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. >> jim vance made the announcement after recent announcements about his health. >> couple of weekshe kind of news nobody ever wants to hear. he said i have cancer and need treatment. so i have been getting that treatment and i have been coming in to work with my partners here whenever i can. and i shall continue to do that. in fact, i will insist on doing that. in the meantime, i'm doing okay. >> we know that we'll be keeping vance in our thoughts and we hope you will do the same. >> vance we'll be fighting there with him. he will be here later today at news 4 at 6:00. >> 6:51. get you up to speed on the morning commute. >> live look road, you can see how this rain is affecting the morning commute. had a report of a crash but not seeing it. outer loop at connecticut avenue looking better than it was. inner loop is okay as well. inner loop at the american legion bridge, do have the left lane blocked. outer loop before the toll road. left side blocked before the crash. you can see the beltway starting to see some slowdowns around the area i would say because of the rain. so, again, w

jim cavanaugh. he is of course an msnbc enforcement analyst, retired atf agent with a lot of experience, and as promised, back with us prosecutor joyce vanceview of the obstruction issue, and whether if at a certain point there is enough blunt public talk from this person linked to the inquiry whether some guidance or some rules have to be publicly set? >> well, they do, ari, absolutely. this is a blockbuster statement by the president, in my view, given the federal statute on obstruction and interfering with any agency's official proceedings. joyce can elaborate on this. but she knows. and i know joyce. and we work together. and i would be in her office early in the morning arguing that we needed an aggressive investigation on this set of fax. look, you have the president saying he fired the director of the fbi for the only reason on earth that he could not fire the director of the fbi. he could have had any other reason on earth, any reason but that reason, because that reason obstructs the investigation which he knew existed, which they discussed, which he -- there is talk of maybe loyalty that would have to be flushed out. and now the

jim acosta we'll check back with you, thank you so much i want to bring in my panel to talk about this, cnn contributor j.d. vance, political analyst patrick healey, republican strategist eric beach and ahmed, author of "in the land of invisible women." good to see all of you. boy, there's a lot. great anticipation for what may transpire tomorrow with the president's remarks as he, you know, extends the olive branch, perhaps, to the muslim community there in the middle east, but j.d., at the same time one cannot overlook, you know, what just transpired today, the president's very rosy view, it's been a tremendous day. you saw the u.s. secretary of state also say that this was a growing partnership guided in trust and that followed by the foreign minister of saudi arabia, al jubeir, who said and described this as a very productive and historic visit. this relationship is many decades, long standing, between the u.s. and saudi arabia. the business deals between arsenal, you know, and economic interests has been going on a very long time. why is this declaration signed today of this vision, strategic vision, any dif

jim advance has gone public with news that he's battling cancer. he didn't specify what kind of cancer he has, but he says he is under going treatment. vance when he can during their 6:00 o'clock newscast. here at fox5 our thoughts and prayers are with you. >>> scary moments at the padres game in san diego. in the bottom of the ninth hector sanchez swings at a pitch but his bat goes flying over the dug out. it actually hit woman in the head. now, luckily off duty emt was sitting rows hyped her and immediately rush to her aid. medical personnel arrived. she had to leave the field she was walking an alert but had a big bandage on her head. >>> and finally, i love this story. it's proof that anything is possible. meet patch. he's gearing up to run this weekend kentucky derby but he will do so with get this one eye. the three-year-old thoroughbred developed an ulcer in his left eye eye that didn't respond to treatment so veterinarians were forced to remove it. the patch, well, not letting that stop him. even has a pretty good odds of winning going into the big race. so we wish patch great luck and he's a us this friday morning. back to you guy