>> live pictures now of the names of over 58,000 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country etched into the black granite walls of the vietnam memorial here in washington. from the national mall, the vietnam memorial behind us, you can see people walking out. the world war ii memorial just a couple of hundred yards in the distance. nice to be with you for a special weekend edition of america's news headquarters this memorial day, i'm leland vittert. kristin: leland, it's great to be, but. i'm gillian turner.

we're hoping that our veterans will get to spend time with families and wish you a reflective and restful holiday weekend. leland you won't get spend time with your family, but you'll get to spend time with awesome americans over on the national mall. leland: indeed. the more people you talk to over here who have the personal sacrifices of either friends or family who have given the last measure of devotion, you realize over the years, from the civil war, to world war ii, to vietnam, there were so many more americans who personally experienced a loss of giving a loved one for their country, for our freedoms, and now entering into the longest war of iraq and afghanistan, there are fewer and fewer americans, thankfully, who have had to experience that grief and that loss and we're going to delve a little bit into what america needs to remember, what the names on this wall represent, what lessons on this

wall are so important to take through the next generation of americans, gillian. gillian: that's right, we'll have some of those next generation war heroes, modern warriors joining us here on the show today to talk to you about the projects that are meaningful to them, the acts of grace and kindness from ordinary americans that really make a difference. we hope you'll stick with us throughout the day as we talk to th them. major storms moving through texas, oklahoma, arkansas and missouri, causing a devastating flood, hail and tornados. now at least nine people have been confirmed killed and regional rivers are cresting at record levels. meanwhile, in jefferson city, missouri the state capital has become a symbol of that devastation. it was struck by a tornado estimated to be three miles long and a mile wide. matt finn is there and tracking

all of it. matt, what's the latest? >> the capital city was hit with a one-two punch. it declared it an emergency because of the flooding you see behind me and then a tornado ripped through the town. missouri river itself is inching toward the capital building and the mayor tells fox news, the river hit 38 feet this morning and it's not done, and here in missouri it's not catastrophic, but it's a threat. they're concerned about flooding across the midwest and the south, some historic flooding happening right now in the fort smith area of arkansas, levees are failing. in jefferson city, a live look at the opposite side of the capital where there's tornado damage and painful recovery process underway. the mayor says just blocks from the capital a row of historic homes that were being revitalized with fresh roads, sidewalks, and lighting was destroyed, a blow to the momentum of restoration here in jefferson city, but the mayor

says everyone is most grateful in this capital city, no one was killed. >> we just never expected that at the same time, we would get a tornado ripping right through our city. so, on one side, we have the flood of the missouri river and on the other side, we have tornado damage, you know, homes ripped apart. >> this area, the southern plains, the midwest have been battered by storms the past week, we've been covering them and unfortunately there's more rain in the forecast, the army corps of engineers tells fox news they're concerned about any more precipitation. gillian: matt, stay safe. we'll check with you later in the show. leland: as matt pointed out, there's more rain, not only where they don't need it, but to the ooh he is coast. adam klotz in the extreme weather center, and tracking

more severe storms moving across the country. hi, adam. >> hey there, leland, unfortunately, you're right. we're stuck in a setup, the same areas, round after round after round are getting hit. these are the storm reports after the last 48 hours, happening along a frontal boundary. you can see the path. as i take you through it you'll notice a trend right where the jetstream is running, we're seeing cold air and warm air run into each other and that's going to cause flooding in the middle of the country. we're not going to see any moves with this setup over the next couple of days. our forecast here on this saturday stretching across a very similar area with some of the most severe of the weather, north central texas, running into oklahoma and kansas, places to be concerned about today where you could see some more isolated tornados before the day is over and definitely more heavy rain which is only going to cause more severe flooding. sunday, a similar area, again, stretching along the same basic stretch, back across the midwest

and the same hit with possibly isolated tornados. heavy storms, more rain and flooding in this area and there's a bubble of heat out in front of it that folks are going to notice across the southeast. these are the temperatures we're looking at through the weekend. atlanta into the middle 90's, a good 15 degrees above their usual highs. it's been oh, so hot. if you've been in the middle of the country, a lot of temperatures, and unfortunately, the spots in the middle of the country shall the plains, the midwest, more rain is on the way the next couple of days. leland: more rain, more flooding. adam klotz in the severe weather center. thanks so much. gillian. gillian: well, a promise and a warning to attorney general bill barr in the director of national intelligence dan coates, spy agencies will provide the justice department with all the appropriate information they need of intel relate today russian interference in the 2016

elections. all the issues surrounding the mueller probe. highly sensitive classified information must still be protected. it sounds like there's some competing priorities here. garrett, break it down for us. >> so the president has given bill barr some widespread authority here over highly sensitive information here over the origins of the mueller probe. he's given the authority to declassify any documents he finds during his review. president trump defended his decision as he departed the white house for japan on friday. >> everything that they need is declassified and they will be able to see how this hoax, how the hoax or witch hunt started and why it started. it was an attempted coup or an attempted takedown. president of the united states. it should never happen to anybody else. >> and top democrats say they do not trust the attorney general,

that barr could distort what took place by selectively releasing. . selectively declassifying to serve a political agenda will make it harder for the intelligence community to do their jobs, protecting this country from those who wish to do us harm. a former member of the community scrutinized are also criticizing the president's decision. >> i see it as a very, very serious and outrageous move on the part of mr. trump once again tram. ing-- trampling on the intelligence agencies. it's unclear what mr. bar actually going to do? is he investigating is crime? what's the predication of that crime? >> the director of national intelligence dan coates tried to ease some concerns on friday saying i am confident that the attorney general will work with the ic in a accordance and

preblthing classified information if publicly released would put our national security at risk. house democrats are moving ahead with their own investigations of the president including having special counsel robert mueller testify. late this week, judicial chairman jerry nadler indicated he would like to appear before congress only behind closed doors, likely to prevent it from becoming a political and media spectacle, not sure where he'd get the idea. gillian: too late for that. leland: we bring in henry cuellar from texas. i appreciate you being with us. before we get to the issue of bill barr investigating the investigators. i want to talk about the folks behind me. so many veterans coming to washington d.c. on memorial day, not only to remember their friends and the fallen, but also

to sort of speak out about the need nationally to remember the sacrifices and that so many of americans haven't quite yet grasped what freedom really means, the cost of freedom. your thoughts, sir. >> well, no, certainly the veterans are going up to washington d.c. or the veterans are going to be in our local communities. it's something that we ought to be so thankful. monday i'll be in laredo, texas two or three different veterans events because i want to personally say thank you to the veterans. it's a very special day that we should not only thank them on that day, but i think we definitely have to thank them the whole year because of what they've done. we're here because of the veterans. leland: yeah. veterans coming to washington d.c. asking for help is nothing new. it dates back to the time after the civil war, the term red tape comes from the idea that veterans records were bound by

red tape at the va back to the time of the civil war. obviously there are a lot of men and women doing their very best trying to take care of our veterans. so many of them say we're falling short. is there enough bipartisan efforts on capitol hill, do you think, to do that? >> i think so. yeah, i think there's been a lot of effort by both democrats and republicans to work together. i've sit on the house appropriations, and defense appropriations and some of the other committees and one of the things i've seen, especially on the va military construction, we see the members working together and we have to approve that, we want to see two things. one, we want to make sure, and i've added language on this, to have customer service to make sure that we treat those veterans like customers, not a faceless bureaucrat that's going to try to do whatever they can. we have to treat them with respect, treat them with dignity and make sure to get rid of

unnecessary rules and regulations. at the same time make sure we provide the right funding so we can give them the assistance when they need it and not when somebody's able to give that assistance to them. leland: as we're looking out into this crowd, the jackets of so many who have come here on motorcycles for rolling thunder. we'll be talking to the leader of that event here in a couple of minutes, but your thoughts specifically when it comes to funding, as we watch funding bills work their way through capitol hill. there's so much attached to them and so much that isn't done giving the va secretary for doctors of choice, et cetera. touch points going forward? anything we should look for in the next six to 12 months that congress can do? >> you know, one of the things we push very hard and i'm a big believer on this, i want to see this in my community or we're seeing this in the community and cross, is you have a va facility

that is, one, two busy, or, two, they're too far away from certain veterans, then we have to give an option or a choice to that individual where they can go to a private-- to a private provider that can provide that service, so we have to provide options and choices to the different veterans because, again, i spent a lot of time with my veterans and again, if they need help now, they don't want to wait two, three months until somebody is able to see them. give them the option to go to a private provider. >> this is something that's come up recently in terms of whether or not congress has exerted itself enough in terms of authorizing military action, whether it be u.s. support for the saudis war in yemen or strikes in syria, et cetera, in terms of authorization for military force. so many of these veterans i talk

to and those who are remembering the loved ones at the wall or the world war ii memorial say that even though we've been in the longest war ever in american history, that there's not enough americans who realize what war really means, what the sacrifices are and therefore, would care enough for their congressman to really put their foot down. has congress exerted itself enough? if not, why not? >> well, you know, anytime, if our country is going to go to war, congress under the war act has to play a role. i know there are certain circumstances that the executive branch has-- >> congressman, lately congress has been outsourcing to the president. look at how many places troops are, how many places americans are fighting and dying. there were four americans who died in a battle in nigiers and members of congress who didn't know that we had forces there. >> again, look, i don't care if

it a republican or democratic president, there are certain roles and so does congress. the better we have that share of information before we put our men and women out there and in an area where ne could-- they could get harmed, we need to cooperation. i know it's difficult between the executive and congress, but we really have to keep in mind the best interests of our soldiers. leland: we've got to run. congressman, i appreciate your time, and coming here and being with us on this weekend. my best to you and your family and to those you're going to be with you on monday. take care. >> and thank you for honoring our veterans. i really appreciate what fox does. leland: yes, sir, thank you. gillian. gillian: let's bring in had republican congressman adam kinsinger of illinois, he's a veteran and active member of the air national guard. congressman, thank you for your time on this memorial day

weekend. we really appreciate it. we know that memorial day is really about honoring the fallen, but it's also a wonderful opportunity to think about current servicemen and women and how all of us as americans are supporting and honoring them. from your perspective in congress, what is the score card? how are we doing as a nation? >> you know, i actually think as a nation, we're doing pretty good. this weekend, i'm thinking of andy o'keefe, my buddy died in a helicopter crash in iraq, i'd grown with him before. so it's about thinking about the fallen and you can thank a veteran and i tell people, be happy. say happy memorial day. the fallen don't want us to be sad, to enjoy our freedom, to have a good time with our family and honor them. you're there on the mall and look at the areas that we honor people that have fallen in every war. you look at congress. i think we make a lot of mistakes in honoring them, but

we're writing checks and doing what's necessary to take care of folks. can we always do better? yeah. if you look at like any other country in the world and compare it to the united states of america, we're a country that because of what we went through in vietnam, and by the way, that's the generation i appreciate the most because what they went through that made it better for us. gillian: so in light of that, great news. wonderful to hear somebody being optimistic and to hear an honest assessment like this. when you look at your colleagues on both sides of the aisle in congress, do you feel there's a political divide when it comes to veterans issues rit large or are people doing a pretty good job of rallying together, rallying around our nation's veterans? >> i think it's an area of strong bipartisan support, you know. sometimes people take shots in administration using va just because it's a political shot, but generally we do pretty well. here is the problem and here is going to be kind of next fight we have to look at. the answer to the veterans

issues is not always to write another check or create another program. what we have to look at how do we make sure that people are getting the help and support they need and not turning them into victims. people that come back from war, maybe they have ptsd. by the way that can sometimes be healed and helped. they're not going to be requiring in every case to rely on government in every case. i think we're doing is disservice by telling them, here is your paycheck for the rest of your life and you don't have to work. but to give them benefits that deserve and be productive and the next step we need to take and it can be difficult. gillian: looking forward. what's the top challenges you see? there's a long list, we can talk about health care, we can talk about mental health care, we can talk about suicide prevention, job, helping veterans transition into the civilian job market, a whole list of things. give me like the top two or

three that you see that require urgent attention. >> i think it's going to be things like mental health. it's going to be, you know, making people feel like they have a purpose. you come back from basically being the most intense you've been in a conflict zone and coming back to a country and going to the walmart and shopping is a very different thing than being on a battle field and that's sometimes is hard to deal with. right now the va is dealing with a still a lot of vietnam and korean war veterans. so when my generation turns 60, 70 years old and floods the va system it's going to be an issue, too. it's making sure we get the right health care to the right people and doing it in a way you're not a victim, you're a tough warrior, you defended our country in a tough area, you need help in the process. gillian: a message of optimism. congressman, thank you for your time we wish you and your family a reflective memorial day weekend. >> thank you, you, too.

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sit here and think about this. adam kinsinger the congressman just on with gillian made the point, i think america is doing pretty well honoring those who gave the last full measure of devotion, come a long way since these folks came back from vietnam. as you, becky, look back and think about how todd would want to be remembered, are we doing a good job? >> yes, i think he would be pleased that we do things like this, that people, we're educating people about memorial day and the difference between memorial day and veterans day. and he would want people to know that he loved serving his country. he told me he loved going to work every day, so he would want all of those fallen to be remembered and all of our veterans. leland: todd signed up after 9/11. >> yes. leland: you said since he was a young man, he wanted to be a soldier. mona, i think about your son killed on the u.s.s. cole before the official war on terror

began. he was serving over in yemen where they were attacked there. is there enough known about the sacrifice or is there enough families in america that have been touched by these losses to feel it as an entire country, do you think? >> you know, i often say, and thank you for acknowledging us, that before 9/11 there was 10/12. the u.s.s. cole was a precursor and i think as a country we do a lot, but there's always opportunity to do more because memorial day is that holiday that a lot of people think that it's time for barbecues and shopping, but it's really the opportunity to honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice and the more you and the media can get the message out, the full meaning of memorial day, more and more people will understand

and will begin to thank those who paid that ultimate sacrifice. leland: you think about world war ii, 400,000 dead, and there were gold stars hanging in 400,000 homes in america, everybody knew someone who had lost a family member or a loved one in the war, vietnam, 58,000 dead. it was a sacrifice shared across the country. now there are so many in my generation who don't know anybody, who don't know any families that have lost. in a way, that's a wonderful thing that no longer these massive numbers are americans going overseas and not coming home, but, becky, brings up a good point. there's got to be a lot of people you meet who don't know what a goldstar mom is. >> that's true. we find that. it saddens us because we have found comfort knowing each other and strength of each other and the service we have serving veterans so it's sad for us to think there are mothers out there don't know that there is

an organization and they don't know that maybe they are a goldstar mom or a goldstar dad. so we try to get that message out. leland: quickly, mona, you said more could be done. give me a couple of things. >> one of the things that just what you said, those who know goldstar families recognize that they're a goldstar family. i have a goldstar hanging in my window. for those who do know goldstar families, recognize them, show your support for them, and honor them on those days like memorial d day. leland: we stop and think on memorial day, you stop and think a number of times, 365 days a year. >> right. leland: becky and mona appreciate you being with us. we told todd and sherone in our thoughts and prayers and thank you both. >> thank you. leland: when we come back, we'll take a look how memorial day began, not only how we say thank

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on this memorial day, we think not only how we honor those americans who gave so much for our freedom, but also in a way for our allies in terms. way you think about the british and the canadians who we will honor in the next couple of weeks, 75 years ago in june, who stormed the beaches of normandy for a free world. gillian: that's right, it's important to remember that america hasn't really fought any wars unilaterally. every step of the way we've depended on some of our most stalwart allies, including the u.k. and theresa may is preparing to leave her post in june over the brexit crisis. the eu not at all sure what the u.k.'s withdrawal will look like and now asking for clarification on the u.k.'s withdrawal plans. in london, kitty logan has that story. kitty. >> all right. gillian. all along the eu said it will not renegotiate that withdrawal

agreement, but theresa may's departure will raise questions how brexit will proceed. her departure was not unexpected. she was under pressure for long time particularly within her own party. she announced yesterday she plans to accept down -- step down. she has been in peril for months, and a vote and mp. crit six -- criti critics, say and what we'll do with the brexit crisis. many contenders are brexit supporters, boris johnson, who has tipped as a favorite to take over, but there's a long list of rivals in the running, too. whatever wins that party leadership will take over from theresa may, that new leader

will have to find a new solution for the brexit crisis. of course, she repeatedly failed to get her eu withdrawal agreement, which of course was negotiated and ratified by the eu passed through the british parliament and suffered the worst parliamentary defeat and brexit should have happened the end of march has now been delayed october 31st. they took part in the elections in the eu parliament and the results have not yet been announced, why is this significant? >> polls show a poor showing for them and punishment for not delivering on the brexit promises. that has added more pressure to mrs. may. now the process to select a new leader of the conservative party and a new prime minister, that

will begin next week and the opposition could call for a general election. there's much more turmoil ahead and no solution in sight for the crisis. gillian: lots of britains are hoping it step umep. but not as many as mr. trump and the dems. kitty, thanks for that. congress is out for memorial day recess after what was a very contentious week in washington. the very public spat between president trump and house speaker nancy pelosi taking on a life of its own. the president tweeting out a doctored video of the speaker in which her speech is slurred, making her appear almost drunk. it's no longer certain at all that these two can work together on anything. here to discuss founder of

strategies, kristin hanley and democratic strategist, al. thank you for joining us on this memorial day weekend. christian, going to you first. pelosi jumping into the frey this week. up until now she was a premier passenger on the when they go low, we go high train. she was right up there with president trump. >> don't forget she had her meeting with her caucus that she has to hold together and she has to listen to divergent views of that caucus and she came out of that meeting leaning more toward impeachment hearings than in. that being said she kept the high ground and said repeatedly once, twice now at least she's praying for the president and the country. she's not the one sending out tweets attacking someone else. gillian: let's stop there. she talks about praying for the president, but it's pretty clear she was being facetious. she was not saying this in a genuinely hopeful, respectful tone. >> owe, i think she has. gillian: you do? >> i think there was a bit of humor for us on one side of the

aisle. certainly, she's praying for the president and the country because his behavior is manifestly unhinged. he is not doing well. to equate what she's been saying and he's saying, tweeted out now doctored, essentially internet trolled propaganda, false equivalencesy. two different behaviors. gillian: al, what do you think? what you surprised by the house speaker? >> no, but i think she's trolling the president and she said i'm praying for you because she thinks he's got serious problems that many people can identify just by watching the news and christian is right, i mean, you can't throw out the doctored video. what universe are we living in now where the president of the united states and his staff are taking footage of the speaker of the house and distorting it and telling the people it's something else. i'd be praying, too. yeah, it's tongue in cheek. gillian: it's the push towards impeachment, the tension between folks on both sides of the

issue. the latest from president trump, quoting lindsey graham, if they try to impeach president trump who has done nothing wrong, no collusion, they will end up getting him reelected. isn't he kind of right, christian? if democrats push this too hard, the country's going to turn on them, in 2020. >> i think they push too hard, but so far we are a good distance away from too hard right now and there's an important distinction between an actual impeachment vote and hearings leading up to impeach vote. we're talking impeachment, what we're talking about is holding hearings. the party is big enough and american big enough bandwidth to hold hearings and democratic hopefuls are bringing their message to the people about jobs, health care, jobs, prescription drugs and they can walk and chew gum at the same time. and the narrative of impeachment giving trump a second term is n

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divided. we can investigate bill barr and what's going on in the white house videos and the like without impeaching the president in 1998, after impeachment, democrats gained seats with bill clinton. we know what happens when you impeach a president. gillian: we'll hope you have a restless weekend. for viewers at the opening segment we said that the video the president tweeted out of the house was doctored. it was not doctored. we want to apologize and correct the record now. the soldiers returned from the battlefield, they continue to face charges at home. u more on uniting bands of brothers coming up next. s... s...u... s...u...v... these letters used to mean something. letters earned in backwoods,

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>> often the struggles and sacrifices, members of our armed forces make on behalf of the country abroad. don't end when they come back home. a new initiative now, hoping to bring an end to veteran suicides by gathering together units back together on home soil to promote friendship and camaraderie and support. joining us to discuss this is nick, served in the 82nd airborne and joined by the ceo of the independence fund, sara vergaro whose husband michael was injured in afghanistan. endured over 100 surgeries since 2010 and nick served alongside michael. thank you both for taking time out of this very special weekend to be with us, we appreciate having you here. you and michael have incredible stories. tell us about his history of service and your sort of career trajectory and how his service

and recovery from that inspired you to become very active in advocating for veterans. >> my husband was so proud to serve. we were in high school during the events of september 11th like many war fighters of his generation, it was his call to service, he wanted to be with the best of the best, 82nd airborne. the men he served with are the best i've ever known. sadly many did not return home and more sadly, they returned home only to lose their fight at home. it got to the point with michael, that we felt so blessed that he was able to come home, but one of the most difficult parts of his recovery, not only in surviving, surviving personally, but with watching his brothers, the men he loves more than anything on this planet return home and struggle with these invisible demons of war. it got to the point the only time they were able to see each other were at funerals after they left afghanistan and got to the point my phone would ring and he would say to me, who

died? and we really realized that this war that was happening at home many years after afghanistan, it weighed so deeply on our heart and that's why the independence fund believes in supporting our catastrophically wounded veterans, but all veterans who served in the combat units, we know there's no bond like those who served together. gillian: nick, tell us about the bond and serving along side michael and other men and women you served with in combat. why is that experience something that you just can't share with others when you get back home? >> so it's a very intimate bond that you share with these people when you're overseas or in the positions that we were in. you fight alongside each other, you bleed alongside each other. you become a family. and it's intimate. and you may have your civilian friends and stuff, but it's not quite the same. i mean, they truly become your

brothers, more than family. gillian: sarah, what do you say to -- you know, there's americans in government serving in congress who debate these issues, but what about average americans, you know, viewers like myself who are listening to you to say, we want to get involved, we want to do something to help. are there options? can we get involved in this issue? >> absolutely. we would encourage everyone to visit the independence fund's website at independence fund.org. we'd also ask you this memorial day weekend to learn the stories, share them with your children, and learn about the heroes that we no longer have on earth, but we know we have in heaven. we have the most incredible angels. operation resiliency was really born from family reunions that i wish we never had, staff sergeant alan thomas and of course, derek hill that we had last september as we sat at these funerals for these incredible paratroopers who gave the country so much. and we had as a nation would come back together.

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remember their loved ones who have fought and died for our freedom. we bring in director of the naval history and heritage command rear admiral sam cox on the history of memorial day. good to see you, sir. we take a look at arlington national cemetery and the graves there. so many this weekend will be visited in the way that memorial day began as grave decoration day. how did that happen? and give us a sense of why in the meaning. >> and during the civil war after the extensive loss of life during that war. and it grew over the years and eventually began a national holiday. leland: we're watching soldiers now put flags at each one of the graves, section 50 specifically the area where you have so many of the fallen from the war on terror. it is the families who come and visit and quite literally

decorate the graves. as you've talked to families, how much of this is the touchstone moment for them to connect with their loved ones? >> well, it's an important day. i mean, it's a trauma for anyone who has lost a loved one, and it's important for us as a navy and a nation to remember those sailors who made the ultimate sacrifice. so i believe it's vital that we take the time to do so. leland: it is vital we take the time to do so. i appreciate your time, sir, and letting us know and giving us an idea how all of this began. noteworthy that on memorial day, beginning of the day is spent with flags at half staff, they are then raised to full staff to celebrate our freedom. schauer your thoughts #proudamerican. what?! i'm here to steal your car because, well, that's my job. what? what?? what?! (laughing) what?? what?! what?! [crash] what?! haha, it happens.

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we have been talking about memorial day is a day to honor the nation's fallen but a wonderful opportunity to stake stock of where we are as a nation when it comes to honoring and supporting our current active duty troops as well as veterans and to think about ways all americans can get involved, to think about ways our government leaders can do a better job and take temperature on where we stand, some really optimistic messages from our guests today which is wonderful thing to hear. >> optimistic, there was a memory those thanks, important to note, i was talking to military historian earlier today who said it has been so long since america suffered a catastrophic war, 58,000 dead and the importance upon remembering just how awful war is that touches all of america, we will be talking about that throughout the day. president trump would normally be expected to be at arlington national cemetery on monday to mark memorial day as he has in

the past. he's actually overseas right now in japan, left yesterday and arrived in japan there where he's meeting with shinzo abe, leader of japan, talk a little bit not only trade and investments but participate in memorial day services in japan with u.s. troops there, we bring in john roberts traveling as he always does with the president there in tokyo, hi, john, you covered the white house for a long time, how unusual is it for the president to be abroad during memorial day? >> well, it really is pretty unusual for the president not to be in washington, d.c. during memorial day, this was an invitation that the president could not turn down because he is the first-world leader to be invited to meet with the newly and throned emperor and his wife here in japan. that's why the president on thursday paid a visit to arlington national cemetery to

lay a wreath there and it really is, when he's talk about memorial day, remarkable the way united states and japan after fighting so fishously against each other during world war ii have become such close allies, japan one of the closest ally that is the united states has and similar situation to that which the united states enjoys now with germany as well with all to have devastation, death and destruction of world war ii. while the official reason president trump is here is to meet with new emperor, trade looms large in any interaction between the united states and japan and trade will place center statementing here when the president meets with shinzo abe, the president wants to ipg a new trade agreement fresh off the flame last night, the president went into business meeting with japanese leaders encouraging them to invest more in the united states and saying that he will work with prime minister abe to change the trade

relationship. listen here. >> japan has had substantial edge but that's okay, maybe that's why you like us so much. we will get it a little bit more fair. the world is changing, with this deal we hope to address the trade imbalance, remove barriers to the united states exports and ensure fairness and reciprocity in our relationship and we are getting closer. >> and ambassador john bolton who has already been here in japan for a couple of days tweeting moments ago, quote, many productive meetings with japanese officials here in tokyo already, glad that president trump has arrived to continue discussions with our ever important ally, i have to tell you, that japan really is rolling out the red carpet for president trump and i don't know if they are trying to soften him up on trade deal or trying to express how close the relationship is between the united states and japan but, again, him being the first

leader to meet with the new emperor later today because it is now 2:00 o'clock in the morning here in japan, the president will be joining shinzo abe, go easy here, play golf and later on today, the president will attend a sumo wrestling championship at which he will present the president's trophy. today is a day to kick back with shinzo abe, a lot of business does get done in the golf course and get down to hard work tomorrow. leland: long day not only for the president but longer day as always as it is fb jon -- john roberts and the president heads over to mark the 70th anniversary of d day, john, thanks so much. tbil gil flattened homes of over 60 miles an hour and starting

down -- staring down a brand-new threat from rivers that are started nearby in the area. matt finn is there, track all of this as it unfolds, matt, what's the latest? >> on one side of the capitol it is flooding and the other is tornado damage. jefferson city across many under severe flooding threat. the army corps of engineers tells us that there are many levies being compromised along missouri and mississippi here river. you're looking at the mississippi river that has breached the levy here in jefferson city and inching towards the capital building. this is not catastrophic flooding by any means, 32 feet and rising, jefferson city had declared flooding emergency when powerful tornado ripped through the town this week, this is a live look at a row of historic homes that took direct hit just

blocks from the capitol building, the mayor said unfortunately the homes are some of the most histor nick the state and revitalized with new lights, trees and power when the tornado hits. >> something you never think you will face but they're all okay, when you see extensive damage and nobody, it's a miracle. >> right now the national guard tells fox news sand-bagging in north western arkansas in sebastian and crawford counties. people being asked to leave their homes in some areas, they are being told if you don't see the water it is coming. unfortunately this area has been pounded by storms even tornadoes and there is more rain in the forecast, gillian.

gillian: matt, thank you for that. meanwhile storms causing extreme damage across the midwest are not done yet. meteorologist adam klotz with us from the extreme weather center with all the latest, adam, what can you tell us? >> hey, there gillian, unfortunately we are just kind of stuck in a pattern where we are seeing the same thing over and over, these are the storm reports over the last 48 hours, mid-atlantic through the plains, locked in position here. we will continue to see that. everything out in front of it, hottest air of the season, record-breaking temperatures in the southeast, boundary where we will see heavy rain, possibly from storms and then, yes, unfortunately more flooding out in front of it. severe threat throughout today and overnight hours highlight area across the plains where we have seen so much damage, north texas running through, oklahoma up in the portions of kansas and still big storms running all the way across midwest getting to

mid-atlantic, same basically thing for sunday forecast, you're looking across big portions of the plain states from the extreme north texas running into kansas and further north, all areas where you will see a possibility of tornadoes but definitely more rain on areas where the ground is already saturated. now i sat out in front record-breaking temperatures, this memorial weekend is going to be hot one for some spots, mid-90's, today, monday, average right around 80, 15-degrees above average get to go record-breaking numbers. you're going to be dealing with that heat for a good portion here of the eastern half of the country and then unfortunately across the midwest, stretching back across plains, gillian, more rain on the way, i think flooding is going to be an issue at least for the next 3 to 4 or 5 days. gillian: let's hope it doesn't get further beyond that, 3 to 5 days, tremendous amount of new damage can be done in that amount of time.

leland. leland: all right, back here in washington on the national mall, obviously memorial day weekend, before the president left for tokyo, though, he took the nearly unprecedented step of delegating his authority to be able to unilaterally declassify information to the attorney general. attorney general barr will now look into the origins of the russia investigation. investigating the investigators as republicans like to call it. here is john brennan on cnn, doesn't seem to really like that idea. >> i see it as a very, very serious and outrageous move on the part of mr. trump once again tamp -- trampling in authority and it's unclear to me what mr. barr is going to do, is he investigating a crime or what's the predication of the crime? >> bring in bob, former deputy

assistant attorney general currently managing partner at mckinley and stafford with us now, good to see you, sir, appreciate it. where do you come on down on this? attorney general was pretty powerful, eric holder said he was president obama's wing man is this really all that unprecedented? >> i don't think so. what's strange is that attorney general barr is all along -- he said he was going to release the mueller report, he did in large part, he testified before the senate about it and now the chance to declassify documents related to the origin of the russia investigation, these all are moves in favor of transparency and yet somehow people are complaining about it like he's some kind of madman, all the things are steps that needed to be taken in the wake of very controversial investigation, the people have questions about it. >> where can people can agree

that weponizing opposition political research by one party to try and use against another party is not good for the american system, but mr. brennan brings up an interesting question, investigates crimes, is there an underlying crime that you can see to investigate? >> well, the attorney general does investigate crimes but also investigates the conduct of his own department and so i think what a lot has to do with is inspector general report who has done investigation into a lot of this, a lot of the material he reviewed may be classified an may need to be declassified and i think that's one of the reasons that attorney general barr has this power. certainly crimes that -- primary job of department of justice to investigate crimes and crimes can be within the department or outside the department but even if there's not a crime, misconduct within the department is well within the purview of the attorney general. leland: fall under his purview.

here is what the president had to say about it before leaving to tokyo, take a listen. >> everything that they need is declassified and they'll be able to see how this hoax, how the hoax or witch hunt started and why it started. it was a -- an attempted coup or attempted takedown of the president of the united states, it should never ever happen to anybody else. leland: welshing we now know how the president feels about this, seems to have already made up his mind. does this set up a dangerous triangle, here, though, between the doj, the fbi and cia and the intelligence community? >> i mean, no one likes being investigated, i remember the last investigation president obama reopened investigations into black site interrogations and deaths related to those. people who worked with the agency were very, very upset about it and i can see that there could be little tension

but on the other hand, this is something that's front-page news and the country needs confidence to know and it could be that everything is on the up and up here. comey and mccabe and everyone have said all along that they did everything by the book, if that's what's proven, then, indeed, that will help clear this up. just because the president thinks there's something there doesn't mean there's something there in the same way, a lot of people prejudge the investigation to the president and so my view on all these things have been, release as much as we can without harming national security,let get the facts out there and let's get it all behind us after learning whatever lessons we can learn from it. >> this brings up, though, the important point in terms of release everything that's possible, the person deciding the releasing is inherently a partisan figure, he's the attorney general, he's a political appointee, would the president be better served to appoint an independent or special counsel to investigate

this, somebody who doesn't seem to have such a political dog in the fight? >> no, i don't think so, i mean, it's the attorney general's job, they're all political appointees. head of dni, ahead of cia, they are all appointed by president confirmed by the senate, they are just doing their job, in a way that's good because they have political accountability. he does it on political basis, down to the detriment of the president and the voters can take action. having things taken, actions taken by someone outside the system really absence of accountability and should only happen when there's approved conflict where you really do independent because the department can't investigate itself. leland: well, and no barr wasn't around when all of this happened. he was in private practice. excellent points, concise, thoughtful, on the weekend, we appreciate you being here, sir.

>> thanks for having me. >> good to see you, gillian. gillian: continuing fallout over brexit now forcing theresa may to resign yesterday, it's effective june 7th, she's resigning under intense political pressure to free britain from the eu. former london mayor borris johnson, leading contender says the uk will leave eu on october 31st, as planned, deal or no deal. joining us now the the director of heritage foundation margaret thatcher center for freedom, nile gardner. nile, thanks for taking the time on memorial day weekend. iwant to run clip, take a liste. >> i will shortly leave the job that's been the honor of my life to hold, the second female prime minister but certainly not the

last. i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. gillian: nile, what did you make of that? >> yeah, huge day for grate britain with the announced resignation of prime minister, this was the end game of theresa may for several weeks, several months now. this is, you know, prime minister who really failed to deliver brexit, she's going increasing on popular within her own, unhappy with her leadership, at tend of the day, theresa may was no margaret thatcher -- leland: do you believe that she gave it her best effort.

>> but she had multiple opportunities to actually deliver brexit and did not do see and veered away from the possibility of new deal brexit on two occasions and made concession after concession to the european union and she gave in really to the bullying of the eu. we need a prime minister who can stand up to the european union and theresa may was simply unable to do that. >> looking at the array of candidates that exist now, there's quite a few, foreign secretary, current foreign secretaries jeremy, who do -- first of all, who is your pick, second of all, who do you think is going to pull through the finish line? >> well, i think that the clear front runner without a doubt is borris johnson, i have met borris jonson several times, he's a strong leader and real

brexit and absolutely believes in brexit and i think he would be the most popular choice among the conservative grassroots of conservative party, this is going to be a very, very tight race, you can have 15 candidates standing for this. borris johnson has tremendous experience, also mayor of london twice. >> does he have a better chance of getting a deal done than prime minister may, the landscape certainly not changing, the eu's is not changing. how do you rank his chances stacked up against hers? >> well, i think that borris johnson or whoever wins will seek renegotiation of eu withdrawal, eu are not willing to negotiate and hence the only option for the new prime minister no-deal brexit which would be by far best option. deliver brexit, to deliver the will of the british people and to fully establish britain as a

free sovereign nation, that's the top that faces next prime minister,ing,ing that somethingt theresa may could not do. gillian: we have to leave it there. leland. leland: back now to the vietnam veterans memorial, you can see the walkway heading out from the memorial facing the washington monument, the man behind this memorial who raised the money to build it, why he did it and if the names and doing what it was designed to do, that when we come back.

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build this, quad, so many other names, tell us why you always think about this. >> i had been wounded once and had malaria once and we were going in the area and he saw that we were walking into an ambush and captain said keep going forward so he sort of took the brunt of the initial firing of the ambush but really gave his life to save other people. >> you were there -- >> i put him in a body bag and six other people we carried in helicopter 50 years ago on may 27th, 1969. >> 50 years ago exactly 2 days from now. john david, who also had a lot

of and he was there and killed there but tell us how -- >> there was explosion and i was the first one there. i had some medical equipment and the truck was on fire, 2,000 pounds of explosives, john is laying there dead and 12 other people are on fire as is the truck. we got everything squared away, they all died but that caused such traumatic stress disorder for me, i studied it and became an expert on it and decided to build the vietnam veterans memorial as a result of what i went through. leland: their memory lives on in so many ways, 50 years since so many men have died, is the memorial doing what it needs to do not only help those who died but teach the next couple of generation who is serve, who didn't serve overseas about the

horrors of war? >> it stands in solemn testimony to the cost of war, the lives lost and i think it's doing a job and fantastic way over 5 million people a year come to visit this incredible memorial and it helps them to heal. >> helps them to heal, takes pictures, look at the pictures of you from your time in vietnam, bob scale noted military historian, retired general who lost friends and held them in his arms as you did in vietnam said that war is becoming too easy and that the horribleness of close combat has been lost on our leaders. if they came here and walked past this wall and saw the names as so many america's leaders have, what's the message you want them to take away? >> think long and hard about human and financial cost of war,

we spent $3 trillion in afghanistan, i don't think it's going to turn out well, so maybe that was one we could have avoided, and a memorial can only do so much. leland: 5,000 americans who were lost there. we talked to two gold star mothers who how much better of a job america is doing now than we did during the time of vietnam and also to your work in building memorial. appreciate your time as always, thank you to your service overseas and your services for the country. >> thank you. >> leland: on memorial day we will honor navajo, born in arizona, marine veteran, was one of new mexico's first native american state senators after serving his country overseas, he came back and served his own state representing constituents

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coalition who have long disputed the merits of the wall project. they are calling it a win for the system of checks and balances, rule of law and those who live along the border. >> the issue is that border communities, people live along the border, work there, love that land, so they went to court to assert their right to have our democracy protected. they participated in the process and they wanted their rights preserved. >> the money for the project was at issue in the lawsuit, the president declaring a national emergency earlier this year after congress wouldn't approve the dollar figure he requested in wall funding, u.s. district judge hayworth addressed in ruling, the administration couldn't divert funds congress had approved for other uses on border wall construction. congress has absolute control over federal even desires of executive branch regarding initiatives it views as

important, it's not bug in constitutional system, it's a feature of the system and an essential one. back in february, he initially declared national emergency, president trump anticipated a legal battle. >> we will have a national emergency and we will then be sued and they will sue us in the ninth circuit even though it shouldn't be there and we will probably get a bad ruling and then another bad ruling and we will end up in the supreme court and hopefully we will get a fair shake and we will win in the supreme court. >> now, this doesn't stop the president from getting funding from other sources for this wall project, so far the president hasn't specifically commented on the judge's decision, gillian. gillian: sources early near in the week reiterated that this is an issue the president feels he committed to as part of campaign platform, he will do whatever it

takes, he will keep going, he doesn't care about legal challenges, he doesn't care about the hurdles, it's just going, so all of this unfolding, thanks for keeping an eye on it for us, jeff. >> you bet. gillian: leland. leland: all right, with that we bring a man who often has a few things to say about the border and the border crisis whether it's here on television or on the radio in indianapolis across the midwest and on the worldwide web as well, mr. tony catts, good to see you, as gillian pointed out, the president and the administration seemed to view this as winning political issue, are they right? >> 100%. it's absolutely a winning issue. illegal immigration is a problem, they are the ones who have come in with a plan to do something about illegal immigration, you don't have to like it. the democrats' plan is no, that's their whole plan. they don't have applan. according to representative alexandria ocasio-cortez if you come with a plan, you're the boss, donald trump is the boss, the people want a plan, no one

should be surprised. what you played from the president a few months ago, it's absolutely correct, activist judge made decision that somehow the president can't actually be the president, we see that a lot. >> important point in terms of how they will give him leeway, headline on drug report, wall stalls less than 2 miles, you can argue back and forth over the semantics of this but there's a crisis at the border, overwhelming the immigration system in the united states, at some point does the president run out of people to blame or can he get through the 2020 election before that happens? >> well every time a road block comes in his way he gets point to road block, i will have the judge built if judges will let me, we should stop the flow to

bring them to ports of entry and recreate a better legal system coming into the country. something a bill or a concept the president has put out. so he has a lot of places he can go and say, i could get this done but these people won't let me. won't you help me in november and vote for better people, i think he has a lot of options at play here and they absolutely in the republican party see this as a winning, winning argument. leland: reporting from yahoo news in the afp, according to immigration authorities, 40,000 families apprehended since march 19th with no known criminal record has been released into the united states due to border patrol being swamped. how long does this have to run before it starts becoming a problem in cities not just along the bored, not -- border or in northern california but also places like indianapolis.

>> it's already happening, we don't have to ask, remember, the president said we should put the people in sanctuary cities and the sanctuary cities got up in arms, i said in the network we should put him in hometowns of democratic presidential candidates, let's see what they had to say on the record. it was jay johnson, former secretary under president obama, the population of orlando came into the country in 2 days, so they are going to go somewhere, it's already a problem and the democratic party's answer is, no, pretend it's not a problem, pretend it's all our fault for not caring about people when the truth is we care far more than they do when they say a policy that say hey, unaccompanied minor, hey, small child come across the border without your parents, we wish you the best of luck. leland: tony kats, we don't have to wonder where the president stands and where you stand on the issue. enjoy the indy 500 tomorrow.

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trouble obtaining permits for their event, can't believe that rolling thunder would be given hard time with permits in washington, d.c., they are great patriots who i have gotten to know and see in action. they love our country and love our flag, if i could help, i will. that tweet coming just a little while ago, joining us cofounder, vietnam veteran himself who served in fourth ied, good to see you, appreciate it. you guys say we are done with this, the president says he's going to help, is that enough to give it another go? >> i don't know. if our membership would want to change because of the fact that we are overcharged, harassed by the the pentagon security, by the pentagon management. leland: one would think a ride supporting veterans and those who have died in service would be something the pentagon and the pentagon security and

everyone else would want to give everything possible, what gives? >> the military is 100% but the others use it as game, it's their job and want to charge us for everything possible. they tell us to get more supporters to pay the bills, we get supporters, you can't have the lawyer in there because he's soliciting, he can't hand out a card, he can't hand out stickers with veterans with eagle on it for veterans and, he's a lawyer and he can't do that. they bring in their venders to sell food, we have to pay for their clean-up, we have to pay for them to have a person in there that's in charge of safety because they have open flames and burner and we don't have that and we have to pay for that. leland: is there an option and just ride through washington. >> we are going nationwide. leland: okay.

>> we have 90 chapters around the country, we have a few others forming and for 2020 we are going to do demonstrations on memorial day weekend, same day, same time as we've done it for 32 years here and we are doing it in west coast, east coast, midwest, up north and down south. leland: real quick, what's the message and maybe able to reach a few more people if you're doing it around the country? >> prisoners of war, government left behind, over 80,000 missing and our government has never really -- served in vietnam war -- [inaudible] >> they are on tv, those that never came home. leland: a lot of questions still remain about that. >> yes. leland: the pentagon saying specifically it relates to the ride review, we were unable to identify any instances where the groups were denied access to the

pentagon reservation, there's always the potential of experience of delay and detour transiting the decertify vagues especially during large events such as rolling thunder. it is such a powerful image as we look video from last year, is it worth trying to preserve it here in washington in some way? >> i don't know. i don't know anymore. , you know, after a while you get kicked around enough, you get kicked again. they wouldn't let them in south lot, they wouldn't let them and we always had those lots. it wasn't off year, it was directly, they harassed our people. i walked through washington, d.c. and they said -- >> we appreciate. gold star moms leading the parade. we appreciate you bringing them along with you, good to see you, sir. thanks so much. >> it's not a parade.

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leland: one thing that's marked the difference between vietnam and the war on terror is how many veterans have come home either with ptsd or disabled that would have died in vietnam but were saved thanks to the new life-saving medical help that they got, they came back wounded in so many different ways and one of the ways to help them is service dog, purple hearts, sort of, she's done enough work so far, come on, come on. there we go. there we go. what are you training these dogs to do specifically to help folks? >> so these dogs are trained to help mitigate symptoms of ptsd and tbi, so the dogs are natural reliever for stress, especially -- >> i feel like we can use one around the office too.

>> absolutely. they pick up a lot of items, someone with back injury, really helpful to have a dog be able to pick that up for you instead of bending over, they can pull people in wheelchairs, turn on the lights, open bridges, closed doors, so -- leland: is support dogs just for ptsd or also the more advanced training where they are getting into not just being a companion but also assist that you described? >> absolutely, yes, we placed mobility service dog as well as psychiatric service dog and we also offer services, k9, assisted warrior therapy which is inviting veterans going through treatment, therapeutic activity to help someone else. leland: i will bring in gillian turner, she's desperate that she hasn't been able to participate in dog segment. we will see her smile. >> you want to do something for us, come on buddy.

sit, sit up. come on. good. hi-five. good boy. leland: there we go. gillian's dog is equally skilled and obedient here. >> he looks like he wants to come visit me in the set in the bureau. [laughter] leland: may come down here and say hi to you. >> his eyes just said that. leland: i think his eyes says he wants a treat from mr. fudge. i guess the question, how long does it take to get a dog to this level of on -- obidience. leland: gillian, any thoughts for kalinko here? gillian: i want to know if we

can watch do a quick sit for us. >> there we go. gillian: good. leland: he listens so much better for her. amazing how -- i think you can say to her, america. >> america. leland: there we go. [laughter] leland: gillian that was for you. gillian: thank you. leland: important on memorial day weekend to remember not only those who have served but those who have come home with wounds and friends that they left behind, gillian. gillian: wishing all our viewers memorial day weekend, leland, see you tomorrow. leland: see you tomorrow.

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