mom and wife to be and posing with in-laws with who else, chik-fil-a cow, only to find out the man in the cow suit was her husband. she, what six months pregnant. so good luck. eat lots of chicken sandwiches. >> deadly violence rips through the capafghanistan for the tech time in a week. 95 people killed. one one -- 100 others are were killed. welcome to "america's news headquarters." i'm melissa francis in today for julie banderas. i'm kelly wright. the bloodshed comes on the heels after deadly assault on a luxury hotel last saturday. with the taliban claiming responsibility for both attacks. the attacker managed to get through a check point, raising new questions about security in the capital of the war-torn country. david lee miller live from our

middle east bureau with more details. david? >> kelly, this was the worst attack in the city of kabul since may when 150 people died. the attack today being called a atrocity and massacre, prompting outrage not only because of the high death toll because an ambulance, a vehicle associatedd with saving lives was used to destroy nearly 100. the force of the brass shook the capital. windows shattered. dozens of cars destroyed. hospitals were overwhelmed. most of the dead are civilians. security forces were among the dead. the area where the attack took place has government offices, embassies and many shops. >> translator: the route leading to former interior ministry and indonesia consulate and the office. police identified the suicide attacker. before he could be killed he blew up the explosives, unfortunately caused a such a huge number of casualties.

reporter: reaction to the place was swift. secretary of state rex tillerson issued a statement that said in part, quote the taliban's use of an ambulance to as a weapon to target civilians, represents inhumane disregard for people of afghanistan and those trying to bring peace to the country. the violation of the most basic international norms. the u.s. ambassador to the afghanistan called the attack senseless and cowardly. pakistan issued a statement saying no cause or ends justify acts of terrorism against innocent people. earlier this week the u.s. repeated its demand that pakistan, which share as porous border with afghanistan, stop giving sanctuary to taliban militants, specifically those affiliated with the haqqani network. it is not only the taliban who are trying to destablize afghanistan. earlier this week on wednesday isis took responsibility for an attack with the humanitarian group save the children in the city of jalalabad. four people died. as a result of what happened, because of the security

situation there, save the children has temporarily suspended its operations in the country. kelly? >> david lee miller with a report about a shocking incident. thank you so much for the report. we'll continue to follow the story. melissa: president trump at the white house after addressing the world at the economic forum in davos. gearing up for his first state of the union on tuesday. the president issuing a new immigration plan sparking strong reaction in washington. rich edson at the white house with more. rich? reporter: good afternoon, melissa. senior administration officials are offering a preview for the president's state of the union address he will deliver in congress tuesday. they say he will highlight the economy, economic progress, immigration, national security, a trillion dollar plan to rebuild infrastructure in the united states and how the white house maintains it will be done right and fast. also the president will outline efforts to fight terrorism and north korea. this as the white house also releases a proposal on

immigration, to essentially provide a path for citizenship, a 10 to 12 year path to citizenship for 1.8 million dreamers brought to the united states illegally as children. the white house wants democrats to agree to 25 billion-dollar trust fund for a border wall, end to chain migration and visa lottery system. the president maintains he wants to help keep the "dreamers" in the united states. >> everybody wants to solve the daca problem. they have been wanting to solve it for a long time. it should have been involved by president obama, it would have been easier to solve, especially when they had the house and senate, they could have solved in it in a day. he resolved it with a right he didn't have to do. he did executive order. that was no food. it is not me. the courts are not upholding executive order. you have to do it through congress. i want to solve the daca problem. reporter: white house has a role

here, the negotiations are in congress largely right now. senate minority leader chuck schumer doesn't want the president using daca recipients, "dreamers" as political tool to extract concessions from democrats. to that the white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders said actually senator schumer, america's legal immigration has been torn apart for decade by washington politicians like yourself who prefer open borders and sanctuary cities over law and order and popular common sense reforms. this also ties into the government funding fight. good chunk of government fund something set to run out again early part of next month. melissa. melissa: thank you so much. kelly? >> the wave of sexual misconduct allegations sweeping across the nation now hitting las vegas. according to "wall street journal" several women, now accusing steve wynn of sexual misconduct.

the casino mogul and rnc finance chairman denying those allegations. will carr from the west coast bureau with more details. wil? reporter: kelly, "the wall street journal" laying out alarming and detailed allegations against steve wynn of the journal reporting that it contacted more than 150 people, dozens of whom, conveyed a pattern of alleged section wahl misconduct by wynn that lasted for decades. one of the more damning allegations comes from a manicurist who accuses wynn to force her to have sex with him it 2005. according to the journal, wynn paid the woman $7.5 million in a settlement. responding to the story wynn tells fox news in a statement, the idea that i ever assaulted any woman is preposterous. he goes on to sate accusations from a battle with his ex-wife over a divorce settlement. at same time board of directors of wynn resorts, it has formed a special committee to look into the allegations.

the journal detailed a number of alleged sexual misconduct reports against wynn whose birthday is today. he is larger than life figure in las vegas. he built numerous hotels and casinos. he took over as finance chairman for the republican national committee after president trump took office. allegations are already turning political with all of this, dnc releasing a statement, in the exact words of rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel, if you stand for treating women well, and you stand for the respect of women, you shouldn't take money from somebody who treated women with the absolute highest level of disrespect. so far we have not heard from president trump or the rnc. kelly? >> wil car from our west coast bureau. thank you, will. melissa: for more, bring in john bussey associate editor at "wall street journal" he is also a fox news contributor. there are numerous statements out at this point, john. the latest coming from mr. wynne himself saying the idea that he ever assaulted anyone, any woman

is preposterous. he goes on to talk about how this is motivated by his ex-wife, trying to renegotiate their settlement. does any of that make a difference in the court of public opinion? if he paid someone $7.5 million? >> curious, don't you think. melissa, you covered these things since you have covered business for years. you've seen this happen before. high level executives accused of this sort of behavior. a lot of implications here. anybody who wishes to get a sense whether they're wynn, whether his comments, sort of, in any way mitigate these claims, just needs to read the story. it is pretty extensive. there are a lot of allegations in there. i think reader will come away with their own view of that. a lot of implications for this for mr. wynne, for his company, for the rnrc as you heard, mr. wynne is finance chairman. he is friend of donald trump.

rnc hey you should give money back if you got it from steve wynn. but you also know these types of charges, these types of incidents are non-denominational they cross the political spectrum, democrats and republicans. melissa: we heard it all over the place. political parties have to be careful to give advice what the other side should do something going on, knowing advice they will be taking in the future if they're smart. >> that is exactly right. melissa: what does it mean for him as the finance chair? on one hand he could take a less high-profile position. democrats are pushing to the point you should give money back, the same way democrats were pressured into giving back harvey weinstein's money? >> precisely right. the rnc will want to distances themselves from mr. wynne as the allegations play out. the company launched an internal investigation of mr. wynne. that will have at some point

revelations or conclusions. the rnc may wish to react to that but the are. in. c will be, i think at this point forced to itself. we're going into the 2018 campaign. it will not want it hanging over its candidates. the company is very much tied to wynn. his name is on the company, right, wynn resorts? it already said in sec filings, standard sec filings if anything were to happen mr. wynne that could have negative effects on company. we saw the stock drop substantially when our story appeared on friday. and there are regulatory issues involved. you will see some regulators investigating this as well. melissa: anyone who hasn't read it in "the wall street journal" it details, many, many, complaints, many instances, many different people corroborating each other's story, who witnessed things. it is not just -- he brings up the point where we live in day and age right now where someone can make accusation, in a public forum, shout it on twitter, someone's reputation is

tarnished whether followed through or not. that doesn't really apply to him, there are some people in the article that came forward. he also paid settlements. that is what makes it a little bit different. court records where people went into court and made statements. he paid one person, as much as $7.5 million. that is not a number, sometimes you pay people because you don't want embarassment or not out there. not 7. a million, right, john? >> so it is everything that you just said. he is blaming his ex-wife. melissa: which could be true. she could be trying to renegotiate it. that is why she is bringing this up. doesn't change the fact he paid someone. >> doesn't change the fact a lot of other people spoke with our reporters apparently what has been going on for quite some time within the company. melissa: at the same time, there is of course another story out and "the new york times" about hillary clinton choosing to shield an advisor who was her

spiritual advisor, burns strider, her faith advisor. sent her passages and you know, to read every morning. he was the founder of the american values network and was moved, a woman complained against him. she was moved away from him. he was, you know, within the company he had been fired several months later but he was docked pay. you know they took action against him within the company. so something happened. but hillary clinton refused to fire him and get rid of him from the campaign. what are the implications of this one? >> that was in 2008. again, underscoring that misbehavior crosses all political, religious lines. you know of any sort. i think that you know implications because she is not elected official. will be limited. on other hand, hillary clinton has been in the vanguard of women's movement.

she did something that was extraordinary, she ran a campaign as president as a woman. she is voice of me-too movement or women's movement in general and women's movement of late. this is a bit of a, this is "new york times" story. the allegations against mr. strider and how they the campaign reacted, all articulated in the story. melissa: yeah. >> this is example of somebody having made a judgment, may have liked the person, decided not to fire him. did dock pay. did send to counseling which he apparently never did go to. probably in retrospect wishes she had been a little tougher, particularly in the current environment. melissa: she tolerated him because suited her political needs. not hard to believe given what happened with her own husband, that is how a lot of people would read it. she shut of office, not like, i don't know this is necessarily this relevant at this point. we've got to go.

john bussey thank you very much. >> you bet. >> verdict in the road rage killing of a former nfl player. the decision coming two years after the death of joe mcknight, that story next. president trump delivers his first state of the union address tuesday night. we will have a preview what is at stake. as well as looming threat of a boycott by some democrats. >> i respect the office of the presidency. i am not going back for the state of the union speech because donald trump doesn't respect it.

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♪ melissa: the man accused of killing a former nfl player in a act of road rage has been found guilttive manslaughter. ronald gasser now facing up to 40 years in prison of the 2016 shootings of ex-running back joe mcknight in the suburbs of new orleans. prosecutors say mcknight had been driving aggressively, but also say gasser escalated the situation by following mcknight on a high-speed chase he got out of his car and approached gasser. kelly: president trump preparing to deliver the first state statf

the union address tuesday night. he is expected to tout tax reform and booming economy as well as discuss the future of. joining me doug wead, presidential historian and former white house staffer for president george h.w. bush. he author of the book, "game of thorns,." doug, good to see you as always. been a while. what do you expect from president trump's first state of the union address? >> oh, jobs, jobs, jobs. kelly: it is the economy, right? >> yeah. i compare it to 2014 when president obama laid out his vision of jobs, shovel-ready jobs, and a year later "the new york times" said shows shovel-ready jobs were not very shovel-ready worthy. fuzzy wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy wuzzy, was he. kelly: listen to you today.

>> he goes into a speech, got the jobs already into a pocket. kelly: he has to feel very good about that and what specifically should he say, not only discusses jobs but what it will mean for america's future? >> i would like to see him, and i've seen him pivoting towards caring for minorities. there has been these accusations of racism against him, lately he has been talking about the fact that unemployment is now the lowest it has ever been for african-americans. i wouldn't be surprised if he pivots that way. this will be a speech, kelly, that is very different, most of these speeches come in times of crises. kelly: right. >> i think of 1975, when gerald ford's state of the union speech, he said the state of the union is not good. [laughter]. and then he talked about unemployment and how dependent we were on others for energy. this time a president can say the state of the union is good

and here's where we're going to go next. kelly: we're looking at factors as it relates to the economy. the fact that we're doing so well with unemployment. you are mentioning african-americans. there is also the women factor. how well they have been doing, in terms of employment. but, there are some people who will not attend the state of the union address because they're upset with the president and some of his rhetoric and his tweets, which have not only been tough but also disparaging to various groups of people in the eyes of those who are choosing not to attend? >> yes. that's right. and we also didn't mention senior citizens. as a senior citizen i have to say my 401(k) have performed better in the last year than they have the previous 16 years under two presidents, republican and democrat. but you're right, we live in a different time, kelly. negative campaigning. people no longer elect a

president because they like him or her, but they vote against the other guy. lee at water, i worked for him show you how the negative campaigning work. this person got elected because the people didn't like the other person. two, you have tremendous bias in the media unlike anything we have had before, measured, numbers. measures, 91%. one, 96% in terms of money donated. those two factors make this an interesting year with all the positive things and all the negative against him. kelly: some he brought on himself by sheer nature of donald trump's personality where he will go after people who go after him. i want to ask you this. what will he have to say to the country about daca moving it forward? will he address that in this state of the union address? >> you know, the philosopher chu said that people who have knowledge don't predict and

people who predict have no knowledge and that goes double for donald trump. i know what he should do. he should, he should appeal to daca and say, here is a chance to strengthen our borders and help all these people's dreams come true, but it's a power play. democrats opposed asians and white immigrants for years, asians coming out of vietnam were opposed openly by democrat leadership. and republicans tended to oppose latino and african-american immigrants, precisely because the one will vote for republican and other tend to vote for democrat. kelly: you said a lot right there. that is for sure. doug, always good to talk to you. thank you, woman back soon. >> thanks very much. kelly: thank you, doug wead. remember we will have complete coverage of the president's state of the union address right here that's at 9:00 eastern, tuesday night. see it all as i mentioned right here on fox news. melissa: republicans speaking out against newly-recovered missing texts between two former

fbi officials. why some lawmakers are saying it shows more anti-trump bias. plus president trump's new immigration plan revealed. right now it is drawing criticism from both sides of the aisle. first here is attorney general jeff sessions. >> even one victim of a crime committed in this fashion is one too many. criminals have no right to demand entry into the united states. we have a duty to select people that we believe will be flourish and be law-abiding. people would stare.

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♪ kelly: welcome back. newly-recovered text messages between two fbi officials raising concerns now about the impartiality of the hillary clinton email investigation. republicans reacting to those texts between peter strzok and lisa page, saying they show the investigation was fixed in clinton's favor. >> if the fix was in on the clinton investigation and then these same people, top people at the fbi, started and ran the trump russia investigation, might there be some bad things going on there as well? and as you look at these text messages it sure looks like there is. kelly: lauren blanchard joins us now from our washington bureau with more details. lauren? reporter: kelly, the texts released by senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley suggest a senior fbi officials were concerned being too tough on hillary clinton for her email use could

come back to hurt them if she were elected president. the texts also show back in march of 2016, there was a proposal circulating, at least in some meetings, to name former u.s. attorney patrick fits gerald as a special prosecutor of a possible clinton email probe. however fits gerald was never appointed despite republicans calling for it. >> it looks like they're talking about not using sufficient fbi resources and purposely with holding fbi resources and pulling back in order not to get mrs. clinton angry. it explains why the fbi investigation was half-baked and ridiculous. reporter: thousand of officials, now demoted fbi agent peter strzok and demoted. lawyer lisa page thought they were lost because after technical glitch. but they were able to recover them. republicans believe special

counsel robert mueller's investigation of public russian collusion during the presidential election are biased. strzok and page worked briefly on the probe and express a anti-trump sentiment. senator grassley who released the text messages saying the timing is disconcerting. prompting the attorney general to defend his department. >> it's a little bit odd that would happen. so it raises legitimately raises his questions. >> my purpose every day is to get the department back to its fundamental mission of enforcing the law and protecting the safety of americans, with integrity and fairness. reporter: some of the fiercest advocates for the clinton email probe, the texts that the top officials never planned to pursue charges in the clinton case. kelly. kelly: lauren blanchard from washington. thank you. melissa: for mon on this, let's bring in our panel, cabot phillips, former digital

director for marco rubio's presidential campaign. antwan sea wright, blueprint strategy and democratic strategist. cabot, start with you, one. most revealing texts came out they don't want to switch over from the clinton investigation to the trump russia investigation because they feel like there is no there there. that is pretty telling. >> i'm old enough to remember a week ago when the democrats were saying conspiracy theory to claim there was any sort of personal bias from the people running the fbi investigation and now we have indisputable evidence of it. their narrative has changed from it is a conspiracy, saying so what? you're allowed to have personal opinions aren't you? this is hp hypocrisy. the left loves to talk about collusion and everything the republicans are doing, collusion, collusion. we have indisputable evidence collusion happening at the fbi to try to shed negative press on president trump and to try to give hillary clinton, you know, a cakewalk to the presidency and that's a problem. melissa: anwan, this does tie into the memo we keep hearing so

much about but we events seen yet. congressman peter king saying if everyone saw the memo as he thinks we will in the next few days or so he see there was no basis to start the russia investigation to begin with. that has got to scare americans thinking that the fbi is doing things it shouldn't. >> well, i don't think there is anything going on at the fbi. melissa: you don't think there is anything going on at the fbi? >> i don't. i don't think it is wrong for people who work at a job, are normal human beings to have political opinion. the truth of the matter hillary clinton is not the president of the united states. what we need to be laser focused on what the prosecutor, special prosecutor is doing as relates to donald trump and his possible collusion with russia. i think that is what the fbi should have their focus on, not getting distracted because of political pressure from republican in congress. melissa: what about the fact these individuals didn't want to be a part of that investigation because they felt like it was going anywhere? there was no in there and they didn't want to waste their time?

that doesn't tell you anything about the mueller investigation? >> no it doesn't tell me anything. what would tell everything when this investigation is over and all the pieces to the puzzle will be put together and there will be some sort of conclusion about whether there is, was or is collusion or not with donald trump and his campaign. melissa: okay. >> and russia. melissa: to that end, cabot, would you like to see the memo to see how the investigate got started in the first place? antwan wants to come to an end. maybe we should see how it got started in? >> american people deserve the truth. more information given to the american public i think is important thing. if there was collusion people need to know about it. however i want to take you to alternate universe. antwan, if hillary clinton had been elected president and text messages from high-ranking fbi officials they want to let off donald trump easy and try to hurt hillary clinton i have a feeling you would be singing a different tune. you would say it is wrong. you would call out the bias there and you can't deny. come on. you're playing politics here. >> i don't know what i would say

and in whatever situation. what i do know there is a tremendous effort by of the gop to undermine and politicize the fbi and that is never happened before. i don't think we dodd that. >> the fbi is doing thatselves with the text messages. >> no they're not. members of the congress and president trying to politicize and undermine the most trusted institution we have, fbi. melissa: cabot, how do you respond to that. >> the fbi has gone great work for generations and work that comey and these new fbi officials has done has undermined that. the fbi of course they're are great people around the country doing their job. that is why it is even more important to call out people who aren't. it is impossible to deny that people in the fbi letting their personal opinions get in the way of doing their jobs right. they need to be called out. melissa: hang on one second. what is different about this we haven't seen text messages of investigators in the past. plenty of other investigations

have gone on but we haven't had insight into their unguarded thoughts before. maybe it always been like this but it is scary to think that while they were doing their work they were very consciously thinking we want this person who is under investigation to win the election and when the other person won, they're thinking we need an insurance policy. this is a secret society and we're really unhappy with this outcome, what can we do about it. that's scary. >> here is what i can tell you. regardless what text messages may have occurred in the fbi, that was not going to impact the outcome of the election. the american voters will ultimately decide who our elected officials are in this country. melissa: it doesn't impact the election but impacts their investigation. that is our point. it is impacting law enforcement. >> i don't, i don't think the politics of these career people at fbi would not allow them to do their jobs they have been doing for years on top of years, on top of years. i think us trying to make a big deal about this is really

drawing unnecessary attention to, really trying to politicize this. melissa: cabot, do you think their political opinions were impacting the way they were enforcing the law? >> there is difference between texting your coworker, texting a coworker 40,000 times, which is whole another story there. difference between the texting coworker man this is crazy election. and texting positions how can we impact this election that is what occurred. that is poe -- politicization of the -- >> i think it is very important no one make assumptions. melissa: no, we're just reading the texts. >> until we ask these people, we are making assumption. melissa: thank you, gentlemen. kelly. kelly: president trump pitching a new immigration plan, offering a pathway for so-called dreamers to become u.s. citizens in exchange for paying for a border wall and other immigration

crackdowns. ellison barber has more from washington. reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell called the white house framework, guidance, that indicates what is necessary for the president to sign a bill into law. he added, i am hopeful has discussions continue in the senate on the subject of immigration, members on both sides of the i'll look for framework guidance as they look for agreement. involved in bipartisan immigration talks, talks in the senate would continue regardless of what happens at the white house. >> they're not going to be locked down by thinking what the house might do or what the white house might do. we'll move on our own. reporter: the white house has not released a complete blueprint of the proposal, just a framework. already there are critics on the left and right. >> they want the ransom for these children to be 25 billion-dollar for a wall, when we have all the needs for infrastructure in our own

country. >> if the president serves up 1.8 million people for an amnesty, in exchange for $25 billion for a wall, and then reduces the numbers of the chain migration that come in, that is the end of his enforcement that he is going to get in his administration, unless we come up with another amnesty. reporter: key conservatives like senator tom cotton like the white house's proposal. cotton called it generous and humane, a balance between protecting "dreamers" and securing the borders. in the past some on capitol hill said they were frustrated because many felt like they didn't know exactly what president trump wanted in immigration proposal. leader mcconnell suggesting in his statement that this is clarity. kelly? kelly: allison barber reporting, thank you. >> it is music's biggest night. the graham my awards taking -- grammy awards taking place here in new york city tomorrow night. a look at the favorites, with a top-selling singer/songwriter next. ♪

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♪ ♪ if i had to find you, i would lose my soul to find you, if i have to give that to find you i would lose my soul again ♪ kelly: powerful vocals from a powerful lady. madison square garden rolling out the carpet for music's biggest stars as grammy awards return to new york city for the first time in 15 years. who are the favorites this year. vasi, that is the voice you were listening to who walked the red

carpet herself is here with her predictions, what is going to unfold tomorrow. thank you for joining us today. >> thank you for having me. kelly: i fill disclosure, we're friends, who is your selection for record of the year? i will use my cheat sheet. red bone, we have justin bieber, the story of o, which is jay-z, humble, is kendrick lamar, and 24-magic by bruno mars. very competitive list. who is going to win that? >> well that, it is a very competitive list. and, that is a hard prediction. i think, you know, there will be very big records and they did extremely well. i can't say who i voted for, but, i don't know, a lot of people, despacito. kelly: by justin bieber. crossed over all kinds of platforms. >> it crossed over. was a huge record. so you never know, i wouldn't be

surprised -- kelly: you couldn't say you who voted for, you're on the governor of the grammys advocacy board. tell me about the that and responsibilities you have to the other musicians, your colleagues and in terms of voting for them? >> so i'm a governor. i'm one of the chapters and part of the advocacy committee and i serve for the recording academy. as an artist, being part of the community i have very passionate, you know, interests to support our rights, music rights and how we get paid and compensated. kelly: okay. >> how our music gets used around the -- kelly: which is very important given today's social media platforms. a lot of music getting stolen. >> yeah. kelly: album of the year, up for album of the a year, awaken my love, childish gambino. 444, of course jay-z. damn, by kendrick lamar. kendrick, lamar, very powerful

influential young musician. >> yes. kelly: melodrama, by lorde. 24-k magic, bruno mars. bruno always makes it in there. >> bruin more mars is killing it. brilliant year last year. brilliant performance. so does kendrick. i watched both of their performance at the grammys, both fantastic. i think they will blow us away. i can't say who will get that one. that will be tough one. kelly: being very careful here. >> yeah, i don't want to get in trouble. kelly: i know you don't want to get in trouble because you know all these people. they will not mine, if you say i think bruno might get it or kendrick lamar. >> they all deserve it. kendrick lamar is fantastic. such an inspiration to a lot of people, a lot of the youth. his message is powerful. kelly: okay. >> bruno mars. who doesn't love bruno. kelly: what about the me too movement? mayed some of the artists wear

white roses to acknowledge that. what will you wear? >> i have a black gown on, so i'm representing as well, as a woman, it is my duty, i think it is an interesting time for us, there is a real shift, it's a movement. last night i was at the australia awards and naomi watts got up giving a fantastic speech talking about. that it's a great time. women in the business, role models, we need to speak up, represent. there are changes happening right now. it is for the better. kelly: i mentioned at the top of this you're a multiple platinum-selling artist known around the world and to america, to america's audience is growing, but you're a young girl from the outback. how does a young girl from the outback make her way to the world's stage in music? >> i followed my dream against all odds, against all rejections. as i say, every rejection is really a redirection. i pursued my dream. i believed in myself.

i put in the work. i think if you, if you put in the work, you can make it happen. i mean i love, i love this country. america has been good to see, i love america. it has become my home now. and i think this is the land of the dreams. this is where you come to, you know, manifest, that little thing, that little voice in your head, seven or eight, maybe you got kicked out of school choir, you are told don't have what it takes, just saying, many years later. kelly: powerful to hear from a australian who now lives in america, calls america her home, that america is the land of the dreams. thank you. going to be at the 60th grammy awards tomorrow right here in new york city. check out vassi's music? thank you, thanks for having me. kelly: melissa? melissa: very cool. in nearly a decade, the flu season is far from over. what health officials are saying about the deadly virus as it

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nearly a decade hitting the u.s. and it is not slowing down. the cdc warns it could be a while until we're out of the woods. >> we know that we're in about week nine, since the season started, then's about halfway through the season. so there's still a fair amount of flu left this year. >> molly is live from our new york city newsroom with more. >> the flu season proving to be the worse in quite a long time. the flu is wide spread striking all across the nation. only hawaii has been spared the brunt of this brutal and deadly season. the old and the young are particularly jurn rabble. the life of 12-year-old dillon

winnick of cool springs frord was claimed this last tuesday, on january 23rd. he was a student at the middle school where his friends and classmates are mourning. >> you would never see him without a smile on his face or something. every single time in first period he would always make everybody laugh. you would never see him sad or anything. >> 37 pediatric deaths have been reported this season and u.s. health officials suspect there will be more in the coming weeks, comparing this year to the 2014/2015 season where there were 138 pediatric deaths reported for that year. this year's main flu strain h3 h3n2, the over yawl vaccine influence is lower. >> we've been asking them what kind of flu activity they're seeing and this is the third week in a row where 49 out of 50

straits is indicating there's wide spread activity in their states. >> health officials urge people to stay home if you're sick, cover your cough. and if you have not done so, go ahead and get the flu shot. >> thank you. >> you know, the main thing to do, wash your hands and be careful what you touch. that will do it for us. we'll be back at 4:00 p.m. eastern time for northern. >> "the journal editorial" report is next. ♪

welcome to the journal editorial report. i'm paul gigot. new developments this week in the russia probe. president trump saying he's looking forward to speaking to special down sell robert mueller and is ready to do so under oath. those comments coming as the president prepared to depart for the world economic forrowm in davos and amid reports that he called for mueller's firing in june. something the president denies. the justice department's inspector general saying on thursday he recovered missing text messages exchanged over a five-month period between fbi officials peter strzok and lisa page. former united