-- we'll read some of your best tweets on the steinle verdict. watch shannon bream. she is up next. i want to know what you think about this outrageous verdict or if you agree with it i want to hear. >> shannon: the reaction is pouring in. laura, thank you so much. here is what else we have coming up tonight. a stunning thumbs up in favor. gop senate plan sends stocks through the roof. what a huge win for the president and wall street would mean for you. we are tracking the latest drama on tax reform live. the focus shifts in the matt lauer scandal to top media executives. >> i didn't know this man. >> shannon: who knew what, where and when? we're investigating. critics say the trump administration is talking us into world war iii. if war comes, make in mistake, the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed. >> shannon: will that tough talk force pyongyang to back

down? a democratic congressman weighs in. >> shannon: welcome to "fox news @ night". this is a fox news alert. the case of an illegal immigrant deported five times and previously convicted of seven felonies who admitted to shooting a 32-year-old san francisco woman named kate stainly. zarate didn't deny it. but said it was an accident. he has been found not guilty of murder or involuntary manslaughter charges. his attorney said it was a message for president trump and a vindication for immigrants. president trump frequently cited the case during his campaign and used it as an argument in favor of his border wall. he tweeted a response to the verdict. a disgraceful verdict in the kate steinle case. no wonder the people of our

country are so angry with illegal immigration. we have trace gallagher on how this case started a national debate over sanctuary cities. we start with claudia. she has been covering the case and has the latest. >> good evening, shannon. the shocking verdict is the worst outcome for the steinle family especially since the defendant did not deny shooting kate steinle on a confident pier in 2015 as she was walking there with her father, collapsing in his arms after being shot in the back. 45-year-old jose zarate said the shooting was an accident and his defense team built a case with circumstantial evidence. the jury found reasonable doubt and found him not guilty on charges of murder and assault with a semi automatic weapon. the steinle family wasn't in the courtroom this afternoon. the family is processing these developments as best they can saying the system failed kate from the start and tonight's

verdict is no different. but zarate's lawyer said the jury left politics out of their deliberations and focused on the evidence. he said those who don't agree with the verdict, including president trump, who often cited the steinle case calling for tougher immigration policies, should remember that everyone is presumed innocent. listen. >> those who might criticize this verdict, there are a number of people that have commented on this case in the last couple of years. the attorney general of the united states, the president, vice president of the united states, let me just remind them that they are themselves under investigation by a special prosecutor in washington, d.c. and they may themselves soon avail themselves of the presumption of innocence and beyond a reasonable doubt standard. i would ask them to reflect on that before they comment or

disparage the result in this case. >> the verdict that came in today was not one we were hoping for. i think it's unequivocal both sides gave it their all. both sides had good lawyers in court, they presented the case the way that they did and at the end of the day it's the jury that determines what the verdict is. the jury came back with the verdict they did. we'll respect that decision. >> zarate remains behind bars. he was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm and sentenced next months possibly up to three years. tonight immigration and customs enforcement chief issued a statement saying that ice will move to get zarate into federal custody as soon as possible and deport him, shannon, for a sixth time. back to you. >> shannon: thank you very much. under sanctuary city policy the san francisco sheriff's

department had released zarate from jail despite a request by federal immigration officials to detain him to deport him for the sixth time. we have more on the back story to the steinle tragedy and joins us live. >> shannon, after admitting he fired the gun that killed kate steinle, he told police the reason he stayed in san francisco was in part because of liberal laws that made it easier for immigrants without documents to fly under the radar. his gamble paid off. originally he was in jail in southern california but he was shipped to san francisco on an outstanding drug warrant and despite the fact that he had been deported five times and convicted of seven felonies, the san francisco d.a. declined to prosecute. immigration and customs enforcement issued the san francisco sheriff a detainer requesting they be notified before zarate was released so they could pick him up but

instead the sheriff freed the suspect which sparked a national outcry and prompted donald trump to use steinle's death for a crackdown on sanctuary cities and build a border wall. even dianne feinstein who did support sanctuary cities it was wrong to not hold onto zarate. ice released this statement. san francisco's policy of refusing to honor ice detainers is a blatant threat to public safety and undermines the rule of law. this tragedy could have been prevented if san francisco had simply turned the alien over to ice as we requested instead of releasing him back onto the street. it is unconscionable that politicians across this country continue to endanger the lives of americans with sanctuary policies while ignoring the harm inflicted on their constituents. across the country there are

some 300 cities and counties that do not honor ice detainer requests. but california is by far the biggest offender. in 2015 congress passed a law that would cut federal funding for local governments that don't comply with federal immigration laws. but that law is currently being fought in court. senator ted cruz was among those who pushed for kate's law which would have placed mandatory minimum sentences on those who repeatedly cross the border illegally. the bill never came to a vote. shannon. >> shannon: trace, thank you very much. and as we told you just moments ago president trump just responded to the steinle verdict and tweeting about it. there is a lot of reaction coming in from the administration tonight. national correspondent ed henry is tracking the response to a case so central part of the president's campaign. no mistaking they would have a strong reaction to this. >> that's right. the president has been talking about kate steinle going all

the way back to the presidential campaign. interesting that he is on twitter, took him a couple of hours. he didn't react immediately. some of the other top officials like the attorney general reacted first. we'll get to that in a moment. the president tweeting, quote, a disgraceful verdict in the kate steinle case. no wonder the people of our country are so angry with illegal immigration. that tweet tonight from the president of the united states. i mention the attorney general. jeff sessions has been kind of a stalwart for this administration. president has been frustrated about him not investigating hillary clinton and other matters but on cracking down on illegal immigration the bottom line is that jeff sessions has been out front for this administration. he put out a statement saying among other things when jurisdictions choose to return criminal aliens to the streets rather than turning them over to federal immigration authorities, they put the public safety at risk. san francisco's decision to

protect criminal aliens led to the preventable and heartbreaking death of kate steinle. a man who would not have been on the streets of san francisco if the city simply honored an ice detainer. the people ultimately convicted him of a felony in possession of a firearm. the justice department as you can see lashing out tonight at the decision. as you mentioned, shannon, going all the way back to the campaign the president made this case involving kate steinle front and center. here is what he said back in the campaign. okay, so we don't have that sound bite. bottom line is we have these end of the year budget negotiations going on between democrats and republicans and there has been a lot of talk recently that the democrats have the upper hand in the negotiations over daca. what to do with the children of illegal immigrants who are already in this country. it is very interesting because in the early hours after this

verdict i've already talked to senior republicans on capitol hill saying this will rev up their political base and they think that they may now have a stronger hand in these negotiations, shannon, because what they've been trying to do in these budget talks to keep the government open, all of those talks are going on, they've been basically trying to work out a deal that basically says okay, we'll give some ground to democrats on daca if in exchange the president, republicans on the hill can get some tough measures whether it's the wall or other measures cracking down on illegal immigration. until tonight it looked like a democrats had the upper hand on that. republicans tonight in the early hours are thinking that may have changed dramatically because of the anger over this verdict, shannon. >> shannon: ed, i think we might have the sound bite you were trying to toss to. it gives us context for this and where we go from here and then we'll have you report on that a bit. >> president trump: beautiful

young woman, kate, and killed by somebody that just pleaded innocent and they will be playing around with him for 15 years. >> shannon: the president predicting it wouldn't be an easy legal fight about finding justice here. >> you think back to the anthem protests, a different issue in the nfl. when the president started talking about that you had so many naysayers saying what is the president doing, focusing on the side issue? the kate steinle case the president was speaking out way ahead of a lot of other people. politicians and others in this country. and now when you see what happened he was far ahead of the curve in terms of tapping into the anger people have in this country about illegal immigration. he mentioned that in his tweet and a long time ago during the campaign. that's why republicans are telling me they think this is going to be a very interesting element, as you say, a bit of context added to these end of the year negotiations over illegal immigration. >> shannon: thank you so much. so on that end of this let's

bring in fox news politics editor chris stirewalt to talk about the political fallout. we thought the president's tweet was more subdued than i expected. he can get -- >> he is helped by the fact that he is not alone on this one. it is not ed compared it to the nfl. other people in government don't care. for this you've already got the attorney general, you have the republicans in congress and everybody there. trump is part of a united front for his party as they step forward and say this is exactly what we're talking about. >> shannon: we heard from the defense attorney who successfully got his client off zarate there in california and he immediately went after this in a political way. here is what he had to say after this not guilty. >> those who might criticize this verdict, there are a number of people that have

commented on this case in the last couple of years. the attorney general of the united states, the president and vice president of the united states. let me just remind them that they are themselves under investigation by special prosecutor in washington, d.c. >> shannon: i have to tell you that felt like a curveball coming out of the reaction to this verdict. clearly they have painted this in political terms as well. >> right. it is true and, in fact, the president and his supporters have made the point that until something is proven then we have to assume that the president and his campaign are not guilty of misdeeds in the 2016 election. that's true. proponents of sanctuary cities and cities that keep these policies a conviction would have been more helpful. it would have been much more helpful for them. they could have said yes, we're a sanctuary city but the system worked, justice is served.

instead they missed at the end. you're the attorney here, i'm not. this was not going to be an open and shut case. this is a you have a guy who is basically a vagrant, a gun. did he find the gun, steal the gun, where is the gun and all that stuff? this was never going to be an open and shut case. it looks like a city that can't govern itself and manage itself and a city that is not up to the responsibility of having sanctuary city. so not just whatever the verdict would have been it would have been helpful for republicans and the president in pressuring cities on this front. this makes it doubly so. >> shannon: it's confusing to a lot of people how involuntary manslaughter wasn't involved in this. that is reckless. the jury was not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt. he was charged on a gun charge. whether he spends the time in jail and get deported for a sixth time, who knows?

we'll stand by. thank you very much, chris. stick around with us because we have a fox news alert. a rare late night session in the u.s. senate. early morning, too, republicans are working around the clock to get tax reform across the finish line. a huge day for efforts in the senate and for wall street. when the gop picked up a yes from senator john mccain stocks soared 331 points. now we're back to a little uncertainty. this thing isn't over yet. we are joined by the capitol hill producer at a deserted statuary hall. this is far from over. >> behind the scenes they're burning the midnight oil. they're rewriting the bill. they don't have the votes. there was an atmospheric change in the capitol. the culmination final passage of this bill tonight or overnight and they realized they didn't have the votes. here is the problem.

let's start with ron johnson from wisconsin. he is very concerned about small businesses. he wanted to change the deductions for small businesses about 17.4% now. it would be 20% in this bill. maybe bring it up to 25%. that's the first problem. the second problem comes from someone who is not a senator, elizabeth mcdonagh, the senate parliamentarian. powerful in washington and works behind the scenes. they had built into this bill a provision called a trigger so in case they started to cut taxes and run big deficits the triggers would kick in and start to produce more revenue. tax increases. they're considering this bill under budget reconciliation with certain guardrails you can't go too far one way or the other. elizabeth said those triggers were off the chart. it was a foul essentially. and that was going to cost them

other votes. look at jeff flake republican from arizona. also bob corker, republican from tennessee. what to do? they had to start to rework the bill. mark short, the white house legislative affairs director came to the capitol late tonight with a short meeting in the office of the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. what they are trying to do right now is put in tax increases. this is supposed to be a tax cut bill and what they would do is start to put in what they call staircases. in other words, if the corporate rate is 20% at about year six they would start to go to 20 1/2, maybe 21% in year seven and so on and so forth. these tax increases would be baked into the bill. i asked short isn't this a fundamental change in what you were doing? he said no, we'll still delivering big tax relief for people. nobody knows if they can actually get it done tomorrow. he said that they will apprise the president of what the changes are. everybody except the staff has gone home for the evening as they try to rework the bill and move it through the senate

tomorrow. i asked susan collins, the republican senator from maine what she thought about all this and she said it is an inelegant process. >> shannon: thank you so much for staying up late with us. we always appreciate your insight on capitol hill. chris stirewalt you are back with us. let me ask you, he talked about this parliamentarian thing and she sets the rules on how to get this thing done and it's important for getting more people back together. there is an argument out there that vice president pence as the president of the senate could overrule the parliamentarian. it has only been done once before in history. not a popular move. i asked him about it when we interviewed them. he didn't want to answer the question whether he would overrule the parliamentarian. >> when you use procedural end rounds and tricks and gimmicks to try to get controversial legislation through, unpopular controversial legislation through it doesn't make it more

popular. we are talking about okay, it will be a tax cut with automatic tax increases in it. a tax cut but then it will have the dollar sign needed a top hat on dancing up the stairs. it will be a tax cut but it is really a tax increase. the challenge for republicans now if it looks shady, if it looks weird, if it looks like they're doing it the wrong way it will leave a taint on this thing worse than it already has. if they can't get to something that looks kind of like regular order and kind of like a normal way of conducting business, chad will be -- we should have chad be the next parliamentarian. he could straighten them out up there and get them running it the right way. >> shannon: i talked to a number of senators and you have, too. believe this thing will be done. they can't take the chance of going back to the people and saying we didn't get it on healthcare and any other things done and failed on tax reform. there is enough internal pressure within the party they'll get it done. >> if they can't get it done

tomorrow in the senate anything becomes possible. that's why they're going for all the gimmicks, if they don't get it done tomorrow all the stuff about the end of the year this, that and the other thing starts stacking up on them. >> shannon: they are about to run out of money. >> they ran out of money $20 trillion. >> shannon: what was jury thinking in the kate steinle manner? another al franken accuser comes forward. matt lauer spotted and speaking out for first time. out for first time. whyour insurance company won't

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>> shannon: the verdict in the case of an illegal immigrant deported five times and previously convicted of seven felonies who admitted to shooting a 32-year-old san francisco woman named kate steinle not guilty is the jury's decision on nearly every count. a criminal defense attorney in california says this case was an utter and complete failure by the prosecutors who handled it. david, great to have you with

us tonight. >> nice to be with you. >> shannon: one conviction on the gun charge with up to three years in jail and fines and that kind of thing. he has already been in jail in the u.s. and been deported five times. this would be a sixth time. confusing to a lot of folks he wasn't convicted. not a murder or second degree but at least in involuntary manslaughter. it would seem like accidentally shooting someone maybe could be argued under that framework. >> just maybe. let's start first he takes a.40 caliber gun to a crowded area. if you've ever been there it is loaded with people. he ends up sitting in a chair. looks at kate steinle and fires the weapons and shoots and kills her. that's first degree murder by any evaluation of this case. what that would mean was 25 to life plus 20 year enhancement for using a gun and killing someone, 45 years to life. let's just say that the jury

wasn't convinced that he shot the gun intentionally. that was a negligent discharge. criminal negligent, involuntary manslaughter. it would get him 20 plus years in prison. the reality of this is either the prosecutor was grossly inept and incompetent or it was a jury that engaged in jury nullification. they listened to the evidence, evaluated the evidence and decided to discard the evidence and come to a verdict of not guilty simply because of reasons outside the purview as in politics. >> shannon: i learned you can't predict jury. you can have educated guesses. when we started to hear this afternoon there may be a unanimous verdict i thought maybe they'll go with manslaughter or one of the lower charges. based on what we know. i didn't sit through the trial. his defense attorneys did an excellent job. they were not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt and that's what it takes. >> the reality is, shannon,

look what the evidence was. this is a guy who was deported five times. a seven-time felon. how the prosecutor didn't manage to get some of that into evidence is stunning. >> shannon: a lot of times juries aren't allowed to know that. the fact we know he is deported five times and looking for him for the sixth time. seven previous felony convictions. if you're good you can block that from the jury trying to defend someone. >> remember something else. the jurisdiction this trial took place in san francisco is ultraliberal, shannon. it wouldn't take a whole lot of poking holes in the case by the defense to walk a guy like this, a guy who shoots and kills an innocent young woman with a high-powered handgun in a crowded area, there is a lot of places in california like where i practice riverside county, orange county, many, many counties, the vast majority where this guy would have been convicted hands down. san francisco that's the way it is. what will they do tomorrow,

give him the key to the city before he goes to prison for three years? when he goes off to prison will san francisco cooperate or will one of those counties up there cooperate with federal law enforcement when he is released so it ensures he is deported? there is no way to know. >> shannon: because my understanding is he has served a jail sentence there in federal prison. being transferred to the local jail. and the charges against him that were pending from 20 years ago were dropped. the feds had said hold onto him so we can get him they said no, we'll let him go. >> they had a federal retainer. when i first met mr. trump last year this was his number one issue. he had families of about 12 different people that had been killed by illegal immigrants on stage in a rally we went to. this was his primary issue. this was his most passionate issue when he ran for president and i guarantee you this will bolster the now. it will bolster the fight

against sanctuary cities. >> shannon: no silver lining for the family. they felt there was no justice served. >> there really wasn't shannon. >> shannon: thank you for lending us your expertise. good to see you. a sixth woman coming forward accusing senator al franken of sexual misconduct and nancy pelosi changing her tune on john conyers facing his own growing course of accuser. plus we hear from matt lauer for the first time since his firing yesterday. kristin fisher has the details. hi. >> congressman conyers of sexual harassment the top democrat in the house finally said enough is enough. she is calling on congressman conyers to resign. >> congressman conyers has served our congress for more than five decades and shaped some of the most consequential legislation in the last half

centuries. zero tolerance means consequences for everyone no matter how great the legacy. >> at the same time she was making those remarks conyers was in the hospital. his family says he was suffering from a stress-related illness. his attorney says he did not appreciate pelosi's remarks nor be pressured to step down. >> first of all it is not up to nancy pelosi. nancy pelosi did not elect the congressman and she sure as hell won't be the one to tell the congressman to leave. that decision will be completely up to the congressman. >> now as the top democrat in the house has asked conyers to resign pressure is mounting on the top democrat in the senate to do the same for al franken. chuck schumer opened an ethics investigation the same day the sixth woman came forward. the spokesperson for senator

franken said he has never intentionally engaged in this conduct and remains committed to cooperating with the ethics investigation. >> shannon: from politics to the media then. what's the latest on matt lauer? >> he finally spoke out for the first time today since being fired. he said there are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain i've caused others by words and actions but also added some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized. it is all raising questions about who knew what and when at nbc. lauer's former producer zucker, the president of cnn, said today he knew nothing about it. >> i feel for the women who endured this and lived with it and have come forward. and, you know, obviously i've known matt for 25 years and i didn't know this matt. >> this matt is accused of

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>> shannon: the very first time late tonight an american administration is release pg hard numbers on how many people come into this country based on family ties. it is called chain migration. the federal government has tracked it country by country to show exactly what's happening. during a 10-year time frame the u.s. permanently resettled 9.3 million new immigrants based solely on family ties. that's more than 70% of all new immigration in that period. that's accord ing to the administration. they say immigrants add to the economy while republicans say they hurt the economic chances of low skilled workers often minorities already u.s. citizens. >> we have current immigrants determining who future

immigrants will be independent of their ability to be a contribution to our economy. >> can we do it better? that doesn't mean in the least we don't want to be reuniting families and strengthening communities and bringing more people here. >> shannon: mexico tops the list with more than 1.7 million admissions over that decade. we have brand-new information about attempts by the f.b.i. to control the fallout over that infamous tarmac meeting between then attorney general loretta lynch and former president bill clinton while his wife was under investigation. judicial watch has been fighting to get the f.b.i. to release documents on that meeting. tonight the group has released 29 pages of what it received. now that they are heavily redacted. the f.b.i. was concerned about information about details of the meeting leaking out rather than the potential impropriety of the meeting itself. the f.b.i. had previously told judicial watch it could not

locate any records related to that meeting. verdict in the trial of an illegal immigrant confessed to accidentally shot kate steinle is renewing the debate over sanctuary cities. we have ben shapiro here and adrienne elrod director of communication for hillary clinton. i want to read a little bit of the reaction that we have from the ice deputy director tonight. he says it is unconscionable that politicians across this country continue to endanger the lives of americans with sanctuary policies while ignoring the harm inflicted on their constituents. following the conclusion of this case, ice will work to take custody of mr. zarate and ultimately remove him from the country. adrienne, he has come back five times. this will be number six. how will it be any different? >> no question in this

particular case the system at the federal, state and local level broke down. i still can't wrap my head around this verdict. we're trying to unpact what happened and how the jurors came to this conclusion. local law enforcement in cities that are so-called sanctuary cities will say that having an ongoing dialogue with the immigrant community in their cities is what actually makes it safer. so as a political pundit going on a television show i won't question what local law enforcement think and how they want to govern their communities. that's what they say. you do see crimes that are lowered in sanctuary cities. >> shannon: what do you make of that argument? >> i live in los angeles and tell you that idea making sure that illegal immigrants continue to be released back onto the streets rather than being given over to the feds, that is not going to lower the crime rate.

a lack of trust between the immigrant community and law enforcement community needs to be overcoming but you can't say it should be handing them over to the community than the feeds. this guy was a repeat criminal. if he was a citizen if you're convicted three times in felony cases you end up in jail for life. in this case this guy was convicted of a bunch of different crimes, deported over and over again and set free by sanctuary cities that refused to coordinate with federal law enforcement. he had a gun and shot kate steinle. whether he meant to shoot her or discharge the firearm no consequence. when you pick up a gun and it fires, this is the very best involuntary manslaughter. >> shannon: not according to this jury. they said not guilty on that count as well. adrienne, do you get how this topic was such a good one for president trump when he was running, why it resonated with

so many people and why just this one case alone really captured the nation's attention that this is an issue, the sanctuary cities letting people go, being very permissive with illegal immigration. do you understand what he tapped into there and why people were responsive for that? >> i understand what he tapped into but i think it's a shame he used this case time and time again as a political foot ball when the family of kate has gone through so much tragedy and heartache and to have this used in any sort of political way by the president of the united states during the campaign when he was running as a candidate now as president is a real shame. look, this is a very complex issue and i think what's important to understand here is that this is one incident. what we have to do is figure out how to handle the 800,000 dreamers who are living here in the united states. allowing them to live in limbo, a lot of the immigrant community to wonder what's going to happen, to fear deportation every day.

>> shannon: ben, quick response from you. >> the basic notion that an illegal immigrant can commit crimes and enter the country at will is why president trump won and ought to push for the construction of the barrier and make sure the american people are safe from predators like this one. >> shannon: we expect to hear more from the white house on this. ben and adrienne, thank you both very much. accusations tough talk from the tough administration is inching us closer to world war iii. how real is the threat now that the entire u.s. can be threatened by a missile from north korea? we are joined next by a democratic congressman ..mocratic congressman

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>> shannon: the trump administration trying to keep up maximum diplomatic pressure on north korea in an effort to halt its nuclear program. rex tillerson is still on the job and lobbying china to do more. a democratic congressman joins us with his view for efforts to resolve if there is any way this north korea issue. good to have you tonight. what do you make of the latest missile launch? we're talking about something experts say could reach every corner of the u.s. >> the experts are quite correct it could and won't take long for north korea to put a nuclear bomb on top of that missile. it's a very serious situation.

but the non-nuclear situation in north korea and south korea is equally critical and serious. north korea has thousands of long-range artillery and missiles that could rain down on south korea. talk of war going on it's possible there could be some incident that could set off a war, the trip wire is really taunt in that area. so we have to be very careful. what isn't happening is the diplomatic effort. a lot of talk around the edges but really to sit down and to try to figure out how will we get away from this situation? >> you think they should be talking to kim jong-un? >> even in the previous administration we should have been. >> shannon: will it validate him as a murderous dictator and validate his role as a world leader when we know what he is doing to his own people. >> a fellow that has a nuclear weapon and fourth biggest army in the world and tletdening

your allies. you can go to war or you can negotiate some sort of a resolution. i think there is possible to have a resolution. >> shannon: after 25 years do you think there is something we could accomplish through further diplomacy that they bought time this whole time that we've been doing that? >> there was a period of time when the nuclear enterprise in north korea was set aside. that fell apart when some would argue the united states failed to carry out its piece of the agreement. that may or may not be the case. nonetheless, there is an opportunity here. consider for a moment what is it that north korea wants? they want to be able to have their own country. kim jong-un wants to ensure his reign, whether you like it or not he wants his security. what is the nuclear weapon give him and the ballistic missile give him? a sense of security. if we or south korea were trying to push him out of the way and decapitate him, he has

a very, very big weapon. >> shannon: there aren't any good options left on that front. everybody agrees on that. >> negotiation. >> shannon: other than negotiation. i want to quickly ask you because of the kate steinle case, what is your reaction to the verdict tonight? >> what happened in san francisco the jury? we rely upon a jury to see through a case. that's the essential of it. this man never should have been in the united states. a terrible tragedy for the family and certainly for the situation. but the jury is the jury, that's what it's all about. what do we do from here? we have to make sure we secure our border, we have to make sure we have a comprehensive solution to this immigration chaos that is going on. that congress has failed to do that. >> shannon: it's a heavy lift. we know there are many challenges along the way, bipartisan and otherwise. we'll watch to see the fallout from this case and the need to

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>> shannon: we present the stories for your consideration. ivanka trump visited india this

week. her wardrobe choice had a "new york times" style writer accused her of cultural appropriation that appeared to reflect traditional garb. the times asked quote, where is the line between culturally appropriate dress and culture all appropriation? another one said her outfits were an assimilation of culture. the metro transit system in d.c. rejected a catholic christmas ad by appearing on its buses saying it could not permit the ad because it promotes religion. the archdiocese of washington filed suit. reverend patrick mahoney says he plans to carry the banned image in protest and ride city buses all over the place. according to a report by abc news the nfl agreed to pay

money to social justice -- 25% of the funds will go to the united negro college fund. 25% to dream corp and 50% to the players coalition. league sources said they hope players will stop protesting as a result of the big pay-outs. coming up it's beginning to look a lot like christmas in washington, d.c. president trump marks another first. that's next.

♪ >> three, two, one... [applause] >> shannon: it is official. if you need some good news tonight, check this out. first, for president trump, he and the first lady, melania trump, let the national christmas tree in washington. it was a beautiful night. secretary ryan zinke introduced -- i don't know if you want on the horse, though. we'll have to find out. tonight marks the 95th lighting of the national christmas tree. well, most-watched, most trusted, and most grateful that you spent the evening with us.

good night from washington. for "fox news @ night," i am shannon bream. >> to say a special prayer for >> stunning news out of san francisco, the illegal immigrant accused of killing kate steinle found not guilty. >> they have blood on their hands. the conversion of america into a sanctuary nation instead of a sovereign nation. this tax plan has been blown up, remade, torn down and built again in a late-night special on the senate floor. >> i won't support any cuts to be a bubble on the program but i want this program -- we need