>> she has regained the ability to speak. she can feed herself and get around with a walker. that is good news indeed. thanks for joining us. i'm dana perino. here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 in d.c. where the president's recent comments about the russia investigation are getting a lot of attention. the president said he's willing to give sworn testimony if his attorneys are on board. right now they say they're not. perhaps with good reason. we'll speak with a lawyer who has been on both sides of these cases. he said testifying is the last thing president trump should do and could end up hurting him, not only him but his family, too. plus, what about the president's suggestion that fighting back might not amount to obstruction? president trump also giving hope to the dreamers. immigrants whose parents brought them here as children without documents. the president now saying he's open to a path for citizenship

for the dreamers as triggers some complaints from the far right. a clarification from the white house and a new nickname from breitbart. let's get to it. first from the fox news deck this thursday afternoon, president trump says he's looking forward to meeting with the special counsel, robert mueller, and that he will absolutely beat with him, speak with him under oath if his lawyers let him. the president's attorney say they still have not signed off on any interview yet. president trump surprised reporters last night in the white house and answered some sort of off-the-cuff questions about the russia investigation. there were no video cameras. it happened to quickly. there's audio. here's some of it. >> i would love to do it and like to do it as soon as possible. i would love to do it.

i have to say, subject to my lawyers and all of that. >> shepard: subject to the lawyers. the special counsel investigators have interviewed more than 20 white house staffers, including members of president trump's inner circle. the attorney general jeff sessions is the highest ranking in the trump administration about which we know to meet with mueller's team. mueller is looking into moscow's meddling in the 2016 presidential election, possible collusion with his staff, his campaign and whether the president himself obstructed justice. the president has denied those claims. john roberts is traveling with the president. he's live in davos switzerland. what else are you hearing from the president's attorney, john? >> shep, good evening to you from switzerland. what i'm hearing, there's disagreement between the president's attorneys over whether the president should sit down for an interview with robert mueller. just lay it out for you. the president has three attorneys. one is ty cobb.

he's the counsel in the white house. and there's jay secula. ty cobb said as the president left to catch the helicopter to air force base that the plan is to cooperate with the special counsel's office and in the particular to cooperate, they're talking about a possible interview. sources familiar with the investigation tell fox news that his outside attorneys are of a different mind about all of this. you mentioned this at the top, shep. no attorney wants his or her client to sit down with the prosecutors. what has gone on here over the last several months between the white house and the transition is that they have handed over thousands upon thousands of documents in excruciating detail over what went on during the transition and what occurred in

the president's time in the white house. these are e-mails, these are deliberation memos, these are schedules. the special counsel's office has got a tremendous wealth of information. and if you have a prosecutor that has that level of granularity of detail about the president, the last thing you want to have happen is for the president to sit down with the special counsel. last night when he was speaking to reporters before leaving the white house, the president insists again that there was no collusion between the trump campaign and the russians to influence the u.s.

>> what the president said last night in terms of his desire to speak with robert mueller was 180-degree flip from what he told me at a press conference with the prime minister of norway where he said since there's no collusion, you have to wonder if there would be an interview. the president has said he wants to speak with mueller. if you say you're going to talk to mueller and you don't, that leaves you open to criticism. the president has gotten out of sticky situations before. maybe this time as well if his attorneys say you can't sit down with mueller, no way. shep? >> shepard: john roberts live in davos, switzerland. thanks very much, john. let's bring in john bussey from the "wall street journal." john is also a fox news contributor. so one of the things that i thought was interesting, he's always said there's no collusion.

now a new line. the new line is if you fight back, they consider that to be obstruction. that's new. >> yeah. so he's -- >> shepard: sounds like a defense line. >> he's trying to say whatever i did was fighting back. it was politics. look, the incremental movement here is what john roberts was talking about, which is that a couple weeks ago he was saying look, if there's no collusion, why would there be an interview? he was saying i'm willing to do this, but maybe not. now he's saying i'm going to do it. there's still a little roll-back on that as you pointed out subject to my lawyers. my lawyers. >> shepard: wasn't much of that. if you listen to the whole thing, he was saying of course i'm willing to do this. unequivocal. >> that is the movement forward on this whole thing, this is a president that wants to look transparent. nothing happened that should raise questions to begin with. he wants to sit down with mueller. the lawyers are very much

debating exactly how that will take place. is it him sitting down with the fbi and just talking, is it written questions and some talking? is there going to be certain topics but not others? all that is in the air. looks like now the momentum is toward a discussion between the president and the fbi in this investigation. >> shepard: this under oath thing is a red herring. doesn't matter if you're under oath at all with the fbi. >> that's right. you're not going to get caught in a lie. for the lawyers, they're wrestling with this because there's dangers involved. this is a president that doesn't always have the firmest grip on facts and the truth as told falsehoods. they're up against investigators that have now, after all of the interviews of white house staffers and others are looking at issues of collusion and obstruction.

they have investigators on money laundering on their staff as well. so all of those topics might come to the fore and challenge a president with very specific knowledge on the part of the fbi of what has happened. they're going to test the president of not only just his knowledge of but whether he's telling the truth. >> shepard: sounds like he's very eager to get in there and defend himself. it's not as if he's one that is -- to whom depositions and giving testimony in civil cases is an unknown territory. far from it. it's not criminal, it's not robert mueller, but he does have experience. >> done it in the past. hasn't always gone well. his comment at the end, that he hopes he's able to do this. i hope so. also leaves a window open of whether or not it will happen. >> shepard: you get an option. depends on what the definition of is, did not come freely and willingly. that was compelled. >> the president from a political standpoint and you see this in the enthusiasm of his

comments. i've done nothing wrong. why would i not want to talk to the fbi? that's where this is headed now. >> shepard: if you get that sort of a thing, we know that you can't decide for yourself. we know prosecutors make that decision on some level. because he's the president and there's some level of deference, there's negotiating that happens in advance like with the topics, would there be guardrails on topics, would there be rules on whether it's recorded or how transcriptions take place. >> all of those things. if you're muellers, you're not going to have guardrails. >> shepard: why would you? >> exactly. on the topics that need to be addressed, the president and his lawyers are negotiating on the manner in which it's done. if there's written questions and a considered response can be prepared, vetted by the lawyers. it's not something where the president gets caught in an inconsistency in the course of the interview. those are the issues that will be demanded now.

>> shepard: cnn is reporting they're about to interview bannon. nbc says they have a lot of reporting on don jr. and jeff sessions. >> and remember, there were documents asked for from deutsche bank about the financial relationships between organizations, entities that had done business with the trump organization through deutsche bank. that raised the question of money moving -- >> shepard: the money laundering part. >> manafort is facing issues on that as well. we don't know where this is going with the president and the president doesn't either and the lawyers want the questions so they do know in advance, where -- how far is this investigation going to reach. this has been a group under mueller that's been pretty good at keeping the dimension of the investigation under wraps. >> shepard: speaking with

lawyers about this, one said to me this morning, don't forget the rumsfelt rules. we don't know them. >> yes. this is a president that might find it a challenging experience. >> shepard: who wouldn't? >> who wouldn't and in his enthusiasms and in his sales job, in his salesmanship kind of role, the lawyers that want him to get out over his skis. >> shepard: yeah. two things going on here. one part is legal, one is public relations. >> there's a third part, personality. >> shepard: john, great to see you. >> thank you. >> shepard: when the president says he is looking forward to speaking with the investigators, that depends on the qualifiers. that's true with anyone in this sort of situation. you have to listen to your lawyers, or you ought to. ahead we'll talk with a former federal prosecutor about what sort of legal advice he would give this president.

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>> shepard: fighting back? oh, it's obstruction? the president has called the russia probe a witch hunt and hoax. we don't know the full extent of robert mueller's probe. there's no way to know. as plenty of reporters have noted, there are signs that he's looking to whether the president obstructed justice when he fired james comey last march. let's turn to bob bianci. former defense attorney. bloomberg is reporting that mueller is close to wrapping up part of his investigation dealing with the obstruction question. you heard this question about fighting back. >> yeah, this is very problematic and every time donald trump opens his mouth, he puts himself deeper into the investigation. fighting back could be considered a corrupt purpose under the statute. that's very reckless that his even going to speak to them. >> it was a new line though. he was very specific. there is no collusion, there's no collusion and now he added this new thing. i wondered if that wasn't part

of a defense strategy and what you thought of that. >> it could be. the golden rule is you don't say anything. it's a good defense strategy. it's better to launch it if you should be charged rather than let the prosecutors know that is what your strategy is. that's a problem. >> shepard: prosecutors will tell you the best times are when the big thing is right there in front of your eyes. for instance, when he was asked by nbc news about obstruction, he said right then and there, i had the russia investigation on my mind when i fired him. what else do you need? if you're a prosecutor. >> the minute he fired comey and gave the lester holt interview and the other russians, he said the basis on which he did it was the russian investigation. i knew right then they were opening a file.

if you were trying to ease an investigation, you're going to have a problem if you fired him for the reasons of stopping that investigation. >> there's the collusion part. we know about that because of the way some of the other folks around him have been dealt with. there's the obstruction of justice part. what about this third part, the third matter that is involved there and it appears to be where the prosecutors he's hired with money laundering. >> listen, he's got a whole consolation of problems. when he goes through the door, he doesn't know all the evidence, whether it's a financial crime, obstruction or collusion or somebody else. not only that, he may will putting his son or son-in-law in jeopardy by answering questions as well. it's an extremely dangerous thing to do. any defense lawyer, the last thing i want to do is bring a guy in for an interview period, end of story. >> shepard: you have to figure mike flynn is a wild card. he appears to be cooperating.

he doesn't want his son in it. there's other wild cards. >> shep, i said this awhile, watch reince priebus. it's too quiet. everything is too quiet out there. they're speaking to people in the know. they're speaking to people that may be jilted. i think that that is a place i would look. >> we know about manafort and there's others. there's steve bannon with whom he's not getting along with. >> absolutely. you'd be surprised with a prosecutor you put pressure on somebody -- you always go to the person that feels they're slighted. especially if they have legal jeopardy, say hey, no more, i'm willing to cooperate. that's where trump does not know whether or not those people are cooperating. so when he walks through the door and he starts giving statements, whether it's under oath or not and they have statements from other people or e-mails or text messages that disprove it, he could be done a slippery slope, shep. >> shepard: if the fbi is interviewing you, it doesn't matter if you're under oath or

not. if you lie, it's perjury. not that he would. >> it's a false statement like what happened with manafort. it's not a perjury charge. >> shepard: it's criminal. >> it's a criminal offense, no question about it. >> shepard: thanks, bob. former prosecutor, defense attorney. thanks. >> you bet. >> shepard: now there are two memos about the russia investigation. democrats writing their own version to challenge the one that was written by devin nunes that is critical of the fbi and our institutions. one gop lawmaker calling nor the party to drop the conspiracy theories already and support law enforcement like republicans have always done. there's a story here largely about p.r. and it's next. people would stare. psoriasis does that. it was tough getting out there on stage.

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>> shepard: democrats on the house intelligence committee now say they have a memo of their own, which they say challenges the republican memo that criticizes the justice department and the federal bureau of investigation. the chairman of house intelligence committee, the republican devin nunes of california prepared that gop document, wrote it. it reportedly accused some federal officials of political bias in their investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion with the trump campaign. the memo contains classified informations. democrats say it's misleading and meant to make investigators look bad so people are less likely to believe their findings. tear down the institutions of government and the news organizations which report so neither will be believed in the event of negative findings on the president or his administration. some republicans say that memo is so damning that it could shut down the special counsel robert

mueller's investigation. but not all republicans agree. today for instance, the republican congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania said his colleague should cease and desist from some of this rhetoric. >> we were mortified when many on the far left were launches these attacks against police. now here we are as a party, you know, trying to brand ourselves as somehow suggesting the men and women of the fbi are not as professional as they ought to be. we need to get behind law enforcement, show some respect here and move away from these conspiracy theories. >> shepard: conspiracy theories. other republicans are calling for the memo to be made public and that americans should see it and judge for themselves. the trump justice department warning lawmakers say that would be extraordinarily reckless unless the department reviews the document first. >> the information in the memo is classified. so that's classified for a republican. it has national security implications and if there's ed of wrong doing, we want to see

it while it's classified. >> shepard: the number 2 senate republican says it's up to the house whether to release the memo. he says people should take it seriously. >> when the public begins to question the integrity of the department and the fbi and include in the absence of other information somehow that politics has taken over other than the law, that's a serious matter and we need to get that cleared up through one means or another. >> shepard: john cornyn. the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, adam schiff of california says if republicans do relief their memo, democrats will also call for their memo to go public. republican, this began with devin nunes, the same devin nunes that last year made white house surveillance claims, stage add rush to the white house to share surveillance information with the chairman but took information from the administration and staged a report of it.

at its core, it was p.r. and it was bogus. devin nunes wrote the memo currently in question. he will not share it with investigators. the trump justice department wants to see it. he won't let them. the same trump department says it should not be made public as it would damage the nation. it's classified. it could reveal sources and methods. the republican trump appointee, the assistant attorney general, stephen boyd says releasing the memo would be extremely reckless. richard burr, the republican of north carolina, chairman of the select committee on intelligence, has requested a look before any possible declassification. look denied. in who have seen the memo say its misleading, distracting and lacking context. the memo itself is in the conservative discussion mix while the special counsel investigating russian interference in hour democracy is about to interview the president of the us to see if

he's colluded with the russians. a memo can be a part of partisan distraction, especially in a pivotal moment in history. context matters. let's turn to tom bevin, co-founder and publisher of real clear politician. tom, it was pointed out in another network, the top four stories being aggregated by real clear politics where all of this same ilk. what does this say about the national discussion? >> well, look, shep, there's interest in obviously in this memo and certainly among republicans, among partisans because of the way it's been described by the people in congress who have seen it. they have been shocked by it. they have gone and talked about without actually getting into the contents of it, talked about what it outlines and that's why i think you've seen this push

for it to be made public so the public can actually see what is in this memo -- >> shepard: it reportedly tears down the investigator and the fbi and others. he will not show it to them, though they have asked for it so it can be prepared for declassification, which the president could do but has not yet done. it gives them a weapon of mass distraction in the middle of this investigation. doesn't it? >> well, that is what critics are saying. this is entirely about that. trying to undermine this special counsel and potentially undermine his findings. but i do think, shep, it represents what's been going on for months, which is republicans do have frustrations as a co-equal branch of government, they have oversight over the executive over which the fbi and the doj are part. chuck grassly said yesterday similar things that he felt the finn has been noncooperative, slow-walking providing information and whatnot. that is part of the republican frustration of after a year of

investigation, we still don't know the answer to was this dossier used for the fisa request that was -- why don't we know that information? those are the questions that after a year we still don't have the answers to. that's part of what the republicans frustrations are with the department of justice and the fbi. >> shepard: there's an investigation underway, isn't there? isn't the idea that that investigation will get the answers and they will put them out there? >> well, yes, shep, but at the same time, the question is why some of this information hasn't been made public yet. >> shepard: look what? which question? >> about whether the dossier was used to get the fisa request -- >> shepard: the dossier that was written by fusion -- that was put together by fusion gps, which was originally paid for by republicans which was taken over by the clintons and there is -- by the clinton camp and the dossier through which there is no suggestion so far that anything in it can be knocked

down, right? >> there's also no suggestion that anything in there -- >> shepard: we haven't been reporting on that dossier. that wasn't the topic of discussion today. the topic of discussion is this memo from which there -- if there's a basis for it to be released, the trump administration and its people could have done that. they have asked to see it. he won't let them see it. it seems to be a classic weapon of mass distraction. >> shep, that's your opinion and shared by others. i'm trying to point out that part of what this memo alleges is fisa abuse as far as the fbi and the doj. as far as i read -- >> shepard: you have read it? >> i have not. >> shepard: you haven't read the nunes memo that nunes wrote? i haven't read it either. >> the classified? no. there's about 100 republicans in the house of representatives who have seen it and read it and that's about -- i think there

may be a couple democrats. that's about it. >> shepard: that's about it. good to talk to you. thanks. >> shep, thanks. >> shepard: context matters. some conservatives are calling president trump's amnesty don. have you heard about this? after giving dreamer as pathway to citizenship. now the white house is clarifying the president's comment. we'll have a live update on the immigration negotiations. that's coming up.

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>> shepard: 24 minutes before the hour now. the president again last night said he's open to a path to citizenship for the dreamers. the hundreds of thousands of immigrants whose parents brought them to the united states as children without documents. he said dreamers need not worry. as we have been reporting here, a solution for the dreamers is a very popular position according to the polls across america. on the left and the right, there's broad support. but the alt right faction of the president's base is against it.

on the website breitbart get the president a nickname and a headline, "amnesty don." here's what he said last night. >> shepard: that was at the white house last night, a backtrack for the base. a senior white house official said "citizenship was just a discussion point. the president has given congress until march to come up with a plan after he ended the program that protected the dreamers." mike emanuel is live on capitol him. hi, mike. >> hi, shep. the president says he could possibly extend the deadline and not boxing himself in.

a republican who has been a frequent critic of this president is praising him on the immigration issue. >> on this issue, his instincts are better than the advice he gets. i was encouraged by it. assume the best, look for the good. >> john cornyn, in the middle of the immigration talks called this all pieces of a puzzle. cornyn said people will focus on one part of immigration reform and want to do that and not the rest. the president says the various components are part of a package and we expect the white house team to roll out its vision monday, shep. >> shepard: what are you hearing from democrats? >> chris coons told us the president wants to be kr constructi constructive. bipartisan lawmakers are trying to hammer out legislation. chuck schumer is emphasizing the clock is ticking hoping deadline pressure will force a result.

>> this administration will start separating families, taking kids out of school, service members out of our military, workers out of our companies. they will rip them from the american fabric in which they're embedded. we don't have time for extraneous issues that some on the right or the left might want to add that have nothing to do with daca or border security. >> so while lawmakers wait for the white house to roll out its plan, there's still meetings trying to come up with a big bipartisan package that can get through the senate and that will force the house to take it up, shep. >> shepard: mike emanuel on capitol hill. thank you. let's go to alex isenstadt. hello. >> hello. >> shepard: the president has been fairly clear about this from time to time. then we get a walk back. >> yeah, look, he's been all over the place rhetorically when it comes to immigration reform.

he stresses different things at different times, whether it's a border security, a border wall, security or finding a pathway to citizenship, which is different than what he spoke to during the campaign. this is trump style. he talks in different ways about the same topic at different times. it makes it hard to pin him down. but also complicated congressional lawmakers trying to hammer out a deal on this. >> shepard: in that gaggle last night at the white house, he was very specific as he has been in the staff. his staff walked it back. >> absolutely. this is complicating life for white house staff, which is trying to highlight sort of a stringent approach to this where they're saying, look, we need to have a lot of funding for border -- for a wall and for security in hopes of trying to maximize pressure on democrats as the negotiations get

underway. >> shepard: how much of this about his base is against it. a lot of republicans, a lot of conservatives are all for a figure out for dreamers, a way to make them as american as they always felt they are according to the president. there's the one section, his most ardent supporters that are against it. it's hard to figure out what to do there, i would guess. >> shepard: absolutely. it's a really -- really a complex puzzle. on the other hand, by the way, you have house republicans, many of whom having primaries this year, who feel a need to at least rhetorically talk about things like border security because that is what the conservative base wants. so yes, on one hand you're trying to find a pathway to citizenship but you're also highlighting other things like security. so it makes things -- makes it really complicated as we get closer and closer to this march deadline for figuring out how a deal would look. >> shepard: we hear about deadlines and then it sounds like they may be sort of flexible on the deadline.

what was it he said about that? >> look, this is sort of the thing. it's unclear whether the white house would necessarily be flexible in terms of moving that march deadline on the date of when the dreamer program would expire. that might be needed if congressional lawmakers couldn't work out a deal. at this point, there's not a solution at least in that near term. >> shepard: it would be interesting in the democrats said, all right, here's your border money, here's the other things you're asking for. now let's fix this dreamer issue. you'd wonder if each said gave, if they compromised and came up if there's something for everybody, if they might be able to find something that works without alienating that section of base that never waivers. >> yeah, absolutely. then you have the question of president trump who has been all over the place on this. although he has indicated in the past several weeks that he would

sign whatever agreement that you two sides could come to on this. >> shepard: he did. thanks, alex. >> thank you. >> shepard: women's ice hockey players from north and south korea coming face to face today for the first time ever. they'll compete on the same team, a united peninsula at the winter olympics. the north korean athletes took a bus across the border to check out the facilities. they shook hands, gave each other flowers. north korea's participation in the wonder games comes after talks between north and south korea. analysts have said kim jong-un could be using the games to drive a wedge between the united states and south korea. president trump said he would love to answer questions in the meddling investigation and hi would not be the first commander-in-chief to give sworn testimony. we'll see how it worked out for other presidents. that's next.

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>> shepard: so if the special counsel robert mueller or one of his investigators interviews president trump, it would not be the first time this a commander-in-chief has testified in recent history. president trump said he will absolutely testify under oath and that he's looking forward to it. others have. trace gallagher has that and a look back at past presidents that have done the same. hey, trace. >> hey, shep. let's begin with democrats since bill clinton was the most recent. he gave sworn testimony for the whitewater scandal. that was the investigation into the whitewater development corporation. mr. clinton was investigated in the paula jones sexual harassment case. here he is in a later deposition testifying about his relationship with monica

lewinsky. look here. >> when i was alone with miss lewinsky on certain occasions in early 1996 and once in early 1997, i engaged in conduct that was wrong. >> yeah, president jimmy carter testified under oath numerous time for a criminal conduct investigation involving his brother, billy and financial improprieties at the carter's family peanut warehouse, shep. >> shepard: and republican presidents as well, right? >> yeah. long history. all the way back to abraham lincoln that voluntarily testified before the house judiciary committee during an investigation of a white house leak to a newspaper reporter. in modern times president reagan responded to written questions concern ago special counsel investigation in the iran contra inquiry. after leaving office, mr. reagan gave videotaped testify in the

iran contra trial of his national security adviser, john poindexter. watch. >> i only recall learning that there had been at some point a shipment of hawk missiles by israel to iran. >> president gerald ford gave videotaped testimony in the trial of lynette fromm who was trying to assassinate him. fromm was convicted in 1975. shep? >> shepard: thanks. 500,000 americans living in darkness. the latest on puerto rico and the conditions people are enduring months after the hurricane.

>> shepard: weather alert now. this is what it looks like to

get stuck in a massive mudslide, what it can look like, this is california highway patrol releashing dash cam video of two officers driving down the road when it turned to a river of mud and water and trees. look at that. that happened earlier this month in montecito outside santa barbara. mudslides there killed 21 people. california highway patrol reports the officers floated helplessly as they put it for about 15 seconds before their tires got some traction and they drove away. nearly half a million americans are still living in the dark, washing their clothes in bathtubs, more than three months after the hurricanes ripped through puerto rico. officials say it's the longest blackout by far in american history. some images in our slide show to show you this afternoon. the words here "for sale" on a building. thousands of puerto ricans have left for the mainland. tens of thousands escaping the devastation there. here workers are removing a

shooting victim's body. the island seeing one of the biggest spike in violent crime in a decade. here's a sunset pic of debris of a home in the central part of the island, a young girl sitting on her balcony in near darkness. her family's home has no roof and they lost most of their belongings. laura ingle with the rest of the story. power crews are headed to puerto rico finally this week. >> that's right, shep. a lot of help coming now. over 1,000 utility trucks are being put on cargo ships and 1,500 crew members are going to be joining the massive amount of people that are already there trying to help restore some power. take a look at some of the video we have to show you of what is happening this week. a major milestone was met when 1 million people got their power restored. crews say they won't stop until everybody is back online.

>> we have energized certain areas and folks come out in celebration. it's like new year's eve when we put lights back on in certain areas. >> that's the good stuff. last night the governor said they will receive approximately $35 billion in aid. however, puerto rico is facing a massive debt and they won't be able to replay the money until 2022, shep. >> shepard: i've told you've spoken to people in puerto rico. what are you hearing there? >> we've been skyping with them. they said things are really, really bad. you mentioned the washing the clothes in the bathtub. that's from one mother of two we spoke with. she said she's still dealing with this, washing clothes in rain water. a law student says she's thankful for the help but would like to see more organization. >> it's definitely helping. but we need a lot more. we need more resources, more support. i think most of all, we need more coordination. >> this is really, really

serious. we don't know what is going to happen with us in the future. you know? we don't know if we're going to keep getting aid, some help. it's scary for us. >> and power crews say they have to prioritize to get to the hospitals. police and fire stations first. they're working their way through. everyone can agree this will take a lot of time. >> the news continues. top of the hour headlines moments away. with 5 times more ethnic regions... ancestrydna can pinpoint where your ancestors are from... and the paths they took to a new home. could their journey inspire yours? order your kit at ancestrydna.com

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>> shepard: on this day in 1890, deli blye finished her record-breaking trip around the world. the reporter said she got the idea after reading a book "around the world in 80 seconds" and wanted to do it faster. she boarded a ship to england and finished the trip in 72 days

128 years ago today. should news break out, we'll break in. that's what we're paid to do. it's time for cavuto. so hang on! >> neil: what a difference a few months can make. remember these guys when they were snickering? i don't see any snickering. more like sucking up. an amazing turn of events having a lot to do with money and more money circulating in the usa. welcome. i'm neil cavuto. the president of the united states is viewed from his colleagues half a world away. many of them eager to do business and eager to be seen in his company today despite the back and forth and constitutional crises that seem to preoccupy everyone in this country today. blake bu