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for not letting politics get in the way of trade. >> all right, thank you very much >> start with a fox news alert. the presidents legal team stepping up attacks on the credibility of his one-time attorney, michael cohen. this is the current attorney rudy giuliani, he says a secret recording may have been doctored. then doubled down on the claim again today. hello everyone and welcome to "america's news headquarters" i'm eric shawn. >> i'm alicia in for arthel neville. rudy giuliani demanded to see the original tape saying about buying the story of a playmate that claimed that she had an affair with mr. trump you giuliani telling chris wallace on "fox news sunday" they cannot trust anything from
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michael cohen adding this to request the present feel disappointed. i think the anger is over. we have assured him in a very strange way this is a very big development for us because we do have all these tapes and they completely demonstrate the president has done nothing wrong. >> ellison barber is live in berkeley had new jersey near the bedminster golf club where the president is spending the weekend. >> too much ago rudy giuliani told abc news that michael cohen was an honest, honorable lawyer. he says he is a pathological liar. giuliani claims he did not know michael cohen them like he does now. i spoke to mr. giuliani on the phone yesterday. he said everything changed when he found out about his secretly recorded tapes. he reiterated that today on "fox news sunday". >> the recording his clients, which is a disbarred table offense. obviously, i knew that i would never said anything about him being a reputable lawyer.
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i would say he's a scoundrel. now unfortunately, too many hours of tapes i listen. and he is a pathological manipulator, liar. i did not know that. i did not know him well but i knew nothing bad about michael cohen until all of this started to happen in the last couple of weeks. >> we reach out to michael cohen the attorney yesterday and again this morning be said we got the same statement yesterday as today. about the interview it focused on the warnings to cohen from giuliani to stop talking. and the assertion that michael cohen is violating attorney client privilege. he said quote - mr. giuliani seems to be confused. he expressly waive the attorney-client privilege last week and repeatedly and inaccurately as proven by the tapes talk and talked about the recording forfeiting all confidentiality claims. all of this is abc news reports that an agreement between
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michael cohen and donald trump is over. we asked rudy giuliani about that he says he was not sure if they had been a formal announcement of that but at this point he says the legal teams are not sharing information. >> thank you. eric: for more on this let's bring in a senior legal fellow of the heritage foundation. a former justice department official. some of those at the top levels of the justice department, would you rely on this type of tape and prosecution? >> well, i think it brings up a lot of questions that would arise in a hearing over the credibility of the witness. for a lawyer to record secretly, his discussions, confidential discussions with his client, that violence the professional code of conduct. to then disclose the tapes to the world, as giuliani said, that is an offense for which you are disbarred.
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i think a lot of people would raise a lot of questions about what it says about the lawyer. whether he can be believed. eric: in terms of the tape itself, what do you think? these tapes all the time. rudy giuliani, i remember him prosecuting in the 1980s as the u.s. attorney for the district. they replayed tapes, wiretaps and other tapes with public corruption trials and mafia trials. >> yes, but those are all tapes that legitimately obtained. usually through a search warrant so they were authorized by federal judge. here, let's go back to what we have heard so far. i have not heard anything in any of the tapes that is some kind of violation of the law. i'm not really sure why these tapes are not only relevant to what these special counsel, robert mueller is looking at. which has russian collusion, not whether there was some kind of payoff to some woman over knowledge affair. which by the way, if the woman demanded a payment in exchange for keeping quiet about it, may be a violation of the federal
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extortion statute. eric: that could be what the district is looking at. apparently it is in terms of a possible financial -- >> yes but the improprieties not by mr. cohen. it is by this woman. if she was demanding payment in order not to disclose this. like i said, that in itself may violation of the federal extortion statute. not the other side of it. eric: but the michael cohen stuff reportedly had to do with the business. but let's play the one section which is a dispute of when then candidate trump said cash. before that is unintelligible. let's take a listen and analyze. sound like he says pay cash and
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michael cohen says no, no. what does that show? >> again, i do not really see what the relevance is. if for example your legitimately paying someone for their story, as hollywood does all the time, whether you pay them in cash or credit card or check, there is no illegality there. i really do not see why people are taking that is some kind of a problem. eric: and rudy giuliani saying the tapes have been doctored. apparently, one organization consulted an objective audio expert. he says the person says there was an edit. as we take two parts of the tape and put them together. we do not know if it is correct and if it is what happened and if it is true. what is your observation on that if indeed is there any possibility that this was edited or is it giuliani making an excuse? >> if we can get a hold of the
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original recording and have an expert look at it. that is always a possibility but i think to do that, you need a forensic analyst and you will need the original tape. eric: and mr. cohen has been saying the president did know about the meeting. maybe there were some tapes about that. it prompted them to say this to maria bartiromo on "sunday morning futures" this morning. pointing out that michael cohen in the past had said the president did not know previously about the meeting with donald junior and the russian lawyer and others. here's what the senator had to say. >> when it comes to michael cohen you should be very suspicious of anything he says. he is on the hot seat. he's looking at going to jail. people like him are subject to making things up. i can tell you this. michael cohen has already appeared before congress talking about a lot of things. this idea that he told trump about the russian meeting before it happened, to us is very much new news.
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eric: so if he is called in and asked, is it perjury potentially? what happens? >> in fact, the question any defense lawyer would ask is are you lying now or were you lying then? senator graham is exactly right.but michael cohen has had the full weight of the u.s. justice department land on him. destroying his personal life, his business and everything else. at this point i'm sure he's willing to say just about anything to help him out with the special counsels office. eric: how do you think this plays out? guaranteed we will get more tapes somewhere. >> i'm sure will get more tapes but while they might be salacious, to use a word often used, everybody should keep their mind on, is a kind of illegality being revealed in the tape? today, no such unlawful behavior has been revealed by what's been talked about.
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eric: something to keep in mind, hans spankovsky, always good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> house intelligence committee devin nunes calling on the president to declassify key parts of the secret documents used to justify government surveillance as the campaign and former campaign aide carter page. chairman nunes also revealing the committee is looking into whether the fbi sent informers together dirt on president trump and his campaign before it authorized the investigation into possible russian collusion. garrett tenney is in the d.c. bureau with more. reporter: chairman devin nunes says people would be shocked if they saw what is in the documents. most of the 400 pages the fbi released last week were redacted but those that weren't sure the fbi relied heavily on the so-called steele dossier to justify its request to survey all members of the trump campaign. despite the dossier being unverified democrat monday piece of opposition research. nunes argues without sharing specific details that redacted portion of the fbi surveillance applications showed even more.
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which is why he and other house republicans are asking resident trump to declassify up to 20 additional pages. there also requesting additional documents and interviews with officials from the justice department and fbi. on sunday morning futures, nunes says he believes there intentionally dragging their feet on the request for lawmakers. >> are trying to stall as much as they can, hoping and betting that republicans would lose the house in the fall. and if that happens, were essentially shut down everything, rod rosenstein will not be held in contempt, fbi will not be held accountable. all investigations will shut down. everything will be buried. that's why the sooner the present declassify is this, the better. reporter: president trump has asked the justice department to cooperate with investigators. but the white house is at least for now he does not plan to get involved with this request to declassify specific documents.
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though devin nunes says white house lawyers are looking into it. so that could certainly change. alicia: garrett tenney in washington, thank you. eric: meanwhile overseas tensions are split between the is a crucial neighbor ally. turkey obtaining an american ambassador. the turkish president now firing back at president trump and the start of sentience. meanwhile the trump administration have another strong quarter of economic growth. but will it last? we will take a closer look at the good economic news as fox news channel rolls along on this sunday afternoon. >> we will onto this path for several years. i don't think is a one or two year phenomenon. i think we are in a. for for five years sustained three pppercent growth. we knew helping our communities was important then. and we know it's even more important today.
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with more. >> hi eric. the entire administration is taking the message of prosperity to the media this weekend. with the vice president leading the charge today on "sunday morning futures". >> he sense on the street talking to everyday americans and business leaders that the best is yet to come. the numbers tell the tale. but the enthusiasm and a confidence of the country, among business leaders, businesses large and small tell the same story and more. >> to present himself reinforcing optimism on twitter this morning saying, the biggest and best coming of the gdp report was that the quarterly trade deficit has been reduced by 52 billion. and of course, historically low in employment numbers. especially for african-americans, hispanic, asians and women. the big picture, he says growth is here to stay. despite warnings from some economists that current growth trends are not sustainable in medium to long-term. but the secretary of the treasury is so confident he believes it is not responsible
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for the fed to raise rates. >> i think it is in the market expected. there is inflation and obviously with two percent inflation, we have to heavily slightly higher interest rates to manage through that. >> he also said he expects three percent growth and continues for four or five years into the future. he is not too worried about american tech giants taking a tumble earlier in the week. >> i'm not concerned about this at all. and again, investors should have diversified portfolios for they've had an incredible run. >> now the debate is how all of this impacts the midterms. just 100 days away. president trump told sean hannity friday, he thinks economic good news is bound to spell victory for republicans. history though has demonstrated the odds are often against the sitting presidents party gaining seats in the midterm. eric: thank you, gillian turner. alicia: there's also the question of how sustainable this economic growth really is and what will president trump's
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-- and the -- thank you for joining us, gordon. speaking of these tariffs with china, i want to bring in this $12 billion emergency aid package that the administration announced for farmers to offset the impact of these tariffs. take a listen to what secretary nguyen had -- steve mnuchin had to say. >> this is a short-term program to deal with totalitarian tariffs we have people that put tariffs which by the way, are against wto rules. they are unfair and targeting the farmers. we are sticking up for our farmers so they don't get hurt in these trade discussions. these are not long-term subsidies.>> he says not long-term but take a look at a piece of the wall street journal did titled how farm aid became a fixture in the trump
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administrations plan for $12 billion and helping farmers hit by tariffs built on a history of agricultural support. they said this is something that goes back to the 1930s. it was intended to be temporary. and it remains today, and it just grew by 12 billion. what are americans supposed to take on this? >> i think we are seeing a trade war with china as people call it. but really, we are trying to stop china's persistent theft of u.s. intellectual property and of course these are long-term, these are built into the chinese systems. which means a struggle with china will go on for a long time. which means a subsidy program for farmers is probably also going to go on for a long time. bill is a chinese have targeted farmers and we will help them for as long as a struggle with china continues. i think this is probably a lot longer term the secretary mnuchin lets on. alicia: with that in mind we saw with gillian turner in her piece, president trump touting
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this second quarter gdp report. the ministration saying that this could be sustainable for another 4 to 5 years, three percent. how realistic is that? really? >> it is hard to look out for to five years. but you can look at one to two years. i'm quite optimistic. the reason is the real effects of the tax reduction and regulation have yet to kick in. i think it's really been driving gdp growth and has really been the optimist. also comes off of a weak first quarter was like 2.2 percent. that makes the second quarter look a lot better. we think about what the policies of the president are, basically to pump up the economy. because of that you can do it for another couple of years. i don't think you'll get to the eight percent he talked about on friday but nonetheless, he can go with three and four percent for a couple of years. >> what about we talk about this earlier. the impact with this growing deal, with europe.
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if we want to announce with europe with the exclusion of some others, is that even possible? >> it is sort of hard on the wto.because of nondiscrimination. if you offer something to one country, the general rule is you have to offer to others. in the non- automotive area, we basically said, no tariffs. which means i think the other countries are going to at least raise the question, if you're getting no tariffs to the u.s. on non-automotive products, want to give it to me? so they will be i think a real dispute over that. i know the europeans have looked at this issue because it is at the core of the rules. nondiscrimination. >> china needs europe as well. but they need us more than we need them. is that true? >> absolutely. last year, 88.8 percent china's overall merchandise, trade surplus related to sales to the united states, that is an incredible number. it is up from the year before which is 68.0 percent. i think china has a real problem right now.
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we also are a much bigger economy. big economies -- china claims 6.7 but really only had two percent. we are a bigger economy and we're going twice as fast as china. that's really news for the chinese. >> and everything comes down to the midterms right now. for the administration and for republicans. how does all of this impact the midterms? our politics editor says folks aren't necessarily voting with their wallet but how they feel about their wallets. all of this revolves around money. >> i think there's a lot of optimism right now. and that's going to translate into the midterms. i'm not a political guy but nonetheless i think it makes common sense. that if you have a booming economy will help the party in power. of course, all the things people say, how they lose in the midterms all of that is true but nonetheless, this is good news for the trump
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landscapes you are left with after these fires stormed through. this is part of the 13,000 acres that the cranston fire burned. the good news from this region as you look at hillsides that had been completely scorched, this fire is well under control. firefighters have something like 30 percent containment. very good news from here is that the heroic firefighters were able to save pretty much every home in the area pay much worse news, from up north where the car fire is still burning largely out of control. just a five percent containment and already the fire has destroyed more than 500 structures. 300 of those at least by the associated press were peoples homes. 5000 more homes are still under threat. as you say, something like 38,000 have been evacuated in the area.
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which is around redding. -- the wind is whipping the fires in the area to such a degree that veteran firefighters say they have never seen anything like it. in all of their decades of fighting these fires. listen here. >> the fire ran with such ferocity. there were wins 70 press molinaro wind, tornado like wind going through.you can see when you go out there and some of the neighborhoods. you see trees uprooted cigna. i'm sure many of you have the photos. and the video of that. you see roofs rip off -- the wind did that. alicia: the car fire is far
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from the only one burning in northern california. the famous wine region of the napa valley, dealing with a fire there. there is also a strong fire burning near yosemite national park which remains largely closed to the public. there is a very tough fire also northern california. and all we have something like 12,000 california firefighters battling these blazes up and down the state. there are 17 of them currently classified as major world wildfires. the big concern in this situation is how long this goes on and the sheer exhaustion that will set in for these firefighters will be battling so heroically. eric: is such a shame if they are so courageous doing that. we have to give our pledge of thanks to those firefighters. alicia: tensions rising between
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the u.s. and turkey. president trump the need to impose sanctions if turkey won't free american pastor andrew brunson accused of espionage and committing crimes on behalf of terror groups. turkey blasting mr. trump in return. conor powell is following this from jerusalem. reporter: both the united states and turkey are members of nato and for years not been strong allies together helping to shape this region. but increasing there is a war of words between president trump and the president of turkey. when he made the announcement especially that the united states if they put sanctions on his country, his government will not quote - back down. on thursday president trump said this. the united states will impose sanctions on turkey for their longtime detainment of the pastor, a great christian family man and wonderful human being. he is suffering greatly pay this innocent man of faith should be released in manila.
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he was arrested following a failed military coup against the turkish government. he has been held in jail for nearly 2 years. although just in the last few days he was moved to an apartment that has been released from jail but is still under custody. the president believes that evangelical pastors connected to the turkish -- who lives in the united states and who he claims orchestrated the coup. the attention has deepened the rift between the united states and the relationship has been strained for some time. there is a disagreement over the war in syria. also about the growing tendencies, the rotarian tendencies of the government. there is a lot of issues on the table right now but this one, the us-based pastor is increasingly drawing president trump and the turkish president into this war of words. the concern is that this could have a significant impact on the u.s. relationship with
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turkey and also their relationship as part of the nato alliance. alicia: conor powell in jerusalem, thank you. eric: vice president mike pence weighed in on the potential sanctions if the turkish government continues the refusal to release the pastor. >> the truth is, either said earlier this week the president has made clear transferring the pastor to home arrest is just not good enough. and the united states of america is prepared to bring sanctions against turkey. until pastor andrew brunson is free. eric: for more on this we have our security and foreign policy analyst with us. it appears the president erdogan is angling for the turkish cleric --
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>> is troubling because the pastor was arrested after the coup. was the government of turkey believes they are responsible for. the u.s. does not believe that the pastor is actually part of that movement. and would like to pressure turkey including president erdogan to release him and then to look at the case of the involvement and these are two separate things. unfortunately now, they merge them into one. eric: i mean he even said we have a pastor, you have a pastor. indicating he wants him. as you've said the pastor has been with his congregation 20 years. clearly has said, i really completely denied any involvement of any sort and plotting anything. in that way is he a political
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prisoner and what you expect turkey to finally do? >> look, here is a real problem behind the issue. i mean the u.s. knows or has alleged that the pastor is not involved otherwise they would need to see this evidence which is not made available. they should affect the government turkey has accused many more american citizens of being either close allies, helping helped him including academics but if the issue is not resolved then many americans including politicians and academics will be at risk if they travel to turkey. and that is why it needs to be resolved. eric: would you travel to turkey under these conditions at the moment? >> many americans love to go to turkey. i love turkey. the history. but the problem is if that is not resolved, we don't know who the government of turkey will consider as part of the movement or allies of the movement. we're told about lawmakers. it is imperative to washington to resolve this. eric: he has been arresting politicians, journalists,
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lawyers. he is really turning into basically, strongman dictatorial state. is that really the way a nato ally should behave? >> speaking about nato, there are many tensions within nato itself. look at western europe, many countries are blasting and criticizing hungary and poland and the czech republic. on other issues including migrants. but turkey is and has been a strategic ally for the united states. outside nato and within nato, because of the location. because of what has offered during the cold war people what we see now in turkey is a shift outside the norms of nato in terms of for example, sitting there with russia and iran. it is a political level which is complicated the matter even more. eric: even is what nato is trying to achieve. he is potentially buying this
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very sophisticated russian antiaircraft and antimissile system. >> yes. getting equipment from russia in the same way around was getting equipment from russia, positions the government, this government not the nation of turkey. in a way that is not really strategic ally to the us. they're becoming a strategic ally to russia. it is the matter that needs to be resolved i think in a bilateral way between washington and it needs to be done soon. eric: how is that done? is there any way to do that when there's one third of sanctions or is erdogan bluffing? >> i don't know if the president of turkey is bluffing or not. what i know is if he is serious turkey has ordered many aircraft, many equipment. their military and our military that we do exercises together. they are so much at risk to keep a pastor in turkey and the price would be the u.s. turkish relationship. eric: i'm going to say they are so much at risk.
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finally, what would you suggest to congress right now considering whether or not to actually deliver warcraft to turkey? >> i think the turkish government and the president himself have received the message. of course, they have to cater it to their domestic public opinion and especially the supporters of mr. erdogan. i think a meeting between two delegates between the united states and turkey should be the beginning of the resolving the situation. eric: hopefully that will start because the pastor faces potentially up to 35 years in prison. he is now under house arrest. the cost to free him have gone unheeded. walid phares, as always good to see you. >> thank you so much. alicia: i.c.e. ages facing pushback in the city of brotherly love as philadelphia severs a agreement with them. details ahead. plus president trump saying he will take a more active role on the campaign trail as republicans look to hold onto the majority come midterms.
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alicia: the president hitting the campaign trail for these vulnerable republicans and in these contested districts. biggest question is, do the incumbents want him there? what does the president bring? >> the question of the president is a very powerful force when it comes to these elections. we saw that recently with mark sanford and in south carolina. the president sort of urged voters to ditch him in the polls and it worked.we know that the president is for any reason not having the viewer if you're in is best that it can be detrimental to your campaign. we know having a support can go a long way for voters. alicia: i want to put up a tweet from the president this morning. here is the quote. i would be willing to shut down government if the democrats do not give us the votes for border security which includes the wall.must get rid of lottery, catch and release and go to system based on merit. his base likes tough talk and
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action but the images of kids and families being separated at the border could haunt republicans. what kind of impact do you think these words have on valuable independence and moderate republican voters? >> are exactly right. immigration will be a key issue in the election. it is something the president has made a primary talking points whenever he's on the campaign trail. we know that democrats are going to talk about this as well.they'll be pointing to the images and as a way to vote against republican party. something that should be considered to republicans is that axios reported suburban white women are typically against the president right now. that should be really concerning for the reason that they are really valuable group of people on your side. the immigration issue, family separation is of course playing into that. do something republicans are looking to get a good message on to deliver for midterms. alicia: let's look at numbers.
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this is the real clear politics average of polls taking a look at the presidents approval rating. here are the numbers. 43 percent approve. 53 percent disapprove. what does that tell you?is the average of polls, this is just not when we pulled. this is the average. what do we take from this? should democrats excited about this? >> any democrats certainly going to be excited about that. something else to keep in mind is that the president is pulling so overwhelmingly with the republican voters. of course democrats would be on that. they will be hitting on all of the normal talking points about tough rhetoric and devices in washington right now. of course immigration, things like healthcare will be very big. democrats are going into this very optimistically. we've heard time and time again that they are pulling for a blue wave in november. i think the pole, they encourage them and the thinking on that. alicia: what you think that
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trump should be focusing on when he is on the campaign trail considering everything you just said? >> the president should definitely be focusing again on immigration. it will be a huge issue in the midterms. also as a way may be speaking about pulling people together. we know his rhetoric is somewhat divisive. but that also pulled very well with his voters. so he's going to be in place as he knows he has the support and the candidate is also supportive of him. he will probably be hitting on the primary topics that we know he is comfortable with. what is immigration, gop tax cuts, the economy, things like that. i'm sure it will continue to work for him. alicia: we know the closer we get to election day the hotter it will get. we also some deadlines looming, government funding and republicans are hoping to have wrapped up the confirmation of judge brett kavanaugh to the u.s. supreme court by october 1. all hot button issues that have quite a storm brewing. all of this with the president
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promising, what will this look like? it will be quite the storm, one at? >> will be a perfect storm republicans and democrats battling it out as well as, of course, another president will take that and run with it. with democrats being obstructionists of getting in the way of his agenda and the u.s. moving forward. he will definitely be playing on that and i'm sure we will hear more about that near november. alicia: and will continue to discuss that, of course.haley britzky from axios, thank you very much. >> thank you. eric: months before the election about coming up, bringing back life to all countries ghost towns. next, we will show you what they're doing in the south to create some unforgettable experiences and some forgotten places. >> if we don't do something nobody will ever know it was
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folks down south however, face some special challenges in their effort to resurrect some buildings. fox news multimedia reporter explains. >> ghost towns across the west are coming back to life. but some fear there quickly decaying buildings that may be permanently laid to rest. >> graveyards that got flooded here and really i think it was just a lumberyard. >> this is all that is left of this more than a century old lumber mill. southern wet weather tends to return these billings back to dirt pretty quickly. some compare to drier climates. >> want it will just be a pile of nothing. under the water. no one of her know it was here. if we don't do something. >> preservationist across the country are doing their part to make sure buildings like these do not become a distant memory. >> will we try to do as an organization is build a network of developers. of donors, of people who are willing to invest back into communities. >> michael says private
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investors receive incentives for abandoned buildings like these. which can have a major impact on the regions economy. >> tax credits, abandoned building credits. those things that help attract capital back into the places where capital has left. >> critics say taxpayer money should be used in cities where people actually live. >> would like to see public money be spent on critical needs like infrastructure, roads, bridges, education. and if private citizens want to revitalize those towns, they should use private money to do that. >> this is one example in colorado of success. this town is now a resort. >> people want to belong to something. there is nothing more powerful than belonging to a community with a history of conductivity to an individuals past. >> preservation south carolina says they're working with the
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states general assembly to pass additional tax credit legislation to spur another wave of investments in ghost towns. in maysville, fox news. alicia: a major u.s. city making a controversial move that homeland security claims will endanger u.s. citizens. the newest battle in the war over states were cities, next. i don't keep track of regrets.
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at least 14 people killed. more than 160 injured. after magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit. more than 1000 homes have been damaged aftershocks rocked the region. officials say the death toll could rise a search is continue. eric: back at home one of the nations largest cities decades long contract for the u.s. immigration and customs enforcement agency. philadelphia will stop giving i.c.e. access to their database. the city says the agency has been misusing information which detained law-abiding immigrants. activists are calling the move a major win for immigrant rights and homeland security to premises the decision is irresponsible, claims the city will end up quote - harboring criminal aliens. controversy in the city of brotherly love peter want to welcome and thank alisha for being here from our denver
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bureau for this week. good to work with you. >> thank you. great working with you! as a set on instagram, you do make it look so easy. you're the best coach. thank you so much. that does it for this hour. eric: alisha will be on the campaign trail covering the races out west! have a great day. ng parrot and buys if it comes back and says he doesn't talk. dices what letter? tour owner says sorry, the letter is $10. another week and no talking and back to the store. he did not climb the ladder and look in the mirror and talk, another purchase. there becomes a guy comes back to the store and the owner says the parent is dead but before he died he spoke in the store owner says what did he say. though they sell any birdseed at that store you. greg: will be appearing at the comedy cellar all week. [cheering and applause]
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