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hurricane florence. >> it is a storm like no other. mr. president, we have a long road ahead. >> shepard: let's get to it. >> good wednesday afternoon from the fox news deck. judge brett kavanaugh's accuser says she wants the fbi to investigate her sexual assault allegations before she talks to lawmakers. republicans say there's no reason to delay monday's hearing. some democrats are accusing the gop to try to rush the confirmation process. dr. christine blasey ford's attorney writes "the 51-year-old processer wants to cooperate but an investigation should be the first step in addressing the allegations. her lawyer states that since dr. ford came forward, she's gotten death threats and had to relocate her family. the senate judiciary committee chairman, chuck grassley of iowa, has responded with a

letter of his own. he's offering to make monday's hearing public or private and our shannon bream reports committee staffers are willing to travel to california where professor ford lives for an interview. president trump is defending his supreme court nominee. >> i think he's an extraordinary man. i think he's a man of great intellect and an unblemished record. this is a very tough thing for him and his family. we want to get it over with. at the same time, we want to give tremendous amounts of time. if she shows up, that would be wonderful. if she doesn't show up, that would be unfortunate. >> shepard: the accuser, professor ford, claims kavanaugh sexually assaulted her three decades ago while they were in high school. she told "the washington post" that it happened at a party when she was 15 and he was 17. she said that kavanaugh was drunk and pinned her to a bed and groped her before she escaped.

she claims he covered her mouth when she tried to scream and he thought he might kill her. judge kavanaugh calls the accusation completely false. we have live team coverage this afternoon. mike emanuel is on capitol hill. first, john roberts. john? >> shep, good afternoon to you. first of all, breaking news. sources tell fox news that judge kavanaugh did a murder board at the white house with his confirmation team yesterday in preparation for monday's scheduled hearing. sources tell fox news that kavanaugh did well in that prep session, that he was solid. there was no wavering at all in his story. now, on to whether or not there was going to be an fbi investigation. sources tell fox news there's no impetus from the white house for this to be turned over to the fbi for further investigation. as well, the leadership of the senate judiciary committee has not asked the president to look into christine blasey ford's allegations. law enforcement says the fbi

won't launch any kind of criminal probe. there's no suggestion that a federal crime was committed and unless it constituted a felony sexual assault, the statute of limitations in the state of maryland has long run out. the fbi has had a role in the case, including the letter that dianne feinstein passed to the fbi in kavanaugh i've background file. any request would have to come from the white house as he was leaving for the carolinas this morning, mr. president suggested that he doesn't have any appetite to do that. listen here. >> well, if fbi has been very involved with respect to justice kavanaugh. they know him very well. they've investigated him six times. they've investigated him for this hearing. look, if she shows up and makes a credible showing, that will be very interesting and we'll have to make a decision. but i can only say this. he's such an outstanding man, very hard for me to imagine that anything happened. >> attorneys for christine

blasey ford are upping the ante saying before the senate judiciary has a hearing, the fbi should investigate. having her appear at a hearing monday is too soon. listen here. >> she will talk with the committee. she's not prepared to talk with them at a hearing on monday. this just came out 48 hours ago. >> so point blank, if there's not an investigation between now and then, she would not appear on monday in a public hearing? >> no investigation -- any legitimate investigation is going to happen between now and monday. this is going to take some time. what needs to happen is there shouldn't be a rush to a hearing. >> a lot of people are making comparisons to 1991 when anita hill's accusations against clarence thomas were investigated briefly by the fbi. that investigation took place when the allegations were still confidential. they didn't go public until ten days after the fbi had returned

its report and that report led the white house to believe that her allegations were unfounded. shep? >> shepard: kavanaugh's former boss, president george w. bush released a statement of his own today. >> yeah, he's getting support from his former boss, bush 43 saying laura and i have none and respected brett kavanaugh for decades and we stand by our comments the night judge kavanaugh was nominated. he's a fine husband, friend and a man of the highest integrity and will make a suburb justice for the supreme court of the united states. contrast with what hillary clinton said on msnbc about the need for the fbi to look further into this before the judiciary committee takes it up. listen here. >> give the benefit of the doubt to the court and the country and that means have an investigation that will then lead to a hearing that will then led to a vote in appropriate.

instead, they are playing the hardest of hardballs to try to pack the port with another nominee regardless of the question. >> even though the fbi could not launch a criminal investigation into what allegedly happened more than 30 years ago, it's possible they could reopen the background investigation. they would need to get a request from the requesting agency, and that agency is the white house. so far, shep, again, no indication that they feel any need to do that. shep? >> shepard: john roberts on the north lawn. as john reported, anita hill accused justice clarence thomas of sexual harassment and testified that during his confirmation process nearly 30 years ago. people of a certain age might never forget it. today she has advice for senators on how to handle this situation for judge kavanaugh. >> push the pause button on this hearing. get the information together. bring in the experts and put together a hearing that is fair,

that is impartial, that is not biassed by politics or by myth. and bring this information to the american public. >> shepard: anita hill on abc's good morning america. chuck grassley of iowa says an outside investigation "is not necessary." team fox coverage continues now. mike emanuel live on capitol hill. mike? >> shep, good afternoon. main republican senator susan collins, a critical vote on the judge kavanaugh nomination tweeted this afternoon i hope that dr. ford will reconsider and testify before the senate judiciary committee monday. it is my understanding that the committee has offered to hold either a public or private session, whichever would make her more comfortable. earlier, the chairman said his focus on the the rest of the week is on trying to get her, dr. ford, to tell her story. >> we've got to have time to plan for a hearing.

if it's going to come off, there's a certain time we have to notify people if there's not going to be a hearing. i don't have to notify anybody about that yet. i have hoping that this person who pleaded through "the washington post" -- i didn't learn about anything about this until i read her name in "the washington post." >> there's a number of republicans here on capitol hill that think this professor may have a change of heart. she may want to tell her story. if not, there's a number of republicans eager to get going with a vote. shep? >> shepard: what are republicans and democrats saying about dr. ford's accusations? >> democrats are saying at this stage republicans should not be rushing her. her attorney says that by coming forward, by being public about this, her life has been turned upside-down. there's been threats to her life and her family has had to move out of her home. i asked a democrat senator earlier this afternoon if it's possible to get solid information on an allegation

from 36 years ago when there's uncertainty about the timing and location. >> the fbi is pretty good. i prosecuted 38-year-old cases. they're good about locating witnesses and finding people. that's their job. they're better at it than the senate majority or minority staff. that's what the fbi does. that's what they're trained to do. so they can at least give a shot. if they don't let her have an opportunity to do it, we'll never know. >> it sounds like the committee's deadline is friday morning for dr. ford and her team to notify the committee whether she intends to testify monday or not, shep. >> shepard: mike emanuel on capitol hill. thanks. jean cummings is here from the "wall street journal." the journal and fox news share common ownership. good thanks. >> hi. >> shepard: where are we in the historical arc of this thing now? can you give us an idea? >> well, i do think it's up in the air right now.

i doubt that we're going to have a hearing on monday unless judge kavanaugh is going to come himself and refute the allegations before the committee and take questions. that's entirely possible. he certainly is prepared for that. so they could do that on monday. then move to the floor vote. it's very clear that senator mcconnell is going -- is determined to try to stay on schedule or as close to it as he can and get this done before the october 1 start of the session. >> shepard: there's another woman that says she went to school at this time, christina king miranda that spoke with nbc news. she's written on facebook that it was discussed at school, she knows there was an invest. she has no first hand knowledge but all the buzz about school. if there are people that knew things and the accuser wants an investigation, what is the republican's reason for not having an investigation?

>> well, some of the republican senators say he has already gone through so many background checks to get on the court where he sits today, he served in prior white houses. so he's not an unknown commodity to the fbi. so if there was something really major in his background, they argue it would have been found in one of the four or five other times when the fbi did investigate his background. so that is a position of many of the republicans in that there's not a need to go and do an expanded background check. >> shepard: there is no suggestion that the fbi or anyone that did a background check the previous times interviewed dr. ford or this classmate that says she has a recollection of the incident or anyone else at the school as far as we know. if not, why not do that now based on a lifetime appointment? i supposes that the democrat's question. >> it is what their question is.

and clearly what is driving this nomination are politics. right? >> shepard: of course. >> they have to get it done before the mid-terms. there's a risk that they could lose the senate and so mcconnell -- this is a legacy issue for him. it's a legacy issue for the white house counsel. it's very important to the president because this is one of his major campaign promises and he's on the verge of being able to deliver it. so those are the reasons that there isn't an investigation. in addition to the fact that when the prior fbi background checks were being done, the fbi did not know about this allegation. it's new. >> shepard: and given that its new, might there be increased pressure on those that are not for an investigation to have a further one now? again, this is a lifetime appointment. it would be -- well, it's up to the people in charge whether you do such a thing or not. you wonder how it will play out

politically for both sides if they don't. >> well, absolutely. this puts a lot of pressure on more -- more pressure on senators collins and murkowski. they're going to be confronted with the choice of having to vote yay or nay on a nominee with this allegation against them. they don't know if it's true or not. in addition to that, judge kavanaugh will -- if he's confirmed will join the supreme court and it will be unknown whether he ever did this or not. it's never been investigated. >> shepard: perilous teams. jeanne cummings, thanks so much. coming up, president trump on the ground now in the carolinas. in fact, we expect to see him again in just a moment. this is video from a short time ago. he's there days after hurricane florence roared ashore. he was in north carolina a short time ago.

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north carolina where he helped volunteers pass out food at a church. more than 4,000 homes damaged or destroyed in that small town. our senior correspondent rick leventhal is about 80 miles down the coast in wilmington, north carolina which is surrounded and cut off by flood waters after the storm. rick? >> shepard, we believe we watched the president fly over on new bern to south carolina in a convoy of helicopters. he went into new bern where he passed out hot meals to residents driving through the food distribution point at a church after he landed at the marine corps station this morning. he got a briefing from local, state and federal officials. after handing out the meals, he headed to town where he saw some heavy damage there's that you reported on. the thousands of and hundreds of homes there inundated with more

than six feet of flood waters. thousands of structures have been damaged or destroyed. 10,000 people are still in shelters. some 3,000 rescued by air or boat along with hundreds of pets. 150,000 without power. the president offering re-assurances today. >> the insurance company doesn't want to pay. maybe we'll try to help you. i want the name of the insurance company, okay? >> there is some progress to report, shepard. 80% of the roads here in wilmington have been cleared. half of the people have gotten their power back. there's a curfew in effect and the flood waters could rise again early next week. >> shepard: last check, rick, officials are blaming this storm for the deaths of 37 people. >> yeah. 27 of them here in north carolina where the governor said they took a death

punch. two more deaths overnight in south carolina. there were a couple of mental health detainees being transported in a sheriff's van. a couple of deputies were in the van. they drove into flood waters and got trapped. the deputies got out. they said they tried to save the two women in the van. couldn't get them out. the deputies were plucked off the top of the van. more than 1,000 roads closed by flood waters. officials say if you evacuated, it's too soon to come back. the worst isn't over yet, shep. >> shepard: thanks, rick. as the president continues to visit the flooded areas in north carolina, the governor is warning people not to go home. we'll have more on the hardest hit areas in the state and the president is expected in south carolina a short time from now. the white house pool will have coverage that we'll provide for you on america's news and

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parking lots are washed out. take a look at how high the water is in some areas. in just a moment. first, president trump with breaking news now on fox news channel. he's getting a briefing in south carolina. th let's listen. >> we're waiting for the infrastructure bill. here's the thing. if we can get it in emergency disaster declaration. we need a lifeline. >> what are you going to do for other states? >> first step is to give them 95. we get to 95 -- >> $1.2 billion for us to get to 95. horry is putting in $1.3 million. if we can get to -- >> it would solve a lot of problems. why don't you and lindsey start

looking at that with tom? we're going to be looking at this for years, right? >> now you have a real builder. >> the secretary general and i have met -- >> what do they say? >> they say we have to have a project that we're looking for. [inaudible] >> shepard: my understanding how this is about to work as follows. the president is getting a briefing. the rest is behind closed doors. then he will go to nor a tour and it's our understanding that he will walk around with residents and get a chance to hear from him then. if that happens, we'll take you there live.

we talked about topsail beach and we showed you the before and after pictures. not far up the coast from where the store came ashore. one of the worst hit areas. you can remember the outer bands just punished that coast, this is the before picture. this is the after picture i should say. i'm a long way from a monitor, this is the after picture. you can see a number of homes are washed out there. much of the road is destroyed. let me tell you, the flooding is still awful. our reporter, steve harrigan, is in the middle of it right now. hi, steve. >> shepard, we start out in topsail beach. that was serious wind. we moved inland and in downtown fayetteville. north cool springs street. you can see the flooding here severe. the cape fear river crested last nights at 61 1/2 feet. a 70-year high. the flooding is serious but not catastrophic. they have lifted the evacuation,

lifted the curfew. little by little we're seeing some residents begin to return to their homes to see the damage. >> we've been in the house a year. so we just being positive. nothing you can do. nothing you can do. start over. >> that man like many here will be forced to start all over. pulling out flooded furniture in this 90-degree heat despite the fact that 20,000 federal workers have been mobilized to help. we've seen people do it on their own. 16 rivers across the state of north carolina still at major flood stage. shepard? >> shepard: fayetteville, north carolina for us this morning. florence dumped nearly three feet of rain in elizabethtown, north carolina. three feet. a small town halfway between wilmington and fayetteville. it got slammed with the highest recorded rainfall total of the entire storm.

our leland vittert is downstream. leland? >> the highway patrol has come to close this road here. we watched it go from a little water to rushing water. important. this is how people die in hurricanes. the running water and the fast run during floods. people try to make it across these recovers and unable. the cape fear river itself is at least a mile that way. still they have all of this water continuing to rise here. late yesterday afternoon, our photographer went out with rescue crews as they were going door-to-door on their boats driving down streets, making sure that people were out of every home that was there. those people that were still in their homes, they delivered a dire warning. pretty simple. if you stay, we probably will not be able to come back and get you as this water continues to

rise, shepard. it's a race against time for the highway patrol. they only have so many troopers and they have more roads potentially to get flooded as they warn people that there's not an option to go across the water as it continues to rise here, shepard. >> shepard: leland vittert on scene down from elizabethtown, north carolina. i mentioned the president. we'll get to that. ahead, the bottom of the hour and the top of the news what could president trump's most stinging comments yet for attorney general jeff sessions. the president says it's not just the russia investigation that has him upset. also, north korea offering to scrap their main nuclear plant. but the proposal comes with a catch. and the woman who helped kidnap elizabeth smart has caulked free. how a miscalculation led to a release years earlier than expected. we're hearing from her victim who says the woman is still dangerous. the man fighting a legal battle

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have had a blind spot. this morning, the president softened things in recognized that yeah, he does have an attorney general. >> i'm disappointed in the attorney general for numerous reasons. but we have an attorney general. i'm disappointed in the attorney general for many reasons. you understand that. >> shepard: you understand why. the. says it's not just russia either. he says he's not happy with the way he handled the situation at the border. sessions hasn't responded. the last time he was pounded this way, he said he wouldn't let politics influence the justice department. john bussey is here from the "wall street journal." when you think things can't get worse. he denied his existence. he said oh, i don't have an attorney general. but the attorney general isn't

supposed to be on his team. he works for the people. >> right. >> not the president. >> right. and you have to ask yourself, why? this has been going on for months and month. the president saying these things about his attorney general, sessions. why is this happening in public? why not resolve it in private? if you don't like him, move on to the next attorney general? why the constant humiliation of sessions? you have to conclude that the big issue for him is recusing himself from the mueller investigation. mr. mueller is moving rapidly by the standard of special counsels. he's getting indictments, he's getting guilty pleas, convictions. you have to conclude that the president feels vulnerable. why that may be, perhaps only mr. mueller knows. maybe he's not vulnerable. maybe he's angry at the process. he keeps it in this public with this monthly attack on mr. sessions. >> shepard: if goal is to get jeff sessions to resign so he

can put somebody in that position that would not have to recuse himself and change the scope of the mueller investigation, so far at least it's not working. >> it's problematic. if that's what you want to do, firing him feels obstruction of justice doesn't it? so maybe you force him to resign. even there, the senate has said -- many in congress have said you're going to have a hard time getting a replacement from sessions through the congress, particularly in a dance of the mid-terms. so do you want to do this now? we don't want to be seen as putting a different person in who might be more malleable for -- to get this investigation. what happens between now and the mid-terms? probably just more of the same. what is very interestingly, the sessions statement that you cited. he said we're not going to let politics get in the way here. after the mid-terms, after there's a new complexion in the

congress, perhaps he will see action by the president. >> shepard: effectively, whether this is the goal or not is another matter, i'm not inside his head, i don't know, but the effect of this has been to make the base turn on jeff sessions, which they have. they used to love him. now they don't. i read it. i'm sure. >> turn on the justice department and turn on the fbi and turn on an investigation that the president wishes to discredit. because it is moving towards him. or maybe it's not. we don't know yet. we don't know what mueller has and doesn't have. maybe his final record will say that the president, nothing happened, nothing went wrong. the president is obviously feeling vulnerable to this process and wants to make something out of it. it's entirely possible, these comments were made today because the kavanaugh issue is in the news. instead of having the press, the media focus just on the

vulnerabilities of his supreme court nominee or the alleged vulnerabilities, maybe he wanted to change the topic. so once again he did. >> shepard: it's the first big issue that has come before the president that he has remained silent on twitter about. i've not seen one like this. somebody somewhere has gotten him to stay focused and on message on this matter. >> on the kavanaugh matter. >> shepard: and it has observed the president very well. >> yeah, not saying anything about dr. ford. >> shepard: yeah. >> and that's part of the very sensitive politics that are being played out here. you're right. he's very discipline. >> shepard: but in person, he said i can't imagine anything happened. that's a nod toward his nominee, not toward the victim making statements with no facts to back her up. >> correct. he said we want to let time not be an issue. we want to hear from her. we her before the hearing. he wants to play -- everybody's eye is on the mid-terms.

>> shepard: the president is in south carolina. he's being briefed. the pool cameras are back. we're going to listen in. >> welcome to horry county. if you've been looking for rain and water, you've come to the right place. we're delighted to have the president here and others as well. we have not had a disaster like this before. hurricane hugo was a tremendous blow. it came in a hurry and left in a hurry. hurricane florence left record amounts of rain. so our problem has not been the wind and the rain hitting us but with the rain that is still here and we have not only the record amounts that dropped on south carolina, particularly in this third of the state, but we have the water coming down from north carolina because we have three watersheds, three river

sheds that all come to where we are. so the rain, the water you see out there now, is just the beginning. the worst is yet to come. we're going to have water outside this building maybe four feet deep, maybe five feet deep, maybe less. we have people that need help. the good news is, the team in south carolina is up to the job. we have had the best cooperation and coordination and preparation that people say they have ever seen. it goes from volunteers to private companies and private people as well as the local authorities, the state authorities with our congressional delegation and everybody in between. not the least of which has been our federal partners. we've had more cooperation and coordination and communication with our federal partners than we have ever had before.

this may be the worst disaster that we've had in south carolina. in cooperation and the assistance and the encouragement and confidence given to our people, the federal establishment and what we call team south carolina is beyond compare. so we are confident that we're going to build our way out of this. we've managed the hurricane. now we have to manage the floods and then we'll manage the reconstruction and the rebuilding. one great thing that we have helping us is this man standing behind me, president donald trump. we're delighted you're here. [applause] >> thank you. you're doing a fantastic job. everybody, everybody, the job that you're doing, the

coordination. we just left north carolina. they got hit really, really hard. they are working. all of that water is coming your way. a lot of people don't know that. they assume you look outside, see the beautiful weather. but over the next couple days, it's going to get rough in south carolina. so the federal government is behind you. we have lindsey graham here, tim scott. they have really -- they're with us all the way. they're with us all the way. whatever we need from washington, we're there. our team, i don't think there's a better team than this. from everybody. virtually everybody said it. what we're doing on a federal basis, what you're doing on a local basis and the coordination has been absolutely incredible. so i know you have a rough few days, going to last a long time. could last a long time. we're behind you from day one.

from three days ago, now it's nice, but it's the calm before the storm. you're going to have a lot of water. we see it. it's coming down. nobody would believe this could happen. already you've broken the records, this is going to add four, five, six feet of water all over the state. so washington is with you. trump is with you. we're all with you 100%. we'll get through it. i think the most exciting part is going to be that rebuild. we're going to have a lot of rebuilding. a lot of damage. i flew over it. you haven't been hit yet by comparison to what's coming. i love south carolina. i love this state. i'm very proud of henry mcmaster the job he's done as your governor. i can tell you that tim and lindsey and myself and tom, you're great congressmen, we're in there fighting. it's going to work out very well. this room, the job you do, is

great. we really want to thank you. this is real emergency stuff at the highest level. we want to thank you. so anything i can do, you all know where to call me. we will be there. thank you. [applause] i'd like to introduce the man that has been working overtime. he has been prepared for this for actually a long time. over the last four or five days, nobody has worked harder than general livingston. i want to thank you. general, say a few words. >> thanks so much. you know, in south carolina, we always talk about team south carolina. everybody sitting out here is part of team south carolina. and i told that to the president. i said, maybe i ought to call it america now. many have come in.

he said no, i like south carolina. he wants to be part of our team. that's team south carolina. team south carolina has been out there from day one with evacuations. we've been evacuating people, working search and rescue, taking care of our citizens, welfare checks, security. infrastructure hardening. that's everybody sitting in this room doing that. now we're getting ready for this blow. we're working on the infrastructure, getting ready to move our people and we got backup to backup to backup. if we lose a road, which we don't think we'll do, we have bridg bridges. we'll bring in aircraft. we're redry to take care of the people of south carolina that also happen to be part of team south carolina. i want to give a quick shout-out to the governor's military force, the south carolina national guard. while we're fighting this flood,

we have men and women on the southwest border. we have men and women in afghanistan and we have men and women in kuwait fighting the syrian battle. taking care of this nation while we also take care of our people. mr. president, thank you so much for your support of this great state. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> to put things in perspective at the local level, first off, thank you to everyone involved in this. many of you in this room are victims as well. the support you given this operation and those in the field supporting what's going on, not only, you know, all the volunteers, the staff, everybody, all the coordination between all the jurisdictions, in my opinion, this is the way it's supposed to be done. i think we're showing that each and every day. you're making it easy for me and i hope we're making it easier for the president and the

governor and the generals. if you do it right, it's easier. we're looking at a very tough situation in horry county. record level of flooding for three out of the last four years is a tremendous challenge. i will tell you right now, this is one of the most challenging events i've ever been involved in. but the team, team horry, team south carolina, has -- every chance we can get to make this as good as we can, save lives as much as possible, protect property as much as possible. to do the things we can do now so hopefully the recovery will go quicker and we'll get things up and running as soon as possible. so we know what we're facing. we want everybody else to understand what we may be facing, what is coming is unprecedented. but we want everybody to know, this team, all of us, state,

federal partners are behind everybody in horry county and the p.d. region. we'll get through it, make it happen and be better for it in the end. i'm very proud, mr. president. i want to thank you for your commitment and your help. [applause] >> we're with you all the way. 100%. thank you. thank you. [applause] >> shepard: the president in horry county, south carolina. team horry, team south carolina and the president is apparently on board this afternoon. man, they've been through a lot. the recovery is going to be long and arduous. rick leventhal has been covering the president's visit. he's in wilmington up the coast in north carolina.

rick, so much ahead. >> yeah, there is, shepard. i thought it was an interesting comparison, south carolina's governor made between hugo and florence. i was in charleston when hugo hit. it was a beast, a category four. it slammed charleston and moved out quickly. the governor is saying that this is a very different situation. florence hit and it's lingered for a very long time and the rain continues to fall to the north of the river, swollen rivers flowing to the south. some of them have not crested yet. that's what they're trying to reinforce here. the flood waters may be receding some places but rising in others. the danger is far from over. >> shepard: rick, thanks so much. we talked about that hugo storm. hugo was -- had the crazy winds that snapped tree after tree. didn't create this flooding issue as much. it was enormous windstorm and

chainsaw event for days and weeks. much longer after that. this one has ruined people's lives because it's destroyed their homes. home after home. think of 4,000 people in new bern. 4,000 homes. so many more than 4,000 people involved here in new bern. that's just one little town among dozens and dozens and dozens that have been affected. some of those little towns, history tells us, just can't figure out a way to recover. businesses go under, people don't return to their homes. they can't get insurance, have to move somewhere else. in the big city, you get a lot of attention and a lot of help from hither and yon. sometimes the little towns never come back, a hard thing to watch over the decades. history repeats itself again and again. the head of the world's largest business organization says the single biggest threat to our economy right now, the single biggest threat is an all-out global trade war.

the president of the u.s. chamber of commerce says the president can avoid that if he strikes a deal with canada and mexico on nafta. the canadian foreign minister met with the trade representative in washington today. susan lee is here. what happened? >> it's the first face to face in eight days between the two. fourth meeting in four weeks. people are skeptical about whether or not we're going to get a deal this week. there's a washington imposed deadline of september 30th. that's when they need to publish legalized text so everybody can sign off on this, including the outgoing president. people are skeptical at this point. both said they would rather sign no deal than a bad deal. canada has taken advantage of us for a very long time when it comes to trade. steve scalise coming out with a stronger statement, if i can bring that to you. says there's a growing frustration with many in congress regarding canada's

negotiating tactics. members are concerned that canada does not seem to be ready or even willing to make concessions. key points for canada that they keep talking about. dispute panels, how do you resolve resolutions. canada's dairy market that the president has renerd to over and over again. they want to protect canada's industries as well. as you said, there's no nafta without canada signing on. don't forget the administration only has congressional approval to negotiate with mexico and canada. >> shepard: not either or. that's one issue. north america. the other is with china. we've seen this escalating trade war with canada. nobody knows where it's going. now we're finding out as we as individuals will be affected. >> absolutely. we'll be paying more with auto parts. 10 billion are imported to the u.s. each year. that filters through the simply chain. what is being excluded a and the most important part, we have

apple air pods and the watches or childrens goods. >> shepard: excluded for now. >> yes. >> shepard: the woman that helped kidnap elizabeth smart from her home left prison today wanda barzee spent 15 years in custody. in june, officials say she would spend time behind bars for six years. her lawyers argue she spent that time in federal prison. barzee helped her husband kidnap elizabeth smart. smart said barzee encouraged her husband to rape her in captivity and she thinks the woman is a big threat to society. the man investigators say killed the iowa college student, molly tibbets has pleaded not guilty today. cristhian rivera faces a first degree murder charge. investigators say he led them to

tibbets' body in a corn field. molly tibbets was last seen jogging in central iowa in july, brooklyn, iowa. according to a criminal complaint, the suspect told investigators that he ran after her and that he panicked and got mad when molly tibbets said she would call the police. investigators say tibbets was stabbed to death, a trial set for april. the man that tried to sell blueprints for making untraceable plastic guns is now accused of sexually assaulting an underage girl. cops say cody wilson met the girl on a dating website called sugar daddy meet and paid her $500. investigators say they have video of them getting everybody an escalator. we're still waiting to hear from wilson and his attorney. should news break out, we'll break in. breaking news changes everything

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