." ♪ >> ed: good evening and welcome to washington. i am ed henry in for bret baier. the partial government shutdown into its second weekend stretching into a new year. republicans and democrats were made at a standstill over the president's demand for $5 billion to fund a border wall between the u.s. and mexico. both sides digging in further today. in an expletive new year's interview with fox, the president declared is ready to make a deal but it's nancy pelosi and chuck schumer who are on vacation. the two democratic leaders moments ago revealed a new plan to get the government back open but not until their party takes over the house. perhaps so they can try to claim credit. we have live fox news coverage on the developing stories. kristin fisher covering the movement on capitol hill today. we kick things off with corresponding kevin corke with how the president is spending the last day of 2018. >> good evening. simply speaking, this is president trump's redline but unlike a previous president similar proclamation at least for now, this appears to be holding. it wa

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a lot of it to your point man made washington, d.c. theatrics. >> that's right. you know what, charles, it is true. we are trying to plan for 2019. people had hoped a lot of these issues like trade would have been resolved before the end of the year. because they are not, we do have a little bit of a cloud going into next year. we don't know where that sits. we don't know how much it's going to plead into the general economy. a tale of two cities, right? people focused on all the upons in the economy. second third of the year all the negatives in the economy. i think the real economy is what we will see next year. it is still main street vs. wall street right now. and the question is where do they meet and who wins out in the end? i'm betting on main street. i'm betting that the bar is pretty low. we're going to get past some of these issues. it's challenging and scary. expectations were too high earlier in the year. now they are really low. as soon as we resolve some of these issues that are within our control in washington, d.c., which we can do, we can get pas

state department correspondent rich edson in washington with more. wow, rich. >> domestic security service says authorities arrested the american citizen friday while he was in the act of spying. the russian government has release nod further information on his arrest. the state department spokesperson says the russian ministry of foreign affairs has formally notified the united states of his detentionenned is that international law requires russia grant u.s. officials access to him. officials have requesting to seed detained american citizen and they expect russia will allow it. two weeks ago, a russian citizen pleaded guilty to acting as a foreign agent to promote russia friendly policies in the united states russian political prisoner of the u.s. and leading a social media campaign to free her. in his annual news conference, russian president vladimir putin denied she was following instructs from the russian government. putin also claims russia would not arrest innocent people simply to exchange them for russians held in other countries. leland. >

rich edson is live in washington with more on this story. >> reporter: the russian federal security service says authorities caught in america in russia in the fact of spying. the fsp said it arrested on friday u.s. citizen it identifies as paul wheeler. russian state says if found guilty, he faces 10 to 20 years in prison. russian authorities have provided no further information on the arrest. a state department spokesman said we have been formally notified of the foreign affairs. russia's obligation require them to provide counsular access. the russian ministry of foreign affairs claims bitina is a political prisoner of the u.s. type of campaign the russian government is usually the target of. >> julie: at the time, i guess at the same time, putin is reaching out to the president. i can't imagine what he has to say about this. >> reporter: the president said president putin wrote a letter to president trump with a christmas meeting. russian president's office said putin stressed that russia/u.s. relations are the most important factor behind ensuring strategic stability and international

>> the new conservative magazine from washington, straight news, conservative views. >> there you go. >> more use tomorrow. >> rachel campos duffy is working, where's her husband? happy new year, molly line is in for harris. >> molly: fox news alert as it stretches into a new week, introducing spending bills to reopen the government when they take control of the house this thursday. let's go "outnumbered overtime," i am molly line and for harris faulkner today, we begin with day ten of the partial government shutdown. both parties pinning the blame on the other. president trump calling on democrats toe vote for border security tweeting "i am in the oval office, democrats come back from vacation and give us the votes necessary for border security including the wall, you voted yes in 2006, 2013, but with me in office i will get it passed." as one of the top advisors kellyanne conway ripping the likely next speaker of the house nancy pelosi who is on vacation in hawaii amid the shutdown. >> democrats have to come back, nancy pollute mack pelosi has to come back from hawaii, less hula mor

so my interpretation of that is all y'all down in washington stink. >> people hate to see washington not working. it is two sides of playing political games, they want to see them effective. it does not mean that shutdowns do not have a long-term political effect, but people do not like it when they see the two site like this refusing to talk to each other. >> final word for now, senator elizabeth warren taking a big step towards making a 2020 white house run official. and what is expected to be a crowded democratic primary field. is she the one best suited to take on president trump? plus one well robert mueller wrap up his russia probe? and could it affect the 2020 race? rudy giuliani delivering an ultimatum to the special counsel. >> my ultimatum is put up or shut up. what you have? there are those of us who believe that you do not have anything on collusion. and by the way, if you did, it is not a crime, so what the heck are you doing? ♪ okay, max...time to help mrs. tyler reach her health goals! i'm in! but first... shelfie! the great-tasting nutrition of ensure. with up to 30

the blame game in washington is well underway. the president blames democrat and pathetic immigration policy and the democrats say they died in the custody of the u.s. government and the trump administration is to blame. >> heather: what about progress on the deal to end the shutdown? >> both sides say there has been zero progress. democrats say the white house hasn't reached out in weeks. the white house says that democrats are the ones who skipped toin. >> democrats have to come back. nancy pelosi needs to come back from hawaii. less hula, more moola for funding border security. >> we can expect to see -- the shutdown could last for a few more weeks. >> heather: thank you so much, kristin. happy new year. >> eric: how about that? outgoing white house chief of staff john kelly giving an exit interview to the "l. a. times" saying he stayed in his post for 18 months despite having policy differences, personality clashes, and controversy with the commander-in-chief. he said he stayed out of a sense of duty. the retired marine corps

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in washington gillian turner fox news. jillian: it is 16 minutes until the top of the hour, this year saw its share of fake news. >> it's all fake news. it's phoney stuff. it didn't happen. fake news, fake news. [laughter] >> fake news. jillian: so what were the biggest blunders of 2018? we break down the top media missteps next. i am a family man. i am a techie dad. i believe the best technology should feel effortless. like magic. at comcast, it's my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. my name is mike, i'm in product development at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. jillian: as you know 2018 brought its share of fake news. >> it's all fake news. it's phoney stuff. it didn't happen. fake news. fake news. [laughter] >> fake news. jillian: and here now to walk us through some of the media missteps of 2018 is the president of district media group and fellow at heritage foundation beverly, happy new year to you. >> happy new year. jillian: let's start off with the headline

unwilling to waiver on the wall as the government shutdown enters tenth day, garrett tenney live in washington where negotiations are at standstill. good morning, garrett. >> heather, good morning to you, based on what we are hearing the shutdown will last late this week, but most likely a week or two beyond that. negotiations between democratic leaders in the white house haven't really been happening in the past week and both sides appear to be digging in but behind the scenes the number of lawmakers in both parties have been mean to go try and work out a deal to end the shutdown, the proposals being discussed include combination of funding for the wall, fix for daca and a number of other immigration provisions that democrats support with the hope being that those additions could be enough to win their support with this deal, senator lindsey graham is one of those lawmakers and after meeting with the president on sunday he said president trump is open to making a deal with democrats. >> the president is firm in his commitment to make sure we get money for border security and they'll never be

kennedy: i think it's clumsy and it's the way they do business in washington. no one embraces their responsibility and they say whatever it takes to be elected. howie: when the president was going to go along with the original compromise, you said on the air we would all be up in arms if barack obama did that. kennedy: i agree with that. some of us were, some of us who follow this a little bit more closely as far as government spending, it's the one area -- the real bipartisanship is the addiction to spending in both parties. that's the big fear they will come together and create entitlement program that really bankrupt us. we can't afford our expenditures right now. imagine adding on to that. having a president take money from here and put it over there at his or her whim. it's not acceptable. howie: you say both parties. you thought the republicans sold themselves as smaller government. when you are in the white house it's tempting to pile on the goodies. kennedy: paul ryan did the exact same thing and i think it's laughable when he calls himself a policy won

washington post columnist and former bush white house chief writer and ann gearin of the washington post and charles hurt. thank you all for being here. in between the holidays this week, it's wonderful to have you. happy flew year to you. mark, what is it going to take? this town is pretty quiet. >> it's quiet because nancy pelosi is on the beach, sunning herself in hawaii. the democrats are getting a littllittle cocky. donald trump is offering compromises. donald trump came in, saying he wanted $5 billion for a wall. he's cut that in half to $2.5 billion. sandra: he's willing to call it a fence. >> so he's offering reasonable compromise on this thing. right now, he owns the shutdown because he started the shutdown, because he claimed the mantel of the shutdown. over time, if the democrats refuse to negotiate, they're going to own the shutdown. what americans want is a compromise. they agreed to $1.3 billion already. donald trump is asking for 2.5. in committee, the democrats voted for 1.6. the difference between 1.6 and 2.5 in washington is a rounding error. we're shutting down the gov

still others point to the washington summit, not only because that was where an actual treaty had been signed but because it enhanced the relationship and friendship between the two men and their nations. in my book, i say it may have been a culmination of all of that, in the moscow summit. its timing, its tone, its moral achievement. those three days in moscow did more than squarely present the choice the world was facing, and what made the summit truly transcendant was reagan's speech at moscow state university. >> not surprising ronald reagan would choose to go to a university. he believed in america that everything rests on the next generation. that was important to him not to ignore young people but to really engage them. >> the speech at moscow university, where president wanted to talk about freedom of speech set the stage for that one. when i walked in the door, i looked up and the head of the church, there was this huge statue of lenin, and the lectern set up for reagan was in front of that. bret: you're thinking that's horrible. >> it was horrible, and president reagan though

washington and beijing later agreed to a temporary truce. in parkland, florida, a gunman killed 17 high school students and staff. a few months later a shooting at a high school in santa fe, texas, left 10 ted. teachers in west virginia walked off the job to protest what they called a lack of resources and funding for public education. they got a pay raise and inspired protests in other states. the trump administration announced a new zero tolerance policy that led to the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the border. the president later signed an executive order to end the family separations. the fight against syria -- the fighting in syria intensified in 2018. a suspected chemical attack on civilians prompted a second round of u.s. missile strikes. north korean leader kim jong un met south korea's president in the dmz, setting the stage for president trump's own summit with kim. the two leaders agreed to try to ease military tensions and work toward denuclearization. america's dad, bill cosby, convicted of sexual assaul

. >> if washington is looking at what is taking place, that's better than if washington is not looking at what's taking place, the real question for me is there going to be follow through, is there going to be carry-over, democratic senator feinstein calling for senate hearing early next year to investigate the cbp treatment of children. eric: laura. >> new jersey state prosecutors are looking into possible immigration fraud as trump national golf clubs in new jersey, prosecutors reportedly collecting evidence that supervises at the clubs may have committed several immigration crimes by handing out safe green cards to undocumented workers. fbi and special counsel robert mueller have reported played in the inquiry, immigration officials have decline today comment on the allegations as of yet. >> the house probe in republican allegations, fbi and department of justice had bias, the probe coming to an end. the house oversight and judiciary committees looking into possible proclinton and antipresident trump bias, the investigations of clinton e-mail scandals and 2016 trump campaign, antitr

, -- the swamp in washington. that includes the bureaucracies. for the past year, a lot of president trump's appointees across the bureaucracies have continued to enact deregulation -- deregulatory activities, some of which are in progress, some of which they've accomplished. hhs, they removed religious institutions from many of the contraceptive mandates in obamacare, they made possible associated health care plans, which is a big deal. they limited the habitat, a way to stop oil drilling, this will permit more oil drilling. they rationalized the water act which would impose the clean waters act on a lot of small bodies of water. that has eliminated. this good work continues to go on by the president's appointees. >> paul: i would add the education secretary has basically withdrawn the guidance which allowed the kangaroo courts on sexual assault accusations to take place on college campuses. >> one thing we learned from .betsy devos is how much of the education department was operating under guidance which isn't

leland: trade war with china, through a recession, volatility in washington. what other contributing actors farther to what was a ridiculous sleep last week? help us understand why. >> actually the government shutdown doesn't play that major role besides the fact the media coverage is focused more on the market than what's going on at the white house or washington. focusing on the markets contributing to volatility with retail investors working from home. it's a lot to do also with interest rates going higher or the fact you have a ten-year bond, a government bond not giving as much of a return compared to a two-year bond. you are see this flattening of the yield spread between those amounts concerning because the moment the return on a ten-year bonds falls below two years so it's not valuable to buy a longer bond is assigned a recession is coming. there's a lot of factors in ability with trade war even within the white house. if there's conflicting messages from different people, people getting fired or quitting. jay powell the fairman chad, what's happening

laura * garrett tenney, thank you for that report in washington. eric: there is reaction from washington on the bordered battle. >> people who want to say wall wall wall, want it to be a four-letter word and not respect with customs and border patrol and i.c.e. tell us what they need. all saying wall or no wall is being disingenuous and turning a blind eye to what is a crisis at the border. reporter: democrats say they do not know exactly what the president wants here. house minority leader nancy pelosi told "usa today" in an interview that president trump says we are going to build a wall and mexico is going to pay for it. now he's backed down saying a curtain or while not sure where he is. the president tweeted about the wall and used the word wall at least 12 times since christmas writing we'll be forced to close the border entirely if obstructionist democrats don't give us money to finish the wall. john kelly said president trump is not actually asking for a wall. he says they moved on from that after speaking with border and customs agents. ge

charles: the democrats in washington, d.c. understand this problem, what are they doing to -- why are they being such obstructionists if they understand the root of this problem? >> both president bush and president obama wanted an am amnesty program. both had majorities of their own party and couldn't get it through. the problem is one side wants the security as we do, republicans, one side wants easier access. the critical thing here is one week from today we'll know what's happening here. we'll either have a deal on the budget, or the president will have vetoed the deal. certainly, the democrats under pelosi's leadership and mitch mcconnell will have something on his desk by the end of the week, and if he vetoes it, then you've got a long, hard battle. and at the end of the day, you've got to figure out what the game plan is. this president can't just run for re-election from the get go. he's got to do some governing here. this was a terrible election for us. 43 -- 40 votes margin to the democrats at this point in time. sen

to the census, here are a few of the states growing in their population, 14% texas, florida, nevada, washington, california we'll explain why in california. break that down, those growth numbers, not universally low tax states per se but why are they growing? >> first of all of the highest growth rate states, most of them are states that feature no income tax at all. no individual income tax. the other thing that's interesting is that when you have states with high taxes, they generally have a fairly large state workforce. and a lot of those guys, a lot of those women are regulators. they're people that run the red tape. that's what the taxes pay for. and so it isn't just the high taxes. it's the regulations. now the other thing that's happened in the last 11 months you see increase in growth in the states with low taxes. and i think a lot of this is because of the big tax cuts signed into law about a year ago by president trump. now, a big part of that tax cut was a limitation on the state local tax deduction that individual filers have. it limits it to 10,000 dollars per household. now what t

jon: garrett tenney in washington. meanwhile a new migrant caravan reportedly is preparing to make the journey from honduras to mexico. an estimated 15,000 people are said to be taking part. advocates say they plan on looking for work in mexico because of the gridlock at the u.s. border. for more on this let's bring in christopher bedford at her during chief of the "daily caller news foundation." i wanted to touch on something big garrett was talking about the end of his live report in this holiday week between christmas and new year's a lot of people are off and staying home. they are not getting outside a whole lot and a good many americans probably haven't noticed the partial government shutdown. but that's going to change after the new year rolls then, isn't it? >> probably has largely up to the president, and she wants to make americans feel the shutdown to present can decide if he wants to do with barack obama did bear cave the world war ii monument or close a parking lot to remove water candles from bikepath wat

greg: while washington-michigan was a big success, washington, d.c. didn't work. everyone is talking about the fact that the white house correspondents dish was a very big, boring bust. i was very touched. and i think he's right. but i don't think i would dod the gig. you never leave the gig better off than you were before. it doesn't help. jesse: your jokes would probably go over their heads. your humor ties high brow. one of my other favorites. crazy joe biden is trying to act like and tough guy. but he's weak mentally and physically. and yet he threatens me for the second time with physical assault. he doesn't know me. but he would go down fast and hard crying all the way. greg: this is an art form. don't threaten people, joe. jesse: i like that he's going down fast and hard. greg: the media are good news fire extinguishers. jesse: i agree with that one. that was a good line. jesse: i finally met someone more shameless than myself. greg: that's true. jesse: alec baldwin who he calls him alex, his dying career was saved by his impersonation of me on snl says tha

nobody's here in washington. so it's going to be a long, long time, many days, before ultimately something happens here. eric: well, not no one is in washington, the president is. he canceled his vacation to mar-a-lago. nancy pelosi apparently out in hawaii, you know, enjoying hawaii and barbecues and all that sort of stuff. meanwhile, the government is partially shut. and you have on one hand, as you pointed out, $1.3 billion for the democrats, the president has come down from 5 billion to 2.5. mick mulvaney pointed to the potential for compromise, here's what he said earlier. >> in all fairness, i think that having worked with the vice president and i met with leader schumer last saturday, the last time we sat down face to face, and my gut was that he was really interested in doing a deal and coming to some sort of compromise. but the more we're hearing this week is that it's nancy pelosi who's preventing that from happening. eric: is that true? >> well, nancy pelosi wants to become speaker of the house, and sh

i think one thing we should site on the upside is that people talk all the time about the swamp in washington, it includes the bureaucracies. for the past year a lot of president trumps appointees across had continued to enact dig deregulation activities some which had progress. and some of they had accomplished. they removed religious institutions. they made possible associated healthcare plans. it's a very big deal. groups getting together like that. they had limited the stage browed -- browse habitat. and they had rationalized the clean water act. it was really going to impose the clean waters act on a lot of the small bodies of water. that has been eliminated. this could work continues to go on by the presidents appointees. and i would also add the education secretary as basically withdrawn the guidance that allowed these kangaroo courts with the sexual assault accusations to take that take place on college campuses. one thing we have learned from betsy devos is how much of the education department was operating under guidance. let alone a statutory authority. she repealed that guidance.

in washington here is garrett. all sides of the i'll want to find a permanent solution to the chambers. they were brought into the company illegally by their parents. there is some thought now that the issue could play a role in the partial government shutdown. it doesn't appear it will be anytime soon. capitol hill has turned into a ghost town the past couple of days. many lawmakers are expected the shutdown to fight to drag on for a very long time. they're refusing to negotiate with the white house later this week. after they take control of the house officially. they are expected to move the bill to fund the government that it is not expected to have the funding for the government wall. republicans are suggesting this fight will drag on for a while. to nancy pelosi and the house democrats no wall money, no deal. the democrats are also pushing back on the suggestion that they don't want border security and saved the president say the president still has not offered any suspicion -- specifics for his proposed wall

leland: chuck schumer unleashed," for one washington family . how this truck ended up in their home. and, kristin fisher is about to get really excited! nasa is set to make history. we will tell you where this probe is headed. leland: this is a wake-up call for one group in washington state. pierce county police say the truck crashed into a bedroom going over one bed and hitting a bunkbed where 10-year-old girl was on the top bunk. the wall may have been disturbed evidently, the young girl came away with only minor injuries. kristin: what a close call! who can forget this image of pluto reported in july 2015 by the new horizons spacecraft. now the spacecraft is a billion miles beyond the planet. there is another close encounter just past midnight eastern time on new year's eve. the probe will come within 2200 miles of a large distant rock and an asteroid belt called beyond the known world. over the furthest object in the solar system humans have ever seen or ever explored. despite the partial government shutdown, you can still follow along on th

and he is in washington, and that is a fact. >> we think that they can't negotiate? let's not get petty here. here's the point, jim mcgovern, chairman of the rules committee, was on the floor of the house just yesterday. and proposed putting the senate version of the continuing resolution that would keep the government open until february, on the floor. >> yeah. >> we were ready to vote, we were actually ready to act. it would take 24 hours to call us back and we can vote. look, i don't think it does anyone any good. for the president to create this narrative that he is ready to negotiate and where are the democrats? look, he is had two years. to sit down with us. i've been asking for time with him for two years to talk about one very specific issue. never a call back. so it does go both ways.>> by the way i have to ask you very quickly, you have the california sheriff pinpoint sanctuary city laws as one of the problems. one of the reasons that bad eggs like the one who shot the deputy happened. what do you make of that? because there are members of your party that n

and every politician in washington, d.c. should be listening very closely to the american people right now because we have woken up and we are tired of the lies that come out of their mouth. nancy has the gull to stand in front of camera and say criminals don't come over the border. they don't bring diseases. they don't bring crime. does she really think we are that idiotic that we haven't figured this out by now? so these politicians need to start worrying about where they are and they need to stop concentrating on investigating our president for crimes he has committed because maybe the american people are going to start bringing suits against them for the crimes they are committing against americans by not protecting us and that's the oath they took. rachel: mary ann what can me, pete, our viewers, and we as viewers can do to show solidarity with the family as they mourn? we feel so helpless. >> yeah. you know, angel families.com, it's a group that michelle root and i formed to bring angel families together. people who ha

he is staying in washington, d.c. over new year's. he has canceled his plans for christmas and new year's. we are talking on an hourly basis of what's happening in california and what is not happening in washington, d.c. with senate democrats. the president is very heavily engaged on an almost minute by minute basis. >> it still strikes me very unusual that the democrats did not provide a counteroffer. they left town. the president is here. president canceled his plans. where are chuck schumer and nancy pelosi in. >> where is nancy pelosi? she spent the holiday living the high life at a resort in hawaii. mulvaney also said pelosi seems to be the key holdup while chuck schumer might be more pliable. >> the vice-president and i met with leader schummer last saturday. my gut was that he was really interested in doing a deal and coming to some sort of compromise. the more we are hearing is that it is nancy pelosi preventing that from happening. >> chris hon is a radio host and ned ryan is the founder and ceo of american majority. they bot

"the washington post" coming under fire for its report of the president's trip in a rare move. "the wall street journal" even called the post reporting grat tu is tussally negative. "the washington post" isn't alone in its negative coverage of the president's trip with the troops. >> in retrospect, i give him credit for going to iraq. his performance was shameful. >> the president has confused this with a campaign rally. >> this is a political rally in front of troop ns iras in iraq. >> it is the united states congress and the people of the united states that are supporting our armed forces. they don't belong to him. >> heic lice the grinch. it was so negative. you want positivety. why would he visit the troops and do that? >> wow. here to talk about this, fox news contributor, retired lieutena lieutenant colonel alan west and from the hill, joe concha. all the news anchors and guests are railing on the president and his visit to iraq. you just saw some of the clips. i remember other presidents, including obama, visiting troops, giving stirring speeches and so forth. the media

i am shannon bream in washington was the tragedy sparking a national debate. simmering battles over sanctuary cities and border security. jonathan hunt from los angeles. >> reporter: the alleged killer of singh was making a run from mexico, officers swept in to arrest him in bakersfield in southern california 200 miles self of where the shooting happened, the arrest came 48 hours after officer singh was gunned down. he leaves behind his wife and 5-month-old son. officer singh's brother broke down as he thanked police and sheriff deputies for finding the suspect. >> a lot of people out there that miss him and a lot of people i don't know who worked days and nights to make this happen. i would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. >> reporter: the suspect was in the us illegally according to the local sheriff who angrily denounced california's sanctuary laws which the sheriff said prevented him from being deported for previous dui convictions. >> this is a criminal illegal alien with prior criminal activity that should have been reported to ice. we were

you have the president and washington, d.c., each waiting to cut a deal and they are on vacation. they never wanted to do a deal, they and the second that donald trump want the government to shut dow down. t and the second that donald trump said i will own the shutdown, or i'll shut it down, they said, i'll get out of town and go to hawaii. s you watch on january 3rd when there's a new congress, they will try to pass something and this will just continue. in the meantime, problems are not being solved. the good news is about all this, now they will have a responsibility to put legislation on the floor that will fix these problems that they have been unwilling togi ve with republicans or support the president's agenda to fix. >>>> jason: congressman, thanks for your greatpr work. i do think the democrats want the issue more than they want to solve the problem. i also wished the senate would vote on the bill the house passed. remember the house to pass the $5 billion, it's the senate that's not doing it. and i plead with the majority leader in the senate, put them on the record, mak

you haven't seen it in "the times" for "the washington post." >> gregg: it's garbage. as i put it in my book, about this very subject, that was something that was demonstrably false. michael cohen has every reason, if it's true, to say it's true. he'd be cold and wet mueller. >> the fact is, this is something so easy to prove if it was true. so this goes beyond g hearsay. first, second, third. >> gregg: triple quadruple hearsay. >> the problem with this is where has the report and gone for me, as somebody who's into media, got the guy from " "der spiegel," who does not -- he makes up sources. mcclatchy is a reputable organization and they have to look at this and what this does or thehe organization. >> gregg: what about that? >> it raises questions. i looked last night when this came out for how the mainstream media handled it, what cohen said, what his so-called spokesman lawyer, lanny davis, said. and none of it gave me anyf confidencece that the sourcing about a cell phone that may have taken a vacation on its own somewhere near the czech republic, which is about a

he once worked as a white house speechwriter and he was fired after "the washington post" published o an article accusing him of domestic domestic viole. without much time to respond to the charges, he lost his job and his reputation was destroyed.. david sorensen joins us tonightt to tell us. david, thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me, tucker. >> tucker: i know nothingge about your marriage or the details even of the case. all i know is that you did not have a chance to respond, there didn't seem to be concrete evidence, and the consequences that you suffered were overwhelming. what was your response to this? >> i felt a deep and profound and i think judge kavanaugh's feeling that right now as we speak, that i never thought i would feel in my life. the feeling of having a reputation thate you have carefully built over years to be destroyed in an instant, and furthermore, for millions of people to believe these baseless accusations simply because they fit political narrative is incredibly frustrating and i can't imagine how difficult it must be, or i could afford judge kavan

i'm shannon bream in washington. we begin with a tragedy sparking a national debate. in simmering battles over sanctuary cities and border sec. chief correspondent jonathan hunt joins us now from los angeles. hey, jonathan. >> good evening, shannon. the alleged killer of ronil singh was apparently trying to make a run for mexico. but officers, aided by aerial surveillance, swept into arrest him in bakersfield, that's in central california, some 200 miles south of where the shooting happened. the arrest came just 48 hours after 33-year-old officer ronil singh was gunned down. he leaves behind his wife and 5-month-old son. today, officer singh's brother broke down as he thanked police and sheriff deputies for finding the suspect. >> there's a lot of people out there that misses him, and a log of law enforcement people that i don't know that work days and nights to make this happen. i would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. >> the suspect, gustavo perez arriaga, was in the u.s. illegally, according to the local sheriff, who angrily denounced california's so-

it's a credit to students who want to protest brett kavanaugh in washington, d.c. this is where your tax dollars are going to work and funding. gentlemen, i appreciate you coming here. when you look at that list that was coming out, how can conservatives and right minded people, at that and say, this is perfectly -- this is what we should be educating our kids on. >> there are lots of questions being raised and discussed about the constitution and they should be discussed in college campuses. but, to have -- that's less about where we are politically. it's more about the importance of giving children open-minded conversation. these courses are probably not the best way, and, these are issues that could be discussed in a more civil fashion. >> i saw your first reaction to this. >> while you can't have an open-minded conversation when you have a liberal bias on the college campus, which is what we cover with campus reform. you see all these courses, and every single day, they are telling us the bias and the hate for conservatives on college campuses. the bottom line

he's joining us from washington, and obvious the congressman you know better than i, there's still a battle going on between the president and democrats on the hill about funding for the wall. first of all, how do you solve this problem when you have some people in the country as you just heard saying that the sheriff who says of the sanctuary policies are to blame is a liar? >> francisco, i don't know if he's a liar but he saying things that aren't true. the fact is that when i came into office 18 years ago, the county of orange, north of san diego, already had a program. and this was under bill clinton, had a program where they formally not only honored the detainers but they also allowed ice to come in and evaluate people to find out whether they were unlawfully in the country because at the federal determination. so that they then could be held, even if they were only in for a dui. since then my state has systematically stopped that kind of activity and that's what sanctuary means, you do not ask if they are illegal and you do not cooperate. and so these sheriff's hands are tied

the widely distorted majority, and many societal ills according to "the washington post" ." and, that's a place where a new generation of parents is less interested in reproducing. >> bret: thank you. a closer look at one court and whether some judges are upholding the law or their own political beliefs. we will take a look. but first, beyond our borders, the leaders of germany and france are pressuring and pressing russia to release lick ukrainian sailors in time for the new year. angela merkel and a mccrone mae statements today while trying to keep up. they us he is enable vassar vessels and their crew in november. a roadside bomb hit a tourist bus near the giza pyramids killing three people and wounding ten others. this is the first attack to target foreign tourists in nearly two years. bad weather and heavy ash are hampering efforts to assess whether an indonesian volcano could trigger another deadly tsunami. authorities have warned residents to stay away from the coastline there. so far 426 people have been confirmed killed. just some of the other story is beyond our to

the "washington post" said that he was shrewd in secrecy. the president of the united states. they have to take precautions. isn't the media is just all over the place? >> they don't like trump. it's been going on for 2 years. no matter what he does you will hate. the thing you have to be alarmed about is the growing trend that people find value in narcing on others. it's in social media and schools. it's on the street. people narcing on other people and turning everybody into gladys the next door neighbor from "bewitched." cnn is the nation's hall monitor. they can't see what they have become. they are thinking on troops because they brought a hat? how low are you to make that a concern? there was another guy at cnn that would right to twitter about donald trump's tweet. did you see his tweet? these are grown men and women. >> [laughing]. >> who crawl over decades of tweets and celebrities and comics, you name it. we are becoming a nation of gnashings. -- narcs. trump made a mistake. but it's the hat. i am talking about the incident with the hat is a bigger issue. cnn has bad

just look at it, the government to shut down. >> obviously washington, d.c., is divided. but let's be clear, the mueller investigation is not over and from the last report, we have seen two things as far as chump being called the individual one and, this alleged meeting that was supposed to happen between trump and putin which would have resulted in phenomenal. >> that report is not great. i spoke with kimberley strassel who's been all over this from the very beginning and she really poked holes in the sourcing of that story which are relevant and it's something that would have come out a whole lot earlier. anyway, i'm sure is fascinating for the democrats to stay on this trail. i just wonder if it is in fact destructive for them ultimately. we will see. >> were there any takers? we will talk about it oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (vo) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? (vo) and