all here next week. >> pulling back from the brink, president trump announcing the deal with mexico saying he's suspended plans to slap tariffs on all mexican goods. this in exchange for mexico agreeing to take steps to curb the flow of those migrants who are coming to the u.s. hello. welcome to another hour of america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. arthel: i'm arthel neville. the deal coming three days before the tariffs were set to go into effect and avoiding a potential trade war that could have taken a major hit on both countries. president trump showing appreciation for mexico's leader tweeting i would like to thank the president of mexico and his

foreign minister together with all the many representatives with both the united states and mexico for working so long and hard to get our agreement on immigration completed. eric: we have more on the north lawn of the white house with the very latest. >> president trump just left his golf club about 30 minutes ago. he was there for about five hours today. of course last week he was in europe but sent out several tweets this morning touting this plan, touting this mexico trade deal that he announced last night. i want to read one of those tweets to you that he sent out this morning. mexico has agreed to immediately begin buying large quantities of agricultural products from our great patriot farmers. the mexican president will deploy 6,000 troops to the southern border. this is part of that deal. it will allow migrants waiting to seek asylum to be sent to mexico instead of waiting in the united states. it will give migrants a chance to work and get an education. the agreement also says that mexico must also stop forms of human trafficking and human smuggling. now, last night mexico's

ambassador to the united states announced a new policy, an important win for the trump administration. listen. >> crossing the border to seek asylum, rapidly return to mexico where they may await to -- [inaudible]. >> treasury secretary mnuchin said earlier if mexico doesn't hold up to its end of the bargain you can expect tariffs go into effect. members of the democrat leadership critical with president's negotiate tactics. pelosi putting out a statement earlier this morning part it reads quote threats and temper tantrums are no way to negotiate foreign policy. also minority leader schumer putting out a tweet now that the problem is solved i'm sure that we won't be hearing about it anymore in the future. but not all democrats are criticizing the plan. listen. >> this seems to have worked out. mexico should be part of any

agreement that we have. mexico should be helping. mexico should be part of the process. >> now, i mentioned earlier that president trump said mexico would be buying large quantities of agricultural products from the united states. the specifics of that were not laid out in the plan released last night by the mexican foreign ministry and the state department, but obviously a good day for the white house, a good day for president trump who definitely says that mexico will not see any tariffs after all, eric and arthel, that deadline was on monday. eric: yeah, david, it does appear that this threat did push the mexicans to be tougher in terms of the migrants. but could that success that the administration has achieved with mexico, could that be repeated with a bigger partner china when it comes to those tariffs? >> well, president trump is set to meet with the chinese president xi at the end of this month at the g 20 in japan. that's why secretary mnuchin is there right now. it is interesting because mexico this was a threat of tariffs of mexico.

the tariffs have been in effect since last month in china. but the chinese tariffs certainly going to be top of mind at the g 20 summit at the end to have month. eric: maybe the folks in beijing are keeping an eye on mexico city. david, thank you. arthel? arthel: as david just mentioned with a deal reached with mexico, the focus now shifts to stalled trade talks with china. joining me now is john bussey the associate editor for the "wall street journal" and a fox news contributor. john, let's stick with mexico first, if we could. okay? >> yes. arthel: is the mexico deal a win for president trump? >> well, it certainly takes the temper out of the discussions he's been having with mexico. and it looks like he's getting something out of it. the fact that the people who are crossing the border in the united states are going to be repatriated to at least mexico, if not their home country, at least temporarily, i mean the details of this we're going to have to see how they play out. arthel: yeah. >> they are not permanently in mexico. mexico can't handle that influx.

there's going to be probably a problem along mexico's northern border because a lot of these migrants are coming back into communities there, and the communities may not want them either. a lot of the details haven't been worked out. mexico will get an accelerated package of investment in part to help mexico and countries in central america through the difficulties that they are in, investment that is meant to create job opportunities but also to simply alleviate some of the problems in the region. that will be accelerated. so mexico gets something out of this as well. arthel: yeah. >> but yes, the president got mexico to essentially militarize its southern border more substantially with these 6,000 troops meant to stem the tide of central americans coming into mexico on their way to the united states. arthel: yeah, and mexico is going to get some help with some healthcare for those folks who are there flooding into mexico trying to get their way here -- make their way here. let's talk about china, john. can such big footing or strong arming work with china, or does the trade war with china call for more nuance?

>> yeah, you know, strong arming, this worked with mexico. you could argue that it was strong arming, and that it's going to hurt relations with mexico and canada and other trading partners in the future who are always going to be looking over their shoulder to see whether the deal that they have is going to be abrogated by the united states because of some new problem that's arisen that the president might put tariffs on to try to alleviate. on the other hand, it kind of worked. -- with mexico at least. so you look at china and the strong arming there is being supported by a lot of people, the business community in the united states, a lot of democrats are supporting it because there too negotiations over the last 30 years just didn't work. mnuchin is in a meeting now and in asia. he's there as the finance minister's meeting of the treasury secretary before the g 20 at the end of this month. and he's saying look, i'm not

here to negotiate. the deal is on the table. you walked away from it. you started retracting agreements that you had already made to us. and unless you come back to the table under that deal, the tariffs are going to continue. arthel: yeah. more to come. >> i don't see a lot of movement there yet. arthel: so dan glickman, a former agriculture secretary, he was on this afternoon. let's listen to him. >> what's still a problem is that threatening tariffs all the time, which particularly affect farmers and american agriculture affect america's reliability as a supplier to the rest of the world. and coupled with the terrible weather that's out there and low prices, it makes things really problematic for most family farmers. let's hope this is a good first step in this process. arthel: so john, is there something to be said about the possibility of, you know, the down side of weaponizing tariffs? >> there's a lot to be said about that, and republicans as well as democrats have been saying it's not meant to be used

in this way, for what is essentially foreign policy related issues like immigration. it's not meant to be used that way. and certainly america's farmers have taken it on the chin. i'm not sure that we have seen details even about this supposed mexican purchase of large amounts of u.s. agricultural goods. we haven't seen details of that. so yes -- arthel: in fact, no one is going on record on that. >> that's correct. arthel: -- doled out by the president. >> i think the president is trying to say to the farmers hey i did something for you in mexico. we haven't seen what he did for them in mexico, if anything, because they have been the ones that have been suffering among the most in u.s. industries. so yeah, there's a problem with weaponizing tariffs. on the other hand, you look at the long negotiations with china and how they did not reach the type of accords that democratic and republican administrations wanted. and that now at least there's some pretty serious negotiations happening under the threat of

tariffs. so you wonder, should they be weaponized under certain circumstances? i think if they are weaponized in the trade realm you can justify them a little easier than foreign policy issues like immigration. arthel: we have the g 20 summit happening in japan, june 28th and 29th. president xi and president trump, they are going to meet for the first time face-to-face since all of this started kicking off at that summit. do we expect results, john, and also what might other world leaders there, you know, be looking at, you know, saying amongst themselves and observing? >> yes, other world leaders are going to be saying two things. one is please reach a settlement. there are already indications that global growth is slowing. this is comply catting that and making it -- complicating that and making it worse, the trade frictions between the united states and china. on the other hand, there are a lot of allies who say the time

has come for some type of action that's needed against china. and so we may not be voicing our support of the united states quite as vociferously as the u.s. wishes but we're behind them. arthel: that's what i was going to ask. there's their chance. there's president trump over there face-to-face with president xi saying look guy get this together or else, more tariffs to come. why aren't these other world leaders who are amongst themselves talking in the background why don't they get in there and lock arms with the president and say yeah, we stand by you on this? >> because they may not like the exact tactics of the president. they may not like the president. they may not like his other policies. they may not like the fact he's pulled out of the paris climate accord. they may have their own domestic politics to be concerned about, but the eu, our allies in general around the world have felt the same pain that the united states has in dealing with china, their theft of intellectual property, the incredible of subsidization of own industries who then become global competitors against the united states and eu allies.

they are not going to not benefit from what the united states is doing with china. i think there's some support there. the question is, what's going to happen at the g 20, if anything? the relationship between xi and trump is brand new. we're probably going to hear more before the g 20 about what might happen at the g 20 from the sherpas, the people who are trying to execute the deal, than we will at the g 20 itself. but so far we haven't heard much at all. arthel: we will be watching. john bussey of the "wall street journal" associate editor and fox news contributor as well. good to talk to you. >> pleasure. eric: back here at home there are severe thunderstorms moving in the central u.s., all over this weekend. there's some threatening heavy rainfall and flash flooding. accuweather meteorologist regina miller is tracking these storms and what we can expect in the midsection of our country. hi, regina. >> hi, well, in the midsection of the country, we've got severe thunderstorms are a possibility,

but you know, we've had a very heavy rainfall threat that has shift eastward into parts of the southeastern united states. i want to show you the water vapor imagery because this is the way to kind of see what's going on in the atmosphere, where you are seeing the yellow, that's where we've got some drier air, but where you are seeing the bright white and greens, that is tropical moisture that is surging into parts of the southeast. and we've got heavy rainfall that is going to be here throughout the weekend, and even on into early next week where we could be dealing with urban and flash flood, heavy thunderstorms from the carolinas, we shall western virginia, down into parts of georgia, debris flows from the southern appalachians. flash flood watches in effect the darker green shading. where you are seeing the blinking green lights, flash flood warning in effects to the south of atlanta. we can see some heavier tropical moisture kind of feeding into the western panhandle of florida. these storms are going to be slow-moving. there's nothing in the atmosphere to really push them on. in fact, so far today, just to

the northeast of raleigh, in a couple hours' time, we saw over 4 1/2 inches of rainfall there in north carolina. peach tree city near atlanta saw over 3 1/2 inches of rainfall there. and as we go into tomorrow, the threat is a little bit farther eastward for the heaviest rain, but we are still going to be dealing with this tropical moisture, and it is going to expand northward as we go into early next week. so we're still going to be dealing urban and flash flooding, some very heavy rainfall. in fact, some locations, in the appalachians, western carolinas, we have a bull's-eye here where we could be dealing with 8 to 12 inches of rain. eric: there's been so much flooding in the midwest and also down south. it just doesn't seem to stop. regina, thank you. arthel: in the midwest, several major rivers are about to crest, forcing some towns to call for evacuations. one of those places, monroe county, illinois, which is south of st. louis where the mississippi is expected to crest tomorrow at nearly 46 feet. that's the highest since 1993.

several communities including conway, arkansas, which we're showing you now, where they are also concerned about the levees holding up. in missouri, the governor says the record flooding is having an effect on businesses as well. >> as of yesterday, when i left the office, over 300 roads under water. the rail transportation, the railroads have stopped in a lot of areas of the state. when you look at these people without their homes and you see businesses boarded up and sandbagged up, where they can't do business, it has a huge effect on our economy in this state. arthel: absolutely. hundreds of barges are stalled on the mississippi river now clogging the supply chain that farmers and other industries rely on. eric: the 2020 democratic presidential primary race is full swing this weekend in iowa. nearly 20 of the candidates will be holding rallies throughout the hawkeye state this weekend. this comes as the first democratic debate, well, that's now less than three weeks away. mark meredith live in washington with a look what the the

democrats are doing on this saturday. hi, mark. >> good afternoon. this is not a weekend off for most of the democratic candidates, several of them on the campaign trail in iowa. buttigieg spoke with reporters in des moines. he was asked about president trump's decision to reverse course and not impose tariffs in mexico that were set to go into effect a few days from now. here's what he had to say. >> i think it was mostly a face saving maneuver. we need a comprehensive strategy. not a pattern of poking others in the eye. it is clearly the administration itself hasn't thought this through. >> it shows him trailing candidates like biden, warren. the associated press reports his campaign is on a hiring spree to 85 now. eric? eric: the dnc that runs those debates one prominent democratic presidential hopeful not too

pleased with what they are doing. tell us about that. >> that's right. washington governor jay inz inslee's campaign says they are upset there won't be a debate focused slowly on the issue of climate change. they say it is time for the dnc to listen to the grassroots of the party and give defeating climate change the attention it needs. governor inslee had been pushing the dnc to hold a debate on climate change, an issue he's made a central part of his campaign. so far the dnc says it is not budging that its debates will be focused on several different top iics. -- topics. the first debate is later on this month. >> thank you. arthel: the war of words between president trump and nancy pelosi escalating. their feud hitting a whole new level. we will pick it up next. >> the president ought to have a little appreciation for nancy pelosi because she's the only

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bus. the arrest coming more than a week after the couple say their attackers tried to force them to kiss. one of the women describes what she says happened. >> there were about four young men who were already on the bus. they got out of their seats and walked over to where we were and started very aggressively harassing us. one of them stayed a couple rows behind and was throwing coins at us. i got up out of my seat and i walked back to where he was seating. fighting broke out, and i don't know how we got from fighting on the top of the bus down to the lower deck, but in that time frame, they took my phone, her bag, and they ran off the bus. arthel: the couple were treated at the hospital for cuts and bruises. police say all of the suspects are between 15 and 18 years old.

eric: house democrats remain divided on the possibility of moving forward with impeachment proceedings against the president. house speaker pelosi seems to have a deferent idea, though, of what fate should await him. political reporting that pelosi told senior democrats in a meeting quote i don't want to see him impeached. i want to see him in prison. let's bring in our political panel, a fellow for the independent women's forum and a former deputy assistant secretary of state under president obama. welcome to you both. >> great to be you. eric: beverly, i mean, the speaker does not support impeaching him yet. she wants to slap the handcuffs on him, see the president in prison stripes. you know, what's behind this? >> well, i think with her statement that was released, she's trying to show solidarity with the opinion of the president while making it very clear she doesn't think impeachment is the right tactic. she is correct, one the senate won't convict him even though it would pass the house, number two it would bury their legislative agenda and what they are trying

to accomplish and number three and probably most importantly, the president and republicans are going to use this to gather support from their base. so i think when nancy pelosi looks at this, she's the adult in the room, and she realizes it's a loser for democrats. eric: joel, do you think it is a loser for democrats? i mean that meeting on tuesday was supposedly contentious. you have a whole bunch pushing for impeachment. jerry nadler has asked twice and the speaker pushes back. >> first and foremost, nancy pelosi is the one person who has true power over donald trump right now. she can on monday decide to launch impeachment inquiry and begin this process. trump should be thanking her rather than criticizing her. really she is testing the waters trying to see if she can get enough support. we are getting to a point right now where oversight is being blocked so much by the president and the executive branch that really the president is in a way daring speaker pelosi to call for impeachment proceedings to begin because this administration is just not cooperating on any level right

now with congress in its oversight function. eric: is that enough for a reason to call for impeachment, eric holder was held in contempt, you have obama administration and other administrations pushing back against congressional oversight. >> no, congressional oversight pushback is normal. i served in the state department and handled the work with the house for the secretary of state, but we didn't block on a repetitive basis every possible witness that democrats in this case are asking for, which is what's happening, so there's going to need to be a moment where speaker pelosi looks at her caucus and says this is the time, and the president needs to really think through, does he want to continue to stone wall the house of representativinerer does he want to cooperate? if he doesn't cooperate, he's going to get impeachment. eric: why doesn't the administration just cooperate? >> well, they have. eric: i mean fully and not just push back against all the subpoenas and say we're not going to testify. >> i think the american people as well as trump administration look at this and say how much

more do democrats want? they were forthcoming during the mueller investigation, for two years we heard there was going to be collusion, there wasn't. the american people and pelosi realizes this does not want to move forward with impeachment. they say enough is enough. he was elected in office. if people have issues with what was in the mueller report, there are unfavorable things towards him there, then that will be decided in 2020 when people vote. that's the direction this should go. do we want more taxpayer money and more time spent on an issue that so far at this point hasn't gone anywhere and it already has been investigated. eric: where do you think this will go? joel mentioned unless something major comes up, what's your prediction the path the democrats will take leading into 2020? >> with nancy pelosi in charge, i don't think she will move forward with impeachment. we're likely to see that some legal issues that result from this, but those will not be resolved before 2020. so i think what happens with democrats, if they push too hard, if nancy pelosi is not able to keep her caucus in check

on this issue, i think it just benefits republicans, and donald trump will continue to use this in his up coming campaign and potentially could lead to him winning election once again. eric: how about that joel, could this boomerang on the democrats in favor of the president? >> well, it could boomerang, if nothing is found, but there's a lot underneath those rocks, and right now democrats are unified behind speaker pelosi. there's concern and frustration about tempo and pace, but clearly speaker pelosi is voicing not just the frustration of the caucus as a whole, but also a real idea that it has to be done politically in a manner that demonstrates that the president engaged in crimes and that he engaged in impeachable offenses a and that may be why he's blocking any kind of testimony his highest aides. eric: they are throwing bricks at each other. when the speaker of the house says the president of the united states deserves to be prison and the president of the united states says the speaker of the house is a disgrace to the

country and her family, have we ever seen anything like this? >> no, it is getting really personal now. it is reminiscent from the democrat president of the calls to lock her up of hilary clinton on the campaign trail. this is really hard ball stuff right now. and speaker pelosi, she is taking shots. she also received significant shots from the beaches of normandy where a negative nickname of her was used by the president. so it's getting very intense. and i don't think it is going to dissipate. something's going to have to break. if the white house doesn't allow witnesses to go forward, they are going to see a more unified democratic front and potential impeachment. eric: beverly, what do you make of the tone? >> i have never been a fan of name calling from either side all together. i think most americans wish that would stop, but at the same time i think the president has a perspective on this which is we've already been through an investigation. now there are calls of putting him in jail. we are talking about the president, someone that people elected, yet we don't have any evidence of anything that he

should be put in jail for. i think there's a reason why he's being tough on this, even though i wish they would both stop calling each other names. eric: maybe it will happen, i bet it won't. >> probably not. >> probably not. eric: joel and beverly, thank you very much. >> thank you. arthel: mexico's president is at his southern border after his country reached a deal with the u.s. the avoid tariffs on goods coming north. why is he there? we will tell you. sir, you're a broker. what do you charge for online equity trades? uh, i'll look into it. (phone rings) lisa jones! lisa: (on phone) hey carl, what are you charging me for online equity trades? (nervous chuckle) lisa: and do i get my fees back if i'm not happy? like a satisfaction guarantee? ugh. schwab! lisa: oh right, i'm calling schwab. thanks, carl! wait, lisa! lisa... are you getting low costs backed by a satisfaction guarantee? if not, talk to schwab. a modern approach to wealth management.

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beginning to gather here for an appearance by the mexican president obrador. originally this was going to be a political rally but things have changed here dramatically over the past 24 hours. the mood especially has changed. the mexican president has praised the deal on tariffs and praised his own negotiators, and when you talk to people here on the street, especially business people, they are really euphoric about the deal. the mood here is now festive. >> translator: since the tariffs issue was sorted by having the team over here, it is now turning into a celebration. >> terms of the deal, migrants in the u.s. would be returned to mexico as their asylum cases are figured out in the u.s., and also mexico has agreed to send a number of troops, perhaps as many 6,000 national guard members to the southern border member with guatemala, certainly a real start there, but that border is 600 miles long. both sides have also agreed that if these measures fail to stem

the flow of migrants to the u.s., they will revisit the terms of the deal. eric, back to you. eric: steve, thank you very much. arthel? arthel: the jobs report for may sending mixed messages. u.s. companies adding only 75,000 jobs last month. the unemployment rate holding at a near five decade low of 3.6%. john jordan is here. he is an economist, an attorney and former naval intelligence officer also an overseer at stanford's institute. how do you interpret the latest jobs numbers, john? >> first of all, the market is generally the best predictor of the macro economic environment going forward far more so than so called market expectations by various analytics firms -- arthel: these numbers are from the state department. >> i understand, but the stock market was sharply up this week. arthel: i mean the labor department. but by the way -- okay, but i'm just saying, you are going to

the stock market. not everybody is in the stock market. we are talking about people who got a job or didn't get a job, a new job. >> i'm saying the stock market is the best predictor of the economy and the jobs markets going forward. so i think that we're going to see an up tick in job creation in the coming months. moreover, this report did not include census workers and it also didn't take into account there's also a distortion because of the floods in the midwest. i think more likely than not those numbers will be revised upwards in the coming months. arthel: i hear you. there are a lot of sub numbers if you will, also look at people who have jobs but not really good paying jobs, there's that too. but let's take a look at how job growth has slowed down through the first five months of this year, with an average gain of 164,000 jobs as compared to the first five months with 223,000 average jobs gained, 59,000 fewer jobs according to the state department again. so again, so john, what do you think we can expect moving

forward? and on what does job growth hinge if there's a simple answer to that? >> job growth hinges on people's expectations about the economy going forward, whether or not businesses deem it worthwhile to make those types of long-term investments, building a factory and hiring people. i think there are more good things that can happen in the economy in the coming months including the possibility of a rate cut and lower interest rates. that reduces costs of capital for companies that seek to expand. that's perhaps the silver lining in this jobs report and that's why the market jumped so high when mr. powell made those more dovish comments this week. moreover, the deal with mexico was reached, between the administration, the tariffs are averted there. so we have some tail winds coming in the coming months. arthel: uh-huh. you mentioned the fed. i mean, is that what it is going to take, the federal reserve to step in to slow down, or stop an economic pendulum swing? >> well, certainly going to

help. i mean higher interest rates are a drag on the economy. throughout trump's presidency, you know, he's been fighting a fed. the fed has been raising interest rates and borrowing costs since mr. trump became president where mr. obama had a very accommodating fed. this will be a change for this president to have that advantage. arthel: uh-huh. that's good. let me ask you this, i mean, we talk about the president's unpredictable style. some love it. and sometimes it does get results. does that style in any way perhaps is catching up to him in a way that could jeopardize his political prize which is a strong economy? >> it can. it's a double-edged sword. that's a great question, arthel. in one case that sort of strategic unpredictability can give you greater enhance your leverage in negotiating and that's what president trump banks on. on the other hand, you have to be even when you're dealing with an adversary, you kind of have to be trustworthy that you will keep your word. when you negotiate a deal, your

adversary or negotiating partner need to agree with you. sometimes it can add an adverse risk. >> which is why britain probably won't get into a deal with the u.s. if there's a brexit. but that's another story. can you talk about the impact of trade on job growth if companies are uncertain, you know, about paying more for necessary imports that they will be reluctant to hire new people and possibly, you know, they might start to cut staff to brace for more money, you know, spent on imports? how do you see it? >> that's absolutely right, arthel. when you have higher tariffs, it interferes not only with trade but supply chain with manufacturing because a lot of products are made in one country but components are made in another. when you introduce tariffs to a supply chain, it can affect profitability and it can affect business's expectations going forward. the administration and observers understand that this trade dispute with china is a drag on

the economy. but they are making a bet, though, that in the long-term using this as a leverage and paying this price in the short-term will get a better deal for american workers and american businesses on an going-forward basis. the way to look at this is the administration sees this as a short-term investment for a long-term gain. arthel: really quickly, 30 seconds, i want to end on a positive note. i want to point out that we're saying quote only 75,000 jobs were added last month. if i'm one of those 75,000, i'm very happy i have a job and we are happy for them. how do we grow the jobs? >> first of all, lower interest rates are going to help. resolve the trade, issues are going to help. it has to be a deal that people will believe in and not just papering over a problem. second economy is doing very well, unemployment at historic lows. there is a lot of good stuff going on there, arthel. arthel: good. we hope it to continue.

thank you very much john jordan. thank you. eric: acting defense secretary shanahan saying the u.s. will launch a formal diplomatic protest with russia after that near miss with the american and russian warships in the philippine sea. doug luzader has more on this from washington. >> this is just the latest confrontation that we've seen between the u.s. and russian militaries, but in this instance, the video is dramatic and the u.s. navy clearly thinks it helps make their case. now, this video was take on board the u.s. guided missile cruiser uss chancellorville in the philippine sea showing the russian destroyer approaching and then coming alarmingly close. in fact at one point you can even see russian sailors sunbathing on deck. the navy says the chancellorville had to take evasive action and the acting u.s. defense secretary is not pleased. >> the behavior is unprofessional. we will have military to military conversations with the

russians. >> that refers to a formal protest. russia, though, blames the united states for this. the russian embassy here in the u.s. tweeted this, uss chancellorville has crossed the course of the russian destroyer in the south china sea. the destroyer had to perform urgent maneuvers to evade a possible collision. and russia is lodging a protest against the u.s., but this is not an isolated incident. according to the u.s. navy, on tuesday, a russian fighter jet harassed a u.s. navy recognizance plane over in international airspace. some see in these confrontations a clear russian response to president trump's aggressive foreign policy outlook. >> it is not a coincidence. putin is challenging trump and the united states of america and if you're putin, you are looking at this and saying i have got to disrupt this because this trajectory is good for the united states, not good for russia. >> no one was injured in either

of these incidents. great deal of risk involved, any time youf you have ships or aircrafts operating in this kind of proximity. eric: thank you. arthel: two former state lawmakers are found dead in their homes just two days apart. details, after this. that i won the "best of" i casweepstakes it. and i get to be in this geico commercial? let's do the eyebrows first, just tease it a little. slather it all over, don't hold back.

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saddened by the death of former state senator linda smith. she was a good person who served in the public arena with passion and conviction. linda smith was found dead on tuesday, while the cause of death is still under investigation, her former press secretary told reporters she had been shot. it also took a few days for investigators to confirm the death, and here's the randolph county sheriff explaining why and also how the investigation might move forward. >> the condition of the body prevented any immediate positive identification. third judicial district circuit judge harold irwin has issued a sealed -- and ordered sealing the documents and statements ordered -- or obtained by the police during this investigation. >> records indicate the home was owned by collin smith and her former husband, a retired circuit judge. the two divorced last october and were said to be in court dividing up properties. meanwhile, in oklahoma, police

in norman say they found a former state senator jonathan nichols dead inside his home from a gunshot wound. this was on wednesday, and nichols served as a state senator for more than a decade, starting in the year 2000. the state senator who now represents the district tweeted out a statement calling him, quote, the most brilliant political legal mind in the oklahoma state legislature, adding that he worked tirelessly as a senator and for years on staff to help guide our state forward. both shootings are still under investigation. eric? eric: just so tragic. jeff thanks. arthel: a terror plot targeting times square thwarted. investigators say this man seen here in the sketch planned to set off explosives and throw them at the crowds in the heart of new york city. he had been on the fbi radar for months and was arrested after trying to buy two glocks from an undercover agent. we have the chilling details >> an undercover fbi agent tells an alarming account of a terror

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decision and thanks the company for serving amazon customers over the years. and we begin with a tariff turnaround as the united states and mexico strike a deal to avoid looming tariffs on mexican imports that would have gone into effect in just two days. hello, everyone. i'm arthel neville. this is a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. eric: always good to be with you, arthel. arthel: likewise. eric: i'm eric shawn. president trump has been touting the deal that is aimed at trying to reduce the flow of central american migrants making their way through mexico to the us. mexico agreed to deploy thousands of troops throughout the country, targeting especially the country's southern border with guatemala to try to stop the migrants from stopping there. washington says it will expedite the cases of asylum seekers who

will remain in mexico while their cases are being reviewed here. tom homan commended the president on the deal. >> this president is able to obtain an agreement with mexico that alluded every other president the last 50 years. he has an agreement. they committed to it. we'll see if it works. this president has done more considering all the resistance he takes from the democratic party, some in his own party that didn't agree with the tariff threat and the courts, regardless of all this resistance, he's done more than any other president i've worked for. eric: we have team coverage. on apparently mexico backing down. the mexican president is about to hold a rai rally. david spunt is live at the white house. >> reporter: president trump played several rounds of golf today in northern virginia, his first full day back in the united states. he had a busy week last week,

meeting with queen elizabeth and members of the royal family. last night, he met with supporters, went inside the white house and announced the deal with mexico on twitter. this morning, he took to twitter again, tweeting that he wanted to thank the president of mexico and his foreign minister who came to the u.s. last week, saying, quote, with all of the many representatives of both the united states and mexico for working so long and so hard to get our agreement on immigration completed. he also tweeted mexico agreed to immediately begin buying large quantities of agricultural products from the great patriot farmers. from mexico, the mexican president will deploy 6,000 troops to the southern border. will allow migrants waiting for the conclusion of the american asylum process to be sent to mexico, that is new, instead of waiting in the united states, give migrants a chance to get a job, education. the plan will call for an effort

to stop human trafficking. more action will be taken if the agreement is not follows. mexican and u.s. officials have not specified what the actions would be. the mexico's foreign minister was asked if the united states got the better end of this deal. >> i think a fair balance, because they have more drastic measures and proposals at the start and we reached some middle point. >> reporter: will this plan work? treasury secretary steve mnuchin said if mexico doesn't hold up to its end of the bargain, you can expect the tariffs to be put in place. that thought has some republicans even close to the president a little concerned. >> i would probably push back, depending on the circumstances. again, mexico is typically a very, very good trade partner, normally a very good partner across the board for us. countries like china, obviously i do support the president's

efforts with tariffs against china. >> reporter: speaking of china, the g-20 is at the end of this month, treasury secretary mnuchin is in japan preparing for the g-20. president trump and his chinese counterpart, president xi, are expected to talk about the chinese tariffs imposed last month, at the end of this month, at the g-20 in japan. eric: maybe president xi will keep an eye on the success in mexico. david, thank you. arthel: mexico's president is set to hold a rally in tijuana today to call for unity as both countries now work to curb illegal immigration. steve harrigan is there live in tijuana right now with more. steve. >> reporter: arthel, even though we're three hours out from the mexican president having a rally here, the crowds are beginning to form. they're setting up folding chairs behind me, music is being pumped in, a lot of small bands playing as well.

the mood has changed dramatically. 24 hours ago there was a sense of chaos, a fear there could be economically devastating consequences to mexico. now mexico seems to have dodged that bullet, at least from now. the reaction from mexican officials has been positive. mexico's president said he wants to celebrate the work of his negotiators and one of the provisions of the agreement would be that mexico would send troops to its southern border with guatemala. that border is 600 miles long and they're going to send the national guard, as many as 6,000 strong. >> mexico will take unprecedented steps to increase enforcement to curb illegal immigration, to include the deployment of national guards throughout mexico, given priority to the southern bore b. >> reporter: another feature will be for migrants to be returned from the u.s. to mexico as their asylum cases are being

determined. of course, there could be more negotiations ahead, if the flow of migrants to the u.s. is not slowed down. that's in the agreement as well. arthel and eric, back to you. arthel: thank so much, steve. eric. eric: it's really busy in iowa this weekend, they're packed with the contenders. 18 of the 2020 democratic hopefuls are campaigning in the state, trying to get ahead in the first presidential contest in the country. this comes as former vice president joe biden reversed his decades-long stance on the hyde amendment, saying he no long rer supports the congressional ban on using federal funding for most abortions, sponsored by the late congressman, henry hyde. we have more on this growing controversy from washington. >> reporter: this weekend, most of the democratic presidential hopefuls are in iowa. there's a large gay pride festival happening in des

moines. we've been watching as several candidates have been addressing gay rights supporters. we've heard from pete buttigieg, he spoke today in iowa about how far the discussion of gay rights has come. >> i think the pace of change has been extraordinary. i think those of us within the lgbtq community are among the most amazed. i began my career at a time where you could be out or have a career in politics, you couldn't have both. same in the military. things are changing very quickly. we've got a long way to go. >> reporter: bernie sanders is also in iowa this weekend. he's been sitting in a second solid place in the national polls. he spoke in the last few hours, trying to sell his message to potential caucus goers. here's what he had to say. >> the goal of our campaign is not complicated. it is about justice. >> [ cheering and applause ] >> it is about economic justice, it is about racial justice.

>> reporter: the sanders campaign says they're preparing for a speech next week to showcase what sets the senator apart. he will deliver remarks about his views on democratic socialism and why socialism could be the key to democrats defeating president trump in 2020. the speech will happen here in washington at george washington university. on tuesday, former vice president joe biden is expected to visit at least four cities in iowa during the campaign's second swing through the hawk eye state. biden remained on top of the national polls for weeks but his visit from iowa comes the same day president trump will be in the state. the president will be visiting an ethanol plant in council bluff and attending a gop fundraiser as well. eric. arthel: the u.s. and russia trading blame after an american guided missile cruiser and a russian destroyer came within 50 to 100 feet of each other in the philippine sea. this comes just days after the

navy accused a russian fighter jet of buzzing a u.s. reconnaissance plane over the mediterranean sea. doug luzader has more from washington. >> reporter: this is just the latest confrontation that we've seen between the u.s. and russian military. but in this instance, the video is dramatic and the u.s. navy clearly thinks it helps make their case. this video was taken on-board the u.s. guided missile cruiser, u.s.s. chancellorsville, in the philippine sea, showing the russian destroyer approaching and coming alarmingly close. at one point you can see russian sailors sun bathing on deck. the navy said they had to take evasive action and the acting u.s. defense secretary is none too pleased. >> the behavior is unsafe and unprofessional. we'll have military to military conversations with the russians and of course we'll -- >> reporter: that refers to a formal protest. russia blames the united states for this. the russian embassy in the u.s.

tweeted this. u.s.s. chancellorsville has crossed the course of the russian destroyer in the south china sea. the destroyer had to perform urgent maneuvers to evade a possible collision. russia is lodging a protest against the u.s. this is not an isolated incident. according to the u.s. navy, on tuesday a russian fighter jet harassed a u.s. navy reconnaissance plane over the eastern med in international air space. some see in these confrontations a clear russian response to president trump's aggressive foreign policy outlook. >> it's not a coincidence. putin is challenging trump and the united states of america and if you're putin, you're looking at this and saying i've got to disrupt this because this trajectory is good for the united states, not good for russia. >> reporter: no one was injured in either of these incidents. there's a great deal of risk any time you have ships or aircraft operating in this kind of proximity.

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the president has made it clear that he's willing to use all the tools at his disposal to help make that happen, despite democrats in congress continuing to play political games with our crisis at the southern border. the president has found a way to get the help of our neighbor to the south to stem the flow of illegals. eric: that's john rose weighing in on the president's use of the tariff threat to reach an agreement with mexico that addresses the flow of migrants at the southern border. the president saying that 5% tariff that he would have gone into effect on monday is, quote, suspended indefinitely. that could leave open the option of that tariff threat in the future if mexico does not carry through with its promises. what does this mean? robert charles joins us, former assistant secretary of state to collin powell and a fox news contributor. robert, you think these steps,

that mexico says it will now take, will is actually help stop the continuing flow of migrants that are at a record now? >> i think it's the best step forward we've had yet. i think it demonstrates, frankly, eric, this is an outcome-oriented president. he wants a solution at the border. he doesn't want a talking point. he created a win-win proposition by linking trade to security which he notablies has done all over the world. it's a technique that frankly a lot of presidents the last one in particular didn't use. but i think that it's very promising. i mean, i see this as a win-win in part because it's an action-forcing event and inside mexico they actually -- a lot of mexicans would like to see the southern border closed down and not so much throughput by central americans. the last thing i'll say is remember that what this president has done yet again, and it sends a ricochet, to china, russia, all over the world, iran, what he said is fundamentally that our credibility is back.

there are no more lines in the sand that you can cross and we'll do nothing. there are consequences. we're willing to take action and what we say is what we mean. and so it's very encouraging, i think, because what he did is he proved that win-win can come out of putting things right center on the table. eric: it seems like he's not afraid to step on some toes. >> the funny part is, this may be an inflection point in u.s./mexican deblow m diplomacy. both presidents are claiming a victory. it will help both of their countries if they can shut down the flow. eric: it's astounding that mexico hasn't been able to deal with it effectively. they said they'll deploy 6,000 troops on the southern border, about 600 miles long. with guatemala, to stop the dloa flow there, as well as process asylum seekers instead of them coming here, process them, provide education, employment opportunities, health care for them, so they do not cross the

border. here's the mexican ambassador to the united states discussing this last night. take a listen. >> both parties also agree that in the event the measures adopted do not have the expected results, they will take further action. therefore, the united states and mexico will continue their discussions on the terms of additional understanding to address the regular migrant flow and asylum issues. to be completed and announced within 90 days, if necessary. eric: when she says further actions, i guess the president will be watching to see if mexico actually can help lower the flow and if they don't, tariff threat is back. >> you know, i think that's true. the other part of this is you have an open door now to much more robust cooperation. when i was at the state department, we ran programs that were active in mexico and with mexico and i think cooperation is very possible and in fact the

next 9 90 days may not be so muh about posturing for threats, but finding new ways to stop drug flow and trafficking. they are reinforcing the idea that mexico would like to stop the northern flow. i think it was a brilliant move. in the grand scheme of things it may prove to be an inflection point in our southern border and in our relationship with mexico. eric: what was it like to deal with the mexicans when you were in government, and government officials. and do you think they are capable to carry this out? >> i think they are. dealing with the attorney general down there at a certain point and dealing with certain members of their administration, i felt at the federal level, federal law enforcement and military were trying hard to get this right. they have enormous drug cartel problem, they have other rule of law issues that they have to wrestle with and an upflow from

central america, that are reallye endangering their public health and safety even as they endanger ours. what our president did, he said we have a common cause here. it's having a bad effect on us up here because it's weighing down our social infrastructure. it's also having an effect on you there. let's work together on this and get it right. i think they will definitely make forward progress. we may have to revisit the issue but i think they're intent on it and it's in everybody's best interest. eric: we hear about the effect of the migrants and the flow here, what's happening in the southern border and the processing centers, the reports of diseases and other things as people flee the horrible violence for humanitarian reasons and seek asylum as is their right under the law in this country. explain what it does to mexico, because they do flow through there. some of them do stay there. and some of the mexicans they're not very happy about it. >> let's start from basics.

in guatemala, honduras, salvador, you have a substantial amount of poverty, not a lot of opportunity, considerable corruption, gangs and violence. that doesn't present an asylum claim for coming into the united states or coming into mexico. you have to have a well-founded fear of persecution that is specific to you from the government. that having been said, we do listen fairly to all asylum claims. what the president arranged is to say look, even though mexico could be having a lot of these people themselves, and probably should take them, if you keep them on your side of the bore decks we'll evaluate these claims. most prove not to be justified. poverty doesn't warrant asylum. we are coop cooperating with m. their social infrastructure and rule of law is also put at risk by not getting the problem right. i would argue that we can do more in terms of helping --

teach a man to fish, don't keep giving him fish. the idea is get in the countries, establish rule of law, help seed foreign investments and jobs and people will have a better incentive to stay down there than come up here. eric: that is the challenge. the syracuse university study showed the vast majority of asylum claims were found after going through it to be unfounded. robert charles, thank you for your insight and expertise. arthel: you can be sure this will be a big topic on fox news sunday tomorrow morning when acting dhs secretary kevin mcalean joins us. former national security advisor michael flynn fires his legal team. how this might impact his sentencing, that's ahead. fact is, every insurance company hopes you drive safely. but allstate actually helps you drive safely... with drivewise.

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eric: it is pretty strange, because two former republican state senators from two different states were found dead of apparent gunshot wounds within two days. investigators say the death of linda collin smith in arkansas is being treated as a homicide. while former state senator jonan nichols was found dead in his home the next day. jeff paul is live in los angeles with more. hi, jeff. >> reporter: linda collin smith was found dead tuesday. authorities say they couldn't confirm her identity right away, due the condition of her body. the cause of death is still under investigation. her former press secretary told reporters she had been shot. property records indicate the home is owned by collin smith a and a former husband, a retired circuit judge. they divorced last october and were said to be in court dividing up properties. the governor of arkansas released a statement, saying i'm stunned and saddened by the

death of linda collins smith. she was a good person who served in the public arena with passion and conviction. meanwhile, in oklahoma, people in norman said they found jonathan nichols dead inside his home from a gunshot wound. this is on wednesday. he served as a state senator from 2000 to 2012. the state senator to now represents the district tweeted a statement, calling him, quote, the most brilliant political legal mind in the oklahoma state legislature, adding he worked tirelessly as a senator. both shootings are under investigation. eric: jeff, just tragic. thank you. arthel: . mmichael flynn has fired his legal team. he is awhiting sentencing for lying to the fbi about his communications with russia's ambassador. this comes after a new voice mail reveals that an attorney for president trump asked flynn's lawyer for a, quote,

heads up, if any information that might be damaging to the president came up. >> if on the other hand, you know, there's information that implicates the president, then we've got a national security issue or maybe a national security issue. i don't know. some issue, we've got to deal with not only for the president, but for the country. so, you know, then we need some kind of heads up, just for the sake of protecting all interests, if we can, without you having to give up any confidential information. arthel: joining me now, rachel stealth had, a trial and immigration attorney, plus michael j. moore, a former u.s. attorney in georgia and partner of hope and mcgrahamery.

good to have both of you. michael, what does this move tell you? >> you know, there's nothing particularly odd about changing lawyers mid-stream. these lawyers are long, complicated and expensive. i don't know that i put a lot into the fact that he may be looking for other lawyers. you remember that he had a little bit of a rough patch at the last hearing where the judge -- they drew ire from the judge by -- the case was continued for a period of time and i think we're seeing that he's looking to wrap things up. some of the investigations expanded a little bit. he's cooperating in another case. his cooperation will be necessary as they come back for sentencing. he may be willing to talk about that. the fact that somebody changes lawyers, i don't put a lot of stock in. i think there's an issue with the transcript. i think we've not heard the end of that. that's the biggest cloud hanging over anybody right now in the flynn case.

arthel: rachel, what do you think michael flynn is up to and is this something the president should be paying close attention to? >> well, i think it's really interesting. i agree with michael, that there are many, many reasons why you might decide to change your lawyer and it could be something as mundane as finances. defense of a lengthy criminal matter is very, very expensive. they could have a differen difff opinion. now that he's at the final leftover point of the case of just sentencing, he could just be wanting to make shrinks a little easier p -- things a little easier. it could be something very different. what he could be doing is hiring new counsel to potentially withdraw his plea, which would be a foolish move on his part, i think. he could be with drawing his plea. if he has his new lawyer come out on television and make a big stink saying the whole thing was part of the witch hunt, i was pressured and i wanted nothing to do with pleading guilty, i'm with drawing it now, then what

could happen is the president could utilize all of that to continue to say, listen, this was just a witch hunt, this is absolutely ridiculous and the mueller report had nothing to do with that. arthel: if michael does that, does that mean he might be signaling to the president saying i'm still down with you, pardon me, please? >> it could. yes. but the thing about it is, what michael flynn provided, that information and this tape and this phone call, this isn't actually a new phone call. thithis existed. arthel: now it's in public. that's what makes it different. >> that's why it needs to potentially get spun. it can be spun in a way where the president can utilize it to rile up the base and get everybody behind the fact that this whole thing was just a witch hunt, or it could be used in a different way and if michael flynn comes out and he does this and it becomes a tool in the president's arsenal in the 2020 election, he will be able to pardon him.

but if he pardons him for stuff that's already out, it's almost like if people are concerned that there's a pardon happening that's not appropriate, it just -- it won't hold the same weight as people might think it would. arthel: michael, i think rachel's saying that the voice mails may not be a thing but i think you say it could be a thing. so for those looking for a smoking gun in one of the 10 obstruction of justice questions raised in the special counsel report, is this it, the audio from trump's personal attorney, john dowd? >> it could be. let me say that if there's some kind of message there, to mike flynn by dowd that's given at trump's direction that he should not cooperate, that he should hang tight and be a good soldier and carry on and fight the fight for the president, that's a problem. that's considered conduct the congress could look at if they're going to impeach. if he's changing lawyers because they're going to encourage him to try to get out of his plea agreement, he needs to look for a new set of lawyers after that.

because he got one of the most lenient deals you could imagine going into this thing. the federal prosecutors recommended as little as no jail time for it. >> and only one count. >> that's right. right in the middle of the investigation, in talking to the russians and lying about it. it's absolutely bogging the mind. the amount of information has been significant. otherwise he wouldn't have looked at such a reduced charge. i don't know it's going to be about drying to get out of the plea. i think you're going to see that this tape is a problem, that it's indicative of some type of encouragement to be obstructive, whether with a congressional investigation or maybe at the time of the mueller investigation. whether they use that as a basis for a charge of high crimes and misdemeanors under the impeachment scenario, if that's how how nancy pelosi drives the train. wetrain, we'll see.

there's nothing else i can see outside of the voice mail, that's particularly enlightening about what's going on in the flynn camp. arthel: as investigations of the president and his campaign continue, do you have any specific expectations in terms of outcome? >> no, not at all. at this point i think that we are going to need to see what happens on june 14th with regard to the next status hearing. back in december -- arthel: status hearing for michael flynn. >> yes, with regard to michael flynn. back in december the judge wasn't a huge fan of him and not taking the responsibility so he continued everything. but i think going to michael's point, we've seen a whole lot of crazy in the last couple of years, right. so the fact that this might be completely unheard of to give up a sweet deal for whatever reasons we might not know about, it still could happen. this whole thing has been bizarre from the get-go. arthel: a whole lot of crazy. we're going to quote you and say

that's why our wine consumption is on high income, let's say. rachel, michael, thank you very much. >> glad to be with you. >> thank you. eric: it turns out a witness in the special counsel's investigation has been ordered to jail on a child pornography case. the wall street journal reports george nader was detained in new york city. prosecutors say they found dozens of sexually explicit pictures of underage boys on his iphone. he is a dual lebanese citizen who acted as a liaison in the early days of the administration. he was charged in april of last year after cooperating in the mueller investigation, about his contacts with businessmen that authorities are say are close to russian president vladimir putin. arthel: are there enough safeguards in place to protect our 2020 elections from foreign interference? our next guest says the trump administration has not been engaged on this issue. [music playing]

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because the white house hasn't been willing to acknowledge and take action on their own, i think we ought to go ahead and pass bipartisan legislation to secure our elections, make sure there's a paper trail after every voting machine, so we have an ability to audit. let's make sure we put rules of the road in place for facebook so russia or others don't manipulate our elections going forward. eric: that's mark warner, saying he is supported several measures in congress i protectig the 2020 elections. the effort not getting the support of mitch mcconnell. the kentucky republican saying it's unnecessary and possibly redundant because he says security precautions are already in place in states and on the low l callocal level. but are they. john pritchard joins us. the russians attacked us. they tried to damage our l

election system, the basis of our democracy. several bills are aimed at addressing this. do you think the majority leader's stance is justified? >> well, i don't know if it's justified or not. i also don't know how much of it is the majority leader and how much is the white house. i don't cover mcconnell. i cover the white house. i can tell you that it's not an issue we're hearing a lot from the president on. go look at his twitter feed, do a search on the archive for election security. you're not seeing it that much. the last time the white house did something sort of official on election security was back in september, just before the midterm elections, the president signed an executive order that allowed him to put more sanctions on countries involved. i think in the mix of immigration and trade and a lot of other issues that the white house is juggling, this just hasn't been an issue the president has been pushing on that hard. i do think when you talk to white house officials, you led to it in your setup here, what you will hear is the

administration is working with local officials, folks who actually run the elections, to try to make headway to make sure the systems are secure. eric: in fact, i met with some of those local officials just this week where in illinois, where an upcoming special story we'll report on the fox news channel and that has to do with the fact that $380 million was appropriated by congress to help the state and local jurisdictions deal with this and they need the help but the message that i got loud and clear was that they need more help. do you think that would be coming from congress or from the white house? >> i think that's exactly spot-on. some of this stuff is happening, the states are taking the lead. they're doing things like spending some federal money on improving security, some of them are hiring cyber security experts, for instance, about half the states do an audit after an election to make sure there's no funny business with the numbers. i think there are things happening. you mentioned that money, which is being spent.

but election experts would say it's a drop in the bucket compared to what's needed and i think election experts would agree that probably some sort of federal response could help on that. do i think it's likely? i think it's probably a long shot. we do have an appropriations bill coming down the pike that is probably the most likely place for something to land. mcconnell's made it pretty clear, it's not going to happen separate from that process. eric: there's at least three bills. there's the secure elections act, election security act and defending elections from foreign interference. mr. mcconnell says while it's due micdue mick-- here's what h. >> we had the midterm elections. all 50 states and more than 1400 local elections, jurie jurisdic, focused on election security.

there was better cyber security and private social media companies monitored their own platforms for foreign intelligence. eric: in the money, some of the states -- i was in illinois, the voter registration base was invaded authorities say by russian intelligence during the 2016 presidential election. i want you to listen to don gray, the chief clerk of springfield, the capital of illinois, they're taking $13 million of federal money and they're using it to protect their system. here's what he said. >> if we can't get to a credible outcome through an election, if there's doubts in the confidence in the system by bad actors, we can't get to the part of doing what's right and allocating the proper dollars. it's woven and connected to itself. eric: what does the white house do when critics are thinking the senate majority leader is

running cover for the president? >> i think it's a great question. it's not clear what's going to happen on that front. you mentioned the money. i think that may be one of the hardest things to get. i think there's bipartisan agreement around some more ancillary things at the federal level, information sharing is a big one. the white house will say that's already happening. if a county gets attacked, that they share what happened with other counties and states so they can try head that off. i think there's a chance for something on that front. i think that there is taken jen sly related this idea of requiring more disclosure on facebook ads. there's been some bipartisan agreement on facebook and other social platforms, bringing the ads in line into what's required for television ads. i think there's bipartisan agreement on that. in terms of the money or getting more funding for some of the stuff, i think that we're going to have to wait and see. i think that's a hard row right now. eric: the sponsors of the bills, they support them, they

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arthel: months after former starbucks ceo howard schultz sparked democratic back lash by announcing a possible independent presidential bid, his campaign has gone dark, leaving many people wondering what happened. here's dan springer in t seattle run for president has gone as dark as an espresso roast at starbucks. he seemed to be everywhere after saying this on 60 minutes in late january. >> i am seriously thinking of running for president. >> reporter: his media blitz and book tour included a town hall on fox news channel. schultz said if he did run it would be as an independent. he wasvill was villified by mane left. he was reportedly stung by protesters. schultz did push back, saying voters need a centrist in the race to give moderates an option. then schultz went silent.

the last public event was april 16th. the tweets stopped and his last facebook ad was april 23rd. two days before former vice president joe biden announced he is running. within days, steam schultz seemed to -- team schultz seemed to pull back. >> if joe biden were to emerge as the nominee and not a bloodied nominee, still a more moderate democrat, i think howard would think twice about it. >> reporter: aaron mcflight says schultz is laying low because he is recovering from back surgery. there are no appearances scheduled. a leader in the centrist movement says there is still time. >> i think he has an ample opportunity if he were to step forward to make his case, particularly because there's 20 something democrats running right now, soaking up most of the oxygen. >> reporter: a former congressman who tried and failed to establish a pack devoted to getting independents elected thinks schultz will not run. >> i think it's fairly i'm

improbable. to start with so unfortunatforty ill-prepared and ill-presented. >> reporter: he did tweet this week honoring d-day veterans. he said he would make a decision whether to run or not by late spring or early summer. that could get pushed back to see who among democrats has momentum heading into 2020. dan springer, fox news. eric: we have a sad note here in the fox news family. former new york fox 5 reporter mike sheehan has passed away from cancer. he was not only a hard charging television news man but a legend in the new york city police department from his time as a detective. he handled high profile cases from the central park five jogger case that was eventually overturned to the conviction of the so-walled preppy murderer robert chambers. he lived near the world trade center and went right there on 9/11. he was considered a sharp

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about the 2018 deaths as a result exchange. she also had a drink at the minibar right before she died. david harrison's widow says it's no coincidence that her husband's cause of death is the same as a three tours last month. a number of people have ultimately complained about falling ill at the properties of the last year end half. they had a nightmare vacation from a mysterious illness and they became violently ill from what they believe to be pesticide poisoning. a woman to form a seder she trigger soda that tasted like bleach and made him awfully and last month the new york man said he spent two days in icu was setting dangerously high blood pressure during his day trip advisor has suspended reviews due to the concern and the authorities say they believe the deaths are unrelated but the investigation is ongoing. >> is chilling.

>> that will do it for us, we will see you back here tomorrow. thank you for watching. >> john jon scott is next, he will give you the news here on the fox news channel. >> president trump and negotiators have struck a deal over terrorist on mexican imports that were scheduled to go into effect monday. this is to stop the flow of asylum-seekers crossing the border into the u.s. good evening i'm jon scott, this is the fox report. they release new details on the steps mexico will take including the deployment of the mexican national guard and a crackdown on human traffickers, the agreement refuses a showdown between the president and senate republicans who largely opposed the tariffs idea but lawmakers say this is just the first step toward fixing the crisis of the