Storm Prediction Center there have been more than 150 tornadoes reported since last monday. We have Fox News Team coverage in all of this, meteorologist adam klotz is in the Fox Extreme Weather Center but we begin with matt finn live in jefferson city. Hello, matt. Mike, for the eighth consecutive day the central part of the United States is once again facing violent if not deadly storms, weve been bringing you some of the heartbreaking images and stories including right here in missouris capital of jefferson, this neighborhood, this street, basically few homes that are uninhabitable, people are going through and trying to salvage what they can, certainly not enjoying anything remotely close to Holiday Weekend here and we have new images and video from arkansas you unfortunately people right now are preparing for historic flooding in the areas of fort smith and the National Guard deployed. People are sandbagging and evacuating, the arpy corp. Of engineers says its extremely concern about failing levies along the arkansas river. This is supposed to be the worst one even the worst than the 1943 flood. Its a risk and rising at historic levels and i think its going to hit tomorrow, the highest it should hit tomorrow. It could possibly go higher. Its going to last all week. And this afternoon the National Weather center, this afternoon Weather Service warning texas to oklahoma, more violent storms and potentially widespread damage, mike. Jefferson city, missouri, matt, many thanks, arthel. Arthel when will the central part of the country get a break from the weather, lets go to meteorologist adam klotz live from Fox Extreme Weather Center hopefully with some answers, adam. Well, unfortunately we are looking at more Severe Weather today, possibility of more Severe Weather tomorrow. This is the setup once again, really a similar location, although a better chance of seeing big tornadoes today than we even saw yesterday, everything here highlighted in the red and thats portions of North Western texas through oklahoma and then into northern, really getting into western kansas, also these are areas with moderate chance to getting up to enhanced chance of Severe Weather so we are talking about large hail, flash flooding possibly with this and isolated tornadoes and i could take your to tornado threat and thats where we get very high getting in portions of western kansas, so Pay Attention today, i think we will see tornado before all said and done. Here is future radar, firing up later this afternoon, running into the evening and overnight hours, thats one of the threat of this is going to be added, most severe and the entire system marchs again off towards the east, like its done every single day and as it moves that direction, even if it doesnt bring all the big tornadoes as it moves east what it does bring heavy rain and weve got more flash flood advisories, watches, warnings across entire region once again particularly into kansas and running into missouri, all of the flooding into the mississippi that remains high flood levels because all this rain has to keep working its way further south, it is going to stay very soggy here the next couple of days with this system, now, we are stuck at a pattern thats forcing this, still the upper level winds running right along the plains into the midwest, a lot of very warm air just to the southeast of this and if you are here in the south hes you know southeast you know how hot its been, the whole system and setup doesnt move, we have to be looking at this today at least into tomorrow, mondays forecast for memorial day, here is what youre looking at, storms of the middle of the country, storms across the midwest, its a very, very hot across eastern half, southern half, 95degrees in atlanta, likely a record breaker for a lot of those folks, kind of a wild weather weekend and unfortunately no break in sight. Arthel adam klotz, thank you very much. Mike. President trump wrapping day 2 of visit to japan, taking sumo wrestling before going to dinner with Prime Minister abe. Hello, john. Good afternoon to you, good morning to you from tokyo where we are about to begin day 3 of the president s trip here, hell be up early this morning about 6 hours from now, but first thing on the agenda is hell become First International leader, what will be an elaborate ceremony at the imperial palace, that again first thing tomorrow morning and then the president will have a bilateral meeting with the japanese Prime Minister zinso abe, yesterday the president spent most of the day with abe, the two went out to golfo de mexicoing and attended the sumo wrestling championships where the president presented first ever americas trophy, presented to a young, 25yearold who get this, 390 pounds, here is the president making the presentation. In honor of your Outstanding Achievement as sumo grand champion i hereby rewarded you the United States president s cup, may 26, president of the United States, thank you. [cheers and applause] as far as trophies go, thats a big one, weighed more than 60 pounds, quite a lot of effort. The president and abe will meet again today after the president spent time with new emperor, trade would be at the agenda, the president told fox news that he will wait after elections here in japan in july before making a real push for trade, half of the house of council which is japans version of the senate are up for election but theres also a chance that abe may call a snap election for the lower house of the diet, like the house of representatives, so all of japans government may turn over in july. The president previewed his meeting with abe last month when the two of them were having dinner with the first lady and the Prime Ministers wife, listen here. The Prime Minister and i talked a lot about trade and military and various other things and i think we had a very productive day and tomorrow like wise very productive day. And some white house intrigue going on in tokyo as well, on saturday the National Security adviser john bolton said that north korea was violating United Nations resolutions by firing up the small missiles for the east coast of north korea into the sea of japan but President Trump seemed to contradict him in a tweet that he put out yesterday saying, quote, north korea fired off some small weapon which is disturbed some of my people and others and not me. I have confidence that chairman kim will keep his promise to me and called joe biden low iq and worst, perhaps sending me a signal. The president s position on north korea also at odds with shinzo abe who is concerned about the smallrange missiles because those can reach japan. They cant reach the United States but they certainly can reach japan but the two didnt seem too worried about it yesterday, abe is determined to make sure that President Trump has a great time and by the reception that he got at the sumo wrestling championships last night, its pretty clear that the japanese people are embracing him on this trip. Perhaps the president and the National Security adviser playing a good cop, bad cop on north korea, john roberts in tokyo. Thats a real possibility. Thanks so much. Arthel. Arthel mike, meanwhile here back at home showdown on capitol hill continues amid the fight for President Trumps financial documents and while most democrats tiptoe past the question of impeachment calls from several in the house growing, this this month, however, as to why the talk of impeaching the president is still just talk, here is congressman and white house hopeful eric on Fox News Sunday today. We are winning in the courts right now, the president s outnumbered with the subpoena power and the court rule that is are on our side. Thats a road to go down but we will not do donald trump justice here because we only get one shot to make sure rule of law stands in america. Arthel lets go with garrett tenney, live with more. Top democrats say they just do not trust the attorney general anymore particularly on anything related to russia. Now that the president has given bill barr full access to Intelligence Community documents for review the russias probe origin, democrats suggesting that the ag could distort the facts by selectively releasing information to the benefit of the president. Another concern is that barr could put valuable intel at risk by making it public, well, this morning on meet the press, white house secretary Sarah Sanders dismissed those concerns. The bottom line here is there was a lot of corruption at the fbi and doj, we see constantly more and more things that have come out of that and the president wants transparency and hes given the attorney general the ability to put that transparency in place, make those decisions and we are not like at all concerned that the attorney general is not going to do everything that is necessary to make sure we are protecting important intelligence that is vital to National Security. This week President Trump said he would not work with House Speaker nancy pelosi while democrats continue to carry out investigations into him and his administration. On Fox News Sunday senator Lindsey Graham said thats the opposite of what the president should do but this morning the chair of the House Democratic caucus was not extending any olive branches. Donald trump is functionally a studio gangster, he pretends to be a tough guy but hes playing that role on tv. Hopefully he will have gotten the temper tantrum out of the system. He can come back from japan, we have crumbling bridges, airports, transportation system, we need to get to work to fix it, we have a plan and we would like to do it in a bipartisan way. This standup likely isnt going away any time soon with the house on recess over the next week and all of this investigation, speaking of full steam again as soon as lawmakers get back, arthel. Arthel all right, garrett tenney, thank you. Mike. Partner at norton. Thanks for having me mike. This is great move or worst move, how big of a deal in your view is giving this authority to attorney general william barr . R well something thats Important Development in the Intelligence Community and the relationship to the department of justice, however, we need to keep in mind that the attorney general not only was prior the attorney general, this is the second stint in the position but also have record of working in terms of legal policy, working as a lawyer in dc and very wellrespected, hes very wellrespected figure. Individual that has tremendous respect for National Security information and so while it is an Important Development, its not as if the president is giving the Declassification Authority to a very lowranked official that doesnt know how to handle it. Hes the attorney general, knows how to handle the material. It could be justice versus the Intelligence Community, should there be concerned about permanent damage . I dont think so. I think that the attorney general is going to be able to work with the intelligence committee, im sorry, the Intelligence Community. Lets keep in mind that its only Declassification Authority only applies to the investigation regarding the 2016 election and the Declassification Authority is staying particularly with this attorney general, it does not get inherited by the next attorney general, so its only a temporary authority for this specific purpose, its not as if the authorities guarding this kind of information are being permanently altered or transmuted in some way. I want you to hear Senate Judiciary chairman perspective on Fox News Sunday. What nadler is doing is trying to destroy the president and his family. If i were the president id fight back against this political revenge coming out of the house. Mueller was the man of the law, mueller was independent voice that we all trusted to be fair. I dont trust House Democrats to be fair. They are trying to redo the Mueller Report, they are trying to make up other stuff and at the end of the day it would be political suicide for them to impeach. Sam, your thoughts on this battle between the president and House Democrats. Well, i think that at the end to have day in role of head of executive branch the president has interest in transparency. The attorney general also believes in transparency which is why he transmitted as much as the Mueller Report as possibly could to the hill. So in terms of the president , remember, you have to keep one thing in mind. Over the last 2, 3 years there were tremendous amount of leaks that were coming to the media from members of the Intelligence Community and some of those probably were in violation of classified information laws. And if you are the head of the executive branch and you to protect those laws, it limits your ability to respond and put the information in context by giving this kind of authority to the attorney general in responsible and very calm way, the attorney general can determine what happened during that investigation, whats appropriate to be released to congress and how can the American People get some transparency, some vision into what actually happened so they can restore faith in the department of justice. Is there merit in going back into the end of the Obama Administration to look at the origin probe . Nobody knows how far the probe is going to go but knowing the people at the department of justice i worked there and acting assistant attorney general its going to be very thorough. My guess is theres many folks outside of washington, outside the beltway asking will this ever end, will this ever end, sam . Eventually it will be and hopefully we will have a better picture and how we can avoid Something Like this happening in the future. If you were a person at the justice department, not you obviously but if you were one of the people maybe at the beginning who started some of this, would you be anxious about the attorney general digging into this right now . I if i was somebody within the Intelligence Community and i did not do the right thing, of course, i would be i would be concerned, but you have to say that what if you did the right thing, if you did the right job and followed protocols and followed regulations, i dont think that you have anything to fear from this kind of a background check investigation. All right, sam ramer, thank you very much for your time and expertise. Thanks, mike, appreciate it. Arthel hiker missing in hawaiian jungle survived for 15 days, how she survived the ordeal next. I want it that way. I cant believe it. That karl brought his karaoke machine . 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Hi, arthel, what a great story to be able to tell today. Search and rescue teams have been scouring the dense and dangerous terrain where 35yearold amanda had gone for a hike 17 days before she was found with broken leg, torn knee and plenty of scrapes and bruises and one severe sunburn, yoga teacher who had only intended for going to short hike that day, got turned around and lost, after becoming disoriented walked for miles looking for the trail head which led to her car, she didnt have her cell phone, walter water with her, she shifted gears to try to find food and water to survive, an army of volunteers dispatched into the dense forest looking down and walking over lava rocks and vegetation, they were unable to locate her then. On friday, helicopter crew spotted her near stream, quickly airlifted to local hospital where she was reunited with her friends and family. The last 17 days of my life have been the toughest days of my life. There were times of fear and lost and want to go give up and i had to choose and i chose life. As she told rescuers fallen off cliff and lost her shoes. Her tibia and that made it difficult for her to walk. I cant believe she did what she did with that kind of fracture. She will recover from it. It would take time. Miscalls do happen and theyre here today. That was her mother there at the end who said finding her daughter alive is just the greatest news shes ever gotten in her whole life and offered a rewarded to find her, a gofundme page was activate today collect funds for the search which will go to pay for search and rescue efforts, lost around 15 pounds while lost in the woods, she say it is power of prayer and the power of love when everyone combines efforts adding it could move mountains. Arthel power of prayer, no doubt. Yes. Arthel all right, laura, thank you. 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I will tell you the people of el rino are the strongest people i have ever met. Arthel deaths and injuries coming as the storm destroyed a motel and damaged nearby Mobile Home Park and the threat of severe remains in the coming days, already more than 150 tornadoes have been reported since last monday, thats according to National Weather service, storm Prediction Centers, stay with Fox News Channel for all the latest threats and warnings, we will keep you posted. Busy Holiday Weekend for the nearly 2 dozen democrats running for the partys president ial nomination. The candidates reacting to President Trumps increasingly bitter battle with Speaker Nancy Pelosi as well as attorney general William Barrs sweeping new authority in his review of the russia investigation. Mark meredith is following. Hi, mike, handful of 2020 democratic hopefuls are hitting the air waves, eager to talk about issues Like Health Care and drum up support ahead of first democratic debate next month. You were showing the mammoth university poll, Vice President joe biden ahead there with doubledigit lead at 33 , followed by vermont senator Bernie Sanders trailing biden with 15 support followed by Elizabeth Warren and kamala harris. One candidate who is struggling in the polls at least right now is california congressman eric, he sat down with Chris Wallace this morning and chris asked him if its possible he could still become the front runner. I see that my generation is going to do worse in the next generation and i will do something about that and im not going to give up, its early in the race and i will keep fighting. Now, one candidate still making waves is south bend mayor Pete Buttigieg, the mayor told democrats also need to be focused on the 2020 general election, more competitive than some others may think. The best thing i can do is to win the nomination and defeat the president , i think democrats are underestimating despite his popularity, underestimating that he could win. Mayor bill de blasio hes ready to take on the president because he knows the trump campaigns playbook. I understand his game plan, i understand tricks and strategies and i do get under his skin. The mammoth poll has mayor pulling at 1 . Mark, live in washington, thanks a lot, arthel. Arthel growing war of words between President Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi casting doubt on the chances of Congress Passing any new legislation this year, joining me now to talk about is david, hes the u. S. Political editor for the daily mail. Com. Good to have you here. Thank you very much, arthel. Arthel is this more than a war of words when the president says i will not work with these people as long as they are investigating me, now during his investigation, submission of ken starr report and proceedings of september 9th, 1998 and september 12th, 199, 159 bills were signed by president clinton, however, at once trial started no bills were sign intoed law. Back to current date, President Trump is not being impeached however despite other tensions that layed out above in an effort to work together, what might the president need to do to offer an olive branch and how should Speaker Pelosi reciprocate . This really isnt about olive branch, congress is doing not a lot, renaming post offices and all of that. There are two bill that is have passed that are pretty significant, one changed, removed the cap out of retirement contribution and then theres the big disaster aid bill. Here is what you have to watch out for, they will get things done if one or two things is true, first of all, if theres like a constituency, so in this case like the retirement age of senior voters, disaster aid package, thats hispanic voters, this is about texas, florida and puerto rico, constituency where both sides think they can win they will do something, the other one where one sides put more pressure than the other can bear, trump will put new pressure on pelosi that she probably can with stand, i would not put it past the Transportation Department run by elaine chow, marry today Mitch Mcconnell like putting a sign in every airport, todays delay brought to you by democrats who wont move on infrastructure. Sign biggest pothole and brought to you by democrats, i think the white house is going to start to play hardball and eventually democrats will say, okay, fine arthel youre pointing to this gridlock between beyond the president and the speaker if the Republicanled Senate and the houseled democratic led house cant seem to work past bipartisanship nothing will get done, right . The white house is the third card in the deck and i think the president will push forward, remember mcconnell married to transportation secretary, this will play a role in the infrastructure bill. You look at what happened in the last week with war of words, both sides think they won, they read their own basis and think they won arthel do you hear what youre saying . Its not both sides, its the American People. Lets move on. Funding the government should not be a problem as another Government Shutdown on President Trumps watch would not be good for his reelection, so the chances of him to be reelected, so might this incentivized majority leader mcconnell to get it done and House Speaker nancy pelosi said democrats will work to pass necessary spending legislation saying, quote, we understand what our responsibilities are, we are fully prepared to go forward, it really will be up to them to have some level of corroboration, so in what other areas, david, that said do you think the two chambers will step across the aisle to get their job done . Well, do i think funding government would be a relatively easy layup, trump does not want to hand democrats running for his job a message and you hit the nail in the head, while running for reelection, he doesnt want that and the Trump Administration never showed about spending money, running up deficits left and right, thats fine. Another has to do with drug prices and medical insurance costs, not necessarily getting rid of obamacare, nobody is going to agree to that on the left. But dealing with drug prices is an area of cooperation again because both sides think they can win, both sides they can carry with senior voters, 55 who vote a lot more than millennials. Win ground and they can cooperate. Prescription drug prices and that sort of thing is a big area where they can get together. Arthel we cant discount millennials at the polls, the punch that they pack at the polls, let me move on because you mentioned the disaster, 18. 1 billion including 900 million for puerto rico, the Senate Approved the measure thursday, House Democrats were ready to sign off on it in special session friday, had to be special session since most members had left for long weekend but texas House Republican blocked the bill because he felt not enough members of congress were present to sign off on granting all that money and congressman roy also said that that 19. 1 billion should include money to help the dhs department of Homeland Security deal with immigration issues at the southern border. Before you answer or speak to this, the congressman was on fox friends this morning and listen to what he had to say. No surprise that when you challenge the way of the swamp that a few that are swamp creatures will attack and bite back. The reality of people of texas, people of texas and throughout the country who are tired of washington as business as usual continue, they want representatives to stand up and change the status quo, to challenge the way things do. Is anyone truly happy with the way washington is working . No. Arthel 19. 1 billion did not include money from the southern border which the president requested, although the president didnt seem discouraged, he told white house reporters, quote, we are going to get that immigration money later according to everybody, back to you, david, do you think that 19. 1 billion package will approve next week, next monday when congress is back in session. Absolutely yes. I think its political and hes entitled to say we shouldnt pass 19 billion of spending by unanimous consent. We should show up your vote. Frankly its not a bad political move. Itll give republicans u chance to grand stand a little bit, well, i will vote with this reservation, we need money to build the wall and theyll use that for their campaign videos. Thats really what this is about. I think the congressman got handed a raw deal in the initial news cycle suggested that he was trying to block the bill. Thats not true at all. He just wants a roll call vote. He wants democrats to be put on the record supporting this arthel he also said he wanted money for the immigration situation. I dont think he will get that money. I dont think the president really is all that concerned about it right now. It will hurt them more to stonewall on disaster money than it would help them to stand their ground on immigration money. Im not sure theyll get the immigration money in the long run more than the billion and a half that they got the last time around. White house seems content to go with whats going on, i dont know the particular congressman will get any juice. This is just about making members of Congress Show up and vote, put themselves on record and i think thats a fine thing to do. All right, we will leave it there and we will speak to you mr. Martaska. There you go. Arthel thank you. Battle over one county to prevent ice agents to use airport to deport Illegal Immigrants, more news straight ahead. Fact is, every Insurance Company hopes you drive safely. But allstate actually helps you drive safely. With drivewise. It lets you know when you go too fast. And brake too hard. With feedback to help you drive safer. Giving you the power to actually lower your cost. Unfortunately, it cant do anything about that. Now that you know the truth. Are you in good hands . Since my dvt blood clot i was thinking. Could there be another around the corner . Or could it turn out differently . I wanted to help protect myself. My doctor recommended eliquis. Eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot. 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The press fighting back against county in Washington State after officials blocked ice agents from deporting Illegal Immigrants on airports. Dan springer with more from seattle. Had been used by immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport 34,000 Illegal Immigrants over the last decade. But county executive democrat issued an order pressuring companies that fuel the planes to stop servicing ice flights or lose contracts with the county. Federal Immigration Reform calls it an allout war against border enforcement. This is taking it to a new level. Sanctuary policies say that the local jurisdiction will not cooperate with ice, here he is taking a step further and blacklisting companies that do business with ice, you know, this crosses the line probably in obstruction of justice. In Washington State ice and the handcuff detainees are now having to drive all the way 3 hours instead of 40 minutes, an ice Officials Say state and local efforts boarding operations serve only the create additional security concerns and as significant delays and cost to u. S. Taxpayer. The bureaucrats have decided that they can unilaterally just decide what our nations laws are even and what we will comply with and what we are not. The u. S. Transportation department sent king county a letter saying federal law expresley prohibits the enforcement of any such directive. Refuse today comment, their actions could at the very least cost the county millions of dollars in federal funds, this airport has received 21 million over the last 7 years in grants, one stipulation you cant ban federal use no matter what you think of ice n seattle Dan Springer Fox news. Arthel well, iran foreign minister saying the country is ready to defend itself as President Trump sends 1500 more troops to the region, where all this leads the u. S. Amid the growing tensions in the middle east, we will talk about that next. danny let me get this straight. After a long day of hard work. You have to do more work . Every day youre nearly fried to a crisp, professionally can someone turn on the ac . no . Oh right. cause there isnt any. Here vo automatically sort your expenses and save over 40 hours a month. Without you, we wouldnt have electricity. Our hobby would be going to bed early. vo you earned it, were here to make sure you get it. danny its time to get yours vo quickbooks. Backing you. Arthel tensions rising between the United States and iran as tehran foreign minister say it is Islamic Republic will strongly defend itself against any military or economic aggression. This after President Trump okayed plans to send additional 1500 troops to the region. Trey live with more. Trey. Arthel, amid the rising tensions between the United States and iran, the country of iraq is offering to immediate a peaceful resolution between the two sides. Although there were protests across the iraqi capital of baghdad today against iraqi involvement in the situation, iraqs foreign minister announced desire to find a solution during press Conference Today with Iranian Foreign minister. Also took the opportunity to say that iraq does not believe an economic block aid is helpful. Despite talks of finding middle ground between iran and u. S. , irans foreign minister said country is prepared for military confrontation. We will defend ourselves against any efforts of war against iran whether its military one or economic one that would victimize the iranian people and we will face it with strength and resistance. The comments come amid u. S. Is preparing for the possibility of conflict in the region and will deploy additional 900 troops to the middle east to join the already 600 stationed there. Experts say the troop levels could increase more if iran begins new work on developing nuclear weapons, meanwhile iranian president rouhani said the Islamic Republic could hold referendum on what to do with Nuclear Program as iran looks to negotiate parts of nuclear deal this summer. Over the weekend Senior Pentagon official did indicate that the United States does believe iran is responsible for attacks on 4 western oil tankers early yerl this month according to intelligence by u. S. Military, pentagon officials point in the finger at iran when it comes to a rocket attack in baghdad just last week, mike. Trey live in jerusalem, thanks a lot. Joining me now john jordan, former Naval Intelligence officer, mrs. Jordan, great to have you. Good to be here, mike. Sending 1500 u. S. Troops to the region, in your view, is that a wise move . Yes, it is. Way the military looks at this is not the number of troops, the military looks as if theyre shopping for different capabilities and theyll take Different Things and different units off the shelf and send them and the number of troops, thats just the number that will fall where it may fall. Now n this case the United States we have to account for a number of threats, not just convention military threats, cruise missiles and ships and things of that nature, we have to account for the tendency of iranians to engage in asymmetric warfare, guerrillatype tactics and so the military wants to have full spectrum of capability to deal with eventuality. This morning Pete Buttigieg questioned the necessity, listen to this and i will ask you to respond. I think that we have the means to protect our assets in the middle east and the way this is being talked about makes me wonder whether this is driven has much by domestic politics as it is by National Security imperatives. John, your thoughts . Well, far for me to secondguess mayor petes Foreign Policy and credentials, anything that a democrat running for president has to disagree with, the pentagon is assessing the various threats in the region and is selecting the appropriate units to deal with it, mayor pete not withstanding. On the other side congressman liz cheney offered this view. Very important to iranians to understand that we will do whats necessary to detour them from attacking us or our interest and that we will do whats necessary to make sure they understand we arent going to simply sit back and allow them to take action that will put our people in harms way. Will the iranians be deterred . Possibly. The iranians are doing this largely because of economic backs are against the wall and unlike in any way since 1979, the real lost 80 of value, inflation has quadrupled in iran, under domestic pressure because of the economic collapse in iran. So they want to create a foreign crisis and have rally around the flag effect. Now in here, the forces sent to middle east is about communicating and deterrence, we mean business and, yes, we will not overlook any aggressive action on your part and we have the capability to do so. Irans foreign minister calls sending more u. S. Troops to the region dangerous and says it must be countered, how do you expect tehran to respond . Well, that is as much for iranian domestic audience as it is for us. It all depends on how bad the iranians really want conflict. I think that they will engage like they did with the tankers the other day. They dont want to engage u. S. In airsea battle, they dont really work in an airsea domain. I dont think iranians want to lose navy and have military public bloody nose. North korea, President Trump firing off quote small weapons which disturb some of his people like National Security adviser john bolton but not him. Your thoughts on the situation right now with north korea . Okay, well, the big the big difference is the shortrange missile versus the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that can hit the United States, the testing on the latter, long range rockets has stopped. Longrange missiles can only perfect by continuous testing. It took us and soviets decades to do it and we still test missiles an we had a missile test go bad last august. They stopped testing of longrange missiles, that capability isnt going to progress but still concerning to japan with regard to the shortrange missiles, so the deal that President Trump has with kim jong un is he they will stop longrange testing in exchange for us not doing big military exercises in south korea. Very briefly, is pressure on President Trump to deliver on north korea since this has been such a focus . Not immediately, but the election is 18 months away and thats not escaped the president or his advisers minds im sure but the president has 18 months to deliver Foreign Policy trophy and obviously they very much want that and we will see in the next 18 months if north koreans or iranians will give him that victory. Arthel washington memorial day tradition that was supposed to end this year getting aor reprieve. Even though geico ha ohhh. Ooh ohh here we go, here we go. You got cut off there, what were you saying . Oooo. Oh no no. Maybe that geico has been proudly serving the military for over 75 years . Is that what you wanted to say . Mhmmm. I have to say, you seemed a lot chattier on tv. Geico. Proudly serving the military for over 75 years. You ok back there, buddy . With moderate to severe ulceratiyour plans. Crohns, can change in minutes. Your head wants to do one thing. 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Arthel gives me chills just talking about it. We want to thank all of our veterans and war heroes for serving our great union. Mike well be back at four eastern. Mug muck. Leland another deadly storm through the heartland, this time in the small town of el reno, oklahoma. What they are now calling a likely tornado flattennenning a motel and then roaring through a Mobile Home Park. We say likely tornado because its not officially a tornado until they are able to get out there and survey the damage, look at some of the logs and timber to see if its been twisted. But the damage speaks for itself out there. Welcome to americas news headquarters, im leland vittert. Gillian im gillian turner. That likely tornado that struck last night in this Community Just west of Oklahoma City, well talk to oklahomas governor, kevin stick, coming up in just a moment. But first, well