thanks to the police officer, the cat is good. everybody is good. we like that. >> yeah, absolutely. thanks for joining us tonight. we're back tomorrow. >> we will see you then. molly line up next with the fox report. >> new details on what may have prompted the fbi to investigate the trump campaign. a bombshell report claiming that it was not the antitrump dossier but a tip from an australian diplomat. i'm molly line. this is the fox report. >> the new york times -- the new york times citing unnamed officials reporting that australia raised a red flag over the may 2016 conversation one of its diplomats had with a trump foreign policy advisor, george.

steve harrigan is reporting from west palm beach where the president is spending his holiday weekend. steve, what else are we learning from this report? >> molly, this new york times article cites at least four unnamed sources, both u.s. and foreign officials that it says say that the one time unpaid foreign policy advisor to the trump campaign may have been the source for all of the fbi investigation into the 2016 presidential election. they claim that he in a london wine bar told an australian diplomat that the russians had hacked hilary clinton's e-mails and that they had dirt on hilary clinton. president trump may have been responding to this article a short time ago when on twitter he posted the following: >> the president was defending

his own use of twitter against what he calls the fake news media. molly? >> all right, what else is coming up on the white house agenda? >> a couple of key meetings coming up in the week ahead. first on wednesday, congressional leaders both democrats and republicans will meet with the budget director in hopes of finding a deal to avert a government showdown and next weekend at camp david, mitch mcconnell and paul ryan will both be meeting with the president to try and set a legislative agenda for the new year. back to you. >> thank you, steve. president trump showing support for a wave of antigovernment protests that have broken out in iran. the demonstrations appear to be the country's largest since the disputed presidential election in 2009. president trump tweeting, quote:

>> the president also tweeted several excerpts from his september u.n. speech where he specifically addressed iran. for more on all this, we go to kitty logan in london. >> hi, molly. these antigovernment protests have continued for a third day. today pro government supporters were out in force too but there were also counterdemonstrations. antigovernment protests have been in recent days. they threw stones during clashes with riot police. also an antigovernment gathering outside tehran university. protesters there were later outnumbered by pro government counterdemonstrators. there were 4,000 government supporters out on the streets in tehran alone and many more took part in other rallies around the country. they carried flags and banners

backing iran's supreme leader. these were annual preplanned rallies originally meant to mark the end of the 2009 p antigovernment protests in a sign of solidarity for the current leadership but coincide with the latest wave of antigovernment protests like this one on friday. this all began as small demonstrations against the rising prices of basic food items. but they quickly turned political and violent at times. video on social media shows protesters again clashing with police. at least 50 people have been arrested. although iran state tv say most were later released. and in a tweet, president trump has called on the iranian government to respect the rights of its people to protest. there seems to be a lot of anger about the country's economy, and protesters also seem undeterred by the police crackdown. we will have to wait and see tomorrow if the protests continue. molly? >> kitty logan in london, thank you. president trump also

speaking out on robert mueller, telling the new york times he believes the special counsel is, quote, going to be fair in his investigation into russia and the trump campaign. ellison barber has the latest from washington. >> hi, molly. that's right, president trump told the new york times in part he believes special counsel robert mueller will treat him fairly, but he also said it will be better for the country once the special counsel investigation is in his words worked out. he also said he believes the quote real stories have to do with democrats who worked with russians during the campaign. the latest report from the new york times suggests the russian investigation did not begin with the now notorious dossier which was reportedly funded in part by the dnc. instead the report says the russia investigation began because of information australia gave the u.s. in regards to former trump campaign advisor. but the dossier is what many republicans have focused on. >> it's been reported that this

dossier was all dressed up by the fbi, taken to the court and presented as a legitimate intelligence document, that it became the basis for granting a warrant to spy on americans. i think that's exactly what happened. if it did, it is as wrong as it can be and people who did that need to be held accountable. >> fox news obtained a letter from house intelligence chairman, addressed to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. he is requesting more documents related to the dossier. the intel chair says the department of justice and the fbi have failed to turn over documents and witnesses, despite subpoenas. he ends the letter by saying quote at this point, it seems the doj and fbi need to be investigating themselves. for weeks now, republicans have criticized top officials at the fbi and doj. last month florida congressman matt gates took to the house floor and said special counsel robert mueller needs to lose his job. when asked about the latest new york times report, gates said

this: >> the papadopoulos story line also seems to show that there was no desire by president trump or the senior officials in his campaign to engage in any sort of collusion or information sharing. collusion did happen where you had the dnc paying for the dossier and then that money finding its way into the hands of russians telling lies about our president. >> democrats say republican attacks on the fbi and doj are part of an effort to discredit the special counsel's investigation and anything that investigation might turn up. molly? >> all right, ellison barber in washington, thank you. the state department releasing nearly 3,000 e-mails from hilary clinton aide abedin. the fbi discovered them on her estranged husband's laptop toward -- toward the end of the 2016 campaign. we have more on this story. >> the state department has released about 2800 e-mails of abedin's e-mails. we contain at least five that

contain classified information. the bulk of the e-mails are about the logistics of clinton's schedule and travel plans along with notes for her meetings with world leaders, but even a lot of those rather mundane e-mails are heavily redacted. as for the five e-mails the state department later deemed to be classified, four of those are almost entirely redacted, but the other includes talking points, for a phone call with saudi arabia's foreign minister in november of 2010, which was largely to warn him about wiki leak's plans to publish sensitive communications between the u.s. government and our allies. the guidance suggested clintons say quote i deeply regret the likely uncoming disclosure and i seek your help from preventing wikileaks from undermining our mutual national interests. the new batch of e-mails are from abedin's private e-mail accounts not her e-mails with state.gov. they were discovered by the fbi on a laptop that she shared with her husband while he was being investigated for sexting with a

minor. >> i think four and a half million people with classified -- with security clearances that allow them access to classified information such as this they all know what the rules are and i guarantee you most of them are upset that clinton and abedin got away with the outrageous violations of the law. >> this summer former fbi director comey testified on capitol hill that investigators chose not to have charges against abedin because they believe she didn't know what she was doing was against the law. molly? >> garrett tenney in our nation's capital, thank you. right now frigid temperatures blanketing parts of the country creating dangerous conditions for those on the roads ahead of this holiday. we have your new year's eve forecast straight ahead. plus there are precautions for celebrations tomorrow night. we go live to times square where officials say revellers have

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in the new year tomorrow night in central and eastern parts of the u.s. that winter weather already causing problems in parts of the country. a blizzard in montana forcing drivers to abandon their cars after sliding off the roadway. and snow also being blamed for causing this 20-car pileup in michigan. meteorologist is joining us now to tell us what we can expect as we welcome 2018. adam? >> hey, there. one of the biggest stories is the temperatures that are spreading across the country. incredibly cold, arctic blast with current temperatures this is the northern plains talking about areas like north dakota, where temperatures are getting down into the negative 15 to negative 20 range. this is actual air temperature. if you add in the wind, that does make it feel even colder outside and take a look at some of these numbers, dropping down to the negative 30 range. in some cases getting up closer at international falls always one of the coldest spots close to negative 40 degrees -- 40 degrees at this point. all this cold air will settle in and we will see it more widespread across the east here in the next 24 to 36 hours.

currently we are tracking a little bit of snow moving across portions of the mid-atlantic stretching up to new england -- new england. this isn't the biggest concern, though, it will be the temperatures, that's the biggest story moving forward. hour by hour windchill forecast taking you from 10:00 p.m. tonight all the way through to new year's day. here it is in motion. you see some cold air beginning to settle in, becoming more widespread. now stake taking you to very -- now taking you very early on new year's day, temperatures down into the negatives. negative 2 degrees in new york city. off towards the west, 15 below in indianapolis. very cold, especially in the heart of the country but making it all the way to the coast as well. obviously going to be huge crowds here in new york city and times square. when that ball drops, may be a good idea to be in the middle of that, avoid some of the wind. temperatures will be right around 10 or 11 degrees, right

at the second coldest new year's eve ball drop we have ever seen. windchill at negative 2 degrees. unfortunately, if you were thinking it was going to warm up, that isn't going to be the case. forecasted highs on new year's day looking at only there into the teens. this isn't the windchill. these are actually numbers. it stays cold on tuesday. it stays cold on wednesday. unfortunately, we have this arctic air that's plummeting -- plummeting down into north america. i'm running you to january 3rd and january 9th. you continue to see the active pattern. molly, it is going to be cold. a cold start to the new year. >> absolutely. it looks brutal out there. everybody needs to bundle up. thanks for the warning, adam. from smaller communities to bigger cities across the nation, authorities are making security preparations for the crowds that are going to gather tomorrow evening for new year's celebrations. >> as you can see, this is not

our first rodeo. we're a well-oiled machine and we have incredible leadership in our public safety officials to make sure that we're doing all we can to keep our city safe. >> there will be additional deployment, collaboration is everything. >> that is the word from san francisco officials after an alleged christmas day terror attack planned on that city was thwarted with the arrest of this man earlier this month. in new york security is very tight as more than a million people are expected to brave the cold and descend upon times square to watch the ball drop and ring in 2018. that is where we find bryan llenas who has been stationed there throughout the day watching all the preparation get underway. bryan? >> hi, molly. well, look, the n.y.p.d. says there's no specific credible threat to times square or to new york city. they say it is going to be safe. and frankly this event will be more secure than it's ever been. they have deployed more dogs

than they ever have. they work in tandem to sniff out bombs in the air and on people. there will be multiple and more heavy weapons teams in times square than ever before. there will be sand trucks, more than 60 positioned around times square to form a protective perimeter against possible vehicular attacks. 1,000 security cameras, aviation teams, radiation detection and by the way every single person who comes out here will be checked at least twice. now, this isn't just here in new york city. las vegas obviously just a couple of months after the worse u.s. mass shooting in u.s. history has added snipers to their observation teams for the first time and there are double the number of national guard troops on the ground right now on the las vegas strip than in previous years. not only is it just security, though, you just heard adam with the weather. 10 degrees is the forecast here. that means the windchill below 0, and people out here are going to be standing in that for hours. the n.y.p.d. has released a

hypothermia bulletin for their police officers, in which they remind police officers the symptoms of hypothermia, things like fumbling hands and memory loss, exhaustion, severe shivering, you know, hypothermia can set in as soon as your temperature drops to below 95 degrees. we spoke to organizers -- organizers here in times square about whether or not they are concerned if this weather will affect attendance. >> when it is warmer people come out earlier in the day to get their good spots. my guess is this year people will come out later in the day, closer to 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., they will have to wait awhile so they will have to bundle up. of course we will warm your spirits with some great entertainment. >> warm your spirits, yep. no heat lamps. no bathrooms and you are stuck where you are standing for hours on end. but hey, once in a lifetime opportunity for many people out here. molly? >> all right. i know this takes a ton of work to make it all happen. are they ready for tomorrow

night? >> yeah, if you take a look behind me, you can already see some of the stages as well as obviously thousands of tourists who are already out here just enjoying it. the ball drop happened. they tested it out today. you remember the last thing they would want is that ball not to actually drop tomorrow in front of a billion people on tv. they tested that out. so everything appears to be ready from what we can see. they've even tested the confetti and also, remember, there's going to be some 25 million pieces of confetti that will fall on people. the spirits are high. the equipment seems to be working. we are ready to bring on 2018. by the way, molly, i have to tell you, it's so festive out here, we even saw a marriage proposal earlier. if you take a look at this video, this is rudy proposing to jennifer. they are both from the bronx. this happened here in times square. a beautiful way to bring in the new year. we can confirm that jennifer said yes, they are newly engaged. wonderful way to bring in 2018. obviously you can tell the crowd here, everyone is very festive and really into what's going to happen here in just a few hours

from now. tomorrow. molly? >> i love it. she will always remember that. congratulations to rudy and jennifer. thank you bryan for braving the cold and bringing us that report. we really appreciate it. fox news channel is your new year's eve headquarters starting tomorrow night through the early hours of 2018. we will ring in the new year with you kicking it off at 8:00 p.m. eastern. fnc ed henry alongley is a booth and actor dean cain will kick off the festivities. at 10:00 p.m. eastern the party ramps up with the all american new year that is cohosted by fox news and fox business personalities kennedy and jesse waters live from times square right here in new york city. will a challenger to putin be stopped from running in the russian election? the country's highest court now weighing in. plus new numbers are released on immigration. the trends they show and what it could mean for those who want to overhaul that system.

>> what is the undocumented population and how we fix that problem and then reach over to those who are coming in legally and say how do you maximize the benefit to your new home country?

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the decision to bar an opposition leader from running against president putin in march's election. he has been banned from running due to a fraud conviction his supporters believe was politically motivated. he is now calling for a boycott of the election. putin has an 80% approval rating back home and is expected to easily win a fourth term in office. president trump has argued that the u.s. needs to overhaul its immigration system. now, new data from the census bureau appears to support that. national correspondent william la jeunesse has the details from los angeles. >> for decades now u.s. immigration rules have been based on an outdated system. >> a system the president wants to overhaul next year. a new report prepared by the conservative leaning center for immigration studies based on census data promises to help shape that debate. >> everybody wants to come to the united states and quite frankly the united states can be choosey about who it admits.

>> the report shows in 2016 an estimated 1.8 million legal and illegal immigrants settled in the u.s., the most ever in a single year. and 53% higher than just five years ago. >> so the real debate now is what should legal immigration look like and i will make you a prediction, in about five or six weeks, we're going to have to deal with that as you start to face the daca expiration. >> reasons cited by the report for the jump in president obama's last year, more guest workers and foreign students, virtually no interior or work site enforcement, a surge in central american women and children, and for the first time, spouses of visa holders were allowed to work. encouraging those still overseas to join new immigrants already here. >> family immigration is a huge multiplier effect. 70% of all immigrants according to the white house in the last decade have entered through family based visas. we are seeing the effects of it

today. >> this graph shows where immigrants are coming from, comparing 05 to 15, mexican immigration is cut in half. from 400 to under 200,000. central americans up by 100,000. asian immigration almost doubled. and twice as many immigrants from africa and the middle east. from europe, that immigration was flat. >> what you really need to do is understand what is the undocumented population and how we fix that problem and then reach over to those who are coming in legally and say how do you maximize the benefit to your new home country, the united states? >> the drop in mexican immigration was dramatic. however it also means the u.s. is deporting fewer mexicans. wednesday the mexican interior ministry said president trump removed 26% fewer mexicans than obama in 2016. the report doesn't take a political position. but with the economy growing, and the birthrate slowing, congress may be more concerned about who immigrates to the u.s.

and how many. in los angeles, william la jeunesse, fox news. >> a solemn tribute for americans killed in mass shootings. how one man is making sure no victim is forgotten. plus the trump agenda facing an uphill battle in 2018. with the president work both sides of the aisle to get things done? we break it all down as the fox report rolls along this saturday. >> we have more legislative victories than any other president, not including this, but this is again the biggest tax cut, biggest reform of all time.

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as president trump closes out his first year in office, he will be forced to increasingly rely on congress including democrats -- including democrats to get things done. will that be possible in an election year especially considering the problems republicans had on healthcare

and tax reform? >> let's bring in white house correspondent for washington examiner. thank you for being here to close out 2017 as well head into 2018. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> kicking things off as we look ahead especially into the first month of january, there's some big challenges. they want to get the government funded, move forward. it seems immigration is being blended into that. democrats have said they won't be willing to sign the spending bill unless they see some sort of deal regarding the dreamers. meanwhile, the president has said no deal on daca unless he gets what he wants into the immigration, the wall, ending the visa lottery program. the big question is who will bend? >> that's the million dollars question. there's really no way to know the answer for that, you know, a few weeks out, january 19th is the deadline for the government to shut down unless funding is extended beyond that. and democrats haven't really laid out what their set of asks will be when it comes to immigration. president trump has been really clear about what republicans want, like you mentioned, they want to build the wall.

they want an end to the diversity visa lottery program. they want to introduce some more merit based system to the legal immigration side of the equation as well as put more of these enforcement mechanisms in place for the illegal immigration side of the equation. democrats have not been as clear and coherent about what they want, when it comes to daca -- daca, except to legislate the protections that already exist under the obama program that will be going away in march. until we know what democrats want, it will be hard to see whether this is something that can easily be tacked on to the spending bill if republicans were to bend, or if this something that needs to be legislated separately. >> it will be interesting. a lot of people kr criticized -- have criticized the dreamers as being a bargaining chip. the president has ended the year on a pretty high note with passing tax reform. but senate majority leader mcconnell expects a more bipartisan year ahead. and he's talked about this very slim margin that republicans have in the senate in particular. will the g.o.p. be forced to reach across the aisle more

going into the new year simply because they don't have much of a choice? >> right. it will be something that comes out of necessity. the g.o.p. margin in the senate is about to get even slimmer when doug jones is seated in place of luther strange in january. meaning republicans will have 51. democrats will have 49. there are really a lot of limits to what republicans can do on a straight party line vote. they have already used the tool called reconciliation to pass tax reform. they attempted to use it to pass healthcare reform. that fell apart. but for most pieces of legislation, they will need to get to 60 votes, meaning they will have to have at least 9 democrats come on board assuming they keep their entire caucus together on any given issue. that's a tall order. during an election year, it's difficult to see how they will get there to pass major pieces of legislation given how much difficult they faced in 2017 when arguably their goodwill was at its high water marks. >> you brought up the midterms.

they are going to creep up quicker than we expect. it is going to loom over everything in washington. is this going to be -- where will the compromise be? will they make it on infrastructure, for instance? will it in essence the democrats have sort of an extra incentive to push back given that people are going to be heading to the polls in >> exactly. democrats are going to be very hard-pressed to do anything that could give trump a policy even resembling a legislative win. they don't want republicans to have anything else to run on. it is probably why you saw them fight so hard against the tax reform bill, even though it contained elements of things that democratic leaders have themselves pushed for in the past. because they knew this would be something that could potentially cause economic growth. something that republicans could take back to their districts and say look, i put more money in your pockets. i made your paychecks a little bigger so you should vote for me again. democrats wanted to prevent that. and so they are not going to want to negotiate on any kind of policy that could help republicans, even one like infrastructure, where democrats have expressed interest in doing

a deal in the past. >> i was going to say, don't they run the risk of being too obstructionist? that the american people want to see some things get done, and if you just dig your feet in the whole time, you won't have anything to brag about either? >> exactly. maybe on tax reform, that was something a little easier for democrats to do because they've always been opposed to tax cuts for the highest income bracket, so it was consistent with past messaging, but if they take a stand against something that would be a democratic policy, like a debt driven spending bill on infrastructure projects, that could backfire because it would be easy for republicans to pull, quote, from top democrats in the past -- to pull votes from top democrats in the past saying they are only opposed now because they want to obstruct republican agenda and obstruct the president. it would be more difficult for democrats to make that argument credibly than it was for something like tax reform. >> shifting gears, mar-a-lago, it is warm, it is sunny, there's

golf. the president seems a bit more comfortable there. he just gave this wide-ranging rather long interview to of all publications the new york times, which he's been very critical of as you know in the past. if the president is able to run a little more wild, have more freedom, his staff didn't necessarily have a whole lot of input on the interview, didn't know about it ahead of time, is it a bad thing or a good thing to see the president sort of away from his handlers and his staff speaking a little more freely? >> it is certainly a double-edged sword from the white house's perspective. it is perilous for president trump to be in a situation where he could encounter a new york times reporter and do an interview for an entire half hour and no one be able to intervene to provide him with a list of talking points, brush him up on his facts before he sits down for the interview. on the other hand, it is good for any president to have time to blow off some steam, to interact with friends and family in a setting that's not so formal and not so controlled. that's important for president, democratic or republican, and so from that perspective, it is good for president trump to have

that time so he returns to washington refreshed but certainly his aides will learn to watch the lunchtime hour a little more carefully. >> you know, mar-a-lago is a club. when we compare it to vacations that other former presidents have taken, for instance, george w. bush going to the ranch, barack obama going to hawaii, for instance, or martha's vineyard, mar-a-lago is a club, there are other people there. a former white house official told the washington post quote at mar-a-lago anyone who can get within eyesight changes the game. more many folks that are -- there are many folks that are there. is that good or bad, his ability to mingle with potentially people that have known him for a long time? >> there's good and bad in that, right? the good in it is that he has a chance to see his friends in a setting in which he's comfortable and he might not have the opportunity to see those people or touch base with them until the end of his presidency because back in washington his schedule is tightly controlled by general

kelly. on the other hand, though, anyone could purchase a membership to mar-a-lago and go there and know they might have an easier time accessing the president. that raises questions about ethics abuses or potentially lobbyist people who have a political ax to grind trying to get access to the president through a back channel, through mar-a-lago, that could present a problem. it is a double-edged sword that president trump is so easily accessible by mar-a-lago club members. >> it is fascinating. we will see if he gives any other impromptu interviews to reporters down there in the future. thank you for joining us tonight. happy new year >> thanks. a new report shows 81 journalists were killed on the job worldwide this year. the international federation of journalists is set to release its annual report detailing all of these incidents. the 81 deaths would be the fewest in a decade, if ifj officials say there is still too much violence directed at the press, however. mexico had the highest number of

journalists deaths, but there were also several fatalities and conflicts in afghanistan, iraq, and syria. and more than 250 journalists -- journalists were in prison in 2017. two thirds of them are in turkey. unfortunately, 2017 was a year here in our country of deadly violence in the form of mass shootings. one illinois man has made it his mission to make sure that each of the victims is remembered and each family left behind has a reminder that someone cares. we introduce you to the man behind crosses for losses. >> the gut wrenching scene of a mass shooting or terror attack unfortunately all too familiar these days. what's also become familiar to many are these symbols of light and empathy that seem to appear at the dark crime scenes, no matter where nationwide. crosses with a red heart, a

picture, and the name of each innocent person murdered. the crosses aren't mass produced. each one is made by hand here in this unassuming garage in suburban chicago. >> for the victims so they get to know that somebody loves them and somebody cares. >> greg says he's hand crafted nearly 21,000 crosses, when he finds out about a shooting or attack, he gets to work, searching on-line and through yearbooks for victims' names and pictures. >> even if you have to put a large heart, i need a heart on it. >> greg is no stranger to the heart ache of losing a loved one. his father-in-law who he says was his best friend was robbed and murdered just a few blocks away from his house. >> i found him in a pool of blood and, you know, i just relate to victims because of that, for that reason.

>> greg says his father-in-law taught him to be a carpenter and ultimately provided him with a trade to make a living. >> i feel that every time i do this, i'm remembering my best friend. >> after greg's father-in-law was killed, he felt compelled to make his very first cross for an innocent 6-year-old boy, a family's friend killed in a gang shooting. >> got it, got it. >> since then greg's taken crosses to columbine, orlando, vegas, sutherland springs and many more places. initially traveling on his own dime. >> i went to orlando and i didn't have any money to get back. >> since then generous people have donated new tools and even a truck to support his mission of never forgetting a single victim. he's filled nearly 30 notebooks with the name of each individual and their family contact so he can call to remind them they are not alone. >> i'm really good at calling people on an anniversary.

>> in illinois, fox news. >> and we are getting some of the first images from a devastating fire that tore through an apartment building and took the lives of 12 people. and now investigators want to know why a required safety feature that could have prevented the flames from spreading did not properly function. and months after wildfires ravaged california's wine country, businesses are finally getting back on their feet. >> most people are very surprised. they're expecting to see charred areas, burned areas, and they are few and far between. >> why there are now concerns that perception about the extent of the damage could lead to job losses. and also ahead, how some time in the high seas is helping some of our brave warriors back from overseas battlefields cope with ptsd. we will be right back.

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firefighters in england batting flames in a high-rise -- battling flames in a high-rise apartment building. this fire broke out on the 9th floor of a 12 story building in manchester. the manchester fire department says they were able to get that fire under control quickly and one person was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. back here at home, we are getting a look inside the new york city apartment building where 12 people died in a fire two nights ago. the video shows that badly charred interior of the 26 unit building in the bronx. investigators are now looking into why a stairwell door did not close. new york city requires self-closing doors in every building with more than three units. those doors swing shut on their own to keep fires from spreading. firefighters say the flames started when a 3-year-old was playing with a stove burner.

the fires in california's wine country that destroyed nearly 9,000 structures and homes in napa and sonoma counties in october continues to impact that region's tourism industry. only 22 of the area's 700 wineries were damaged or destroyed but following weeks of media coverage, the worry now is that people whose livelihoods are tied to the wine industry could lose their jobs because of the perception that the entire region was devastated. senior correspondent adam housely has more. >> we know we're going to rebuild and we know it is going to be a nice building again. >> this wine maker says he has hope as he looks over the spot where the winery once stood. the october wildfires destroyed this winery and raged through wine country killing 42 people and burning down nearly 9,000 structures. >> it's important for people to come back because we depend on

tourism and the valley is still beautiful and still a good time to visit. >> we do need to put people back to work. we do need to make sure that our wineries, our restaurants, our tourist industry, you know this beautiful land is supported by the people who really care so much about it. >> one of the top five most visited areas in the country, the two weeks of fires came at the region's busiest during harvest season. and while 22 wineries were either damaged or destroyed, there are more than 600 others in napa and sonoma that are open for business, albeit with more room than anyone wants. >> most people are very surprised. they are expecting to see charred areas, burned areas, and they are few and far between. >> there is destruction here. in santa rosa, thousands of homes gone. families lives changed forever. but much of it in residential areas, affecting people who are more dependent now than ever on a steady income, most likely tied to the tourist dollar.

>> there's been an immense amount of support from family and friends and just the community in general. >> the best way that anyone interested in supporting napa valley right now would be to come visit. >> while the thomas fire in southern california also this fall is now the state's largest ever the wine country fires are the most destructive in history with estimated damages into the billions. while the winery hopes to reopen here in two years, they need to be creative to keep all their employees working. they are now taking wine tasting directly to people's homes. other wineries doing what they can as well to reconnect with customers because bookings in napa and sonoma are down 50% from last year. in napa valley, california, adam housely, fox news. >> they fought for all of us overseas. now by spending some time on the high seas, they are addressing some of the psychological scars that they brought back from the battlefield. correspondent phil keating as more on how one combat marine is helping others cope with ptsd.

>> for these combat veterans from fallujah, iraq and afghanistan, this sound sure beats the sound of bullets. >> this is a good therapy for anybody, combat veteran who is suffering from ptsd and just to be together with people that have been through the same thing you've been through and they know what you have been through and you don't have to talk about it. >> that's the whole point of this, the brain child of former marine martinez. getting fellow combat vets who seen and heard the worst of war and still deal with its impact out on the high seas to focus on fishing and camaraderie. >> i was separated from my wife. had just had a 6 month old son born at the time. but i was doing a lot of drinking. i had hit rock bottom so starting this, i now have a purpose once again in life.

i'm surrounding myself with like-minded individuals, combat veterans that understand me. literally this operation has now become almost my form of therapy. >> put your left hand higher you were on the top. there you go. >> martinez says his day of deep sea fishing is surging in popularity and demand as more combat vets hear about it and more patriotic owners donate their vessels. one important thing they want all americans to know is that ptsd is not something to be afraid of and shouldn't be stigmatized. >> the thing about marines is, you know, when one is there, two are there, three are there, you know, it doesn't matter, we all just kind of gravitate towards each other. >> for these combat vets, it's all about a positive attitude. tomorrow's a new day. and days like this are great ones. off the palm beach county coastline, phil keating, fox news. >> a police officer shot in an

ambush attack, how it unfolded. plus a hoax phone call being blamed for a tragic shooting death at the hands of police. details straight ahead. >> the incident is a nightmare for everyone involved, including the family and our police department. due to the actions of a prankster, we have an innocent victim.

a los angeles police officer is recovering after being shot in what authorities are describing as an ambush attack. the recent graduate of the police academy was shot in the thigh while she was patrolling with her training officer. police say the attacker opened fire from a distance as officers were talking to someone else. they say one person has been arrested and a gun was seized. los angeles police officers confirming the arrest of a man in that city in connection with a fatal police shooting in kansas. authorities say the man called in a fake 911 call and officers responding to that report fatally shot the man who opened the door at that address. will carr is covering this story from our los angeles bureau. you know, will, what are the details of this? how did it happen? >> well, molly, for starters, we have learned that the man who allegedly called 911 has a

history of prank calls and on thursday authorities say he called 911 in wichita, kansas, said that he was armed and killed somebody, had hostages and wanted to burn his house down. the only thing, it was all a hoax. >> i'm just pointing the gun at them making sure they stay in the closet, my mom and my little brother. are you guys sending someone over here? >> the call was a hoax called swatting where people report fake crimes in an effort to get s.w.a.t. teams to respond to someone else's house. when authorities arrived on the scene, 28-year-old andrew finch who was unarmed, according to his family, went to the front door and was shot and killed. authorities now investigating if this all started from an on-line video game dispute that finch may not have even been part of. his mom says that finch, a father of two, didn't even play video games and is in disbelief. >> what happened with my son is not what happened as they said on tv.

and i'm getting madder and madder. and i will get ahold of myself, and then i'm not letting go until i have justice. >> his mom also questions why authorities would shoot someone based on just an emergency phone call. the los angeles police department arrested 25-year-old tyler barriss in connection to the case, and according to abc-7, he was also arrested back in 2015 for making bomb threats on their station here in los angeles. molly? >> what is the police department saying? >> well, the wichita police chief says this is all under investigation. he's adding, though, that finch did not comply with the command to keep his arms raised and that the blame falls on the caller ultimately. >> the incident is a nightmare for everyone involved, including the family. and our police department. due to the actions of a prankster, we have an innocent victim. >> and unfortunately, swatting is an issue that more and more

police departments are having to prepare for, molly? >> i mean, has an incident very similar to this happened before? >> actually, back in 2015, a man ended up being shot with rubber bullets from authorities in a similar fake hostage call. all that really takes is one person putting out an address, likely not their address, and then another person calling it in to 911, like we saw here. molly? >> will, thank you very much. you can't help but feel for the mom and for the kids left behind and the whole family. appreciate the report. as millions of americans are settling in doors to escape the bone-chilling temperatures out there, some are braving the bitter cold to explore this. this is definitely a winter wonderland.

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reporter: subzero temperatures are not stopping the flood of tourists going to niagara falls. the weather transforming the falls into a winter wonderland, make for some pretty surreal scenes. if you are planning a visit, be sure to bundle up. forecasters say the mercury is not likely to get above zero degrees on new year's eve.

that's how fax reports this last saturday of 2017. i'm mollie line. "watters world" starts now. [♪] jesse: welcome to "watters world." i'm jesse watters. as we come to the end of 2017 the left with have you think the president has no accomplishments. the tax cut and appointing an historic number of judges and the ending of obamacare. president trump welcome back to what the rar. how does it feel? president trump: it feels great, and it feels good to be back here. you have been so nice. thank you. jesse: i