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"reporting" starts now. our reporting begins with a lot of news about president trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort including accusations he violated his plea deal. that is confirmed. and today the unconfirmed report that he held secret meetings with wikileaks founder julia juliana -- julian assange and white house president secretary sarah sanders was asked about it and wouldn't comment on manafort during the afternoon's briefing but said she is quote, certainly confident, unquote, president trump was not part of collusion. a source close to manafort tells fox news the report is totally false. wikileaks also denies it and

offered this twitter response. remember this day when the guardians permitted a serial fabricator to destroy the paper's reputation. wikileaks is willing to bet the guardian $1 million and its editor's head that manafort never met assange but manafort is facing new troubles now anyway because last night the special counsel, robert mueller, said he repeatedly lied to prosecutors violating his plea agreement meaning the former campaign chair could face more charges and prison time. the special counsel's team is looking into whether members of the trump campaign knew in advance wikileaks was going to public hacked democratic e-mails weeks before the presidential election. robert mueller is also looking into possible collusion between russia and members of president trump's campaign and whether the

president obstructed justice. the president said there's no obstruction or collusion. john roberts reporting live from the north lawn. >> reporter: as you pointed out at the white house commenting on the guardian report on paul manafort and any meetings he may have had with julian assange in years past they said there's no truth to the story and false and there were no meetings between the two and an official statement is forthcoming but with manafort in jail it's taking longer to get the is dot and ts crossed. though at the last alleged meeting in march of 2016 before manafort joined the trump campaign. sarah huckabee sanders punted when asked about it. >> remain confident in the white house's assertion that the president was involved in no

wrongdoing or part of any collusion. the things that have to do with mr. manafort i refer to his attorneys. >> reporter: and after the special counsel's office and robert mueller said they wanted paul manafort to be sentenced because he's been lying to investigators when he was supposed to be cooperating with them as part of his plea agreement. mann afford's side -- manafort's side saying he believes he is provided truthful information and does not agree with the government's characterization or he has breached the agreement and this is a curious line, given the conflict in the party's positions, there's no reason to delay the sentencing herein and asks the court to sent a sentencing day in the manner that means paul manafort who is already in jail will likely go away for a long time

faces 10 years or more in jail. that has tongues wagging in washington, d.c. that his eagerness to go to jail means he can potentially get a pardon from president trump and sara sanders was asked whether they were considering a pardon and said there were no pardons in discussion at this point. >> shepard: you asked about a possible report from special counsel mueller. >> reporter: everybody assumes the special counsel is righting a report on collusion and he wrote when he finalizes his report will he look at actions of many kinds including many on the other side, in pa rrenthesi

podesta. the president seemed to be concerned about the prospect of a mueller report so i asked the press secretary about that. >> what are his concerns about any forthcoming mueller report and is that report supposed to be delivered to no one else by the attorney. is he concerned? >> he knows there's no wrongdoing by him and no collusion so i don't think he has concerns on that front. >> if he has no concerns why is he tweeting so voicive >> she's >> they were showing displeasure and under the special counsel's report because there's a notion this will be made public.

under the statute the special counsel's report goes to the interim attorney general or who comes after jeff sessions after senate confirmation but there's a concern someone will fire a copy out the back door and the president's trying to get ahead of that. >> shepard: judge andrew napolitano no concerns of the witch hunt which has indicted many. >> it's supposed to go to attorney general so matt whitaker is the acting un-senate confirmed attorney general and there's a federal statute that says the person has to be a person confirmed by the senate. we don't know where that

litigation is going to go but bob mueller can also release other documents like he did yesterday when he filed with the trial judge saying he lied, the deal is off. manafort said he didn't lie. by manafort saying i didn't lie and in the course of the testimony -- >> shepard: a separate trial. >> a mini trial, shep. >> shepard: on the specific matter on whether he lied. >> if she did lie she can sentence him to more time in jail than if he didn't lie. what will come out of that hearing is probably a deep concern to the president because the prosecutors will say here's what he told us and here's what we have to contradict him. >> shepard: john roberts reported there's questions whether he's expect a pardon. if he were to get a pardon based on what i read and charges in

various jurisdictions it wouldn't help him completely. >> the guilty play is 177 pages long and i've never seen one like this and so crafted by mueller and manafort when he was indicted of bank fraud and money launders of commercial bribery of foreign officials in federal court he also pled guilty to uncharged state crimes in new jersey, in virginia and in california. why did they do that? to make it pardon proof so if president trump, which he can do, does pardon him for the federal crimes the attorney in those states can find him guilty. >> shepard: if you say i'm guilty and all of a sudden now this has happened, would that suggest that something has changed between the time of the signing of the agreement and this time? >> it would suggest to me that

the mueller team is ready to give us a rode of road mad and we may get the road map between russian agent and the trump campaign and see whether or not he lied. >> shepard: what do you mean a road map? on what he's about to do? >> what evidence they have found showing a connection. we know of 87 communities between the campaign and russian agent. if there's a road map it would show what agreements were made between the members of the campaign, if any, and russian agent. i don't think it's a coincidence the report from the guardian denied by wikileaks and the manafort people and it says manafort was communicating with

assange -- >> shepard: as far back as 2012, i believe. >> correct. it seems to be coming together and john roberts is getting the feeling it's coming together but the first time you asked where the report would go, he can speak through means by other than the report by filing documents in a court. >> shepard: there could be sealed indictments already. >> it wouldn't surprise me if there are, meaning the grand jury has seen the documents. >> shepard: so you'd wait and unseal the documents in a manner you feel best serves the prosecution. >> the reason you'd wait is you have a witness you're still interviewing and that witness's name is paul manafort. >> shepard: if he's now seen as one who lied and lied does it hurt the case?

>> he's pled guilty to the crimes of lying but what appears to hurt the prosecutor they don't have the witness anymore, hurts the president because when they lay out to a federal judge what lies he told and what evidence they have to contradict that, that could be very upsetting to the president. >> shepard: the president every single day without exception said he laid into the prosecution as any number of things and not the least of which the overriding theme is he's trying to cast aspersions against the investigation such that when it comes out with something, whatever it is being the president can say, well, you never should have listened to them anyway. >> we all heard the president's anger and steadfast insistence neither he or anyone in the campaign have done anything wrong and bob mueller has played by the book, no leaks or exaggerations we know of.

>> shepard: i want to follow-up on breaking news from the last hour. we heard a little bit and weren't going to mention it because we didn't have enough. you can imagine how often there are active shooter situations. want to make sure it's real before you put it out in the public so we were holding off and know the whole active shooter thing at walter reed was a drill. that's all i -- it was. these are tense times. it was a drill today. remember the midterm election three weeks ago? it's not over. but today the last remaining race for the united states senate could finally get settled. we'll take you to mississippi where democrats are trying to flip a seat in the deep red state and where thanksgiving lunch was terrific, pity pat. insurance that won't replace

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senate. democratic mike espy voted earlier today in mississippi. he's trying to become the first democrat to win a senate seat in that state since 1982 and the state's first african american senator since reconstruction. mike espy is running against the gop candidate, cindy hyde-smith. the race should have been a runaway for a republican in the red state. president trump won there by 18 points. if this one is different at all, it would potentially be a reason. on november 2nd, cindy hyde smith said she'd be in the front row of a public hanging if anyone invited her and she later apologized and said there was no ill will and refused to discuss it further and was recorded speaking fondly of voter suppression for those who don't support her. mississippi will decide whether

she should represent them in washington. peter doocy reporting live. >> reporter: i've spoke to colleagues for cindy hyde smith and they said they feel bad for her about the controversy clouding her campaign because they think in d.c. she's a nice person. hyde-smith not address the controversy this morning when she went to vote and didn't mention it either last night at a pair of rallies with president trump saying if they're going to elect hyde-smith as the first woman in mississippi they'll have to vote for the second time in three weeks. >> it is such a critical election tomorrow. we have got to go out. what's on the ballot tomorrow is not just my name, cindy hyde-smith but your conservative values. that's what's on the ballot tomorrow. >> reporter: is the speakers

before hyde-smith and president trump tried to cast mike espy as too corrupt for the clintons, referring to a '90s era indictment against then-agricultural secretary espy as part of an effort to motivate black voters in the state and encourage cross-over voters. espy is acknowledging black voters along even in historic numbers will not be enough to help him get elected as the first black senator since reconstruction. >> it's still the problem of the color line. what i'm trying to do in our campaign is reach across that line and reach cross that racial chasm and bring everyone together. >> reporter: and despite all the national attention on the race, turnout appears so far to be modest. shep. >> shepard: peter doocy live in

jackson, mississippi where the polls close at 7:00 tonight. a new wrinkle as lawmakers look to reach a deal before a bipartisan shutdown. could it affect the special counsel's investigation? that question and answers as our reporting continues on capitol hill. there's little rest for a single dad,

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>> we have been reporting on the guardian story we said to you repeat lid and we -- repeatedly and there was a discussion at the white house and we can't confirm this, we can't confirm if it's true or not and paul manafort just sent out a statement and i'll read it to you in its entirety. here it is, the story is totally false and deliberately libellous. i have never met julian assange or have ever been connected to anyone from wikileaks directly or indirectly or ever reached out to assange or wikileaks on any matter. we're considering all legal options against the guardian, the newspaper involved who proceeded with the story even of the being notified by my representatives that it is fault. this story is not to be confused with the new statement from

robert mueller where the plea deal to which paul manafort entered is void now because according to robert mueller, the special counsel, paul manafort lied repeatedly to the feds. it's two separate stories. the one i mentioned is confirmed the guardian one is where paul manafort entered a statement. there's a lame duck congress right now and it's to avoid a shut down. that's all lawmakers have to do before a new congress starts up in january and gets going again. this time instead of being simple there's drama. it has to do with the special counsel, robert mueller. remember, he say -- is a government employee. but even if someone cut off his cash, say in a government shutdown it would be a tough slog. our producer reporting live.

>> reporter: they have to work out seven of the remaining spending bills to avoid a partial government shutdown it has to do we commerce justice and science spending bill and if there's a shutdown any one deemed not essential can't go to work. here's something that protects robert mueller. there's a definite appropriate definition. to protect the special counsel investigating iran contra and the congress didn't want it caught -- cut off. you could have doj employees maybe deemed non-essential fbi agent, clerks prosecutors but

the money would still go out the door even with a government shutdown january 8. >> shepard: the russians releasing what they claim is a video confession there is reportedly a confession from the people the russians captured. see there. the russians said they forced home to lie and the deadliest troops for americans fighting in the longest war. the attack in afghanistan coming up.

>> shepard: the russians released a video of ukrainian

soldiers confessing they went into their waters and it's not clear whether the men were forced to talk but it appears at least one is calmly reading from a teleprompter. the head of ukraine's navy said he russians are forcing his men to lie. the latest escalation in a fight that threatens to bring the two countries to the bring -- brink of war. >> reporter: of the 24 ukrainian sailors captured sunday, five appeared a russian court today to face charges of illegally entering russian waters. all five were sentenced to stay in russia detained for the next two months. twelve more sailors will appear in courts. today russian president vladamir putin weighed in on a call with angela merkel.

additionally the kremlin warned tuesday the introduction of martial law in ukraine this week could stoke tension in the region and it gives the country's increased defense capabilities an easily mobilize troops. during an interview today, the ukrainian president poroschenko said he has intelligence russia is gathering troops and they expressed concern about a russian ground invasion amid controversy they said they're interesting to look for conflict and russian heardship -- leadership. >> shepard: more now on how the united states is responding. team fox conference continues with our correspondent.

>> reporter: mike pompeo said he wants russia to return ukraine's ships and sailors saying quote, reports russian vessels rammed the cruise ships represents a dangerous escalation and they said vladamir putin and p poroschenko should try to work it out and the secretary said he expressed strong u.s. support for ukraine's soften -- soverei sovereign rights and michael bolton referred to nikki haley and she maintained they'll continue with their sanctions. there's a number of european

governments also pushing for increase the sanctions on russia. there's a conversation ongoing within the european union whether they'd implement the measures and there's a feeling particularly among the germans they want to see how it plays out in the coming days before they move to increase sanction. there are calls to increase sanctions on russia on top of the long list of sanction the world and united states have focussed on the russian government in particular when it comes to the seizure of crimea and election interference and the poisoning of a former russian spy in the united kingdom and on top of that the united states government is tracking an expected meeting between president trump and russian president putin at the g20 summit. >> shepard: a road side bomb killed three american troops in afghanistan and injured three more. this is the deadliest attack on u.s. forces there this year.

it comes 17 years into america's longest war. a war that has cost the united states more than $700 billion and killed more than 2200 americans. jennifer givin reporting live from the pentagon -- griffen reporting from the pentagon. >> reporter: one american contractor was also wounded after the vehicle drove under a massive bomb under the road. the four were flown to a u.s. military hospital. >> we extend our thoughts and prayers to the loved ones of those killed and those recovering. the united states is grateful for their service and forever in debt of their sacrifice. >> reporter: the attack comes two days after sergeant leandro jaso was killed near the border near iran. we were told he was killed by friendly fire with afghan forces he was fighting alongside.

he returned to dover air force base late last night. the decorated soldier was killed during his third deployment and part of the elite 75th ranger regiment. another 79 troops have been severely wounded. >> shepard: and far from the first attack on servicemembers even this week. >> reporter: what i can tell you is that earlier this week there was the attack that left sergeant jaso dead. he was fighting along the iranian border consider is an area we're not used to hearing attacks occurring. we learned he was going against an al-qaeda target and partnered with afghanistan forces and and

were in close contact and it was a friendly fire incident. what we don't know is what caused the attack in ghazni about 100 miles from the capital that left the three americans dead from the road side bomb. it's interesting this is the same area the top u.s. commander was seen in recent days carrying an m-4 rifle. not usual to see the top u.s. commander carrying a weapon besides his typical sidearm. and ghazni is an area the taliban has made a resurgence. >> shepard: jennifer, before you go, how is it possible there's an active shooter drill at walter reed and people don't know? >> reporter: this is the question we've been asking because as soon as the reports started coming on twitter there was an active shooter, it first came from a congressman held up

with 40 people in a conference room and then reached out to patients in walter reed and they were bir caided in their room -- barricaded in their rooms and we called the press office and they said there were reports of an active shooter and the base was on lockdown and it was a white alert. so we were told to inform people to stay in their rooms. all along we learned it was a drill all along and nobody was informed and the media was certainly not informed and the officials and patients at walter reed there are amputees so it created a lot of stress for the wounded veterans as well as their family members. >> shepard: jennifer, thank you. appreciate it. the employee of the -- an employee of the french senate is facing accusations of spying for north korea. a judicial official in france

said police arrested the man sunday the official said investigators started looking in to him for collecting and delivering information putting the nation susceptible. this is the man. he headed the french-korean friendship association and traveled to the koreas as part of the role and wrote a book and essays about north korea accused as a spy. an american man holding on for dear life. have you seen this? as he took his first ever hang gliding trip, he's on the left and he's just fine but wait until you see what he just went through. insanity coming up.

>> we're about to show you some incredible video of a hang guidi

guiding -- hang gliding lesson. should you decide to do so, do not do it like this. this is video from first-time hang glider chris gurski on the left with the white helmet hanging on to the bar. he's supposed to be attached to the hang glider but he is not and hanging on literally for his life. his name is chris gurski and i'm told he's on the line with us. this went on for four minutes. what happened? >> well, just one little important step was missed before take off. >> shepard: what was that? >> hooking me to the actual glider. >> shepard: so you go running off the side of the hill and holding on with your hands?

>> that's pretty much it. holding on for my life. >> shepard: we can see here you made it and you're okay but were you injured in anyway? >> yeah, once we finally got down to the ground, my feet hit the ground and we were probably going about 45 miles an hour and my right wrist got broken in the incident. >> shepard: you're wrist was broken? >> yeah. >> shepard: when you're coming off the hill and he's counting, three, two one and you realize i'm not attached to this thing, what are you thinking? >> at first i was just trying to figure out what was going on. i didn't know what happened and then i realized it's just me hanging on and i have no assistance. >> shepard: and what is the guy next to you there having to say to you? >> he's trying to figure it out also. he realized quickly what was happening and telling me to hold on and telling me to grab on to

another strap on his opposite side but i was losing grip going through the wind and motion. >> shepard: do you have an idea how high up you were? it looks pretty high. >> i'm not sure exactly. the elevation of that mountain was 4,000 feet. we didn't go directly over it but the up draft was pulling us higher and higher. >> shepard: were the possibilities rolling through your mind? can you take us through that? >> i realized what was going on and glanced down and said this is it, i'm going to fall to my death. >> shepard: was there any panic or how did you handle this high-stress environment? >> i pretty much stayed -- tried to stay calm and focussed and just decided that it wasn't my time. i'm going to hold on as long as i possibly could. >> shepard: and broke your wrist along the way.

when you got to the ground were words exchanged? could you share those with us. >> i flipped and -- >> shepard: here's the landing for viewers. go ahead. >> i felt something was wrong and looked down and saw my wrist was broken, it was out of character. the pilot came running up to me and i said my wrist was broken and he said stay calm. he's waiting for me to spaz out or have some adrenaline reaction. i told him i was fine and we eventually walked through the field. we had to climb under two electric fences to get to the street to hop in the car and head over to the hospital. >> shepard: when you drop off right here, did you drop because you realized okay i'm close enough to the ground or drop because you couldn't do it anymore? >> i would have guessed another

five seconds i would have had to let go. my hand was opening up and using just my finger tips. hi feet hit the ground and pulled me loose. >> shepard: here you are after with your wrists all bandaged. i guess it was dislocated too, right? >> it was a fragmented fracture. >> shepard: looks like they put some screws in there. >> yeah, seven screws and a plate. >> shepard: it happened in switzerland. is this a legal matter now? >> not really. >> shepard: i heard there's an investigation. >> the insurance company has covered everything from this point. everything in switzerland was covered. >> the scenery aside from death-defying you is spectacular. how did you make the decision to do this and how'd you feel about it afterwards? >> me and my wife take a trip

every two or three years somewhere different and we've z z zip lined and hot air balloon. >> shepard: in costary in costa rica they tide -- tied me up. i'd be angry if i was you. >> we didn't get to go sight seeing. >> shepard: would you go again? >> i'm not throwing it out. it's something i still might do. >> shepard: i hope they remember to click you in and if they don't you'll remind them. chris gurski is the man on the

line and we think you'll see more of chris gursky on the line and what a great attitude. all right. hang gliding 101. clip me in so i don't have to hang on. switzerland, yea, switzerland.

>> shepard: the fed confirm more than 100 people across the united states have developed a mysterious paralyzing condition that's kind of like polio and most of the victims are children. health officials say it can make your legs, arms and face feel weak. it can also make it difficult to speak, move your eyes or even breathe. and according to the reporting at the centers for disease control and prevention, it's happening to more people this year. laura ingall reporting now. laura? >> this is so scary. the centers for disease control and prevention confirming 116 cases of a.f.m. as it's known in 31 states and there could be more by the end of 2018. as the agency reports it's currently investigating 170 more cases of the rare condition. now, you mentioned some of the symptoms that paint a nightmare scenario for both the patients and caregivers who have been left helpless watching their

loved one suddenly decline after having what happen to be a regular cold or virus. >> cold. it was just a runny, gross nose. 4-year-old symptoms, where i don't want to be by him. everyone was not wanting the germs. very quickly into the weakness and lethargy and wasn't a normal 4-year-old. he was an old man hunched over in pain. >> health officials don't know what causes a.f.m., who is most at risk or how to prevent it. patients range in age from 4 months to 32 years old. the most common age is around 4. there are concerns not all a.f.m. cases are being accurately reported. and just last week, the director. c.d.c. says the agency has created a task force to help with the ongoing investigation to find the cause of and improve treatment of outcomes for patients. now, a.f.m. is not new and there's another mystery here,

the number of cases appears to increase in even numbered years while dropping in odd numbered years. in 2014, there were 120 cases. 2015 saw 22. and 2016, 149 cases were reported. and in 2017, only 33 were reported. no answer on that one. some lawmakers are calling on congress now to provide emergency funding. the c.d.c. to help investigate, treat and prevent this disease. >> shepard: laura ingle reporting. video shows the number a single gunshot at a gender reveal party. a border patrol agent hit a target to find out whether the wife was having a boy or a girl. excessive much? blue means it's a boy. the feds say the off-duty border patrol agent had placed an explosive substance inside the target. those flames grew into a wildfire that ended up about the size or half the size at least

of detroit. the damage, $8 million. the agent pleaded guilty. he got five years probation. afreed -- agreed to pay back as much as he can of that $8 mil. if you've wanted to look at an volcanic eruption without the ash, here you go. indeed. it is. that's a volcanic island in indonesia west of the capital jakarta. the eruption happened last month. but we're just getting the video of it. according to the crew, that recorded this, the volcano shot chunks of rock thousands of feet into the sky. after our reporting here, we'll have a fox news update on facebook watch. it's a minutes long newscast on line with some unique content that streams live on the facebook watch home page. just a few minutes from now. once it's concluded, it's

available to you any time on demand and don't forget when hang gliding, connect. >> neil: here is the good news. shoppers are spending and man, oh, man are they spending a lot? the bad news, maybe not for very long. welcome, everybody, i'm neil cavuto and i'd like to thank my buddy for filling in while i was out a little bit too well, i might point out. meanwhile, with the president heading into trade talks with china, are these talks getting a little out of control? we're going to ask house majority whip steve scalise who just met with the president and we've got fox team coverage on the retail numbers that wall street should be cheering and john