melissa francis is here. melissa: all right, not backing down fighter jets flying off the deck of the uss theodore roosevelt as it steep to the coast of yemen. it is mission? to keep iran's nine-ship convoy from supplying rebels. retired four-star general jack keane is here. >>> hillary clinton's next target, the 1%er. hillary clinton, the messenger for income inequality. oh, boy. >>> how is this for entrepreneurial spirit? a 2 of-year-old woman who calls herself a professional bridesmaid. doctor 26. we'll talk to her. >>> boldly going where no one has gone before, how william shatner plans to solve california's drought crisis. even when they say it's not, it is always about money. melissa: the clintons taking the term limousine liberal to whole new level. "new york times" claiming that hillary clinton spoke to economists about toppling the 1% earlier this year. hmmm. while clinton was playing the populist, she was reportedly peddling influence by millions of dollars. by millions we say hundred of millions. t

melissa: hang on a minute.ngdom of saudi arabia giving millions of dollars into the foundation. >> yeah. melissa: last year the clintons $9 million in travel expenses. flying in private planes and traveling in style. >> of course. melissa: how is that different? money went into the foundation, directly went to their luxury travel? >> i think that is a very fair point. there is kind of direct, indebt benefit that the clintons are getting from these foreign contributions. my point is -- melissa: i don't think that is indirect. that's direct. >> maybe it is a little bit of a bank shot but the real point here is, they are giving this money to the clinton foundation because they're trying to buy access in advance. that is all this is about. >> i love how he says, it's a bank shot. nobody does bank shots better than the clintons. it is absolutely true. >> i thought you were going to say me? i'm pretty good on bank shots. >> you're pretty straightforward. melissa: it is true on act sercs david asman. if you look what

melissa francis is here. melissa: happy friday. stocks crashed across-the-board. the dow take a look at session lows. down more than re- hundred points. that puts the dow in negative territory for the year. toyota sliding. drilling for oil hits a five year low. the drop in crude is causing more big layoffs. 11,000 jobs. let's bring in today's panel. charlie gasparino. steve forbes. dagen mcdowell. steve, what you think of this big selloff today? >> you mentioned greece. also china. earnings are not what they should be. there is a deflationary environment. i do not think there has been a rosy scenario. this reflects it. melissa: there is a lot of chatter out there. >> we have been talking about the possibility of deflation. here is the problem if there is one thing that hillary clinton is worried about is that this economy could turn south and go from just moderately crappy to very crappy. [laughter] >> that could really hurt her. the headline numbers look good. the underlying numbers are not looking as good. particularly corporate earnings. it does not mean that y

melissa francis is here. "money" starts now. melissa: it sure does. a long road ahead in the race for 2016. hillary kicking it off with a road trip in a van headed to iowa. she can not distance herself for those that paid for fuel in the tank. we'll break it down. putting fair share argument to shame. top 20% of taxpayers pay 84% of federal income tax. golf's new hero, 21-year-old jordan speith. how his record breaking master's win has nike shaking in its golf cleats. >>> never been done before but not stopping elon musk's spacex to land a rocket on floating platform wow in the middle of the ocean. that is not easy. even when they say it's not it is always about money. melissa: hillary clinton, happy to be the people's champ as long as you keep cutting those campaign checks. announcing the 2016 bid with a low-key video where she spoke 94 words. she actually didn't even appear on camera for the first minute 1/2. but the humble approach at odds with some lofty fund-raising goals. according to "new york times," clinton supporters aim to raise $2.5 billio

melissa francis is here. melissa? melissa: thank you so much. will congress get a say? in minutes the senate crucial vote how much oversight will lawmakers get on the deal with iran. your taxes are due tomorrow, so sorry about that. what a perfect time for the government to release a new report how it is throwing away tens of billions of my hard-earned dollars and yours and charlie's and judy es and jack's. >>> nightmare at sea as norovirus strikes not one but two royal caribbean cruise ships. do you know this man? to be honest. i bet my hard-earned money i didn't. i hope you proved me wrong on this one. charlie got it. >>> sleek new sodastream that can replace your bartender. even when they say it's not it is always about money. melissa: the first traffic task for the iran nuclear deal as senate committee votes on legislation that would give congress final approval on any agreement with iran. senator bob corker, the cosponsor stressing the importance of the bill on fox news earlier today. >> there is nothing in writing at present. basically the iranians are saying to t

melissa: i'm melissa francis with the fox business brief. nasdaqa track for a record finish, it would be the best close for the index since the year 2000! the index crossed the 5,000 level for the first time in 15 years back in march. >>> home builders stocks are getting hammered. pull they group is the latest to report a miss in revenue. new home sales coming in lower than expected. seeing their biggest drop in more than 18 months. not good. >>> and facebook reporting mixed results. revenue a bit lower than analysts were look for because of a strong dollar. user engagement is on the rise. the company had more than a billion mobile users last quarter that's up 24% from a year ago. that is the latest from the fox business network giving you the power to prosper. the real question that needs to be asked is "what is it that we can do that is impactful?" what the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers. it used to take two weeks to sequence and analyze a genome; with the microsoft cloud we can analyze 100 per day. whatever i can

melissa: wow. [laughter] >> melissa. this story tells us is john boehner is not running for president. [laughter] he is done. melissa: think god. all right. thank you very much. very spirited. looks like your friendly postal carrier may have the upper hand on drug delivery. burger lovers on the west coast now have a new option. steak shack. you have been warned. at the end of the day it is all about money and cheeseburgers. ♪ (vo) me? i don't just wait for a moment. i watch for the perfect moment. the one nobody else sees. and when i find it- i go for it. (announcer) at scottrade, we share your passion for trading. that's why we give you the edge, with innovative charting and trading features, plus powerful mobile apps so you're always connected, wherever you are. because at scottrade, our passion is to power yours. ♪ melissa: i am melissa francis with your fox business brief. closing arguments are underway and one of the biggest cases coming out of the 2008 financial crisis. former aig chief alleges a government overste

melissa. melissa: thank you so much for that. in addition to the weak gdp data drag the market let's bring in our panel for more reaction to this one. i love when you try to make moderate and moderated sound positive. john lonski what do you think. >> that tells me this will be the 10th straight year in which real gdp failed to grow by as much as 3%. melissa: yeah. >> that is without precedent going back to the 1930s. melissa: ted, i love having you here as former philly fed member. what jumped out at you? >> first of all i think it is more of the same kind of thing. we however are setting the stage for rates to go up in september maybe december as well. you have to remember janet is dove getting a lot of pressure, from three fed districts and fellow members. pressure on her to raise rates. melissa: pressure but we're seeing economy stall. gdp is not good out there. >> besides their own estimates they're projecting in future, i don't know last three or four meetings they keep ratcheting it down little pieces of it smaller and sma

melissa: what? >> yes. melissa: no. here is what i think. should abolish withholding and everybody have to write a check and pay the bill to the government every month. >> amen. melissa: so you feel the pain how much much your wages is going to the government. and, because they withhold it. you don't really realize how painful it is. >> you know who started that? melissa: when you write the rent or mortgage, should write a check to the government so that you see that it is your biggest bill and biggest liability every month. that would cure this problem. then you out there would start to care about how much of our money is going down the drain in washington. god it makes me furious. >> today should be election day as well. melissa: yes, i like that. >> the guy who started withholding advisor to fdr. william macy of macy's department store take the money at source. >> you're in in a bad mood today. i'm in good mood. melissa: i'm getting hot and flushed. turn up the air-conditioning in here. i'm just -- >> you know why i'm in a good mood? meli

in the meantime melissa francis is here. "money" starts now. melissa: we're fired up. thank you so much. it's a sentiment. it probably won't surprise you my loyal viewer. two-thirds of america calling government the problem. the battle for hearts and minds and wallets the race for 2016 barely underway. millions in donations already pouring in. lukewarm at best the apple watch reviews are in. and katy says they have it all wrong. she's bringing the watch in the studio to show us why she loves it. widespread threat, severe weather. tornado threats barreling across the midwest. out of this world or out of her mind nasa's chief on why we'll meet aliens this lifetime. seriously? because even when they say it's not it's always all about "money." ♪ melissa: somewhere ronald reagan is smiling at this one. according to the latest fox news poll 67% of americans think the government is usually the problem. and not the solution. that is up 14 points from 2008. i wonder why. and this feeling carrying across party lines. majority of democrats and republicans and independents agreein

melissa: john? >> you don't want to forget also the reality years ago when the federal government pushed banks into making these high-risk loans. >> right. >> to these impoverished areas. it went on and never stopped. mistake on parts of banks and other. >> morgan stanley didn't make the loan. what they did was package them and sell them to investors. but that was part of the process. that was -- melissa: there is plenty of guilt to go around. todd starnes, it's a political thing. very much about -- >> that is why charlie, i don't think it will go away. they will still be the whipping boys on the campaign trail especially with the democrats. so we'll have to see how that he plays out. >> wall street is saying hillary will talk a tough game. if she ever gets in there, like back to 1990s. melissa: 14 months after the big announcement and finally some face time. comcast and time warner cable are set to sit down with doj officials for the first time this week to try to salvage the $45 billion merger. wi

melissa: yeah. >> melissa people should remember that.y the way, a lot of democrats in the senate are to the left of him but not a serious threat to hillary. he will get some of the far left vote. the scary thing is, the democratic party, actually has moved in the direction of bernie sanders in the last couple of years. so i wouldn't, i wouldn't rule him out completely. but not going to be a major threat. melissa: i watch "house" cards. did this as favor, just to get in there and act like there was someone else. have someone to take hits. i love when he said this is rigged economy which works for rich and powerful. not working ordinary americans. the country does not just belong to a handful of billionaires. i felt he was talking about hillary there. >> that is good point. like very subtle. melissa: yeah. >> but he is going to run against wall street. he mentioned wall street you know at least four or five times during his announcement about how the rich are getting richer and poor are getting poorer. this amplifies the theme of what this

melissa. melissa: you look at pictures. you think about the impact on people's health and safety in the area. after that this show is about money. look at the economic devastation that is being wrought here. how are riots affecting businesses in the area? >> we have been walking all around this area, this downtown area and talking to people managers and owners who run stores here. and i will give you just a few examples. one person who we spoke with this morning, 9:15 when they normally have 100 customers in there basically breakfast take-out shop. at that point it was 35 to 50. another restaurant at lunchtime, melissa, they were at about 50% capacity throughout the day. somebody else who we spoke with, told us one of the concerns was curfew going forward. they will have to close hours early. when you do that day after day that will affect the bottom line. the maryland governor said how will this affect businesses going forward here. >> what can you do to convince businesses to come back into baltimore given what happened y

melissa: okay. democratic contender letting her hair down on late night. >> rich people figuring out that if you can bend the government to help you just a little bit it is tremendous payoff. make sure that they are a lease carefully protect it. melissa: it is a comedy show. is a late-night show. it is a younger audience. the reason you go on this show is to show that you are human. >> and that you are hip and that you are fun. >> she is a 1% error. she is worth about $9 million. she is not relatable. melissa: and is interested. a big movement to the left that very much prefers her to hillary clinton. i still think that it is meaningful. >> she wants to keep her name out there. melissa: thanks to both of you. finally, a chance to strut like carrie bradshaw. look at this. do not worry. we have something for you too. the world's best golfers. who is gaining ground on the back nine. at the end of the day it is all about money. ♪ something safer... something greener. something the whole world can share.

melissa. melissa: jo thank you so much. >> if i buy an apple watch, you can expense it to the company. melissa: no. comcast scrapping 45 million-dollar merger with time warner. the deal under review by regulators for more than a year. attorney general eric holder had authorized a lawsuit against the merger. that is according to dow jones, jack, what do you think? >> interesting case there's not a lot of overlap between the customer bases for the companies. not a matter of cable television service becoming better or worse because of the deal. a matter of future technologies and are they impaired in ability to compete against cable. technologies like netflix and these companies because cable is too big and powerful. that's the dilemma here, and obviously the government doesn't want to see it. >> when bloomberg wrote the story, there were justice department antitrust -- melissa: i'm unfamiliar with the company. >> they give us credit every now and then. this is two weeks ago, this is the "wall st

melissa francis is going to have it all. "money" starts now. melissa: thank you. we're right on top of it. marathon negotiations, double overtime talks. looks like we have a nuclear deal with iran. we're still expecting to hear from president obama any moment here. we'll bring you those remarks live just as soon as they happen. homegrown terror. two women with ties to isis have been arrested. they were allegedly planning to detonate a bomb here in new york. unprecedented action in california with 98% of the state suffering from some level of crowd the governor is now demanding mandatory water cutbacks. it is not just california's problem. but first, we have breaking news on the nuclear talks in iran. a preliminary deal is on the table. world leaders reaching solutions on key parameters. president obama is expected to make a statement just about 15 minutes from now. let's bring in today's panel. fox business's own charlie gasparino david asman. alongwith julian meltier, from "national review." thanks for joining us. julian what is your reaction? >> i'm very disappo

melissa: terror in this country. too dangerous props.he fbi arrested a philadelphia woman they need to travel overseas and martyr herself. we have people that are being recruited over the internet. >> easily influenced people. getting sucked into all of this. these are people living in the united states. benefiting from the united states. >> one of the great things about our law enforcement if they have been empowered to go after people. if none of these folks slip through the fax forget about worrying about the unemployment report when you look at the dow. we will have a major collapse of the stock market. stuart: one of the most hated. walmart in the overall market of soft supermarket. >> one-stop shopping. i do not own walmart. i just think this model of trying to be everything to everybody and the locations of where you are getting. i just do not think they will be able to do that and still have all the other stores. melissa: the sales phil, are still fair out walmart. this is the reaction. i think that they are re-examining their bu

melissa: a great point. lone wolf people being radicalized wanting to come to the united states, already being in the united states. when this happened, it was a relatively new phenomenon now we have seen so many people arrested on u.s. soil. will these jurors think about that and everything that has happened since then? >> i worked across the street at the watery journal. i have to tell you new yorkers are not exactly the most conservative people in the world. if any of those hijackers would have survived, they would have given them the death penalty. >> thinking about the idea. we will never know. what happened in the courtroom will be the aggravating fact there. where do those like? i think the objects of not getting the death multi- are very tough year. going forward if you want to deter some of these i think being swift and hard on this kid is a way to do it. >> when i remember 9/11 it was a whole different atmosphere. >> absolutely. not just massachusetts. i was on the phone with mice done. i saw those

melissa francis is here. "money" starts now. melissa: i can't wait for that. meantime isis-inspired terror, threats in the u.s. what new chatter is saying about targets in california as the fbi investigates. >>> gearing up for another monster quarter. one thing that analysts say is crucial to apple's second quarter success. >>> daredevil nic wallenda, setting his sites on the orlando eye. how the legendary tightrope walker is prepping for his most dangerous stunt ever. >>> vying to be the first to set first on mars. the competition for the one-way trip to the red planet. we talk with one person who made the cut. >>> dallas mavericks coach going to measures to avoid a sticky situation and a hefty fine. even when they say it's not it is always about money. ♪ >> kingpin -- is supposedly dead. pentagon not confirming, pentagon not confirming the death of al-baghdadi. reports are confirming that the isis leader was hit in an airstrike. meanwhile the fbi is warning isis followers are targeting american soil. with california being singled out as one possible target.

melissa. melissa: peter barnes, thank you so much.e'll bring you more details as we have them of course. >> never contacted by jackie or by any of the other staff at "rolling stone" prior to the publication of the article. >> so the first news you had of your participation in this, your friendship with jackie in this tale was when you read it in "rolling stone"? >> yeah. that was the first i knew it was going to be a story. >> unbelievable. melissa: wow. apparently the "rolling stone" gathers no facts. university of virginia student ryan explaining that "rolling stone" never ever contacted him for the now retracted story, rape on campus. the magazine now faces legal action from phi kappa psi fraternity which was implicated in the article. two attorneys. john, you think the fraternity has a decent case here. >> i don't. this is a juicy case melissa. let's put the cart before the horse for a second. if they have standing. if the fraternity can get past the -- it's defamation. they've been accused of committing a crime. they don't need t

melissa francis is here. money starts right now. melissa: elizabeth warren fishing the cosmo magazine about hillary clinton. yes. you heard that right. sprint steps in to save the bankrupt company. there is a button for that and amazons new -- service. gps. it will cost you money. and a longer check-in. ♪ they will take your money but not your call seared the agency says it ignores 60% of the calls. this worse than even a couple years ago. joining us now charlie gasparino -- they will ignore 60% of the calls tonight. can i have a 60% discount? >> and have been telegraphing this. they have these huge run-up in budgets. the republican house will not come clean about who ordered the harassment of conservatives. >> you call in and to bust into it. >> i am too young for that. we have to get along with the same money. these are hard-working people. >> he is worried about being automated. >> the irs is a great institution. >> how many people are watching us that are getting along with the same amount of money. they are a great organization

meteorologist melissa magee at the big board with the first look at forecast, hi melissa. >> hi there, sharee, plenty of sunshine easter surprised and the sun follows us to the start of the workweek monday. high temperature today in philadelphia 64. that's four degrees above average. as you look at the numbers across much of the mid at laptic region most locations at this hour are you in the 50s. 53 philadelphia, 5 washington d.c. and exception however off to the north. and to the north we have numbers currently in the 30s and 40s. 35 buffalo and 4 degrees in new york city. and so where you have the cooler air is where you also will find unsettled weather. stormtracker 6 double scan radar 3d showing you you have a draped out frontal boundry across the graet lakes f you're knowledge of that boarden and that boundary we have unsettled weather south of that, however we have fairly quiet skies and that's going to be heading our way for the start of the workweek. we'll talk what's ahead and it's nice for phillies opening day and for the most part tomorrow near 70. well you may want to have

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melissa? >> you are contributing to a bunch of pots at the same time, maxing out the retirement savings, that's key because, again, you want flexibility with your investments, and that's why you do that. also, you could be aggressively paying down debt. one part we did not talk about is emergency savings, folks do not have because they do not put that an auto pilot so they dip in retirement savings or take out a home equity line of credit to pay off bills. don't do that. make sure you have liquid cash for emergency savings, retirement savings as well as being able to pay down that mortgage if you have that extra money to do so. >> a lot of great advice guys thank you so much. >>> breaking news in the bond market, 30 year bonds up for auction. dom? >> melissa, 30-year bond auction or the reopening, the reselling of 29 year ten month bonds gone off at yield of 2.97%, comparing to a 2.567 yield right before the auction, a limit weakness in bond prices pushing yields higher. interesting statistics

now a look at your first 4 traffic on this monday morning with melissa. everything looking good so far? >> we are flowing just fine right now. no major problems and that's a good thing. 66 west at ox road -- west ox road, no problems there. taking a look at 270 into and out of town fine. 55 miles per hour. no major issues there this morning. in silver springs, do still have the road work. georgia avenue between randolph and layhill. should be wrapped up here in the next little bit, about 30 minutes or so. but it's still there. if you're headed out in i time soon. looking at prince george's county overall no major issues. branch avenue northbound at woodyard we have that one lane closed off to the right. so stay to the left and then 95 southbound here through wood bridge no issues at all. i'm back in ten minutes. weather and traffic on the ones. see you at 5:11. >> thank you, melissa. >>> it's 5:01 and right now police are looking for man who grabbed a boy in front of ravensworth elementary school in the springfield area. he was able to escape. fairfax cou

melissa mollet is watching this from the traffic center.l help you get around this mess with your weather and traffic on the ones at 6:21. >>> a mexican teen is back home with her parents after she was forcibly sent to the u.s. in a mistaken custody battle. the girl was screaming as she was pulled from her school in mexico last week. after a u.s. citizen claimed to be her mother. dna tests proved the woman is not her mother. >>> congressional parties are costing you money. capitol hill police are warning congressional leadership about these parties inside the capitol during memorial day, the 4th of july. while patrolling last year's concerts, capitol police racked up more than 12,000 hours of overtime. that's costing you more than $700,000. congressional staff are bringing coolers inside the capitol with alcohol. congressional leaders say they'll restrict access to the balconies now. >>> today, prosecutors in the boston marathon bombing trial may rest their case. prosecutors are using the sentencing phase to focus on the victims and dzhokha

weather hi there, melissa. >> hi there, charily. we had a frontal boundary moving through there were showers and thunder and blustery wind did follow in the wake. you can see, for our saturday, the the sunnies weakening. the very wind a cross delaware and lehigh valley. up in the poconos we had a peak win gust of 51 miles an hour. gustness atlantic city of 46. philadelphia clock nothing at 45. 44 miles per hour in doylestown and 40 miles an hour there, in allentown. now wind is still sustained anywhere from 21 miles an hurry to 32 miles an hour here in philadelphia. coming in out of the northwest. so that northwesterly wind is making these temperatures feel a touch cooler then the actual air temperature is reading. currently 57 in philadelphia still not the bad. fifty-one in allentown a long the the coast this sea isle city, 55. forty up in the north in the poconos. if you are stepping outside on the town tonight we have you covered with your evening planner. still blight and sunny at 7:00 this evening. that temperature coming in at

melissa? >>> chopper 4 over a bad cloud, this is in lanham.ck versus a taxi and a fuel spill there. that's pretty nasty and going to be shut down for quite some time this morning. >> all right, thanks melissa. >>> thank you for joining us on this thursday mo >>> good morning. why wasn't he stopped? new questions being raised this morning about how a brazen gyro coptor pilot got so close to the u.s. capitol. >> that pilot is headed to court today to face federal charges. >>> prior incidents. >> that officer who rammed his patrol car into an armed suspect was the focus of an earlier lawsuit settled in new york t. accusation that he pulled a gun and choked a man during a parking incident while his actions behind the wheel in arizona come under new scrutiny. >>> in or out? so what are you waiting for? our exclusive interview with new jersey governor chris christie why he hasn't announced his pl

"fast money" is coming up in a few moments, melissa, with those comments? >> thank you, kelly\s >>> "fast money" start right now. pete najarian, natesh guy adami and karen finerman. surging iphone sales in china -- apple saying it's going to give back, sitting on almost $200 billion, full our, rossen blatt securities is listening into the call as it gets under way, and we'll bring you the headlines as they break, but first we have headlines of our own. josh lipton just sat down with ceo tim cook. let's get straight to it. josh? >> reporter: as you noted, apple reporting 233 on 58 billion, the street was at 216 on 56.1 billion, so a beat there on the bottom and the top, just running through the categories, melissa. apple shipping 61.2 million i phones, better than expected, at least the numbers i was seeing. the ipad a bit of a disappointment, 12.6 million, and wanted to see something closer to 14 million. max at 4.6 million, apple saying to expect 46 to 48 billion. also investors were hoping for an update on capital allocation, expanding its capital return

melissa: there was some op-ed when this was discussed. republicans in the house and senate put forth general ideas of what they would like to do instead. it has been pretty quiet since then. my understanding is that conversations are ongoing, but i am not sure if you will see anything before the court ruling in terms of what their ideas would be. noam: there is a proposal, a broader proposal, a full-blown alternative if you will, to the affordable care act. i must say that i agree with melissa those discussions are , ongoing. chairman ryan of the house ways and means committee is talking about some things. it increasingly looks like what republicans may do is merely trying to extend the subsidies even if the court invalidates them, with the presumption that would give them more time to come up with an alternative. to tie it back to the sgr, we know how patches work. they tend to perpetuate. so i think that is a sign we may not actually see the chaos of that some have predicted. host: thank you for your questions. i appreciate your time. a

melissa mollet how is the friday morning commute?> 95 southbound here at powder mill road the crash has cleared out of the right lane, but we still have about a three mile backup. a warning there. it should be slow but you'll get through there because that crash has cleared out of the way. look at the backups that stretch going ten miles an hour right now. as far as the camden line delay, again, between dorsey and baltimore. 15 to 30 minute delay because of freight line issues there. brandywine road closed at gibbons church for road work. overall, no major problems and you're looking at the beltway inner and outer loop. 66 and 95 no major issues. 95 northbound at dale city our slowest spot and headed inbound on 395 looking pretty good. that's about as good as 395 can ever look when you're headed inbound. i'm back in a couple of minutes. live pictures of 66. >> thank you, melissa. >>> if you believe the calendar summer is right around the corner and a lot of folks are getting ready to crank up the air conditioner and along with that c

melissa, thank you.ingle topic at the milken conference right now, melissa, which is all these central banks everywhere, ecb, boj, possibly the bank of china and the u.s. and how that is distorting the financial markets. that's kind of the lead theme this year at this year's milken conference. jim, it was a real pleasure. i'm sure you've got to run off to another panel. appreciate it. >> let's get to a market flash. dom chu. >> shares of aaron's spiking on a reuters report saying the electronic and furniture rental company has turned down several informal takeover approaches from its peer rent-a-center. they both conduct the type of rent to own market. aaron's up 3%. rent a center up after the earnings beat yesterday. back to you. >> coming up coach getting sacked. we are talking the handbag wars when "power lunch" returns. here at td ameritrade, they're always working. yup, we're constantly making thinkorswim better. like a custom screener on your desktop, that updates to all your devices. and you can s

what's going on, melissa? >> -- after a pedestrian bridge collapsed between greenbelt and college park metro. >> crews are working to repair the tracks. news4's megan mcgrath with alternative ways to get to work this morning. >> reporter: yeah this is going to be a mess for folks. and they're running shuttle buses, but you have to add some time on to your commute if you choose to take the shuttle buses. now, this morning, we have noticed in fact here's someone walking into the opening of the metro station here right now. we're finding that a lot of people didn't get the word that the green belt station is closed this morning. they're walking inside only to be turned around as this gentleman is right here. looks like he's about to walk out. we have the shuttle buses operating though. this is one of them right here. we have seen a bus pull away just in the last ten minutes or so. now, they're running free shuttle bus service between the greenbelt station and the college park station. they're telling folks rule o

melissa. >> thanks, melissa. >> world news sunday is next on channel 6 and don't miss "action news" at 10 on phl17 tonight and of course, we're back here again on 6abc at 11. now for sharee williams, melissa magee, jeff skversky, and walter perez and the entire "action news" team, i'm sarah bloomquist, we'll see you right back here at . >>> from abc news world headquarters, this is abc "world news tonight." >> thanks for joining us. we begin with services around the world and in kenya, an emotional scene. worshippers with extra security. and at easter services at the vatican, the pope praying for those victims as well as other victims of violent struggles. here's alex marquardt. >> reporter: the skyies opened up, but that didn't stop people coming to the papal mass. in his address, pope francis called on followers to pray for peace in the many global con the conflicts ranging, above all, syria and iraq. and he will visit the united states and he will be the first pontiff to address a joint session of congress visit with president obama and have a mass in philadelphia expected to draw a

melissa. >> yes, sarah we have plenty of sunshine overhead today. a nice end to the weekend with temperatures slightly above where they normally should be. it's a good day for sunday. check out the numbers across the delaware and lehigh valley. it puts you in a good mood. 66 in philadelphia, 65 trenton. 6 up in the poconos and much cool area long the shore with south facing wind. beach haven down to sea isle city temperature coming in at 50. if you step out on the town here this sunday evening perhaps dining alfresco, 7 p.m., still mostly sunny with temperature around 65. mostly clear. 8:00 tonight we'll drop down to 61. upper 50s at both 9 and 10:00 tonight. so talk about what's ahead. the good news not as chilly tonight as it was last night where we had frost advisory issued across the northwest suburbs and across interior subject jersey and less wind in comparison to yesterday. it will be warmer monday followed by rain arriving on tuesday. we'll talk about all the details coming up in the f

melissa chan is there in union square, and melissa described the scene, and i don't know what the demonstration is to the parts of the city, or if they're circling union square. >> it's unlawful obstruction of pedestrian traffic. >> and we lost it. just like that. okay. we lost it. so can we go back to the live pictures? and we'll see if we can get her back. can we get the live pictures back up? there we go. new york square in new york city again this demonstration started maybe an hour and a half, 45 minutes ago growing in size here, and you can see a couple of the signs but it's in support of demonstrations going on in baltimore right now, and demonstrators there are obviously wanting answers of what happened to freddie gray why were the police chasing him and what happened in the 45 minutes between the time that the police arrested him and the time he was taken to the hospital. so we'll keep an eye on the situation, and there were demonstrations as well. we'll follow all of it as well. >>> in other news, nuclear negotiations with iran on capitol hill today. the senate is debating giving them

melissa: they queue all for joining us this morning. my name is melissa carney. i have the privilege of moderating our first panel discussion this morning. this panel is going to take the premise that andy and erik laid out for us, that there has been rapid technological advance in particular in the information center. -- sector. we will ask the question what does that imply for the future of work, the future of workers and the nature of employment in this country in particular? as we i tried to lay out in our hamilton project framing paper there are a wide range of views on this topic, in particular if this will be good or bad or how good or bad on society. fortunately this morning we have a really expert group to discuss these issues with us. truly, i would say some of the leading minds in the world on these very questions. you have their full bio-s in your program. i will just briefly introduce them. to my left is david otter, professor of economics at mit one of the nation's leading economists who has probably contributed more to the nation's leading trends a

melissa attias is making her first visit to newsmakers. dr. wall, we can -- we start our program about the expected consideration of what is called a doc fix. i know your organization does not prefer that term but i am sure many c-span viewers have heard that in washington parlance. tell us what this issue is. dr. wah: we are talking about sustainable growth rate which has been in place for a long time. it was originally passed in 1997. it was thought to be an effort to control the costs of the medicare program. it resulted in about 17 patches over the last 10 or 12 years. each one of those paid for the one year period, not the committed interest, like a credit card, on past things. by kicking the can down the road each year, congress accumulated interest. now april 15, if the senate does not act, there will be a 21% cut in physician payments, which is the acute related interest of all these years of kicking the can down the road. i want to talk about the term doc fix. as a physician, i am biased against that, primarily because it is not docto

hi melissa. >> hi brian and shirleen., very low as far as finding that severe weather threat but we'll talk about the details and see what's going on with storm tracker six live double scan radar 3-d you can see across our region, across the midatlantic region we've got some scattered light showers across the area but we'll widen out the picture and what we are tracking, an area of low pressure that's going to cut up to our west. you could see we've got severe thunderstorms and even tornado watches posted for kentucky and tennessee. this moisture heads in our direction later on this evening but a lot of it will start to bypass us to our west. nonetheless we talk about the severe weather threats and the criteria here. a low probability in philadelphia, points to the north of finding winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour. so, this is the biggest threat today, a moderate probability of finding winds gusting as high as 60 if you're in south jersey and delaware. severe weather threat, hail up to an inch very low across our reg

here's melissa. >>> 66 west, not too bad. volume fairly right right now. 270 south at tuckerman a little slow. kind of keeps changing here because of the earlier crash in that area. >>> it's impossible to forget the frightening video of that attempted assassination of president ronald reagan in 1981. today shooter john hinckley jr., returns to court in washington to ask that judge for more freedoms. news4's megan mcgrath is outside the courthouse where hinckley will arrive in a few hours. good morning >> reporter: good morning, eun. should john hinckley, jr., be granted more freedom than he already has now? a hearing is getting underway in federal court later on this morning to decide that question. now, hinckley has been undergoing psychiatric treatment at st. elizabeth's hospital in d.c. for decades. over the years he has been granted more and more freedom and he currently spends 17 days a month at his mother's moment ho -- home in the williamsburg area. they say his mental illness is under control, but the government howev

for now, a check on traffic with melissa. >>> good morning. a live picture, outer loop of the beltway, you can see no major problems right now as owe're head -- you're headed down to tyson's corner area. up in the frederick area, i-70 eastbound at 27 we have two right lanes blocked. because of an earlier car fire. annandale, ravensworth road, this has been shut down since yesterday. power lines are down. they're working on that one. taking a look at chantilly, airline parkway, that was a tractor-trailer crash. you should be able to get around that. a wide look at things, nice and green. lots of movement, no major issues. back at 5:11 with a live look at 66. >> thank you, melissa. >>> prince george's county police are offering a reward for information about a shooting in temple hills. take a look at this new video. you can see detectives investigating around olson street and st. claire drive. a man was shot there and he's in critical condition right now. >>> that was march 30 1981. the man who fired those shots at then president ronald reagan w

tea is another hot growth category, melissa.ot of talk about its two golden tea brand, groelden tea brands and of course the honest tea brands and the growth they're seeing there, next to the slower growth they've been seeing in the soft drink business. >> it's interesting he said he's behind partnerships when they have done big deals in the past to get away from the carbonated business, they did the smartwater acquisition and they were pilloried for making such an expensive one. but that's one that turned out well for the company. here he is saying partnerships are the way to go at this point it sounds like he's hedging. >> a little bit. you're right. and they're still getting the benefit and the cash flow from the investments in some of these companies and they're accessing the growth and the technology. so this new idea of a big bet in equity stake seems to be what is in favor right now and what muktar kent is focused on. another name to throw out there that people in the industry talk about is arizona iced tea. which has 24%

melissa? >>> walter, not feeling like summer today, definitely a chilly start to our spring weekend. for the second half on sunday we are tracking showers for some details coming up with the accu weather forecast. >> thanks, melissa. >>> phillies get ready to take on the braves tonight at citizens bank park. jeff skversky has a preview in sports when "action news" comes right back. >>> developing story out of baltimore, maryland right now where hundreds of people, some say up to a thousand, took to the streets to protest the death of freddie gray. the the protests have been peaceful but the the anger is very much on display. protesters are demanding justice for gray's death the 25 year-old african-american man died in police custody from a severe spinal cord injury. >>> dueling gun rallies today in south philadelphia. protesters who want to prevent gun violence, stood in front of the firing lines shop today. they claimed that this local gun dealer sells a number of firearms that are used in vi

>> melissa, thank you. >>> 4:54 now.more than a year after authorities say someone intentionally set it on fire an arrest in the virginia arson. how they solved the case. >>> police arrest a fairfax county woman for prostitution and you won't believe who they sa >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> you may remember this inferno in colonial beach, virginia. a 100-year-old vacant elementary school burned down last january. 16 months later, police arrested three men on charges related to that 2014 arson. state police arrested all three men yesterday. they range in age from 19 to 24.t fire. investigators said tips from area residents helped to solve that case. >>> police arrested a fairfax county mother accused of human trafficking and prostitution. and her 3-year-old son was right there when police arrived. the investigators got an anonymous tip that someone was advertising juveniles for sex online. officials tracked the ad to deirdre riscoti and they found cash pot cell phones and a 3-year-old. >> it's extremely worrisome

the meteorologist melissa magee is live with with the first check of the forecast, melissa. >> yes, we definitely have something to look forward to pressing in the workweek ahead but as you mentioned feeling like spring across much of the delaware and lehigh val toys day, outside tonight temperatures are currently in the 50's in philadelphia. 52 degrees. forty-seven in allentown lehigh valley. forty-two in the poconos a long with the coast in sea isle city, 48. fifty in beach haven. the satellite six with action radar showing you we have got a mostly cloudy skies across the region. part of the reason is we're tracking this disturbance. it is an area of low pressure sitting and spinning in canada for the weekend. you can see some popping up across areas in northern new england. so this moisture will continue to retro grade or move back to the west throughout the overnight hours and for start of the workweek on monday w that said there could be a few showers popping up, from time to time, especially by tomorrow afternoon. so we will talk about what is a head, cloudy but quiet tonight. we

meteorologist melissa magee joining us.sunshine but hoping for warmer temperatures. >> i think we'll get that sharee for easter sunday. that sun will prevail once again. stormtracker 6 double scan radar you see it's dry. it's quiet. we'll show you the picture outside. the action cam was outside looking at boat house row. schuylkill river. back of art museum and we actually got a full moon tonight. mostly clear sky. winds diminishing great viewing done check out that full moon and it looks like temperatures remain comfortable for second half of weekend. >> north and west of tourngs wree dipping down to 30s and 40s. it's 38 coatsville, 40 fleetwood. same things for slatington, martins creek, tanersville chester, in at 47. down across new jersey upper 0s vineland, woodbine, along the coast in sea isle city and 47 inland and 42 smyrna. winds now sustained anywhere from 5 miles an hour in philadelphia to 12 miles an hour in poconos. ten plan castser. good news. earlier today we have blustery winds out of northwest a we go throug

see you then. >>> melissa, thank you. 5:31. we are following the developing story in baltimore today. that city under a state of emergency but it was calm overnight. we'll be watching to see what protests over the death of freddie gray may bring today. the first night of the curfew now over. news4's molette green at the intersection of west north and pennsylvania avenues where we were yesterday. people allowed back on to the streets this morning. molette, what's the latest? >> reporter: aaron, people are really trying to get back to their normal routine this morning. we see people walking to work. waiting at bus stops, loading buses. i talked to a young woman who says she now has to ride the bus to work instead of the train because the subway is not stopping in this neighborhood this morning. we'll have more on her story coming up in about a half an hour in the 6:00 hour. but overnight police arrested anyone who broke this curfew. when we got here, about an hour before the curfew lifted we found four young people sitting on the

melissa has an update on those crashes. >> another new crash here tom, this morning. this is not starting off to be the best friday ever. 95 northbound in maryland at powder mill road. the left lane here blocked because of that crash. hoping that gets out of the way soon. still have this problem, spencerville, 198 between batson road and peach orchard, all lanes are blocked because of an accident. and we have wires across the road. 70 eastbound at monument road now have the right lane blocked because of the tractor-trailer crash. we have partially reopened there. then still in myersville westbound at pleasant walk road westbound, still completely shut down. taking a wide look at things overall no major problems as you look at the beltway so of course that's good. and 66 95 into and out of town, nice and green and moving well. >>> a man caught by secret service jumping the white house fence will be back in court today as one of several cases that's raised the question just how safe is the white house? >> and now we're getting a first look at the changes coming to secur

. >> joining us on booktv is politics professor at princeton melissa lane. she has written a new book published by princeton called the birth of politics "the birth of politics: 8 greek and roman political ideas and why they matter". with a successful politicians. >> the greeks managed in different cities states to develop the world's first democracy produced works of art literature and political institutions, voting for example which remains fundamental to our politics today. and for 500 years, for another 500 years. dependent the measure of success. with the similarity between two deegan >> guest: interesting question. and setting the terms of legitimacy, and it is true in the roman republic, no law could be passed without being passed by the popular assembly. and in the senate for example, the senate couldn't pass laws, they could make decrees, manager business, the budget, but if they wanted to tackle the law, they had to go to the people landed is interesting that even under that ideas that the people fundamentally are responsible for setting the terms

we had a couple of crashes and melissa will have an update in a couple of minutes.rthern neck this area in yellow, one moderate shower in st. mary's headed over to solomon and a few sprinkles here at northern anne arundel, up just north of annapolis. that's crossing the bay. behind that we still have some low clouds around and the pavement is still wet. there's a live view from our tower camera this morning overlooking northwest washington. we'll have a cool morning, temperatures in the 50s. a mild afternoon should make it into the 70s. we have a chance of isolated thunderstorms later this afternoon. next weather and traffic on the ones your bus stop forecast. what to wear today. melissa has an update on those crashes. >> another new crash here tom, this morning. this is not starting off to be the best friday ever. 95 northbound in maryland at powder mill road. the left lane here blocked because of that crash. hoping that gets out of the way soon. still have this problem, spencerville, 198 between batson road and peach orchard, all lanes are blocked because of an ac