i'm paul gigot, hope to see you all here next week. arthel: adding instill to injury in the midwest, severe storms hammering the area as people brace for rising floodwaters. at least nine people have been killed by storm related injuries and the danger is far from over. hello, i'm arthel neville, welcome to america's news headquarters. mike: i'm mike emmanuel. as our country remembers those military service men and women who died serving our country and we kick off the unofficial start of summer, jefferson city is struggling to dig out after wednesday's tornado. now the danger across the plains is flooding. in tulsa, oklahoma, the swelling arkansas river is threatening to breach levies in the center of town. >> these are levies that were built in the 1940s.

they haven't had a load on them like this since 1986 and at that time, 33 years ago, the load was for about 12 hours. what we're looking at in this situation is a heavy load on our levy network for over 140 hours and that presents an increased level of risk. arthel: we have fox team coverage. meteorologist adam klotz is tracking the dangerous weather. we begin with matt fin live in jefferson city. matt. >> reporter: we are just a few blocks from the capitol building here and people are going through the painful process of assessing what can be sal salvad here. the buildings have exposed walls and interiors. the mayor tells us these are some of the most cherished structures in all of the state of missouri, some of the oldest and most historic.

the area was being revitalized. instead of finishing touches, it's demolition and recovery and we also have a live look right now at flooding here in jefferson city. really a stunning situation here. on one side of the capitol you have tornado damage. and on the other side you have the missouri river inching towards the capitol building. the mayor here in jefferson city tells fox news, this is all just stuff and everyone is most grateful that there were no deaths. >> we knew it would come up. we knew that roads were going to be flooded and encouraged people to stay away. we just never expected that at the same time we would get a tornado ripping right through our city. >> reporter: we also have flesh video out of oklahoma right now. some unfortunately flooding there and the national guard tells fox news this afternoon that sandbagging is happening right now in northwestern arkansas, sebastian and crawford counties being hit, people being

asked to evacuate in those areas. they're being told that you might not see the water right now but it is on its way. arthel. arthel: matt, thank you very much for that update. mike. mike: live fox team coverage continues with meteorologist adam klotz. adam. >> reporter: unfortunately, more storms popping up again in the plains, going to cause perhaps more flooding and definitely big storms as far as wind and hail and potentially some of those very heavy downpours. everything highlighted here in the yellow box, from kansas back to portions of texas, those are tornado watches. -- excuse me, a severe thunderstorm watch which means the conditions are ripe where we could see severe thunderstorms that have caused so much flooding. these are rainfall totals in the last week, especially in portions of northern oklahoma, stretching into kansas and farther to the east, these are pretty widespread, those deep pinks, anywhere from 4 to 10 inches of rain. unfortunately, probably some more rain on the way. this is the setup allowing this to happen.

we have a jet stream kind of stuck where it is, a lot of he very hot air in the southeast, along this jet stream we're going to continue to see storms fire up as the pattern we're stuck in it from today, taking you into tomorrow, eventually into monday, not a lot of movement with that jet so all of the storms will keep popping every afternoon in the same areas, again and again and again. for today, already some severe thunderstorms firing up in the region, stretching all the way to the midwest and off towards the mid-atlantic as the jet stream runs in that direction. isolated tornadoes are possible with this. a similar setup on sunday as we see from nebraska to texas, where you could see some spin-up tornadoes, but definitely hail and strong winds. flooding risk continues across the entire region, everything in the green. those are flood watches and warnings throughout that region. models bring perhaps in those areas another 4 to 5 inches, taking you into next weekend as we stay stuck in this pattern

for the memorial day holiday, storms will persist in that area. really warm air in the southeast, maybe 95 degrees or so. unfortunately, mike, we're going to be talking about rain, rounds after round of it in the heartland. mike: the severe weather nightmare is not over for folks in oklahoma, missouri and arkansas. thank you very mitch. arthel. arthel: president trump kicking off his state visit to japan and holding high stakes talks about trade. the president is set to spend tomorrow with japan's prime medicinminister with trade a bie on the agenda. the president explaining why that is so important. >> commerce between the united states and japan is essential to ensuring a future of peace and prosperity for all of our citizens. that relationship is so important. arthel: chief white house correspondent john roberts is live in tokyo with more. hi, john. >> reporter: arthel, good

morning to you from tokyo where it is already sunday, albeit 5:00 in the morning. the sun gets up early today. and for president trump, who will be waking up likely in the next few hours, it will be a morning of golf with shinzo abe, they're going to play golf this morning and later on this afternoon president trump will be the guest of honor at a sue mosumowrestling championship whe will present the president's trophy. it weighs 65 to 70 pounds. like sumo wrestling, everything is big. the big day for president trump city blow mattic cliff -- diplomateicly will come on monday. he will be welcomed to meet the emperor. the president will be the first foreign leader to meet with the newly enthroned emperor. 24e7then there's a bilateral meg

with shinzo abe. trade will top the agenda. he arrived in tokyo yesterday. he went straight to a meeting with japanese business leaders where trade was the top of the agenda. listen here. >> as you know, the united unitd states and japan are hard at work negotiating a bilateral trade agreement which will benefit both of our countries. i would say that japan has had a substantial edge for many, many years. but that's okay. maybe that's why you like us so much. but we'll get it a little bit more fair. with this deal, we hope to address the trade imbalance, remove barriers to united states exports, and ensure fairness and reciprocity in our relationship and we're getting closer. >> reporter: in their meeting, the leaders will talk about china, they'll talk about the threat from iran, shinzo abe by the way is going to japan -- going to iran, rather, in june.

japan has had a long-standing relationship with the iranian regime. so when he meets with president rahani, there's a potential for abe to try to open up some sort of -- i don't want to say dialogue, but maybe opening between the united states and iran and they'll talk about north korea, some news made yesterday here in japan when the national security advisor, john bolton, who got in before the weekend, said that he believes that north korea is violate united nations security council resolutions by firing off the short range missiles last week. arthel: japan very crucial right now. they don't want any missiles in the sea of japan and hoping to smooth things over as much as possible between the u.s. and iran. but before the president left on friday, john, the trump administration informed congress that the president will invoke emergency authority regarding arm sales to saudi arabia. so what's congress have to say about that?

>> reporter: well, this has been met with some controversy. the secretary of state, mike pompeo, announced the united states was putting together an $8.1 billion package of arms to sell to saudi arabia. , the united arab emirates and jordan, to act as a deterrent against iran which the united states believes is presenting a growing threat with the tensions rising in the last month or so and while this is, again, intended as a deterrent against iran, some democrats fear that the weapons that are going to saudi arabia could be used to fight iran's proxy, the rebels in yes yemen. dianne feinstein saying president trump circumventing congress to sell more weapons to saudi arabia is unacceptable, the saudi led war in yemen is not an emergency, it is a crime against humanity. so some controversy there over the arm sales with democrats not believing that they will be used to deter iran but used against

iran's proxy. arthel: okay. john roberts, i hope you can get a little bit of sleep over there in japan. take care. thank you. mike: no way. arthel: who needs sleep, right? mike: 2020 contenders hitting the campaign trail this weekend with nearly a dozen events scheduled a across the country. this as the first democratic presidential debate looms about a month from now and it appears impeachment has become a major focus among contenders. laura ingal is tracking it all. hello, laura. >> reporter: at least 10 democrats in the crowded field of contenders have been talking about the possibility of impeachment for president trump for reasons ranging from defying congressional subpoenas issued too members of his administration and obstruction of justice. senators elizabeth warren, kamala harris and bernie sanders included in the call for an impeachment investigation, as well as mayor of south bend, indiana, pete buttigieg, who is out of the campaign trail today, talking about a variety of issues to sway voters his way,

including reforming the makeup of the united states supreme court. >> you would have 15 members of the court but only 10 of them chosen through the political traditional process. the other five chosen and seated by a unanimous consensus of the first 10. the idea is to get you more justices who think for themselves. >> reporter: eight of the 10 candidates on the road this weekend are visiting the critical first primary states, iowa and new hampshire. other notable stops this weekend include no have taxer connecticut, vermont and indiana where they're holding rallies, making campaign stops and working on getting poll numbers up. bernie sanders is holding his first major rally today in his home state where he talked about key issues of his campaign while also ripping into president trump. listen. >> sadly, we have a president who is a pathological liar and

that he says whatever he wants without regard to the truth. >> reporter: we are just one month out from the first democratic debate. we won't see all of these candidates on the stage. the dnc issued a particular set of rules for the debate which will require candidates show they have above 1% in three credible polls and 65,000 unique donors to qualify. they've got to do that by june 13th. another key component for the debate being held in miami, florida over two nights is there won't be a secondary round with a lower polling candidates having a shot at taking the debate stage. all candidates who qualify will be randomly selected for one of those debate nights. we're one month away. mike: a lot of pressure building. laura, thanks a lot. arthel: because of that pressure building, early voting states heavy on all of those candidates' minds. for more on this, we'll bring in our political panel, jason johnson, a former ted cruz campaign chief strategist, robin

byro is a former obama campaign regional field director. good to have both of you. >> thank you. >> happy to be here. arthel: jason, i'll start with you. this has been the longest -- a long-standing play. does it still work going to the early -- focusing on early voting states or should they change the game and if you think so, what different plays should the candidates implement? >> as you know, the early voting states have a very small share of the actual delegates that will be cast in the democrats' pry mayor rim same on the republican side. frankly, it doesn't matter. these guys don't have a choice. a combination between political insiders demanding and expecting that they show up and also the role that iowa and new hampshire and south carolina have historically played in narrowing the field is going to be super-sized this year when you've got 23 candidates vying for the nomination. many of these including some of the frontrunners at the moment,

this is a must win performance for them in the states of iowa and new hampshire. they're doing what they need to do on this memorial day weekend. arthel: robin, what do you think? >> oh, yeah, jason hit the nail on the head there. it's go big or go home, especially in the early states. look at joe biden in 2008, he pulled in less than 1%. he was done after that. candidates like beto o'rourke for example, if he has a showing like that, he's absolutely done. so a lot of them are investing a ton of resources right now. i'll tell you that the campaign that's paying the most to my astonishment is elizabeth warren's campaign. she is paying staffers premium rates. like i said, the name of the game right now is go big or go home because they've got to pull it now the early states, arthel. arthel: yeah, because 1,885 pledged delegates needed to win on the first ballot.

when you look at the democratic primary delegates, early voting states account for less than 5% of the total delegates. the biggy is super tuesday, march 3rd, and other contests that will follow. jason, back to you, will or should the candidates promote a different message in those states than they do to the general audience? >> i believe for a long time that this idea of -- for republicans they say run to the right in the primary, town the middle in the general and left for the democrats and to the center, we're kind of past that a combination of the polarization, political polarization of the american public and the intense media scrutiny from traditional media outlets but also -- robin can tell you, when you're in the state of iowa and new hampshire particularly, not only have fox news and other major networks following these campaigns everywhere, you have homemade journalists. you have online news resources

and everything you say is captured and it's a real difficult thing for you to run away from the promises you make to iowa caucus-goers. another thing about iowa, a lot of people say it shouldn't have the impact that it has. i disagree completely. if you think about the iowa caw suss, it's truly the most pure form of a democratic system. you go into small settings and these caucus-goers put candidates running for president of the united states on the spot, one on one, and force them to take very firm positions on issues and i'll predict that this year or in 2020 that it's going to end up being a real problem for whoever the eventual 2020 nominee for the democrat party is. arthel: robin, to jason's point, it's say what you mean, mean what you say every step of the way. if you talk personality and temperment, robin, which

candidates do you think have the right combo to communicate and connect with middle america? >> you know, honestly, the one that everybody in my circle of democrats, the one that's hitting all the marks is mayor pete, because he's got -- he's a military vet, he's got the executive experience and he's just a really likable guy. some of the others, though, i'll tell you that amy klobuchar is speaking very po powerfully to e product rests. i've got a lot of republican friends that are interested in the message she has to say. so that's inspiring to he me. i'm glad to hear that. but look, they've all go got to really come with a unique message because the field is so crowded. they have to bring fresh ideas that stand out from a crowded field. arthel: can mayor pete, though, resonate in the black community? >> i think that he can. he's he's got what it takes. he could talk about his experiences personally overseas

in war. and being a my north him -- a minority himself. arthel: i try to start with one and end with the other. if i did, good. >> you did. arthel: good to talk to you both. we'll see you again. the president giving attorney general william barr sweeping power to declassify documents from the russia probe, why a top intelligence official is offering a promise and a warning to the justice department. a but allstate actually helps you drive safely... with drivewise. it lets you know when you go too fast... ...and brake too hard. with feedback to help you drive safer. giving you the power to actually lower your cost. unfortunately, it can't do anything about that. now that you know the truth...

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white house for japan on friday. >> everything they need is declassified. they'll be able to see how the hoax or witch hunt started and why it started. it was an attempted coup or attempted takedown of the president of the united states. it should never, ever happen to anybody else. >> reporter: top democrats who say they don't trust the attorney general are concerned that barr could distort what took place by selectively releasing information to the benefit of the president. former members of the intelligence community whose actions will likely be scrutinized are also concerned about the president's decision. >> i see it as a very, very serious and outrageous move on the part of mr. trump once again, tram martin luther king. it's unclear to me what mr. barr actually is going to do. is he investigating a crime? well, what's the predicate of that crime. >> reporter: dan coats tried to ease some of the concerns,

saying i am confident the attorney general will work in accordance with the long established standards to protect highly sensitive information that if released would put national security at risk. house democrats are moving ahead with their own investigation of the president. >>, including havingrobert muel. jerry nadler said mueller indicated he would like to appear, but only behind closed doors, likely to try to prevent the hearing from becoming a political and media spectacle. arthel: thank you. mike: for more on this, let's bring in judith miller, an adjunct fellow at the manhattan institute for research and fox news contributor. judy, nice to see you. >> nice to see you, mike. paul: director of national intelligence dan coats says the 17 intelligence agencies will give the justice department all appropriate information needed for review but did he in effect get big footed by president

trump demanding the information be turned over? >> there was no doubt that he was and that he did. that's why his statement was rather cautious. he said he would hand over all appropriate information because when it comes to the intelligence agencies, those agencies safeguard sources and methods, information more tightly and more carefully than anything else and they are today extremely nervous about what the president has done. because never, mike, has a president delegated so broad a declassification authority to an attorney general or to anyone for that matter. so yes, the intelligence community itself, which has had a very rocky relationship with the president, is now even more concerned about what bill barr is likely to make public in the course of this investigation into the origins of the russian meddling in our 2016

presidential elections. mike: do you worry attorney general barr will declassify too much? >> well, i think that that's the concern among the intelligence agencies, because bill barr has gone out of his way to be accommodating as one might say to the president that he works for and the democrats have really charged and even a couple of republicans, though only one of them is willing to say so publicly, that the attorney general is acting more as the president's attorney than he is the attorney general of the united states. and that has raised concerns. a lot of concerns about his motives, about his view of presidential authority. he has an enormously expansive view of that. and also the extent to which he is likely to shape the narrative in a way that is -- plays to president trump's favor. there is great concern about that. mike: the president and his

allies clearly want to get to the bottom of the russia probe got started and they are fired up, thinking there were inappropriate actions by senior people. is there merit to getting to the bottom of it? >> of course there is. and that's why we've had the three investigations we've already had into that. we're awaiting michael horowitz, the inspectioner general of the justice department's report later this month, in june. he's going to look at the origins of this investigation and what the justice department did. what he hasn't been able to look at is what the intelligence community did. and that's why the president's order is so important because now this will be an all-government effort, supposedly to either put to rest or reinforce the president's concerns about what happened in the runup to his election. but i think we have already had a number of investigations, fbi director christopher wray says

there is nothing untoward that went on. he said no one committed any crimes. but we shall see. because the republicans have become convinced increasingly that there was malfeasance, there was as president trump likes to say repeatedly a hoax involved here. but this should lay it to rest we hope, one way or another. i hope it doesn't completely alienate the intelligence community from the president they're supposed to provide information to. mike: judith, thank you so much for your time and your analysis. >> thank you, mike. mike: we'll get bipartisan reaction from two top lawmakers tomorrow. lindsey graham will be on fox news sunday, along with presidential candidate congressman eric swailwell, at 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. eastern, on the fox news channel. check your local listing to see when it airs on your local fox affiliate.

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center of the issue halting the work on two of the highest priority wall projects along the southern border. the lawsuit was filed on behalf of the sierra club, who long disputed the merits of the wall. they're calling it a win for the system of checks and balances, rule of law and for those who live along the border. >> very simple, they didn't get the money for it. they can't build it. that's why we had a shutdown. nothing has changed since the shutdown. they didn't get the money to build it. they can't start building it now. >> reporter: the president declaring a national emergency earlier this year, after congress wouldn't approve the dollar figure he requested in wall funding. the u.s. district judge addressed that in his ruling. congress' absolute control over federal expenditures, even when that control may frustrate the desires of the executive branch regarding initiatives it views as important, is not a bug in our constitutional system, it's a feature of the system and an essential one. back in february when he

initially declared a national emergency, president trump anticipated a possible 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 possibly get a bad ruling. and then we'll get another bad ruling. and then we'll end up in the supreme court. and hopefully we'll get a fair shake and we'll win in the supreme court. >> reporter: what the ruling doesn't do is it doesn't stop the president or the trump administration from seeking other sources of money for that wall funding and that project. mike. mike: jeff, thanks a lot. arthel: meanwhile, new developments after a washington state county blocked immigrants deportation flights from a local airport. the feds are fighting back, claiming county officials broke the law. dan springer explains out in seattle. >> reporter: the king county

airport in seattle had been used by immigration and customs enforcement to deport 34,000 illegal immigrants over the last decade. but county executive, democrat dale consisten constantine, issn order issuing companies to stop servicing ice flights or lose the contract with the county. the fed federation for immigran reform calls it a war against border enforcement. >> this is taking it to a new level. sanctuary policies say the local jurisdiction will not cooperate with i.c.e. here, they're black listing companies that do business with i.c.e. this crosses into probably obstruction of justice. >> reporter: in washington state i.c.e. and detainees are having to drive to yakima, three hours instead of 40 minutes. an i.c.e. official say state and local efforts thwarting the operation serve to create additional security concerns and add additional costs and delays to local taxpayers.

>> the loca low boar bureaucratt we are going to comply with, what we are not. >> reporter: the u.s. transportation department sent king county a letter saying federal laws prohibits the enforcement of any such directive. the king county executive and the airport manager refused to comment. their actions could at the very least cost the county millions of dollars in federal funds. the airport received $21 million over the last seven years in grants. one stipulation, it can't ban federal use no matter what you think of i.c.e. in seattle, dan springer, fox news. arthel: dan, thank you. mike: a family is overjoyed after their missing loved one is found alive more than two weeks after she vanished. a helicopter reportedly spotted amanda eller in a creek on maui yesterday, 17 days after she disappeared during a hike. a facebook page dedicated to searching for her says she got lost in the forest and appeared

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inspirational speaker. we are honored to have you with us here on this memorial day weekend here. shilo, if you could, could you take us in the best way you can, take us inside the mind, heart and psyche of war veterans and help us understand the trials of transitioning back to civilian life. >> well, to be honest, i can only speak from my point of view. and as i was talking about earlier with a few of your affiliates in dallas, there's so many different dynamics with the v.a. and how you get your ratings and whether you're medically retired from the military or whether you separate from the military and get a rating. i guess you could say i've been very blessed in a sense. i know that may be hard to imagine, with me wearing my scars on the outside. but i'm medically retired from the military.

i have a lot of care available to me, not just through the v.a. but also the military side of it. there's some veterans out there that struggle with very minimal percentage rate and they suffer with opioid addictions and all these different things. it's a very complicated system. but for me, to recommend to any veteran that might be watching and listening to this, have you to be the squeaky wheel. i've been blessed but i've been told no. i've been told no probably more than once. but i'm not afraid to go to the director, i'm not afraid to go to the town hall meeting and make a stance and say, listen, this has to change. this is what i believe. i believe that every veteran should be able to do that with the v.a. i commend the trump administration on their stance making sure that veterans are getting care. although it's still a system that's being changed, at least they're making changes and i'm hopeful saving lives. arthel: that's a great point

you make. if the trump administration is very dedicated to helping veterans, have you had a chance to speak with president trump? i imagine he would like to hear from you and let you speak to some of his folks to try to straighten out the system. i know it's a convoluted system. perhaps you can help them. >> i'm absolutely willing. as a matter of fact, i've done a little bit of lobbying myself, back and forth to d.c. and any time i get an audience, i tell them, especially with the v.a., with the veterans, whoever is willing to listen. that is definitely one of my strong points, being able to talk about that because if anybody's been through the medical system, it's me. i've had a lot of experience. and one thing that really does bother me right now is the opioid crisis. and i know that they are opening up the holistic medicines, holistic alternatives to pain relief and that kind of

lifestyle. for me, i can tell you, 80 surgeries later, three years of recovery, when i got introduced into chiropractor testify care through the patriot project, it changed my life. quality of my life improved so much. i was able to get all opioids. the only reason i'm on any medication is because i have high blood pressure. because i'm from texas and we like texas barbecue. arthel: you can't turn that down. >> exactly, you can't turn down texas barbecue. arthel: it's the best. you raised some really crucial points, homelessness, opioid addiction, depression, it's far too great among veterans. your mentioned your experience with going to a chiropractor and how you were able to gate a more holistic regiment that's more natural and less dependent on prescribed medications. if you were talking to some chiropractors who were watching or people who run some of those centers, how could they let

veterans know that they're welcome there, to help get them on a more, again, holistic road to recovery? >> oh, well definitely if there's a chiropractor out there listening, which i'm sure there's many out there, and there are many that have joined the patriot project to open their doors to veterans, purchaspurpleheart recipients, r family members and, i mean, just they opened up the door to get the veterans in there, in their door, people that have sacrificed and given for this country, our freedoms and liberties and if you have the opportunity to join the patriot project, find out how to be a part of that. arthel: is there a website? >> yes. it is patriotproject.org and then there's another organization that i want to mention that is just an amazing organization that i've been a part of for a few years now, the coalition of america's heroes. you mentioned something about homelessness. there's so many things that face

veterans, ptsd is such a misunderstood h creature. we don't really know what goes on inside everybody's head that experiences ptsd. there's different levels of struggles with this issue. and anybody that out there maybe even thinking that they have ptsd, and i do mean anybody, not just veterans, but i recommend counseling. start seeking help right now. ptsd is real. i have issues with ptsd. i got injured in 2007. it's like i said, 80 surgeries. you can imagine, there's days i have bad days. but i've been blessed and i go to counseling and i do what i'm supposed to do to take care of myself. so if you're a veteran and your struggling, if you're struggling with ptsd, tbi or social issues, get some help. there's a lot of people out there that's willing to help. the coalition, every year they have -- arthel: coalition of what? tell me again.

>> coalition to salute america's heros. and they are an amazing organization. arthel: i want to mention patriotproject.org. listen, you are incredible and we cannot thank you enough for your service, your sacrifice, and your spirit and i want to thank you again, staff sergeant shilo harris, for being here and getting out this very important message. thank you so much, sir. >> thank you. arthel: and be sure to catch our salute to service members tomorrow night, pete hegseth hosts our special. he'll talk to highly decorated veterans about what memorial day means to them and the current challenges facing those in uniform. that's sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on fox news channel. we'll be right back.

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mike: a dramatic political showdown playing out in the united kingdom, several lawmakers are contending to become the nation's next prime minister after theresa may announced her resignation. this comes after may failed to push through her brexit deal in parliament. kitty logan is live in london with more.

hi, kitty. >> reporter: hi, mike. well, yes, a new name to add to the list of many contenders is brexit secretary, former brexit secretary dominic ross. the there has been a process in time for some candidates lining up while the positioning for power goes on. this isn't entirely unexpected. theresa may has been under pressure for a long time now. critics have come from within her own conservative party, saying she has failed to deliver on the brexit referendum. but her departure could complicate britain's exit from the e.u. if a new leader takes a different approach which they are likely to do. the e.u. has already said that it won't renegotiate the existing deal agreed by theresa may. this complicates matters somewhat. the first question is who will the next leader be, will they be ready to take this on. many contenders are pro-brexit supporters such as former

foreign secretary lawrence johnson who is the favorite at the most. there's a long list of rivals. whoever wins the party leadership will take over almost immediately as prime minister. theresa may downfall began when she repeatedly failed to get agreements passed through parliament. she suffered the worst defeat in history. brexit has been delayed until october 31st which is why we you saw early this week britain taking part in elections for the e.u. parliament. the results have not been announced yet. that will come on sunday. polls are showing a very poor result for theresa may's conservative, punishment many say for not delivering on brexit promises. the official process to select a new leader of the conservative party and the next prime minister will only start after theresa may leaves office in june. but the opposition is already saying that they want to see a new election. so what could happen is whoever

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high for the academy, the vice president thanking cadets for their commitment and passing on words of encouragement from the commander in chief. >> president trump saying japan has a leg up on the u.s. when it comes to trade. >> i would say that japan has had a substantial edge for many, many years u but that's okay, that's why you like us so much. but we will get it more fair, with this deal we hope to address the trade imbalance, remove barriers to united states exports and ensure fairness and reciprocity in our relationship. >> this as japanese business community remains on edge as the president considers potentially crippling tariffs on foreign cars and auto parts declaring them a threat to national security, hello and welcome to brand new hour inside news headquarters, i'm mike emmanuel in for eric sean. arthel: i'm arthel neville,

president trump kicking off his 4-day visit to japan with plans to meet emperor and prime minister shinzo abe, the two countries are getting closer to reaching a deal. chief white house correspondent john roberts live in tokyo, hi, john. >> arthel, good afternoon to you, the president delayed for 180 days decision on auto tariffs, that has taken heat off, to what you were saying, back at the beginning of may, japan enthroned new emperor narohito, son of previous emperor, ushers in new era call rawa, loosely translated into english, beautiful harmony and that's what president trump is hoping for as he engages in trade talks with the japanese prime minister shins zoa --

shinzo abe, trade deal with japan for several months, they are going some distance towards it but but not there yet. last night right after 16-hour flight, the president went straight into a meeting with japanese business leaders telling them that the united states is the best place in the world to do business and become better when he and abe reach a new trade agreement, listen here. >> it's my sincere home that the rawa era, the economic ties in the united states and japan continue to grow deeper and stronger if that's possible. i think we right now probably have the best relationship with japan than we've ever had and that goes back a long way but i don't think it's ever been better.

>> so clearly trade is going to be the center piece of bilateral meetings between the president and shinzo abe but they will also talk about what's going on with china, they'll talk about iran. abe is going to visit iran in june, now he has a good relationship with the iranian president rahhoni and president trump says he will be open to it, he will also talk about the problem with north korea and the fact that kim jong un is not going any distance to denuclearization and in fact, engaging in provocative action, in fact, the national security adviser john bolton who has been here for a couple of days said that he believes that firing missiles from the east coast of north korea into the sea of japan even though they're short-range missiles is a violation un resolutions, that puts him a little bit at adds, president trump has looked the

other way on it, president trump and john bolton have a good cop, bad cop going on maybe pushing kim jong un back to the table. today is not a day off, but day of golf that the president will have with shinzo abe across the bay of tokyo. a lot of business also gets done in the golf course, we should remind you and then tonight the president will give the president's cup at sumo wrestling event. the president big fan of wwe, we will see if he's a big fan of sumo. because he will be involved with negotiations with abe on memorial day, the following day on tuesday, he will go out and engage ceremonies aboard the uss wasp. >> arthel for more on this white house reporter.

nice to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> the goal is to finally come through with japanese especially when it comes to their auto industry and avoid some of tariffs and have put when it comes, we heard a second ago, the two of them will be golfing tomorrow, a lot of negotiations, on the golf course, personal relationship, they talked fairly , that one-on-one dialogue between the two leaders and spew things over and more conflicts when it comes to trade issue.

>> sit your sense that both countries that it's in their interest to cut a deal. >> i think right now what we see is that not only on the economic standpoint but military implications, it's in both countries' interest balance of power in the region and what we heard a second ago prime minister abe with relationship with the iranians. again, it's an issue that's weighing on a lot of minds not just in japan but also on the minds of voters here in the united states. >> no doubt about it. let's put on the screen a recent quinnipiac poll. 39% approve, 53% disapprove, could that radically shift if he cuts a trade with deal, beijing and the u.s.-méxico-canada agreement gets through congress?

>> it's certainly on the president's mind right now because at a moment when the economy is doing incredibly well and voters confident in the direction that the markets are going, there's a a lot of hesitation of president trump's personal handling and concerning especially in states like michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. those states that president trump won in 2016 to actually find way to white house, so a trade agreement with the japanese can go a very long way in easing some of those concerns and clearly on this administration's mind. >> then, the president going around congress seeking to sell to saudis, do you expect they'll be blowback. >> we saw secretary of state ease concerns in congress by saying that this was a one-time event but that's really not the soothing, congress doesn't like to be run around.

if you remember, president trump made his first foreign trip to saudi arabia, he signed 110 billion-dollar arm's deal and he sees as continuing on an agreement that he already had and so, you know, the ball is in congress' court with whether or not they will try to stop him but likely saw with their resolution to stop the the natil emergency at the southern border, congress likes to complain, they don't actually like to do a lot when it comes to stopping or checking this president. >> is the idea of helping the saudis, jordanians neutralized iranian bad behavior in the region? >> that's certainly the idea. you have a lot of -- no national emergency here, this isn't that big of a deal. but the secretary of state made clear that they see iran as a significant geopolitical threat in the region like they have been for the better part of the

last decade, clearly the saudis as well as the israelis to another extent are some of the best allies the united states has in the region and so they're thinking and their argument is that this is necessary, balance of power to avoid things from getting even worse and even more out of hand. >> philip from real clear politics, thank you. arthel. arthel: fox news alert, severe storms hammering the midwest as people there brace for rising flood waters in missouri, at least 9 people have been -- meteorologist adam klotz is tracking the dangerous weather but first let's torn matt finn in jefferson city, matt. >> arthel, the capital city had to declare emergency because of the flooding you see behind me and a powerful tornado ripped through. water right here is actually the missouri river that has breached its levy and

inching towards the capital building, on the other side of the capitol building, we have live look of tornado recovery underway in near 90-degrees, people are going to painful process of assessing what can be saved. jefferson city mayor tells us historical homes took direct hit and missouri senator josh holy toured the damage and speedy clean-up needs to happen and he credits zero deaths to local authorities. >> we need to get damage assessments done so release can begin to flow, tremendously impressed with law enforcement, emergency responders. >> the army corps of engineers tells us that it is very concern with more wet weather in the forecast, we have new images from north western arkansas, businesses are already under water, bagging under way, the

army corps of engineers tells us that it is asking for voluntary evacuations there, if you don't see water it is on its way and the national guard tells us that there are levies that are being compromised and filling up and down the missouri and the mississippi rivers, arthel. arthel: having covered disasters myself, michael finn as bad aspect chuirs look on tv it looks worse in people so we keep people of missouri in mind for sure. mike. >> fox team coverage continues with meteorologist adam klotz, hello, adam. >> this is what we are looking at right now, everything highlighted in red box, tornado watch, conditions are there that tornadoes can spin up and south of the box and western texas.

threat on and off. as the system moves it will add to flood potential that's been nagging so many states running up across oklahoma into kansas and then running further to the north getting portion of illinois. it's going to be something we have to pay attention to as heavy rain moves in. here is the set-up we are stuck in. the upper level winds, this is the jet stream as the cold air behind the system and warm out ands is very warm air if you're in the southeast, you know it. the air masses and we see flooding continuing day after day after day, that sticks with us throughout the entire weekend, so this is our severe threat, again, looking at portions of plains where we are seeing storms pop up. this does sweep all the way to midwest. there's been a little bit of indiana and ohio that will continue as well. but it's all right along the jet screen that i showed you.

it again pops back for us on sunday, sunday's forecast and you are looking at the same area where you can see in the afternoon isolated tornadoes, winds up to 60 miles an hour, hail, and, yes, more heavy rain that could be causing flooding and continue to cause some of the flooding, this is the week ahead taking you all the way to the week across the plains into midwest because it is where it is, we are looking at perhaps spots getting another 4 to 6-inches, all of that in the mississippi river where the flood levels are already way too high, more rain on the way. for the forecast, memorial day forecast, temperatures warm across the east, 95-degrees in atlanta, unfortunately mike, more rain on the way throughout the entire weekend off and on in the plains and midwest. >> a lot of the area is known as tornado alley, they are used to that threat but when you add floating that's brutal combination to those folks, adam

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>> another legal battle over construction of the wall in southern border now playing out in court, federal judge rule to go block president trump from using defense department funds for part of the project saying the administration cannot appropriate without congress approval. another activist-appointed judge has just ruled against us on the section of the southern wall that is already under construction, this is a ruling against border security and in favor of crime, drugs and human trafficking, we are asking for an appeal. jeff paul live in dallas with more. hi, jeff. >> mike, this all comes down where the money was coming from. the judge and his 56-page said that the trump administration couldn't divert funds that congress had set aside for other uses for this border wall project. the ruling now stops 2 of the highest pentagon funded projects along the so you were border that could have started as soon

as today. law enforcement was filed by the aclu on behalf of sierra club and southern border community coalition who have long disputed the merits of the wall, they are calling it a win for the system of checks and balances, the rule of law and folks 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 won the right to pro -- preserve. >> the president declaring national emergency after congress wouldn't fund money he requested. congress absolute control over federal expenditures even when that control may frustrate desires of executive branch regarding initiatives, it's not a bug in our constitutional system, it's a feature of the system and an essential one.

back in february when he initially declared national emergency, president trump anticipated a possible legal battle. >> we will have a national emergency and we will then be sued and they will sue us in ninth circuit, even though it shouldn't be there and we will possibly get a bad ruling and then we will get another bad ruling and end up in the supreme court and hopefully we will get a fair shake and we will win in the supreme court. >> now, the ruling doesn't stop the trump administration from reaching out to other sources to fund this wall project. mike. >> jeff paul live in dallas, jeff, many thanks. arthel: for more of all of this we will bring in retired ice director tom homan, fox news contributor. all right, tom, this is about president trump's request to use billions of defense department funds to build a wall and temporary block to build the

wall by federal judge hayworth, in short, the position when congress declines executive's request to appropriate funds executive nonetheless may find a way to spend those funds without congress does not square with separation of powers, principles that date back to the earliest days of republic, tom, i want your reaction to the judge's decision? >> well, once again i'm not surprised, another ruling from ninth circuit, that puts the brake sign to president's agenda in security border, i'm not an attorney and i can tell you last 9 years while i was in ice headquarters, we reprogrammed money from outside the agency 8 years out of 9. money has been moved around the government all of the time. until then, the border crisis -- wasn't thing that they did mention in segment was, the

president moved -- he wanted the wall. numbers on the border are surprised, unprecedented. the numbers beyond that when he declared national emergency. i think the president will find money in other ways, he will get the wall built. i just don't think the president will fail when it comes to securing money to get the wall. arthel: right, i understand your point, it's a setback but doesn't stop the president from using other sources, but congress has system in place and that's what the trackers, if you would, say that they need to go through congress and follow the traditional steps. that -- >> but if i can add to that, 8 out of 9 years when i ran ice, money was reappropriated within dhs and now dhs -- arthel: right. did it come from the defense department?

>> no, but let's take this, that's great question, thousands of dod personal on the border, to have all the resources deployed and he can't touch the money, that doesn't make sense to me. i'm not a lawyer. arthel: okay, i would like you to make the argument to those skeptics of legitimate need to build the border wall, tom, because you've had experience there. >> look, i've been enforcing immigration for 34 years, what i'm seeing right now is unprecedented. the numbers have never been seen before. never -- 95% mexicans returned within an hour, children are dying, women are being raped. there's an issue on the border. cartels are continuing to get rich. every single place illegal immigration went down, drug smuggling, it has been proven

100% effective. i don't think if you're republican or democrat, there's no downside in securing our border, there's no downside on drug smuggling, no downside for ig -- illegal immigration. every congressman on the hill whether you're democrat or republican should want to protect this country, protect sovereignty, save lives and not protect criminals, enough is enough, we have to take the fight on and i think the president will win the fight in the long run. arthel: let's turn now to department of homeland security where president trump continues to clean house as you all know now he's requesting resignation for francis, head of the u.s. citizenship and immigration services which is the agency responsible for legal immigration into the u.s. including asylum, tom, what can you tell us in terms of what the president wants to change in this department? >> well, i don't know, this one

actually surprised me. francis was the right guy for the right time. i worked with francis for a year and a half shoulder to shoulder on a lot of things. i think he had the president's agenda and will protect america especially protect and did a lot to scrutinize h1v1 visas and high-paying jobs, he restored the rule of law, if you're in the country illegally you don't get some sort of benefit that will make you see a judge which hasn't been done in a very long time. he's passed a lot of regulations having to deal with national security. this one surprises me and, again, i haven't been in the administration for 10 months, took me by surprise. arthel: took you by surprise, interesting, because, you know, the president saying he's trying to clean house to get things in order and you're an expert and washington reporter:ing former virginia ag attorney general ken

will be tapped by the president as new head of cis, the senate would have to confirm, do you think mr. putaneli is the right person for the right reason. >> i think he believes in strong immigration enforcement. i think he believes in the rule of law, so, you know, if he's the go, i think just keep that ball rolling that mr. cisneros started. i've heard him speak many times, a year and a half, i thought he was the right guy, i don't know why the white house made the decision.

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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 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 an attempted coup or attempted takedown of the president of the united states. it should never, ever happen to anybody else. >> reporter: top democrats who say they don't trust the attorney general are concerned that barr could distort what took place by selectively releasing information to the benefit of the president. former members of the intelligence community whose actions will likely be scrutinized are also concerned about the president's decision. >> i see it as a very, very serious and outrageous move on the part of mr. trump, trampling the authorities of the independent intelligence agencies. it's unclear what mr. barr actually is going to do. is he investigating a crime?

well, what's the predicate of that crime. >> reporter: dan coats tried to ease concerns on friday, saying i am confident that the attorney general work with the i.c. in accordance with the long established standards to protect highly sensitive classified information that if publicly released would put national security at risk. house democrats are moving ahead with their efforts to have special counsel mueller come testify. late this week, jerry nadler said mueller indicated he would like to appear but only behind closed doors. likely to try and prevent his hearing from becoming a political and media spectacle. arthel. arthel: garrett, thank you. mike: let's bring in our legal panel. mercedes cowen and chris stawak. great to have both of you. >> good to be here. mike: the move, declassifying russian documents is drawing criticism from former

intelligence officials. is there cause for concern in your view, mercedes? >> there is. there are competing interests. one is there is a $30 million investigation and the taxpayers need to know what was the impetus behind the investigation. what the intelligence committee is concerned bast is two things. one, can we protect the lives of the sources. these are sources that put their lives on the line and presumably cooperated with the united states, presumably knowing at least their identities would not be known at some later point in time. the other part is whether or not the methodology that's -- if in fact it is published at some later point, the methodology of the investigation, will that now compromise future investigations. so there's certainly competing interests here. and there's certainly a lot for the intelligence community to be concerned about. mike: can dan coats and william barr work closely to address the

concerns of the intelligence community or are we looking at a turf war? >> i think certainly they can work together. in fact, they do every day. i agree with what mercedes said. i think the important thing to keep in mind here, this is about basic oversight. no federal agency is beyond the law, no federal agency is beyond oversight and it shouldn't be a political matter. democrats, republicans, everybody should want to know what happened leading up to the mueller report. so the same people who are calling for transparency with respect to russia, with respect to the president's business activities, leading up to becoming a elected president and after, those same people should be concerned or should want transparency with respect to how that investigation was initiated. mike: judiciary chairman, senator lindsey graham offered this prediction. take a listen. >> he's going to find out the mentality of the people investigating the president.

you're going to find out exactly what they did and said. the bottom line is there's going to be a lot of information about they were warned about phil, this is a bad guy, you can't trust him. they blew through every stop sign. barr's going to look at it from a criminal point of view. horowitz is going to he'll us about the fisa warrant, how the department of justice and fbi behaved. mike: your reaction to that, hemercedes? >> we're investigating the investigators. any defense attorney will tell you that that is something that we pull out of our playbook all the time when our clients are in the crosshairs of investigation. we want to look at biases, look at motivation, are there political reasons underpinning the investigation. all of those things that i've just mentioned are things that come up in investigations lo and behold, so it's investigating the investigators. but it has to be balanced. it has to be done in a way a that prospective investigations will not be compromised and the sources will not lose their lives as a result. mike: it is clear the

president, many of his supporters want answers about how the russia probe got started. should former senior obama administration officials be nervous, chris? >> it depends what they did. you make an interesting point, mike. and the lead-into the segment, i saw mr. brennan, i think it's important to keep in mind with respect to mr. brennan, former cia director, that he is an outspoken critic of president trump. which is his right to be an outspoken critic. but he does have also an interest in this matter because as you allude to, there were a lot of people involved in this, leading up to the investigation. and if they didn't do anything wrong, they don't have anything to worry about. if they did something wrong, then they should be worried. mike: after two years of the mueller probe and now this review, i'm sure some folks outside the beltway are asking will it ever end, mercedes? >> oh, amen. i'm sure a lot of people are saying that. $30 million in, how much more taxpayers money is going to be

he focused on this particular issue? so yes, i think there is definitely fatigue about this investigation and whether o whet it will ever end, how much it will ultimately cost. mike: final thoughts from you? >> i agree. there's no question that all of these issues will go on well through at least through the next election and hopefully it will get wrapped up and we can move on and focus on people paying their bills and health care and everything else. but this will go on through the next election. mike: chris, mercedes, great to have you both. thanks very much. arthel. arthel: mike, well, a busy weekend on the presidential campaign trail with vermont senator bernie sanders holding a rally in his home state. what the senator is now saying about impeaching the president. t safe drivers have to pay as much for insurance... as not safe drivers! ah! that was a stunt driver. that's why esurance has this drivesense® app. the safer you drive, the more you save. don't worry, i'm not using my phone

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many of them echoing calls from congressional democrats to open an impeachment inquiry into president trump. laura ingal is live in our new york city newsroom with more. >> reporter: it's a busy weekend for many of the 2 23 democratic presidential candidates, out and about this holiday weekend. it's about rallies, campaign stops and poll numbers. for some, creating momentum for an impeachment investigation into president trump. at least 10 democrats in the crowded field of contenders have been talking about the possibility of impeachment for reasons ranging from defying congressional subpoenas issued to members of his administration and obstruction of justice. congressman seth molton and bernie sanders most recently making that argument. >> the congress has every right to subpoena and it is the job of the administration to attend the hearings that the congress is calling. if he doesn't understand that, it may well be a time for an

impeachment inquiry to begin. >> we just agreed that he's breaking the law by not following the subpoenas. that's an impeachable offense. >> reporter: eight of the 10 candidates on the road this weekend are visiting the critical first primary states, iowa and new hampshire. other notable stops include nevada, connecticut, vermont and indiana for some. the most recent poll on the democratic primary field shows joe biden polling twice as strong as bernie sanders in both the early primaries and nationwide. something new here is where senator kamala harris ranks in the herl primaries, tying with sanders at 14%. we're keeping an eye on that. we're one month out from the first democratic debate. we won't see all the candidates on stage. the dnc requires candidates show they have above 1% in three credible polls and 65,000 uniqe donors to qualify by june 13t june 13th. another key component for the

debate is there will not be a so-called kids table or the lower polling candidates will have a shot at taking the he debate stage. all candidates who qualify will be randomly selected for one of those debate nights. we know it's going to be interesting. mike: if you can't he get on the big stage, it's got to hurt fund raising. arthel: the democratic campaign trail heating up with presidential hopefuls taking on tech giant amazon. many are speaking out over the company for paying no federal income taxes and its decision to abandon plans to build a second headquarters in new york city. brian llenas has more. >> zero, zero, zero in taxes. come on. >> reporter: amazon, the world's most valuable company, is a prime 2020 campaign issue for democratic presidential frontrunners who say it's unfair the nearly trillion dollar company paid zero dollars in federal income tax in 2018. >> you want to know how much amazon paid in taxes last year?

that's right. not a nickel. that is going to end. >> we want to rein in the companies that think they get to roll over everyone. >> reporter: the internet juggernaut dividing democrats. on one side, progressive candidates like andrew yang who wants to tax amazon sales to pay for $1,000 a month universal income. >> with that money, what i call the tech check, we can fund the dividend for all americans. >> reporter: while moderate candidates like john delaney, a former member of congress, are weary of villainizing businesses. >> the democratic party is attacking business on every turn. i think that's a huge problem. >> reporter: amazon fell into crosshairs after choosing arlington, vee virginia and a sd headquarters in new york, minutes from manhattan. they promised $3 billion in tax breaks in exchange for 25,000 jobs, average salary, $150,000. amazon broke up with the big

apple, citing political opposition. >> amazon would have been an investment in the future. >> reporter: kevin law is president of the long island association, a nonpartisan business group. >> once amazon created the jobs, they would get a tax credit. it wasn't like there was a $3 billion pot of money that was being handed over to amazon. >> reporter: presidential candidate, kirsten gillibrand blamed amazon. >> they never intended to invest in new york. all they were looking for was massive tax breaks. >> reporter: president trump who in the past attacked jeff bezos uncharacteristically took his side. >> i think it's a big loss for new york city. it's the kind of thinking that our country's going to on the left, on the red call left. >> reporter: amazon said they employ over 250,000 american workers, investing $160 billion in the u.s. since 2011. a poll showed nearly 60% of new yorkers supported amazon's long island headquarters. in long island city, new york, brian llenas, fox news. mike: a major political shakeup

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attempting to climb mount everest. he's the tenth climber to lose his life in the last few weeks trying to reach the top of the mountain. the tourism industry seeing a record number of climbers issuing nearly 400 permits this season, hiking official attribute the death to exhaustion and delays on the overcrowded route. arthel: the field of contenders quickly growing to replace theresa may. the conservative party leader says she will stay on until junr more battles over brexit. kitty logan has more from london. >> reporter: hi, arthel. the resignation of the prime minister raises big questions about what will happen next with the brexit crisis. any new leader will have to find a solution. theresa may says she'll step down as head of the conservative party on june 7th. her position has been in peril for months with calls for her reresignation from all sides.

critics say she failed to deliver on her promises. the successor will also have to try to break the brexit deadlock. many contenders are pro-brexit supporters such as former foreign secretary borris johnson. he is picked at the favorite to take over. he says he's willing to allow britain to leave the e.u. without a deal. but says a long list of rivals are in the running and it's not clear who will come out on top in the selection process. theresa may's downfall began when she failed to get her agreement passed through parliament. she suffered the worst parliamentary defeat in history. brexit which should have happened on march 29th has been delayed until the end of october. as a consequence, britain took part in elections for the e.u. parliament last thursday. the results haven't been announced yet but polls indicate a poor showing for the

conservatives, punishment for not delivering on brexit promises. the conservative party will formally begin the process of selecting a new leader after theresa may steps down in june. arthel. arthel: kitty, thank you. ahead, the final ride -- mike: for a beloved memorial day tribute.

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>> after three decades on the road rolling thongedder is riding into sun every memorial day weekend motorcyclists near the pentagon and rumble through downtown washington, d.c. event was founded in 1980s to spotlight prisoners of war and troops missing in action. but organizeers say cost for the rally have risen to $200,000 and rather use that money to help veterans. the president tweeted today that he is willing to help the group if he can the group says they will continue to hold smaller rides across the country. be sure to catch our salute to service members tomorrow night pete says host our memorial day special modern warriors, he'll talk to highly decorated

veterans chad fleming and congressman adam about what memorial day mean to them and the current challenges facing those in uniform. that's 8 p.m. eastern here on fox news channel. the extended version will be available on our streaming service fox nation sign up at end of memorial day and fox news will donate folds of honor that helps veteran families. m >> also on our website fox news.com we posted interview that we did earlier with staff sergeant harris he really was very -- profound in his response to the problems that veterans have wounded veterans in particular have in making the transition back into the civilian life and spoke about ways that you can help as well. >> american hero. >> absolutely and that does it for us we hope to see you again back here tomorrow at noon. "fox report" withen jon scott is up next. have a good evening. ♪ >> a new setback for president trump border wall amid ongoing

migrant crisis at our southern border. good evening i'm l jon scott this is the "fox report." jon: a federal judge rules white house cannot tap into defense funds for the wall project. this after the president declared a national emergency in order to redirect the money. jeff paul has a the story from dallas. jeff. reporter: this is stopped the border wall project that according to the ruling could have started as early as a today. the president is now responding to this decision on twitter saying, another act of obama appointed judge is just ruled against us on a section of the southern wall that is already under construction.