i hope to see you right here next week. house democrats ramping up their investigation into president turn issuing subpoenas for his tax returns and demanding testimony from former white house counsel. administration officials pushing back saying the requests are politically motivated and out of bounds. hello. i'm alicia acuna in for arthel neville. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> good to have you in new york, alicia. hel hello everyone. i'm eric shawn. richard neal is giving the treasury department and irs a deadline of may 17th to hand over the president's tax returns. but the president is refusing to comply with that request, and in the other subpoenas from the

congressional democrats. ellison barber is live in the north lawn of the white house with the top story and the very latest developments. >> no signs that the tense stand off between congressional democrats and the white house is going to end any time soon. the department of treasury, they have their subpoena, but officials are not commenting on it beyond that. we're told that their legal counsel is already reviewing it. president trump however is talking about these subpoenas, writing on twitter, quote, i won the 2016 election partially based on no tax returns, while i'm under audit which i still am. the voters didn't care. now the radical left democrats want to again relitigate this matter, make it a part of the 2020 election. the chairman of the house ways and means committee richard neal says his committee needs to see six years of president trump's personal and business tax returns. in a statement neal said quote after reviewing the options available to me, and upon the advice of counsel, i issued subpoenas friday to the secretary of the treasury and the commissioner of the irs. while i do not take this step

lightly, i believe this action gives us the best opportunity to succeed and obtain the requested materials. the irs and department of treasury have one week to comply. previously the chairman tried to get access to these returns by using a little known very old provision in the federal tax code that dates back to the teapot scandal, but treasury secretary mnuchin didn't comply with the request saying it lacked a legitimate legislative purpose and therefore violated supreme court precedent. chairman neal seems well prepared and expecting for this to wind up in front of the courts. listen here. >> are you going to take president trump to court over getting his tax returns? >> i think there will be some sort of a decision by the end of the week. that's for sure. the options are pretty narrow now. the last eight presidents have voluntarily released their tax forms. and i think that what we're trying to do here is to remain consistent with the prince ple that previous presidents have

developed. >> the president has made it clear in the past he does not contend to comply with subpoenas coming from house democrats. eric? eric: ellison, thank you very much. u.s. and chinese negotiators ending trade talks on friday without a deal, but there is still optimism both sides can still reach an agreet -- reach an agreement, as president trump touts strong relations between the two large economies. we have more from washington. >> by dinner time chinese state media reported that u.s. negotiators will continue talks in beijing in the coming weeks. at 12:01 a.m. the tariffs went into effect up from 10 to 25 percent on 200 billion dollars in chinese goods. these are some of these goods affected, clothing, electronics, furniture even cologne and perfumes. just a few hours ago, this morning, president trump took to twitter to try to calm the fears of americans about the tariffs, tweeting quote such an easy way to avoid tariffs, make or

produce your goods and products in the good old usa, it's very simple. simple is in the eye of the beholder. many who produce goods overseas are watching this play out closely. now it's possible the united states is not finished with china when it comes to the tariff business. trade representative robert lighthizer who was at the negotiating table with his counterpart put out a statement that reads in part quote the president also ordered us to begin the process of raising tariffs on essentially all remaining imports from china which are valued at approximately 300 billion dollars. now, on friday, after just a few short hours of talks, chinese vice premier was spotted at the nearby willard hotel having lunch. he said talks would continue and they went, quote, fairly well. the vice premier says it is up to the two presidents meaning trump and china's president xi to talk directly and work this out. we're told the two have not yet spoken but president trump said on thursday he received a letter from chinese president xi and

they may speak by phone. until that time, china has already made it clear they are preparing to retaliate for the move made by the trump white house, but it appears both sides will continue the talks. alicia? >> david, washington, thank you. eric? eric: with the increased tariffs on chinese goods, we are told that we can expect to see higher prices on thousands of stuff in the coming weeks. we have more on this. we are live in new york, right by what they call the largest department store in the world, and that's macy's, with more. hi, jackie. >> this tax is impacting nearly 6,000 products. a lot of them are things that american shoppers purchase regularly. about 40 billion dollars worth of consumer goods. as david just mentioned, at the grocery store you can expect to soon pay more for seafood, vegetables, shellfish, eggs nuts and paper products. in department stores things like handbags electronics iphones and computers plus clothing furniture and hardware will cost more. the tax on those items jumped

from 10 percent to 25 percent as of 12:01 a.m. yesterday. while that 10% tariff was irritating, experts say it was more palatable than 25%. businesses might have to make changes to their supply chain and do real calculations about how much costs they can absorb and stay afloat and how much they can pass off to consumers without losing business. >> i think what consumers are going to find is that in fact they actually did enjoy some benefits from trade with china and that the kind of things they often buy, those costs go up 25%, the retailers and the importers are not going to be able to swallow that. those costs will pass on and consumers will end up paying. >> the question right now is how fast are we going to see prices jump at the register? some of the largest importers of chinese products are big box stores like macy's, target and wal-mart. they might be able to hold off on jacking up prices for some time because many of them made bulk orders anticipating these tariffs. mom and pop shops, though, were

not able to do that. we might see them increase their prices sooner. there's also a small window of time that retailers are hoping the u.s. and china will use wisely. cargo ships take about three to four weeks to arrive in the u.s. from china and anything already in transit as of that midnight deadline won't be subject to the new tax. roughly speaking it won't be till around june 1st that items arriving here in the u.s. will be subject to the new tax rate. the president of course has stressed this strategy is going to be beneficial for americans in the long run and told retailers that the best way to avoid the tariffs is make your products in america. eric? eric: jackie, thank you very much. for more on all the news coming out of the white house, let's bring in john decker, fox news radio white house correspondent and attorney. john, thank you so much for being here. appreciate it. >> thank you, alicia. absolutely. >> let's begin with the subpoena issue first. you have the white house defiant. many democrats on capitol hill determined to get faces in front of committees to testify to get irs filings, completely unredacted mueller report.

americans might be wondering what the endgame is here. what are your thoughts? >> well, the endgame obviously for democrats as it relates to the president's tax returns, and you have a number of committees that are seeking the president's financial records, is just that, they want to get their hands on the president's tax returns for the past six years. we see that the subpoena was delivered to the treasury department on friday. they have given one week for the treasury department, the irs to comply with that subpoena. and then alicia, we're headed to court. that is the next move by house democrats if the treasury department does not adhere to this particular subpoena. and then a court, federal judge has to decide whether or not this is a legitimate request coming from the house ways and means committee chairman. he's relying on section 610.3 of the federal tax code. he says there's a legitimate legislative purpose for his inquiry, but again, this will be decided by a federal judge initially and may ultimately be decided by the u.s. supreme court. >> so heading to the courts,

that's just one of the threats out there. the other is impeachment. i want to put up a quote given to the hill by who it calls a democratic lawmaker who sits on a committee investigating the administration. it reads, this is a democrat, impeachment would be a suicide mission for us. it would guarantee trump reelection, possibly cost us the house, definitely, you know, jeopardize any chance in the senate, and it would embolden republicans. how does all of this square on the campaign trail for not just presidential politics but for all of those running for reelection? >> well, this is a really difficult decision that members of congress and also those individuals who are running for the democratic nomination have to decide. we have already seen a number of democrats who are running for the nomination come out quite squarely in favor of bringing articles of impeachment for obstruction of justice against the president. but they also know what happened when republicans sort of bit off more than they could chew back in the late 1990s with bill clinton. it came back and sort of, you

know, i think they paid the price as it relates to not only at the polls, but also in terms of public opinion. they are aware of that. and they don't want that obviously to impact the midterm elections or actually what happens in the presidential election, in 2020. so this is something that i think the democrats are carefully treading on. you have the house speaker, nancy pelosi, who doesn't want to go down that road, but so much of the democratic base does, and as it relates to what is happening right now, alicia, it seems as if they are listening to the house speaker and majority leader as well. >> on the house speaker, we can listen to something she said this week that caught a lot of attention. take a listen here. >> the president is almost self-impeaching because he is every day demonstrating more obstruction of justice and disrespect for congress's legitimate role. >> now, everyone knows the president likes a good fight. some democrats feel the

president is goating them to impeach, like a dare he thinks will pay off for him somehow in the end. what do you think? >> i think there's something to that. you have seen the tweets coming from the president. the remarks coming from the president when he's asked about this. he does believe that indeed if the democrats in the house go down that road, that it would energize his base. i think he's right about that. it would indeed energize the base. but you have to also wonder if democrats don't go down the road of impeachment, does it depress their base, which very much wants to see articles of impeachment brought against the president, knowing full well, by the way, alicia, that even if articles of impeachment are brought against the president, voted on by the full house, it's not going to go anywhere in the senate. there are not enough votes to remove the president from office, even if you get a positive vote as far as the democrats are concerned happening in the house of representatives. >> and talked about plenty on the campaign trail, no doubt. so let's move on to china. as you heard from jackie, there is genuine concern by consumers over this trade war. they are looking at their

average target run or in this case the macy's run getting more expensive -- >> the president has dug in his heels. it is a hard-line position. he's already imposed those additional tariffs of now 25% on chinese goods, up to 200 billion dollars. we're going get an announcement on monday coming from the treasury department about what those additional tariffs will be on additional 300 billion dollars of chinese goods. but it will impact consumers. there's no doubt about it if they remain in place. not only in terms of clothing that we buy, that comes from china, electronics that we buy that comes from china. you are already seeing increases in appliances that, you know, consumers purchase on a regular basis. so there will certainly be an impact. let's not forget, farmers across the country are seeing impacts on their crops, and so the

president has to be well -- made aware of that and i'm sure he is by his economic advisors in the sense that the economy is zooming along, 3.2% gdp in the first quarter, that's a tremendously good economy, and also we have seen unemployment at record levels -- unemployment i should say at record levels, below 4%, 3.6% in the most recent report. so do you want to upset that strong economy? that's something the president has to weigh very carefully. >> john decker in washington, thank you very much for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you, alicia, appreciate it. we'll get more reaction tomorrow when chris wallace sits down with white house economic advisor larry kudlow on fox news channel. check your local listings to see when it airs on your fox affiliate. eric? eric: it is that time of year again. vice president mike pence is touting the administration's efforts to defend religious freedom today. he gave the keynote address at liberty university's commencement ceremony earlier in

virginia. the vice president urging the class 2019 to stand firm in their christian faith. >> i'm proud to report our administration has already taken decisive action to protect religious liberty and will continue to do that. class of 2019, my word to all of you is decide here and now that you will stand firm, that you will put into practice all the things you learned here on liberty mountain, that you will never give up, that you will persevere. eric: graduation ceremonies also getting underway today at the university of north carolina at charlotte. that less than two weeks after the gunman stormed a classroom and killed two students. the school announcing yesterday that two scholarships have been donated in honor of those victims. tensions escalating with iran as president trump increases the u.s. military presence in the middle east. what he is doing and why, next. for years i've trained dogs for the marines like me, some of these dogs have seen many tours of duty.

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alicia: another american warship is heading to the middle east as the white house warns of a growing threat from iran. the pentagon sending the uss arlington and amphibious assault ship to join the uss lincoln aircraft carrier and its battle group. all this after the iranian president warned the islamic republic would stop complying

with parts of the nuclear deal. we are live in washington with more. >> to summarize the administration's position on iran for 40 years they've been killing american soldiers, attacking american facilities and taking americans hostages moves that require self-defense. add to that, reports of specific and credible intelligence about possible iranian action and here we go. the patriot missile battery long range all weather air defense system used to shoot down ballistic missiles and aircraft. that heads to the middle east to protect u.s. assets and allies. the uss arlington transfers from europe to middle east and swaps out with another warship in the region. used to transport marines and aircraft to support various types of warfare. in a rare move, the pentagon also released video shot from the uss abraham lincoln as the carrier and her battle group traveled through the canal in route to striking distance of iran. >> what the united states is

doing, they have some likely very good intelligence here, and what we're trying to demonstrate to iran is that we will respond. that's why we're being so public about it. >> note this from the pentagon despite also sending bombers to the region, here's the statement the united states does not seek conflict with iran but we are postured and ready to defend u.s. forces and interests in the region. this of course all comes on the one-year anniversary of president trump's withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal and increased pressure on the iranian regime. >> the united states has imposed sanctions on iran that are having an crippling effect. their currency devalued significantly, inflation about 37%. economy contracted about 6%. civil unrest is growing in the country. and then we just recently designated the irgc their main weapon that they use to impose

control in the middle east through proxies as terrorist organization. >> secretary of state pompeo meets with his russian counterparts tomorrow and tuesday. one might imagine that iran will come up. the russians have sold iran most of their air defense systems. >> thanks leland. eric: for more on this we're joined by dr. rebecca grant, national security and military analyst and president of independent research. dr. grant, we just heard general kean said that the administration likely has good intelligence that there's a threat to u.s. troops in the region. what do you think they have? and how serious is that threat? >> well, iran is reacting to the sanctions and i think there is clearly some good intelligence. i think that's why secretary pompeo stopped off in iraq. so what they are seeing is increased indications and warnings of possible threats to our forces there. we have planes flying out of several bases, 5,000 forces in iraq, u.s. navy forces there, but the problem with iran is

you've got to send a really bold message. it's got to be all caps. it has to say don't try it. that's why we see the extra level of military forces going into the region. eric: you know some of the kurdish are saying they are accusing the administration trying to hype this up. here's a quote, i'm concerned this administration is baiting iran in a very dangerous way. that's what some of the critics are saying. >> do you buy that? >> none of this is provocative and the commander general mckenzie has said we don't seek conflict with iran. having said that, our u.s. bombbomb er crews have been studying iran. they are more than ready. iran tends to be reckless, prone to mischief, they make stupid

moves. to make sure our forces are safe, we have to be extra clear that iran just can't try it. we can't risk them being reckless and that's what i see the administration doing both with the force deployments and the messaging. eric: do you think this is enough? should we do more? >> it looks like it's good. what i see here are a few more pieces moved on the chess board. i'm interested that the uss arlington has been deployed, a landing dock ship, bringing them extra capability close by to deal with the iranian small boat threat. also have some extra helicopters and of course some marines. the b 52s, instead of sending one or two, they sent four, again making the message very clear, and those b 52s also have excellent over water search and weapons capability. then of course very important that we see patriot missiles and missile batteries going in to beef up the presence that's

already there for the air defense of the gulf region, u.s. forces and our allies. eric: you mentioned the small boats. they are for years notorious for basically like little annoying gnats that kind of swarm near our naval ships and at one point it has been said that the president while he was running just blow one of them out of the water and that will send tehran a message that the obama administration, you know, never did that. is that a sufficient way to deal with that threat? do you think that potentially could be where the hair trigger in this conflict could be set off, in some type of confrontation with those little speedboats that they do and use to harass our naval assets. >> right. the revolutionary guard speedboats. they are talking about swarming and having 100 boats. we haven't seen them do that. iran talks a good game. their military capabilities aren't as strong as they say they are, but it requires a lot of professionalism from our u.s. navy to be present and in that tight coastal water area, but

they are more than capable of dealing with that threat and i think the uss arlington will help. the other big worry is iran's ballistic and cruise missiles. the patriots going in there, these aren't your 91 gulf war patriot batteries, there's a new missile that has an excellent fuse, excellent seeker and is really more than capable of dealing with the very nasty iranian cruise missile threat. i think in addition to possible terror attacks sponsored by iran, that ballistic and cruise missile threat is on the minds of our commanders. these forces are very much targeted to deter and to intercept that missile threat if iran is stupid enough to try it. eric: without giving up anything, where do you think they would be placed, number one? number two, do you think they can protect land like israel's iron dome? >> right, so our patriot batteries are in several of our regional allies, i think that's pretty well known. it's a great system. it is an air and missile defense interceptor, the best in the world and very much capable of doing that.

and that means that our forces still have the ability to operate with a degree of safety there. again, it is deterrent. it is time to put the economic squeeze on iran with the sanctions. we've got to buckle down, the military piece and make it double extra clear that iran knows they are overmatched against our forces in the gulf. do not try it. eric: don't tell that to some iranians. this is what reported by the iranian news agency via reuters from one of the leaders there an ayatollah. their billion dollars fleet, meaning us, can be destroyed with one missile, if they attempt any move, they will face dozens of missiles because at that time officials won't be in charge to act cautiously, but instead, things will be in the hands of our beloved leader, ayatollah. in other words they are saying they they they can destroy our warship with one missile, talk about talking a good game, is that even at all in any realm of reality in the universe plausible at all? >> typical rhetoric for them, and i would say no. they don't have that capability, but eric, it shows you how bad

their intention is. iran does have at least ten separate types of ballistic missiles deployed or in development. this is not a state that we can trust. they have made the threats about moving towards enriching uranium. everything they do, worse diplomats in the world, reckless, stupid, and i don't think they have that capability, but the fact that they would threaten it is all the more reason for us to deploy our forces, work with allies, and keep pressure on to get some change. we cannot live as a world with this regime for the next millions of years. they have got to understand they need to be part of the world order. knock off the terrorism, the provocative military deployments and do not violate that nuclear deal. eric: and they have the blood of 603 american servicemen and women who were killed in iraq by iranian-backed forces. >> correct. eric: dr. grant, always good to see you. thank you for your insight. >> thank you. eric: we will get more reaction from all this on top lawmaker

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he will be facing the former vice president as the democratic nominee. we are live in our los angeles bureau with the latest. christina, let me welcome you to the fox news channel. good to have you on board. good to have you here. >> thank you. it's nice to be here. eric, democratic presidential hopeful mayor pete buttigieg dismissing the president's new nickname for him saying he didn't get the reference. trump compared the 37-year-old south bend indiana mayor to the long time mascot for a magazine. he said alfred e. newman can't become president of the united states. when asked about trump's insult, mayor pete said he hadn't heard of the character and had to google it and he said he was surprised the president of the united states wasn't spending more time trying to salvage a trade deal with china. buttigieg is speaking tonight in

las vegas. biden called theresa may margaret thatcher. the president said biden's popularity reminds him of his 2016 race predicting the former vice president will remain at the top of the polls but said he didn't know biden was a good front-runner. trump also suggested it would be quote appropriate for him to speak to attorney general bill barr about a potential investigation into biden and alleged ties to ukraine. other democratic hopefuls on the map today minnesota senator amy klobuchar is in puerto rico meeting with that territory's outspoken governor has the island continues to recover from hurricanes. gillibrand just wrapped up a town hall in new hampshire where she criticized the president's trade war with china saying the president's negotiating style is the problem. >> i think it is because he's too belligerent. i think he's so overly certain

and so self-consumed that he can't actually work well with others and find common ground because you have to spend as much time listening as you are talking, and he has not done that. >> another contender planning to throw his hat into the crowded field this week montana governor steve bullock. he posted a teaser video on twitter this morning. the democrat very popular in his home state, wibing his second term in -- winning his second term in 2016 as the trump carried the state by 20 points. with bullock joining the race that brings the tally to 22 major democratic presidential hopefuls. eric? eric: as alfred e. newman would say what, me worry? christina thank you. alicia? alicia: eric, biden's campaign teasing a rollout on climate policy with a focus on finding middle ground but that idea is not sitting well the party's left wing. congresswoman cortez one of the architects of the green new deal calls biden's proposal a quote deal breaker for progressives

tweeting quote there is no middle ground with climate denial and delay blaming blue-collar americans as opponents to bold climate policy is lobbyist 101. let's bring in mike lee from utah and dave brown former senior advisor and committee to democratic senator murray from washington. thank you for being here. i want to begin with the look of real clear politics average of polls on the democratic field. you can see here the former vice president is far and away in the lead right now. my question is, and dave,ly begin with you -- i will begin with you, if the democrats are determined to take down the president in 2020, how does taking down the current leader help the overall goal? the leader in the field. >> well, first, i think it is a healthy debate to have about climate change. i'm glad we are having it. i hope the rest of the country will tune in because this is as the vice president biden has said this is an existential

threat. it is a threat to my generation, my kids generation so i'm glad we are having the debate. if you look at the polling, particularly the recent poll that came out looking at new hampshire primary voters, 68% of democratic voters in that state said the single-most important thing for them when looking at a democratic candidate and the eventual nominee is can he or she beat donald trump? terms of issue tests and whether or not they cared -- if they agreed with every issue that nominee stood for, polled far less. i think there's an interesting political context to all of this, which is the vice president, vice president biden clearly, the front-runner, he's polling very well in new hampshire and iowa, and democratic voters first and foremost care about beating the president. that said, if you look at polls, aside from healthcare, climate change is up there as a principle issue that democratic primary voters care about. alicia: climate change is a very real issue especially for democrats is ocasio cortez forcing biden to the left and what cost? >> i think most americans agree

we need to have a serious conversation about climate and stewardship of the land. the problem is they are pushing so far to the left in terms of how to do that. the big challenge is that so often they are getting these solutions that are what i call 20% solutions, less than 20% of the people want the government for example to take over the economy in a way just to fix the climate. same thing applies with healthcare. everybody wants cheap affordable healthcare. nobody wants the government to really run it. i think that's going to be the challenge, and i think what vice president biden has done is tried to say that hey, a lot of these proposals that are coming from the far left are for the kids table. i want to deal with the big issues, take on the president in 2020, i want to get to moral core of america and what is the essence of america. that's where the debate will be. the socialism stuff sounds good in the primaries in the spring but democrats and independents know that doesn't fly in a fall election and as david rightly said, they want to win. i think you are going to see a very interesting tug and pull as

this continues on. alicia: primary and caucus season is always brutal for the party that doesn't have an incumbent. they beat each other up and attempt to come together. the dnc chair is calling for his party members to unite now. take a look at the recent quote. we know that there is so much more that unites us as democrats than what divides us. nothing unites us more than our shared commitment to beating trump. if democrats can bring each other together in a common goal, couldn't it be a formidable force against president trump? >> yeah, i think that is the key. the unity message is going to be very important for democrats as they roll through the process. if they don't learn anything from 2016, and beat each other up the way the republicans did, that will say a lot about the democratic party. but i think the thing they have to be very careful of is that in the rush for these 22 candidates now, to get the nomination, they are all going so far that they are making everything a crisis. we have a climate crisis.

we have an energy crisis. we have an opioid crisis. the american people get exhausted because they can see that for many of these candidates, these are manufactured crises, so they can raise money and try to get some notoriety and get some momentum with a viral video, a social media moment that can propel them to the top of the pack, when it comes to the debate. so it's a really tricky needle to thread, but it's one that the democrats are going to have to do to unite and actually give the president a run for his money in 2020. >> how do you think democrats are going to be able to quote unquote unite when you have someone who is not even on the ticket going after the person who is leading in the polls right now? how is that even possible? especially when you are talking about an issue like climate change. >> first let me just say on the climate change point, this isn't a manufactured crisis. it is kind of a real, a very real crisis, national climate assessment published by this government said that. to your question, look, i think there's a big difference between the twitter universe and what pundits like us say on air and

what's actually happening on the ground in the early primary states and when candidates are actually talking to voters. i suspect that were we to be privy those kitchen table conversations, there is already a vast consensus among democratic primary voters that we are united. we are united in our belief that this president needs to be denied a second term. and i think 2018 also offers a really helpful road map of the types of issues that brought us together, healthcare, as a very good example. healthcare won the democrats the house in 2018. that continues to be such an important issue in 2020. i think you see broad consensus forming. that said, i think debate is healthy. i think having a conversation about climate change and whether it's the green new deal or something perhaps slightly more centrist, you are defining a contour of options. of course you govern in pros but you campaign in politics, right? there will have to be a push and shove in compromise when it comes to the policies of this.

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eric: north korea staying true to form continuing its aggressive stance. the kim regime testifying several short range missiles in less than one week. the pentagon says those missiles flew for more than 200 miles before they splashed down in the ocean. kitty logan is live in our london bureau with the latest. >> president trurp made these remarks in an interview -- president trump made these remarks in an interview. he also said he doesn't believe these latest tests by north korea are a breach of trust. those short range missiles the two missiles they were launched on thursday. they flew as you say around 200 miles before landing in the sea. these tests were overseen personally by north korean leader kim jong-un himself. and state leader says the

country wants to boost its capacity to strike. now these shorter range missiles, the worry is about them that they could target for example south korea or even u.s. troops based there. president trump says despite this he wants to continue dialogue with north korea. negotiations of course have stalled since the last summit between president trump and kim jong-un in hanoi broke down without any agreement. but the president says the relationship between the two leaders is still strong. he's also not ruling out another summit at some stage in the future. there is no sign so far of north korea escalating or resuming tests of long range missiles which of course are a great r concern -- are a greater concern. pyongyang previously promised to stop its nuclear program all together, although never made a firm commitment to do that. it says it wants sanctions lifted first. that is something that the u.s. has refused to do. now, there are hopes that the talks between the u.s. and north korea can be restarted soon.

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alicia: pope francis issuing ground breaking new rules requiring all catholic priests and nuns to report clergy sexual abuse and cover ups. lauren green reports. ♪ >> it's a long-awaited global standard to police sexual abuse in the catholic church. >> there is this very strong message. no one in the leadership is above the law. >> responding to pressure to hold the church accountable for its sins, the pope's decree you are the light of the world lays out new rules for priests and religious sisters. >> here we have a universal law which mandates to report the crime and it protects who is reporting. it also requires that within a year, all the diocese has the structure to receive the claim. >> the new law also requires all diocese and archdiocese to establish publicly accessible

systems for reporting sexual abuse and other sexual misconduct, protections for whistle-blowers and care for abused victims. the highest church authorities will now be held accountable for their actions either for abuse or for covering up abuse. >> what hasn't been done up until recently is that the bishops have not been as accountable. so i think this is good that now we have that formalized. it is almost like a best practice being sent to the rest of the church. >> the pope's actions following the vatican's sexual abuse conference in february when the presidents of the world bishop conferences gathered for unprecedented meeting. the head of the u.s. conference catholic bishops issued a statement calling the new rules a blessing that will empower the church everywhere to bring predators to justice no matter what rank they hold in the church. abuse survivors have a more tepid response. a statement from the survivors network of those abused by priests, says the mandate falls short. we would have been far more impressed if this new law required church officials to report to police and prosecutors

instead. many of the new rules were already being implemented in the u.s. the new procedures are now required to be in place by june of 2020. in new york, lauren green, fox news. alicia: will we see a mild mother's day or a stormy sunday? our nationwide forecast is next. introducing... smartdogs. the first dogs trained to train humans. stopping drivers from: liking. selfie-ing. and whatever this is. available to the public... never. smartdogs are not the answer. but geico has a simple tip. turn on "do not disturb while driving" mode. brought to you by geico. . . . is that net carbs or total?...

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millions of americans. meteorologist adam klotz has what we can expect. >> unfortunately, mother's day weekend kind of kicking off to a bit of a cold one across the country. considering the time of the year, we're looking at temperatures in the 64 in dallas, 46 are degrees in chicago. it's all mostly because there's a large rain maker sweeping across the country. it's soggy, on the cool side, considering where we are in spring. this is the rain maker i'm talking about, bringing heavy rain from the gulf of mexico where there's flooding, stretching up into portions of the midwest and will run into the mid-at lain particula parti- mid-atlantic and new england. there's flood watches and earnings from louisiana, texas, mississippi. you're probably going to see a lot of rain, especially as we get into tomorrow. the future radar, it gets soggier for more folks across

the country, the eastern half of the country as we get into matter's day. by the time -- mother's day. by the time you get into late sunday, into monday, you're running up into new england and it's a soggy day for monday morning. mother's day, on the eastern half of the country, temperatures are going to be on the l cool side. and you see a lot of rain. there's a lot of rain -- there's a little bit of rain in the western half of the country with temperatures running close to the canadian border, getting into canada, close to 80 degrees. less rain out to the west. eastern side of the country, it continues to be soggy. we'll see a whole lot of rain. here's the forecasted highs, warmer to the west, cooler to the east. this sticks with us for a couple days. sunday, into monday, staying on the cool side as temperatures still around 60 degrees, falling down to a 50 degrees in new york city. i wish i could you say i -- i wi could say it was going to be

nicer. i can't deliver it. eric: kids including husbands, bring mom breakfast in bed. that's a nice touch. doesn't matter what it's doing outside. adam, thank you. alicia: upping the ante, taking new action to get the president's tax returns while hinting at holding trump associates in contempt. welcome to a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. eric: welcome. hello, i'm eric shawn. congressman richard neil is issuing issuing a subpoena t stevesteven mun shvmentn shvment president trump's tax returns.

allison barber is live with the developments. she's on the north lawn of the white house. >> reporter: it seems like the battle over subpoenas is escalating. we are told -- we know that in the past president trump vowed to push back on any subpoenas issued by congressional democrats. seems like that is happening now. the white house told former officials including don mcgahn not to comply with subpoenas for testimony. white house counsel emmett flood reached out to mcgahn and asked him to say publicly that he did not believe the president obstructed justice. the new york times first broke this story. according to the times, white house officials asked mcgahn to say trump never obstructed justice twice in the past month, they did it at the direction of president trump. mr. mcgahn declined. his attorney seemed to confirm the reports you can telling fox news we didn't perceive it as a

threat or something sinister, it was a request professionally and cordially made. they want to hear from mcgahn on the 21st of may. they subpoenaed him. the department of treasury and irs have one week to comply with subpoenas of their own and turn over six years of president trump's personal and business tax returns to democrats on the house ways and means committee. richard neil tried to obtain the returns by using a tax code that dates back to the harding administration. steven mnuchin rejected that request earlier this week. the secretary said the lacks a legitimate legislative purpose and goes against supreme court precedent. richard neil said he issued the subpoenas because he believes the actions gives us the best opportunity to receive and obtain the requested materials. the top republican is urging against it. kevin brady said he sent the chairman a letter on friday,

cautioning him against this. he says it sets a dangerous precedent that could be used against any american that is seen as a political enemy. president trump pushed back on the subpoenas, in a tweet, saying he won the 2016 elections with no tax returns and he says voters did not care. eric. eric: allison, thanks so much. alicia: no trade deal in sight, after u.s. and chinese officials ended negotiations yesterday with no plans to return to the bargaining table. this comes in the wake of the donald trump themove to raise $n tariffs in chinese goods. we have more from washington. >> reporter: things appeared to be at a stalemate yesterday afternoon. by dinner time, chinese state media reports that negotiators will continue talks in beijing in the coming weeks. on friday morning, the tariffs went into effect, up from 10 to 25% on $200 billion in chinese goods. these are just some of those goods affected, clothing,

electronics, furniture, even perfume. a few hours ago, president trump took to twitter to try to calm the fears of americans about the tariffs, tweeting, quote, such an easy way to avoid tariffs. make or produce your goods and products in the good old usa. it's very simple. simple is in the eye of the beholder. many who produce goods overseas are watching this play out closely. it's possible the united states is not finished with china when it comes to the tariff business. robert lighthizer, who was at the negotiating table with his chinese counter part put out a statement that reads in part, quote, the president also ordered us to begin the process of raising tariffs on essentially all remaining imports from china which are valued at approximately $300 billion. now, on friday after just a few short hours of talks, the chinese vice premier was spotted having lunch. he said talks would continue. he said it's up to the two

presidents, meaning trump and china's president xi to talk directly and work this out. we're told the two have not spoken but president trump said on thursday he received a letter from chinese president xi and they may speak by phone. until that time, china has made it clear they are preparing to retaliate for the move made by the trump white house but it appears both sides will continue those talks. allysia. alicia: david, thank you. eric: experts and consumers are weighing in on the ongoing trade war with china in the wake of the tariffs. will we have a lot of sticker shock? jackie heinrich is at the macy's store in new york. there is a lot of stuff inside the store that could be affected by the tariffs. >> reporter: hi, eric. there is a lot of unknowns. we don't know whether china will begin to tax american products. we don't know whether president trump is going to follow through with his threat to increase tariffs on all chinese exports.

but th thing that american shops are waiting to see is whether or not and when we can see a sticker price increase at the register in stores. just about 12:01 a.m. yesterday, more than $200 billion worth of chinese exports were subject to a 25% tariff, up from the previous 10% rate. most of the goods that are impacted are raw materials that manufacturers buy. $40 billion worth of consumer goods are also being hit. these are things that americans purchase regularly. you can expect to soon pay more for a lot of gross youly items like seafood, vegetables, paper products. department stores, things like handbags, electronics and furniture will cost more. experts say the impact on the economy will depend on how long the tariffs remain in place. >> it can do terrible things for the economy and -- but it won't do terrible things for the economy if it lasts a couple weeks. it will do terrible things for the economy if it lasts months

and months. >> reporter: the president has stressed the strategy will ultimately be good for america and told retailers in a tweet, build your products in the u.s. and there are no tariffs. nearly 6,000 items in total are being taxed at 25%. so far we're not seeing a price increase in stores because the current inventory would have been purchased before the tariffs went into effect. a lot of big box stores made purchases, anticipating the tariffs. there's a small window of time that the retailers are hoping the u.s. and china takes advantage o it takes three or four weeks for shipping containers to arrive in the u.s. from china. during that time, hoping that the negotiations come to a conclusion and that we cannot see that increase last too much longer and be passed off onto the consumer, after june 1st when the priceyer items come into the u.s. eric: jacqui, thank you. alicia: the u.s. is bolstering the military presence in the

middle east amid what we're told is a growing threat from iran. the department of defense announcing that it is deploying a war ship and a patriot surface to air missile battery to the region. gillian turner has more on the escalating tensions. >> reporter: the department of defense announced yesterday that a war ship, the u.s.s. arlington, as well as a patriot surface to air missile battery are headed to the middle east. this comes from the trump administration in response to iran prepositioning missiles across the region. they say it could constitute tangible threats to american troops. the pentagon released a statement after acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan approved the deployment. the united states does not seek conflict with iran but we are postured and ready to dep fend s forces in the region. it is used to shoot down ballistic missiles and aircraft. the u.s.s. arlington will transfer from europe to the middle east and swap out with

another war ship in the region. it's used to transport marines and aircraft to support assault, expeditionary warfare and special operations. they joined the lincoln carrier strike group as well as a u.s. bomber task force already in place. this l follows several days of escalating tension between the u.s. and iran and fresh on the heels of the one year anniversary of president trump's withdrawal from the nuclear deal. the secretary of state in london this week had said that so far iran's tough talk amounted to bluster. >> we'll have to wait to see what iran's actions actually are. they've made a number of statements about actions they threatened to do in order to get the world to jump. we'll see what they actually do. >> reporter: secretary pompeo said this week the u.s. isn't seeking war with iran but acting in self h self fence. he said for 40 years iran has been attacking american

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it's tough dealing with them. they don't want to build a wall, but we're building a wall. they don't want to do a lot of other things. they don't want to do a lot of things. >> build a wall! build that wall! eric: that's president trump again taking aim at democratic leaders on capitol hill during a rally in florida on wednesday. he is again reiterating his commitment to build his long-promised border wall amid that record-breaking surge in migrant apprehensions. this coming days before the pentagon announced it is shifting $1.5 billion to help pay for the wall's construction. a congressional committee now trying to stop that, so what will happen? white house reporter for real clear politics, philip, the president's spending plans for the wall, they're getting a pushback on capitol hill. >> certainly. and it's been true from the beginning that senate democrats

have complained that's national emergency declaration was simply a ploy for him to use defense dollars to honor a campaign promise. nothing has changed on that front. what is unique is the nomination of patrick shanahan to be secretary of defense. democrats say they will use that as a referendum on the issue. the challenge for democrats is to find four of the 12 senate republicans who opposed the president on the national emergency and try to get them to vote against his nomination. now, it doesn't look likely. eric: doesn't look like they'll get what they want, that support in. >> what we've seen right now is chuck schumer doesn't have the senate muscle necessary to stop this national emergency and go further and hold up the nomination of shanahan here. what's going to be interesting is the administration is going to have to answer some awkward questions about why are they repurposing money from afghan

forces, for instance, $604 million to pay for security on the southern border. but the pentagon has already assured congress that this money will not hurt their military readiness and like i said earlier, senate democrats they just don't have the numbers to keep this from happening. eric: the appropriations committee on the hill, they're fighting this. they apparently don't want a total of $1.5 billion from afghan security being redirected to build the wall and $1 billion from the military personnel budget, so if they likely pass a bill against that at a committee, the house likely, because it's democratic controlled, would support it but then it could hit a brick wall when it hits the senate. >> certainly. what i'm watching for is the nomination of shanahan. we see senate democrats being critical of his actions, acting defense secretary. when he comes before them for his confirmation hearing, you're going to hear from democrats

with presidential ambitions, people like elizabeth warren and kirsten gillibrand. they'rthere are going to be firs and there's going to be opportunities for some of those democrats to fund raise and try to make their case as to why they're the best candidate to take on president trump. eric: what do you think they're going to ask him? >> i think they're going to really hammer down on why when he came before them last wednesday, why he didn't explain this money was going to be reprogrammed. i think the argument that he's going to make is that this money, again, does not arm military readiness and it will allow for up to $264 million -- 264 miles of border barriers, about half a mile every day, without having to require any more money to be reprogrammed and repurposes. eric: what about the members of congress who represent military districts, where they have facilities and bases in their home districts? i mean, some of them are teed off. this money is -- you're going to

hear from members of congress, it will be ringing up the phones of the white house. >> that's the strongest argument that senate democrats have right now. they raised issues as to why this money is used on the southern border, rather than being used to repair base that's were damaged from hurricanes. it's going to be a very interesting argument that it goes down. again, the pentagon is certain that they can use this money and that they can do it in a way that isn't going to harm their other work. what i'm hearing from white house officials right now, aides that i spoke to before i came on here, is they're tired of dealing with this crisis. their argument is that the crisis at the southern border is more immediate than some of the other budget considerations. eric: the defense secretary down there today, we're seeing the number of apprehensions that they say are record levels increasing more. there was a prediction of 100,000. it was 109,000, plus, just last month in april. let me show you some polls.

what does the president have to do to make this resonate some more? if you look at -- there's a lot of writing on that screen. by building a border wall is down at 45%, you see in the red. it's half, almost, of favoring policy proposals, such as establishing term limits. you look at a poll of registered voters, take a look at this. 44% favor the wall. more people, 51%, oppose. those numbers have been shifting nor the president's favor recently. how much would this resonate as we go into the 2020 election? >> well, this is certainly president trump's brand promise, it's what made him president in 2016. this is one of the few issues that he hasn't deviated from whatsoever. he continues to push for that wall on the southern border. what is so interesting is that during the government shutdown, not too long ago, we saw republican support for the shutdown and building the wall increase, not decrease. the president he sees this as an

election where he's going to have to turn out his own base and to him and his campaign, this looks like a winner. eric: phil, you had a poll, we'll be following that as always. >> thank you, sir. eric: of course. alicia: the measles, once declared eradicated in the us is making a comeback in more than 20 states. some lawmakers are looking to remove religious exemptions from vaccinations to help combat the spread of the disease. the move is getting pushback from anti-vaccination advocates, calling it a violation of religious liberties. we have more. >> it is my job to make the choices and the decisions that are in the best interest of my child and my family. >> reporter: gabrielle is a stay at home mom of two, concerned over talks across the country to strike religious exemptions for vaccines. connecticut and alabama are the latest to consider the idea, coming after concerns anti-vaxxers are abusing it and putting other people's kids in danger. >> that is a medical decision.

that is a religious decision that people should be able to make what is best for their families. >> reporter: at the university of connecticut's health center, dr. david banik argues that vacation seans are sort of a civic duty. >> people need to consider themselves and also the public when it comes to vaccination noose the vast majority of religions don't have rules against vaccinations, the number of parents seeking exemptions for their children has been on the rise. in 2003 in connecticut there were just over 300 exemptions, compared to last year with over 1200. >> less and less children being vaccinated, it takes one case to be introduced to spread. >> reporter: some say it would be unconstitutional. >> i have a right to practice my religion. but i don't have a right to practice religion if the result of it is to expose your kid to a serious disease. >> reporter: yet some lawmakers

remain skeptical of the push to remove the exemption. >> the implication is that you're denying a child access to the public education system in the state of connecticut. and so before we do something of that magnitude, we need to have a public hearing. >> reporter: that public hearing is now scheduled for monday. in hartford, connecticut, rob derenzo, fox news. alicia: president trump down-playing north korea's missile test but kim jong un is telling his military to stay in, quote, full combat posture. where this could be leading, next. now there's scotts thick'r lawn, the revolutionary 3-in-1 solution for weak lawns. with a soil improver to strengthen roots! seed to fill in gaps! and fertilizer to feed! the result... up to a 50% thicker lawn after just one application. ♪ ♪ now yard time is our time. this is a scotts yard.

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london. >> reporter: hi, eric. north korea has again tested short range missiles this week. but president trump says he doesn't consider this a breach of trust. president trump said the two short range missiles fired from north korea last thursday, were, quote, standard stuff. the missiles flew around 180 miles and landed in the sea p. it was the second round of tests in a week. they were overseen by north korean leader kim jong un himself. the state media says the country wants to boost its capability to strike. it's unclear how this leaves negotiations with the u.s. which have stalled since the last summit broke down without agreement. the president says the relationship between the two leaders is still strong and he wants to continue negotiations in the future. there are also concerns that north korea could resume tests of long range missiles. pyongyang has previously promised to stop its nuclear

program although it hasn't ever made a firm commitment to do so. it wants sanctions lifted first, something the u.s. has refused to do. the hope is that talks will resume soon. these short range tests are still a concern,s especially to neighboring south korea. eric. eric: kitty, thanks so much. alicia: for more on this, let's bring in jim walsh, he's an international security expert and senior research associate at m.i.t. security studies program. jim, thank you very much for being here. we appreciate it. >> good to be with you. alicia: first question, are these missile launches, quote, very standard stuff or are they some sort of violation? >> i would say neither. it's neither standard, nor is it a violation. it'as far as the u.s., north kon understanding, essentially we have a freeze for freeze. they freeze long range, not short range, long range missile

tests and nuclear tests and we suspend u.s. south korean military exercises and that's still in place and that has not been violated. i think what we're seeing is the north koreans, after chairman kim essentially set a deadline in april, saying this thing needs to be resolved by the end of 2019, within the year, what we're seeing is the north koreans especially with his presence as your reporter indicates at the missile testing, the north koreans are putting pressure on south korea and president trump to try to push forward after what was hanoi, not very much was accomplished. alicia: short-term missile, not a violation, but doesn't that violate the spirit of the trump/kim statement, kind of where they said they were headed or hoping to go, in that direction. >> i hear you. in international politics, there is no spirit. you know. we talk about that, but that's not the way governments work. you know, the real issue here is north korea can more or less do

what it wants because there's no agreement. normally you have an agreement and then someone violates the agreement, then you can do x, y and z. the president and chairman kim met to sort of kickstart a process towards an agreement but there is no agreement and in the absence of an agreement, both sides are going to do what they want to do, sanctions, i.c.b.m. test for the u.s., missile test, fiddling around at the nuclear sites for the north koreans. until we have the agreement, which is the ultimate objective, both sides can do what they want, broadly speaking. alicia: what does this presidenput thepresident's negon position, with kim saying he's going to maintain a mul full military posture, doesn't that seem aggressive and put the president on the defense? >> well, i would say if you listened to north korean broadcast as long as i have,

it's sort of what you expect. if anything, you expect worse, you know, calling people bandits and all of that business. no, i would say, again, in the absence of an agreement, we should expect that both sides will take the position of maintaining their military readiness. we're doing that. i expect the north koreans to do that. i don't think it's particularly provocative. alicia: you don't? >?you don't think it's provocative. >> i don't. it's standard fare. this is kim putting political pressure to move forward and move on sanctions. alicia: so we should expect more of this? can you expand on that a little? >> i think you're absolutely right about that. we've seen some of it now. we're seeing images of people working at nuclear sites. we've seen now, had a couple round of tests. i think as we draw closer and closer to the end of the year, that supposed end of the year deadline that kim gave in april, we'll see the north koreans

ramping up their activities, not quite crossing the line, but putting pressure, using what little leverage they have to try to get their position, to try to move it in their direction, that's what they're trying to do. they have fired their chief negotiatesser, kim fired the chief negotiator. he called on president trump to sideline secretary pompeo and adviser bolton. there seems to be unhappiness there. but i can say there's some good news in all this. and that is that this past weekend, the u.s. special representative to north korea, steve began, he is meeting with officials. if we get to an agreement, you can't make grand statements. you have to do the hard work, week in, week out, of negotiating and if they started that now in seoul, i hope they have, that's what they need to continue doing. then we can have an agreement and move forward many until then, all bets are off. alicia: how close do you think

we are to an agreement? prior to singapore, prior to the vietnam summit, are we closer to anything happening? because if you stand back and you kind of look at all of the pot churring -- posturing and the changing posturing, seems like there's checkers on the game board and they're moving around but they're moving around on their own side and no one is getting anywhere, nothing is crossing the line. >> yeah, that's a really, really good and difficult question you have asked me. and i will say -- well, i think we wasted a lot of -- we had the big summit in singapore. it was wine and roses and everybody psyched about that. we lost momentum, lost six months in the process some of these agreements take years, take the agreement regarding the balbalkans, they take a long ti. you asked if we made progress. i think it's good that the president and the chairman have a good personal relationship.

i think it's good we aren't having nuclear tests. we are quite some distance -- it's not enough to promise economic goodies, to make them rich, which is what the president talks about. north korea has real security issues. if they're going to disarm, give up their defenses, then they need to have some security assurances. i think there's a lot of work left to do. alicia: the joint military exercises that the united states decided to stop back in march, what are the chances that the president is going to decide to re-up again if things continue on the road that they're going right now? do you think that's a possibility? >> oh, i definitely think it's a possibility. i'm not saying it's likely. but you know, if there's no progress and there's no progress and there's no progress, it wouldn't be shocking if one side said enough with this and that might be the president saying we're going to resume exercises or something else or it might be kim restarting long range missile or nuclear testing. i think kim restarting tests is the more likely way this breaks

down. and the way to prevent that is to try to make progress in these next six, eight months. alicia: jim walsh, thank you for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you. alicia: a generational clash in the race for 2020, why one of the president's trademark nicknames may not have packed the same thing as some of his others. a live report, straight ahead. reduction, and stable blood sugar control, around the clock. find your groove with toujeo. ♪ let's groove tonight. toujeo is used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. it contains 3 times as much insulin in 1 milliliter as standard insulin. don't use toujeo to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you're allergic to insulin. get medical help right away if you have a serious allergic reaction such as body rash, or trouble breathing. don't reuse needles, or share insulin pens. the most common side effect is low blood sugar, which can be life-threatening. it may cause shaking, sweating, fast heartbeat, and blurred vision. check your blood sugar levels daily.

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eric: two people were killed, at least four others were injured following an explosion that leveled a gas station in virginia. that happened early friday morning near lexington, in the middle part of the state. police say the blast doesn't appear to be suspicious. they are investigating the exact cause. alicia: 2020 democratic hopefuls working this weekend on the campaign trail. including south bend, indiana mayor pete buttigieg who earned a nickname of sorts from the man he's trying to replace. president trump is also taking aim at former vice president joe

biden as new polls show him at the frontrunner in the crowded field of candidates. christina coleman is following all of this from our west coast newsroom. >> reporter: well, democratic presidential hopeful mayor pete buttigieg dismissing president trump's new nickname from him, saying he didn't get the reference. trump mocked him yesterday afternoon, comparing the 37-year-old south bend, indiana mayor to the long-time mascot for mad magazine. trump said, quote, alfred e. newman cannot become president of the united states. when asked about trump's insult, mayor pete said he never heard of that character and had to google it. i went on to say he was surprised the president of the united states wasn't spending more time trying to salvage his trade deal with china. buttigieg is scheduled to meet at a human rights campaign gala tonight. in that interview, trump also hit joe biden for flubbing

theresa may's name. biden called her margaret thatcher. the president said biden's popularity reminds him of his 2016 race, predicting he will remain at the top of polls but said he didn't know if biden was a good frontrunner. president trump said it would be appropriate to speak to attorney general bill barr about biden and alleged ties to cre ukraine. amy klobuchar is in puerto rico meeting with the governor as the island continues to recover from a pair of devastating hurricanes that struck in 2017. and kirsten gillibrand just wrapped up a town hall in new hampshire where she criticized the president's trade war with china, saying that the president's negotiating style is the problem. >> he's belligerent. he's so overly-certain and so

self-consumed that he can't actually work well with others and find common ground. you really have to spend as much time listening as you are talking and he has not done th that. >> reporter: another contender, montana governor steve lul stev. he posted a teaser video this morning. he won in 2016 as trump carried the state by 20 points. if he joins the race, that would bring the tally to 22 major democratic contenders. alicia: welcome and thank you. eric: super bowl mvp julianne he'd he'ljulianedelman receivedf the field that's been a decade in the making. he's walking for his college graduation at kent state today. he played at the university before he was drafted by the new

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allow robert mueller to testify before congress? >> i'm going to leave that up to our very great attorney general and he'll make a decision on that. eric: that's president trump of course, whether or not special counsel robert mueller should comply with the congressional request to testify about the russia investigation. this as house judiciary committee chairman, democratic jerry nadler, he's warning the u.s. is facing, quote, constitutional crisis, his words after his panel votes to hold attorney general william barr in contempt for failing to turn over the full, unredacted report. here is how dan kilde responded to had that earlier today. >> i don't think we're there yet. i think we have to all sort of dial down the rhetoric. i think the american people, at least the people i represent,

they're sort of of two minds. they do want to make sure that the rules apply to everyone. but i think they would prefer that we stop hyper ventilating, focus on the facts. eric: what are the facts? chris dajak joins us, former investigative general for congress. alex little, defense attorney, a former prosecutor, former u.s. attorney, welcome to you both, as always. alex, let me start with you. it's the white house versus congress on a range of issues, from executive privilege, to who will testify, how to keep him from testifying. how will this play out? >> i think the courts will have some say in this. i think it's mostly about delay tactics for the administration, the longer they can delay the start of any court proceeding, the longer they get what they want which is to keep the information quiet. this is the next stage. we get into unpacking some of the stuff in the mueller report. i think the mueller testimony is

really the big question. if they try to block him from testifying, there's going to be a fight about that. it's going to be a significant fight. if they allow him to testify, i think the ball is up in the air. it depends on what happens with the testimony. eric: do you expect we'll hear from mr. mueller himself? >> i do think we'll hear him eventually. with respect to mr. nadler's subpoena in particular, i don't think it's delaying tactics. presidents since george washington have been fighting with congress. in this case, it's clear that congress has very broad powers to investigate. but it's also clear that the presidents have power to fight subpoenas. president obama did it with the fast and furious when eric holder was held in contempt. this is part of the process. it's not a constitutional crisis. this is how the constitution is supposed to work. eric: so you're basically saying this is the tension between the legislative branch and executive branch playing out in real-time. >> exactly. and this will take -- this isn't

going to be resolved anytime soon with the courts. i think eric -- from the time eric holder was in contempt until it was resolved was of over i believe six years. this isn't going to happen overnight. eric: do you agree with that or is there something more at stake? >> this is a very different situation than all the previous cases. what they're trying to hold back from the public is misconduct that the president was engaging in. this is not at all like fast and furious. this is much more akin to if we had the star report instead of it being released on the internet the next day, the white house saying i'm not going to let you see that because it says bad things about me and maybe my family members. this is a different sort of attack on sort of the constitutional balance of power. the white house is saying we're not going to give you information that's been uncovered about the bad things we've done. i think that's a different character than any past dispute of this sort. eric: so what happens to it? >> ultimately, congress will have to take serious steps if they want to protect institutional interests and the court will have to act.

we have a supreme court that is majority conservative right now. it's going to land in their hands. eric: do you believe, as mr. nadler says, and chris disagrees, that we're in a constitutional crisis. >> i think we've been a constitutional crisis since jim comey was fired. the president is subverting the process. the mueller report says there's 10 incidents. there's 475 former prosecutors who said if this president weren't the president, we would have indicted him for obstruction of justice. even today, he asks individuals to investigate what is likely to be his presidential opponent. this is not the sort of thing we should look at lightly. the fact that republicans are ignoring the fact that we're in a constitutional crisis is disturbing. eric: do you see republicans ignoring that, what alex brings up. >> i don't think republicans are ignoring it. i work for house democrats, for chairman cummings law is the

same whether it's allegations of the president misbehaving or anyone else. the law works the same. what mr. nadler is looking for, what he has been looking for is the underlying information with the mueller report and that is prohibited from release under the law. but they're holding him in contempt for following the law. i do agree with alex that the courts will have to weigh in on this. but the other point that i would make with respect to what alex just said about investigating potentially vice president biden, in this case you have a democratic chairman of the house judiciary committee who is trying to issue a subpoena for information that's what he believes will be derogatory about the sitting president. i think we could all imagine what would happen if the senate committee, like for example senator lindsey graham who has subpoena power, if he issued a subpoena for a democratic candidate's information. i don't think the reaction would certainly not be the same. but it's not about information, chris. >> we're not trying to say we want to dig in a hole where

there's nothing there. we know the president has done behaviors that a former head of the fbi who was also an assistant deputy general, he said it's extremely problematic. this is not just digging to dig. eric: final question. overall, mueller, can you describe what is the lee l gal basis -- legal basis for him to come or not come, chris, let me ask you that. because as i understand it, he's not a doj employee, they say in a few weeks. can the president still claim executive privilege? can the white house still prevent him from appearing even if he's not an employee? is he barred forever from speaking out? >> use it on the key -- you hit on the key issue. once he's a private citizen, the legal issues are different. if he's asked to testify and he wants to, he can. as long as he's a doj employee, there are other issues such as privilege. so it's a more gray area.

once he's a private citizen, he can testify. eric: you think we'll see him? >> i do. i don't know when. it may be two weeks, might be a month. i think he will testify. eric: a ex, do you think -- ale, do you think he'll testify. >> i do. i think he wants to testify. i suspect he wants to have his moment. eric: he seems like joe friday, just the facts. we'll see what happens when he goes before the cameras. likely to testify, says the panel. they know what they're talking about. good to see you. flooding sends river banks overflowing in the loan star state. when will the rainy season end? we're live with the weather forecast, straight ahead. in ordd me to take aspirin, and i do. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. listen to the doctor. take it seriously.

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>> severe thunderstorms and torrential rains drenching the central u.s. with texas receiving the worst of it. another round of severe weather is still on tap this weekend. meteorologist adam klotz is live from the fox weather center. adam? >> you know, it's been horribly soggy across much of the middle of the country. texas most recently getting it perhaps the worst. this is all part of large system that's stretching all the way across now up into the midwest into the plains. this is currently the radar estimated precipitation from that system you were just seeing behind me over the last week. and there's large areas where you start to get purples and darker reds, that's widespread 6 to 8 inches of rain, in some cases more than that, from eastern texas all the way through louisiana and then into mississippi. with more rain on the way, the ground is already saturated,

that means flooding continues to be a really big concern in these areas. no surprise we see a large area here including spots in texas, across louisiana, back over to mississippi, where you're under watches and warnings for flooding up and down the mississippi river that's already been dealing with this now for weeks and weeks. our future radar, the time stamp is up in the corner, the whole system even though it is currently across the gulf of mexico running up into the midwest, it is going to continue to move and then spread out across the eastern half of the country. so it becomes a really soggy sunday and then into monday, so for mother's day, expect a lot of rain in the eastern half of the country, unfortunately. and some of the areas that have seen the absolute worst precipitation totals so far, get a little bit more. this is our rainfall estimates taking you into tuesday. there are spots where we've already seen flooding getting back up to another 3 or 4 inches. mother's day at least in the south to southeast, it is going to be very sog dpi out there. -- soggy out there. i'm sorry to my mom and all the moms out there. >> you should be sorry. >> my bad.

>> adam klotz, much. [laughter] that does it for us. we will see you back here tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. eastern. the fox report with jon scott is next. eric: thank you for joining us. have a good night. jon: the standoff over the president's tax returns drives a deeper wedge between the white house and the congress as house democrats issue subpoenas demanding the treasury department comply and hand over the filings. good evening. i'm jon scott. this is the fox report. house ways and means committee chairman richard neal has given treasury secretary mnuchin and irs commissioner until 5:00 p.m. this coming friday to turn over six years of president trump's personal and business tax returns. this as the administration faces further investigations into the president following the mueller report. >> the mueller report is in, no collusion, no obstruction, now the senate tells its committee