absolutely crushed it. >> jackie thinks every girl should grow up and be president even if they're liar liar pants suit on fire. >> 18 million viewers for the debut. ♪ ♪ ♪ i got my game on ♪ yeah, i got my game on brian: america's past time and that's a young child. he represents every child in america who will be celebrating because major league baseball has opening day today. and so far the mets are undefeated. ainsley: who says that's america's past time. who announces that? brian: the nation. ainsley: i would say maybe like reading or shopping or spending time with your kids, right? [laughter] brian: yeah, reading is america's national past time. pete: nobody ever. put the kid in a batting cage. hopeful for everybody. everybody is undefeated right now. ainsley: true. brian: with some of the problems the nfl is having i think there is a resurgence in baseball. more resurgence in baseball u it also helps america if the yankees are good and young. because you have somebody to hate. and you also have somebody to shoot for. you know. pete: saved it with somebody to hate. brian: a lot of people just hate them. good to hate somebody that's good as opposed to hate a team that's bad. the yankees are on upswing. ainsley: have a good year this year? brian: they might win every game. they are that good. pete: that's why brian doesn't work at espn. brian: not anymore. ainsley: nice to have you here on the curvey couch are you here today and tomorrow. pete: yes i am. brian: glad you made it i heard the elevators are not working. ainsley: elevators are not working. pete: we are owner on the 17th floor. ainsley: get to the set. running down the stairs. nice security that we have here they came and took me down their secret elevator. brian: any time i'm in trouble i would always say to myself what would geraldo do. he is always in trouble. ainsley: jump out the window and scale it live. brian: based on the fox years. we might have lived this with him. pete: great picture. ainsley: he is going to join us at 8:00 today. brian really hopes he is in the book. brian: i hope so. let's see if i can refute it. it is authorized so i believe it's true. big news yesterday. department of justice has opened up an investigation and michael horowitz as ig is looking into an investigation on what exactly is the fisa process leading up to the 2016 election. pete: we have known about this, the ig and the investigation going on there into the hillary clinton email server and a lot of the information we have, we're going to talk a little bit about lisa page and peter strzok come from that now they are saying we need to expand that investigation into fisa abuse. was the trump campaign actively spied on however and why was it? >> ainsley: basically investigating to find out if the democrats broke the law by using this dirty dossier to spy on the trump campaign. if they did that that is illegal because they are spying on opposition. brian: everything you give this judge and defense attorney has to be 100 percent authenticated. i made this up, take what you will. was it formally vetted. bob good lath house judiciary and actually retiring committee chairperson says about time. >> this is far beyond what a few democrats or a lot of democrats think about donald trump. this is how the government, including possibly the white house and the obama administration, but certainly the federal bureau of investigation an the justice department may have subverted justice in a dramatically different way they handled the hillary clinton email investigation and how they attempted to conduct an investigation into the trump campaign. it is stunning how that contrast takes place here. everyone should be concerned about this because we don't want the same thing to happen in the next election. you can't have the most important law enforcement organization in the world conducting itself in the manner it did in 2016 and on in to 2017. pete: we have big guests on the show today to talk about whether this is sufficient to get to the bottom of it the inspector general doesn't have the ability to bring in james comey or andy mccabe. they have processes but don't have subpoena power. there is talk of a second counsel. that's the debate being had right now. brian: did the obama administration spy on the trump administration. did john brennan as in david isikoff book and russian roulette call up harry reed. look at this evidence i would like it into the mainstream. harry reid's assistant says what are you going to do with this information? he gave it to me to go public. harry reid goes public with the fact that the trump administration he believes might be working in conjunction with the russian government. so that goes out. next thing you know we are looking at major investigation. who leaked that? should john brennan be meeting with the minority leader of the senate? ainsley: that's another big question. also special counsel you mentioned that the doj shouldn't be investigating the fbi. the inspector general as nice as he might be, i don't know him at all but i heard he is a great guy, upunderstanding person. is he investigating. >> he is the umbrella over the fbi. they are the agency over the fbi. should he be, who worked for the doj, be investigating the fbi or should there be an independent council? pete: that is the big question and whether or not the inspector general can get to the bottom of it with the powers that he has. a lot of things we know about we know about because of page-strzok emails. more just came out yesterday from august of 2016 getting to exactly what you just said, brian. newly uncovered text messages suggest the possible coordination between the cia, fbi, obama white house and democratic officials like senate democrat leader harry reid. and the email exchange looks like everyone wanted to know what was going on and sharing information to the extent it may have been more coordinated. ainsley: warning each other. she sent a item to him on august 2nd be careful what you sign. keep in mind there are foia requests. congress, all of this is basically can be uncovered. so be very careful. on august 8th he sends her a text mentioning that the fbi director at the james comey was working together with the chief of staff david macdougall -- mcdonough from president obama's administration. so were they working together? was the intel community working with the obama administration? brian: here's what you do. if the next administration tell us. they kept this secret. didn't know what to do. claimed everything was top secret. got very aggressive in december when somebody else won the presidency as opposed to the democrat who won. devin nunes was on with sean hannity last night and he says there is a few things that need to be answered. he is very intrigued by where this whole thing is going. >> i was talking to a few members of congress today. and these are people who, you know, don't follow this closely. they are not on the house intelligence committee. they follow it just by the news. and they were shocked. they were shocked. as a matter of fact, they used a few explicatives because they couldn't believe that the white house, the obama white house was being briefed by the fbi on an investigation into the trump campaign. they couldn't believe it. i think that's the reaction you're going to get from most members of congress that care about this issue, at least the republicans. and i think you are going to see the american people. when you have mcdonough and the white house -- >> -- it stinks. >> if some of these text messages are confirmed it would the obama that were involved. there may have been coordination with the chief of staff and mcdouble in a the doorstep of president obama. brian: changes with the trump administration again, not surprising, secretary david shulkin is now out running the v.a. and pete hegseth is not. in that's the bigger story. i'm glad you are on the couch though. admiral ronny jackson is in. the personal physician for president obama and he is a big fan of president trump. he says they see each other every day. peter, are you surprised you didn't get it. pete: i don't know. my name was out there just like some others. i was proud to be under consideration. grateful any time you would be thought of to serve president bring in the people he thinks is going to be best to be in the agency. ronny jackson has the type of stature and ability. brian: marine. pete: in combat and did medical service over there the question would be because here is what happened with david shulkin, like andy mccabe and james comey, eventually as obama holdover. he decided he was there to save interes from trump. this president is in to choice and private options it took courageous political appointees in the v.a. to call out shulkin. he got defensive and he is on his way out. ronny jackson has a great cadre of people inside the v.a. and help him maneuver that and give real choices to veterans. ainsley: he had that press conference when he went through the president's medical history saying he was healthy. that's how most americans are going to know him. >> he does interact, the president does have a good team around him. and ainsley refusing to sign off on pete hegseth going to the white house. ainsley: i don't want you to leave, pete. pete: no. you are staying here. we wish him the best. he has a big swamp over there to fix and this president has done great things already, a chance to do even more. brian: if you don't get the v.a. right. like building a wall, this is the foundation of why the president got elected. he wants it more than anything. there is a lot of pressure on this doctor's shoulders. pete, i hope you will be a resource for them. pete: absolutely. brian: it's a toxic atmosphere in washington. pete: in the "new york times" today defending tenure there. he helped cause a lot of toxicity with the trump administration. ainsley: 900 v.a. facilities he has he a tall task. brian: only one jillian mele though as far as we know. jillian: this jillian mele is happy you are staying here. brian: as am i. jillian: good morning to you at home. pete: thanks. jillian: hunts for violent immigrant who slipped away from ice agents in new york city intensifying. he was about to board a plane back to jfk airport when he somehow escaped ice custody, hailed a taxi and then sped away. agents reportedly spent 90 minutes looking for him before alerting police. he has been arrested at least 10 times in the u.s. also breaking overnight, north and south korean leaders setting a date for historic summit. the two sides will meet april 27th for the first time since 2007. the dictator promising to denuke rise ahead of the still unscheduled meeting with president trump. our commander-in-chief says he has face faith kim jong un will do what is right. jurors deliberating for second day. prosecutors revealing gunman omar martine originally planned to attack disney springs by hiding a rifle in a baby stroller. he was scared off by police and attacked the orlando nightclub instead. noor salman is charged with obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting her husband. she faces up to life in prison. a look at your headline us. send it back to you. brian: thanks, jillian. coming up straight ahead, amazon seeing stock price plunge. could they be on the verge of landing a big defense contract and some of your tax dollars? really? that story next. pete: she went on five sunday talk shows and lied about what happened at 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>> it's cloud backup on iphone you pay 99 cents a month to the cloud to back it up. ainsley: they said the department has never considered a sole source strategy for jedi cloud and reports that say otherwise are false. the department remains committed to a full and open competition and transparency with its industry. many people might say well, they have to say that. but what evidence do you have that they are only reaching out to this one company? >> a lot of the people who tailored the criterion who can qualify to offer the cloud services to the defense department are examazon employees. and the way the parameters are tailored, the requirements are tailored, it basically is written so that amazon is the only company that can provide the services based upon the criterion that ex-amazon employees wrote. ainsley: thank you so much, see ton, for being with us. >> thank you. ainsley: we did reach out to amazon for a statement and they didn't reply to us. you didn't teach your kids to do laundry and pay bills. no worries. college is offering work shopping in adulting. seriously? 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>> that's a good question. >> they are having reverse campaign. wall-to-wall coverage of march for your lives and the message democrats are going to take over congress well when in reality i don't think that's what's happening in action and these young men who are taking it to the voting booth. pete: gender and identity politics cut both ways. the university of south florida is now offering what is called an adulting workshop for stressed out millennials. so, you used to learn how to make shopping lists. maybe balance a checkbook. brian: how to be an adult. pete: maybe in high school. now you got to teach in college. >> i want to know about the 18-year-olds younger than millennials who are fighting isis right now in afghanistan. i'm pretty sure that's adulting in realtime. this is ridiculous. we are getting soft as a society when you think that's necessary. i will say i think perhaps more mortgage and life lessons. pete: what about home ec. i took it. >> i know i was probably watching sports. brian: that's the best thing about going to college you learned to be on your own. that's part of it. now they have to teach it it's a little concerning. >> under a covered sports and athletes as well. you know, what about the student athletes who are going to practice, then to make ends meet, going to work and then going into the classroom, taking 15-hour semester course loads? that's difficult. and i was one of those, actually. brian: brit, a lot of people don't work anymore during high school. pete: now they are learning how to prepare meals thanks to this course. >> that would help me though. pete: help a lot of us. >> some family members might say that. pete: brit mchenry thank you for your time. we appreciate it. roseanne's return racking up major ratings. >> say grace. jackie, would you like to take a knee? >> most of all, lord, thank you for making america great again. pete: now we know the president approves as well. brian: yeah, he picked up the phone. plus, should snow days be made up on memorial day? it may happen in one community because of snow days and veterans are outraged and they should be. ♪ you're as cold as ice ♪ you're willing to sacrifice our love ♪ you want paradise ♪ w long do you think we'll keep -- oooooohhh! you stopped! you're gonna leave me back here at year 9? how did this happen? it turned out, a lot of people fell short, of even the average length of retirement. we have to think about not when we expect to live to, but when we could live to. let's plan for income that lasts all our years in retirement. prudential. bring your challenges. if you spit blood you may have gum problems,s and could be on the journey to much worse. try parodontax toothpaste. it's clinically proven to remove plaque, the main cause of bleeding gums. for healthy gums and strong teeth. leave bleeding gums behind with parodontax toothpaste. searching for answers like where to treat, can feel overwhelming. so start your search with a specialist at cancer treatment centers of america. start with teams of cancer treatment experts under one roof focused on the delivery of precision cancer treatment. start at one of the cancer treatment centers of america hospitals near you. the evolution of cancer care is here. learn more at cancercenter.com/experts appointments available now. today, the new new york is sparking innovation. you see it in the southern tier with companies that are developing powerful batteries that make everything from cell phones to rail cars more efficient. which helps improve every aspect of advanced rail technology. all with support from a highly-educated workforce and vocational job training. across new york state, we're building the new new york. to grow your business with us in new york state, visit esd.ny.gov. >> pull that out. >> oh, what book is it? >> that's momma. >> that's momma. this is momma's new book. look. what does it say? it says the light within me. and guess what? who is that? >> hayden. >> that's hayden. do you like that picture? >> we're on the beach. >> we're on the beach. do you like that picture? it's momma holding hayden. isn't that pretty? this is the story about what jesus has done in our lives. brian: wow, that sex exclusive video is that true, ainsley? this is not seen on other networks. ainsley: i don't know they were going to play that that is so sweet. yesterday we got the first copy. like i could hold the book. y'all know what that looks like. you get that first because you work so hard on it and then for my daughter to be a part of that was pretty special. so, there's a copy or what the book looks like. it's about my faith and what god has done in my life and our life as a family. brian: when does it come out? ainsley: april 24th in a few weeks. can you order it now but it will be thought a few weeks. it's so cool. brian: we will get to know more about you? ainsley: it's more about just our relationship with the lord. pete: congratulations. ainsley: the journalies up and down in my life and how god has been faithful through it all. brian: can i say on behalf of pete i thought we would get some type of copy. watch it on instagram video. shouldn't i have gotten a copy already? ainsley: no. there is only one in existence. i have the one copy. brian: come on. start writing more. ainsley: my pictures are color pictures. brian: really? i love pictures in book. ainsley: roseanne bar, the show is back on air. it premiered on tuesday. we talked it because abc released a few clips showing how conservative she is. it rated through the roof. 18.2 million people watched on tuesday night. brian: back-to-back episodesful the president was so moved by it, he actually called her -- he likes big ratings. if you missed it, here's a look at what abc is high fiving about right now. >> i should have tried to understand why you voted the crazy way that you did. [laughter] >> and i should have understood that, you know, you want the government to give everybody free healthcare because you are good-hearted person who can't do simple math. >> girls can be whatever they want to be. >> i want to train c.p.a.'s of bart. >> good. i think it's cool. >> aunt jackie thinks every girl should grow up and be president if they are a liar, liar, pants suit on fire. >> i know why you gave mark a knife, it's to turn him into your version of a boy. >> first of all, i didn't know there were that many versions. >> you admit it. you were trying to make him more masculine. >> when did masculine become a dirty word? pete: to me a show like this is an absolute lay up. it's regular people, regular family and it's okay to love president trump. it's okay to love your country. it's okay to crack jokes. every family has people with different political views. why can't we joke about it and talk about it as opposed to demean each other all the time. brian: ashton kutcher nailed it last week. some go at trump. some in the family don't like him. that's real. we will have it on easter a lot of families will get together and some won't: other thing is i have been listening to adam kutcher. he had the ranch i didn't know about. he said listen, i realize there was an appetite for this because i grew up in the midwest and i realize most actors are liberal. most writers are liberal. most live in los angeles or new york. guess what, that's the product you get. where they going? all late night shows they are all hate trump late night. there is nobody different. he said if i put out something there where i grew one conservative values. where we debate it and don't necessarily -- they go at the obama administration. with some line. they go we put it out there, it's doing very well. you don't do it -- you do it to get ratings. you do it because have you got to respect the country. if you look at something honestly and say how do i get the other 50% of the audience. and what if i can get without losing the first 50. do it. ainsley: taking the cultural head on. both sides are represented. it does represent what a true family at easter. brian: president called roseanne. ainsley: that made me laugh because she has said she supports him. remember she ran for president. she was the nominee for like the peace party. it was called the peace and freedom party? pete: did i not know that. ainsley: started in california. that was 2012. remember coming out saying she wanted to run for president. and then she also said that she is a supporter of president trump. so this role fits her very well. what's funny is he called her. before i knew she was a fan of his. this is just a role. he still called her. it turns out she is a trump fan. pete: email us at friend friends@foxnews.com. did you see it? did you love it. why did it rate so highly and will you watch it again? friends@foxnews.com. jillian: good morning to you. president trump tweeting brand new pictures of what's being done to secure our southern border. take a look. these photos showing progress on a replacement border wall in calexico, california. the project has been planned since 2009 and not part of the president's promised border wall. it comes as 380 sheriffs from 40 states sent a letter to congress demanding funding for the wall and an end to sanctuary policies. former national security advisor susan rice is joining netflix' board of directors. comes weeks after the "new york times" announced her old boss, former president obama is in talks with the streaming service to produce a series of exclusive show he is. the head of netflix is praising rice for her time in government. but it didn't come without controversy. you may remember rice repeatedly lying about benghazi, blaming the 2012 tear attac2012terror attack thar americans dead on a video. snow on one state caused one school to have class on memorial day. proposing a half day on memorial day to make up for missed days. but the board also has the option to forgive the day all together. local vets say memorial day is meant for remembering our heroes who gave the ultimate sacrifice. we want to know what you think email us your thoughts at friends@foxnews.com. that's a look at your headlines. pete, i read this story last night and immediately thought of you. you are a veteran and fought for our country. have you children in school. pete: you lose men and women on the battlefield. memorial day is the day to remember. they you wish more people used those that do i memorialize. ainsley: going to be a bar bee be could you. pete: do the other half as a huge ceremony at the school. there is ways you could make it work. jillian: i got a lot of tweets last night. people suggested maybe have veterans in class to team the kids about memorial day. pete: or pick a different day all together. maybe tuesday. jillian: bingo. brian: thanks a lot, snow. 21 minutes before the top of the hour. he helped write the declaration of independence and was our third president. a group of long island students on long island want stat to you down. should would he be erasing history and getting rid of that statue. ainsley: possible surveillance by the fbi and doj now officially under investigation. judge andrew napolitano says it's about time and he is on deck. ♪ until we lose control ♪ until a raging fire ♪ breathe freely fast with vicks sinex. my congestion's gone. i can breathe again! i can breathe again! vicks sinex... breathe on. brian: quick headlines now entirely in voiceover. brand new night vision video. [laughter] brian: american troops in a raid to kill isis terrorists in afghanistan. the successful operation is the latest between afghan forces. two isis fighters were taken out. more austin video this time showing marines showing future his stick weapons in a combat simulation set up like urban involvement. soldiers learning how to operate drones, drone kill lasers, unmanned trucks and enhance thermal imaging technology before putting them into use in the battlefield. how great is that? save space, too. pete: the inspector general officially launching a probe into accusations of surveillance abuses in the doj and fbi. >> this is not a simple move for the inspector general to make to go after the top people in the fbi. you can't have the most important law enforcement organization in the world conducting itself in the manner it did in 2016 and on in to 2017. ainsley: our next guest says the inspector general's probe can't come soon enough. here to explain is judge andrew napolitano. judge, couldn't agree with you more on this because we have been talking about it for so long. why didn't this investigation happen? >> just a little bit of background. the fbi was never perfect. made up of human beings that have political aspirations and political ideas. but when it was confined just to law enforcement, it knew how to do its job. after 9/11, in the fbi was moved in to intelligence-gathering as well as law enforcement, the abuses began to ramp up. it's not just andrew mccabe. by the time mccabe got there, the concept of you want a warrant? go to fisa. they issue any warrant you want. that attitude amongst fbi and intelligence officials in the nsa was so rampant they all did it hence, the fisa court awarding 99.9% of all warrants requested. ainsley: which one. pete: trump one they didn't approve. >> correct. i signed arrest warrants. it wasn't for this kind of surveillance. break down a door to arrest somebody before they destroyed a residence. i never heard of a ratio a number that high 99.9%. because fisa meets in secret. it kept lowering the standards. and fbi people who knew, they couldn't get a warrant from a judge like me probable cause of crime. go to fisa where the standard is probable cause of talking to a foreign person. i believe that the inspector general will find a treasure trove, not just mccabe and company, but that is the most extreme violation we know of because the target, the victim is the president of the united states, though he was a candidate and then president-elect at the time. but he will find a treasure trove of abuses. going to fisa, getting warrants, when the law did not justify it. pete: does the ig have enough power to get to the bottom of it or does it require a second special counsel? >> i don't know the answer to that pete. we know the ig can't charge and can't indict. quite frankly the best investigations are those where the investigator has the ability to drag you before a grand jury. and the ig doesn't have that. aas well, the ig is limited to human beings that work for the government. he can't subpoena you or me, even if we knew something about it because we don't work for the government. brian: big story yesterday the "new york times" had it. have reports multiple sources know john dowd the former lawyer for president trump went up to michael flynn and paul manafort and said, offered him a pardon. here's the quote. offered him a pardon number one. this is the explanation about the story. said i have only been asked about pardons by the press and i have routinely responded to you on the record that no pardons are under discussion or under consideration at the white house. that's ty cobb answer. >> that's the lawyer that's still there. that's not the lawyer who left, hot "new york times" and quite frankly other sources with which many of us are familiar have alleged was involved with the party. as we were discussing during the break, depends on -- if this happened and i believe it did, it depends on what was in the lawyer's mind. so, if he was saying look, general flynn has suffered enough, manafort has suffered enough, let's just end this. look at all they did for you when you were a candidate, mr. president, that is a perfectly legitimate, rational and expected basis for a pardon. pity, friendship. but if the purpose of this was my god what are they going to tell bob mueller? that could very well be an independent crime of obstruction of justice. it depends on just like we don't know the look on your face when you are doing a read when the camera is not on you and complaining to producers about it. we don't know what's in his mind when he offers these pardons. brian: by the way they went out and did a deal anyway. doesn't that say something about what was offered? >> yes, they did. rick gates is telling a lot to bob mueller, including this later thing that mueller revealed two days ago about a russian agent communicating with the campaign. more to come. brian: all right. pete: judge, thank you very much. ainsley: appreciate it, judge. judge: keep brian happy. let the camera go on. [laughter] pete: i love it. ainsley: he sent a letter to the president asking for help and guess what happened next. >> just got a letter from donald trump. that's pretty cool. ainsley: the incredible story coming up. pete: plus, he helped write the declaration of independence. a group of college students want this thomas jefferson statue that one right there down. should would he be erasing our history? brian: hofstra university, good job. ♪ i'm still standing ♪ yeah, yeah brian: a group of students on hofstra university on long island where one ever the debates took place by the way want a statue of thomas jefferson removed why? >> it reads like this aided in the institutionalizing of racism and justified the subjugation of black people in the united states. not all students are supportive of taking the statue down. joining us to discuss it are campus reform.com. chris and malcolm mccoy. malcolm, let's start with you. how big a deal is this on campus. >> apparently it's a big deal for the people trying to profit this. i havprotest. this there is a lot of great things that thomas jefferson has done and these people who are protesting are only looking at a very small portion of history and trying to remove it based off of that. brian: you as an african-american, are you offended? >> no, sir. i mean i understand that slavery was an issue even before this country came to be about. and i think that look at a bigger picture than presented right here. slavery is still an issue and ugly stain on american history. you were adamant about protesting against slavery, there are places where it's still going on like libya or other countries. why aren't they taking a stand against those places? brian: chris, there is going to be a turnout. you know they have been taking statues down around the country mostly confederate statues. dots thomas jefferson matter on the campus of hofstra university. >> it does matter there is a difference between active traitors to the union confederate and our founding father thomas jefferson. when i heard about the effort to take down the statue i thought it was a joke until i found out it wasn't. i mean, thomas jefferson, yes, he was a slave holder. they are not putting it into historical context and not acknowledging that while yes he did some bad things he also did really good things like craft the bill of rights which ironically they are using to try to take down the statue. brian: declaration the independence and the institution what he did in the university of virginia. vice president, first secretary of state. and two term president, third overall. malcolm, does it bother that you people aren't prideful of our past tha we are looking back at these people and say if they are not perfect they should be ridiculed or marginalized. >> you need to look at the big picture here. and i thank god for organizations like no apology broadcast or campus reform.org for allowing us to speak on this topic. i really think that, you know it's something you have to get a grip on the history of this nation. brian: people are running from it and being derisive. hofstra says we support our students' rights tone gauge in peaceful protest. we look forward to civil exchange of ideas and perspectives on the subject. we know what happened in new orleans. a mayor wants to run for president. do you expect the statue to come down. >> campus reform reporting all over the country of efforts to erase our national history. i'm not sure at this point that hofstra administration is going to take down the statue. one of the problems with the petition to take it down is that anyone can sign it you don't have to be part of hofstra to sign it same thing with the counter petition. a lot of students are planning to go to the protest this friday and express their dissenting opinion. i hope that the statue stays up. brian: i do, too. they will lose a lot of enrollment if they take it down. guys, thanks so much. part two of legends and lies the series i'm lucky enough to be hosting on sundays at 8:00 focusing on the civil war, ending slavery. this abraham lincoln the war agains. i think you will like it. thanks so much. we will be covering your event on friday. >> amazing. brian: coming up straight ahead david shulkin out as v.a. secretary. who will replace him that at the top of the hour. plus jason chaffetz will be here. on a separate occasion geraldo rivera with a brand new memoir and dana loesch. will they all like geraldo's memoir? 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it's opening day, people. in case you missed it. spring training is over. everyone is currently undefeated including my minnesota twins. ainsley: does that mean everyone plays this weekend? pete: everyone plays today. twins play today at 3:00. brian: some teams open up today. pete: yankees and mets. ainsley: who is your team? pete: minnesota twins. brian: i'm more of a mets fan. ainsley: i'm the yankees fan because it's in my backyard and you live out on long island you are the mets fan. ♪ brian: right now i would say that america's past time has jet fuel in it because i think a lot of people are going back to baseball especially after the year with the nfl. pete: people looking for another option. brian: we will see. settle in orlando during their meetings. talk about what big news came off yesterday. there is a lot of it as usual. it turns out there is going to be an investigation by the inspector general into possible fisa abuse during the 2016 election. pete: that's right. we have known about this is inspector general horowitz who has been looking into the hillary clinton email portion, how that was handled at doj and the fbi. that probe now being expanded into looking at possible or likely fisa abuse. meaning spying on the trump campaign at that time. looking at what role could have played at the doj and the fbi. devin nunes, house intel committee chairman was on this program earlier and talked about -- not this program but on this network earlier how democrats could have appeared to have weaponized to some degree. take a listen to his take. >> what i think now the difference where we were from a few months ago because of the obstruction. because of the coverup. the pressure that the american people are now putting on congress by making everybody aware of this, asking their congressman why is it the department of justice can stonewall congress for this long, i believe that bob goodlatte's subpoena is going to be enforced. i think we are going to get all of the documents. if we don't, then we should move quickly to contempt and then we should move to impeachment. one of the mistakes we made is we never impeached lois learner and we never impeached cos costigan. ainsley: we need to find out as americans was the law broken. did the democrats finance the dirty dossier, we know that we know that information was used to spy on the opposition. what did the administration know about this? that's a question. were any laws broken? were there illegal -- was it illegal or was there any influence on the 2016 election? we just don't have answers. and i was shocked. this morning i was reading there is this investigation now. i'm like wasn't -- why wasn't there an investigation sooner? we have been talking about this. we have known about it for so long. and now there is an investigation? brian: there is ig report supposed to be out in april. i think that's still going to happen. they are not going to wait. one of the challenges that michael horowitz has. he keeps getting more information. he said i can't get done with this report because i keep finding more information. i keep wondering this. is james comey's book going to be additional information. ainsley: are they going to wait. brian: there is no way everybody is telling the truth. because they have all been contradicting each other. the other one is 300 plus pages. i think james comey totally misinterpreting the type of reception he is going to get. hillary clinton blames him for losing and donald trump fired him and thinks horrible things about him. james comey despises the president. but certainly is not going to have a lot of allies on the left, either. so, good luck. ainsley: i'm sure they already have his book by the way. i'm sure they are already reading james comey's book at the doj. pete: because of his classification level, security level there would have to be some level of vetting. ainsley: yeah. pete: hopefully he plays by that process. the into consideration does vet power to get to the bottom of it? he doesn't have the power to recall james comey or recall andrew mccabe. i want to see fisa applications and see what the judge saw. find out why samantha power asked for dozens to be unmasked. i want to find out what exactly was in the proposal to these judges to allow the ongoing spying of carter page. hopefully we get to this. if he just gets to the paperwork that they will not release. the "new york times" asked for this. ainsley: doesn't it appear that they're trying to hide something though? because they would release all that information if they were innocent. pete: and we had the judge on earlier. he said 99.9% of fisa applications were approved. one that wasn't was the first attempt to get a wiretap on carter page or the trum trump campaign. they had to revamp it dossier. all of that is evidence that the ig -- brian: john brennan pushing out this story to other political leaders while the cia director is calling harry reid saying push this out basically? how wrong is that? also, more text messages, some of which redacted from peter struck and lisa page. pete: that's right. they suggest potentially even earlier accord nation in the trump-russia investigation. these texts that have just now come out are from august of 2016. and they show possibly a coordination between the cia, john brennan, the fbi, the folks over there the obama white house high as his chief of staff dennis mcdonough as well as senate democrat leader harry reid sharing information or talking about what they may or may not know. in august of 2016. >> which means this whole fisa process could have been something the white house was aware of as well. brian: one of them says here we go. harry reid sites evidence of russia tampering and inquiry. they are commenting on what leaked out. why did it leak out? according to michael isikoff's book? harry reid got a call from john breneman to say we are concerned about leaks between russia and donald trump. harry reid leaks tout. the fbi says there you go. what is going on here? it's a game we are not invited to. going to seat aftermath. ainsley: the obama administration has countlessly said they were not involved. they didn't know anything about this investigation. now it appears that the chief of staff might have had information. does he share that with president obama at the time? we don't know. pete: game we are not invited to because it was a game we were never supposed to see because hillary clinton was going to win and none of it was going to matter at all. brian: it's really disturbing. because i was one of the people thought the feeds court was invaluable after 9/11 to give our intelligence people the ability to act quickly on would be terrorists in our midst. if it is being abused the judge is 100 percent right. on the day it passed he had a problem with it. he was right on that. meanwhile, let's talk about netflix. not what you watched last night which by the way i watched. ainsley: queen? brian: i can't really watch that i will say this, there is some backlash now because who netflix hired. pete: that's right. some people are threatening and myself included to cancel their netflix subscriptions after former u.n. ambassador you know her, susan rice was named to the board. this as we are hearing former president obama is working with netflix potentially on a series. a lot of people feel like what she did, especially on benghazi, the way she misrepresented that perspective. it feels like yet another internet or media bohemian meth welcomin -- bohemian b -- pete: i got email from jen, she cancelled mine. gone. ainsley: are you in the middle of a series right now? pete: nope. we cancelled your membership, look at the bottom check susan rice. ainsley: is that your picture? pete: that is jen's picture. brian: she also said that bowe bergdahl. honor and distinction. also, suture rice was the one who quickly scrambled on inauguration day to chronicle that january 5th meeting between president obama getting briefed on the trump investigation. people wonder what was that about? why don't you go back and take notes on inauguration day about a meeting that took place on january 5th. pete: how about the bowe bergdahl honor and distinction thing. brian: she has greatest hits u. pete: she does after five sunday shows about benghazi where she lied. ainsley: any statement from netflix why they do this? pete: corporate boards are stacked with a lot of people who are formerly in government. 's it the cycle of the swamp. >> you have a position and enrich yourself with it later on and wait for the next democratic administration and maybe upgrade to another one. it's how that whole elite group works together and we are not invited. ainsley: if you want washington on your side, you would think netflix would put republican or trump supporter, right? what influence does susan rice now. pete: in the swamp? we have seen that the swamp is deep in residual. they have a lot more pull. brian: talk about elite and influence you are talking jillian. jillian: i may be the only person on earth that hasn't had netflix and never seen a show on netflix. brian: really in this is unbelievable. ainsley: i have got to introduce you. jillian: hello i'm jillian, live under a rock. ainsley: introduce you to the queen. the it is amazing. about the royal family. jillian: get you caught up on on a fox news alert we are following right now. north and south korean leader date for historic summit. two sides meet april 27th for the first time since 2007. the dictator promising to denuclearize ahead of the still unscheduled meeting with president trump. our commander-in-chief says he has faith kim jong un will do what is right. big changes at the v.a. coming courtesy of president trump. the commander-in-chief firing david shulkin as secretary and nominating white house physician rear admiral ronny jackson to replace him. shulkin the lone obama holdover criticized for overseas trips. vietnam veterans day today which the president last year. surprise for 8-year-old wanting one thing for christmas. a new kidney for his dad. ford putnam writing three letters, one to the president, his daughter ivanka and santa claus. christmas passed but this week ford finally heard back. >> therefore, thank you for sharing your story with me. i have shared your letter with my staff. and they are working to see what help they can provide. i just gout a letter from donald trump. that's pretty cool. jillian: that's really cool. ford list with his dad in north carolina who has a rare blood disease and has been on dialysis for nearly three years. god, i love when you see stories like that. brian: he has got the kidney. that's your next story. ainsley: that's so sweet. the show is the crown. not the queen. that's why you never heard of it i keep saying the queen. it's the crown. it's about a lady who wear as crown. brian: still alive. pete: can you give it up. ainsley: i'm still in my first free months. brian: you heard us talking about possible surveillance abuses by the fbi and doj, right? now it's officially an investigation. jason chaffetz is going to be walking this direction. he is chairman of the house oversight committee. he gives us some special insight on why it took so long. ainsley: plus, don't be so quick to throw away that junk mail. there could be 100 bucks hiding in there. brian: exactly. ainsley: pay for my netflix. cold hard cash give away. pete: crowned prince in nigeria ♪ here i am, baby. miralax is different. it works with the water in your body to hydrate and soften. unblocking your system naturally. miralax. on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort, your sleep number setting. does your bed do that? it's the last chance for clearance savings up to $800 on our most popular beds. ends saturday. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you. pete: inspector general at the department of justice officially launching a probe into the alleged fisa abuse between the doj and the fbi u this as g.o.p. lawmakers continue to call for a special counsel. fox news contributor and former g.o.p. congressman jason chaffetz served as the chairman of the oversight and government reform committee. he joins us now to weigh in. congressman, thanks for being here this morning. so, do you. >> good morning. pete: have you called and some others have called for the need for a second special counsel to look into fisa abuse. the attorney general is now saying the inspector general will be looking into it. is this a good development and is it sufficient? >> well, it means that they are following the facts and that the inspectors general they don't just go on fishing trips. he is completing an investigation, nearly a year long. what this indicates to me is he has actually got some real evidence out there. and he is warning a second investigation. that should be coupled with a special prosecutor. because there are a number of people that have left the employment of the government and michael who are whittle as good and talented as he and his staff are they don't have the jurisdiction to go and talk to people like mr. mccabe for instance who has left. if you couple a special prosecutor. then they have the investigative tools in place to go interview those people and to prosecute those people if they find anything where people have broken the law. pete: so this inspector general was looking into the email server abuse potentially and the investigation into the hillary clinton. it seems the facts have broadened into the reality the real investigation should be into the investigators themselves and the abuse of the fisa process. but you say they should be coupled together. need a special prosecutor and the ig at the same time? >> this is also critical because director mueller is evidently not doing his job based on the one-page directive that he was given. not only was he supposed to look at directly at the donald trump and any collusion, even though we don't see any evidence of it, that was the directive rod rosenstein put in place, but point number two on that one page was to follow the evidence of anything else that he might have seen about meddling in the election. and there is a lot of evidence about the democrats and the hillary clinton campaign coordinating and spending money overseas on this fake dossier. but, it does not appear that mueller is pursuing any of that. that's why i think the inspector general coupled with yet to be named appointment of a special prosecutor is going to have to go doo that job. pete: stepping back and looking at holistic swamp perspective as someone who tried to do oversight and was aggressive about it. why do these things take so long? as a casual observer, investigation after subpoena after special counsel after new investigation. and, yet, we seem to only get drips and drabs of actual information. what is it about the process that makes it so hard to get to the bottom of it? >> because congress never stands up for itself. i issued a subpoena when the chairman of the oversight committee back in 2016 for all these materials and congress never stood up for itself. the intel committee did it. but it never held them in contempt back in august of last year. now bob goodlatte was issued a subpoena and we will see if the department of justice provides that information. but i doubt it. pete: you know, if you are a quo equal branch you better act like one. congress could step up and do a lot more. congressman jason chaffetz, thank you for your time. we appreciate it. >> thank you. pete: you have got it. all right. coming up. boeing hacked and now fears that planes in mid flight could be impacted. don't say that and go ahead parents. let your kids play outside without you. one state just made common sense free-range parenting legal. is that a good idea? we will debate it coming up next ♪ tonight let's get some ♪ and live while we're young ♪ oh, oh, oh what bad shoulder? 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here to discuss on our panel today of two is lee stern. the ceo of diva moms.com and tom cirsing is back. author of disconnected. that's what he wants our kids to be disconnected which would help. free range parenting, utah saying hey 8-year-old go to the park alone. okay? >> okay if the parents have conversation before. children need to do things by themselves. conversations need to be had by parents and need to know how they can go, where they can go that there will be an app. on their phone to trace them so they will know where they are going. we do need to give our children independence u. brian: got the app. some are saying how exsilver rating they felt after they walked in the house 7 years old. went to the park by themselves and walked home by themselves. >> that's the natural habitat outside playing where kids are supposed to be. it's been stolen from them. we have our kids on a lifeline now. something called the smart phone. umbilical cord. what i'm seeing as a therapist major increase with children with anxiety disorders. and can you tie this into it. brian: in what way? >> children have anxiety issues. you have to wonder if this sort of fear mentality has been projected on them. >> i also think children need to play. i mean, it's something that we keep getting away from. they need to disconnect. they need to be allowed, of course a conversation is being had, but about independence, going outside. going around the corner to go to the store and pick up something. they are allowed to do these things without helicoptering these. certain age not at 5 or 6 years old. line. brian: they had to legislate this. >> the fact we are at this point where had you to have legislation to allow your kids to walk to the park or walk home from school. >> i can understand if you allow your kid to walk to school and they are 2 or 3 years old. >> of course not. >> i see kids when driving to work in the morning getting out of the parents' suv and getting onto the bus. they are 14 or 15 years old. house is five houses down on the block. what are we pumping into their mind? brian: the problem is, too. the abductions are not up coast to coast in america but the stories are you see these horror stories and maybe people belo blow it out of proportion. >> the media there is a lot to be said about what we see. as parents, we need to know and we need to teach our children right from wrong. how to be safe. and to give them a little bit of -- not a little but give them independence at the right time. brian: i have a friend that moved to switzerland for a banking job. their kids don't learn much about academics but totally independent. they play for hours by themselves. they were told in kinder kindergarten to walk to school. crossing guards or parents all pitching in doing this. that is just what is expected. >> that's what we want. if we are kind of handcuffing our kids, they are not spreading their wings. as they transition, they are going to have this sort of mentality of. >> my 14-year-old and 10-year-old, obviously my 14-year-old can do a lot more than the 10-year-old. the 10-year-old this year in middle school. he wanted a little bit more independence. we started to give it to him. obviously with the conversation. brian: right. >> but he wanted it and we gave a little bit. brian: people need to have protection against child neglect because this is now on the books. guys, great job. i think we -- it's interesting subject on every easter table i think this sunday. meanwhile, coming up straight ahead. a man who goes by one name even though two are in the prompter. and dana loesch needs two. what did he do? 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(silence) ♪ ♪ ♪ batter, batter swing ♪ swing, batter, batter ♪ swing. brian: hot dogs are here. the mascot. we are in the batting cage today. bernie joins us later for one reason, guys. pete: it is opening day. brian: right. pete: one of the best days of the year. you saw the hot dogs, it's the smell, summer is coming. it's america. ainsley: you hear us talk about folds of honor that great organization that sends our fallen soldiers' kids to college. they are teeming up with ssk. this glove right here brian is holding up. it's the patriot glove. pete: with every purchase of this glove ssk will donate $50. that's a big sum to help folds of honor continue incredible work to spouses and children of america's fallen and disabled service members. let me show the other side of that glove, too. ainsley: really pretty. pete: got their logo on it. brian: says patriot. pete: yep. brian: this is the logo right here. pete: that's the folds of honor. great partnership. ainsley: have you got to put your finger out. brian: do we have to thank anybody for making these jerseys? brian: i'm pretty much a met fan. pete: color scam is not working for me. ainsley: i will give you the pink one. brian: silver bullet? ainsley: they gave us navy one and says it's a size small. gave us a pink one and navy small. brian, i should have switched because i got the large. brian: that would be the met one. famous yankee is coming up shortly. pete: we will be outside taking some swings as well with the kids. eating some hot dogs. ainsley: are you good? pete: i played baseball until 7th grade when i figured out i couldn't hit a curve ball. that was it. brian: jillian mele is good and she will be taking some swings in the batting cage. jillian: i don't know if good is the word. elbow up. that's the rule. ainsley: keep your eye on the ball jill i didn't eyes on the ball and eyes on you guys right now. get you caught up on news the day starting with a fox news alert. a man is under arrest with after trying to ram his car into a group of soldiers. this happened outside a military barracks in southeast france. all 10 soldiers avoided the oncoming vehicle and were not hurt. terror is not suspected. the incident comes less than a week after isis inspired gunman killed three people, including a police officer in a french grocery store. all hands on deck. boeing officials scrambling to fight off hackers who targeted its south korea production plant. the company announcing the dangerous wanna cry virus is contained after being found in testing software. the news sparking fears that the malware could potentially spread to airplane software. the company claims the threat is now over. the new orleans mayor is receiving the john f. kennedy profile courage award for removing confederate statues one in the dead of night. president kennedy's grandson praising maryland drew saying the move is a quote recommit ourselves to founding principles of equality and justice. landrieu has pushed four all four of the city's statues to be removed despite fierce legal challenges. guacamole lovers be beware. chip gains has some very harsh words for your beloved avocado toast. >> that's disgusting, babe. nobody wants avocado on their toast. >> i'm done. >> good. you didn't even eat her bacon. ainsley: embrace the debate. polling customers using new restaurant sign. results have been mixed so far. but what we know is that pete is a fan of the food. pete: white bread, wonder bread? ainsley: what do you think? >> it's good. it made it on the final menu at magnolia menu. pete, you are a fan of all food. pete: never heard of avocado toast. you don't put it on toast. ainsley: it's recently become a thing. it's really good. pete: i'm walking back my stance. brian: jillian, thank you so much. see you shortly. 23 minutes before the top of the hour. pete: another attraction at the ball park besides the baseball and it's the food. what's one of the most iconic of all time? you guessed it, cracker jack. here to celebrating opening day is none other than the iconic mascot sailor jack and lifestyle expert saylor. brian: i didn't know anyone makes cracker jacks as if they were born. how do you do it? >> actually taking cracker jack but twisting it up with a few his pays. pete: fantastic. >> sweet and spicy mix. help me out. what we have here is a bag of cracker jacks and to that we are adding some crushed red peppers, some canola oil. some light corn syrup. brian: that's empty. >> it's just clear. it's not empty. >> so the sugar, some salt, and then some bacon bits as well. ainsley: spicy. too spicy for the kids. brian: how does the prize taste at the bottom. >> you mix it all up and put it on parchment lined cookie sheet and bake it for 10 minutes, 350 degrees and that's what it looks like. pete: let me try one of those bad boys. ainsley: all the kids are going to love this. >> we just took ice cream. we made peanut sauce with evaporated milk. we have peanut butter in here and butter. on top add chocolate covered peanuts and then some cracker jacks. pete: is this an offer at a game? >> this is an offer if you came to my house. >> oh to your house. ainsley: some are served in stadiums. what about this one? >> this is a funnel cake. what i actually did was took cracker jack and pulverized it in a food processor and mixed it up with aunt gentlemaaunt gentleman jemiah m. just sugar on top. ainsley: what about the hot dogs? >> hot dogs, nothing besides cracker jack nothing is more iconic at baseball games than hot dogs. you can get the nathan's all beef hot dogs. pete: of course. >> they are the official hot dog of the mlb. different stadiums and ball parks around the country eat hot dogs differently. pete: people do mac and cheese. >> in pittsburgh mac and cheese and cracker jackies. it's like a meal in itself. pickles, tomatoes, onions, relish and mustard. in new york you have mustard, sauerkraut and onion sauce. have them at the ball parks or have them at home. brian: amazing what you can get at baseball game. get sushi now. unbelievable. ainsley: all types of beer cold draft beer. >> craft beers u like they have huge. brian: until the seventh inning because they don't want you driving home. great job, appreciate it all the things can you do with cracker jacks. i will read because pete is supposed to read but is he eating. ainsley: so is ainsley. the president taking his message on the road today sharing with ohio workers how he plans to improve our infrastructure. it's the next piece of economic agenda. can you take it. brian: heard, on brand new memoir, is it true? 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[laughter] and your boss might be using artificial intelligence to see how you really feel about your job. according to the "wall street journal," a new software called zander, analyzes employee responses on a survey to determine whether their feelings toward their workplace. use offed to be just called the water cooler. the data is released to management which can lead to unfortunate circumstances for some workers like getting canned. interesting. i don't know if i like that. ainsley? ainsley: thank you so much. the country is still dealing with the aftermath of the tragic mass attack at high school in parkland, florida which left 17 people dead. so how do we make america safe going forward in the secret service is releasing a brand new report today examining mass attacks that took place in public places in our country last year in 2017. in an effort to prevent them from happening again. and here to break down the findings is the chief of the national threat assessment center for the united states secret service dr. lena al afary. why did you do this study what was the point. >> a long history of doing this type of research. we have been doing research on targeted attacks. we studied school shootings, attacks on government, workplaces. this was important to us, because we want to look at what is going on in terms of violence in the country. in terms of targeted attacks. ainsley: find out what motivates these people. >> what motivates them. the background of the offenders. what behavior they exhibit that might help news prevention. ainsley: let's go through sowsm the statistics. 28 attacks in 2017. >> correct. ainsley: 147 killed as you see there and 700 were injured. a lot of that was because of las vegas, right? >> correct. ainsley: okay. so what did you find when you looked at the individuals who were responsible for this, what was their motivation? >> the biggest motive that we see is personal grievance. they felt that something had happened to them. someone did something to them. whether it was perceived or imaginary. most of it was related to workplace issues. so disciplinary action. not getting compensation. we also found it relayed to domestic violence issues. people filed restraining orders against them. they may have to pay child support. but it's not just one motive. so, when we're investigating, for example, as an agency, when someone comes to our attention who we might be concerned, about we take holistic approach to prevention. so we look at everything that's going on in their life. that's based on the research. we know that the majority of these individuals experience stressors in the years leading up to their attacks. we know that they engage in communication behavior that elicits concern in others. what are the intervention points so we can get these people resources and care before they get the idea that they want to act. ainsley: the president has talked about not giving people with history of mental illness guns. not allowing them, at least having a thorough background check. have you found that all of these individuals had mental illness? i think you must in order to do something like this. >> we hear that a lot, actually. that's not the case. ainsley: really? >> it depends on the study we have done. for example, we released a study two years ago looking at attacks on federal government that happened over 13-year period. in that study, just under half had symptoms of mental illness. half did not. and so regardless whether someone has a mental illness or not, it really is investigating the behaviors, their life factor, situational factors. ainsley: is there one that really stood out. >> in this report? ainsley: um-huh. >> one of the biggest things that i saw. most of the findings support what we already know in terms of the stressors concerning behaviors. one of the biggest things we saw in terms of the age group, sometimes kind of misconception about the age of the individual who carries out attack. it really was districted throughout most cases. the second thing that surprised me in this report is that it touched every aspect of our public life. the places we learn, the places we work. the places we worship. the places where we just go and have fun. there was an attack on a swimming pool in a community area. an attack on a church. attack on a business. it really effects every aspect of our lives. that's why prevention is a shared. it's the work of all of us collaborating in the community. ainsley: thank you for being with us. i appreciate it the fate of the pulse terrorist wife now in the hands of the jury. this as we learned that the planned attack was really for disney world. we are live in the next hour. and we're giving you a sneak peek at some of the hottest vehicles at the new york auto show. is it getting your motor running? we will show you ♪ ♪ oh what can it mean ♪ to a daydream believer and a homecoming queen feel the clarity of non-drowsy claritin and relief from symptoms caused by over 200 allergens. like those from buddy. because stuffed animals are clearly no substitute for real ones. feel the clarity and live claritin clear. brian: all week we have been showing you sleek new vehicles on "fox & friends." yesterday especially. ainsley: now it's time for another preview of the new york international auto show which kicks off tomorrow. pete: joining us now live from the javits center in new york is fox news transportation expert mike caudill, mike, how are you doing? good morning? ainsley: good morning. >> good morning, guys. it's been incredibly busy new series over the last 24 hours. a lot of things have been happening here. of course in new york. j.d. powers came out yesterday and announced their incentives across the country. looking at $4,000 on the average for incentives in the marketplace. if you are looking to buy a car, right now j.d. powers is saying it's the time to do that. now, i wanted to talk about this vehicle right here. this is the first time toyota has really done a makeover with the rav-4 in the past four years. they have done a really good job with the exterior design of this vehicle. i want to cut in for a second. here is what is really unique. have you got to see thiessen sores on the front of the vehicle. nighttime pedestrian detection on this he can have. great way to keep people safe out there. i love the new exterior design. come in gas and hybrid version as well. not to mention you have got a variety of things like apple car play and android auto. acura, really doing some special things here. designed, developed, and built right here in america. this is the all new adxa. speck. turbo charged. 270-horsepower. a 10 speed transmission. not to mention a big touch screen on the interior. that vehicle, i love the design of the rdx. subaru making big news. auto show circuit this year. subaru's theme has been bigger, bolder and better. all of their vehicles are getting larger in size. here is a standout feature. you guys ready for this? facial recognition with that vehicle. so when you are driving behind the wheel, there is a camera that will detect whether you are starting to get drowsy and if you are there, will be audible alert that says hey, get your hands back on the road, man. focus on what you are doing. nissan also with some big news here. and you will see this theme across a variety of the automakers. it's all about performance. this is their new ultima. first time come in all-wheel drive and first time turbo charged. all about that aggressive design with that vehicle. not to mention when we are talking about technology, it has 360-degree camera on it that will survey the surroundings of that vehicle. to keep pedestrians safe. that's the theme here in new york. keeping people safe. all right. hyundai and their new santa faye, fourth generation. one of the safest suvs opt market. why? because it has forward collision alert and pedestrian protect. hyundai saying this vehicle will come in a diesel model for the first time in the very near future. expect that vehicle on the road here later this year. hurt. we're going to close it out with something super special guys maserati lavonte, trefo. this is 3.8-liter twin turbo v 8 all wheel drive zero to 60 in 3.7 seconds. holy smokes, pete. i think i could see you ripping this one up in long island, man. pete: why not? in my neighborhood? brian: how dare you. ainsley: he is going to visit you. pete: brian, i got the maserati. ainsley: when you are driving from new jersey pick me up in the city and drive out in long island and visit brian. brian: in mike's car. in the one mike gets you. pete: certainly not going to be my car. brian: he is going to wrap up everything tomorrow. meanwhile, coming up in the final hour of our show, there is a home up for sale in california. the owner will not sell to a supporter of president trump. is that even legal? we'll discuss it. pete: plus, geraldo rivera and his -- he is reading his own -- there he is. live. ainsley: he wrote it and now he is reading it. pete: still interesting ♪ round, round ♪ ♪ ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. 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>> that's mama. >> that's mama. the story about what jesus has done in our life. ♪ brian: are you into baseball? the long island ducks out here. one of the most suck esful minor league teams around here, period. ainsley: let me see. pete: couple singles down the middle. ainsley: the duck plays better than we do. brian: opening day. exciting day for america. it is america's pastime. we'll to out there a little while. bernie williams will be here. not only a better baseball player, he is a better musician. ainsley: look what just came out. why geraldo is sitting out on curvy couch. we will get to the book and talk about it. talk about the news of the day. the inspector general will investigate fisa abuses, geraldo. it about time? >> first of all the inspector general is getting a short-shrift in terms of his potency. a lot of republicans complaining, department of justice inspector general, why not have a special counsel, a looking into abuses led to issuance of the fisa warrant that led to wiretaps of carter page that led to all of the russia collusion story. pete: lack of investigation. >> lack of email investigation how it petered out. i disagree. i think horowitz is a great choice. the inspector general so far has done a good job. it takes a while but i believe there is if necessary a grand jury in the future. i think they will do absolutely. a thorough and reasonable i don't know in uncovering this very irregular, almost self-fulfilling fisa application. how did you get a fisa application? you pay or create a dossier of unsubstantiated allegations. you pay for it. then you present it to the fisa court. then you get your fisa warrant. it starts wiretapping, remember how crazy people thought president trump was that trump tower was wiretapped in first month of his administration? sometimes crazy stuff is right. brian: calling harry reid to get a story talking about trump alleged links of russia. i don't want to use the whole segment. the fisa court, you need integrity. brian: ethics and integrity. there is no defense attorney. if you're the judge, geraldo, has to be 100% authenticated because the judge is trusting your integrity. if the integrity is not there, process falls apart and abuses flair up. we're about to find out if there is widespread abuse but just everything. >> look how your final sentence rings. we are about to find out. we do find out. we will find out. you can't hide these things. they don't remain invisible forever. now it has taken some time. republicans in congress have been raising the stink. now it is revealed this noble, this monument to fairness and integrity of your national security system, the fisa courts not that they did anything wrong, that the information they were given was polluted by politics. i think that this will end up in a very interesting place. i think that you may indeed find a kind of collusion that nobody ever expected. trump walks and the dnc and some of the others get stung by their own corruption. ainsley: talk about amazon. jeff bezos, the founder of amazon, there is talk that he could get a big defense contract, the company could, go a government icloud thing, jedi cloud. for the defense department is worth $10 billion. the president of less government put out an ad in "new york post." this shouldn't happen. you're giving money to one individual who doesn't like the president, who made that clear. you will give him a contract for $10 billion so he can use it against you in the next election. the president tweeted about it this morn. i tweeted my concerns before the election. unlike others they pay no taxes unlike other companies and they pay little or no taxes to the state and local governments. use our postal system as their delivery boy, causing tremendous loss to the u.s. and putting many thousands of retailers out of business. >> if fair that the local retail are pays sale tax and amazon comes in, delivers something to that store, there is no tax paid and amazon does not contribute to the maintenance of the pothole in the road. focuses on what contract amazon may or may not have got en, the fundamental issue, the president highlighted, these online retailers don't pay sales tax generally speaking. they do in spotted jurisdictions. how far is that? won't that lead to the deterioration of the mom-and-pop shop downtown in city? brian: what hit home, toys "r" us. every parent remembers walking, whether you get a toy, you walk through like a zoo, you have memories. they say we can't compete with amazon. where does it stop? >> i'm wearing boots. they're worn out. i'm doing publicity. i want to go to shoe store. go to a shoe store? deliver it next day or day after. where is the show store? i don't know where the shoe store is. we don't even know where a shoe store is. brian: when you go to a shoe store, you put your foot up there, go in the back, get a size nine. ainsley: silver cold thing. brian: shoehorn. >> there will be more bars. brian: why go to a bar, you can drink alone. ainsley: because we've gotten too busy to time to shop? we have only time to shop online? >> that is true, ainsley. i hate to say it to the mom-and-pop retailers out there, just a more efficient way to do business. in my house, now i live in shaker in the suburbs, every morning, there is like a caravan of fedex and ups and u.s. mail. and they're even delivering things like drinking water. bottled water and gatorade you don't want to schlep from the store. it is a new world. the president is right. he roiled the market with his anti-amazon comments. amazon went down 100 points. investors like me don't like impulsive -- brian: facebook, they're all going after each other. >> i lament the fact it affects their performance on the stock market and wealth gets transferred and people with 401(k)s are hurt. i have warrant people to be quiet. the principle online retailers should pay sales tax is very important. pete: if anyone has the ability to write a memoir it is you. brian: you have done one before but this is now? >> thank you. ainsley: this is us at the -- brian: more than geraldo rivera at fox, right? >> this is about, the original book, brian was how roger ailes hired me to go to war? why? i was at cnbc, highest rated show on the network when the attacks happened at 9/11. i urged my bosses at nbc to send me to war. i was so angry. there were six dads in my kids grade school who were killed in 9/11. this was personal to a lot of us in new york. middleton, new jersey, where i was living, highest per capita casualty rate forfrom the 9/11 attacks. nbc would not let me leave my plum job. it was important. i quit. i gave up a huge salary. send me to war. the next monday i was in khyber pass. i was on the air when he was finally killed by rob o'neill and seal team six. i tell the arc of that story. as i was writing it, everything blew up so to speak here in fox and american society with the sex harrassment allegations and we were roiled as a network, you know. i tell that story. and i tell of the coming of the age of trump and how difficult it is for someone like me, generally a progress i have is person, who is dear friends with the president, at least i consider myself a dear friend of the president, whose policies i sometimes oppose. how the president has divideed many american families. erica doesn't really like him, my beautiful wife, because his policies about immigration and muslims and mexicans and so forth. i tend to try my best in find a silver lining in anything he does, or most of what he does. i try to counsel him to be more moderate in his policies. i want him to be a great president because i think he has great ability. that stress, tug-of-war in many american families. roseanne the show, really i will does straighted that could have been my home. one is for the president, one is against. we'll work it out. i think the president has potential to be great but i tell the story how the president's policies have divided many american families, including my own. brian: we do discuss that. in this too you mention, do you mention us at all? that is the key. i saw a picture of ainsley. >> there are several pictures of answer sy and one tiny one of you in the corner and you and major pete. ainsley sells books. brian sells books. ainsley: let me live up to my name then. buy his book. buy his book right now on amazon or parnes and -- barnes and noble or. brian: i love that picture. >> tora bora. we were there alone first three days of the epic battle. we could have captured usama bin laden and ended whole thing in couple weeks. brian: i heard you on hi ward stern. we'll talk about that. preorder, but use amazon who we derided. >> quite a life. quite a life. very proud of you. >> thank you. ainsley: nicest guy. you might not agree with his politics but he is nicest guy. pete: he is okay. brian: good job. sean hannity sponsoring a book party for you monday. >> that's right. ainsley: where is it? are you inviting everyone? [laughter]. brian: okay. >> absolutely. ainsley: thanks, geraldo. actually minutes after the top of the hour. fate of pulse terrorist's wife is now in the hands of the jury as we learn the planned attack was really for disney world. we're live in florida, next. pete: she weren't on five sunday talk shows and lied what happened in benghazi. now former national security advisor susan rice is headed to hollywood. brian: opening day, you want proof? look at our plaza. look at our duck. look at our kids. ainsley: look at our bat. look at our net. note ♪. who's a good boy? is him a good boy? erg...i'm just gonna go. oh, you wanna go outside? you gotta go tinky poo-poo? i already went, ok? in the bathroom! as long as people talk baby-talk to dogs, you can count on geico saving folks money. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. ♪ directv now gives you more for your thing. your letting go thing. your sorry not sorry thing. your out with the old in with the new, onto bigger and better thing. get the live tv you love. no bulky hardware. no satellite. no annual contract. try directv now for $10/mo for 3 months. more for your thing. that's our thing. visit directvnow dot com ♪ brian: we are now waiting the verdict of the trial of the pulse terrorist's wife. ainsley: in closing arguments prosecutors revealing gunman omar mateen initially planned to attack part of disney world. pete: matt finn live in miami breaking down details. good morning. reporter: what we learned in final hours of the trial, argued that omar mateen and his wife wanted to carry out a portion of disney world in florida and the shooter would hide his rifle in a baby carriage. prosecutors say surveillance video show mateen and his wife noor salman together at disney world allegedly planning attack. the wife argued they were attending disney as family and was not aware of the plan. mateen said he did not carry out the plan because he saw orange county sheriff eses on site. they don't think that video makes her culpable in her attack. >> the jury will decide if that has any integrity whatever so every. we think it does. >> we think the jury will find her not guilty and going home with us. that is how i feel. reporter: before the trial, shooters wife, noor salman did confess seeing her husband purchase a gun and prepare for. >> jihad. she would have told someone but was too afraid a defense final witness was a psychologist, that salman does not have the capacity to understand confessing. the shooter's father sadiq mateen was a fbi informant for a decade. florida attorney general's office is currently investigating him for allegedly sending money overseas. brian: that is unbelievable revelation. thank you, matt. the disney thing and this qualified as informant for the fbi 10 years. have you heard him speak? he seems out of his mind. i don't know what good he could be doing. pete: you have to go to tough places sometime to get information. brian: you wouldn't think orlando. there is a home up for sale in california but the owner will not sell to supporter of president trump. is that even legal? ainsley: dana loesch reacts to calls to the end of second should every democrat politician be called to say where they stand? ♪ ♪ ♪ applebee's to go. order online and get $10 off $30. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. ♪ pete: welcome back. a couple quick headlines. u.n. ambassador nikki haley that the u.s. will no longer fund more than 25% of the united nations peacekeeping budget. >> peace keep something a shared responsibility. with shared responsibility cops shared burdens and shared costs. all of us have a role to play, and all of us must step up. pete: the u.s. is currently shouldering 29% of the u.n.'s peacekeeping missions and maintaining the world's largest military. >> into today is hope hicks last day at the white house. her last work day was yesterday but she will say her fare wales today. she stepped down as white house communications director last month. she was president trump's longest serving aide. we wish her best in her postretirement days. ainsley: justice john paul stevens stirring out rage in a op-ed about guns that the demonstrators so seek more lasting reform. they should demand a repeal of the second amendment. brian: gop senator now lindy gram calling on every democrat representative where they stand. here is dana loesch. >> i think he is on to something. good morning everyone. i think all politicians should let americans know where they stand on their right to self-defense. i found retired justice stevens' op-ed incredibly interesting, in addition calling for repeal of the second amendment he did so as a way to restrict speech because law-abiding americans are too good speaking up in defense of their second amendment rights. that struck me as incredibly odd from someone who used to term and obviously write decisions on the constitution. so just very odd for him to write that op-ed. it seemed to undermine any defense that he would have ever standing up for free speech but i think everybody, yes, graham's right, get on record. where do you stand? pete: is this revealing where the left truly stand? i hear about reasonable and responsible gun legislation as you ask protesters and we asked many and hear the op-ed, a lot want to get at the heart of it second amendment. >> pete, you're completely right on that. for first time we're seeing antigun advocates where they are on this issue. when they talk about the ar-15, this is stand h in for all semiconductor automatic firearms. chris murphy one of the things he introduced in the house, specifically looking at semi-automatic firearms. we saw all the repeal second amendment signs. we see this over and over. we're always told we don't want to take your guns, but that is what you're writing. you're writing editorials in nationally distributed publications talking about the repealing the second amendment. you had one of former heads of every town went on another fox program talking about mandatory buyback which is word salad for confiscation. that is exactly what they want. they just stopped short of actually articulating it because they know it doesn't poll well. ainsley: a word salad. i like that. this helps conservatives and helps the president's agenda? >> i think ultimately it does. one of the reasons, ainsley, why former president obama was the best-seller of firearms than i think anybody before him or after him. whenever you start talking about the restricting people's rights it, makes people nervous. they want to protect themselves is and their families. brian: dana, the other big question is, what do you take from last saturday's 200,000 plus that showed up and all those other city demonstrations? what do you think comes of this? >> well, i love free speech. i'm a free speech purist. i always believe in more, not fewer voices. i'm not like the anti-gun advocates, trying to get the pro-gun advocates off radio and going after their advertisers. i don't believe in anything like that. i'm fine. i just think that all of the money that was spent on concerts and port-o-potties, because they had armed security as we, those could have been spent on more secure measures. all of the individuals could be meeting with elected officials. i see andrew pollack and ryan petty and kyle k u.s. history uk meeting with elected officials for ching change of they have measurable success. you can march all day long. heavens knows i protested. but you have to follow it up with action. pete: during the debate you have some nastiest things pointed at you personally as far as your motives. how do we get to the point where actual discussion is had instead of impuning motives of every opponent? >> pete, that is the million dollar question. it has not just me. it has been anybody who supported second amendment, the right of self-defense. i'm a mother. one of my oldest children are a year or so younger than teenagers on television. ainsley: sorry to interrupt but -- >> yeah, you hear all kinds of nasty stuff. my kids don't agree. their friends don't really agree what they have seen. i hear it over and over again. my son said this to me. why is it that the media always goes to only one type of young person? why is it the media ignores all of the other young people who bring really good ideas to the table and maybe don't agree with what the anchors and reporters say? maybe they really believe in their rights. why don't you hear from more of those individuals? we don't see those people on television. kids notice this stuff. they are seeing that there is bias, and see only one side ever presented. that is not a debate. you're being lectured to. pete: so true. the kids see it. we see it. everyone sees it. yet we're getting policy advice from young people who have the right to speak out as much as you want, doesn't make you a gun expert out the gate. someone like you spending you life when the second amendment means. they don't need to be automatic authorities out of the gate? into i completely agree with that. i said if you're not mature enough to carry a firearm we need to hesitate take firearm policies lectures from those individuals. it is about wanting to, other families like mine, we have different ideas about how we want to keep our kids safe. we think our as much security as red carpet celebrities. i wish the other side of the debate would stop projecting their worst, just bigoted notions on on second amendment advocates. i wish they stop projecting the worst ideas on to us and stop and listen. maybe not assume the worst. maybe give your fellow americans a little bit of credit and ask them, have real conversations, why do you feel this is the best way? instead of saying you have blood on your hands and you like your guns more than your children. brian: dana loesch, thank you very much. >> thank you. brian: david shulkin is out as va secretary. reaction next. ainsley: should know days be made up on memorial day. it might happen in one community. veterans are outraged. pete: we're celebrating opening day on the plaza all morning long. there is the duck. we'll be taking a few swings. ♪ ♪ brian: seems like a different edition of the rolling stones, you can't ever get what you want. but is that exactly true? ainsley: we have raj shah, white house principle deputy press secretary. we asked him to come on the show and he accepted our invitation. thank you very much. >> good morning, guys. great to be with you. ainsley: we want to ask you first out of the gate, what is the president doing. we know he headed to ohio. talking about infrastructure? >> that's right. the president will talk about the infrastructure plan we want congress to pass. there was a report out of the white house earlier this week, his plan would create between 2 and 400,000 jobs. it would rebuild our roads, bridges, our infrastructure in this country. most bridges in this country were built before, at least over 50 years, before we had people landing on the moon. so we really need to rebuild our infrastructure. we need to create jobs. the president will be talking about it in ohio today. brian: raj, one of the criticism too much dependence on the states, not the federal government. is it a 80/20 split? >> yeah. what he outlined a program which states and local governments which private sector folks would be involved in paying for a big chunk of the program. the reason we want that we want local officials making decisions. we want local governments, state governments with skin in the game. when you have that, they will make better decisions what needs to be funded in their states and local communities to end congestion, traffic, to insure they rebuild the right highways, arteries in their various local communities. pete: would rather have a local state senator making that call than a senator from another state. i take your point. brian: where does the money come from? >> the funding canning be a challenge for sure. >> when federal dollars pour into local communities they don't make as wise spending decisions. when it is their own money, their own tax money have to be accountable for it, they make wiser decisions. pete: let's hope so. we're following the president today and his twitter account. new tweet at a familiar target, amazon. he tweeted this, saying i have stated my concerns with amazon long before the election. unlike others they pay little or no taxes to the state and local governments, use our postal system as their delivery boy, in parentheses, costing tremendous loss to the u.s., and putting many thousands of retailers out of business. if we're talking about local funding this, is another source of local funding that could be missed. talk about the president's focus on amazon. >> right, well the president has talked about the need to have tax parity with online retailers and brick and more tar stores across the country. right now there is no internet sales tax. as a result companies like amazon can buy and sell good without having to pay basic retail taxes your stores, convenience stores and all the folks around, when you walk out of the studio over there and grab something, you have to pay and that puts brick-and-mortar retail stores at a disadvantage. it has been there for years. amazon is really competing, in many ways mom-and-pop shops and has this advantage. the president talked about it for years. there are a number of proposals worked their way through the house and senate, been considering in the house and senate. he would be supportive of such efforts. we're not laying out specific policies, but president is talking about something been in the news. a lot of people made this with respect to amazon about personalities and ceo at amazon, or at, we're talking about jeff bezos here. but this is really about policy. you have a huge company that has done amazing things in amazon spring up in very short amount of time and really tax policy and other policy has to catch up to that. those competing with amazon are on a level playing field. brian: the trump theme is changing again. secretary shulkin is out. ronny jackson is in. we do have some, you do some fake news you do want to report, right? we'll look forward, ronny jackson might have harder time, might have a hard time getting confirmation because people like him. he just doesn't have the experience. for you personally, they wrote but today. pete: you guys deal with fake fuse. maggie haber tweeted i never wanted to be under consideration. so much misinformation. clarify the pick of ronnie jackson what you hope he will do at the va. >> we think dr. jackson will make a tremendous secretary of veterans affairs. this is a man who as a doctor understands medicine. as an active duty member understands the military. he understands what veterans need in the 21st century in terms of modernizing care, giving them choices an options, making sure things like wait lines and bureaucracy at va is no longer preventing veterans getting care they earned, they deserve, that they need. we've had kind of bureaucrats or individuals who understand, kind of have the experience and resume' of, you know, hospital organizations or in the case of the obama administration general eric shinseki kind of run the va and they haven't fixed the problems. they haven't significantly reduced wait times. under the president's leadership, we have begun to reduce wait times. we've begun to take a lot of the things that provide transparency and put them online for veterans to be able to make more informed choices about their health care. we want to continue the process to insure that veterans who have served this country, who have been honorable in their service are given the health care that they have earned and they deserve and we leave no veterans behind. ainsley: all right. thank you so much for joining us, raj. pete: appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me. ainsley: let's get over to jillian who has more headlines. jillian: we're following a number of stories. let's get you caught up on some. headlines. former national security advisor susan rice is joining netflix on the board of directors. after "new york times" her old boss, president obama, in talk with streaming service to produce shows. her time in government didn't come without controversy. rice repeatedly lied about benghazi blaming 2012 terror attacks that left four americans it dead on a video on the internet. there is one major catch if you support the president you can't buy it. unidentified seller says she wants the next homeowner share her principals and ethics. political affiliation doesn't fall under fair housing act. the stipulation is legal. the home near sacramento is going for $625 million. snow days could force students in one state to have classes on memorial day. in connecticut they're proposing memorial day to make up for missed days. the board also has the option to forgive the day all together. local vets say memorial day is for remembering our heroes who gave the ultimate sacrifice. as you can imagine your comments are pouring in. guys, pretty much everyone seems to be on the same page when it comes to this. brian: we're on the same page when it comes to memorial day. here are some. responses. nancy on facebook either forget the half day or add it on end of the school year. another lack of respect for those that sacrificed in this country. brian: add one in late june. kelly says take a day from spring break or add the day to the end of the school year. ainsley: david writes maybe they participate in memorial day recognition in most towns honor ing those who served. pete: maybe it could count as course credit. ainsley: i am sure the superintendent didn't realize what he or she is doing, once brought to light they will rethink that. not a smart move. pete: president trump praising one california county for defying the sanctuary state policies. will others follow their lead? we'll ask orange county undersheriff don barnes when he joins us next. brian: plus, five-time all-star, baseball legend, bernie williams, will help us celebrate opening day. he is out there. he is overdressed. >> i am overdressed. ♪ feel the clarity of non-drowsy claritin 24 hour relief when allergies occur. day after day, after day. because life should have more wishes and less worries. feel the clarity and live claritin clear. jushis local miracle ear t at helped andrew hear more of the joy in her voice. just one hearing test is all it took for him to hear more of her laugh... and less of the background noise around him. for helen, just one visit to her local miracle-ear is all it took to learn how she can share more moments with her daughter. just one free hearing test could help you hear more... laughter... music... life. call now! for a limited time, you can get $500 off miracle-ear hearing aids! ainsley: we have quick headlines. we begin with a fox news alert. right now the expedition 55 crew getting ready to take their first spacewalk. american astronauts ricky arnold suiting up at the international space station. they're waiting for the next week's arrival. nasa new transiting exo planet survey satellite will look out for planets, brian, that could support life. you believe in all that. brian: i do. ainsley: it is expected to launch from cape canaveral, florida, on april 16th. brian, take it away. brian: 14 minutes before the top of the hour. this is happening on earth. president trump applauding orange county, california, for standing up to the state's sanctuary laws, standing up against this, tweeting this. my administration stand with solidarity with the brave citizens in orange county against the state's unconstitutional sanctuary city policies. as the county sheriff begins postings information about their inmates online to help i.c.e. agents do their job. what happens while they're doing their job? could they be arrested? joining us right now orange county undersheriff don barnes. i'm glad you are doing this personally. an american should want their border secure, illegals, especially ones that break the rules, captured, held and deported. how much, how much are you an outlyer in your state? >> well, i'm not sure how much an outlyer we are. we do know that we started this process, which is within the law, that is i think what is troubling with the state attorney general's comments that we may be violating the law. it is just necessary. we have criminals in our jail. these are criminals in our custody. it is one tool we're making available to anybody to view the online database of release dates. i'm not sure if we're an outlyer. i think throughout the states sheriffs are concerned about this legislation from the beginning. myself and many sheriffs last year were railing against the government in sacramento for even proposing this legislation because it makes our communities less safe. brian: of course. it doesn't matter what political persuasion you are. your sheriff could be arrested for defying state law. there has been 244 criminals have been released as a result of their inability to communicate through i.c.e. and local authorities. here is your attorney general threatening basically to take legal action against sheriff sandra hutchins. >> state law is state law and it is my job to enforce state law. i will do so. >> does that mean a lawsuit against the sheriff's department or arresting the sheriff? >> i think i just anticipated that. >> maybe he better read sb 54 because i don't think he understands what the law says and what i'm doing is entirely within the confines of the law. brian: undersheriff barnes, do you worry about your boss getting arrested? >> no. i'm not worried at all. i think that the state attorney general, hopefully had read the language of a law that was passed because it very clearly expressed in the language of the law we can make this information publicly available. what is earth booing about that comment he is advocates for release of convicted criminals back into the community while not following the law that was passed which allows us to do this. brian: and in the big picture, do you worry about the sanctuary status being a magnet, making a magnet for illegals, making your job harder? >> i'm not sure if that is a magnet. it does make our job more difficult because these are criminals that we have another avenue to deal with them. we should use every tool available as a resource to hold people accountable for their crimes and releasing them back into the community. brian: right. >> that is not something we would ever advocate for doing. brian: i think you speak for a lot of common sense people throughout your state. we'll see how this plays out as orange county joins the federal lawsuit. thanks so much, mr. secretary. mr. sheriff. appreciate it. >> you're welcome. brian: coming up straight ahead we're celebrating opening day on the plaza. they will play major league baseball. it actually counts. we'll put our skills to the test, yankee legend bernie williams. he is also good at music. also sandra smith excelled in band in high school. >> the claire rin net. i wish i still played. the historic meeting set up between the north and the south. north and south korea set a date for latest summit between the two nations. we have reaction coming up in moments. plus president trump prelacing the va secretary. what the white house is saying about all that this morning. akim mow therapy-free cancer vaccine moves to human trials. a doctor is here to tell us what it could mean for the future. join me, bill in "america's newsroom" top of the hour. plus b vitamins for heart health. your one a day is showing. especially if you need to get to a bathroom a lot. used to be me, before urinozinc with the ingredients in the special formula that can help you with your problem day and night, and supports a healthy, normal prostate. urinozinc, the number one prostate health brand. ♪ pete: you know him. he was a fixture during the yankees world series run in the '90s. but in 2001 bernie williams lost his biggest fan and man who taught him baseball. his father. ainsley: he is -- brian: five time all-star, great guy, a heck of a musician, bernie williams, welcome. >> thank you for having me. ainsley: the loss of your father in 2001. >> thank you. >> my grandfather died of the same disease, pulmonary fibrosis. tell us about your announcement. >> we'll team up with mine or league baseball awareness campaigns. trying to educate the community about this disease. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. it is the disease that took my dad's live away in 2001. it was devastating to see him go that way. now i'm basically paying tribute to his life. and to how important he was in my life. by doing this. brian: that said, but you know what is bad for the rest of the league? the yankees are back, they're young, good, loaded with talent. talk about this yankee team that you played for with these two behemoths in judge and stanton together. together they hit over 100 home runs last year. >> it will be so exciting to see them play in the same team and same lineup. people are lining up. i think the yankees will have a policy this year of actually opening their doors two hours before the game so they can watch them take batting practice. how exciting is that? that will be great. pete: who do you like this year? my twins, maybe cleveland, chicago. who do you like? >> cleveland will be good. chicago has a chance. astros have a very young team. they will be food for numbers of years. ainsley: step in the batting cage with jillian, pete, brian we'll take some swings. give us some pointers. hey, jillian. brian: we need you in there. we have a cam are over there. ainsley: go jillian, we're ready. jillian: you already saw me miss over four. ainsley: you got it. into i like the stands. that is, that is. should not take anymore swings. can only go down from there. ainsley: no, let her to. brian: pete, hop in there. pete: got 10 seconds. i'm a lefty. >> take a couple quick ones. >> oh, boy. brian: "fox & friends." don't move. ♪ there's nothing more important than your health. so if you're on medicare or will be soon, you may want more than parts a and b here's why. medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. you might want to consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like any medicare supplement insurance plan, these help pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and, these plans let you choose any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. you could stay with the doctor or specialist you trust... or go with someone new. you're not stuck in a network... because there aren't any. so don't wait. call now to request your free decision guide and find the aarp medicare supplement plan that works for you. there's a range to choose from, depending on your needs and your budget. rates are competitive. and they're the only plans of their kind endorsed by aarp. like any of these types of plans, they let you apply whenever you want. there's no enrollment window... no waiting to apply. so call now. remember, medicare supplement plans help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. you'll be able to choose any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. whether you're on medicare now or turning 65 soon, it's a good time to get your ducks in a row. duck: quack! call to request your free decision guide now. because the time to think about tomorrow is today. but how do we find out more? 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