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Right off the top. president trump really making the most of this made for split screen tv moment. his rally on one side, the white house correspondents dinner on the other, and he told the crowd of supporters i could not be more thrilled than to be more than 100 miles away from washingtons, quote-unquote, swamp. he also said that this years dinner was probably very boring but that next years dipper, were probably going to make it a bit more exciting hinting that he might make an appearance even...

Much more productive and effective engagement strategy to try to rein in kim jong uns ambitions. molly: i have a feeling thisll be a topic well be talking about for quite a while. i lieutenant colonel be, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. eric: that press conference now about the deadly storms that have slammed eastern texas. lets listen to governor greg ab abbott of texas. >> van zant county judge kirkpatrick are, canton mayor everett, police chief allison, fire chief sanford, fire capt...

>> reporter: donald trump jr. spent two days campaigning with the republican earlier this month, national republican groups are buying up tv ads. republicans are likely to win the seat considering president trump won montana by 20 points. but democrats are optimistic. bernie sanders is expected to visit montana to help quist. democrats have one u.s. senator and the governorship in montana. the special election will be held on may 25th. molly. molly: these special elections always get a little ex...

Ros-lehtinen is not seeking re-election next year. shes 64 years old, has been a member of the house since 1989. shes former chairwoman of the foreign affairs committee and has been outspoken especially on iran, cuba and human rights. house speaker paul ryan tweeting this: ileana ros-lehtinen is a voice for the voiceless and vulnerable, such a privilege to serve with her. no word, though, on what she will do after her term ends. good luck to her. molly: well, the empty congressional seat in mont...

And is what that causes countries to do is redouble their diplomatic and economic initiatives to try to keep north korea from launching more missiles or, certainly, more nuclear tests. molly: on "fox news sunday" chris wallace had a fascinating one-on-one with h.r. mcmaster, the national security adviser, of course, for the president. take a listen the this exchange. chris: president trump said this week that we could end up, his words n a major conflict with north korea, and hours later saturda...

"americas news headquarters" starts right now. ♪ ♪ eric: thank you for being with us. we begin with president trump closing the book on his first 903 days -- 100 days in office, and now hes pushing for an ambitious agenda in the coming weeks and calling on republicans to help him get it past. molly: the president basking in the cheers of his supporters at a rally late last night in pennsylvania. mr. trump touting his accomplishments while the crowd he was just getting started on meeting his ...

He also said that securing chinas help in dealing with north korea is his top priority in talks with the chinese president xi jinping, even if that means not making quite as good a trade deal with china for the united states. listen. >> trade is very important. but massive warfare with millions, potentially millions of people being killed? that, as we would say, trumps trade. >> reporter: president trump saying that national and global security takes precedence here over a good trade deal with c...