her name is jeanine pirro. >> ooh, who is this jeanine? >> she's some [ bleep ] from new york. >> well, i hope she's not here tonight. >> i am. i'm always right behind you, robert. and i'm going to catch you with my own two gorgeously manicured hands. or my name's nott ejeanine pirr >> she's going to die. >> that was last week's "saturday night life" spoofing accused murderer robert durst and sicily strong makes a pretty good jeanine pirro. i think a little too brooklyn though. but back to reality. durst is still in custody in louisiana. he appeared in court this week for a preliminary hearing minutes in, fireworks erupt between the prosecution and durst defense team stand judge decides to call for a postponement, pushing the hearing to next thursday. with me now louisiana attorney chick foray and former chief county prosecutor bob. chick, you were in the courtroom. how did it get down there? >> well, mark burton, the prosecutor, assistant district attorney is normally a very low key fine gentleman. his voice was cracking. he was very upse

. >>> hello and welcome to justice, i'm judge jeanine pirro. thanks for being with us.onight is going to be a little different. with so much going on in the world i just have to do two opening statements. you won't warrant to miss my op on hillary clinton and those pesky e-mails later in the show, but first to iran. now, i want to congratulate president obama for the framework of this historic deal. on this weekend that holds such religious significance to so many of us around the world, i want to be chacharitable in my discussion. the effort to maintain peace in the middle east, hotbed of instability, with the world's major

. >> asked for a subpoena for jeanine pirro. >> reporter: you have a thing with jeanine pirro. >> no, i don't. >> it seems like it. >> no but i know who does. >> reporter: the hint, of course, is that it's robert durst who has a thing for jeanine pirro. durst probably wouldn't be here were it not for her, his attorney tells me. durst is still in a psychiatric ward an hour outside of town but he's off suicide watch. george. >> okay, matt, thanks very much. >>> today's other top stories from amy, you're starting with new information about that huge explosion in the gulf. >> yes, george, and there are incredible pictures this morning from the explosion that engulfed an oil rig in flames, fireballs shooting into the sky, workers jumping for their lives. abc's ryan owens has new information about the environmental risk. >> reporter: a fire like this would be difficult to fight on land, but in the middle of the gulf of mexico, the feat was monumental. with firefighters on cruise ship size boats working well into the night to douse the inferno. the blast that sparked it happened well before

jeanine pirro into the disappearance of durst's first wife. >> son of a [ bleep ]. >> reporter: deguerin also wanted her to testify but she, too, was a no-show. matt gutman abc news new orleans. >> to be continued. >>> and now, to new jersey senator bob menendez tonight, leaving court today accused of trading political influence fur luxury vacations and private planes. tonight, menendez digging in saying he's innocent. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: senator bob menende defiant today outside federal court in newark. >> these allegations are false, and i am confident they will be proven false. >> reporter: the new jersey democrat is pleading not guilty to 14 counts of bribery, corruption and fraud. stemming from his relationship with this man, dr. salomon melgen, a florida eye doctor. prosecutors say the doctor gave the senator more than a dozen free flights on his private jets. frequent use of the doctor's fully staffed caribbean villa in a gated community with three golf courses. free romantic getaways including one with a girlfriend to paris, putting them up in this five-star h

>>> hello and welcome to justice, i'm judge jeanine pirro. thanks for being with us. tonight is going to be a little different. with so much going on in the world i just have to do two opening statements. you won't warrantnt to miss my open on hillary clinton and those pesky e-mails later in the show but first to iran. now, i want to congratulate president obama for the framework of this historic deal. on this weekend that holds such religious significance to so many of us around the world i want to be chaircharitable in my discussion. the effort to maintain peace in the middle east, hotbed of instability, with the world's major sponsor of

jeanine pirro in to the disappearance of durst' first wife.wanted her to testify but she too was a no show. matt gutman, abc news, new orleans. >> twists and turns keep on happening. they haven't even gotten far in this case just yet. the intrigue keeps mounting. >> it's fascinating but apparently robert durst himself doesn't seem to be that interested in the case. he was dozing off. seen dozing off in court yesterday. >> you know what court can be boring sometimes but not when you are the defendant. >> not when it is your own trial. . coming up in our next half hour it's been called an early easter miracle. a sailor lost at sea for two months has been found by the coast guard. how he survived his ordeal and his first words to his father after his dramatic rescue. >> but first an easter dessert recipe that also works for passover. carrot cake cheesecake. we will go inside the kitchen of one of the premier cheesecake makers and we will have some of that stuff on set in our insomniac kitchen. it's up next. ♪ >>> look at this. this is a good day

head over to our desk joining us now with reaction to this is the host of "justice" with judge jeanine pirro. when we don't have enough uranium in the hands of the russians in a deal that benefits the clinton foundation bill clinton personally and the fact that this in her mind didn't send off alarm bells, i need to tell people is a big problem for me. >> well you know what? you're saying it didn't send off alarm bells, but it all makes sense to me sean? >> why? >> there was no reporting of all this. she agreed to that memo of understanding when she became secretary of state. she has to amend her tax returns. we can't get the server. do you think this is all connected? all this takes a prosecutor with the fbi to say we're going to connect the dots here. we have this intertwining of the money to the foundation, money to bill clinton, deals with russia canada iran is in some of the other deals, and we have this veil of secrecy from a woman who says she is the most transparent person and she is everyday people. >> what is the proper description of this? is this the pay to play scheme a pry ma f

i'm judge jeanine pirro. thanks for being with us tonight.ow on lockdown in her skubcooby van. while senior citizens and those in wheelchairs wait to get a glimpse of who may be the first woman president, is woman is on the run, forcing the press to chase her like a hollywood celeb. what is she running from? maybe she's traumatized from all that sniper fire in bosnia. you remember when she said this. >> i remember landing under sniper fire. there was supposed to be some

i'm judge jeanine pirro. thanks for being with us tonight. the most transparent woman in history is now on lockdown in her skcooby van. while senior citizens and those in wheelchairs wait to get a glimpse of who may be the first woman president, is woman is on the run, forcing the press to chase her like a hollywood celeb. what is she running from? maybe she's traumatized from all that sniper fire in bosnia. you remember when she said this. >> i remember landing under sniper fire. there was supposed to be some kind of a gleeting ceremony ate the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base. >> wow, that sounds terrible. if only we had video of those heroics. we do? we do have video? all right. let's see what happened that day. man, those tulip-wielding children, they can be really dangerous. this week hillary continues on the truth tour saying that her four grandparents were all immigrants. turns out only one was an immigrant. three were not. but the best is when her spokesperson comes out a

i was asked by jeanine pirro saturday night. i was embarrassed by it, i couldn't come up with an answer. there was a long silence. name an accomplishment of hillary clinton. one, two, three. i spent two days thinking about it. i still can't come up with one. senators, at most, have joined a majority of other senators to vote for a bill. governors have done things. i mean, scott walker has done a lot for people. i'm not necessarily saying i'm for him for president but senators do not make good presidential candidates for the same reason someone like carly fiorina or ben carson doesn't. they aren't politicians. they haven't gotten the votes. they haven't done anything. >> whose position -- i know that immigration is obviously a huge issue for you. whose position could you get behind? which of these republican candidates so far do you like? >> i guess walker and cruz. cruz, again is only a senator but as a senator he didn't spend his full three years pushing chuck schumer's amnesty bill and now people who say that rubio gives a goo

i'm judge jeanine pirro. shortly president obama will take the podium. "saturday night live" comedian cecily strong. we'll take you there as soon as the speeches start. until then my all-star panel for the night is here. richard fowler, fox news contributor republican strategist tony sayegh marjorie clifton. as we wait for the correspondents', we're talking about the clintons, and let's talk about whether or not of the democrats might be looking for another candidate, marjorie? >> i think they'd have to be to be smart but the landscape doesn't look as broad as the republican landscape does so the question remains who will it be? elizabeth warren has been rumored obviously and -- >> marty o'malley. governor o'malley. >> even as a potential vice president. >> why only two. >> judge, look, the clintons did a great job creating the impression they were entitled to this nomination. obviously deals were made during the obama administration to position hillary the way she's been and they basically have done themselves i think a great disservice. if any of these

officials also asked our jeanine pirro to testify in court. >>> an amazing update about the father of three who was risking his life to save a complete stranger. yesterday we met josh who is donating his kidney after a sick mother wrote a note on the back of her care asking for work. he'll have to miss at least a month of work unpaid after surgery. thanks to all of you our generous viewers. he has raised more than $40,000 online. one single person donated $15,000. those are your headlines. >>> can you believe that $40,000 for the guy donating his kidney? that's awesome. >> that is awesome. >> they just take acts. they have big hearts. >> we have the best viewers. >> we thank them for that. >>> three minutes after the hour. the big controversy with the freedom act that is taking place in indiana. you know governor pence has decided to tweak the act to make it more amenable. so arkansas follows suit. in the meantime there are small business owners in the line of fire, especially one pizza shop in indiana. >> it's called memories pizza. a local affiliate went in to ask them how they felt