Ramblers who captured the hearts of virtually everyone across america, its michigan taking the semifinal game. Villanova performance to put them into the championship game. That is a perfect song to start the show this morning. It is Easter Sunday. Happy easter to both of you. Happy easter. Welcome, great to have you. Thank you. I wouldnt miss it for the world. Special day. It is a special day. Weve got the decor, the pastels, were ready to go this morning. Were going to be celebrating all morning on the plaza. If you dont have your party planned. E have it for you. Well help you. Pu most importantly for christians around the world today, this is the data jesus rose from the dead, you go from homelessness to hope, life over death. This is a very holy day. And forgiveness. Thats what i think about when it comes to easter. I remember growing up as a little girl waking up and finding your Easter Basket that the easter bunny left you, getting dressed up with a bow in your air, going to church and being with family. Its the start of spring, its warming up, flowers outside. I love it. Send us your photos this morning and tell us what you like to do for easter. And in parents in moscow, send us a picture of young abby. Send us your wonderful easter photos. You know what i just realized . I look like a jie januar guyianr egg. No, months ago you did. We may have an actual bunny. Thats a tease. A busy bunny this morning. There are a lot of people upset over this fisa investigation. Still some are not satisfied with just a federal prosecutor investigating this case. They want a second counsel to step in. You have john huber coming in from utah working with the doj Inspector General and Jeff Sessions said we going to leave it up to this guys. And some lawmakers saying if we dont have a special counsel, Jeff Sessions should step down. He decided to appoint john huber who will work with the Inspector General horowitz. Hugher brickhuber brings the sua powers. But for some members on the conservative side of the ledger who say youve got a dirty dossier improperly used to spy on the Trump Campaign and the doj and fbi hid the source of that, this is as bad as it gets, we should go straight to a special counsel. To give a little context, sessions allowed calls for a Second Special counsel. Sessions says the best thing we can do is to put huber in place to determine those circumstances to get to that. Hes not saying hes not appointing it. Hes saying this is what we need to do to get there. The chairman of the Oversight Committee trey gowdy says this is a good step. Although conservatives upset. Congressman dav dave brat soundg out on that. Heres what he had to say. Were not happy at all. The new appointment isnt sufficient. He reports to rosenstein and rosenstein is in the middle of the dossier fault lines. When youve got ten of the top fbi officials stepping down or being fired, theres enough there. And then the new hires reports to rosenstein who is in charge of investigation, its like the fox guarding the hen house. Everybody is friends, formerly under comey. Wheres the closure. No one gets fired, no one goes to jail. Part of the argument is if you go straight to a Second Special counsel it could look political, there is enough evidence to do that. Or let huber work with the ig, see if theres grounds for a special counsel and then do that. You talk to the American People out there, they feel that there has been enough dishonesty, enough reason to have the second counsel. We talk to mark yesterday, saying its overwhelmingly theres a distrust of the American People when it comes to everything in washington but particularly with the doj. Where did the First Special counsel come from. Heres what youve got to faypayattention to this week. James comey. This is where it originates. Hes going on a book tour, the james comey world tour. Going to be bigger than nsync requiting. Reuniting. Woo. Its the same time that Michael Horowitz is supposed to be issuing his report on whether or not comey may have lied, what role the fbi played. Thats the Clinton Emails investigation. Correct. Its going to be fascinating. Hes going to be public with his narrative coming out this week at the same time that we have the Second Special counsel. And the Washington Post head line about the comey tour says this, ready for the medias comey swoon fest. Nothing can stop it now. The reality is the media has fawned over him and his narrative for so long, theyre going to give him Carte Blanche to tell his story largely uncritically and it will be interesting. A good point. Maybe be patient. Let this play out. Theres a lot of uproar over this investigation. But griff you were there yesterday over the sairng rare cities ansanctuarycities and whn california . I am stunned. I have no idea how much california has become the unofficial antitrump resistance headquarters. And how there you are seeing a backlash by municipalities, cities, counties against the sanctuary city laws that california instituted at the beginning of the year. Theyre threefold. One of them is essentially handcuffs local Law Enforcement from cooperating with i. C. E. In taking illegal criminal aliens, detaining them in time for i. C. E. To take them in possession in a safe manner. Instead releasing them back into the community and then i. C. E. Has to put themselves in danger. And this makes it enough for the local leaders, the mayors in town who are not in favor of what theyre doing. What do they do. I stumbled into the frontier of this. We saw Orange County this past week leading the way. Now its going to be San Diego County. And the little town of escondi escondido, the mayor says this is not the america he moved to. Hes leading a vote in the city council to formally join Jeff Sessions lawsuit. Heres what the mayor told me. They are insane. These two leaders in california, they mor care more about illegal criminals and protecting illegal criminals than our citizens. This similar moral, illegal and unconstitutional period. And those two leaders, governor jerry brown which the president was tweeting about, and the attorney general disaif yar bxavierbecerra. The lawlessness has become the law of the land. I love what you said. Its the epicenter of the se sis tense. They want to reject everything that President Trump is trying to do from the border wall to sanctuary city to supports i. C. E. Its a showdown. And you were right on the front row for that yesterday. Thats right. We now know the u. S. Soldier killed by a roadside bomb attack in syria. Master Sergeant Jonathan donebar of austin, texas was part of an Undercover Mission targeting ie isis. The first u. S. Serviceman to die in syria this year. So heartbreaking. New overnight, tensions escalate over Police Protests in sacramento after a splfs deadty hits a demonstratoa sheriffsdeh their cruiser. Demonstrators blocking traffic despite multiple warnings. Others burning an American Flag marking the fifth consecutive day since stefan clark was killed by police also right now the pope is delivering his easter message to a packed st. Peters square in vatican city. Hours ago he was leading the traditional sunday mass for those observing the holy holiday. At an easter vigil on saturday night, the pope urging the catholics to not remain paralyzed. The church was dark signifying the passage from dark to light when jesus rose from the dead. Theres some basketball. The Ncaa National championship game and for Cinderella Team loyola, the dream is over. It is his night. Its michigan taking the semifinal game, 6957. I think sister jean is the winner still of all of these games. Michigan knocking the ramblers out of the game. And in an emotional moment loyola players embracing 90yearold sister jean after the devastating loss. In the other semi time, villanova winning 9579. Mondays title game starts at 9 29 eastern time. You do not want to miss that. Loyola played so well for the first 30 minutes of the game and then michigan kicked it into gear. A great run. I got to get a sister jean bobblehead. We should put that here on the table every morning. Producers, get us one immediately. Coming up with the midterms on the horizon, do the democrats have a platform problem . No country on earth maz the use of guns that we do. Democrats will continue to fight as hard as ever fb the dreamers. Dianne feinstein wants your guns. So from gun control to the immigration. Debiting that up next. What would you do if you came home to this. A massive alligator found in a family swimming pool. You have to see what happens next. Dont jump in . The time has come to do something about it, to eliminate them. The bonus that Corporate America received versus the crumbs that they are giving is so pathetic. Democrats will continue to fight as hard as ever for the dreamers. With the midterm elections just months away, democrats are ramping up their antitrump agendas, including open borders, repealing the Second Amendment and raising your taxes. Could the left have a platform problem . Here to debate is charlie hurt and joel payne. Good morning, guys. Happy easter to you. Charlie, you put a tweet out where you pretty much list whad is the democrats agenda. What is that and is it a winning agenda . A little sarcasm behind it but a put out a tweet that went viral. I said vote for the democrats in 2018, bring back isis, god is not real, illegals over veterans. But there is some truth to that. The Democratic Party is to committed to the resistance of the president , i believe theyre going to suffer for it in the midterm election. Traditionally its hard for the president s party to succeed in the first election of a president ial election but i think youre going the say in states across middle america, republicans do a lot better and buck the historical trend. If theyre going to continue to put Illegal Immigrants over the interests of america citizens, thats not going to win for them politically. What you say about that, joel . I hope thats facetious. This is about the president and his failings and in trump county his agenda is failing. We saw what happened last month with conor lamb losing in pennsylvania in a plus20 trump district. Democratshave great positioning to have a great night later this year in nevada. November. Testimonies need to keep up withty physicians on what President Trump is going to destabilize health care and civil rights. If they continue to do that theyll have a great night. Conor lamb went to the middle. Hes not anywhere near where the Democratic Party seems to be on gun control, what theyre calling for. And i was just back from california where weve seen what theyre doing in favoring illegal criminal alien rights. You know, how do the democrats win unless they come to the middle like conor lamb . Well respectfully i disagree with how you position that and how charlie positioned that. But one thing the Democratic Party is good at is finding candidates that make sense. Conor lamb made sense in pennsylvania the same way Dianne Feinstein is going to serve in california. Democrats have a Big Tent Party and youre going to see that in november. Charlie, i want you to weigh in on that. Conor lamb said he wouldnt vote for nancy pelosi as speaker. He moved closer to the middle. President trumps policies are benefiting the American People. When youre the Democratic Party and you refuse to acknowledge that black unemployment is the lowelowest its its ever been,l of the sudden the opposition starts to really people are saying are you opposing for the sake of opposing. There is truth behind it. Theres been unbelievable results produced tbi administration and party. If the Democratic Party is going to put Illegal Immigrants so precisely over the interest of the American People, thats not going to favor them politically. Joe, i want to give you the last word. What is the road map forward for the democrat. To all of the great things that he said about the economy, ail say two things thanks, obama. Come on. Thats ridiculous. We know it takes one year to 16 month to kick in. This is obamas economy. President trump will have his effect on the economy which im concerned about. We saw the tax bill that he passed through that is a sugar rush and that is going to harm the constituents in the long term. Thanks for coming on. Well see what the midterms hold. Thanks, guys. Still ahead, tommy is here live in ten minutes and christians around the world are celebrating easter today. Father Jonathan Morris is here with a special holiday message for us next. M. We are back with quick headlines. The u. S. And south korea resuming joint military krils overnight. The war games are expected to last throw the month. The field exercise is coming as President Trump preparing for talks with north korean dictator kim jongun in the coming weeks. And israels military defends itself force against thousands of Palestinian Protesters in gaza. This as the u. S. Blocks the United Nations resolution condemning the violence. At least 15 palestinians are now dead, hundreds have been injured. And today is Easter Sunday. And our next guest is here to share the message of the gospel on this holy day. Father Jonathan Morris joins us now good morning happy easter. That was a great introduction, abby. Im sure the message of the gospel, they asked me to give an easter message. My message on easter is very simple. I dont have to make it up. Its the message of the gospel that the tomb was empty on sunday morning. And if the tomb was not empty, then our faith is ridiculous. Because life is full of so much suffering and eventually life on this earth ends in death. And if there is no solution, if there is no answer, if there is no internal life, then that is really is terrible tragedy that were living, that we were born to die. But the empty tomb says that god is bigger than death, that god is bigger than our suffering, that there is a solution to every one of our problems, that every tear will be wiped away. Because jesus said even though the consequences of sin is death, im going to take your place. And i am going to die for you so that you might have eternal life. And forgive us. And forgive us. Thats anybody who wants to be forgiven, who wants to accept the mercy and love of god, jesus message is i am here to forgive you. Welcome to into the kingdom. On this day, salvation is open to everyone because of what jesus did. Thats exactly right. What an amazing experience for the disciples who watched jesus. First of all, after having abandoned him as he was going through his most terrible suffering and then they go to the tomb and they say he is not there. And imagine what they probably felt was and i was afraid to follow him. I was afraid to follow him because of the romans or because of the leaders of the jews. I was afraidz. But i had no reason to be afraid. Because god was bigger even then. All of these people who were trying to yous fie jesus. After the stone was rolled away he appeared before 500 people. That is the evidence, the inspiration that those people after in light of the persecution they faced. Right from the very beginning the disciples knew and all of those following jesus knew everything had to be different. If stone had been taken away and there was no jesus inside the tomb he had risen again. So he appeared to them over and over again. What was the first words he said . Was always peace be with you because they were schaird ou scf their wits. They knew they could be crucified just like jesus was. And he said peace be with you. They were locked up in a room and jesus would go through and say again i say to you. Peace. He was saying peace because i know you feel guilty because you ran away from me and you feel afraid because there with powers also in this world who want to persecute you. Peace. And peace be with you. I feel like were in church all of the sudden. Its too much of a tradition to pass back to you. Happy easter. Great to have you. And michigan beat chicago loi loyola which is another sign of the resurrection. We won. God was not on the side of Loyola Chicago yesterday. Go wolverines. Were in trouble now. Im from ann arbor, what i can say. A michigan guy. President trump taking on californias governor for cutting loose five criminal Illegal Immigrants facing deportation. Weve got reaction next. Plus imagine there was a machine that could read your mind and instantly turn it into text. Well, apparently that exists and its 90 accurate. Thats frightening actually. Weve got the details. I dont know if we want them but theyre coming up. Mo how is villanova ever gog to beat. Not worried. Exactly. That is your shot of the morning. You know steve and his son peter, with a little final four pregame trash talk. Take a look at this shirt, my kid and my money going to villanova university. Steve of course went to kansas and his daughter went to villanova. Hes torn. Villanova beating kansas and advancing to the ncaa championship. Im fired up about that. My