on twitter @howardkurtz. i would love to hear what you think of the show and the issues we discussed. [♪] arthel: this is a fox news alert. days after a high-stakes summit between president trump and kim jong-un in vietnam ended without a deal, the u.s. and south korea offer an olive branch to the regime. i'm arthel neville. eric: i'm eric shawn. the u.s. announcing the annual large-scale joint military drills with south korea will be replaced by smaller training exercises. it's an effort to try to ease tensions and support more diplomacy with the north as president trump is defending his decision to walk away from last

week's summit with the north korean dictator. president trump: every once in a while you have to walk. because the deal wasn't a deal that was acceptable to me. a lot of what i do with respect to north korea and any success we hopefully have, and we had a lot, given no credit. they don't remember in the last days of the obama administration, rockets were flying all or the place. nuclear testing was going on. eric: ellison barber is following the story. reporter: president trump left hanoi without a signed agreement. north korea is not denuclearizing. but the white house said they do not see the summit as a failure. he expressed optimism that something will happen down the road. and he said there is no rush to make a deal. when asked if there is any chants u.s. would accept the

u.s. as a nuclear power, national security advisor john bolton told "fox news sunday," he does not see how that's possible. chris: aren't you accepting north korea as a nuclear power and given a big concession which is that in return for no testing, you agreed to cancel major joint exercises with the south koreans. >> i don't think the president sees it that way at all. the fact is at the moment the leverage is on the side of the united states as the economic sanctions continue to take hold. there is no doubt over a protracted period of time, the time works in favor of the pro livin favor d of theproliferato. reporter: the objective of the

administration he says is to denuclearize. eric: those joint military drill with the south and japan have been held routinely. what can you tell us about the decision to end them. reporter: the pentagon says this was a decision made between south korea and the united states. according to the pentagon the secretary and minister approved the alliance decisions recommended by the u.s. forces korea and the republic of korea.

exercises with the south koreans will continue. the president has expressed concerns about the cost of these drizzle and saying south korea doesn't carry enough of the financial burden. arthel: olivia, i believe it's 2:05 in tokyo. >> it's very early in the morning. thank you so much for having me on. arthel: you signaled this would happen for the sake of continuing this diplomatic dance with dictator kim jong-un. the u.s. and south korea canceling their massive springtime drills. how costly is this concession? >> this is a pretty major concession. and the relinquishing of

continuation of the military exercises is the gift that keeps object giving for north korea. the president in singapore says that they were going to discontinue exercise, now we are taking it a step further. some of these exercises are being retired. and these are for long-term capabilities for the u.s. forces serving in korea to be prepared and have situational awareness tore conflict on the korean peninsula. this is concerning especially considering we made no progress at the hanoi summit last week. arthel: when you consider the smaller-scale drills that will continue, do you have any information on that? >> the smaller-scale drills are effective. but they are not going to necessarily be, you know, replicating the larger-scale military-related elements that

you would be replicating in the larger military exercises. so i think this is con searching because if you were to have large-skill conflict on the korean peninsula, you wouldn't have the u.s. and south korea being prepared in a way that we have always said is meant to be a proactive measure. president trump used the word war games when he described them. but we always viewed theme as preparedness efforts. since the president placed such a strong emphasis on building up our military capabilities and says he wants to spend more money on shoring up our defense. this seems like a backward move in that regards. arthel: president trump walked away from the table in the summit without chips to cash in. what is president trump's next play? >> i think we came to the

negotiating table in hanoi too soon. it is clear now that the deal they discussed in hanoi was not prenegotiated and we didn't get what we thought we would get out of it. we are no closer to a denuclearized north korea today than we were when we left the singapore summit or even prior to the singapore summit. not only have we not made progress on denuclearization, but the president side away from raising these important human rights issues that represent a broader core of our comprehensive policy toward north korea. arthel: does kim jong-un have a convincing reason to completely denuclearize? >> if kim jong-un wants to be viewed as a respected, legitimate leader in the international community he has to denuclearize.

he's communicated he's willing to flout international law. so they are demonstrating they are not a respectable actor, they don't keep their word. i think kim jong-un who is looking at the long-term game. he's 30 years old. he wants to be in power over the long term. if he doesn't want to receive pushback from the international community, he need to shore up his human rights. arthel: you are there in japan. how has prime minister shinzo abe reacted, and how is this new development by china, russia and south korea? >> i think our allies, especially japan and south korea

are fairly concerned the hanoi summit didn't result in any deliverables. the trump administration need to say hanoi didn't go so well. time to go back to the maximum strategy. another motivation for hem to come to the negotiating table. we need to press them and truly make this maximum pressure by targeting chinese banks. they will require started out by saying good night, now i'll say good morning. you are probably upside down. thank you very much. and thank you very much. be sure to you watch "the next revolution" tonight. steve hilton will sit down with ivanka trump here at 9:00 eastern on the fox news channel.

eric: at home they are bracing for a potential fight whether robert mueller's final report will be made public when it's finished. the following michael cohen's testimony and the hush money payment made during the presidential campaign. one of the lawmakers questioning, carol maloney talked about those investigations when she appeared this morning on "sunday morning futures." >> this was the first hearing oversight hearing that the democrats had on the white house and holding them accountable for alleged crimes. there is a lot of investigations including the important mueller one where the facts have to be looked at and studied to see if there was any obstruction of

justice. eric: michael cohen will be back on capitol hill this week. reporter: democrats are trying to lay the ground ground work for potential impeachment hearings against president trump. tomorrow the house judiciary committee will be issuing documents requests. as part of its investigation into the president. on abc this week committee chairman jerry nadler listed off several areas the democrats plan to look into. >> using the white house for personal enrichment. we have seen abuses of power in obstruction of justice, threats to the mueller investigation. threats to witnesses. all of these have to be -- all these have to be investigated and laid out to the american people. reporter: house minority leader kevin mccarthy shot back

saying the democrats are trying to build a case for a problem that doesn't exist simply because they want to take down president trump. >> i think congressman nadler decided to impeach the president the day he won the election. >> no collusion so they want to build something else. reporter: this morning president trump weighed in on the special counsel's investigation. i'm an innocent man being persecuted by some very bad, conflict and corrupt people in a witch hunt. d.o.d. sources have been telling us the special counsel's investigation is wrapping up. both sides are preparing for that report. eric: garrett, thank you. arthel? arthel: tragedy in new orleans

as people getting ready for mardi gras festivities. a car plowed into cyclists and pedestrian on a busy stretch of iesplanade avenue. >> police say that suspect was likely impaired. the majority of the 9 people he hit were on bicycles. he's the son of a new orleans police officer. the crash happened on his birthday. now he's in police custody facing several charges. the crash happened at 8:00 alast night and is pla made near the mashedy grass parade. he got out of the car and tried to run without his shoes on. witnesses held him at the scene.

>> we were able to apprehend the subject so quickly because the citizens stopped this individual because they thought they were help something one who had been involved in a one-car accident. reporter: five people were taken to the hospital. there were multiple mangled bikes at the scene. and skid marks all or the median where police say the driver spun out. >> i don't know if he has a weapon or injured. like an injured animal is more dangerous than just a regular animal. reporter: the crash happened two years after a drunk driver ran into a crowd hurting 8 people. they are looking into where the drive was coming from and where he was going.

1.4 million people are expected to attend mardi gras this we are. police have not released information on hot victims are. eric: prosecutors saying there will be no charges filed against the police officers. stephon clark was killed by two officers after he ran from them into his grandparents' backyard. the officers thought he had a gun, it turned out to be a cell phone. demonstrators are calling for the officers to be fired. reporter: the district southern laid out -- the district attorney laid out a lengthy case why she is not going to charge the officers. clark was a 22-year-old man who

was the father of two. he had a history of beating the mother of his two children. she had accused him of assault two days before the shooting. body cam shows the comes truly thought he was carrying a gun. >> the body-worn camera showed a flash of light. the officer said he thought it was light reflecting off a gun. reporter: the sheriff's helicopter shows clark was coming toward the officers. he had alcohol and xanax and several drugs in his system. there were several drugs to his girlfriend, a search on ways to kill yourself.

and a picture to sent to his girlfriend showing him holding 10 xanax pills and threatening to shoot himself. >> he was in a state of distress and he was impaired. a jury would be entitled to that information. reporter: the whole thing started when the report someone breaking car windows in the neighborhood. the d.a. said clark was that person. the mayor said the outcome should have been different. >> did the officers who shot clark commit a crime? her answer was no. our community and its leadership have different questions. was the outcome wrong? was the outcome unacceptable? the answer to both questions is yes. reporter: clark's family filed a

$20 million federal lawsuit. the say the a.g. is look into the cams' actions. arthel: three years after the disappearance of malaysian flight 370. i can't believe it.

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democrats don't believe in border security. i want results. i know the president wants results. arthel: joining me, david jackson. this is a numbers game. will enough republican senators support the president's national emergency declaration, and if there is not enough support will president trump follow through with his threat to veto congress's decision? >> they are fairly confident when push comes to shove the senate won't vote to override the emergency declaration. but senator lamar alexander gave a speech while the president was in vietnam. if they do that, rest assured the president will veto it. arthel: some of the gop senators on screen said they will vote against the emergency

declaration. we have susan collins of maine, lisa murkowski of alaska, tom til his of north carolina. would a lack of support for the president's national emergency along lawmakers represent a fracture inside the gop or is the national emergency declaration a one-off. >> i think it's a symbol. i think tensions have been rising between congressional republicans and the president and they are domght fore because of the emergency declaration. and the president's comments about otto warmbier drew criticism. they seat poll numbers and they are worried about their own jobs. arthel: if the president's border wall gets entangled in court, for the president, he can

campaign on he's fighting for his base which will be rewarded with votes from his base. but there is any rise income this as the efforts to garner votes beyond his base? >> that's the problem. you talked about if there will be enough the senate votes. one of the things they are saying is go ahead and let the courts decide whether the president acted legally or not. i think it's the wall argument and the national emergency. i think it's great for his base. in terms of going beyond it. i don't see it. i don't see a lot of excitement among democrats or independents about this wall plan either. arthel: democrats saying they do care about border security. they are going to attempt to use this for their political favor.d

democrats push too much and put too much stock into this, it might just burn them in the end? >> it definitely could. they don't say of the the wall argument. this is a presidential power argument. basically saying trump is grabbing power and spending money doesn't have the authority to build a small. the presidency is becoming too powerful. trump is exceeding authority and that's going to be a very appealing argument in the elections. but you're right they can overdo appearance push come to show we're talking about about a wall and $5 billion. special dependence with the overall federal budget. voters have decided this is too much argument over this particular issue. arthel: thank you. >> thank you. eric: we are now coming up on five years has mysterious disappearance of militia airplane flight 370. that went down to an indian ocean with 239 people onboard. the families of the victims are

demanding a new search as they prepare to mark this somber occasion later this week. gillian turner live in washington with the latest on that spirit i can't believe it's been five years to turn it by now, it's passed in a heartbeat, eric. the families of the 239 people who perished onboard elation flight 370 gathered together to mark the fifth anniversary of the jets and their loved one's disappearance. >> will never, ever forget all of those on board. 10 years from now, 15 years from now they will still be in our hearts, in our prayers and constantly in our minds because we will recall everything we've done for them. reporter: malaysia, china and australia carried out a years long search in the southern indian ocean that wrapped up in january 2017. then an american firm named ocean infinity carried out a follow-on search that wrapped in may of last year.

neither one finding any definitive answers. now this morning from a malicious transportation minister says his government is open to new proposals to resume the search. >> we are more than willing and will discuss with them the new proposal. of course, [inaudible] reporter: ocean infinity ceo says the firm is up for the challenge they may develop a technology over the years that could help. >> our expectation is to start searching again. thus i would want to have been because we're not doing that come you can't sit down and wait for something to fall in your

lap. >> more than 30 pieces of debris believed to be part of the mh 370 plane have washed up on the indian ocean. they put two of those on display in the hopes he and debris will help the public understand the depth of their loss. eric: gilliam, thank you. arthel: a fox missile or because tensions are escalating between the u.s. and venezuela's disputed president. >> i think we warned maduro and his henchmen and the cubans very clearly. but the opposition is united in ways unprecedented over the last 20 years. eric: rush is working to fend off a potential military intervention in venezuela as the regime opposition leader guiado ram some pressure on nicholas maduro to resign. but the key part of the civil rights movement being recognized today. how thousands of people including several democratic white house hopefuls are commemorating the historic march

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arthel: one of the most iconic moments in the fight for civil rights in america with the animal admin pedis bridge crossing in alabama. it commemorates what is known as bloody sunday, which later prompted protests led by dr. martin luther king jr. and eventually resulted in the voting rights act of 1955. several democratic residential candidate both past and present taking parts in today's event including this one at the brown chapel ame church. jonathan serrie with more. >> hi, herself. hillary clinton was honored at the king unity brought this soma during her keynote speech at the 2016 democratic presidential nominee said voter suppression

still takes place even today. take a listen. >> in the clearest example is from next door in georgia. stacy abrams should be governor leading that state right now. >> fighting voter suppression was a common name among other politicians including vermont senator bernie sanders who announced his second bid for president in early february and sherrod brown told reporters he'll make his decision on whether he'll run in the next month or so is he considered his campaign's impact on his family. new jersey senator corey booker announced his candidacy last month is also in town speaking. >> we are at a point in our country where we see a moral vandalism that is attacking our ideals and beliefs in a road in the our nation. i want to see automatic voter registration in every state in

this country. if you are 18 years of age and an american citizen, you have the right to vote in no state official, local officials will stop you. >> we know that they will stop at nothing to suppress the vote. why? they're afraid of what they'll do with the bow. >> you can hear rain is coming down over salamat. they are gearing up for thousands of people participating in this reenactment of the blonde day after bloody sunday marks from 54 years ago. potentially thousands of people marching across the bridge behind me. that is scheduled to take place around 2:30 central time this afternoon. arthel: jonathan serrie, thank you for that report. >> the political and humanitarian crisis in venezuela. opposition leader guiado

traveling throughout south america looking to increase pressure on disputed president nicholas maduro to step down. he may return home tomorrow and could possibly face arrest if he does. this comes as russia announced it is ready to take part in bilateral talks with washington. national security adviser john bolton is warning of potential for possible u.s. military intervention in venezuela in an attempt to restore democracy. >> in this administration we are not afraid to use the phrase one roadblock can. this is in our hemisphere. it's been going back to ronald reagan and a completely democratic hemisphere. >> a former venezuela diplomat united nations. in new york he quit a year and a half ago in protest. welcome. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. eric: of course what you think

the trunk administration has planned? >> first of all, let me think president trump. we believe he has brought a lot of the humanitarian assistance. also he's brought hope to the venezuelan civilian population. we believe in his best intentions and of course we know that he is a great negotiator and he is not afraid to walk out if it's a bad deal. but let me just share with you the venezuela is the western hemisphere. we have the same map errors. we have russia, iran and turkey. but it makes china, hezbollah and 16 nonstate or groups armed that iraq dean against the civilian population. we are in the evidence of a proxy "game of thrones." for example, you see the militia groups are proxy puppets of

maduro. and so we have all of this anti-western, anti-democratic and anti-american rogue state that are challenging the brazilian and colombian and the u.s. sovereignty by applying asymmetrical warfare is unlike joseph myra at cpac called this morning the border walls. you see the displacement of 3.5 million venezuelans to these orders. they are certainly challenging the sovereignty of these countries. and does the german permanent representative of the security council twice in the last three weeks has said venezuela has become a clear threat to peace and security in the region. >> if it is a clear threat to security and peace, what can the administration do? they are going to announcing new sanctions against cuba.

that is on top of venezuelan it is really in democracy against the evils of the world right here in our hemisphere. >> without a doubt. we are at the first line of defense of the american gateway. if you allow me in the u.s. is doing a great effort but the sanctions that the negotiations and so on, but we as venezuelans and i must say i'm a proud member, and the top resistance movement, conservative movement inside and outside venezuela. we believe and we have brought up in open survey with incredible results.

but i have to tell you no one can take our god-given right of self-determination, our god-given right of self-defense to protect our liberty and our sacred honor and we will not go quietly into the night. meanwhile, our country, men, women and children are being violently exterminated by this proxy of u.s. and foreign enemies. eric: do you think finally it would take military action as potentially horrible that prospect could be at the same time come to expect that as a possibility for you think something can be worked out and will go quietly to the blackfeet? >> you cannot go quietly. but if i may add, there are other situations that may be perhaps start by the trunk administration. for example, and the indictments

on the criminal officials and drug traffickers of maduro's regime. and then perhaps go into apprehension and extraction mode to show them this is not a joke while they have to serve these penalties inside the u.s. prisons. there is no other way if you see were an extreme position, and we have become number one violent country in the world is very slowly, a few hundred of the soldiers, but that is not enough. we are talking about major superpowers that have taken under criminal syndicates are sovereignty and are running our country to try to undermine u.s.

authority in the region. so use of force will be necessary. eric: the use of force. he just mentioned potentially those indictments. l. chabot can possibly get some of the leaders who are propping up in the regime and hopefully try to get into this. thank you for speaking up in fighting for freedom. thank you for speaking on behalf of your people. our hearts are with you and them. eric: isis fighters and area setting off a series of bombs is a campaign to defeat the islamic state appears to be nearing an end. we are live at the very latest. plus, how nasa and space are working to launch a new era in u.s. space exploration. turns. ups and downs.

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syria's kurdish forces fight to liberate held by the radical islamic repair. trade links with the latest on the fight in the victories against isis so far from jerusalem. >> era, the final major battle against isis is underway in the syrian 80. democratic sources say the group should be defeated within days. the syrian democratic sources say the remaining axis territory is filled landmines and tunnels, making it difficult to clear up the last group of fighters. they were civilians were evacuated from the area before isis engaged in an 18 hour ballot democratic forces. once it is retaken, international community spaces a new batch figuring out what to do with prisoners and their family to fighters are ultimately released like leaders such as president trump has suggested, they could regroup at analyst firm extremists are gathered and there is concern isis good resurgent blood six

months. meanwhile for a serious military action continues as the regime engages against opposition forces in countries such as israeli and iranian backed target in the south. israeli prime minister spoke at his weekly cabinet meeting today or what is called regarding a fluid situation in syria but isis still active in syria, additionally you have government forces that are though trying to regain territory and then you have the iranian backed groups operating across the country. were in serious far from over but it certainly changing and entering a new phase. >> a major milestone for space exploration. the dragon capsule safely docked at the international space station early this morning. robert gratis live with the latest in los angeles. >> hey, that's right. this takes americans a step closer to being back in the

business of spaceflight with astronauts. the dragon capsule successfully docking with the international space mission at 6:00 a.m. eastern this morning delivered some 400 pounds of supplies to the space station crew. also on board a test dummy wearing sensors named ripley. after the main character in the alien movies. there's able to link up with the space station at high speed all by itself. the capsule demonstrating its automated maneuvering abilities are to follow commands differs back away from the space station before docking without help from the robotic arm that typically guide spacecraft into position. [cheers and applause] >> they show is not how easy our mission is without capable we are doing hard things. welcome to the new era in spaceflight.

>> of this goes as planned, two astronauts may go in a capsule as soon as july. back to you. arthel: exciting news. we will be right back. or fun. but since you need both car and home insurance, why not bundle them with esurance and save up to 10%? which you can spend on things you really want to buy, like... well, i don't know what you'd wanna buy because i'm just a guy on your tv. esurance. it's surprisingly painless.

arthel: well, marches coming in like a lion. millions of people under winter weather alerts and the big storm sweeping the country to tell us the details at >> it is a big storm moving across the country and covering different issues. at this point st. louis chicago cincinnati, cleveland. further south is there actually some big thunderstorms sweeping across the south. some could become severe weather talking about hail, damaging when does an area stretching across portions of southern alabama into georgia appeared areas where you can see a severe that this afternoon running into the evening hours. on the backside of the system there's more problems do not scold there that will eventually bring a big freeze to the country. these are some current temperatures down into the negative but with the wind behind the system feels like negative 32. feels like negative 35 in some places. it is frigid on the backside of the system. we'll put it in the motion and see where it's heading to next. again in the south thunderstorms on the move. this eventually bring in a good

amount of smell into portions of new england. all places to pay attention to the heavy snow will be tonight even though begins late this afternoon and runs into the evening hours. this has moved on through. on the path it is going to bring some snow with it. six inches, eight inches. some of the big cities may be only a couple inches of snow but i think this is a pretty big system that wraps a by lunchtime tomorrow. arthel: we are back to 4:00 use during. hope you can join us. the best simple salad ever?

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