be a while. leland: might be a little while. chris will dive into that as well. news continues from new york, a lot on jussie smollett and r. kelly out of jail once again. see ya. eric: president trump starting his weekend at mar-a-lago with the border battle on his mind. the president tweeting about the apprehension of a large number of illegal immigrants trying to cross into the country, as a federal judge ruled to expand a class action lawsuit over the crackdown on the border last year. welcome to a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. arthel: i'm arthel neville, the decision potentially dealing a he legal blow to the white house, as they face other issues like ongoing trade negotiations with china. president trump addressed concerns on whether the two sides could reach a deal. >> i think they're doing well but if it happens that way, we'll do even better. we'll do very well either way,

with or without a deal. i'm confident. if we don't make a very good deal for our country, i wouldn't make a deal. arthel: allison bette barber ie in south florida with more. allison, hi. >> reporter: hi, arthel. in january the inspector general issued a report saying far more migrant families were separated than initially known. they said according to this report, they said the department of justice and department of homeland security began separating migrant families nearly a year before the so-called zero tolerance policy was announced and that meant that a lot more families were impacted than the 2800 initially thought. the aclu said those families should be allowed to join a previous class action lawsuit that was filed. a federal judge in california, who ordered the administration to reunite migrant families in june agreed with them. the previous filing didn't include parents whose children

were released from custody before june 26, 2018. the judge said the parents separated after july 1, 2018, should be included in the filing. the judge wrote the hallmark of a civilized society is americard by how people are treated within its borders. a subsequent investigation by the oig confirmed there was not just a handful but potentially thousands of parents in this group, does not render modifications of the class detention unfair, rather modifications of the class detention fall squarely within the confines of supreme court precedent. the white house has not responded to our request for comment on this particular ruling. all of this is happening as trade talks with china seem to now be stalling. chinese government officials are pushing back against the deal, some are upset about u.s. comments and actions outside of trade such as the u.s. flying b52 bombers near a disputed territory in the south sea.

-- south china sea. here's what larry kudlow had to say. >> i've heard the stories, the united states wants to make a quick deal to help the stock market. that's just nonsense. the president is optimistic but as he said many times, sue, if the deal doesn't work for the united states and our long-term interests, whether it's technology, i.p. theft, enforcement, commodities, tariffs, if the deal doesn't work for america's long-term interest, then it's not our deal. >> reporter: china's president was set to meet with president trump here in mar-a-lago sometime this month but now the chinese have taken that visit off of president xi's calendar. eric: how do you want the government to spend your tax dollars? we'll soon find out. all eyes are on the president's

2020 budget proposal set to be unveiled on monday. the plan will propose cuts to a range of domestic programs that are favored by lawmakers in both parties. it's not expected to make any cuts to medicare or social security. jillian turner has been following the story and the numbers from our washington bureau. >> reporter: president trump is set to release his 2020 budget plan on monday, just two days from now, and a whole month past the statutory deadline. the white house blames the delay on the partial government shutdown that lasted for five weeks. no one seems to be paying particularly close a. the president gave the state of the national economy a glowing review just yesterday. >> the economy's very, very strong. if you look at the stock market over the last few months, it's been great. and certainly since my election it's up, getting close to 50%, the stock market. so we're obviously very happy with that. >> reporter: the white house tells fox news they're planning to balance the budget by 2034,

that's 1 a 15 years from now ae president will stick to strict spending caps proposed years ago, despite the fact lawmakers have consistently found work dark around. the speaker of the house says she's unimpressed with the plan and last year's trump tax cuts need to go. >> this has to be revisited, not just because of the unfairness of it, but also the impact that it has on the budget. and what the budget means in r terms of meeting the needs of the american people. >> reporter: the president earmarked $750 billion for defense spending that includes bacbackfill funds for the border wall. he believes under the current proposal he would have enough money to complete it by tend of 2020. it increases requests for some agencies and cuts others, most notably the epa. the next step for the budget, it goes to the house and senate. insiders say they're likely to end up debating the proposal

until the next spending deadline, that's october 1st. this means another government shutdown will become a real possibility yet again in just a few months. eric. eric: thanks so much. arthel: let's bring in jeff mason, the white house reporter, correspondent for reuters. hi, jeff. >> hey, arthel. arthel: here you have it with a record-setting national debt of $22 trillion, how can gop lawmakers support a border wall project that most americans don't want, intel and security experts say a wall is not the most effective way to increase border security, those same experts don't deem it a crisis at the southern border and the president's national emergency declaration denied by congress. so how do especially fiscal eco conservative republicans support the president's fund for the wall. >> that's a good question. that's one you have to direct to them. i think democrats will be asking the same thing. i think this budget proposal

that comes out on monday is not going of to dramatically change the debate about the wall in congress. it's not going to affect the opinions of democrats who have been owe posed t opposed to it. it will bring back discussion about the amount of money going towards it. budgets from republicans or democratic presidents even without the controversial proposal this one includes about the wall often -- almost always land in congress sort of with a thud and are dead on arrival. arthel: then you have the ask for the border wall funding, will be junction take pose juxtd spending cuts in foreign aid and food stamps. how will that sell? >> the budget is like throw have a proposed increase in defense spending, decrease in social programs, such as food stamps and foreign aid. it's a lot of people think is important for foreign policy for the united states. those types of things also are

not going to be supported by democrats. there will probably be some republicans who are upset about that as well. arthel: according to your reporting, what's the prognosis on the passage of the budget overall? >> well, i just think it's unlikely that it's going to do anything. i mean, i think the most likely scenario is as your reporter was saying before, is we get into the fall and it's congress that determines the money that is spent, congress has the power of the purse, they have to pass spending bills. the budget is a document that lays out the president's priorities an creates an opportunity to talk about the priorities and the wall is one of them. he'll talk about that and they'll talk about trying to get funding for that. in general, the prospects of this budget passing are slim to none. arthel: that's not good news. if the budget doesn't pass, you just heard jillian turner saying -- she mentioned another government shutdown come octobe. is that likely to happen again?

>> it's a ways away. i think the republicans and the white house in particular realize that that was not a win for them and in october we'll be getting even closer and closer to that 2020 2010 2020 electio. you'll have democratic candidates running around in iowa, new hampshire, if they're campaigning in those states and there's a government shutdown again, it would give them fodder to criticize republicans. this will be the next deadline for getting spending bills passed and if they don't manage to do that beforehand, then that's what it would trigger. arthel: how doe does a healthy economy factor in. >> that's a good question. the white house views the economy as a big accomplishment of president trump and something they i believe is going to continue. there are question marks over that. the reason they want it to continue, it's good for the

united states but it's also good for president trump politically and good for the sort of prognosis that they put in this budget for all the numbers, to make the numbers work. if you look at the jobs report from february and you look at some of the other sort of factors affecting the economy, the economy lost momentum at the end of last year and hasn't been as strong in the beginning of this year. so there are some who are questioning some of the roseyer forecasts that this budget will include about long-term economic growth. arthel: we'll keep an eye on it. white house correspondent for reuters, mr. jeff mason. thank you. >> my pleasure. arthel: a programming note for our fox news channel viewers and listeners on the radio. tune in tomorrow for more reaction from the trump administration. chief white house economic advisor larry kudlow will sit down with chris wallace on fox news sunday to discuss trade talks with china and the president's budget, that's at 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. eastern on the fox news channel.

i think it's 114 on the radio. eric: i listen in the car. arthel: check the listings for the number. eric: paul manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison this week. the sentence was harshly consider icriticized for being . he could have faced up to 24 years in prison. this week he will be sentenced again in a separate case. michael cohen is now suing his former employer, the trump organization, claiming he is owed money for unpaid legal service. garrett tenney has been following all of this from the washington bureau. hi, garrett. >> reporter: paul manafort dodged a bit of a bullet this past week. instead of the 19 to 24 years in prison he was looking at, he was

sentenced to just 47 months. despite that, a source says they are still concerned about next week's sentencing. manafort is facing another 0 years in prison on charges -- another 10 years in prison on charges of conspiracy against the united states. the judge could add the second sentence to his prison time or have them run concurrently. this week after testifying, michael cohen sued the trump organization for millions of dollars in legal fees he's incurred during investigations, claiming they are owed to him as part of his contract with the trump organization. on friday, president trump dismissed the lawsuit, though. >> it's the most ridiculous suit i've ever seen. bad lawyer. i had a bad lawyer. >> reporter: cohen is facing questions from house republicans about congressional testimony. fox news learned that staff for democratic congressman adam schiff traveled to meet with cohen and met with him for more

than 10 hours before his public testimony last month. mike turner argues those meetings could amount to coaching a witness. >> these happened behind closed doors, solely with democrat adam schiff's staff, no one else was present at the time, over 10 hours of work with michael cohen before he came out and publicly testified. i think the public deserves answers as to what happened during these sessions, what was discussed. >> reporter: turner is demanding answers from cohen's legal team but a spokesman defended the meetings, describing them as completely appropriate and routine part of every serious investigation. eric: thanks so much. arthel: nicolas maduro continues to cling to power as the u.s. and dozens of other countries refuse to recognize his authority. >> there is only one president of venezuela right now, and that is juan guaido. the venezuelan people are to be commended for using the rule of

law to transition as civilized people do. arthel: just today, there were three more nationwide demonstrationdemonstrationdemons resignation. bernie sanders taking his message to iowa as several other white house hopefuls hit the campaign trail this weekend. we'll tell you where they are and the message they're sending. we are going to invest in our young people. we're going to invest in jobs and education, not jails and incarceration. [ cheering and applause ] with my friends to our annual get-together, especially after being diagnosed last year with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. (avo) another tru story with keytruda. (dr. kloecker) i started katy on keytruda and chemotherapy and she's getting

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eric: venezuela's political crisis is intensifying amid widespread blackouts in the country. juan guaido is calling for a nicnationwide protest, to try to force nicolas maduro to step down. lawmakers here at home are vowing to keep up the pressure. >> they're destabilizing our closest partners in south america, driving violence in central america with drugs they're helping to ship, pumping

cocaine into our streets, providing putin a military foothold in the hemisphere. the maduro regime is a clear danger and threat to the national interest and i would argue national security of the united states. eric: kitty logan is following all this and the latest developments from london. >> reporter: opposition supporters are back out on the streets today, they are hoping to keep up that pressure to eventually fors th force the got to step down. they demonstrated in a pro government area close to the presidential palace. they're angry about shortages of supply and blame the government for many of the day-to-day problems that people are experiencing. there were widespread power cuts this week, than 24 hours. some areas are still without electricity. opposition supporters blame corruption in the government and mismanagement of essential resources.

the government says the electricity supply was sabotaged. of course, there are large numbers of police out on the streets in riot gear during the protests. there were some minor clashes ahead of the rally today supporters of the president are out organizing a protest to compete with the p opposition rally. they're calling on the u.s. to lift sanctions. amid the political protests there is the reality of day-to-day life for many people here, it's becoming increasingly difficult as they struggle to purchase basic daily supplies. all that has become much worse since they're without power. eric: the clock is ticking for maduro, but we shall see. arthel: the road to the white house is going through austin, texas this weekend. several democratic presidential candidates including minnesota senator amy klobuchar, speaking out at the an wa annual south by

southwest festival. bernie sanders is making headlines in iowa, after pledging to fully support the eventual democratic nominee. >> i'm going to work as hard as i can and i think we stand a really good chance of winning this nomination. but if we do not win, i will strongly support the democratic nominee and hope that -- [ cheering and applause ] >> -- and hope and believe that others feel exactly the same way. donald trump must be defeated. [ cheering and applause ] arthel: jeff paul is tracking the candidates from our west coast bureau. hi, jeff. >> reporter: arthel, it will be a packed day for democratic presidential hopefuls who are all running campaigns as you heard with a strong message to beat trump in 2020. starting off in texas at south by southwest, that's where several dems will make appearances and speak at the music and tech festival.

senator elizabeth warren is set to speak later this afternoon and senator amy klobuchar just wrapped up her talk. she took aim at president trump, saying the american people are being governed by chaos instead of opportunity. klobuchar was asked about the direction of the democratic party. >> yes, there's differences in our party. i think that's healthy that we're not all lockstep and we certainly are at a moment in time where we need new ideas in our party. so you can have new ideas from the left, from the middle, from the right but you've got to be open to new ideas. >> reporter: in iowa, bernie sanders is campaigning today at the state fair grounds in des moines, his third campaign event this week. he continues to focus on the working class and younger voters, targeting issues like rise student loan debt. he wants to make sure big companies pay their share in taxes, specifically targeting jeff bezos and amazon. sanders also went after the president.

>> when donald trump shut down the government, 800,000 american workers lost their paychecks. the time is long overdue when we had a government, a president and a congress who stood up for the working class of this country. >> reporter: something interesting, we're also tracking a somewhat mysterious e-mail sent to beto o'rourke supporters. it asked them to sign up to hear his next big announcement. many spec a lated he might run for -- speculated he might run for president. this may be the biggest clue yet. arthel: they're going to figure out how many people reply to see what he has going for him. we know the trick. thank you. >> reporter: we'll be watching. eric: isis we're told on the brink of defeat in eastern syria. the u.s. is planning to draw down the troops. the trump administration seeking help from european allies to keep the cal call fate from

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eric: u.s. officials are trying to secure help from some of our key european allies in the fight to rid isis from the last territory in syria. this as the target passes

without commitment to add troops from france or germany. general jack keane is here, a retired four star general and fox news senior strategic analyst. why aren't some of our allies ponying up, especially the u.k. and germany. >> they are. let me give you what the state of play is. secretary pompeo directly involved, general dunford directly involved, the british and french are on the ground with us right now and have been for years. they've unofficially committed to keep forces there, not the same size they have right now. they've also gone to the countries, and this is very appropriate, that have been attacked by isis, either by name or directed attacks and that is belgium, norway, and germany. the norwegians will probably commit.

the belgians and germans are not going to. the nor he we norwegians have fa base in si syria. eric: how come germany and belgium wouldn't do that. they've been attacked in the name of isis. they had a terrible bombing in belgium. >> the leadership in the countries are so feckless, i'm not sure they would defend their own people, much less somebody else's. none of that surprises me. the countries that step up are the ones that continuously do. eric: wouldn't that encourage more attacks, potentially. look at belgium, my dad was shot down over belgium, two of his crewmen died, protecting that country against the nazi menace. >> isis certainly goes where it can to take take advantage of the situation there. largely those attacks took place in that country because of the fact that they're breeding grounds for radical is l islam.

there's entire neighborhoods that are not policed. the fact they won't stand up for this doesn't surprise me in the least. eric: the map, study from the instituted from the study of war, you sent us his map. that caliphate has been shrunken by how much and how do we prevent it from returning? >> if you look at the map, the eastern part of syria, that's the u.s.-led coalition partners, that's the area we control with 60,000 syrian democratic forces on the ground opposed by somewhere in the neighborhood of 20,000 isis, most of whom are now in hiding because the territory they once occupied we've taken away from them. that little circle down there at the bottom of the map, the half circle in purple, that's where a base is located. the missions that are going to continue will be in the northern part of the purple, in the

northeast there's going to be a safe zone between turkey and syria and our forces and others will help maintain that safe zone. and then throughout the entire purple area is where isis is hiding and we'll keep pressure on them so they do not retake territory. the third mission is in the half circle in the southern part of syria there, in the middle of the map. that's where the base is and we'll operate that base and we'll likely have some norwegians there and others to do that. the reason for that base is to block the land bridge, the southern land bridge that iran wants to establish through iraq, through southern syria, so that they cane encroach on israel. that's kind of what's in front of us in the months a. eric: do you think we can stop irans progression with that base and the number of troops they have. >> can't do it by itself. that's a very good question. we need to keep the pressure on

iran in terms of the sanctions, also staying in eastern syria in that purple area i described to you, 70% of the oil fields are there and if we left iran would get all those oil fields and they'd be able to fund the war in syria, the war in yemen, just based on the revenue from those oil fields alone. eric: you think 400 u.s. troops are enough to keep the pressure on? >> well, they're not going to be involved in directly doing that. 60,000 syrian democratic forces which we provide assistance to, we help them do the planning and coordinate. that purple area, we control the air space. those 400 u.s. and also brits and french will coordinate for those strike fighters to maintain control of that air space which is absolutely decisive. eric: what is kim jong un up to? there's reports he's preparing the missile strike, perhaps ready to launch another missile

at some point? is this a message to the world? >> north korea kind of blew the summit. they should have known that trump was not going to fall into the same pattern that previous presidents did and give him sanction relief. i'm stunned that he put that on ththe table. this is face-saveing in my understanding of the asian culture. he's pushing back here for that face save. i don't think we should make too much out of it because i really believe it's in his interest to negotiate with us and i think it's in our interest to negotiate with them and i believe those negotiations will get back on again. eric: the federation of american study said he's never going to give up nuclear capabilities. do you think kim jong un will ever do that? >> the intelligence committee is united on this. they don't think so.

and they're looking at current patterns and it's hard to forecast the future in the intelligence -- and the intelligence guys would be the first to admit that. i think what would be telling, if he's really willing to make some concessions and we can guarantee some security for him in the sense of event watt peace treaty -- event l wall peace ev, hopefully pulling the militaries away in the demilmilitaryized z. i don't think he anyone in the administration knows they will truly denuclearize. kim jong un may not be in a position to make that decision. what we've got to do and i think is the right thing is let's continue to talk, let's continue to negotiate. that's better than where we were 18 months ago when he was threatening the use of these weapons against the american people and flying them over japan on a regular basis. eric: that's for sure. the negotiations will be continuing on a lower level than

the president. >> i hope so. eric: they will be. general keane, always good to see you. >> great talking to you, eric. eric: tomorrow we'll have more on this. national security advisor john bolton will join maria bartiromo on sunday morning futures. he will discuss the latest developments as we just did with north korea and venezuela and what's next after the fall of isis in syria. maria and john bolton, 10:00 a.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. arthel. arthel: check it out. a grand jury in chicago as indicted empire actor jussie smollett on 16 felony counts for an alleged attack that police say he staged. jackie heinrich is live from our new york city newsroom with the dea tails. >> reporter: each of the 16 counts is a class 4 felony. if he's convicted, smollett could face up to three years in prison. the empire actor got eight counts from what he told the officer h who initially took the

report and eight from what he told the detective. the attorney is calling it overkill and an attempt to distract people from the leaking of false information from the chicago police department. chicago police opened an internal investigation after leaks surfaced. smollett said he was the victim of a hate crime, claimed he was attacked by two masked men, claiming they beat him, poured a chemical on him and said racial and homophobic slurs. he said the men put a rope around his neck and shouted this is maga country. police say the 36-year-old staged the attack and paid two brothers $3,500 to carry it out. smollett maintains his innocence. >> this is an outrage. the fact that he maintains his innocence makes it even more outrageous. 16 counts? i defy anybody to find any indictment anywhere where somebody has brought 16 counts

for being a victim of a hate crime basically. >> reporter: chicago police said smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career, saying he was unhappy with his pay. thethey say the people of chicao embraced him as a neighbor and respected him as role model. producers of his he show, empire, removed his character from the last couple episodes of the season. smollett is scheduled to be arraigned on march 14th. arthel: thank you. eric: r. kelly is free today once again after spending three days in jail over his unpaid child support charges. he was taken back into police cacustody on wednesday during a hearing. prosecutors said he owed over $160,000 to his ex-wife.

the cook county sheriff said the amount was paid today and it allowed kelly to be sprung from jail. last month he was charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse and he spent a weekend in jail until a chicago business owner paid his $100,000 bail. kelly has pled not guilty to all of the charges. arthel: the house advances an election overhaul bill. if it passes it would impact the 2020 presidential election. what's the democratic reaction? also, hear why republicans say it misuses money from taxpayers. >> we can do better and i hope today we have a big voice to say taxpayers should not pay for our elections. the politicians should not vote to take more of their hard-earned money from taxpayers so they can say things that people disagree with. i don't keep track of regrets. and i don't add up the years. but what i do count on... is boost® delicious boost® high protein nutritional drink has 20 grams of protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals.

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eric: there was a brief scare at newark international airport in new jersey this morning after

authorities say an airliner was forced to make an emergency landing there. nearly 200 passengers were evidencevacuated by slides aftee crew reported smoke and a possible fire in the cargo hold. the plane was on its way from montreal to fort lauderdale, florida when it was diverted to newark about 8:30 this morning. the plane landed safely as you can see and two of the 189 passengers reported minor injuries in the deplaning. there was no fire found on-board and they are investigating the cause of the reported smoke. arthel: back to politics now. the house passionin passing a sg election overhaul bill that takes on campaign finance, ethics and voting rights. house speaker nancy pelosi outlined her support. republicans like the house knee medical report leader kevin mccarthy criticized the legislation for taking taxpayer money and give it to political campaigns. >> the idea of hr-1, it's going

to take taxpayers' money to give to politicians. the idea that if you're convict as a felon, you get to vote, even if you're convicted of a voter fraud, you're now going to be able to vote. i do not believe this bill is going to go anywhere. >> it is a power grab, a power grab on behalf of the people, but let us look to the senate and say when we pass this bill it's not just what happens on this floor, it's the message it sends to the american people. arthel: let's break it down with our political panel, kris wilson, the former director of research analytics and digital strategy for the ted cruz presidential campaign and capri kafaro, an executive resident in the school of public affairs at american university. good to have both of you. >> good afternoon. >> thanks for having me. arthel: we're going to give you a chance to say what's bad about it. i want to start with what's good about the package.

let's start with you, capri. >> any time you are dealing with the ability to make things more transparent in campaign finance, for example, making sure that 501c4 contribution, the irs tax code for basically political advocacy, right now contributions t that don't haveo be disclosed. having to make that disclosed is good. transparency is important when it comes to who is giving to campaigns and advocating for an issue or candidate. i think that's a good thing. and certainly being able to give money and we'll get into the issue about campaign finance and giving tax dollars in a second but being able to support the states. i can tell you that our individual boards of elections that have jurisdiction over pass l i'll tating elections are really up against it, don't have the resources to do their job properly. to have the federal government support their efforts helps protect the vote and enables the

folks to do their jobs. arthel: chris, what do you say? >> i couldn't disagree more. the bill should be called the politician protect act. the fact that democrats thinks there is public support for taking taxpayer dollars and paying for political elections is remarkable to me. >> i didn't say i supported that. arthel: hang on one second zoo the further indication of the -- arthel: chris you wait too for one second. i know you don't like the bill. that's fine. but i want to know, is there anything in there good, i said we want to start with that, then we'll go to the pitfalls. >> no, there isn't. arthel: then go ahead and criticize it. >> let me get to the point about the making transparent the donations the 503 support. the reason why that was initially allowed for was to protect those people who want to support the civil rights movement in the deep south and whenever you had racist district attorneys hauling civil rights attorneys and civil rights

organizations in to try to expose donors to the organizations for reasons they needed to be protected. the reason why those protection% in place is because not always is support of a group that may stand up for the rights of certain minorities a positive thing. so -- arthel: is a what thing? is a positive thing? i didn't hear you. >> the ability to keep those donations transparent is a positive thing. to keep them private, i'm sorry, it's a positive thing. the point is, if you want a good thing on it, i would say the good thing it exposes the further slide of the democratic party to the left. it becomes a campaign issue for republicans in the 2020 campaign. arthel: you heard chris say this thing is bullocks, it's horrible, and any attempts to make sure that everyone's vote counts and there's transparency at the polls, it's not a good idea. >> well, obviously i dis disagre

with the fact -- we need to make sure everybody's vote counts as long as they're a citizen. we need to make it easier for people to vote, not harder. we need to make sure there isn't fraud. as democrat i have concerns about some things. there's an argument about allowing tax dollars to support political campaigns. there are states and municipalities that do it. i understand the arresting argu. if you wanted to cap campaign finance contributions, you get into a first amendment argument. how do we figure out a way to get money out of politics in that's going to be a continued argument. there's issues requiring everybody to register to vote. it should be choice on whether or not they want to register to begin with and so i do think there's -- it's a mixed bag. i think it's a political play. i think it is one for democrats to get on record about their priorities and to put republicans on record, saying that basically trying to paint them as people that are

supportive of transparen transpd ethics. i don't think this is going to go anywhere. arthel: you had some pros and cons, that's the way we like it. we're going to show some of the major provisions while i ask chris to give me a final answer here. if this is not the answer to improving the nation's election system, ridding it of exposure to fraud, making sure that every american's vote counts, what is the answer? >> i think we've moved to the right answer. some of it is transparency. i agree that transparency is a good thing but i think there are certain organization that's should be protected from transparency for the reasons i pointed out that were important like i said during the civil rights movement. from a standpoint of counting every vote, that's essential. what the bill doesn't do is protect against things like we saw happen in california, vote harvesting or what we saw in north carolina since we've had a new election called in north carolina. those things have to be protected. arthel: i've got to go, hitting

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daylight saving time begins at 2:00 a.m. is that with an s or without an s? all states except hawaii and most of arizona will make the time change by the way. it really is also a good time of year to check your batteries in your eric: that's a good idea. monday is going to be cranky, everyone's cranky on monday. arthel: i'll be cranky tomorrow so get ready. eric: be bad on monday. there's a tornado that devastated an entire community in alabama last weekend. the south is bracing for more nasty weather this weekend. meteorologist adam klotz is tracking the latest storms. people have to take care today. >> this is a large system covering a huge portion of the country, the warm temperatures in the southeast, that's where we're looking at severe thunderstorms. in the north, the temperatures are colder. the same system, big areas where we're looking at snow warnings

with this particular system. again, on the southern edge of this, this becomes a big, nasty tornado maker, at least a severe thunderstorm maker. and everything we're looking at currently on the leading edge, portions of northern mississippi getting up into tennessee, everything there highlighted in the red, those are tornado watched areas, so that's going to be a spot to pay attention to and the system will sweep off towards the east. eric: thanks, so much. arthel: daylight saving time. thank you for the that w forecat we have to pay attention to. we'll be back in one hour. eric: meanwhile, we have the journal editorial support. arthel: charles payne. arthel: charles payne. eric: oh, great. arthel: charles payne. so we built capital one cafes, with savings and checking accounts you can open from here in 5 minutes. this is banking reimagined. what's in your wallet? smile dad. i take medication for high blood pressure and cholesterol. but they might not be enough to protect my heart.

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