is very, very broad. molly: yeah, just seems like such a big job. we got the details about this investigation earlier in the week when this letterer was sent from attorney general jeff sessions to some congressional leaders. one of the big takeaways, of course, that everyone's talking about is he says there's no need for a special counsel. but he says he receives regular updates from mr. huber, and upon conclusion of his review will receive his representation as to whether any matters not currently under investigation should be opened, whether any matters require further resources or whether any matters merit the appointment of a special counsel. so it doesn't seem to be a closed issue. there's still this potential for a special counsel. is this the right road towards that potentially happening or never happening? in other words, we're putting a lot on mr. huber right now. >> mr. huber has probably broad shoulders but, boy, you're right, molly, this is a lot of

work for him to do. i really believe when he takes it step by step -- and i'm sure that he will take his time -- but when he takes it step by step, he will look at everything, and i think he could possibly arrive at the fact that they need a special prosecutor. but he's going to keep an open mind and determine what has to be done. some of these cases may very well be reopened because they left a lot of unanswered questions when they were closed. who closed them and why did they close them. a lot of those things are going to have to come into play here. molly: there are so many questions. we have another person looking for these answers. bill gavin, thank you so much for joining used today. >> thanks, molly. of it's my pleasure. have a happy easter. molly: yes, you too. kelly: that was nice of him. he's always nice, bill gavin. the israeli military threatening to take more action inside the gaza strip following the deadliest day in the region in years. what's behind this latest outbreak of violence? plus, president trump taking california's governor to task on

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molly: fox news alert, the israeli military is warning militant groups in gaza against more violence after deadly clashes erupted yesterday during a protest march organized by

hamas along the border with israel. at least 16 palestinians were killed and hundreds others hurt. kitty logan is live in london with more. kitty? >> reporter: hi, molly. well, those protest gatherings continued today. they were calmer, although the mood is still very tense. yesterday saw the worst day of violence in gaza in many years, and today funerals were held for those who were killed with thousands maaing through the streets of -- marching through the streets of gaza. mahmoud abbas has declared a national day of mourning. yesterday we saw tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in gaza near the border fence with israel, some throwing stones, fire bombs and burning tires. now, israeli troops responded with live fire, rubber bullets and tear gas. now, hundreds of injured are being treated in hospital in gaza. the u.n. and the e.u. have both called for investigation into the use of live ammunition by

israeli soldiers, but israel has denied using excessive force, saying those palestinians who died were violent militants. now, hamas says these protests are only the start of a six-week-long campaign. may 15th is significant, it marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of israel and also the start of the holy month of ramadan. now, there were smaller protests again today, but it's an indication that these demonstrations might diminish in size. there were some warning shots fired after those protesters threw stones, around 25 people were injured. and israel is warning it will take tougher action, direct action it says, against hamas militants inside the gaza strip if these protests and this violence continues. molly? molly: kitty the logan, thank you. -- kitty logan, thank you. kelly: orange county is joining the fight against california's controversial sanctuary city

law. the county board voting to join a justice department lawsuit challenging the state's stance. this as orange county's sheriff's department says it plans to post inmate release dates to help i.c.e. agents capture illegal immigrants. this as president trump upped the ante in his showdown with the head of that so-called sanctuary state today by tweeting about democratic governor jerry brown. here to discuss this is tiffany cross, managing editor of the beat d.c., and lawrence jones, editor-in-chief for campus reform.org. good of you both to join us today. so let's get down and drill down through the facts of this. it now appears that california, for all intents and purposes, is falling into a statewide civil war of words, if you will, over how to handle this sanctuary status law. orange county officials have voted to join the trump administration lawsuit against the state's sanctuary city laws, that while the attorney general, javier becerra, says he may take

legal action against those state officials and even the sheriff if they go against state law. how does this strike both of you? lawrence, i'll begin with you -- actually, let me start with the lady first. [laughter] i'll begin with you. explain your reaction to this. >> well, first, glad to be back with my friend lawrence. i just think this is not the first time that orange county has been on the wrong side of history. this is the birth place of proposition 8 and what they considered to be traditional marriage. this is also the birthplace of citizens united which as you both know went all the way to the supreme court which noted that corporations could be people. so this is a county that would rather treat corporations like people rather than actual people. orange county represents a small faction of california. there are only, i think, three million people in orange county. california has nearly 40 million people in the state. and so we want to talk about state rights and doing something well for the state, these undocumented immigrants in california contribute to $180

billion work force. and it's not just agriculture, this is childcare, health care. to have, put a strain on local law enforcement and have them act under the guise of federal immigration enforcement officials is ridiculous and goes against everything that could make this a viable state instead of having this -- i think it's kind of overstated to say it's a civil war, to be quite honest. kelly: i'm sure lawrence has something else to say about that. go ahead. >> first of all, we're not talking about all illegals, tiffany, we're talking about the criminals. and all orange county wants to do is notify i.c.e.. they're not trying to get involved in the process, they just want to notify them when the criminals are there. especially when you have california that has allowed -- some of their judges to allow criminals outside of the back door when i.c.e. officials are waiting outside to arrest criminals. we're not talking about all illegal immigrants, even though they are, in fact, breaking the law and so they can be arrested. orange county is just trying to protect the citizens. and i think the democrats in california are part of this

whole national conversation that democrats are now trying to run on immigration which i don't understand why they would shut down the government over immigration, why they would run on this policy when a lot of these people can't even vote. kelly: lawrence, let me get in here quickly. tiffany, adding to this problem you have california governor jerry brown who just pardoned -- getting to lawrence's point, tiffany -- two immigrants set for deportation. one of them was facing a felony weapons charge, and then president trump in response tweeted his frustration with governor brown tweeting this: kelly: and then he tweeted a second tie earlier in the week, he tweeted this: my administration standing in solidarity with the brave citizens in orange county defending their rights against unconstitutional sanctuary

policies. california's sanctuary laws release known dangerous criminals into communities across the state. all citizens have the right to be protected by federal law and strong borders. so, tiffany, when you look at it from that perspective, is -- to lawrence's point, is he right in saying let's go after the illegal immigrants who are committing crimes against the people of orange county, california? >> well, you know, you'll have to forgive me if i don't take the president's twitter account as a reliable source for -- kelly: that's okay. i forgive you. [laughter] >> i haven't examined even of those -- each of those cases but, obviously, we want to protect all people. we want to make sure nobody's subject to violent crimes. as both of you gentlemen well know, the lines can get very blurry on who law enforcement considers a criminal. and we have already seen cases of people showing up under the guise of looking for a criminal and ending up detaining indefinitely -- >> but, tiffany, what about the government trying to pardon a criminal that was a violence

offender -- violent offender when it comes to a weapons charge? this is a governor that's anti-gun already, why would you release this guy when this is a guy breaking the law when it comes to a weapons charge? it just doesn't make sense. >> well, again, i have not looked at the specific details of the five cases that the president referenced on his twitter account, but i hardly think that this one person should represent the over ten million hard working undocumented immigrants in california. so i think it still comes down to an issue of straining local law enforcement who should be focused on the issues of california and protecting a community that contributes over $180 billion to the work force there. kelly: tiffany, you've made your point and lawrence as well. i think a lot of people are watching this, and i will wrap it with this: happy easter to both of you. [laughter] >> thank you. happy easter. >> thank you. molly: all right. a new way to cast your absentee ballot, and all you will need is

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♪ ♪ molly: a first of its kind mobile app is being tested in west virginia. it is being touted as a secure, high-tech tool for absentee voting for servicemen and women and their families discover seas. join -- overseas. joining me now, west virginia secretary of state mac warner. thank you for joining me to give us some insight into this great new effort. and, you know, you are someone who served yourself, you have four kids that also served, one who's currently overseas. how did you know that this need was so great? >> well, first, my firsthand experience of being overseas and not being automobile to vote on several -- able to vote on several occasions ors of course, alerted me to this difficulty.

and talking with each of my children, they've had difficulty voting as well. and so we knew that we had to lower the barriers that it takes for a soldier to vote. and who better than a soldier to have the right and to make it easy for a soldier to vote than those people who are or out there defending democracy, defending our freedoms, our way of life? we've got to make it easier for them to vote. molly: absolutely deserve to make it as easy as possible. how is it actually going to working? >> well, there's a number of checks and balances in this, and the first is the person has to register to vote, and they can actually do that electronically. and the clerk then, back in their home county, is the one who validates that they are eligible, the right age, a citizen, all the requirements to vote. and then the clerk will letfy the vendor -- notify the vendor who is running the app that this person is now eligible to vote.

and the vendor then contacts the soldier and says your ballot is ready to be voted. the soldier then downloads the app, and there are various ways for the security. they can take a picture of themselves, they can use the thumbprint to validate their identity. and then they go ahead and vote, and when they do that, it -- it goes into the block chain, and it is secure by block chain technology right then. so it's immutable, it's secure, it's transparent, it's audible. and the best thing about in that we haven't had in the past is that it protects the -- it anonymizes it. it keeps the secret ballot intact for that soldier. so we are advancing the technology from what it has been in the past, and that's the way this goes down. so it goes back to the clerk, it stays in an electronic lock box until election day, and on election day the clerk downloads it, and it's counted just like any other absentee ballot.

molly: it seems like such a modern-day thing to do. you shop online, you've got your phones and, you know, especially young people overseas should be able to have their voices heard as much as anyone can walk down to their voting place. you know, just your final thought. this will be tested in may. do you think it could possibly be in place by november for a larger number of our troops deployed overseas? >> well, it is in place now. in fact, my son in italy did vote, and his analysis was, his final words, was pretty slick. [laughter] he thought that every soldier should be able to vote this day. so it will be -- it is in place right now for the may election for those two counties and, yes, we expect a positive result, and we will roll it out throughout all 55 counties in west virginia for the november general election. molly: fascinating. my home state, so i'm proud to see the test being run. we'll see how it goes. mac warner, secretary of state, thanks for joining me. >> thank you. appreciate you having me. [laughter] kelly: all right. millions are going to be hitting the roads this holiday weekend,

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kelly: the easter weekend is upon us. some of the weather will be nice, some of it won't. what does that mean for your easter egg hunts? let's get meteorologist adam klotz in the fox news weather center with more. >> reporter: it's spring, but unfortunately plenty of places where it doesn't want to act like it. slots falling down into the 20s. these are current temperatures right now, some of this cold air funneling across the country. with that, we're talking about a little bit of winter weather. there's been snow in portions of upper michigan here today, the snow is not over. this is going to be one round of what eventually is going to be several rounds. winter storm watches and warnings stretching across portion of the northern plains states lasting into the weekend, early or weekend and then some snow running into the second half of the week as well for some folks. here is our future e radar, pay attention to the time stamp in the corner. the round of snow currently moving across portions of the upper great lakes, but there is another system that moves across the middle of the country, and by the time we get into early next week, we could be talking about at least some light snow

moving into portions of the mid-atlantic, new york city could be seeing some snow on monday or so. as far as your easter goes though, here it is. real quick look. not too bad. and there's the easter bunny, i wanted to get out of the way for him. [laughter] kelly: hey, man, snow is a four-letter word we don't want to use -- >> reporter: i am not looking forward to it. molly: challenging to find. a little extra -- [laughter] kelly: all right, we've got to go. that does it for us right now. we'll be back at 4 p.m. eastern for more news, make sure you join us. molly: i'll see you tonight at seven, "the journal editorial report" is next. ♪ worry, hassle, and yup, money. in fact, drivers who switched from geico to esurance saved hundreds. that's auto and home insurance for the modern world. esurance. an allstate company. click or call. mitzi: psoriatic arthritis tries to get in my way? watch me.

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