that's it for this week's show. thanks for watching, we hope to see you right here next week. ♪ ♪ eric: well, the center of the russian investigation now speaking out in an exclusive interview. he says, quote, big shot russians were desperate to meet trump, but he claims he knows of no collusion. that's what rob goldstone told london's sunday times. he denies being part of any possible russian plot to interfere with the election, saying it's the most ridiculous thing he ever heard. he also says he doesn't know if there was such a scheme and doesn't follow politics. he says he's never voted. this comes as the white house is under new scrutiny with new questions from the judiciary committee about the president's

top adviser and son-in-law, jared kushner. hello, everyone, and welcome to a brand new hour of "america's news headquarters," i'm eric shawn. arthel: and i'm arthel neville. all this despite jared kushner saying he has handed over all the relevant documents. kushner's attorney also hitting back, accusing lawmakers of playing gotcha while arguing that kushner had been transparent during his six hours of voluntary testimony. garrett tenney live at the white house with more. what more do we know about these e-mails the committee is requesting? >> reporter: well, the committee has requested thousands of e-mails from a number of individuals associated with the trump campaign as part of their investigation into russia's interference in our election. in the top two lawmakers on this committee, senators chuck grassily and dianne feinstein, are now accusing jared kushner of not providing them all of the e-mails they've requested. they claim they've received other e-mails, but that he never

provided including one from donald trump jr. about his contact with wikileaks. kushner's attorney argues these aren't missing documents because the committee obviously already had them from others and that kushner never replied to these supposedly missing e-mails. he added: mr. kushner had no contacts with that organization and was, along with others, forwarded an e-mail from donald trump jr. that has been widely reported and disseminated. there is no new document concerning mr. kushner. now, the committee has given kushner's team about a week to provide these new e-mails. a. arthel: and president trump tweeted about the ucla basketball players saying he should have left them in jail. explain that for us. >> reporter: yeah, arthel. a lot of folks will remember three basketball players that were arrested in china for shoplifting from several high-end stores. while president trump was in china, he met with the chinese president to discuss those players' circumstances and was able to secure their release. and on wednesday the players thanked him for helping them

return home. on friday though lavar ball, one of the players' fathers, dismissed the president's involvement altogether telling espn, who? what was he over there for? don't tell me nothing, everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out. he then downplayed what his son, liangelo ball, had done saying, quote: a lot of people like to say a lot of things that they thought happened over there. like i told him -- his son -- they try to make a big deal out of nothing sometimes. i'm from l.a., i've seen a lot worse things happen than a guy taking some glasses. today president trump tweeted: now that the three basketball players are out of china and safe from years in jail, lavar ball is unaccepting of what i did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal. i should have left them in jail. as you can imagine, that has prompted all sorts of reaction including this from democrat congressman adam schiff. quote: the president would have left american students in a foreign jail because their families didn't lavish

sufficient praise on him. how can someone in such a big office be so small? arthel, the evening is still young. stay tuned for more on this. arthel: garrett tenney, thank you. eric? eric: the future of embattled alabama gop senate candidate roy moore remain this is up certain at this howmplet he denies a slew of sexual misconduct allegations that apparently, according to the charges, involved underage girls. and while more and more fellow republicans have been calling for him to drop off the race, the local party many alabama is backing him -- in alabama is backing him. here are two republican senators talking about this this morning. >> if he comes to the senate because the people of alabama elect him and someone files a complaint with the senate ethics committee as they apparently have done with al franken, it'll be up to the ethics committee to weigh the evidence and all the individual senators to make a decision based on their findings and recommendations. >> the allegations are stronger than the denial and roy moore should find something else to do which is my way of suggesting that he should not be in the

race. eric: but still his supporters remain with him. peter doocy live in birmingham this afternoon with the latest. hi, peter. >> reporter: hi, eric. this afternoon judge moore is using his twitter account to try to discredit a yearbook signature that one of his accusers says proves her story that he was inappropriate with her when he was in his 30s and she was in high school. the campaign is also now ratcheting up the pressure on the gop establishment after senator jeff flake was picked up on a hot mic saying he thinks if the gop becomes the party of roy moore and donald trump, then they will be toast. here's what a moore campaign adviser told us about that. he said mitch mcconnell and jeff flake are agents of destruction within the republican party. they assassinate conservatives like roy moore so they can work with the liberal elite to protect their big government trusts. the best way to find out what voters think about all this, of course, though is to go out and ask them. that's what we've done. we were driving around

birmingham the last couple of hours and heard a little bit of everything. >> a lot of little blue dots in a big red state. >> i think roy moore has a long and sordid past not even with the sexual allegations, but in his time of being twice removed from office. >> i know that doug jones is a very decent man, but i just -- i like the supreme court justices that moore is more likely to vote for and so forth. and so just that's kind of the quandary we're in. >> reporter: today the alabama media group's papers in birmingham, mobile and huntsville have this headline above the masthead: stand for decency, reject roy moore. underneath it says doug jones is the only candidate worthy of representing alabama. this is a paper that enforced hillary clinton in the presidential race, but a few years before that they endorsed luther strange, the current

sitting republican senator who appears to be on his way out. when he was running for attorney general. so a little bit of everything from this paper politically, but today this is on the front stoops of many, many voters 23 days ahead of election day. eric: a lot going on, and it doesn't seem like it's ending. december 12th, the election. peter, thank you. arthel: and meanwhile, sexual harassment concerns now also dominating the halls of congress itself on the democratic side with allegations that minnesota senator al franken kissed and groped a woman without her consent. senator franken is now facing an ethics probe but says he's not stepping down. senator franken's accuser doesn't think he should resign either. here's what utah republican congresswoman ya love says. >> when you think about al franken and you think about judge moore, you think about all of these situations that are out there, they're all different, and they all deserve due process, and the people need to

be able to have time to talk about it and process it. we certainly aren't going to be able to do that today in seven minutes on a sunday show. but i think it's important that we end up talking about it, getting comfortable having uncomfortable conversations and saying that this type of behavior is unacceptable. arthel: in fact, female lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are saying enough is enough. caroline shively has more now from washington. >> reporter: a current senator and a wannabe senator are getting crushed for sexual misconduct claims with female members of congress calling for change. democratic senator al franken of minnesota has a disturbing photo to answer for. pretending to feel up a sleeping woman through her bulletproof vest. franken was roasted by writers on his old show, "saturday night live." >> senator al franken is being accused of sexual misconduct by leanne tweeden who posted this photo. now, i know this photo looks bad, but remember, it also ised

bad. >> reporter: women legislators are drawing attention to the problem on capitol hill, revealing a slush fund that helps pay for sexual harassment by members and staffers. >> mr. i'm calling them all on the carpal. i think all of them -- carpet. >> there is despicable, ugly behavior across the country, and men and women together, you know, here we are on a women's panel. this isn't going to get fixed. men have wyomings, sisters -- wives, sisters, daughter cans. we've got to fix this together and change the culture. >> reporter: now pledging training, investigations and enforcement on capitol hill. arthel: caroline shively in washington, thank you. eric: a fox news alert, zimbabwe's embattled president ending his speech on television without announcing his resignation. you know, after a military coup the infamous strongman who has held power there for decades, well, he was expelled as the leader of the governing party which urged him to step down or

face impeachment. conor powell now live in our jerusalem bureau with the very latest on this. i mean, mugabe has been there for decades, a well known basic dictator. he didn't formally step down in this announcement, so basically, conor, what happens next? >> reporter: well, it's not clear who's in charge right now, but it is clear it's no longer robert mugabe. flanked by military officers, he gave a rambling and somewhat incoherent speech calling for unity, and then at the end of it he just sort of got up and walked away. most zimbabwe januaries and people watching were expecting him to say something about he was going to resign. he's clearly no longer in power, put under house arrest over the weekend by the military there, his own party voting today to kick him out of the party and then demanding that he step down, resign either by tomorrow noon or they'd begin an impeachment process. there does appear to be some type of congress being planned

for the next week or two in which he'll be the sort of overseer to pick a new leader. but this all really began in the last week or so when it was clear that mugabe was trying to install his wife, a very much younger woman, in power. he also fired a former vice president from office that was very well connected to the military. those two acts seemed to set in motion this entire thing. mugabe was somebody who most africans looked at as something of a leader for his stance of being anti-colonialism, his stepping up against the west during his almost 40 years in power. he initially brought improvements in health care and education to zimbabwe and really was hailed as a significant leader on the continent, i be he really -- but he really did wreck what was one of africa's greatest economies there in the last 15 or 0 or so years -- 20 or so years. now, it is again not clear who's really in charge, but name that is being throughout there, eric, is the former vice president.

his nickname is the crocodile, so it's not clear if this is somebody who's going to bring democracy and human rights to the country and really clean up the country. he is somebody who is seen very much in the mold of mugabe. but he is the one that most people are pointing the finger at, eric, that it will likely take control over the country. eric: all right, conor, thank you. it would be the end of an era. arthel: president trump has a change of heart about importing trophies of african elephants to the u.s. why the about-face? and how are critics of the original policy reacting? plus, tax reform is still the top priority for republicans on the hill. the administration optimistic that in time it will benefit every american. >> we think this is going to create growth, and we'll know by then whether this creates growth or not. if it does create growth, we're going to have an incredible economy and an incredible tax system for businesses and

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♪ ♪ arthel: congress is taking a break for thanksgiving, and when they return, the senate is expected to vote on its version of tax reform. republicans there have a razor

thin majority and only afford to lose two votes. but already wisconsin's ron johnson says he is a no vote and several others are on the fence. here is maine senator susan collins. >> i want to see changes in that bill, and i think there will be changes. there's some provisions of the house bill that i like better. but the biggest mistake was putting in a provision are from the affordable care act into the senate bill that's not in the house bill. and e hope that will be dropped -- and i hope that will be dropped. arthel: both senators from arizona are among those not fully onboard. joining me now, arizona congressman trent franks. congressman, thank you for joining us this afternoon. >> happy thanksgiving. thanks for having me on. arthel: thank you. and i want to jump in there on senator collins. as you well know, her vote is needed to pass the gop legislation. and you heard her saying that she would like the obamacare individual mandate to buy health insurance either included in

separate legislation or folded into the tax bill. and senator collins, she's arguing that if individuals are not forced to buy health insurance, premiums would go up which would eat any tax cuts that they would get. congressman franks, do you agree? >> well, obviously, i don't agree with senator collins. i think it's outrageous that we would fine someone for not buying something that didn't want and didn't work for them. and i'm just astonishing that senate collins holds the position that she does, but time will tell whether she's able to look at the thing from a holistic 50 ,000-foot view. i hope in the final analysis she'll vote for it. arthel: and senator collins also wants to create high risk pools to provide insurance for people who are less healthy. again, this is the senate version, but what do you think about this provision since it could be included in the version of the tax bill that'll end up back in your lap there in the house? >> well, i would think that we need to be very careful to try

to maintain this as a tax bill. she's starting to get into sort of a health care reform bill if we're not careful here -- arthel: but if it's sort of tucked in there, then it is part of the issue. >> well, it depends on whether or not it can get through the byrd rule. the senate has these asinine rules that make it almost impossible to get anything done, as has been demonstrated. but with the tax bill because the byrd rule is predicated on being able to affect the budget, most of the tax provisions can fit in, and i don't want to do anything that gets outside that matrix right now because right now we're on track to see this bill pass. and if it passes, it won't be just tax reform, this will be something that are cause a resur yens in the -- resurgence in the economy and help absolutely everyone. it will help increase america's profitability, because a country, ultimately, is a lot about what it produces in terms of philosophy and goods and services and its influence on the world. and a more productive america is

something that makes for a better world. arthel: and in that version of the bill that you're referencing, congressman, can you tell middle americans, americans making middle income, that is, that, in fact, their taxes won't increase over time? >> well, the truth is that there's a clear average reduction in se people in about a $60,000 a year income level of about $1200 a year, but that's really the lesser effect on their actual lives because this is going to reduce prices, in my judgment, this is going to cause us to be a more productive nation, it's going to raise their wages, make jobs more available. this is going to be good for america -- arthel: so i, okay -- >> unique and golden opportunity here. arthel: i'm sorry. you saying, listen, don't worry about it, people making $75,000 a year and under -- >> no, i'm not saying that at all. arthel: well, let me just see if -- >> this will be a tax reduction for them in almost every case,

but the better part of it would be the economic resurgence. arthel: right. because you're saying if their taxes do increase, listen, we're going to work to get wages increased, work to get the economy flowing so you're going to have money incoming other ways, so any increase is going to be offset by a better, more robust economy overall? >> well, i think to increase their taxes is to ameliorate the positive impact on economy. i can't say reducing the taxes helps the economy but raising them doesn't hurt it. so the bottom line is that we need to take the pressure off of the producers in this country, and when we do that, it's not only going to make them more effective, more productive, but it's going to call more people to be in that category of producers. and when we do that, the american people are the most capable, productive people in the entire world, and freedom is an environment that helps that manifest. and i just hope that we recognize that because it's one of the things that sets us apart

from the whole world. arthel: congressman franks, is this going to get done by christmas? >> i think it is. you know, i'm stupidly optimistic at times, but i really believe this has a chance. i'm concerned that afterward we might think that we've solved all the problems and in the senate rules on the appropriations process are going to become very difficult to deal with after that. arthel: and we have to leave it there. thank you for your time. >> all right. thank you very much. happy thanksgiving. arthel: and to you and your family as well, sir. eric: new denials in the russian investigation, and those come from a key figure, music promoter rob goldstein. rib him? goldstone. he calls the allegations part of a russian not to to interfere with the election. he says those allegations are ridiculous. but as he issues denials, the top democrat on the senate intelligence committee urging open hearings. he wants donald trump jr. and jared kushner to testify. >> and i think the more transparent we can be is always good, but i also think, you know, we've bot to work through a process.

eric: meanwhile, kushner is pushing back saying he's already turned over all the relevant documents. we'll take a look at the new claims. plus, a community remains on edge as authorities continue to search for a possible serial killer when may have claimed a fourth victim. what we're learning about the ongoing investigation straight aheed here on the fox news channel. -- ahead here on the fox news channel.

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zimbabwe. but friday night the president took to twitter saying: put big game trophy decision on hold until such time as i review all conservation facts under study for years. will update soon, thank you. the practice of importing elephant trophies was banned in 2014 due to a lack of conservation data from zimbabwe. the u.s. fish and wildlife service has been reviewing the ban and recommended the policy change, arthel. arthel: and what type of reaction is the president getting from this tweet, will? >> reporter: well, there was a lot of backlash when the initial announcement was made. now the humane society saying online: we applaud the decision of president donald j. trump and hope that after he speaks with secretary ryan zinke, they will direct the department to maintain a strict ban on any imports of sport-hunted african elephant and lion trophies. but the safari club saying on its web site within hours of the

announcement hysterical anti-hunters and news media outlets went into overdrive attacking everyone in sight including the trump administration, sci and even the nra and their efforts seem to have paid off as their shrill negative reactions have caused president trump to delay the decision until meeting with secretary zinke. we do know the president's two sons are big game hunters, and we'll have to wait and see what president trump ultimately decides to do, arthel. arthel: thank you very much, will carr. eric? eric: rob goldstone is speaking out. you know, he's the colorful british music promoter who set up that june 2016 trump tower meeting between the russian lawyer and her russian colleagues and donald trump jr., jared kushner and paul manafort. well, goldstone today claims that allegations of a russian plot to tip the election involving him are, quote, ridiculous, and he says that he puffed up those claims in that infamous e-mail that promised dirt from the russians on hillary clinton. all this comes as kushner is

under growing scrutiny in all this. the top two senators on the judiciary committee claiming he did not happened over documents about wikileaks and a russian outreach to the trump campaign. kushner's lawyer says, no, he maintains all relevant documents have been produced. but senator mark warner who is the top democrat on the intelligence committee says kushner may have some more explaining to do. >> again, we don't comment on these stories, it's one of the reasons why we still need to bring in mr. kushner. >> reporter: and you definitely want to see him in public again -- [inaudible] >> well, that's something we have to, you know, still determine, something we'll have to work through with the committee members. i think the more transparent we can be is always good, but i also think, you know, we've got to work through a process. eric: meanwhile, investigators are expected to soon interview white house communications director hope hicks on the right, and there's rob goldstone who says in that interview with

the london times that's owned by news corp. that he's keen to talk. andy stein, former manhattan borough president and a former chairman of democrats for trump who comes from a long, prominent democratic family in new york, is here with us now. first, let me start with rob goldstone. he says he set up the meeting claiming that hundt had dirt, he was -- hillary clinton had dirt, he was puffing it up, that he was not part of any russian plot. he calls this whole thing ridiculous. now, he's supposed to be, like, the point man, isn't he? >> i think it's all nonsense, eric. i think he's a hustler. he was trying to be a big shot. i don't think he really had anything to do with substantively with any of this. i think that's all a lot of nonsense. eric: does he sound like the type of person that the fsb, the russian intelligence, you know, would corral and try to go in and get a contact with the trump administration? or campaign? >> that's possible, you know? they're all -- putin comes from,

as you know, the kgb background. they're always fishing for stuff. but i know the campaign, and this guy, goldstone, was just a character or, you know, b.s. artist who was trying to -- [laughter] you know, look like a big shot. but i don't think it meant anything. eric: i guess you can say b.s. artist on cable television, on news. [laughter] meanwhile, the times of london interview with this guy is fascinating. he says he tried to set up a meeting with putin and president trump but that the president of norway, i think, got stuck in traffic, so putin had to delay, had to cancel this potential meeting, you know, a few years ago. he also say that is the russians, in his words, were desperate to try to meet mr. trump because they idolized donald trump. here's what else he said in that interview about the e-mail and the whole investigation. quote: i should have listened to the little voice in my head, but i never thought in a million years that an e-mail i wrote

would be examined by the world many times over. i just needed to get him to respond. i could have said that the russian attorney believed she found a black hole or believed santa is real. it didn't really matter. so when he replies if it's what you say it is, i love it, i just thought my teaser had worked. if i'm guilty of anything, and i hate the word guilty, it's hyping the message and going the extra mile for my clients, puffing up the information i had been given. i didn't make up the details, i just made them sound more interesting. i guess that's what he'll say to the investigators when he appears. >> eric, the real russian collusion here and the real russian investigation in my mind is the uranium one. that we know we're talking about $145 million that were given to the clinton -- eric: yeah, and that may be investigated, there was a committee, an international committee at the state department and nine cabinet members, not her, they say, had to sign over that. and that's not yet, you know, being investigated at the moment. but all this other stuff is. and you've got a guy like rob

goldstone and maybe hope hicks soon who could be called in, you know, to testify about all of this. >> i don't think goldstein means anything, and i think that hope will be fine. dianne feinstein and grassley are very respected. their going to call back jared kushner, and they'll get to the bottom of it. eric: meanwhile, jared kushner may be called back over the allegation that he had connections with wikileaks. his lawyer are, abby lowell, is denying it. he says that there was an e-mail chain that mentions wikileaks. it's not wikileaks contacting jared kushner, but somehow that doesn't come out. >> i think that jared kushner's going to go back before the senate intelligence committee, grassley and feinstein are behaving in a nonpartisan way, and they'll get to the truth with kushner.

eric: and there's an e-mail in terms of another russian that tried to reach out to the campaign, and jared kushner is saying in this e-mail, no, don't do it. he says, quote -- here's the kushner e-mail according to his attorney -- pass on this. a lot of people come claiming to carry messages, very few we're able to verify. for now i think we decline such meetings. most likely these people go back home and claim they have special access to gain importance for themselves. be careful. so it sounds like jared's counsel is don't do anything with the russians, stay away, and he's pretty savvy and wise about them, you know, trying to use potential access for their own purposes. >> you know, you know what campaigns are like, eric, and even city wide campaigns that i've been in, they're hectic as can be. and the presidential campaign was crazy, you know? it's so much pressure. i really don't believe that there's any russian collusion. i think, i think it's really nonsense.

not that the russians may not have tried to gain influence. they're a always trying to get an edge. but i don't think there was any organized collusion. eric: and bottom line, as you say, you've been in campaigns. everyone's trying to grab a piece of something, having a meeting with everybody else, and it's chaos sometimes? >> campaigns are always chaotic. [laughter] you know, as you know and the national campaigns, presidential campaigns are the most chaotic, and i really don't believe there's any collusion, you know, on the part of the trump campaign. eric: all right. it's all under investigation, and we shall all at some point see what happens. andy stein, prominent democrat in new york, thank you. >> thank you, sir. eric: of course. arthel: thank you, eric. the search for justice in syria taking a major hit. >> russia will not agree to any mechanism that might shine a spotlight on the use of chemical weapons by its ally, the syrian regime. it's as simple and shameful as that. arthel: u.s. ambassador to the

u.n. nikki haley slamming russia as it protects the assad regime from a chemical weapons investigation. will there ever be accountability? plus, this picture right here of treasury secretary steve mnuchin and his wife causing an internet sensation last week. up next, the story behind the photo and the secretary's full reaction to the pic going viral. >> i heard that. i never thought i'd be quoted as looking like villains from the james bond. i guess i should take that as a compliment. ♪ ♪

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is flattered by the comparison. >> i heard the. i never thought i'd be quoted as looking like villains from the james pond. i guess i should take that as a compliment, that i look like a villain in a great, successful james bond movie. but let me just say i was very excited of having my signature on the money. it's obviously a great privilege and a great honor and something i'm very proud of being the secretary and look forward to helping the american people. eric: can you imagine going looking at your $1 bills and seeing your signature there? you know, you've got to your signature on every bill? well, mnuchin and his wife were at the bureau of engraving and printing to see firsthand the newly-printed bills. arthel: russia vetoing a u.n. measure to investigate chemical weapons in syria just months after dozens of syrian citizens died in an attack there. the white house saying the veto is protecting the assad regime and terrorists, but russia's u.n. ambassador defending it.

[speaking russian] >> translator: we recommend that you perhaps take a look at this from a different standpoint. will the security council's standing be bolstered as if nothing happened we extend the life cycle of a structure which has rubber stamped baseless accusations against syria? arthel: joining us now, van hipp, chairman of the american defense international. let's start here. what does this say about russia and the message the kremlin is sending to the world? >> well, i think our ambassador has hit the nail on the held, nikki haley, when she says russia's against any mechanism that would put the spotlight on russia's ally, syria, and their chemical weapons program or basically anything they're doing. the japanese even came forward with a compromise, a very innocuous resolution that basically said just give us 30 days to come forward with some kind of a solution that people can agree with long term. putin cannot withstand sunlight.

this guy is an old kgb agent masquerading as the president of russia, and he is a thug. we have a president tonight who is from queens, and he's had to deal with thugs before. i believe he will deal with this situation -- arthel: i'll bet the president, coming from queens, has dealt with his share of thugs, for sure. typically under such circumstances the u.s. president steps in, you know, other world leaders look to the u.s. president to step in, and based on his short 11 months on the job, do you expect president trump from queen withs the directly address president putin on this matter in. >> he sent 59 tomahawk missiles back in april to address the situation. i wrote an argue back in 2013 about syria, and i said they're the one place i really saw our national security interests were those five chemical manufacturing facilities in syria. while this is -- [inaudible] in 2013, and i would hope they would look at this in 2013 the

united nations security council came to an agreement to destroy the entire chemical weapons program of syria. in 2014 secretary of state john kerry went on "meet the press" and said, guess what? we got 100% of their chemical weapons manufacturing facilities destroyed. they've gone. well, guess what? secretary of state john kerry was 100% wrong. it's time to dust off that old u.n. security council agreement in 2013 and ask the question what happened to those inspections? what happened to those monthly reports? keep the pressure on vladimir putin. i think michael reagan said it best. the cold war has moved from eastern europe to the middle east, but the old usual suspects, chiefly russia, are still the lead actors. arthel: meanwhile, what can the u.n. do about russia's veto? any recoursesome. >> well, there's -- tonight they're talking about some sort of a procedural mechanism where they could at least keep this investigative mechanism going on til they could work something out. but i'll be honest, it's a very,

very long shot. when i see neutral countries like sweden now taking the united states position and they, the swedish ambassador to the united nations actually hosted a closed-door meeting friday night to try to deal with this. so i think we're beginning to win the war, if you will, of public opinion. keep the pressure on the old kgb agent. arthel: meanwhile, what does this mean for the state of syria and isis and other satellite terror groups born in syria? >> well, it's a mess. and i've said this president inherited the most complex foreign policy and national security situation commander in chief has ever faced. but -- and he also inherited an army that had been gutted, our duh fence forces have been drastically -- defense forces have been drastically cut. the president has to -- we can't be everywhere, but we have to prioritize those national security threats, the most immediate ones to this country. i've got north korea at the top of the list. but strategically, i think the president has handled syria the

right way as he did with that tomahawk missile strike -- arthel: that was impressive, for sure, but russia continues. >> oh, yeah. and the reason we have to educate the world why russia's doing this -- arthel: but, i mean, we get that. but i'm saying, you know, you're applauding the president, rightly so, for the big show -- >> yep. arthel: -- you know, several months ago with those tom a hawk missiles, but what does the president have to do now? >> dust off that 2013 security council agreement that gives us the framework right now to build a can coalition, to work with our u.n. allies to destroy those five chemical manufacturing facilities, and they have a biological weapons program in syria. i would focus on that. arthel: but then, quickly, if you have -- if, in fact, the u.s. and allies would destroy, as you've suggested, putin's going to say i'm going to jump in too -- >> yeah. he has a naval base -- arthel: now you have a war. >> that's why i said, and i've

written about this before with fox, i have limited to those five. but i would try to get it done with the united nations first. but right now from president trump my top priority is north korea. abby: van hipp, it was a pleasure talking to you. we'll talk to you again soon. thank you. eric: a scary scene in manhattan this afternoon. one of those scaffolds that you see around cities? well, it collapsed hitting the pedestrians below. coming up, we'll tell you about it and how the victims are doing. >> he takes another life. >> i want them to -- [inaudible] where he belongs so he can't hurt anybody else. >> until this guy is caught, it's not going to be over with. eric: and there is fear in tampa. the string of unsolved murders continue in one of florida's biggest cities, sparking concerns that a serial killer is on the loose and at work. what police are doing to try and hunt down the murderer before he takes another life. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ arthel: a scaffolding collapsed in downtown manhattan leaving as many as five people hurt this morning, but everyone is expected to be okay. you can see wooden planks scattered over the sidewalk in that neighborhood in soho, was it at prince and broadway? a neighborhood i go to all the

time. the cause is still under investigation. those scaffolds are on what seems like on every manhattan block. eric: well, meanwhile, the hunt for a suspected serial killer continues in tampa, florida. there have been four murders in the last six weeks on the streets of one neighborhood. the latest just days ago, and still authorities have no suspect. tampa police have been out in full force, they've been checking cars, going door to door and gathering any evidence they can in hopes of trying to track down the murderer, but as bryan llenas reports, it's been a challenging process so far, and bryan is live here in new york. >> reporter: hi, eric. two dozen detectives are on this case. police have received over 2300 tips and yet still no suspect named as a possible serial killer remains on the loose. police have been canvassing the seminole heights neighborhood in tampa, florida, where three people were murdered in a 10-day stretch in october. but despite the extra patrols and security, the suspected killer managed to murder a fourth person on tuesday.

the latest victim? 60-year-old ronald felton. he was crossing the street just before five a.m.en when he was shot from behind. felton was a church and food bank volunteer who was on his way to distribute food to needy families. >> all he was doing was helping the lord. of he wasn't hurting nobody, he wasn't doing anything to nobody, and they took his life, you know? and his life, to me, to everybody else might not mean nothing, but to me, that's my blood. >> reporter: but perhaps a break in the case. new surveillance video shows the suspect moments before he murdered felton. police now believe this man in this video is the same person who was caught on this surveillance video on october 9th, night of the first of four murders. the suspect is said to be about six feet to 6-2 with a thin build. he was last seen wearing all black with a baseball cap and armed with a large black pistol.

the police believe the suspect is a resident of the seminole heights neighborhood. this working class community, eric, is on edge. people have stopped walking by themselves, walking their dialogue dogs, leaving their homes at night. a $100,000 reward is being offered. eric: someone knows that suspect. please, turn yourself in. thank you, bryan. arthel: new orleans' voters electing a new mayor, and this one is unlike any the city has ever seen. why the new leader of the big easy is making history. that's coming up next. [cheers and applause] the four in one cleaning system kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria, cleans where brushing may miss. helps remove stains and prevent stain build up. use polident daily.

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♪ ♪ ♪ arthel: a historic night in my hometown of new orleans. voters in the big easy electing the first-ever female mayor. >> i will not let you down. i will not. [applause] i will be with you, and i will truly be your voice whether it is locally, nationally or globally. [cheers and applause] i will be that example. arthel: city council member latoya cantrell beat out former judge desiree champ nay in a landslide victory claiming 60% of the vote. she will become the city's 51st mayor when she's sworn in next year. eric: congratulations, mayor-elect cantrell. as a famous native of that wonderful city, ms. neville, what do you think about this? arthel: i'm all about the girl power. nice to have a female mayor in office. i love it. come on down sometime.

eric: where are we going to eat? arthel: everywhere. it's all good. eric: we're back in one hour, 6 p.m. eastern. stay with us for the news in an hour. ♪ the gregg gutfeld shows next. i'll be here next saturday night. see them. >> we are all going to die. [laughter] donald trump is back from the long trip away in asia. i'm so happy i missed him. i hope he brought us some gifts. remember that when dad would come back from conference and brought you a toy? my dad did a lot of traveling. i never knew why. no matter what, he brought home a gift for me and my