unprecedented steps to curb irregular migration, deployments of national guard of mexico to southern border. the united states works to accelerate -- [inaudible] and to conclude remuscle proceedings as expeditiously -- removal proceedings as expeditiously as possible. >> reporter: as of yesterday, administration officials believe that these tariffed would go into effect on monday morning. of course, that changed. president trump golfing right now at his club in virginia. he's been there most of the morning, but he's been tweeting a lot about this. he made the official announcement last night about these tariffs going away, but i do want to read a recent tweet from just a few hours ago. he says mexico has agreed to immediately begin buying large quantities of agricultural product from our great patriot farmers. specifically, the mexican president will deploy 6,000 troops to the southern border, but how do i know if i'm i'm getting a good deal? it will allow migrants waiting i tell truecar my zip and which car i want and truecar shows the range of prices the conclusion of the asylum people in my area actually paid for the same car process to wait in mexico. so i know if i'm getting a great price. it'll give migrants a chance to this is how car buying was always meant to be. get to work, to provide an income -- this is a big one, this is truecar. eric -- stopping human trafficking and smuggling organizations. then, if needed, more action will be taken. although both sides have not made it clear exactly what action. last night mexico's foreign minister was asked if the united states got the better end of this deal. here's his take. >> i think it's very balanced stimulant laxatives forcefully stimulate i switched to miralax for my constipation. because they have more drastic the nerves in your colon. miralax works with the water in your body to unblock your system naturally. and it doesn't cause bloating, measures. cramping, gas, or sudden urgency. we reached some middle point. miralax. look for the pink cap. >> reporter: and house speaker nancy pelosi just one of several democrats to come out with statements today critical of the president's overall approach to mexican negotiations. but super poligrip gives him a tight seal. snacking can mean that pieces get stuck under mike's denture. she go, quote: threats and to help block out food particles. so he can enjoy the game. temper tantrums are no way to negotiate foreign policy, end super poligrip. quote. but will this plan work? expect the administration to get involved if it doesn't. treasury secretary steve mnuchin in japan right now, he said if mexico doesn't hold up their end of the bargain, expect the tariffs to be put back on. >> i would probably push back depending on the circumstances. again, mexico is typically a very, very good trade partner, normally a very good partner across the board for us. countries like china, obviously, i do support the president's efforts with tariffs against china. >> reporter: those tariffs against china went into effect last month. the mexican tariffs were just a mno kidding.rd. threat. china's feeling those tariffs but moving your internet and tv? that's easy. right now. you can expect that will be a easy?! easy? easy. because now xfinity lets you transfer major topic of conversation at the g20 summit between the united states and chinese your service online in just about a minute officials at the end of this with a few simple steps. month, eric. really? really. eric: i was in the central part that was easy. yup. plus, with two-hour appointment windows, of the country this week, the it's all on your schedule. awesome. farm belt and, man, this is now all you have to do is move...that thing. going to be good news for the farmers there. [ sigh ] meanwhile, you mentioned the g20 introducing an easier way to move with xfinity. summit, the president it's just another way we're working to make your life scheduledded to go and have simple, easy, awesome. those talks. go to xfinity.com/moving to get started. >> reporter: yeah. president trump is scheduled to go, president xi jinping is expected to be there as well. right now the secretary of treasury is there getting things arthel: lob done police arrest ready for that meeting in just a five people they believe beat few weeks, so we'll see what and robbed a lesbian couple on a happens with those tariffs. eric: hopefully, there'll be bus. the arrest coming more than a more progress. arthel: for more, let's bring in week after the couple -- a 29-year-old american and a 28-year-old from uruguay -- said melanie zonona, congressional reporter for politico. all right, is this a clear cut their attackers threw coins and tried to for force them to kiss. win for president trump? >> well, it certainly looks like one of the women said the attack a win for the president, at happened when she finally least on paper. they got mexico to agree to a confronted the group. >> i don't know how we got from number of concessions including fighting on the top of the bus sending mexican troops to the down to lower deck, but in that guatemala border and also time frame they took my phone, requiring migrants to stay in mexico while their asylum cases her bag, and they ran off the bus. i want people to take away that are processed. they should stand up for themselves and stand up for each congress hasn't accomplished much in terms of immigration. other. these wouldn't have happened arthel: the couple were treated at the hospital for cuts and without the president making these threats, so it is a win in bruises. police say all of the suspects are between 15-18 years old. that respect. but that being said, it's unclear how much of an impact it eric: back here at home, police will have when it comes to are investigating after two decreasing border crossings. former senate lawmakers were and also the white house was not able to secure a so-called safe found dead within the span of third country agreement whereby two days. former arkansas state senator migrants would be required to linda collins smith was seek asylum in the first country discovered in her home on that they hope as opposed to tuesday. waiting until they actually get on thursday authorities confirmed the death of former to united states. but, you know, the white house is billing in the as a win, so oklahoma state senator jonathan is mexico, and the president nichols. really needed a win here. jeff paul is tracking this he's been struggling to strange story for us in los implement his immigration angeles. hi, jeff. >> reporter: yeah, linda policies on capitol hill. he hasn't been able to build the collins smith was found dead on wall with mexico and get them to tuesday, but authorities say pay for it, so now heading into they couldn't confirm her identity right away because of 2020 he is able to really point the condition of her body. to something as something police now say they're concrete and also say that his investigating her death as a hard-line negotiating tactics homicide, but the cause of death are actually working. is still under investigation. arthel: and, you know, you laid out some of the things that are her former press secretary told going to happen there on the reporters she had been shot. mexican side. how do we know if the mexican property records indicate the home was owned by collins smith troops at its border with guatemala is going to work? and her former husband, a how will we know? retired circuit judge. >> that is a good question. the two divorced last october they will be on a sort of 90-day and were said to be in court dividing up property. trial period. they have three months to the governor of arkansas implement their end of the released a statement saying, bargain, and so they have to quote: i'm both stunned and keep that up in order to make saddened by the death of linda sure these tariffs don't happen three months from now, and on collins smith. she was a good person who served top of that, they have to have in the public arena with passion satisfying results. and conviction. meanwhile, in oklahoma police in and that's a lot less clarity norman say they found former about that, so it is entirely possible that trump is going to state senator jonathan nichols dead inside his home from a play this card in the future, gunshot wound. and this option could still be this was on wednesday. on the table. nichols served as a state for now, republicans on capitol senator 2000-2012, the state hill, the business community, everyone in congress, really, is senator who now represents that breathing a sigh of relief that district tweeted out a statement the president has decided not to calling him, quote: the most go through with the tariffs. brilliant political mind in the arthel: let's highlight what's on the table here. oklahoma state legislature, adding that he worked tirelessly tougher illegal immigration as a senator and for years on enforcement by by ploying 6,000 his staff to help guide our state forward. both shootings are still under troops with a concentration on investigation. eric? eric: that's just tragic. the 600-mile southern border jeff, thanks so much. with guatemala. central american migrants arthel: well, mexico's president at the southern border after his waiting for asylum to the u.s., country reached a deal with the they will wait in mexico. u.s. to avoid tariffs on goods that's different. mexico is going to step up coming north. efforts to stop human why he's there, that's next. trafficking and smuggling ♪ organizations. now, here's a question though. ♪ ere i go again on my own if mexico couldn't get a handle on these issues before, why now? >> well, obviously, the president has made this threat ♪ goin' down the only road i've ever known ♪ with tariffs. they have been on the sidelines mostly saying that they can't get involved. but now they are willing to step ♪ like a-- ♪ drifter i was the up to plate now that they ♪born to walk alone! have this risk of tariffs hanging over their head. you're a drifter? it remains to be seen whether these moves are actually going i thought you were kevin's dad. to work. like i said before, they're on a trial period, and it's unclear little bit of both. if you ride, you get it. what impacts these steps are geico motorcycle. going to have. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. we'll are have to wait and see three months from now. arthel: yeah. we have to wait and see. everyone's hopeful, of course. this win with mexico, though, melanie, is it dangerous on a level that the president will continue to threaten the uncooperative countries with tariffs? will the, you know, the trade with the u.s. become too unpredictable and unreliable, and could the uncertainty ultimately hurt american farmers and businesses? >> right. that is the concern among especially democrats and nancy pelosi that they've raised on capitol hill, is now there are questions about whether america can be a reliable trade partner when the president is willing to slap tariffs on a key trading partner at any time and for any reason. and i would also point out that trump is still trying to get approval for his new trade deal with mexico and canada -- arthel: right. >> -- and this could create less of an incentive for people to back this on capitol hill knowing that the rug could be pulled out at any moment. so there are serious questions and a lot of concern that trump is going to use these hard-line tactics going forward especially now that it's sort of reinforced for him because he has had some success this time around. arthel: meanwhile, there's china. chinese president xi jinping and president putin of russia in this public bromance which really is about president trump. what does president trump make of it and how much does this impact his aggressive trade stance with china? >> >> yeah. he has already taken a hard line with china. we've seen him actually follow through with tariffs with china, and now that he's seen how it works with mexico, he might feel like he is confident that he has some wiggle room here and that he is willing to go to mat to go for this trade war with china. he might not back down now that he has a little bit of confidence behind him. so we'll have to see. there's, obviously, the g20 -- arthel: the mexican president is a friend of president trump's, so he was willing to make something, have a win/win situation on the books. >> exactly. and with china, you know, their economy is doing really well, so they feel like they also can really stand up to trump as well. they have less incentive maybe to play along with trump, unlike mexico who would have been devastated by these tariffs if they would have gone through. arthel: well, we'll keep watching. melanie zanona, good to see you. >> thanks for having me. arthel: no problem. we're going to have exclusive new reaction tomorrow morning. maria bartiromo talks with republican senator thom tillis on "sunday morning futures," it's happening at 10 a.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. and bret baier guest anchors "fox news sunday" and will sit i've always been i'm still going for my best... down with republican senator ron even though i live with a higher risk of stroke johnson. that airs at 2 and 7 p.m. due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. eastern here as well, and you so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, can check your local listings to i'll go for that. see when it airs on your fox eliquis. affiliate. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk eric: and speaking of politics, most of the 2020 candidates are better than warfarin. in iowa this weekend. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. they try to gain traction in the eliquis is fda-approved and has both. state that has the first presidential nominating contest in the country. what's next? this comes as vice president, sharing my roots. former vice president joe biden don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, reverses course on one of his as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. long-held issues, saying that he eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. no longer supports the hyde don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve amendment. that's the congressional ban on or abnormal bleeding. federal funding for most abortions. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily it was sponsored by the late congressman from illinois, henry and it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. hyde. we have more on this. seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, >> reporter: next week former like unusual bruising. vice president joe biden will return to iowa. eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. he's scheduled to hold an event tell your doctor about all planned in at least four different medical or dental procedures. cities. he's also expected to face more eliquis, the number one questions about his decision to cardiologist-prescribed blood thinner. reverse course this past thursday by announcing he no ask your doctor if eliquis longer supports that amendment is what's next for you. which bars federal funding to pay for most abortions. the vice president tweeted about his decision no longer to support the measure writing, quote: if i believe health care ♪ ♪ is a right, as i do, i can no arthel: well, as mexico reaches a deal with the u.s. to avoid longer support an amendment that tariffs, the country's president makes that right dependent on is planning to hold a rally someone's zip code. today on the southern border. the latest polls show biden is stevesteve harrigan is live on e with a double-digit lead over border inty wan a that. all right -- in tijuana. his democratic rivals, we'll look to see if that sticks after what's the mood there after the the first democratic debate announcement that a deal was later on this month. reached? this weekend several democratic >> reporter: the mood has really changed here 180 degrees presidential hopefuls are all trying to connect with potential over the past few hours since that announcement has become well known, that there is a deal caucus-goers ahead of the first on tariffs. they are building the stage behind me, about 20,000 people 2020 contest. pete buttigieg is in des moines as that city celebrates gay expected here for the mexican pride. the mayor was asks how he feels as a gay american that the issue president, lopez obrador. this was going to be a fiery is being focused on by so many political rally, but now the mood has changed to something much more festive. fellow 2020 candidates. >> i think the pace of change [speaking spanish] has been extraordinary. >> translator: since the tariffs i think those of us within the lgbtq community are perhaps issue was sorted, we're having marcelo and his team over here, among the most amazed. i began my career at a time it is now turning into a celebration. where you could either be out or >> reporter: the mexican president echoing those have a career in politics, you sentiments, saying that it's time to celebrate the work of couldn't be both, and things are the negotiators that reached changing quickly, but we have a this deal on the tariffs. long way to go. back to you. arthel: hey, steve, are you >> reporter: the associated noticing any changes in terms of press reports his campaign has enforcement is since the president announced the deal? grown from 6 people in january >> reporter: it's definitely to 85 employees right now, and going to be a tall order for the his campaign staff is expected mexican government to carry out to double within the next few the details of this deal. months. they have announced that they're vermont senator bernie sanders going to send at least 6,000 will also soon deliver what his campaign is calling a major national guard to southern speech on the benefits of border with guatemala. that's the route a lot of these migrants take from central democratic socialism. the senator will discuss america. but that border is 600 miles socialism in a historical long, so this is a start but context wednesday at george certainly not an end to problem. washington university. the latest national poll shows arthel: steve harrigan, thank sanders in second place behind you very much for that report former vice president joe biden. live in tijuana, mexico. eric? eric: all right, mark, thanks so eric: meanwhile, president much. trump's merit-based immigration for more on how the former vice plan is getting a lot of president's reversal could attention from some construction affect the race, we're joined by companies as the industry is trying to find skilled workers. joe borelli who is a supporter madeleine rivera has more from of president trump and kristin houston. >> reporter: the construction industry is booming on the texas gulf coast. han. councilman, let me start with >> well, that's large industrial you. what do you think this says about the pressure in the democratic party that the vice projects and petro-chem president is facing? >> well, i think it certainly shows that this is no longer the party of joe biden. projects. >> reporter: associated i think he made a major builders and contractors of miscalculation here, because this doesn't make him any more greater houston says that means a demand for more workers. competitive in the general >> nationwide there are 440,000 election. if you were a single-inshoe, approximate open construction jobs. >> reporter: one way to fill pro-choice -- issue, pro-choice voter, he still isn't the the gap could be found in candidate for you. if you were a moderate democrat, president trump's immigration plan, a proposed increase in the number of highly skilled workers an irish catholic family in accepted into the united states pittsburgh, just the type of from 12% to 57%. democratic voter the party needs >> we're going to need to get to win back to win the white workers from foreign countries house, he may not be your candidate anymore. to come in and build these it's a major miscalculation. this is something that will be projects. but jose garza doesn't agree. seen as a mistake by him in the >> it is not a policy that is long run. eric: do you think he could be rooted or based in the economic pushed too far to left by the realities of the industry; but, pressure from the more rather, it's based in, quite progressive candidates? frankly, what are racist notions >> sure. look, you know, he was the about immigration and candidate, again, playing for the long game, playing for the immigration policy. >> reporter: garza says as general election. but this is only a response to many as half of construction worker in the lone star state pressure from the left. people do have deeply-held are undocumented, building beliefs on abortion. i find it very odd that this is foundations, roofs and everything in between. he said the president's proposal someone who would change his would hurt more than help. >> even with a significant beliefs twice in one week. this is something only done for portion of the work force being political purposes not for any, filled by undocumented labor, i think the, under strongly there are still shortages in the work force up and down the considered decision. eric: kristin, how does he sector, and we have that defend this switch? >> so, you know, as somebody who shortage because the industry has failed to invest in their actually is in the middle and i work force. >> reporter: the proposal is work with a lot of moderate currently not a bill, but the members, i disagree. i don't think it's the wrong president is likely to use it as decision. i think, you know, you have a a campaign issue as he gears up career as long as his is, and, for his 2020 re-election fight. you know, you should be able to change your mind. eric? i think that women's health and eric: madeleine, thanks so much. arthel: to moon, eric. health care is under assault in [laughter] you may soon be able to fly to a number of different states, and he decided to change his international space station. nasa says private flights could mind, and he explained why he did it, and i think that's okay. happen as early as 2020, so they're teaming one boeing and he's also, you know, rejecting spacex for those trips. these ideas of socialism. nasa is also planning another i do not think it's an moon mission, but the president indication that the members on is not onboard with that, the -- or the candidates on the far left are pushing him in any tweeting: for all of the money sort of direction when it comes we are spending, nasa should not to, you know, socialism or, you be talking about going to moon. we did that 50 years ago. know, medicare for all. they should be focused on the he's rejected those ideas. much bigger things we are doing, eric: but, you know, there's a difference between changing your mind and being a politician who including mars. defense and science. nasa had this to say: evolves over time, but this was four decades plus, long-held >> the commercialization of low earth orbit will focus nasa to belief. privately, he's roman catholic, says he's against abortion. land the first woman and next and suddenly he just changes, obviously, something that he's man on the moon in 2024 to long held. so, kristin, how does he defend prepare for future missions to himself against those attacks from those who think he's doing mars. arthel: as you can imagine, a it for political expediency? trip to international space station is not cheap. >> i think anybody who knows or you ready for this, eric? has worked on both sides of the pull out your checkbook, nasa saying it will cost about aisle for joe biden knows he $35,000 per night. eric: wow. doesn't do much without being you know, some people are going to pay that, you know? thoughtful about it. i think that he can defend it. if. arthel: for the experience, again, you know, i think in the yeah. eric: we'll see what happens. would you do that? last 40 years, you know, we have arthel: i can't afford it. not been in a time like this eric: well, what if i gave you where women's reproductive the money? rights have been threatened like arthel: i'll take it. they are now. and so i think, you know, he's [laughter] eric: turning now to international news, high drama also -- if you're talking about on the high seas. politics, he's got to appeal to until u.s. accusing russia of what we saw in the midterms, dangerous maneuvers after a navy women voters, college-educated women voters. warship nearly collided with a and, you know, if he wants to win the general election, i russian destroyer. think you have to court those >> unsafe, up professional acts certainly put our men and women at risk. thanks to their professionalism, women who, by and large, support this decision. there was no incident. eric: as kristin says, he's thinking this through and it's not done just to try to gain points. >> no, i don't think this could be seen as anything but political expediency. again, this is an issue that is so fundamental to who people are. this is a matter of life and death. and i respect that there are positions on both sides to have argument that are strongly held by individuals. it's just not common for people to entrench themselves on one side of an argument after having been on the other side of the argument, say, for the past 40 years and then within a day or two change because your advisers, your campaign officials and iowa lis saw milano, of all people, decide you're no longer fit to represent the democratic party. if he wants to be president of the united states, he needs to focus on winning back moderate dems in the swing states. i don't think this helps him one bit. i don't think anyone who listens to alyssa milano is going to abandon their support for elizabeth warren and jump on the biden train. eric: well, you know, he's got a lot of experience, and he's obviously banking on. that here's what david hersani tweeted out: biden will make the argument that his experience matters, but if he was wrong about everything and admits it, then what does experience mean? let me point to one of the glaring parts of this, and that is the osama bin laden raid. this is from four years ago. the president turned to biden. joe, what do you think, he asked, according to an account. biden gave months later. mr. president, my suggestion is don't go, biden said. obama, of course, ignored his deputy's advise and dispatched navy seal team six to kill the al-qaeda leader, joe biden was on the wrong side of it. kristin, what happens when they start bringing up that that he was against free trade, the iraq war, if, indeed, he claims experience matters? >> i think this is something that he, you know, has to take into account when you have -- you've got all number of different things. you have a history -- i mean, you have a career that's as long as his spanning, you know, changes over time, you're going to have to defend your record. so i think that's just something that he's going to have to do. he's an honest person. he, you know, he can change with the times. he, you know, he's somebody who as a moderate democrat myself and have run, you know, ran a number of different races all across the country, moderate races, i think he is somebody that we can get behind. i don't agree that, you know, that he's somebody just because of this one decision that the moderates are going to abandon. eric: joe, quickly, do you think people just look at one thing or two things? 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(cheering) 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar ensure. for strength and energy. ♪ ♪ arthel: the u.s. and russia are accusing each other of unsafe actions after a near collision in the philippines sea. the u.s. navy releasing video of yesterday's incident showing a russian destroyer coming within yards of an american warship which was forced to move to avoid a collision. now, this comes just days after the navy accused a russian fighter jet of buzzing a u.s. reconnaissance plane over the mediterranean sea. doug luzader has more now from washington. >> reporter: this is just the latest confrontation that we've seen between the u.s. and russian militaries, but in this instance the video is dramatic, and the u.s. navy clearly thinks it helps make their case. now, this video was taken onboard the u.s. guided missile cruiser uss chancellor in the pill phoenix sea -- philippines sea. at one point you can even see russian sailors sunbathing on deck. the navy says the chancellor had to take evasive action, and the acting u.s. defense secretary is none too pleased. >> the behavior's unsafe of and unprofessional. we'll have military-to-military conversations with the russians. >> reporter: that refers to a formal protest. russia, though, blames the united states for this. the russian embassy here in the u.s. tweeted this: uss chancellorsville has crossed the course of the russian destroyer in the south china sea, the destroyer had to perform urgent maneuvers to evade a possible collision. and russia is lodging a protest against the u.s., but this is not an isolated incident. according to the u.s. navy, on tuesday a russian fighter jet harassed a u.s. navy p-8 reconnaissance plane over the eastern med in international air space. no one was injured in either of these incidents, but there is a great deal of risk anytime you have ships or aircraft operating in this kind of proximity. arthel. arthel: doug luzader, thanks. eric: let's bring in chris gibson, former three-term member of congress and a decorated retired army colonel, also the author of the book "rally point: five tasks to unite the country and revitalize the american dream," also a, was awarded the purple heart so, of course, congressman, we thank you for your service to our country. >> thank you, eric. good to be with you. thank you. eric: of course. what do you make of this, the russians apparently playing chicken? really, it's troubling. >> well, look, putin is clearly challenging president trump and the united states of america, and it's because you take a look at the changes that have happened over the last several years, president trump, america, we have changed the strategic calculus in the world. we've rebuilt our military, we're insisting on fair and reciprocal trade. now the trade deficit's coming down. we're insisting on our allies paying more, their paying more. got a deal yesterday with mexico. we'll still have to wait and see the results but, look, when you look at the trajectory of world politics, clearly, it's moving in our direction. putin sees this, he doesn't want to see it continue. and so he's being provocative to see if president trump, the united states makes the strategic miscalculation. eric: so in other words, they're poking at us. they do it with this incident, they did it the other week with the fighter jet over the med buzzing and flying too close to our reconnaissance plane. what if this tips over the edge? remember, what was it, 2001 when a chinese fighter jet collided with a reconnaissance, navy reconnaissance plane and the plane had to land in china, and that was a real international incident. >> so two things. with regard to what happened just a couple days ago, a couple days before that, you know, this policy of transparency is exactly the right one, because as soon as these events happen, we should declassify the footage, show the world, and if we need to, declassify the satellite imagery as well so that the world sees that we are telling the truth and that the russians are working prop a began da. this is -- propaganda. this is important for a lot of reasons. we're looking to bring the world together, to stave off folks buying oil from iran. that's a bit of a lift for some countries, but they've been coming along with us. if we make a strategic miscalculation and world opinion turns against us, we will start to lose on those initiatives. so releasing that footage was very important to show we have nothing to hide here, we're telling the truth. eric: do you think thats moscow is making a strategic miscalculation by doing this? >> well, ultimately, they are, but they're waiting to see if president trump makes a mistake if, that we overreact to something, does something happen in the sea or potentially in the air or on the ground where they can get footage where it appears we're the aggressors, and then they can turn the whole narrative against us. so it's high stakes poker here. i understand putin likes to play poker. but if we continue on this trajectory both in the day-to-day activities and with regards to strategy, we're exactly on the right course here. we're reestablishing peace through strength, strategy that helped president reagan win the cold war. so, you know, this is the thing, and it's not a quips dense that we're being challenged -- coincidence that we're being challenged in the south china sea. you'll recall, eric, that president putin met recently with president xi from china and also, look, president kim from north korea as well. all of this has been orchestrated because the trajectory of world politics right now are moving in our favor, and those countries don't like it. they want it to change. eric: yeah. xi and putin were together the yesterday in st. petersburg at this big conference which we, the united states, was absent. so what does the president do? does he pick up the red phone and talk to putin and say, cut it out? not only do you have russia challenging us in these incident, but you also have the election interference in which they tried to get into our election systems which are, they are suspected -- expected to do that again in the 2020 presidential race. >> well, you're exactly right. so there are several things that need to happen here, some of which the acting secretary of defense just mentioned. there's going to be military to military contact. we're going to insist that they stop doing this. we're going to continue to release that footage, that video footage to show that we are telling the truth the, they're working propaganda. and then top line messages, i suspect that secretary of state pompeo is going to communicate as well. we need to all be on the same page on this. this line of diplomacy that they're working right now is futile. it's not going to work. keep in mind the big picture here. they've trying to knock us off our game. they see what's happening here with regard to trade, with regard to our strategic priorities, our growing economy. they want to get us to somehow make a mistake. they're trying to force a turnover here. we should not allow that to happen. eric: hopefully, they'll get that message before there is a serious incident and someone on either side gets hurt. congressman chris gibson who has served and, of course, thank you for your service i say as we went through the remembrance of d-day. you are what america's about, thank you. >> thank you, eric. eric: arthel? arkansas a well, record flooding this year is wreaking havoc on communities across the country that is no different for people in the mississippi gulf coast who are not sure if their fishing industry can hold up against the might of mother nature. fox's charles watson explains. >> reporter: a calm day on the water in the mississippi gulf coast, but for commercial fishermen who make a living catching and selling marine life in these waters, it's a sign of trouble. >> i don't think we're ever going to see any easy days this year. >> reporter: life on the water is all kevin knew. >> going to a different place. >> reporter: he's made a living there for most of miss life. this year, not so much. record rainfall gorging the mississippi river forcing the army corps of engineers force -- to open the spillways twice this year. >> i've got my tanks off right now. >> reporter: the spillway is open to relieve pressure on levees along the mississippi river. of the problem is that fresh water ends up here, forcing marine life to move elsewhere if the freshwater doesn't kill them. out on the water signs are evident, some marine life moving farther out into saltier water to survive. those who do stay could meet an untimely death. so far more than 100 dolphins have washed ashore this year, and mississippi's oyster reefs have all but been destroyed. >> if this trend continues of opening the spillway every year or two, those oysters are not going to recover. >> reporter: commercial fishers here are in dire need of emergency federal funds to keep this industry afloat. >> we've lost probably 60-70% of the shrimp and oyster fleet over the last ten years. if we keep going the way that we're going, there won't be an industry left. >> reporter: for now, fishermen are doing what's necessary to survive. >> everything you do costs money. >> reporter: and work and time are running out. >> christian, mississippi, charles watson, fox news. arthel: okay. well, investigators are trying to find out what caused three americans on vacation at a dominican republican resort to fall ill and die during the same week. what we're learning about the mysterious deaths. ♪ ♪ applebee's new loaded chicken fajitas. now only $10.99. on a john deere x300 series mower. because seasons change but true character doesn't. wow, you've outdone yourself this time. hey, what're neighbors for? 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