>> leland: why did the duck cross the street? >> elizabeth: i don't think he was abiding by loss. i can't be that funny. i tried. >> leland: tweet us. why did the duck cross the street. and then live coverage of trumps rally later in washington. we'll see you tomorrow to break it down. >> president trump making his way to the upper midwest later today. the battleground state of michigan. talk about job creation. he's urging his supporters to turn into that. then the white house correspondents dinner being held in washington. another year. we welcome you to america's news headquarter. >> they gather any of the nations capital honors the journalists who cover the white house. the president is hosting an event to hobnob with the elite.

allison is with the white house. but first we have -- live where there set to speak later today. >> you have about two hours till the door opens. you can see behind me people are queuing up in the cold. the president is given an alternative it's relevant because it's the second year in a row he elected not to attend. then they would go to the cutaways of him sitting there. he has elected to come to the other washington in a stop funded by the campaign he promoted the event in twitter writing, look forward to being in michigan tonight. major business expansion and jobs pouring into your state. a big crowd tonight.

this is trump friendly territory. the county went for trump in 2016. the state of michigan also went to trump when they went. this is ahead of the midterm elections. debbie stab and now is of her election. will wait for the president to a.m. and listen to see where he goes. he gets a bit freewheeling. >> president trump is stepping up a feud he developed with the top democratic lawmaker. he's calling for montana senator jon tester to resign. allison is all over that. she's at the white house. >> a series of tweets this morning. jon tester is not good for the state and he should resign because of the allegations in regards to former nominee to lead the department of veterans

affairs. the tweet said alec patients made by john tester against the admiral doctor jackson are proving false. the secret service cannot confirm in fact they deny the phony democrat charges. tester should resign. jackson was accused of overprescribing medicine, creating at -- jackson denies any allegations. police documents provided us by the white house, in the documents there is no evidence that he wrecked his car after drinking at a party. jackson was involved in three minor traffic accidents according to the documents over a five-year time. none of the reports suggest drunk driving. >> a nasty place. the false accusations made about him by senator tester from a

great state, i don't think that state will put up with it. these are false accusations about a great man. about a man who has a son who is a top student at annapolis. about a man who has given his life to the country military. he would be a great leader. >> he treated people above him very well and people below him very poorly thus creating a toxic work environment. it's not surprising that the president of the chief of staff with think he's doing a good job. once again, we need to get to the bottom of it. >> president trump speaking at a press conference.

john tester is responding to the presidents tweet in a statement provided to fox news. he told us quote it is my duty to make sure montana veterans get what they need and earn. i will never stop fighting for them is there senator. that's what we got when we asked about the presidents tweet this morning the calls for him to resign. president trump headed to his golf course early this morning. he should be leaving here and heading to michigan in about two hours. >> connell: thank you. >> ebony: from on this topic will bring in an associate news editor. let's get into the politics of this there interested in especially in light of the presidents tweets this morning. first let's talk about the accusations. i know you have great background information on this. there seems to be a timeline discrepancy around this, the

white house report leads out no misconduct for wrongdoing by mre years. but then tester not put in a timeline. to you think there's a possibility that both could be true? no misconduct in the last three years but there may be something in the past he could be returned for into? >> it's definitely possible. from the past three years they think these allegations are either exaggerated or flatly wrong. from what we been hearing some of these things about admiral jackson the very exaggerated and wrong and the president believes there's a huge injustice going on against his nominee. he thinks it's something like

senator tester using this as a way to get him out. but this is based on several interviews, about 23 interviews with former colleagues. so it is unclear to what extent some of these allegations and whether they're true or not. we have not been able to confirm so we cannot cooperate a lot of these. they definitely see something was going on. >> what is clear is the president was speaking directly to the voters of montana. he's telling them this is a senator looking to be a third term senator in 2018. the president to sign i wanted to say he is taking political opportunity here, what's your

take on that? >> from what we've learned they basically want jackson to push forward with the confirmation process even though some didn't think he would get confirms. part of that is the politics into this. senator tester who's taking the charge against to really take a proper look at. >> ebony: why did they think he was going to be confirmed? i appreciate you bringing that up. what was the hesitation beyond these accusations why such skepticism? >> one was that he was the white house physician. a lot of people thought that he was going to nominate ronnie jackson in a tweet so was he

really properly vetted and does he have the qualifications to lead the second biggest agency. does he have the qualifications? then of course the allegations but the tweet was was he properly vetted. he may have had a drinking problem or doled out prescription drugs so nation don't. those were things that should've come up in a proper vetting process. a lot of these things let people in the white house and on the hill unsure if he was going to be up this curate. >> and doctor jackson withdrew earlier this week saying not admitting to wrongdoing but just that it's become a distraction. to think that was appropriate? >> it's interesting. even though the president has come out with this in light of everything that happened earlier

this week during a press conference he opened the door for jackson to withdraw. a lot of people thought it would be a minute anyway. they met later in essentially jackson wanted to push forward the president was going to back them up. so it seemed like he was going to move forward but i think he thought he was losing an uphill battle for this narrative surrounding him. >> were going to have complete coverage of president trump. the rally scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. you can see the entire thing live on fox news. >> connell: another story. the house intelligence committee released a final report on russian election meddling.

they said they have not found any evidence of collusion between russia and the trump can campaign. >> it was a great report, no collusion, no coordination, no nothing. a witchhunt. >> here's more from washington. >> the report largely exonerates the trump and clinton campaigns, confirms that russia interferes with the election. it accuses president obama's until chief about lying about what information he's shared with journalists. former dni did not discuss the dossier but subsequently acknowledged discussing the dossier with the cnn journalist jake tapper and may have spoken with others on the same topic.

the president was quick to embrace portions of the report favorable him but steered clear that both campaigns exhibited poor judgment. >> i was honored by the report. it was conclusive, strong and powerful. we really need to get on with their lives. >> several democrats seared in on the on serious nature of the investigation. >> it's a kindergarten report. a light once over. >> and some republicans are using this to underscore their own grievances. a cup quote from mike conway read some disappointed with the redaction's made by the ic. many include information that's publicly available. my team and i will continue to challenge the ics unnecessary reductions with the hopes of releasing more of the report. russian lawyer who attended the

trump tower meeting during the campaign and meaning to be in an informant. this came in an interview that aired friday night. >> ebony: president trump praising north and south korea for taking steps to and decades of tensions. will the signs of peace and the nuclear program? we'll take a look next. >> i don't think he's playing. it's never gone like this. never had this enthusiasm for them wanting to make a deal.

>> ebony: the leaders of north and south korea agreed to a framework that can bring peace to the peninsula after 65 years of hostility. president trump tweeted about the process on his upcoming meeting. just have a long talk with president when about north korea. things are going well. the time and location of the meeting is being set. also spoke with the prime minister of japan to inform him of the ongoing negotiations. gregg has more.

>> the inter- korean summit is are ready history. folks here in the u.s. and around the world are looking ahead. the event on friday in the dmc involved kim jong-un in the south korean president. probably the most significant recognition we saw on saturday coming from the north. there is extensive coverage and government run tv and newspapers of the summit. they even cited the north pledge of denuclearization. so there's cautious optimism regarding the commitment to sign a peace treaty which would formally and the korean war and other measures to ease tensions. that meeting is seen as an important warm-up that meeting thought to be happening now in

late may or early june a possible location narrowed down to about two. here's how a top north korean analyst sees it. >> i see a possibility between good chemistry. they're both unconventional figures they prize interpersonal relations. there's a good chance that when they get that room they can make a deal. >> they analyst says many say that president trump deserves credit for the talks coming this far. he also says like many there's a long a potentially dangerous road ahead. >> ebony: were all waiting for what will come of this meeting. >> connell: for more we want to bring in retired lieutenant who served in korea. at a senior fellow a military expert for defense.

we hope you had a chance to listen to greg's report. a few things, one was the idea that the north korean media which is state run they played up this meeting. they're even talking on their channels about denuclearization and letting their people know about it. does that make you more optimistic? >> it does. that's one thing i was looking for. in the past they've been silent for their domestic audience. so the fact that they're letting those the domestic audience know that is a positive indicator. >> how do you define denuclearization? for america's getting rid of your weapons. it seems like it's more complicated on the korean

peninsula. >> i'm sure they don't to find the same. anybody coming into negotiations one party is going to asked for more than they think they can get. >> what you think they can do? they think they can just halfway get rid of him or start testing? the same simple test but not to them. >> the ultimate objective is not to have nuclear weapons but preserve their machine. if they conclude they can get it on another ways the use those to lower the threat to their country. he'll extract what he can to ensure he has safety and security. >> connell: something for president trump to think about.

what you make of the way the president has handled it so far? a recent poll asks a question about toughness and how tough the president has been on bad actors around the world. and him be not tough enough on russia. 51% say he's not been tough enough on russia. 30% say is not been tough enough i'm north korea. 70% said he has. what you think of the way the president has set this up? >> that's what makes this situation different than the previous summit. president trump is a disruptive figure. that's why he won the election. he's not following the traditional playbook. he has a chance to accomplish something. he said to chancellor merkel that we can have good relations with north korea. >> connell: mckinney really accomplish?

if they're not ready and willing to get rid of their nuclear weapons he said he's gonna walk way so say that he does walk way. that would be a disappointment could he really accomplish? >> president trump is in the dominant negotiating position. he can afford to walk away. in the event that kim asked too much then trump can walk way and say call me back when you want to be more reasonable. north korea is in a tight situation with sanctions. >> extort times. thank you sir. >> ebony: mike pompeo is making his first foreign trip after being confirmed as new secretary of state. arriving in saudi arabia before going to israel and jordan.

this is deadly protest go on the gaza border. david miller is live from our jerusalem bureau. >> only hours after being sworn in as secretary of state mike pompeo was on the job attending a nato meeting in brussels. he called on members to fulfill a previous commitment to spend 2% of their gdp on defense. he accuse the russian campaign of undermining others. he also said moscow was a threat to its neighbors. >> russia threatens allies and partners both militarily and is seen in ukraine in 2014. in the light of russians on acceptable actions nato is more indispensable than ever.

>> pompeo is in saudi arabia and he's expected to arrive in saudi arabia. concern is what the trump administration will do about the iran nuclear deal. he said without a fix will pull out. president trump said he will decide on may 12. the same week the u.s. is slated to move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. pompeo arrives just days after palestinian station massive demonstration along the gaza border. further fifth week in a row palestinian cell mass demonstrations demanding the right to return land that israel illegally confiscated decades

ago. loose for demonstrators killed and 800 wounded. the palestinian said these are nonviolent but they say they've used explosives and devices to breach the border fence. in retaliation, israel launched airstrikes targeting hamas. hamas is in control of gaza and they been using civilians, specifically women in children as shields. >> thank you for that report. tomorrow national security advisor sits down with chris wallace with tension spiking. check your local listings for when it airs. >> connell: hundreds of people traveling in the migrant caravan in mexico. the challenges they face as they tried to seek asylum. republicans are releasing their final report on the russian investigation.

and then trying to wrap up the mueller investigation. >> it's been 15 months and the democrats have been screaming collusion. and if you ask a democrat what's your best piece of evidence they still don't have one.

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>> ebony: hosshouse intelligence republicans are releasing their report. it was heavily redacted by the feds. they declared no collusion between the trump campaign and kremlin. they pointed out poor judgment made by the trump and clinton campaigns. democrats objected same they did not interview enough witnesses are gather enough evidence.

rudy giuliani joins the legal team to help bring in into the mueller investigation. trump tweeted that there was no collusion between the trump campaign in russia. as i've been saying it's a big hoax by the democrats based on payments and lies. there should've never been up special counsel appointed. witchhunt. you have a former assistant prosecutor with us. at the end of the tweet the president is upset about the attorney general jeff sessions recusing himself from the case. from your experience which is being made of this for 15 month-long investigation. jason talked about the length of time but is that really a long time for a federal investigation of this magnitude? >> it's not. it's a short time.

it involves so many players and so much counterespionage issues, intelligence issues. it could take years. >> ebony: when you say it could take years, i can understand that. i know we don't know or have a magic ball but from your experience are we talking could this go on past the first four years of the administration? >> it could. there's evidence you can find from documents. they went into michael collins apartment. what can they find in e-mails and other places. the people will tell stories. eventually as you in tight people they start to cooperate. they'll tell you things in a few years that you never knew. that's why you see mueller in tight some of these people and

he is a former national security advisor. when flynn starts talking it will change the investigation. if you're from now paul manafort decides to become a cooperative witness it makes things different. >> ebony: to that point former mayor rudy giuliani joining to help negotiate an end to the mueller probe. from your experience what does that negotiation look like? >> it's never a good sign if you're changing your legal team often. you want consistency. what he's trying to do is get out as much of c can about what mueller knows to protect his client. he'll try to convince them they don't a much more information and push to close the investigation.

sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. >> connell: so negotiation to expedite the process. >> at some point they'll get to that discussion but that's not where there at. >> ebony: the intel report was released by the house until republicans. how much stronger would it be if that was bipartisan? >> it would be much stronger. the senate is operating on the bipartisan basis. they understand if there are conclusions that are bipartisan the public will hear them by differently. >> and again, even the gop report saying no collusion and no cooperation between the trump campaign and the russians, but

poor judgment. they cited that looked in the form of the infamous meeting of the trump campaign of donald trump junior in the russian attorney. the poor judgment take away any consequence to take away. >> know all see if those become criminal. >> thank you. >> a new topic now. that's immigration. we been following this caravan traveling to mexico and arriving at the southern border. as they do so the people are receiving legal advice, before an official would come in. william is live. >> the story is changing every hour because the number of people who may cross is changing. the borders right behind me. tomorrow some of those individuals will last for asylum. they are going through these legal seminars.

about 340 individuals in locations to receive legal advice. they're hearing two things. does it reach the credible fear standard that the united states has imposed. and secondly to really want to do this and be separated? to want to be detained for weeks or months? the president said he does not want these people in the country and they should be stopped. under the u.s. law there legally obligated to receive a hearing in the u.s. must adjudicate each claim. >> the asylum laws are sacred and they save lives. they make it million times harder for people who actually have asylum claims. for us, we want uphold the infrastructure and human rights laws as much as possible.

>> so what is the u.s. doing to try to deter? homeland security is threatening to prosecute these individuals if they liar use a smuggler. try to obtain entry. we are told that the caravan is symbolic in a visual representation of the amount of illegal immigration coming. as we've seen you for the term catch and release, that's what's happening because our courts are filled. were talking 340 people here but look at the numbers over the course of last year. 9000 from guatemala, 5000 honduras, 2000 from el salvador. that will tell you the situation

is going on up and down the border from texas to california. tomorrow from nine until 11:00 o'clock the caravan will go to the park and meet with people from los angeles. other immigrants from los angeles and around 1:00 o'clock local we believe about 200 individuals will go to the border and ask for asylum. we don't know how that will be done. >> it a big day tomorrow. >> a major math bust with police uncovering more than 100 pounds of the drug. how the suspects tried to keep it hidden. plus democrats putting their support behind mike pompeo.

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>> ebony: a truck callingstarbun more than coffee. please found 126 pounds of meth inside the vehicle which was going from california to washington state. it was pulled over after reports that the room was acting suspiciously. the drugs including coke, heroin, oxycodone all hidden in a television box. they're facing multiple drug charges. >> ebony: the white house mounting a full-court press on democrats to get mike pompeo confirmed. the senate voted in favor 57 - 42. if you look at the democrats, they came out in support of

pompeo. to our political panel and adriana is with us as well. welcome. i think this gives us an idea of how the midterms will shape up at least on the senate side. this coupled with the twitter view. adriana, is it effective what the white house is a doing, putting pressure on the red state? >> absolutely. if you look like john tester where trump one by more than 20 points. he's vulnerable. so the way he mishandled the nomination of ronnie jackson will hurt him come november. trump is right to put pressure on these runnable red state democrats.

>> sayer heidi hein camper joe, -- also voted in favor of pompeo. if the democrats want to take the senate they have to defend the seats which is difficult the state said trump on. >> it's an uphill battle. more moderate democrats it's been proven in the past with the election of common land that moderate democrats can win in red states. there is evidence is pointing in the direction that be okay. in 2010 they gave up 64 seats. the tea party wave of 2010 has become the blue wave of 18. >> if you had to bet today on how things go, to say democrats

take the house but have trouble in the senate? or is there confidence they can take both. >> there's a lot of confidence on the democratic side. jersey and in virginia there's evidence this lou wave is real and it doesn't necessarily align with the far left fringe of the party. going back to connor lambert ran against nancy pelosi. >> but there's ten of the senators. and he won handedly. that's look at fundraising the republican party now has $42 million cash at hand. the democrat party is 6 million in debt. that doesn't include what hillary clinton is charging.

the strong fundraising totals we see by the republican party indicate strong voter enthusiasm for the trump administration. look at what the administration accomplished from the tax cuts. there's a lot for them to be proud of. >> i want to bring up a number to react. this is how popular the president is a some of the states. if you take a look at west virginia in the republican primary in the fall, senator joe mansion is up for reelection. he pulled 35%. the president's approval rating is at 87%. what you say?

>> if your democrat breathe a sigh of relief. donald trump is on the ticket on this election. will he be able to get enough support because of his name for candidates he likes? it hasn't been proven in the past. i think the democrats are in a good place but they need to work hard. there's a lot of ways to circumvent not having money. social media, good ground game, that's what has to be done. >> to make it clear in a way that i characterize it as her gop primary voters. although it does need republicans at the point to vote in the next state. as a final point to make a fair point the president is [inaudible] the ballot.

so as popular as he is sometimes after the right candidate. >> if you look at the overall picture more americans are better off today than they were the previous administration. for black americans alone is the lowest in history in 17 years. president trump is managing foreign-policy confidently. history is being made with north and south korea. americans are better off today than they were the prior administration. that's where voters will make their final decision. lastly labor unions and blue-collar workers support the president. >> will have to leave it there for today. thank you. speaking of the state, we have a debate coming up, the candidates and the senate race are squaring

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