♪ well, very fitting. happy easter, everybody. >> yay. >> as they say, he is risen to which you respond he is risen indeed. that is it. >> i was going to say halleluj hallelujah. >> it's the baptist call and response for easter. >> happy easter, everyone at home. this is my favorite holiday

because small little bunnies and chicks. >> and little puppies. >> we want you to e-mail us, friends@foxnews.com, easter hunts, baskets, knew outfits for church. send them in. but there's got to be a screen shot of "fox & friends" in the background. the "the new york times" is saying maybe the yos yay wasn't what it was cooked up to be. the 20 democrats are jumping all in on impeachment and the mueller report. let's take a look back and think about the holy week which started with a terrible tragedy in paris but was averted in some ways by people coming together, saving the treasures there. and now the bombing in sri lanka overnight. churches under attack in easter. >> at least 138 people are dead after a series of explosions target churches and hotels in sri lanka.

>> we've live in the jerusalem bureau with the latest. good morning. reporter: pete, ed, jedidiah, the story is developing by the moment. authorities say that in the past hour two new blasts are occurred, this bringing the total number of attacks up to eight. the six targets killed at least 138 people, injuring hundreds more. the number expected to rise. the first round of attacks targeted three churches and three luxury hotels across the island. the majority of bombings happened in the capital city. video footage shows blood across the pews. many churches have canceled their services out of fear that another bombing could occur. ten days ago sri lanka's police chief worried that bombers planned to hit.

as condolences pour in from around the world, sri lanka's president has given instructions to law enforcement to take every step to find out who carried out the attacks. 35 foreign nationals were killed in the attacks. we're getting new information just now indicating that sri lanka has shut down social media sites in the country and additionally we're learning that a curfew has been imposed to try to stop other people from going into the streets and putting themselves into danger on this easter sunday. >> we'll get back to you throughout the show. >> sri lanka fought a civil war for a long time. the spep las vegas because they're suicide bombers, this could be the work of radical islamists, focusing on churches on easter? >> devastation when any house is hit on a religious holiday, everyone feels so united and

mourning. those are supposed to be the sacred places that people go for safety and secure. >> and celebration on easter. >> and to find celebration and peace for themselves. it's devastating. >> the terrible accident in paris earlier in the week, obviously people came together. hopefully many come together for those in sla ka. sri lanka. "the new york times" seems to have woke unup after a couple of years and realized that the anti-trump dossier may not have, what it was promised and may have been filled with what they called fabrication. what we've been reporting on for a long time. >> they're reporting it now. independent's the "finally new york times." it's usually the failing "the new york times." this is what the "the new york times" reported in their newspaper just recently. they said the release on

thursday of the report by the special counsel robert s. mueller iii under scored what had grown clear for many. some of the most sensational claims in the dossier appeared to be false and others were impossible to prove. mr. mueller's rt no overall assessment of why so much did not check out. >> how many reports in some cases have been doing excellent work in figuring out what's in the investigation and what's not but after a couple of years they never investigated some of this stuff, never got to the bottom of the stuff that we've been talking about on fox for a long time. >> it's good they felt compelled to do so. we can laugh about it. it is late. welcome to the party. but i'm glad to see they felt compelled.

if the "the new york times" feels compelled to look into this and be honest what happened and question what was the basis for the investigation, that means that other liberal media outlets will follow suit, if they want to have credibility, we have to ask tough questions and be realistic. >> that this is their one time mea culpa so they can check the box and move on to whatever other investigation. >> remember, there's going to be an investigation of the investigators. this. is going to be followed up on. this is what the "the new york times" listed as example exampl, intleinteractions with prostitu, moles inside the dnc, use of romanian hackers to attack the democrats, and michael cohen's trip to prague. how many times did we hear about

that. that started in the dossier, never proven of all of this time. the carter page one strikes me interesting because carter page has been thrown out there in the mainstream media for years, thrown to the wolfs. >> see leve and we might get the declassification of the warrant on carter page. might get to see the unredacted version of what they trumped up on donald trump. >> meanwhile we have great division between the democratic party. some pushing for impeachment, some saying let's focus on the issues. let's look at the democrats backing impeachment, larn, julian castro, al greene, alexandria ocasio-cortez, ill hand omar, maxine waters, no

surprises for me there. let's listen to the democrats on impeachment versus investigations and see some of the divide. >> impeach the president. are you there yet? >> i'm not there yet, but i can foresee that possibly coming. >> the impeachment effort is going to only divide it further. >> essentially impeachment is a political process and in my view there's a better political process coming down the road on almost the same time frame and that's the elections of 2020. >> another question for us is, is there going to be some accountability here. i have called on the house to initiate impeachment. >> i think right now we should continue the investigation. >> let's keep investigating. keep going. does he want to investigate the investigators, though? the idea that you're going to

keep investigating until you find something, i think angus king is right. if you want to impeach him, impeach him at the ballot box. to me if you're being savvy as a democrat at all, that's what you do expwhr blumenthal of >> blumenthal said this is not the end. said this is the beginning of a new chapter. what you're saying is investigate on and on forever. >> the truth is if they felt they could impeach him at the ballot box, that's the route they would go. i think the fear is they're deeply worried about the election. he is scoring big points. let's figure out a way to get him out and tackle this in an underhanded kind of way. and a lot of democrats are being responsible about this saying hold on a second, impeachment is going to hurt us. i give them credit. it's a matter of which side in

the democratic party wins the fight. >> there's one guy who it took him a long time. there's questions about the start of the joe biden campaign. >> supposed to happen this week. >> wednesday. one of his former aides, he said this, said i've never seen anything so half you know what. you're imp provising and doing last-minute planning. the guy has been running for president since 1987 and can't figure out the basic of where should i stand o on the first d. this should make everyone nervous. it's felt like he's in and out. is he off to the right kind of start here? >> it doesn't seem like it. and it seems like, can he come in as the grownup in the room and chart a course? if he can't figure out am i in, am i out, am i going to get the money, am i not going to get the money, it's hard to show him

having strength coming in. if he wants to go moderate, you've got the resist liberal left wing saying no no no, don't give in to trump, don't move on from the investigations. he's showing the strength that you would expect. instead he's showing a lot of waffling. >> deep down inside joe knows this is not his time. he's trying to figure out how to fit into the me too movement, when the democratic party has gone so far left. there doesn't seem to be room for him. it's a struggle. he's saying to say i want to announce but how do i do this in a way that surges me forward and don't have bernie sanders on my tail. >> he will be there. a zoo keeper is in stable condition after being attacked by a tacker. visitors watching as the 7-year-old tiger pounced on the trainer. the animal puncturing the woman's head, neck and back.

the tiger will not be put down. the zoo closed briefly before reopening. police in nelz say the parents of a missing 5-year-old boy are not cooperating with investigators. this as the fbi joins the search to find the boy. the boys parents say they last saw him wednesday night. there are no signs that he was abducted. aj's parents have been investigated for abuse and tbhe glect in the past. felicity hutchman could avoid jail time after pleading guilty. he should spend her recommended sentence of four to ten month ms at home. she would have to wear an ankle monitor. the actress admitted to paying a harvard graduate 15,000 dollars to fix her daughter's s.a.t. score. christians around the world are celebrating easter today. this is a live look at the vatican city right now as pope francis addresses a massive

crowd. and the fire at notre dame forcing parishioners to hold their easter vigil at a nearby church. at washington, d.c., thousands are gathering at the lincoln memorial right now for the sunrise service. some establishment stop sanders democrats agonizing over his momentum. the establishment roorin establ. surges in the poll polls in the meantime. what do bernie's supporters have to say. we'll ask one supporter and get the inside scoop next. termites, feasting on homes 24/7.

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democrats about to get a 2016 primary do-over with the relaunched cam pain of socialist bernie sanders. some democrats are ag niesessing

other his momentum and money as he continues to top the poll and surge in the fund-raising. what do actual sanders supporters make of all of this. let's ask democratic strategist chuck. good morning and happy easter. tell me why are democratic establishment folks so worried. we keep hearing about the secret dinners that are not secret. chuck schumer and nancy pelosi huddling, what do we do, how do we stop bernie. why are they so worried? >> i've been doing campaigns for 29 years. you have an elite class of donors who have called the by laws and the process, bernie sanders operates outside of that. funded by grass hoot support from all over the country. 1 million donations today from small individuals giving a little bit of money. that takes the power away there the people who are normally used

to being in power and that ain't normally something good for folks in power. >> but there are some of the establishment democrat democraty devil's advocat ad vo and advoct they're thinking -- he's out on a limb and can't grow his base. does he want to unite the democratic party or not? >> his first number one goal was to beat donald trump. and as we travel across the country we're bringing people into the democratic party. you have to vote in the democratic pr pry pair. we had big crowds in south south carolina for bernie sanders. people are unrunning to his message about health care and education. >> i hear from democrats privately, is he even a democrat? he is vedge spher registered as? >> he is registered for a

democrat. he cares about the issues that we run on empowering people. >> he's filed as a democratic now but he's always been a socialist. >> he runs as a democratic socialist. if you're for medicare for all, then you're a democratic socialist. >> where is he on impeachment? >> i haven't had a conversation with the senator exactly about that. i'm not ready to answer that. >> where is he on the mueller information? >> there was a lot of information that was a wake-up call. everybody is taking it in and seeing what the steps are. the people have to take the report, take the findings of the report and do all of the work they need to do. >> here's a bottom-line question for bernie sanders moving forward. how does he beat donald trump if he is the nominee. when i talk to trump advisers, they say after a long drawn out primary, if a socialist, if you admitted that's really what he

is, if a socialist wants to take on a capitalist, donald trump is going to run away with the election. >> in wisconsin, michigan you with a whole group of people that have forgotten about. they love bernie sanders, love his message, love medicare for all. >> have those folks seen the unemployment numbers? >> have you seen the polls? people are flocking to bernie sanders. people i talked to. not everybody out there but the folks on the campaign trail. >> we're all waiting for it. 2020 is here already. happy easter. >> thank you, ed. remember the media spent the last two years pushing the russia collusion narrative. the next guest says now that the mueller report is out the attorney general was right about everything and the left needs to apologize. he's a "the new york times" contributing writer.

that is next.

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into democrats and the media spending more than two years rushing the russian collusion hoax and getting it all wrong. >> i think this is a potentially more dangerous situation than watergate. >> donald trump is afraid. >> this is evidence of willingness to commit collusion. >> so many connections with the kremlin. i believe there was collusion. >> donald trump is done. he's done. there's no question about that. >> the beginning of the end. >> our next guest says democrats and the media owe the president an apology. >> joining us now is publisher and editor of "american greatness" and "the new york times" writer. thanks for joining us. not many people get the opportunity to write an op ed like this in the pages of the "the new york times." tell us about your argument. >> well, so i think you're talking to america's least popular man today judging by the hate mail i've gotten over the last couple of days because of

this. but actually it's something i've wanted to say for a while, something i have said for the past two years which is that the collusion narrative, the way i put anytime the piece was this is basically just a massively multiplayer coping mechanism. this is something that people came up with because they couldn't believe that donald trump was elected. hillary was supposed to win. there us no possible way she coulden win. couldn't win. a 90% chance to win, donald trump 7%. when that didn't happen there had to be an excuse. and it always seemed to come back to the same thing, which is it had to be russian. and there were headlines every day saying this is the end or donald trump, there's collusion, we're going to prof it, mueller is going to prove it, team mueller and it turns out it wasn't true, which is what we've been saying for two years. and having committed what i think is a massive fraud on the american public, it's time for

people to own the mistake if it was an honest mistake and say i was wrong and apologize, move on. that's the only way that people who say they are journalist can regain credibility. >> the odds f that happening are roughly slim to none. do you think there will be any stand-out democrats particularly those running for 2020 will seize the opportunity to be truthful on this, my guess is no, or will there be people in media who want to maintain credibility and recognize that their credibility is on the line base on how they covered this from the start? >> it will feel good if you come clean and it's good for the soul and you'll feel better about it, you'll regain your credibility, not really expecting that anybody coul would take me up oe offer. and honestly the people to do will be few and far between. when it comes to the 2020

candidates, zero of those people will do it. that's not what their base is. they raise money calling donald trump names and saying he colluded. it's not in their interest to come clean and tell the truth. >> right. >> so you said you got a lot of hate mail. what's the major response. are you lying in their minds? >> the major response is it's sort of like they go to plan b. it doesn't say collusion but it doesn't say he didn't collude. i don't snow ho know how to pros that. yeah, right, but if he had colluded they would have said that. and so it's -- i feel like this is the six stages of grief and people who invested so much time and effort and mental capacity in this are trying to figure out what's next. >> good for you. >> i think your dilemma and how to process that is the dilemma that most people are having. appreciate your input. thanks for being here. coming up, kim kardashian

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alert. churchesunder attack on easter. 138 people are killed and nearly 500 others are hurt after a series of the last few hours. the initial wave targeted three churches during easter sunday services. >> two are believed to be carried out by suicide bombers. to group has taken responsibility. >> let's bring in the reverend from the archdiocese of new york. happy easter. somber news reminding us that christians are targeted around the world. >> this hits home. easter sunday mass, people killed while they're worshiping god, it really hits my soul here to see this. i'm going to have mass at 11:00 this morning. absolutely no thought that anybody would come in and bomb my church but that's what happened in sri lanka. we're going to pray for those people and pray they can find healing and support among the

survivors and burr arery the dead. but it's very very sad. >> so many people in my family and families around the country and countries worldwide look to church as a sacred place where they find peace and feel they can find safety. when something like that happens it shakes through all of us. despite this horrific news, what is your hope that people will remember on this easter sunday and learn from easter? >> easter is christ's triumph over sin and death. even the people killed today have the triumph of life. the life of heaven is what's parent. christ came in as a prince of peace and we pray that his followers will respond in love. but we have to remember that evil brought christ to the cross. when he died on the cross we he asked to us bar bear our own cr.

>> there's a poll from ga gallop that caught our eye. it suggests that faith is losing its influence. 78% say it's losing influence 19% say it's increasing right now. how do you turn that around? >> well, you know, the job of the priests and the church is to proclaim christ. i think that's what we try to do. how we do that in the modern scene, it becomes a little more difficult because people don't come to the church build sog we have to appeal to them in many ways. but one of the most outstanding things that we can tell to people if you are a practicing catholic or christian, live your faith in joy, be charitable, believe in the doctrine with firmness, people come to you with questions, answer them. most people won't ask me religious question, they'll talk to their play friends. if they believe jesus rose from the dead and this is why i

believe it, it will have an influence. >> how do we get past the easter bunny. it's great but a secular reaction to a holy day. what the you do to connect the meaning of this day? >> explain to them what happened in jerusalem. that he died on friday and rose the third day. tell the story of easter and explain it. easter bunnies are great. i was a kid. we all were. i love the chocolates, you know. but the easter bunny is just a symbol of life. christ is life and the life of clies was real and true but kids need to know the story. kids love details. you tell the story, the garments are cast aside, the holy women came, the angel told them that the lord has risen, they went to the tomb. they didn't believe then they believe. read the gospel story to them that not only is it written down, it's written in our

hearts. >> very well said. >> thank you so much. >> happy easter. headlines for you now. the fbi addressed a leader of an armed malitia group that stopped undocumented migrants at the southern border. larry hopkins was taken into custody and charged with being a felon in possession of a gun. the controversial group says it detains illegal immigrants until law enforcement can arrive. it takes a pair of bold crooks just 30 seconds to steal 100,000 dollars worth of jewelry from a georgia mall. the suspects posing as customers before surveillance video shows one of them pull out a hammer and smash a glass case. they both then grab trays of jewelry and run. the police are still searching for them. and parents are suing their son's former prep school claiming he got expelled for his conservative beliefs. they're accusing the academy for

discrimination saying his son was kicked out for sharing his political views. school officials say he was not expelled over his beliefs and that he had several chance to follow the code of conduct. >> kim kardashian is sharing more about her work with trump on prison reform. >> people say don't go to the white house. your career will be over. >> kardashian worked with the president to commute the president of first-time nonviolent drug offender alice johnson last year. those are your headlines. she took a lot of heat for that. >> i love on the banner it said kim kardashian west, celebrity. >> it's one of those sunday mornings. adam, how are you doing? >> a harder turn from kim car dash yankardashian to adam.

>> i wasn't going to say it but you did. celebrity works for you. a good forecast for much of the country. really beautiful weather. the big storm that we tracked over the last several days, we're at the tail of that. maybe a little rain lingering on portions of new england. it's really going to be clearingoff. clearing off. we're looking at surgeon any conditions across the south, warmer temperatures, snow in the mountains and rain across the upper midwest. but those are small areas consider most of the country is looking at good conditions. cool on the east coast, 47 degrees into atlanta. there's your forecasted highs on the day. 73 in minut minneapolis, it is m and beautiful in the middle of the country. a nice-looking easter sunny. >> a little bunny. easter bunny. >> the bunny is in mexico.

when is he coming up to the states? >> he can't. we don't let that happen. >> yo we built a wall. >> you set that up. >> how do you feel on the day after. >> the day after? >> the day after the loss yesterday, the arm wrestling. >> i won. >> you were about to go down hard sphwhr i i don't know what you're talking about. >> charles payne with an easter miracle. >> your shoulder sore? >> there's a lot to break down about this. for one he's pulling me on his side of the table. >> i was taking your whole body with me. >> this guy can't just be gracious. >> can we free the easter bunny, please? get him in america for the next one. >> thanks, adam. facial recognition terminology, one of the fbi's newest crime fighting tools. >> but is using it an invasion of privacy and is it so slippery

slope? we debate that coming up next.

. quick headlines. senator kirsten gillibrand hits the bar with drag queens while campaign in iowa. the 2020 presidential candidate posting these picture on twitter thanking the group for inviting her to the show. president trump is firing back at mitt romney. the utah senator said he was sickened by the president after reading the mueller report. well the president tweeted, quote, if mitt romney spent the same energy fighting barack obama as he does fighting donald trump, he could have won the race. maybe. pete? >> maybe. new concerns this morning over the fbi's new crime fighting tool. facial recognition technology. it compares faces of suspected criminals to their government-issued i.d.s. critics say it violates the

privacy of average americans. a report finding most of the 411 million photos in the fbi's database belong to law-abiding citizens. they probably got my face and yours. the fbi hasn't implemented policy changes to meet the department's privacy and accuracy standards set by the government accountability office. is this an important law enforcement tool or a slippery slope? here to discuss, former nypd officer darren porcher and kara fred rick. thank you both for being here. kara, i'll start with you. law-abiezing citizens in this database. a lot of people look at this saying it feels like big brother. >> definitely. first of all, thanks for having me. happy easter. darren, thanks for being here as well. what's really important is you have to first distinguish between legitimate and

illegitimate uses of the technology. there are ways that it could be a security boon. identifying the capital gazette shoot ner maryland 2018. that's a great legitimate use of the technology. but the problem is the slippery slope comes into play with two things that are going to impact the way this technology is used. this technology is getting cheaper and more ubiquitous. just last month the "the new york times" built a facial recognition machine for under $60 and they detected over 2700 faces in nine hours in a small subset of manhattan. secondly there's ai optimized chips that are going to enable facial recognition to be used in smaller devices. it's going to be everywhere. >> if this as is everywhere it's going to be open to abuse. >> yes and no. you have to look at the seismic shift in technological

advancements in law enforcement. this is the wave of the future. the fourth amendment protecting citizens from frivolous intrusions from law enforcement. i got that. but the truth of the matter is, i can speak from being a practitioner, i've used facial recognition on many occasions and it has enhanced investigations. and this is really is pathway that we're moving in law enforcement. so when we go back to just the average citizen in a place like nonew york city, they're photographed roughly 100 to 200 times a day. this data is being encapsulated and given to law enforcement agencies and independents. as we move forward this is where we are and i don't see it going back. >> you're a good cop. i trust you would use it the right way. are the safeguards in place to make sure that somebody who has nefarious intentions doesn't have a chance to use it? >> the safeguards are difficult to assays. but from an internal perspective

at the fbi, i believe they're sound. and i believe the fbi is utilizing sound practice to safeguard the information moving forward. >> we've heard a lot about the fbi as it pertains to folks at the top using their powerful positions it looks like for their own purposes. could this be used by the fbi in ways that average citizens wouldn't like? >> so, i think the question is less, you know, the intent of the programmers and more of the mistakes that the machine consist make. so the question of bias has been raised pretty publicly, especially in terms of facial recognition's ability to identify female and minority faces. these systems aren't perfect and sometimes the risk of deploying them when they're not yet reliable, when the algorithms haven't been perfected, the silent implications that can have outweigh the security risks or stand to outway th outweigh t risks. and it's important to look at

what's happening outside our border with the use of facial recognition tick nolg. look no further than china when the weaker minorities are living under the digital surveillance state where it's allowed to sort of test these technologies. i mean we have to pay attention with the way this technology is being used outside the u.s. in order to determine how we use it here. >> is my face in your database? >> unfortunately your face is not in my database. it could be. when we look at the governmental information in place, driver's license information, passport information, true it's in the database but being used for the right reasons. and that's what we need to focus on moving forward. >> thank you very much and happy easter to you both. >> happy easter to you too. >> thanks, pete. coming up, following the heartbreak in paris and the destruction of the notre dame cathedral, a pledge to fund a

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well the tragic fire at notre dame theeld bringing class warfare to the streets. >> thousands of yellow vests protester rs taking to the streets and turning violent over the money raised to rebuild the cathedral of notre dame while the calls to help the lower middle classers are going unseen. >> break down what's going on.

>> you would think after the horrible fire at notre dame, the country's place of worship that it would be a unifying event for france. not the case. some would say that the billion dollars in donations from the country's wealthiest, the owners of gucci, louis viewto vitton we a good thing. but anything 1,000 euros is tax deductible. and it really angered the unions that the richest people in france and the biggest companies were willing to open their pocketbooks but not to help the middle class. so that helped galvanize the yellow vest protest that has been going on for 23 weeks now and they're angry at what they see as an elitist in the presidential office off to help the rich and the wealthy but not the poor. >> people coming together and trying to rebuild and bringing money to the table would be a

good thing. >> you would think so. but i would say that emanuel macron, he had to cancel that address on monday because of the notre dame fire. he is going to announce new measure to help the middle class and maybe alleviate the protesters. he has a tough job right now. one of the highest debt levels in the world at 97% gdp. lots of social welfare programs to pay for. three countries pay more than trans, belgium, denmark and sweden. and he has a very high unemployment rate to deal with, 9% that has been stuck there for many years but he doesn't have control of his monetary policy. other people control where the currency goes. no control over that. he has taxes and spending. and so recently when he got into office he cut the wealth tax, increased the gas tax which some saw as benefiting the rich, and also he made it easier to hire

and fire which traditionally in france people have been relaxed. >> and he was a lecturing president a few months ago. remember that? >> yeah. he has a pretty tough position to grapple with right now. >> when you give up your sovereignty to an international body or to a european body you can't make every decision you need to make for your country. >> you cannot. and i would have to say that the wealthy, from what i see, average incomes have doubled over the last 20 years. gone up only a quarter for the middle and lower class. but income in equality is actually, it's lower in france and here in the u.s., canada and the uk. a lot of people are saying, what are you complaining about, let's unify and rebuild notre dame. >> i noticed that you enunciated very well. some are saying that president trump should move on and focus on his legislative agenda now that the mueller report is out. should he or should he demand answers on how this all started.

we discuss the investigation of the investigators next. ♪

♪ ♪ ed: yes, it is a very happy -- jedediah: wow with, look at that set-up, i can't wait to see it. pete: classic "fox & friends." we just had the reverend on. how to we move past the bunny and move on to jesus? jedediah: you can do both. when i was a kid, you know, i went to catholic school, we had the whole religious component, that was wonderful, but we also did the easter egg hunt. pete: there's a hunt going on

right now at my house. i love it. ed: are you going to test us on scripture? pete: yes, i am. i tried earlier, i said he is risen, and now -- ed: he is risen, indeed. it's not like i didn't want know anything. [laughter] pete: it's my baptist merged with my lutheran -- jedediah: i'm going to test you on the catholic. ed: we know that pete is a caveman. you've seen the geico commercials, he's going to film one of those -- he loves meat, and jed is about the healthiest eater we know. jedediah: yeah. ed: buy or sell on some of jed's favorite treats. jedediah: yeah, i don't want to scare you, but i brought you fresh celery juice, you have got ice cream with almond milk, my version of a cheese doodle, it's going to be fun for you, pete. pete: i had bacon, sausage and

eggs. ed: covered all the major food groups. a lot of news to get to. obviously, the fallout from the mueller report, the 2020 democrats struggling. we want more investigations, we want impeachment, what are we going to do, they're divided. "the new york times" suddenly finding out there was a dirty dossier that had russian misinformation, that's a shock. jedediah: two years later. pete: but first, on this easter, a tough fox news alert. churches under attack on the holy day. at least 38 people are dead after a series of explosions target churcheses and hotels in sri lanka. ed: we're live with the latest, this is a breaking story. trey, good to see you. >> reporter: pete, jedediah, ed, president trump just tweeted moments ago offering his condolences to the victims of these deadly bombings. authorities say that the at least 138 people were killed and more than six attacks across the

country with two attacks in the past two hours. in addition to those original six, this death toll is expected to rise. the origin alp round of attacks saw three churches and three luxury hotels targeted acrosses the island. the majority of the eight bombings happened in the capital city, and at least 35 more nationals were killed. the three hotels are popular for tourists, and many likely came to celebrate the easter holiday with friends and family. video footage from the site of one church shows blood strewn across the p covered with sheets. many churches have canceled their services out of fear that another bombing could occur. the history of christianity in sri lanka dates back to the first century. just ten days ago the police chief warned that suicide bombers wanted to literature. s across the -- literature. s across the country.

a group described by the times as a radical muslim group was planning the attacks. now, what we are learning today right now is that sri lanka has imposed a ban not only on social media, but also on people entering the streets. they are saying no one is allowed out right now, they are imposing a curfew. ed: thanks for staying on top of that story, what a shocking story on easter morning. pete: well, it looks like an islamic attack the, and they're in a tough neighborhood there. we don't know who it is at this point, but with the target of churches on easter -- ed: nobody's taken responsibility, but we'll keep up with the details. jedediah: nothing sadder to me that when people are afraid to go to church. that should be devastating to everyone. ed: so media, you would think, would be doing a lot of soul searching about what they got wrong in the collusion story over the last couple years, but

they're focusing on what else can we attack the president over. a new line is when the president had those written answers to the questions of robert mueller and the special counsel's office, they're criticizing the president for saying i don't recall, i don't remember a couple dozen times. obviously, that's fair game k you can always hold folks accountable, and here's what -- but hillary clinton they never seemed to hold accountable. let's listen to what they're saying about president trump and hit clinton on the other side. >> when you use the word i don't recall to answer basic questions, then anyone would know you're lying. it's an insult to the judicial process. >> we should say the president's answers are tons of i don't recall, tons of i don't remember. >> just think about that for a moment. in written answers the president of the united states is saying he doesn't recall -- >> my god, it was hike he had failed an alzheimer's we ten

test. 36 times he said i can't remember, i can't remember, i can't remember. ed: come on, alzheimer's? to throw that in there? jedediah: the number of times president trump said he couldn't recall, thats' 36 times. the number of times hillary clinton said, 37 time it is. hillary clinton couldn't recall what the c meant in confidential even though she signed papers at the state department that said she knew exactly what that meant. the media ignored it. this was someone who had a server in a chose set, basically -- closet, basically. you bleach a hard drive, i mean, there's so many things if you look at media coverage of -- ed: right. she said i don't recall, that was an interview on the eve of fourth of july in 2016. her lawyers were given immunity. there were all kinds of -- whereas this president did not invoke executive privilege at all. pete: yeah. you know what they're mad about? donald trump played this smart. the president didn't submit himself to some lengthy

inquisition from robert s. mueller iii where he could trip himself up about something he never did anyway? so they did written statements, they answered what they knew clearly, otherwise you say you don't know or don't remember. the media's mad because they didn't get him, because he wasn't dumb enough to submit to their games. jedediah: yeah. but the double standard infuriates we -- me particularly because hillary clinton got is a pass on so many things. democrats were fiscally responsible when it comes to benghazi, but let's investigate trump til kingdom come. do you care about honesty, integrity or transparency, or is it selective? we would love to know. ed: so, look, the media's going to go on and on and on on collusion, you know, it an act of -- pete: it's not going to stop. ed: michael goodwin has an idea about what the president should do to move forward, he has an op-ed saying congressional democrats are committed to

keeping the impeachment flames burning, and the 2020 candidates are acting as a though the president is as guilty as they said he was the day before the report cleared him. the president must be, he is free of mueller, his lease on the oval office renewed. he should make the most of it. jed -- jedediah: should he move on and talk about the issues or also say investigate the investigators and figure out what happened here? pete: i think he absolutely should do both. the experts have said move on, don't talk about mueller, he's had to do two or three things at the same time. he'll keep doing that. but the democrats have a two-pronged strategy. basically, in the house they're going to investigate to feed the beast, because the base needs the beast to be fed, and then the presidential candidates will sort of talk about and say we should do that, but they're going to try to focus on policy

including bernie sanders, apparently, out there today or recently releasing a new ad about -- it gives you a glimpse into the approach he's trying to take to win over voters across america. listen to this ad from bernie sanders. >> at one time this is what built the middle class during the industrial revolution. this area was in trouble, and it's up to us, the people, to fight back. >> he came here and lied to these people. i didn't buy it, but many people did because they were hanging on to hope, and they were hoping that he would do something, but he did the opposite. >> bernie, we need you. >> we do. >> we need you, and we have your back, and i know you've got ours if we can get you elected. man, we're going to have the resources to transform america. ed: so that could be powerful because it's in lordstown, ohio. there was a general motors plant, the prime minister was saying, look, it's going to bring back jobs, then it closed. but it was the president who talked about the forgotten man

and woman long before bernie sanders or hillary clinton did. and i find it interesting because what part of really low unemployment, job growth and, by the way, wage do bernie sanders and his supporters not like? jedediah: also joe biden is considered an ally to blue collar workers, so i think he's jumping ahead and saying, you know what? we're going to ally ourself with these blue collar workers so by the time you come out, you have been associated with the washington elite, and i am associated with fighting for blue collar workers. not a bad political move. pete: i wonder how hard they had to find these people because if you talk to trump voters, they're not dissatisfied. maybe individuals who lost their jobs certain place, i get that. but for the most part, trump voters are grateful for the fight he's given, recognizing the resistance that he's faced and want to give him another chance after all this russia nonsense to see what he can get done.

they know they have to get to that blue collar voter in that rust belt area -- ed: yeah, and the president, as a capitalist, is itching at the chance to take on a socialist, because he thinks that makes it more likely he'll be reelected. and the other issue, can bernie sanders get through the primary process. many democrats view sanders as a candidate for the low call political -- loyal political base he built in 2016. liberal voters could prove if valuable in a crammed field, they wonder whether he can broaden his support in the coming months and, more importantly, if he is capable of unifying the party should he win the nomination. is he just serving the hard, hard left, the socialists that, you know, love his idea of medicare for all, parts to of the new green deal, who cares how you pay for it. you get them excited, but moderate democrats are going to say i'm staying home. i'm not voting for trump or

sanders. jedediah: i don't know if his goal is unite the party -- pete: his goal is to win the nomination. yeah, leapt us know, e-mail us at friends@foxnews.com. where does he stand on that? that article is indicative of the washington establishment. bernie was never in our plan, it was supposed to be joe biden. jedediah: oh, jeb bush, reminds me of those time it is. all right, turning to headlines, the pentagon identifies an army staff sergeant killed in qatar, albert miller died in a noncombat incident. the 24-year-old from new hampshire was part of a counterterrorism operation. he was assigned to the 736 th aircraft maintenance squadron at dover air force base. actress felicity huffman could avoid jail time after she pleaded guilty in the college admissions scandal. the l.a. time it is reports she could spend her recommended sentence of 4-10 months at home.

she would have to wear an ankle monitor. the actress admitted to play paying a harvard graduate $15,000 to inflate her daughter's s.a.t. score. once again heir going to say green privilege at work. ed: we've all seen james clapper and john brennan attack president trump. >> the most divisive president we've ever had. >> i think what we have here is a pa -- is a case of passive collusion. pete: now a former cia analyst is calling both of them out over their clear political bias. daniel hoffman worked for john brennan and is here to react next. ♪ ♪ my dream car.

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>> the most divisive president we'e ever had in the oval office. >> donald trump's behavior and actions toward russia and toward mr. putin are quite, quite puzzling. >> i really question his ability to, his fitness to be in this office. i think what we have here is a case of passive collusion. jedediah: former intel chiefs taking to the airwaves to create president trump, but now a former cia analyst is criticizing them for airing their political views and says there could be an institutional bias toward democrats at the intelligence agencies. ed: john gentry says a considerable body of evidence indicates many cia people have left-leaning political preferences but less evidence shows it influences cia

analyses. jedediah: here to weigh in is daniel hoffman, thanks for being here. what do you make of the ais circumstances about this political bias? >> well, i served many years at cia, and i guess i would be cautious about equating john brennan's blatant partisanship not only in retirement when he made those unsubstantiated allegations of collusion and treason against the president, but also when he was actively serving as director of cia. i'd be worried of equating that with lying cia officers who there's no political litmus test for serving at the agency. there are some people who voted for the president, some who didn't. i served under many presidents, we just, you know, i think people are just focused on the mission, recruit spies, steal secrets and to the all source analysis on which presidents rely. ed: daniel, we spoke a lot in general about the fbi and whether there'll be lingering problems because of peter strzok and lisa page. it doesn't mean every fbi agent

did wrong, but that has had maybe some lasting damage for the institution. what about the cia? when you've had brennan and clapper out there accusing the president basically of treason and all these other things, and i think almost as bad as after finding out, actually, there was no collusion, no treason, they haven't apologized, they haven't said, you know what? we should have stuck to the facts which is what i thought the intelligence community is supposed to be about. >> yeah, that's exactly right. you're supposed to look at all the ed and make judgments with low, medium, high levels of confidence and, of course, john brennan didn't do that, and an apology would be in order, but i know him pretty well, and he's not the one to apologize for anything x. that's a shame. i think that, i think really where john brennan brought the greatest dishonor is not on the cia so much but on himself and on the arguments of those, especially our elected officials who believed him and parroted

many of the unsubstantiated claims that made, really just did vladimir putin's bidding by driving partisanship to new levels of intensity and making it harder for democrats and republicans to govern effectively together. jedediah: democrats are asking for an unredacted version of the mueller report. do you think it will leak, and what will be the impact if it does on our national security? >> it's hard to predict whether it would leak, but in the current climate in washington and just considering how politicized the report is, i would certainly be concerned about that. i just wish democrats and republicans would -- especially the democrat side -- just train your sights away from the partisan takes and focus on our main enemy, russia. jedediah: yep. ed: bringing it, just the facts, ma'am, which is what we like. that's what intelligence analysts are supposed to do. we hope you and your family have a wonderful easter. >> thank you, same to you. jedediah: a disturbing situation at the border, mexican troops

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million through february. their numbers for march have not yet been released. and 1,993, that's how many career rbis it takes albert pujols to pass babe ruth for fifth all time in mlb history, pujols doing it in style smacking a ninth inning homer last night. pete: watching him hit is a beautiful thing. all right, here's yet another example of tensions boiling over at our southern border. u.s. defense officials confirming mexican troops drew weapons on and questioned two american soldiers on the u.s. side of the border. in a statement, the u.s. northern command explaining, quote, an inquiry by the cbp and dod revealed the mexican military members believed the soldiers were south of the border. how does something like this happen? here to explain is brendan judd. if you don't have a wall, the border seems ambiguous, then

something like this conceivably can happen. >> this story should be very disturbing to all american citizens. pete, you've covered the border for many years now, you know that these things don't just happen by accident, and i don't know one border patrol agent that is going to accept that story that the mexican military thought that these national guardsmen were in mexico. we have hundreds upon hundreds of incursions by the mexican military into the united states, yet we have very few incursions by border patrol agents into mexico. so if this border was so ambiguous, you would have incursions on both sides -- pete: why do we see incursions from the mexican military on our soil? >> it's very simple, we have case after case after case where it is believed that the mexican military is performing diversion tactics for criminal cartels in order for them to smuggle drugs

or high value contraband into the united states. again, think about what they did. they entered the united states, they pointed guns at our national guardsmen, they disarmed our national guardsmen, they held our national guardsmen for a period of time. there were many crimes that were committed by the mexican military, and so now we have to look at what was the underlying reason why they did this. and the evidence and all of the different incurses clearly points -- incursions clearly points to this potentially was criminal cartels orchestrating a diversion tactic "news of the world" to smuggle -- in order to smuggle narcotics into the united states. pete: i absolutely believe it based on covering this for a couple of years. as you watch this become a political debate, you've seen democrats, some of which dismissing the idea of borders. at least cory booker recently brought a little bit of common sense. >> we do have a problem at the southern border, democrats should not deny that we don't. nations should have borders.

borders should be respected. pete: nations should have borders, borders should be respected. it should be interesting for that statement to be dwelled upon, but based on where the democrat party is today, at least a little bit of common sense. >> yeah. you know, the question now is what's cory booker going to do? he's a legislator and, frankly, he's a very high profile legislator. is he going to work with president trump, and is he going to come up with solutions in order to secure the border or just say this and do nothing about it down the road? again, this mexican military incursion just goes right into what cory booker said, and we look at this, the president of the united states, he's trying to secure the border. is cory booker going to work with him, or is he going to give lip service to the issue? pete: and? you think he will? >> i, frankly, i haven't -- [laughter] i haven't seen any -- pete, you haven't seen any policy proposals from the left in order

to secure the border. you know, they're saying it's a humanitarian crisis, it is, but it is also a border crisis, and it's a narcotics crisis. and that's what they refuse to recognize. they're all going to say, well, these poor countries back in south america or central america, that's potentially true, but we don't throw money at this problem. you have to secure the border. is cory booker going to stand up and do that. pete: well, it's easter, so maybe. anything can happen. if jesus can rise, then maybe the democrats can find him on the border. we'll see. thank you very much, brandon. >> and he did rise. pete: he did, indeed. thank you so much. all right. well, it is an egg-stravaganza, plus a petting zoo. we've got tips to throw the best easter party, next. ♪ ♪ let's be honest.

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ed: we asked for your photos on easr morning, and they are pouring in. jedediah: this picture from florida where they are dressed in their sunday best. pete: and an e-mail from patricia, the cross she tech

rated this year at gold canyon methodist church. jedediah: wow. ed: e-mail from mike, a picture of his daughter with a little chick at their easter egg roll this year. that is pretty cool. love the pink hat as well and the rosy cheeks. jedediah: we're going to have chicks and bunnies and binny pigs -- pete: friends@foxnews.com. we still have two and a half more -- [laughter] send 'em in. ed: we talk about what happens on college campuses and how there should be free thought and often times there's not. people only want to hear from liberal voices. a story caught our eye about what's happening at a high school in ohio where they have an elective course for seniors where they actually invite extremists like bill ayers. you remember him. to come in and talk about extremism. and it sort of makes you wonder, yes, we want to hear from all

voices, but is that really what you want to hear? pete: take a watch. >> the course on political radicalism is offered to seniors as an elective. >> i'd say this class is a lesson in tolerance. this is where you can see face to face what's actually out there in the world. >> it's very, very important, you know, to have that greater understanding, and, you know, to expand beyond your own beliefs. >> the teachers insist it's not about endorsing any particular perspective. >> how have you seen students change? >> sometimes i've been affirmed in what i believe, but the most common thing is i'm just a more open person. ed: you saw bill ayers in that clip, he was one to have persons in the front of the room. his ties to barack obama was under scrutiny because going back to vietnam war protests, the weather underground were involved in bombings where people were hurt. this was a big, big deal. and, again, i think you should hear from all voices, but it's

curious to me that we don't want to hear from a ben shapiro on a college campus who's not radical, just have different ideas -- jedediah: some say he is, i would disagree -- ed: but you look at this type of radicalism, and this is okay? jedediah: you mentioned bill ayers, richard spencer, harry houston hughes, william pierce. the question is true, ed, should there be limitations, you know, if someone has been involved in executing violence or tried to execute violence against someone or a group of people, how old that person be excluded because they are too politically extreme? should someone who's, say, an anarchist be included, and others would argue bring everyone, let the students ask those questions and be repulsed by someone who may have wanted to commit -- pete: i would encourage my senior to elect to take that course if they're prepared for it. i'm sure the parents are well aware their kids are taking this.

it's a course on radicalism. we live in america. you could argue that our founders were radicals. certainly, the crown did. ultimately, it's all about time and perspective, and if you've got a white nationalist like richard spencer, he's going to say some bad stuff you're not going to like. ed: i want my kids to hear all voices, but i'm stunned it's okay here, but don't listen to ben shapiro, he's a radical. jed that's the problem. you are conservative, but you will defend the right of everyone. ed: what do you think? friends@foxnews.com. jedediah: just city moll it's brother is calling the chicago investigation unjust. he writes: this entire process quickly devolved from a focus on him as a victim of assault to him being falsely accused. all charges against the empire actor were develop canned. the family of late american singer kate smith say they're heart broken as two professional sports teams ban her version of god bless america. it comes as a racially

insensitive song she once sang resurfaced. her niece telling "usa today," quote, she was very in tune with a person's character. the. in new york yankees and philadelphia flyers have stopped playing the rendition. and a 5-year-old boy's fast food craving turns into a 911 emergency jedediah: isaiah thomas made the call whis grandma was sleeping. a michigan officer went to check in, picking up mcdonald's for the boy on his way over. amazing. those are your headlines. over to ed. ed: oh, man, we are out here on fox square, we are having a brand old time. pete: here are some tips on how to throw a party to impress your gifts. the general manager of the bash.

thank you for being here. these are some cuddly little bunnies -- ed: by the way, we want to bring in a special guest. pete: how did i -- >> this is our easter bunny from , and, look, you want a great photo op. >> we're going to take some photos in the photo booth in a moment. you've got some real bunnies, and the kids will love that. >> when you're throwing a party, you want a party that entertains your adults and kids. happy adults, happy kids. pete: this is quiver farms? >> yes. and they brought adorable little animals today. you can bring all sorts of animals into any party. ed: that's great. flower walls? >> so, look, decor should really play to the theme of the party. this is new york paper flowers.com, and they brought in a beautiful floral wall that makes for a great backdrop for

photos. it can light up your dessert table, creates an ambience that's beautiful. pete: and easter egg painting. >> crafts are a great way to keep kids entertained. pete: and adults. >> and adults. we brought in bunnies and eggs, they can paint with temporary the paints, they're washable, and they can have a great time. these are from hands-on pottery. and, look, kids are entertained, and the parents can have a conversation. pete: that's really what we want to do, keep them entertained, quiet, so we can do adult things. >> coming away with crafts and having a great thing to bling home with them. pete: let's bring the easter bunny down for face painting. ed: this is pretty cool. how cool is this? jedediah: oh, wow. ed: what do you think ant that? >> i think that when you have a party and kids are happy, this brings out their sense of enjoyment, they get to look like bunnies. they're painting all of our friends as bunnies today, but

you can make it themed to your party if you're having any kind of party, you can get your kids little faces painted. ed: pete made this for me. it's an ed egg. can we take a selfie all together? do we do it all together -- >> yeah, we're going to -- pete: we've got to get the easter bunny in here too. come on, easter bunny. [laughter] adam, get in. >> super close together. >> and this is a very special photo booth. we'll talk about how. >> 3, 2, 1, perfect. >> so this is a really special photo booth. photo booths have gone, you know, off the charts. you can get 360 photo booths, photo booths that take boomerangs, this prints on cookyings. jedediah: i love that. >> we took one earlier today, and they get printed on cookies, on cocktails, on koch coffee

drinks. photo booth technology has gone off the charts, and selfie photos are a great way -- ed: what's your web site? >> the bash.com. pete: we'll have some special cookies coming up soon. ed: a lot more news, the mueller report, a big victory for the president's war chest. president trump has one million reasons to smile this morning, a lot money pouring into his campaign. jedediah: matt schlapp is on deck. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. nice! but uh, what's up with your partner? oh! we just spend all day telling everyone how we customize car insurance because no two people are alike, so... limu gets a little confused when he sees another bird that looks exactly like him. ya... he'll figure it out. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

♪ ♪ >> no collusion, no obstruction. [applause] this hoax, it should never happen to another president again. pete: that was the president on thursday, feeling vindicated a after the mueller report finds no ed of collusion -- no evidence of collusion. ed: and now his supporters are opening their wallets, they're backing the president's re-election campaign reporting now they've pulled in more than

a million bucks following the release of the mueller report. pete: here to react is former white house political director for president george w. bush, matt schlapp. thanks for being here this morning. those are big numbers. president trump's total first quarter fundraising, $30 million. what does it say about his base of support -- there it is compared to the democrats. where does the president stand right now in. >> yeah. pete, i think that giving a donation to a candidate is the ultimate political bonding. and i think it's especially important when it comes to donald trump who is a billionaire, after all, pete. so you actually have average americans writing a check to a person who has great wealth because they want the world to know, and these donations are obviously made public, they want the world to know that they stand with their president. and i think the other thing is they just, they're disgusted by the corrosive media coverage of this ridiculous story of russian collusion. ed: matt, to your point, if you have the president's sort of

small donors kicking in money, $50 at a time, $20 at a time to say i'm fed up about the mueller report and the investigation, what do you think will happen with those small donations if the democrats go forward with impeachment? >> oh, it's going to go through the roof. i mean, the thing is, is that what's so unique about trump's presidency, his candidacy that the president has been able to raise most of his money with these small donations. and republicans like mitt romney before him, they raised in big chunks from a lot of mega-donors and bundlers. you know, donald trump didn't have that kind of operation last time. he really raised money from regular folks out this in the country, and the democrats move towards impeachment -- and i know many of their leadership realize that would be stupid politically. by the way, it's insane to try to impeach somebody when there's no crime. imagine how silly that is. all that becomes is a relitigation of an election which is just 18 months away.

so, let's face it, this has always been about politics from the very beginning. they never accepted donald trump, and for his supporters out there -- and i deal with grassroots people around the country all the time -- for his supporters, they have had enough of their desire to kick him out of office through these illegal ways. pete: matt, we know the left-wing media's not going to stop, but where should the white house pivot? what should be their focus going into the summer? >> their focus, i believe, needs to be let's get right back to the agenda. we have a rip-roaring economy that is making people's lives better. the president has been able to accomplish so much when it comes to our national security and making sure that america is not apologizing overseas again. he needs to get back to focusing on the fact that he's got an agenda to make america's lives better and all the democrats have is obstruction. and they have done that against republicans in the past successfully. it's time for this republican president to push them back on

their heels. what do they believe. and right now it's all socialism. ed: well, matt schlapp, conservative activist but also husband, dad, happy easter --? >> happy easter, guys, it's an important day. ed: it is, indeed. it's also an ongoing joke, pete the caveman making fun of jed's healthy snacks. pete: you can't make butter out of almonds. nutritious woman on the -- jedediah: wait til they start drinking green juices. ed: this morning pete is being forced to try some of jed's faiths. you is simply cannot miss -- pete: looks like poison. ed: that is next. ♪ ♪ irl? [ engine revving ] flo needs help?! [ engine revving ] take me to her! ♪ coming, flo! why aren't we taking roads?! flo. [ horn honking ]

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♪ ♪ ed: i knew you might like this -- pete: you can't make butter out of almonds -- ed: apples with almond butter. jedediah: pete, i know you want some. pete: you can't make butter out of almonds, people. and it's not like peanut butter. jedediah: forever contrast, i have the avocado oil sea salt potato chip. [laughter] almond butter. pete: nutritious woman on the planet. jedediah: wait til they start drinking green juices, you heard it here first. it has been an ongoing joke, pete making fun of my healthy snack, and this morning he will be taste testing some of my favorites. ed: pete will report and you'll decide, only fair and balanced. will he be willing to buy or sell -- pete: the criteria is would i ever consume enget?

jedediah: this starts with my celery juice made from home. it blends in the nutri bullet. you've got to taste it and let me know -- it's pure celery, nothing added. ed: buy or celery? [laughter] inpete: no, no. why to you drink that in the morning? jedediah: this is my coffee, this is an antioxidant. pete: i can see why someone might get used to it. jedediah: now we have, do you like yogurt? pete: i like regular yogurt. jedediah: this is cashew yogurt. this is plain, so it's going to be tough on the tall let because it doesn't -- on the pal leapt because there's no sugar. pete: and it came from a cash shoe -- ye jed give it a whirl. [laughter] i knew that was going to be tough. i sweeten mine with maple syrup, but i gave him the straight

stuff. ed: part of me seems confused about how you make these -- jedediah: i know. the other challenge, everyone needs to know pete doesn't like change. [laughter] now this he may like, this is a vegan pizza, so it's just vegetables with no meat. it's meat less, but you really should fancy this. ed: it's normal crust? jedediah: normal crust, and it's got all your vegetables. this is probably more vegetables than you've eaten in, like, two weeks. okay, there you go. i got a buy. pete: it is pizza, after all. it's hard to mess up. that was pretty good. i do miss the cheese. jedediah: you've got to say it right. ed: these bowls look very healthy. jedediah: these are acai bowls. it's like a fruit smoothie in a bowl nuts and protein rain seeds, oh, look at him. pete: it's okay. whatever the fruit is. swred jed they're different.

this is, like, you can get a protein bowl -- ed: horrible. i'm going to buy that one, that one i'm going to spit out. jedediah: they're different flavors. pete: the acai doesn't make it good -- jedediah: acai. [laughter] now we have ice cream. mocha almond fudge made with almond mil, so this is dairy-free -- ed: how do you make ice cream out of almonds? jedediah: i love cows. got that give 'em kisses. it's vanilla fudge. ed is much more open minded. pete: the fudge redeems it. i'll buy that. i mean, not compared to regular ice cream but, hey, i came prepared because you've just poisoned by palette. i'm going to have to clean it now. ed: you haven't tried the almond butter dark chocolate with puffed quinoa. [laughter] jedediah: i got a few buys, but that's a win when it comes to

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♪ ♪ ed: it's easter, and we want you to send us pictures and photos, memories of your easter traditions. we have a new one here. you send yours to friends@foxnews.com. there is our selfie cookie. jedediah: i love it. pete: very nice. jedediah: look at that. yeah. pete: it's organic and green. jedediah's very excited about that. [laughter] jedediah: gluten-free, people. pete: you know what? i got ahold of one of these though.

ed henry head. [laughter] jedediah: you knew that was coming. pete: bye-bye, ed. i love it. [laughter] i've always wanted to take a bite out of ed. ed: the president wakes up in palm beach and decides to western everyone a happy easter. i've never been happier or more content because your economy is maybe stronger than it's ever been before. have a great day. pete: heading into easter with the economy roaring, we're all thinking about our families around the world. jedediah: and, unfortunately, some difficult news, a fox news alert. this is video of one of seven people under arrest in connection to churches and hotels in sri lanka. ed: this hour we now know at least 190 people are dead, hundreds more injured in the easter day attacks.

pete: live from our jerusalem bureau, we have the late. trey, good morning. >> reporter: the death toll is expected to rise in this bombing in vir lank a ca, authorities do say at least 190 people have been killed and hundreds more injured. the first round of attacks did target three churches and three luxury hotels across the island according to police. another two bombings occurred later in the day. authorities say the majority of the eight bombings happened in the capital city of colombo and at least 35 foreign nationals were killed. police have arrested seven people believed to be connected. one suspect loaded into a police car as an angry crowd throws punches at him. the three hotels are all popular for tourists visiting the island, and many likely came to celebrate the easter hold cay with friends -- holiday with friends and family. many churches in sri lanka have canceled their easter services out of fear that another bombing could occur. although just over 7% of the

population is christian, the history of christianity dates back to the first century. the leader of the catholic church, pope francis, weighed in on the easter sunday attack, offering his condolences. just ten days ago sri lanka's police chief warned that suicide bombers wanted to literature. s across the country saying that ntj, a group described as a radical muslim group, was planning the attacks. so far no group today has taken responsibility. pete, jedediah, e., we are learning that in is sri lanka a curfew has been imposed and a curfew has been set. pete: it's easter, jesus has risen, gives a lot of people hope. christians under attack around the world n. the middle east, down in southeast asia, here in sri lanka, this is a real problem. jedediah: so many people will be going to church to find some

peace and will be looking to their pastors, to their priests for guidance on issues like this. i've spoken to so many people around the country that get so scared in times like this because church is their refuge. it doesn't only shake the nation, but it shakes really the whole world. pete: we don't know, but at this point early ports point to radical us lombic -- islamic terrorism. really tough stuff. ed: nobody claiming responsibility as far as we know just yet, one person in custody as we reported. as we get more information, we'll keep getting back to that. meanwhile, back here at home the mueller report landed at the end of the week heading into easter weekend. now democrats, several of them out on the 2020 campaign trail, are backing the president's impeachment even though the report found no collusion, no conspiracy. and in the end, no charges against the president over obstruction. pete: yeah. remember that president elizabeth warren? oh, yeah, that's not going to happen. [laughter] the list is growing.

it's young progressives as you see from those three in the house, it's a couple presidential candidates, maxine waters who's been talking about it from the beginning, but they didn't care what mueller was going to find, they wanted to impeach no matter what, but there is a divide. jedediah: we have to wonder if any democrats are going to stand out and say no, but unfortunately, they need to win their primary. they ran with collusion, then it was obstruction, now it's impeachment, what else do we have? ed: will it be impeachment or endless investigations? maybe a little bit of both. watch. >> impeach the president, are you there yet? >> i'm not there yet, but i can foresee that possibly coming. >> the impeachment effort is going to only divide us further. >> essentially, impeachment is a political process, and in my view, there's an even better pretty cat process coming right down the road on almost the same time frame, and that's the

elections of 2020. >> the fundamental question for us is either going to be -- is, is there going to be some accountability here. i have called on the house to initiate impeachment. >> i think this should be a conversation -- [inaudible] >> no. i think right now we should continue this investigation. pete: gotta do more, gotta keep looking. jedediah: someone had something interesting to say that caught my eye, jeffrey pollack, campaign adviser for kirsten jill brand, said if in a year i am talking about the mueller report, i am losing. this is what we have been saying that democrats need to remember they need to be talking about issues, the economy, health care. issues that people are talking about at their dinner table. i understand this mueller report is talked about in d.c. and new york, but no one else is talking about this. they're trying to feed their families, pay their health insurance. democrats need to realize they made a big mistake last time around not listening to people. hillary clinton ignored and, and

they lost as a result. ed: are others in this party listening? pete: what will jeffrey pollack be doing in a year? not working for her, because she won't be the candidate. angus king said why don't we just shoot for 2020. like, if you want to impeach him, impeach him at the ballot box. when are they going to pivot to that? they haven't figured it out yet. the few that have, like bernie sanders, honestly, have been talking about a certain set of issues for a long time, so they feel comfortable talking about these issues. is some of these senators running like elizabeth warren, they've got to find -- ed: so that's why the question of exoneration, vindication, kellyanne conway at the white house says the ultimate vindication for the president will be re-election. watch. >> the real rebuttal for donald trump will be his re-election. the democrats and their friends in the media wasted so much time thinking this was the way to get him out of office, and really

diminish him to the american people, and it's had the opposite effect. the media's poll numbers are way down. you've got no lesser souls than nancy pelosi, steny hoyer and some of to 2020 presidential field saying, oh, no, we're not having that conversation right now. they know there's not a public appetite for more of this. but perhaps there is a public appetite for knowing how this all started in the first place, investigating the investigators. finish. pete: there is, especially amongst trump supporters who feel like there should be some justice done here. i don't know that the on the right or the left ultimately the investigation of the investigate ors or the mueller report is going to be what an may notes the decision in 2020. -- animates the decision in 2020. don't think that's going to be the president's avenue to re-election. he runs on his record against whatever socialist lines up against him. jedediah: we had a guest, i always say his name wrong, christopher buskirk had written a great new york times op-ed saying barr is right about everything. admit you were wrong. [laughter]

he came out, we have sound, actually, let's take a listen and then we'll talk more about it. >> this is, basically, just a massively multi-player coping mechanism. this was something that people came up with because they just couldn't believe that donald trump was actually elected. remember, hillary was supposed to win. there was no possible way she couldn't win. we saw all the polling that says hillary has a 93% chance to win, donald trump 7%, and so when that didn't happen, there had to be some excuse, and it always seemed to come back to the same thing which it had to be russia. pete: yeah -- ed: i think he's also saying they're been invested in the narrative, right, so they won't give it up. they can't say, okay, let's move on. new york times is a whole other story today. the back door ways where putin was trying to collude. so now it's not the front door, it's the side door, soon we'll be in the garage. [laughter] jedediah: that's still not proof that trump did anything wrong. it's like the search, yes, everyone's been talking about russia's intervention. russia's intervention is a

separate story than whether or not trump conspired with russia to intervene. those are two separate things, media, you've got to figure that out. pete: the failing new york times also just admitted maybe the dossier wasn't a good source to begin with? they caught up two days ago into that reality. they'll do it one day and then they'll move on to, like you said, the gram. jedediah: we're going to turn to some headlines. a zookeeper is in stable condition after being attacked by a tiger at to pica, kansas, zone. visitors watching. the animal puncturing the woman's head, neck and back. the zoo's director says the tiger will not be put down. the zoo closed briefly before reopening. police in illinois say the parents of a missing 5-year-old boy are not cooperating with investigators. this as the fbi joins the search to find a.j. friend. the boy's parents say they last saw him wednesday night. police say there are no signs he

was abducted. authorities say a.j.'s parents have been investigatedded for abuse and neglect in the past. those claims though were unfounded. and the supreme court will hear arguments on tuesday over adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. a new york city group is trying to stop the trump administration from adding the question. the organization says it will intimidate immigrants. the administration says it's necessary to get an accurate population count. 2020 presidential hopeful beto o'rourke taking some heat, accused of accepting money from a fossil fuel lobbyist. >> i take no money from any lobbyist -- >> [inaudible] >> beto, i was really inspired to see that you said you would not take money from fossil fuel executives, but i looked it up, and you did. millions of people whose -- jedediah: uh-oh to. the angry voter in new hampshire demanding beto return the money which he actually promised to

do. ed: it was $250. so the apology tour continues. pete: the reports are that he drove to the event in a car powered by fossil fuelses, but that's only because i ate -- i've got these journalist promptings coming into my body. jedediah: fair and balanced. [laughter] pete: how do i get rid of them? [laughter] ed: you've had a lot of rejection going on, the food -- pete: i did. jedediah: don't forget the arm wrestle. pete: speaking of 2020, bernie sanders and joe biden leading the race, but are they the wrong men at the wrong time? jedediah: one editorial asks should a white man be the face of the democratic party in 2020? ed: we'll answer that when a former bernie sanders supporter joins us next. ♪ ♪

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pete: with 2020 approaching, bernie sanders and joe biden leading the race, but are they the wrong candidate at the wrong time? one new york times editorial asks, should a white man be the pace face of the democratic party writing, quote, what's the bigger gamble, to nominate a white man or nominate a minority candidate or a woman who might struggle to carry predominantly white swing states like wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania? here to react is an independent voter and former bernie sanders 2016 campaign staffer. ted, thanks so much for being here. i'll ask you that question, is the gender and the skin color of the candidate on the democrats' side the most important thing? >> well, you know, if it is, then we're really going to be in a lot of trouble. it's literally 18 people running, 6 women, you know, who

are running as well. so everyone has an opportunity to galvanize the base and bring the energy, and if we're selecting a candidate based upon, you know, oh, well, this mix us all feel good and check off a diversity box, then we're going to be in a lot of trouble. democrats really need to figure out who can beat donald trump, and that has nothing to do with a woman. obviously, that didn't work out well last time and, again, i'm a woman. i would love to see a woman run and win, but if democrats want to be smart, they're really going to have to looked at someone who can actually win, and joe biden as of right now is a proud moderate. everyone else is pretending to be a progressive with the exception of senator bernie sanders. everyone else is pretty much copy catting his policy. i think democrats need to be smart and mugger out who can -- figure out who can win the championship. pete: who can win the division and the championship? you're rejecting identity politics as the criteria. you want the best person the run against donald trump. is that someone who's true to their progressive roots or joe

biden's campaign's going to say, well, he might play well in some of these rust belt states. how to you break that down? >> as far as me, what i would person lille want -- personally want, i just want to see the diversity. unlike 2016 people were told they could not run. i'm not saying it's not important to have a diverse field. it is important to see different candidates, different candidates of color and so forth. but what we don't want to happen is say, oh, let's just all feel good because we just want to have a woman and ultimately get beat like a drum in the final, you know, general election. it's going to take a tough person to go up against trump, that's the bottom line. but it won't be easy for joe biden. he's going to have to explain his past record, certainly to the african-american community, comments that he's made in the past. this won't be a pass, for sure, for sanders or biden -- pete: has the party left joe biden? you were a bernie supporter, a progress we've. do you feel like this party is

just not attuned with where joe biden is right now? >> i think this party's just pleatly divided. you know, i left the party. the party may have left joe biden, but it's people like me who left the party in 2012. and it's because of that reason. look at right now, you know, the conversations that they're having as far as impeaching trump. you have one side of the party saying one thing and the other saying something completely different. i don't think the party really understands, you know, where they are and what type of candidate. and it can't be just, oh, let's be this way. that's the problem, they're copy catting senator sanders, and that's a big failure. they said he shouldn't come to fox news and do the town hall, but now they're behind senator sanders. pete: a party divided, that's a great way to tribe it. we appreciate your time, thanks for coming on. michelle obama comparing the trump administration to this. >> spend weekends with divorced

dads, and that feels like it's fun, but then you get sick. that's what america's going through, we're kind of living with divorced dad right now. [laughter] pete: our next guest is a divorced father of two, there's a few of us out there. he's got a message for the former first lady, coming up next. ♪ ♪ that we just hit the motherlode of soft-serve ice cream? i got cones, anybody wants one! oh, yeah! get ya some! no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. ed! ed! we struck sprinkles! [cheers] believe it. geico could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. geico could save you fifteen percent at a comfort inn with a glow taround them, so people watching will be like, "wow, maybe i'll glow too if i book direct at choicehotels.com." who glows? just say, badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com.

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comparison of the trump administration to living with your, quote, divorced dad. our next guest writing an op-ed saying she's perpetuating a stigma. pete: joining us now is senior fellow at the cuny center and author of the new childhood: raising kids to thrive in a connected world, jordan shapiro. thank you very much for being here. >> thanks for having me. pete: i'm a divorced dad as well. the challenge of weekends or time and traveling and investing in children is real for a lot of people. which makes a comment like this a lot of people looked sideways at it. >> yeah, you know, i think there's this huge stigma around divorced dads, this notion that all divorced are bad dads. this is something i first noticed when i published my book where all the reviews were great and occasionally i'd get one that started with, well, he's divorced, so what could he know about parenting? i thought how does that serve anyone? maybe i did screw up, but then don't you want me to be a good

dad in the long run? [laughter] that seems like the goal. so when i heard that michelle obama said it, i said, you know, this is really problematic. we don't want to perpetuate that, more than i want to victimize the doored dads, it's more -- divorced dads, it's more the children. we need to put kids first. it's the narrative that we're somehow not going to do that is really not a positive thing for anyone in the culture. pete: great point. jedediah: also so many kids out there living in very unconventional families that are loving, supporting and nurturing, you want those kids to feel like they're not being stigmatized because they may not have a situation that's not like what their friends or used to be conventionally accepted. i have to get into your book though. i am a little obsessed with this, because i wrote a book hashtag do not disturb which was somewhat anti-tech, and you were in the new childhood where you talk about how technology, when used properly, can really be

healthy and create a healthy dynamic between parents and children. can you tell us a little bit about that? >> yeah. well, the first thing i would say is when i say tech can be healthy, it's not like celery juice -- [laughter] jedediah: you should try that, by the way. >> i'm not suggesting they're getting positive vitamins, but i am saying the technology's here to stay, the video games are here to stay, the screens are here to stay, and rather than us, you know, we're always asking the question how much exposure is good and bad, what i really think is parents need to get involved and make sure we use these powerful, fantastic tools in good ways rather than bad ways. it's only going to become more a part of our lives, so as a parent, what i want to do -- and what i think all parents and teachers need to do -- is go, hey, how do i lean into this and make sure my kids know how to use it in compassionate, ethical, moral ways and positive ways, all the things, the values that we want. jedediah: yep. pete: here are a few ways that kids 8-16 are using different

forms of media. 87% on youtube, 51% use facebook, 49% on instagram. 47% snapchat. you teeb, i'm -- youtube, i'm wary of that. you never know what they'll land on. to is it's not about banning the tech, it's knowing what your kids are -- >> does your 8-year-old subscribe to cute by pie -- cutie pie or -- pete: i don't know. i will use that later -- [laughter] but they know how to scroll through everything, and when i see youtube because of the vortex, i get worried. >> yeah, and you should be. it's, you should be about all of these things, i think, worried. people often read my book and think i'm super positive on screens, i think kids should have screens all the time. no, i'm very worried about it. i'm not worried about the screen, the screen is neutral what i'm worried about is that kids aren't learning how to use them in positive ways. kids aren't learning the right etiquette around them.

you know, when my kids were little, i assume when yours were little also, i took them to the playground, i would run around with them on the jungle gym, might go down the slide with them, and if they hit a kid, i said, don't hit. and i constantly intervened in bad behaviors. when it comes to tech we tend to as parents go, here we go, good luck, and then we're shocked they don't know how to do it. you have to teach kids over and over and over. they mess up a lot of times, and every time you have to intervene and say, no, this is the right way. we're not doing that which means these tools become dangerous and scary, and we end up in a world where they're not used in the right ways. jedediah: we agreed on more than i planned on. pete: congratulations on the book. i'm going to check it out. >> thank you. pete: all right. well, a new caravan make us way to our border, but it's the citizens who live south of the border, in the mexico, who are outraged by the problems plaguing their communities due

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with rabbit ears, ooh! [laughter] and this adorable photo comes from michael, his grandson met the easter bunny for the first time. pete: i'd be scared of that'ser bunny. and this is a video of my kids this morning leaving their holding pen of their rooms -- [laughter] jed e jed wow. they just keep coming. pete: there they are at the table opening their easter baskets, all of them. they got footballs, candy, a couple of toy guns, a little car. and the video was shot retro style, apparently, grainny film -- ed: by an experienced producer. pete: we're going to have to figure out what went wrong there. jedediah: happy easter to the kids, and the kids at home. ed: this is a remarkable one that caught our eye. a report that all of a sudden there's a little backlash against migrants in mexico. turns out there are some

residents in mexico who are saying, you know what? we wanted to help, but in the has gotten ridiculous, and it's overwhelming our towns. by trying to do good, he has done a lot of bad. they're talking about the liberal mexican president. seems like he is more worried about the migrants than about his own people. [laughter] this is in mexico, folks. pete: it sounds like they want mexico first. ed: oh, no, you can't say that. pete: if you live in mexico, you're allowed to say that. take care of our own citizens before we become a holding place for migrants that our government -- ed: for the mexican president in that article, that's racist. you should be welcoming everyone. pete: i know. ed: so the mexicans don't want to welcome nip. we'd jed well, they want to welcome people, but they care about the safety and welfare of their own citizens. somehow that's not vilified over here. so what's the story? i thought prioritizing our own citizens is something that should be beloved all over.

ed: every country. pete: i just miss the era of patriotic journalism. i think it still lives here at the fox news channel, but otherwise in other places you've got this globalist internationalist view, and america's usually the bad guy, and they see it through that lens. ed: think about it, cory booker's comments saying voters need to mean something. if you switch spit say donald trump said that, oh, that's an awful thing to say. cory booker says, oh, yeah. pete: cory booker has to say that, guys, come on now, borders do matter -- ed: because they do. pete: but so many in his party have rejected that. jedediah: it's also so insulting to hispanic americans when they say, oh, it's racist, they don't care about border security, i know a lot of hispanic americans who do care about the security of their families, they came here legally, and they have a lot of positive things to say about the way the president has prioritized immigration in this country.

pete: that's why his approval rating is at 50% or with his hispanics. jedediah: turning now to headlines, the fbi arrests the leader of an a armed militia group that stops undocumented migrants at the southern border. larry hopkins was charged being a felon in possession of a gun. the controversial group says it detains illegal immigrants until law enforcement can arrive. a spokesman blamed the arrest on, quote, political pressure. kim kardashian-west is sharing more about her work with president trump on prison reform. >> people would say to me don't go to the white house, your career would be over. i guarantee you, the people sitting behind bars do not care who the president is, they just want that relief. jedediah: remember, kardashian worked to commute the sentence of first-time nonviolent drug offender alice johnson last year. and it's one of our favorite easter treats, so an emory university professor put peeps

to the test. watch the chemistry experiment as the fluffy marshmallows appear virtually inning destructible, surviving liquid nitrogen and acetone. but the marshmallow chicks were no match for a microwave. uh-oh. and those are your headlines. adam, over to you. what have you god? adam: well, i am the worst artist here. this is supposed to be a "fox & friends" egg. i think i failed, but there's a lot of really good stuff going around me. thanks for your help, i appreciate that. instead, i think i'll focus on the forecast. it has been really nice out here all morning long. this is a look at the satellite and radar loop over the last several hours, really for your easter sunday things not going to be too bad. a little spotty showers across new england, the same across the upper mid can west and running into portions of the mountains. besides that, temperatures feeling print nice. as i'm talking to you i'm on the move because i smell some food.

>> yes. adam: there's some food i'm moving towards. >> it's easter sunday. family and friends come together to have a big meal, and our next guest has you covered. ed: chef david burke with some incredible dishes, the david burke tavern here in new york city, but you're going to tell our folks -- happy easter -- how to do it at home. >> yes. if it's too late to make a reservation, you can make these at home. [laughter] some of the simple things, easter, springtime, lamb, ham, vegetables, asparagus, mushrooms. so this is an italian classic. it's a torta rustica. it's got mushrooms, ham, vegetables, our classic lobster scramble, and this is a crab cake, smoked salmon weeings and vegetables. but the lamb, we have a rack of lamb. the idea is you see what we've done here with all these

veggies, roasted with the meat. right underneath. don't be afraid to brown up the vegetables. rack of lamb like this, you turn it look this, this is miss tarld and herbs and olive oil, a lot of it. ed: that is a lot. >> well, you can use parsley and some mint. mint also goes right on the meat. you make a little bit of a paste, you flip it around -- ed: too much vegetable for you, pete? >> this becomes a roast. you can do this or you can do it this way. this becomes just a rack of lamb. this goes in the oven, you make a beautiful presentation. you can also do a leg of lamb and use this as a september piece. adam: those are fantastic. >> add miss tarld and more vinegar and sweeten it up. ed: we also want to say happy passover, and you have a good idea for dessert. >> even though it's just passed, this is good for left over, dipped in chocolate, we make

napoleons, we did a passover menu at -- that is the piece. that's what we're fee huring today. ed: happy easter. [laughter] back to you inside. swre jed thanks, guys. obama's attorney general slamming attorney general william barr, calling him the president's lawyer. but remember when eric holder said this? >> i'm happy, i'm still enjoying what i'm doing, there's still work to be done. i'm still the president's wingman, so i'm there with my boy. jedediah: wingman, health care mm. our next guest remembers that, he's calling out the hypocrisy coming up next. ♪ ♪ you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in clinical trials to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life.

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at yesterday's oak a's game, the first fan trying to climb back into the stands, then a couple innings later, an umpire body slams him. security took 'em down. there you go, boom. and you've got to hand it to shortstop freddie galvis for this play during that game, look at that, one hand. >> there's a fly ball to left field, and that's going to be trouble. oh, what a play! pete: i will say i was playing whiffle ball with the kids yesterday, made a similar grab. not in the highlights. he had to make those plays in vens wailing la, you don't need a baseball glove. ed: i love pete sliding in there, just like a big leaguer. [laughter] all right, cool. president obama's former attorney general eric holder is the latest to attack the current attorney general, bill barr, following the release of the mueller report saying, quote:

he's making mistakings. the attorney general of the united states is the people's lawyer, not the president's lawyer. now, don't forget holder once had a very different idea about his own relationship as attorney general then-president barack obama. listen. >> you going to stay around for all four years? >> well, i don't know, we'll see -- >> come on, man. come on! [laughter] >> we need you. >> i gotta can ask. >> come on, attorney general, please. >> i'm happy, i'm still enjoying what i'm doing. there's still work to be done. i'm still the president's wing man, i'm there with my boy. ed: oh. here to weigh in, fox news contributor, syndicated column u.s. deroy murdock. happy easter. >> happy easter. how are you? ed: so, i'm doing great, except i hear eric holder attack the current attorney general. how does that work? >> quite amazing. i think we ought to start with something new which is the nobel

prize for chutzpah. this man was held in contempt of congress because he did not turn over documents related to the fast and furious scandal. so here he is saying william barr is engaging in some sort of cover hum. cover-up. he continued to serve in office -- ed: in this case, meanwhile, the current president, and it's a relatively new attorney general, there was no executive privilege invoked at all. >> correct. and, remember, the only thing that william barr had to do was just tell congress no collusion, no obstruction, period. he could have put a one-sentence letter, and that would have been it. instead we got a press conference, he answers questions, releases to congress, releases to the public, no executive privilege, as you said, all the documents and witnesses mueller wanted, he got. ed: the only reason we know about these ten episodes that mueller looked at on whether there was obstruction was because the president, as in the current president, president trump, allowed his white house lawyer, don mcgahn, to testify

about all of this. he could have said executive privilege, timeout you're not learning anything. >> yes. and obama's done that sort of thing. presidents have said, look, this is something we need to keep inside the white house. i need to have the quiet counsel of my counselors, and a lot of courts have upheld that. i think he spoke for 30 hours, if i'm not mistaken. they also made no attempts to redact anything from the mueller report when president trump's lawyers were able to get a sneak preview of it -- ed: you called it chutzpah, but there's a special approach, i guess would be a kind way of saying it, for eric holder to now sort of lecture team trump on obstruction of justice, executive privilege and whether or not the attorney general is end dependent. >> yes. i think you also could say a complete hack of self-awareness. he's in no position to do this sort of thing. if he'd walked out out who any scandal having had an open, transparent administration or running of the department of justice, he could say that kind of thing, but he's no no

position -- in no position to lecture anyone. ed: how to you see president trump moving forward? >> i think he ought to focus on his agenda, on getting the border under control. i do think we need to figure out how this thing started. i think people like comey, peter strzok, lisa page, andrew mccabe need to be wrought to account, they -- brought to account, and i think that's something the folks on capitol hill -- ed: thanks for coming in. a new poll shows church membership nationwide is declining, but our own rachel campos duffy found one con event where membership is growing -- convent where membership is growing. she takes us there with the hopeful story, next. ♪ ♪ if ywhen you brush or floss, you don't have to choose between healthy gums and strong teeth. complete protection from parodontax has 8 designed benefits for healthy gums and strong teeth.

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pete: as families head to church services on this easter sunday, a new poll finds churchmen has been declining -- membership has been declining. jedediah: but this is a light in the dark, and it's shining in ann arbor, michigan, home of the sisters of mary who are taking it upon themselves to grow their convent and spread their values. ed: guess who saw that light and is bringing us this wonderful story? fox news contributor rachel campos duffty caught up with them. >> in the beginning i thought, there's no way that we're going to be on oprah. [laughter] >> and now look. >> at a time when the number of religious sisters is diminishing throughout the catholic world, the dominican sisters of mary are a phenomenon. this group of nuns live, work, play and pray together in

perfect harmony. at a time when there are more catholic sisters in the united states over 90 years old than under 60, you won't believe who's joining. >> the average age of us right now is 31 years old, so that really is countercultural. >> and despite more americans losing their faith, the numbers show women here are drawn to a life of serving others. >> we're out of room here. we have 140 right now. >> coming from all walks of life, these young women are flocking here. sister bridget, you have a tree in biochemistry? jean, you were a captain in the air force. >> all sorts of things, i wasn't deeply satisfied. so finally i surrendered to the lord. >> why this order? >> this really attracted me. >> as i joined the sisters in their routine, that joy was so so clear. what would be your message to a young woman who's curious about the lifestyle that you lead? >> i would just say yes to being

loved by the lord. >> and they're reaching masses. this order has three billboards, chart-topping albums. has the music drawn some of the women in? >> oh definitely. how else do we get ourselves into the homes where the families are? >> every song you hear is a prayer by the sisters. colleaguings that i've talked to who are heard our music, these are people who are not necessarily christian. they say when i listen to that music, it bring me so much peace. it's just pure love poured out to god. >> and that's what their lifestyle is all about, bringing people closer to god. this order has also created things for the world to enjoy that has brought in revenue. >> we're living off of the goodness of other people. we've developed resources to help teachers teach children. ♪ muck. >> i attended vespers with the

sisters, and you talk about tradition, these are prayers that go back centuries. >> the beauty of it just carries me away. and then after that it's not really thinking anymore, it's a higher contemplation, it's a being. we enter into this prayer where we're not thinking about the fact that we're praying, we just are. ed: very cool. pete: you want to take in ancient tradition and a faith of 2,000 years and make it alive, you better make it relevant to people's lives today, and it feels like that's what rachel brought to us. ed: such a great message on easter. pete: i don't know what else we have on the show, we've got a whole hour left! don't miss it before you go to church, stay with us on fox and friends. ♪ here you go little guy. a cockroach can survive submerged underwater for 30 minutes. wow.

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ed: how beautiful is that the kids enjoying this, and i hope folks at home are enjoying as well. jedediah: i've got the baby chick which by the way they don't bite. they just do a little peck on your finger. pete: happy easter to everybody. we'll try it here is a few pictures of some of the folks sitting with the easter bunny not afraid. beautiful sunday outfits. ed: is that a horse? pete: that's a horse. jedediah: easter colors make me happy i have to say i feel spring, i feel sunshine even if it's not sunny out you kind of make your own sunshine and look at us. show your socks pete.

look at the pink ones. pete: let's try it again for the third time. he is risen. ed didn't get it once. jedediah: your own version of it pete: indeed and in honor of you , i've mixed some celery juice. jedediah: he has. pete: in with my strike force energy drink so it's a combo. jedediah: better than you drinking just that stuff. pete: you might counteract each other. ed: absolutely. remember how this holy week started with the tragedy in paris people coming together there though but there's been a whole new tragedy of night breaking, and we now know two americans, this is brand new information, among those killed in a series of attacks on churches and hotels in sri lanka jedediah: more than 200 people are reported dead and hundreds more injured in the easter day attacks. pete: we are live in the jerusalem bureau with the latest trey? reporter: we are learning from authorities that at least 207

people were killed in these bombings in sri lanka and hundreds injured the death toll is expected to rise the first round of bombings targeted three churches and three luxury hotels cross the island, another two bombings occurred later in the day and authorities say the majority of the eight bombings happened in the capitol city and reports do indicate that 35 nationals were killed including american citizens. police have arrested seven people believed to be connected to the attacks. footage shows one suspect being loaded into a police car as an angry crowd punches at him. the three hotels hit r with all popular for touristsisthe islane to celebrate the easter holiday with friends and the pews, and bodies covered with sheets and many churches in sri lanka canceled their easter services and president trump tweeted his condolences saying the united states stands ready to help although just over 7% of

sri lanka population is christian the history of christianity dates back to the first century and the leader of the catholic church pope frances weighed in on this easter sunday attack saying this. >> i wish to express my love to the christian community, for those gathered in prayer and to all of the victims of such cruel violence. reporter: just ten days ago, sri lanka's police chief warns trump administration bombers wanted to hit churches across the country and his statement was reportedly based on intelligence provided by another country saying that a group described by the economic times, as a radical muslim group , was planning the attacks. so far today no group has taken responsibility. now pete, jedediah, ed, reports indicate in sri lanka a curfew has been posed to avoid further casualties back to you. ed: story keeps getting worse, thanks. pete: it's a reminder that

churches and christians have been under attack all over the world as radical islamic groups have been on the march suicide bombings, no one has taken responsibility yet but it has all of the hallmarks of that, sad thing keep them in your prayers today. ed: something we will say all morning. jedediah: our thoughts go out to the victims, their families and everyone around the world whose hearts are breaking together as we watch this terrible tragedy unfold. ed: meanwhile, we've been talking about the mueller report report since it came out thursday, interesting because we've been talking, reporting for a couple of years now, about what's known by critics as the dirty dossier, because it was an anti-trump dossier, to help fuel the beginning of this entire investigation, paid for by the dnc and hillary clinton's campaign with all kinds of dirt that we reported again and again is unverified and yet many have cited that as if some of it were true. pete: over and over. ed: new york times suddenly says wait a second time out they actually bring sense to this and say do you know what? it turns out that a lot of this

may have been disinformation that's not true. jedediah: a quote from the new york time reads a release on thursday by the report by the special counsel robert mueller had underscored that what had grown clearer for months while many trump aides welcomed contact with the russians some of the plans in the dossier appear to be false and others were impossible to prove, mr. mueller's report contained over a dozen references to the document's claims but no overall assessment of why so much did not check out. ed: hang on time out right there because why so much didn't check out. think about this so mueller didn't completely go into that and the president and others said he should have but he didn't. who did take this as gospel? james comey, john brennan perhaps. pete: and then denied it. ed: but they used it to go to the fisa court and say we've verified there are some problems here and we need to surveil carter page, surveil the trump campaign, to do as an advisor and as the attorney general william barr has said under oath

now there was spying of the trump camp so just think about how serious that paragraph is that this was unverified and now people are wondering about it years later. you think you should have started it earlier but people inside the obama administration use that unverified information to get this whole thing. pete: the only real journalism that's been done for the most part is at fox news channel actually talking about this when you look at the aspect of that i think we have a graphic of all of the things in that dossier that ended up not becoming true, claims of trump/putin intelligence trading, interactions with prostitutes, and carter page had collected a brokerage fee, michael cohen, that trip to rag that everyone was looking for. ed: they always try to use that as examples of collusion. jedediah: it's so humiliating that the stunning lack of interest in asking questions, this should have been a story

fascinating to many as far as what was the basis for the investigation if they could just for a second be impartial and step back all of those questions that you asked you've done a great job. some others out there have done a great job but so many have just made a decision that they were so partial to wanting trump out that they chose to not ask these tough questions and now, people like the new york times, like buzzfeed having to come out and say oh, hold on a second some of that reporting needs to be corrected, needs to be switched around here because we have credibility, we think, in this industry we'd like to uphold. pete: it feels a bit like election day remember how good you felt ed that day on election day? okay i'm speaking for myself. do you know how good it's going to feel in 2020? this is running against with everyone against you what this president has done. better late than never. ed: this explains the anger inside the trump camp and the trump supporters about what is played out with us the last couple years shows you why in the first 24 hours or so, after the mueller report being

released, the trump camp raked in about $1 million for the re-election campaign on top of the $40 million they had in the bank already. jedediah: because it feels like an enormous hitch against him and now even people i know people who weren't even that fond of president trump to begin with maybe it wasn't their guy have now turned around and said wait hold on a second everything this guy does he can't catch a break from the media, i'll support him now and i've had enough of this nonsense and has actually convinced so many people to be like i'm voting for this guy i had enough of this media. pete: well matt schlapp was on earlier talking about this and here is what he said. >> giving a donation to a candidate is the ultimate political bonding and i think that it's especially important when it comes to donald trump who is a billionaire after all, pete but you actually have average americans writing a check to a person who has great wealth because they want the world to know and these donation s are obviously made public. they want the world to know that they stand with their president

and i think the other thing is they are disgusted by the corrosive media coverage of this ridiculous story of russian collusion. ed: one of the folks who wants to take the president's job it appears is joe biden. we think this coming week on wednesday he will fine pally officially announce. pete: launch his third candidacy ed: he lost in 88, lost in 2008, and single-digits when he wasn't on his own so can he do it and is he also concerned has he been inching along because he's concerned his own party has passed him by and moved further left? well take a look at this from a former biden aid to time magazine. maybe saying i've never seen anything so half blank," starts with an "a", they're improvising and doing last minute planning the guy has been running for president since 198 p 7 and can't figure out the basics this

should make everyone very nervous so this is a former biden aid saying probably still wants to see him do well and was thinking this is going to be the grown up in the room among a pretty weak democratic field. i've heard that by the way, former obama people told me, they hope someone like biden will get in, and now a former biden aid is saying what the heck is taking him so long he doesn't know what he wants to do on day one? jedediah: i think he's struggl ing because he sees the bernie sanders and the aoc's and that's not him and what his record reflects and he's struggling in this me too age, biden has a very odd shall we say approach, sometimes he can be a little overly affection at and he has a certain way about him, probably not a good idea but he is trying to figure out where he fits into all of this not only his policies and approach to politics but also his way, where does that fit in? pete: you mentioned the big field, it's weak.

well the republican field was considered very strong in 2016 trump beat all of them. bernie sanders if he's facing a weak field and he's got energy and money and the perception is he's a true progressive he's sitting in a very good spot right now so one of the guys that wants that job as well is beto o'rourke. he's out on the trail, waving his hands around and he got this confrontation from one of his supporters listen. >> i'll take the money from any organization. >> on march 29, i was really inspired to see that you said you would not take money from executives, but i looked it up and you did. the millions of people whose lives are being effected by crisises and if you do will you prove it today by returning that dirty money? >> i'm returning that check. >> [applause] ed: oh, no, look first of all, you said you wouldn't take dirty

money by the way the context? $250 check from a chevron lobbyist so okay if he said he wasn't taking money that woman has every right to say look you promised you wouldn't, maybe it was an oversight because some time people send in checks. he doesn't know that it's the lobbyist or not but here is the point it was $250. and he has 10 or $20 million, we're talking $250 and they are saying that is the worst thing in the world how can you do that and i think even worse is beto o'rourke is like i'm sorry i'm giving it back. my point he's been on this apology tour, do your thing, man stand up for what you're going to run on rather than every time there's a little supporter, oh, i didn't mean that. pete: that's it. jedediah: i think he is the most overestimated candidate, the media was so excited about him. i don't see it, whereas i think a lot of people underestimated and came out and started giving interviews very nuanced with a lot to say and his approach was so much more authentic to many

than that that beto o'rourke i think that he has rushed up take en his spot. pete: they thought they were getting beto, instead they got bob. they are like this guys not that great he thought he was awesome. ed: but he jumps up on tables. jedediah: he does which is a germ germaphobe ii object to by the way. here we go. how does this even work? pete: well thank you for being here we got more in this hour fox & friends easter sunday, a lot going on, following the heartbreak in paris and destruction at the notre dame cathedral a pledge to rebuild this church but this morning why are protesters taking to the streets to stop it? ed: unbelievable maria bartiromo on that amazing story, next. every curve, every innovation, every feeling. a product of mastery. lease the 2019 es 350 for $389 a month for 36 months.

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ed: well yellow vest protests continuing to erupt in the streets of paris it happened yet

again today. pete: after months of protesting macron over sky high gas prices, demonstrators now enraged over the more than $1 billion pledged to rebuild notre dame cathedral while citizens struggle to make ends meet. jedediah: here to react is maria bartiromo most of sunday morning futures. maria: great to see you guys happy easter. yeah, this is just incredible. i don't know that they know what they want. you've got all these billionaire s giving back, recognizing this tragedy and wanting to help, and then you've got the yellow vests complaining it reminds me of when bill deblasio here in new york said oh, we have a lot of wealth in new york, but it's just not distributed right. so he doesn't like the fact that people on the high end have worked hard, made a lot of money and then they give back. it's like when they gave $100 million to harvard medical oral the money to the new york public library giving back and still getting criticized.

ed: we had timothy cardinal do lan archbishop here on friday and he was saying home depot fame and others have stepped up given money from their pockets here in america and they setup this fund, st. patricks to notre dame in order for americans to help as well and there's some in paris who are not happy about that. maria: it's the kind of stuff that the unintended consequences of squeezing the rich will lead to them stopping. not giving back so much, perhaps changing their giving ways. these are some of the unintended consequences of conflict pointing out rich is bad, wealth is bad, even if you worked your whole life and actually achieved success. jedediah: and macron has been labeled the president of the rich so you think this is just a larger way of protesting his policies like eliminating the wealth tax or cutting spending or just so disgusted with him saying all his policies benefit in their minds rich people. maria: i think that's right on, spot on because they're looking at him as sort of the face of

the rich person. pete: man is he addressing anything, will any of this change? maria: i don't think so, pete. at this point there is such a culture and a fight over that culture that he represents one portion with the yellow vests do not want to see anybody else get any benefits in terms of being rich until there's more of a focus on the lower income. i just think it's so misguided to attack those p employee who have given money to try to make a difference in the notre dame specatacle, and obviously tragedy. we're going to talk a bit about it this morning we've got former federal prosecutor john ratcliffe coming on to talk not just about the democratic policies but the fact you've got all of these crisis going on in the world. look at the border and what's happening with north korea and yet you can't get any democrat attention on it. ted lou has been sending out text messages and tweets saying it's day 30 of the national emergency that the president tells us that we're in. can you feel it? well yeah i can feel it actually because we have exclusive video

we'll show you this morning from the border in tucson where 980 people were just apprehended in a few hours. dan kilday is joining me as well a congressman from michigan he's very moderate and he's there saying my constituents want to know how they deal with all of the new jobs that are going to be required in the future from technology because technology is taking over, and my party isn't talking about any issues. darrel issa is also coming on he was the former head of oversight and he's been saying for a long time, they obviously abused the fisa court, let's investigate the investigators so we want to find out what's happening in terms of investigating the investigators when do you think william barr is going to stop with these democrats all these crybabies that the mueller report didn't show it and start handing out indictments over why this investigation was started in the first place. ed: maria taking on the cry babies you don't want to miss that at the top of the hour. maria: [laughter] thank you happy easter.

pete: for all of the crybabies out there. i love it. ed: california's governor gavin newsom calls himself the most anti-trump governor in america. >> i also see my role as not just the center of the resistance, but a positive alternative to trump and trump ism. pete: so what do california residents think of that? mike slater says his governor barely only governs his own state. that next. >> ♪ ♪

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trainer. now the animal punctured the woman's head, neck and back and the zoo's director says the tiger will not be put down. the zoo closed briefly before reopening. and the murder probe of two indiana girls is going in a new direction. authorities say they will announce new information tomorrow about the deaths of abigail william williams and liberty germany. the middle schoolers were found dead on a hiking trail in indiana back in 2017 and now the case went cold after the man in this photo a potential suspect was never identified. pete? pete: all right, california governor gavin newsom attacking president trump by saying he sees his role as a positive alternative to the president. >> i do govern the most un- trump state in america there's no doubt about that, but i also see my role as not just the center of the resistance, but a positive alternative to trump and trumpism. jedediah: radio talk show host mike slater lives in california

so mike what do you have to say about gavin newsom. he gave examples of how he is so anti-trump and one is he had the backs of people of color. only 19% of black kids in california and 26% of hispanic kids can do math at grade levels we have the highest poverty rate in the country 31% of hispanics are living in poverty so great b,avm loong out for people of color. pete: what would he say to that? what would his response be? just i think trump is a racist so i stick up for people of color? what's his response? >> who knows, right? he talks a good game, gavin newsom has always talked a good game, but you can't, there's no fruit to what he's been talking about. for all these years he fails continually. health care in california also talked about obamacare. we spend a third of our budget on healthcare but so few doctors accept our version of obamacare that it's impossible really difficult for people to get

access to health care, so we have longer lines and worse care for people. the only real place where gavin newsom is anti-trump and successful at it is taxes. newsom wants to raise them and trump cuts them. jedediah: let's talk about how these liberal policies actually impact some of the prominent cities like san francisco for example, where airport officials are saying there's this surge of homeless people taking over. now, look at this. u.s. cities with the highest homeless population, new york, 76, 500, los angeles, 55, 200, san francisco 28, 200, liberals here, my question for you is why do these liberal politicians keep getting elected if this is what is happening in these cities? >> well california we get what we deserve right? it's unbelievable that we keep voting for these people. gavin newsom was the mayor of san francisco for many years prior to becoming governor right now, and his city is now famous for having the poop patrol right i don't know if you saw this map recently of all of the places where feces has been reported on

the sidewalk it's everywhere and that's the best metaphor, for these progressive policies it's welcome to eutopia land where everything is free and amazing just watch where you step. pete: [laughter] >> because it's disgusting everywhere and there's needles all over the place. pete: they say it's just because we're so compassionate. >> it is not compassionate to let people who are either addicted or perhaps mentally ill sleep on the street, right? that only makes these people spiral into even darker places, nothing compassionate about that that literally means to suffer with and the ultimate hipocracy from progressive politicians is they talk about being compassionate and let people sleep on the street and go live in their walled off mansion and the nice part of town there's nothing compassionate about that jedediah: compassion should mean policies that incentivize people to get out of poverty and enable that to happen in terms of job creation, taxation. pete: education. jedediah: school choice, so it's so common sense when you look at these policies. >> it's complete backwards so

remember rudy guiliani when he was mayor of new york city he did all these things and helped people living on the streets and he was called a terrible horrible heartless person but he actually helped people but gavin newsom and all the rest let people sleep on the streets and pat themselves for the back for being so compassionate. pete: mike slater, thank you very much. happy easter. jedediah: well, felicity huffman paid her way for her daughter to go to college but now she may go to prison in her own home and we're hopping back out to the fox square for the big easter party. pete: the easter bunny has been to your house, but now he's here , tips for your easter celebration, coming up next. >> ♪ easter is on its way, bring in every girl and boy ♪ w 2019 ford ranger, it's the right gear. with a terrain management system for... this. a bash plate for... that. an electronic locking rear differential for...

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of north carolina. happy easter. jedediah: happy easter everyone. pete: very cool. ed? good hands. jedediah: what's going on with that. ed: he painted me an egg. jedediah: oh, wow. and you ate his head off the cookie. ed: she may be able to serve her sentence at home for that college admission rigging scandal and she allegedly paid a harvard graduate get this, $15,000 just to correct her daughter's s. a.t., that gave her a boost of 400 points from the earlier taking of the s. a. t. pete: could face up to 10 months a defense attorney told the times since her recommended sentence is on the lower end she could end up serving her sentence at home while wearing an ankle monitor so because she paid not as much money, wasn't as big a part of the scandal. she goes to jail at home. jedediah: so if it was just an average person on the street who did this do you think they'd be

serving their sentence at home? i would say no so this is what has outraged people about this story because why is there a separate set of rules if you have money and pretige and connections. ed: yes you're right and i thought the whole point of the scandal was they were stopping that who said you elite folks who can buy your kids way into college we're stopping that but there's a double stand and if they get caught, then it's how they are punished they say we're going to jail you might be able to have a little ankle monitor on. pete: on becky, otherwise known as lori loughlin, she plead not guilty, and did a lot more, and might actually go to prison. so that one is still out there. jedediah: we'll see how that one plays out. pete: a few months at home with an ankle bracelet i could see that in my future. ed: oh, no don't say that. jedediah: we'll keep him out of trouble. ed: let me get to other headlines check out this video that shows a terrifying moment a woman is dragged on the train

tracks, her hand, you see it there, appears to get stuck in the door at a platform out in san francisco, as the train pulls away. a transportation worker standing right beside her as the woman gets pulled under the moving train. the woman survived but her condition at this hour not known wow. parents are suing their son's former prep school, claiming he got expelled because of his conservative beliefs. now are accusing connecticut's academy of discrimination saying their son was kicked out for sharing his political views in the middle of an english class where it came up school official s say the 16-year-old was not expelled over those beliefs and that he had several chances to follow the code of conduct at that school. meanwhile, an illinois police officer goes above and beyond to help a man he pulls over. officer roger mules stopped ka shawn baldwin, for expired plates. he found he did not have a valid license and the man said the reason he was in a hurry was he

had to get to a job interview and instead of issuing a ticket the officer drove the man himself to the interview. >> something came upon me, god, whatever it was and said give him a little break so that's what i did. ed: baldwin got the job at fedex and how cool is that both will join us tomorrow right here on fox & friends you've got a police officer doing what they do best, helping other people, adam that's pretty cool. >> yeah, yeah, that's very cool something else that's very cool here at the face painting station i've got a blue bunny with that's a carrot on your finger. yeah, that's you on the tv back there. that's you, you know, i actually had a little bit of face paint ing done too it's called makeup, getting rid of all of my wrinkles because i'm getting older and also supposed to be forecasting we're about to see the weather map come up on there okay? let's bring up that, here is what we're looking at across the country temperatures up to 57 in new york city not too bad of a day, a little bit overcast conditions forecasting across

the country here for this easter sunday, a little bit of rain up into new england we're also talking about rain across the northern plains otherwise, beautiful day in the heartland, beautiful day across the southeast not a bad easter sunday. i brought you this. pete: thank you, adam i do see the easter bunny was in mexico your previous forecast but now he's here. he made his way. thanks for being here. we are celebrating easter today with our own easter eggstravagan z a, and here is allison bernstein general manager of the bash. thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> we'll talk about elevating your easter party and first thing you want to do is keep them entertained. parents have cocktails kids have crafts so here we have some kids painting pottery from hands-on pottery, and this is great because it also doubles as a take-home gift they could bring home and remember this great party. pete: they don't leave it at your house take it to their own.

i like that. >> also there are ways to keep their kids entertained so you can hire all sorts of vendors to come and entertain the kids, musicians, magicians, and this is magic memories entertainment a bunny that comes perfect for easter. pete: absolutely. ed: you need to hop on over to j ed right? >> i think we're doing face painting first. are you getting your face paint ed? pete: no i'm not. >> we've got color me happy face painting which kids love to have face painted and angel is having her hand painted lots of kids look like bunnies today and then we have when you have a party you also want to think about decor that serves double duty so this is a beautiful paper flower wall from new york paper flowers you can rent these in the new york new jersey tri-state aer yeah and it doubles in decor. pete: i like it let's go over to jedediah she's with animals right now will the easter bunny hop on over?

jedediah: joining us is rebecca and her daughter and they are from the third generation family -owned farm, and they have brought some real baby chicks, baby rabbits this morning and i'm holding a baby rabbit, we have a guinea pig, little baby chicks, can you tell us a little bit about your farm? >> yeah, so the farm was started by my grandmother and my mother joined in and she took it over, and built it to what it is today and i run the office and get to go to fun things like this. jedediah: and the kids have been loving these animals stopping by the whole time holding the bunn ies right now, do you allow like the people to come visit can they play with the animals? >> actually all of our programs come to you guys, they go to nursing homes anybody who wants to do it we'll come. jedediah: what is the benefit you found of bringing animals? there's talk about how animals reduce stress so much and for me they do ordealing with people suffering from illnesses what have you found to be the biggest impact of these animals on

people? >> i think they are just an all around learning experience. you have the baby chicks you watch them hatch out of their shell, and there's so much learning involved you can have a baby bunny or a mother bunny come with her baby bunny and watch them grow into the process of it, and we have a traveling farm where we bring out farm animals and the kids get to feed a calf a bottle. jedediah: well this is my heaven thank you so much i love this. we appreciate the kids are lov ing it too so thanks for coming. we'll toss it over to ed henry. ed: that's awesome i want to stay on that shot of pete with the bunny ears but i guess we can't, investigator impeach depends which democrat you ask that question to. >> impeachment effort is going to only divide us further. >> we have accounts to initiate impeachment. ed: can democrats get on the same page? will they get on the same page?

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ed: i want to start with you, an toine. i can't your party listen to the simple idea of dividing the country and get back to the issues that i thought democrats ran on in 2018 those kitchen table issues? >> well let me ressurect some thoughts for you this morning, ed. the bottom line is we've heard consistently from democrats that we want to investigate and legislate and i think this congress has done that very well when we hear about impeachment, we hear that from some people who have been in that party that's okay. different constituencies in this country sent members of congress to washington to do different things. ed: hang on but what exactly legislation has your party gotten done in the first 100 or so days for the house? >> well you can name hr-1, reopening the government, you can name passing meaningful government legislation that's 60 % of the american people want, you can name protecting our health care, i can rattle off

four or five things to you that we know has passed. ed: nothing passing in the senate the republicans run that but basically there's been a lot -- >> i can't control the senate but we can talk about what happened in the house. ed: so real quick and i want to get to the other side, so where are we going on impeachment? >> oh, i don't know but what we do know is the special prosecutor in his report gave democrats a slam on the goal to continue investigating this corrupt administration of this president, i think you'll see that, i think you'll see the special prosecutor being caught and who knows what may happen from there. ed: justin, slam dunk for democrats? >> impeachment is the third rail for democrats, this is not something american voters want a majority of american voters don't want to see impeachment. i think democratic leadership recognizes that and they are trying to soft pedal it and calm down that small proportion of democratic elected who do want to push forward that kind of breathless group who desperately want to find something with the president that can be impeach able.

right now it doesn't exist, americans don't think it exists americans want congress and their elected to focus on those thins that really matter to them and whether that's jobs in the economy, immigration, healthcare , these are the agenda items that need to be focused on and frankly if they're not focused on, next cycle democrats own those issues, every bit as much as republicans own them in the last cycle. >> let me jump in then what about what corey booker said he's a good democrat for your party out there running for president and he says i don't think we're ready for impeachment. let's keep on investigating i thought your party was going to tell us robert mueller will have the goods and let's wait for him and now he comes in with the verdict so you say let's keep investigating. >> pete i don't know if you read the same report i did but, i'm sorry ed, i don't know if you read the same report but what we do know is there are things in that report that will cause that need for democrats to continue to investigate and this will be a marathon not a sprint, the direction will be more important than seat and so yeah, i call for my party don't go for

the knockout punch right away but take the time to flush out what we need to flush out so the american people will know. ed: there's a lot of metaphores in there but if it wasn't a knockout punch a marathon sounds to me like a whole lot of investigating for years. >> yeah it's a political ploy. the reality is what anyone's going to find beyond the full weight and force of the u.s. government investigation is really very little. it's possible, there's a remote possibility, but it's pretty dog on remote, when you have an investigation of the scale, scope, time that was undertaken no one finds out anything else. the reality is there is no smoking gun there. there's nothing there to fight, but -- >> that's not true. >> if you want to support the presidential policy agenda this is the was it to clog it up. ed: i'll give you 10 seconds if you start, go. there were redacted portions of the report that we do not know and clearly states that there

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." jedediah: mallory holton arms johns us. >> happy easter everybody. jedediah: tell us what you're going to sing and what it's about? >> this is a song i wrote when i was comparing myself to others feeling like i wasn't good enough and some types people throw labels at us and i decided to write something to help encourage people to be comfortable in their own skin and see themselves the way god created. ed: great message. jedediah: take it away, i want to hear it. >> ♪ i could be stronger, i could be braver, i could be someone who never called a failure, i could have let-downs, i could have more faith, but i can come to you, bold and afraid

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ed: what an awesome song that was great. jedediah: loved it. pete: the stone is rolled away the tomb is empty he has risen happy easter everybody, have a wonderful sunday. jedediah: have a great day. maria: good sunday morning everyone and happy easter to all i'm maria bartiromo, thanks for joining us straight ahead right here on sunday morning futures, congressman and former federal prosecutor john ratcliffe is here exclusively to react to robert mueller's findings and what happens now after the special counsel clearly states there was no collusion, how do republicans plan to hold those at the obama justice department accountable and the russia investigation in the first place plus exclusive democratic reaction with congressman dan killday and the political battle over the mueller report ever shadowing the growing crisis and showing the massiveup