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said president trump will go to switzerland this year to the davos conference. and what they're doing is a strategic lime down from a shut down and reaction to michael flynn, the sentencing planning. that date is now pushed back to march. so we won't have an answer on that for a while. thanks for joining us. i'm dana perino. here's shep. >> shepard: michael flynn, you arguably sold out your country. the judge to the general in court today. it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 in washington where the judge delayed michael flynn's sentencing after asking prosecutors if they could have charged him with treason. the white house responding at their first on-camera briefing in three weeks. plus, the trump foundation is shutting down in disgrace. prosecutors say the president used the charity as a checkbook. the trump organization calling the claims misleading and
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inaccurate. our reporting begins now. our reporting begins with a shocking court hearing today. the federal judge exscoriating michael flynn. he spoke to him saying all along, you were an unregistered agent of a foreign country while serving as the national security adviser to the united states. arguably, that undermines everything this flag over here stands for. arguably, you sold your country out. the judge making clear, michael flynn might indeed be locked up and asking the defense repeatedly if they're sure they want to proceed with the sentencing. eventually the defense said no and put it off for another 90
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days. during that period, the one upcoming, michael flynn may continue to cooperate with the federal government. at one point, the judge said he cannot hide his disgust and disdain for michael flynn's crimes. the judge questioning him and his lawyer about their memo last week that suggested that fbi agents might have tricked the former national security adviser when they didn't tell him lying to the fbi is a crime. you heard the theory floated by the white house and its defenders here and elsewhere. that all blew up today. michael flynn himself said he's not challenging the circumstances of the interview, that he knew lying to the feds was a crime when he lied to the feds, that he was not entrapped. that he was guilty. he said as much a year ago when he pleaded guilty to lying about his contacts with the russians and ambassador to the united states, sergey kislyak.
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the retired army lieutenant general served on the trump campaign, on the trump transition team and on the trump administration and was one of the form high ranking officials to cooperate in russian meddling in our election. michael flynn's legal troubles are far from over. from the judge's stance today, they may have escalated. earlier president trump wished michael flynn good luck in court. catherine herridge reporting live from washington. >> i was inside the courthouse earlier today. michael flynn aarrived with his wife by his side and his legal team. the judge laid down a marker telling the court saying i cannot recall any incident where the court has ever accepted the plea of someone who maintained he was not guilty and that's not going to start today. on multiple occasions, the federal judge asked flynn and his legal team whether he wanted to withdraw his guilty plea of
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lying to agents or challenges the circumstances of the fbi interview where he was discouraged from having a lawyer and not warned that false statements could be prosecution. flynn said he knew when the fbi asked him about the russian ambassador, sergey kislyak in a december 2016 conversation about sanctions, that his lies would be criminal and punishable. after confirming the guilty play, the judge chastised him for lying in the west wing. he said you sold your country out, the judge said, adding he could not rule out incarceration. the judge questioned the basis of the case asking the special counsel lawyer whether the flynn phone call with the russian ambassador of the criminal. the government lawyer said it might be a violation of the logan act to which the judge seemed to laugh saying isn't that the act that nobody has ever been charged with? a lot talk about cooperation in the future and that focuses on a
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virginia case that was unsealed yesterday. two of flynn's associates were charged with illegal lobbying. as you mentioned, the sentencing has been pushed off for 90 days until mid march when the status report is due with the judge, shep. >> shepard: thanks, catherine herridge. live from washington. to be specific, this part of flynn's lying was about sanctions on russia. the obama administration levelled them after the united states termed that yes, the russian government interfered with the election trump won. while flynn was saying, saying he didn't know about the sanctions, he was calling a senior member of the trump team at mar-a-largo in florida and asking what to tell the russian ambassador about the sanctions about which he pretended he had no knowledge. as part of the plea deal, flynn said he was working with the
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trump transition team including jared kushner in the conversations with the russians. separately flynn also admits that he lied about his business dealings with the government in turkey. specifically this. when he was a national security adviser to the president, michael flynn was being paid by a foreign government, turkey, to lobby for them. that said the judge is when he sold out his country. during that time, among other things, flynn lobbied the president not to arm the syrian kurds as part of the war on isis. turkey didn't want them warned around that delayed the isis attack on the capitol of raqqa. the interest here, serving the interest of turkey while working for the united states. now the white house is weighing in on michael flynn. john roberts reporting live from the white house. >> shep, good afternoon. the white house surprised about anyone as this delay in the
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flynn sentencing. the president wished him luck earlier this morning. what appears to be at work here is that this is about flynn and his representation to turkey and the testimony that he's given about the two colleagues that face trial in the eastern district of virginia. does not seem to have bread crumbs that trace back to any sort of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. the president still saying positive things about flynn despite the fact that he admitted to lying to the fib. i asked sarah sanders what the white house thought about the delay in the sentencing. >> sarah, reaction to the deplay in the flynn sentencing and the rather unusual inquiry by the judge asking if flynn completed treason? >> delay is something between that general flynn and the court and something for them to determine what that time line looks like. meantime, we wish general flynn well and will focus on doing what we do here every day.
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>> what about the inquiry as to whether he competed treason? does the. see any reason why flynn could be asked if he committed treason? >> i'm not aware of anything that we would know of that would indicate that. >> as we pointed out, judge sullivan came back to say that i wasn't suggesting that general flynn committed treason. i just asked the question. but it was a rather unusual question to ask in the middle of the sentencing. the white house believes that flynn was ambushed by the fib. they did use the word "ambush" because flynn was asked not to have an attorney present during the questioning by agent strzok and others. they're standing by flynn, but is difficult to stand fully behind somebody who has admitted that they lied to the fbi, although the president to this point has not yet denounced
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flynn. shep? >> shepard: john roberts reporting from the white house. it's that exact bit, what john roberts has said about flynn. the president and all of his people and others have been throwing out this idea, well, he was entrapped. he was told not to have a lawyer. they asked him about it today. the judge said i have to put this to rest. the judge said, did you commit this crime? did you lie or not lie? were you entrapped in some way? no, sir, i lied. would you like to withdraw the guilty plea? if you were entrapped, that's a different thing. >> nope, i lied. i'm guilty. that's it. let's turn to bob bianchi. had that not been part of the mix today, had just the defense come in and the prosecution come in and said here's what we've agreed to, little to no prison time on the lying, on the one specific thing, lying in this one particular matter about your
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contacts with the russians, the judge as normally happens, almost always happens, the judge says yes. today's judge backed up and goes whoa. this is bigger than that. this is operating with the turks against the wishes of the united states. the judge is looking at not just the document here. he made this bigger. because of the argument that the white house is making, no? >> when the sentencing memo came out, it said he was being prevailed upon by the fbi. any defense attorney would say what are you doing? be quiet. now you're putting the judge in a position because the judge was correct. i cannot sentence and innocent person. if there's a defense here and it hasn't been raised, plus gave all of that political fodder for the president. >> if they pressured you not to have a lawyer, if you have a defense like that let's work it out. no, i'm guilty. let's do this. >> what the defense was trying
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to do is say, hey, judge, sentence him to the probation. don't give him time because of these situations. anybody would have known they would have put the judge in a spot that are you guilty or not guilty? the judge said when we call all the other relevant conduct, the turkey stuff that he wasn't charged for, and he got the most lenient plea -- >> shepard: that's what happens when you cooperate. the judge said we're not going to pull it out here yet. he cooperated on big, big stuff. that's the reason we're only going to ask for almost nothing on this one thing of lying. but there's more. >> and the sentencing memo forced the doj and the special counsel to defend itself with the allegations of misfeasance. the judge was left with no other opportunity. >> shepard: turning to the flag. >> yeah. >> shepard: disrespecting everything this flag was about,
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general flynn. >> you're trying -- look, one administration gets transitioned into the next administration. that's the orderly change hoff government that we have. so when the obama administration puts sanctions on them for interference for the 2016 election, it's not your job until you're in office to be discussing the sanctions, number 1. >> shepard: so lying about the discussions. >> lying -- >> shepard: not accidentally lying. saying he was away on holiday and at the same time calling people, reportedly k.t. mcfarland of the transition team at mar-a-largo saying hey, who do i say to kislyak? nobody directed him to tell a lie. >> flynn is an army guy a chain of command guy. i don't think he's a rogue person that way. when having those communications at mar-a-largo and he's now in contact with the russian ambassador talking about the sanctions that were issued that day, that's a problem for anyone. anybody would see that's an issue here. to lie about it, the cover-up is
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worse than the crime. >> shepard: what does this mean for flynn and the president? >> i'll tell you, what i was surprised at -- i have the plea agreement in front of me here with flynn. he didn't enter into the 11 c 1 plea. if the judge accepts the agree, the prosecutors can agree to a determined sentence and the judge cannot deviate it from. that's not done here. the judge can add relevant conduct, which is the stuff that he's bringing up. the turkey thing that you didn't get charged with, all this other stuff is aggravating the case and he's telling them that i'm going to put you in jail. people think it's only going to be for six months. this agreement states that the agreements between the prosecution and the defense, but it does not bind the court to go higher. this is a progress problem all started by the political people that would take advantage of that to attack the mueller investigation and by extension, the court.
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>> shepard: thanks, bob. there were six trump entities under investigation today from the inaugural committee to the trump administration itself. now one of those entities is being shut down after a lawsuit. the details ahead. newday usa has helped
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underwood who called it persistent illegal conduct. her office sued the foundation back in june. among the accusations, assets for charity were used to pay legal settlements. the president used the charity to buy personal items including a $10,000 portrait of himself. lawyers said that any rule-breaking was minor and an attorney with the trump organization which is also under investigation says the foundation has been trying to shut down anyway. it's been seeking to dissolve and distribute remaining assets to charitable causing since donald trump's victory in the presidential election. the unfortunately the attorney general has deprived those in need of $1.7 million. the attorney general and the foundation agreed to shut down and give the funds to other nonprofit groups. rick leventhal is here.
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the charity is shutting down but the lawsuit is not. >> no, it's not. the new york a.g. calls it a shocking pattern of illegal galty. the trump foundation is shutting down but it's not over for the president and his three oldest kids because of what the a.g.'s office says because they found willful and repeated violations of the law. some of the donations were used to help the president paying legal settlement, making political donations and decorating one of his private clubs. the investigation found donald jr., eric and ivanka listed as officers never held a board meeting and could be barred from running other new york-based charities. this is an important victory for the rule of law. we the continue to move forward to ensure that the trump foundation and its directors are held to account for their clear and repeated violations of state and federal law. the lawsuit seeks nearly $3 million in penalties and the
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a.g. i office will oversee the disbursement of the charities remaining $1.75 million to other charities, shep. >> shepard: what the else are we hearing from the president's people? >> we heard sarah sanders at the press briefing being asked about this. she referred questions to the trump foundation and organization from which a spokesman said this all about politics. they've been trying to dissolve since the election but the a.j. has stood in the way. they said the foundation is proud to have distributed $19 million, including 8.25 million to several charitable organizations with zero expenses. the n.y. a.g.'s inaccurate statement is a further attempt to politicize this matter. we don't have a date on the next court action. just that the lawsuit is proceeding. >> very good. rick leventhal, thank you. we'll be back and bringing our lawyers back on this case and
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long time. the attorney general is very specific. >> the attorney general was saying that these were willful violations that were being used for the campaign and personal reasons, which is a violation of the charitable organization law. you can translate it to the a.g. that says fraud, tax evasion and lying about charitable contributions. now remember, shep, i've been yelling and screaming a year about state crimes. that's the thing that everybody keeps missing. the state crimes are beyond the pardon power of the president and the state crime issues are not subjected to this doj memo to whatever extent it means that you can't indict a sitting president. there could be sealed indictment which i'm convinced there are already. >> shepard: why are you convinced of that? >> if i believed my investigation was attacked by somebody that was my boss and i
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could be removed, i'm going to cover that investigation. once a sealed indictment is filed, it would be unfiled. if nothing happens later on, i can supersede the charges and include more information. if not, those sealed indictments have to go out. that's the tactical move of mueller. i was wondering, is he doing it, is he looking to state crimes? when you look at the mueller submissions, you see one thing that is prominent that nobody is picking up on in my opinion in a major way. the attorneys for the attorney general's office were in the room during some of the debriefing of these witnesses, which means they understand the power of state crimes, going beyond the -- >> shepard: the attorney general's people were in the room while the questions were being asked of those that had knowledge about this activity. >> of cooperating witnesses. there's parallel investigations. you can commit a crime in federal court but a state crime violation as well especially
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dealing with taxes or campaign finance violations. this is not a political decision. this is what prosecutors do to button things up. if mueller was concerned that his investigation was going to get scuttled, fired or some state law crimes -- these are aggressive prosecutors in new york, in the state level, can carry more jail time than the federal crimes. that would be the move i would do to preserve my investigation. >> shepard: so the investigation, two tracks. one federal, pardonable, one state, not. i know they're going to roll the breaking news. there it is. breaking news. we have transcripts from james comey's closed door hearing in the house oversight committee. the republicans leading those committees have brought in james comey. he was on capitol hill again to
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answer questions from them about the 2016 fbi investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server. peter doocy has the pages. >> a lot of pages. we haven't gotten through them yet. there's some interesting parts of this that tie into the court case that was -- the court proceedings a little bit awhile ago down the street at the u.s. district court with michael flynn. it was revealed in a memo last night that fbi agents indicated to flynn and he seemed to indicate to them that everybody knew flynn's phone calls were being reported. there was a question why would the fbi need to ask michael flynn about conversations they knew about? comey said i'm only hesitating because if there were other communications, other phones, other means of communication, we wouldn't know that. we had clear transcripts of the conversations we had.
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there was also a question in the flynn proceedings about whether or not the fbi permitted mr. flynn, general flynn, to have an attorney there, whether he knew he could have an attorney there and comey said -- he was asked about an interview that he gave in new york city where he said yeah, that would be the norm in a bush administration or obama administration. but it was a gray area in the transition before the trump administration took over. comey explained that under questioning from trey gowdy to say this. i don't think there were policies or rules. i could be wrong, but i don't think so in prior administrations. but there were norms and practices in a more established environment, there would be an expectation that would be through the white house counsel. >> shepard: thanks, peter doocy. mexico was going to pay for the wall. it wasn't. the president asked lawmakers to cough up the cash.
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they wouldn't. now on the verge of a partial shut down, the president is talking about another way to fund the wall. not the mexicans but the military. take money from the military to build the wall. a live report from capitol hill. as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news.
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>> shepard: the deadline avoid a partial government shut down is just days away. the white house says its waiting to see what lawmakers are going to pass. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is reporting live. >> many are saying they're waiting to see what the white house will accept. mitch mcconnell a short time ago made clear he's trying to hammer out a deal. >> my impression is that the incoming speaker feels she doesn't have the latitude to settle this. now, i'm going to say, if i were in her shoes, i would rather not
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be dealing with this year's business next year. >> that's a reference to nancy pelosi, the next speaker of the house. top democrats rejected an offer from mcconnell earlier today. chuck schumer says president trump needs to negotiate. >> his basic position was untenable. we were surprised when he said it in the white house. the american people don't want it. >> schumer did signal that democrats would be willing to consider some short-term type of extension if that's what leader mcconnell puts on the floor, shep. >> shepard: what are the rank hand file lawmakers saying about this? >> a lot of them are watching and waiting to see if the white house and senate leadership can come to some sort of agreement. >> i didn't say this, but somebody did. wisdom is the daughter of experience. i haven't seen shut downs ever
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work. all they do is shut down government without achieving purpose for which government was shut down. >> a key democrat says the fact that a lot of the main players are speaking and trading ideas is a good sign. >> this has never been about border security. everybody supports border security but we don't want to waste dollars on a wall. if the white house is now supporting the provisions that had been advanced in the house and the senate, then that's progress. >> progress perhaps but no deal so far. >> shepard: stocks have rebounded after steep losses. but analysts say the markets are still on track for the worst december start since like 1931. here's a live look at the dow. stocks have fallen 7.5% this
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month and dropped more than 12% since the all-time high in october. gerri willis what are you shaking your head about? >> we've been up and down like a roller coaster ride. normally at this time of year, what traders expect is what they call a santa rally. a trader said, santaernedbecaus economy is going to recession and that is going to clip the growth of the u.s.a. as we look at this, oil also down. crude oil down. futures down 7%. crude oil trading at 45.95 before the close. we were just at $60 not long ago. two months we were talking $100 a barrel. big turn around there. i was asking people, why did the dow go negative in the middle of the day. they said nobody would make a commitment overnight as we wait
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for the federal reserve. santa left the building. they got that right, shep. >> shepard: we'll know team on the interest rates. thank you. sad news out of hollywood today. a publicist confirmed penny marshall has died. she was 75. complications to diabetes. penny marshall first won the hearts of millions playing-wise cracking washing gone laverne on laverne and shirley. her brother, gary marshall, created the show. ran for eight seasons in the 70s and 80s and followed the two characters working in a milwaukee brewery. ♪
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world, don't test me. jennifer griffin reporting live. >> putin rejected the u.s. claim that russia has developed and test add new land-based cruise missile that puts it in violation of the intermediate forces on the inf treaty. the u.s. says they will pull out of the treat if russia doesn't begin to comply. putin scoffed at that bragging that russia has all of the weapons they need including similar missiles on ships and war planes. putin spoke to the of the brass and talked about the new hypersonic weapons like the caliber armed submarine and the hypersonic glide vehicle, which he says are not in violation of the inf treaty. >> basically we already have everything. if one tries to scare us, we'll have to respond in a commensurate manner. if we have such air base and
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sea-based systems, it wouldn't be hard to do research and to deploy them on the ground if needed. >> u.s. officials say despite putin's claims, russia has not deplayed these hypersonic weapons that he speaks of, shep. >> shepard: jennifer, why else do u.s. officials say they want to pull out of this weapons treaty? >> basically because the pentagon says russia has been cheating and china was never a signatory to the treaty. a record says the u.s. lacks to protect against hypersonic weapons from china and russia, that according to a government accountability office report. china and russia a pursuing hypersonic weapons because their speed may defeat most missile systems and may be used to update nuclear strike capabilities. there's no existing counter measures.
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that's why the pentagon wants money to develop their own hypersonic weapons. >> shepard: thanks, jennifer. thank you. jennifer griffin at the pentagon. russia is disputing reports released by the senate intelligence committee that found russian trolls used every major social media platform to help president trump get elec d elected. that they dispute it is hardly worth mentioning. here we are because they did. they just did. you can go to social media and see it, that they dispute it is absolutely nothing. but they specifically targeted african americans to encourage them from voting or discourage them from voting. the kremlin claiming they played no part in interference and its lying on that matter. facebook, one of the social media platforms names now the chief operating officer, cheryl sandberg says the company needs to do more to protect their
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users civil rights. fox news and facebook have a partnership to deliver news on facebook watch but fox news is soly responsible for the conduct and production. kristina partsinevelos is live in new york. >> you're right with all of that. i'm going to continue with cheryl sandberg. the post was put out by facebook and they promised today they're going to do a better job in the future to stop meddling in the election. facebook put out a statement and this is from the post today saying we know that we need to do more, to listen, to look deeper and take action to respect fundamental rights. the reason they put this out is you had two reports, one coming from the senate intelligence committee stating that russians were using social media to target and meddle in the elections more and specifically to go after african americans and suppress the democratic vote. what you're seeing on your screen right now is an example of some of the websites they created like black matters,
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there's reason to love, they went after searches like black panther, malcolm x. and you have the senate report saying out of the 80 pages that the russians created, 30 were directed to african americans. we don't know if that swung the vote but nonetheless, definitely russian meddling once again in social media, which we do know. >> shepard: thanks. some lawmakers are headed to the united states border with mexico. they're asking for answers after a 7-year-old guatemalan girl died in u.s. custody. jonathan hunt is live in tijuana. what do we hear from the lawmakers? >> shep, they were impassionate in a press conference held a short time ago. they want to know what happened to the 7-year-old from the moment show and the group of illegal immigrants they were with were intercepted by border
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patrol and the moments some 27 hours later where she died. she was eventually taken as well as the antelope wells forward operating base where she was first held for some eight hours. and they have very critical words for conditions that both of those facilities when they spoke a short time ago. listen here. >> what i saw in this facility is unbelievable and unmentionable. the spca would not allow how animals the way humans were being treated. >> and the border patrol says the agent did everything they could to help that girl, but they were hampered by the fact that there were four agents and
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as i mentioned, 163 illegal immigrants in that group also hampered by the sheer remoteness of the desert location where they were intercepted, shep. also, i want to talk about the conditions here in tijuana. the migrant caravan was a unified caravan. now it's a tale of two tent cities. the first is up against literally the u.s. border. i would estimate around 600 migrants still there. you go ten miles south, there's another larger shelter set up by the mexican government. there's a couple thousand there and provided with food and water and bussed to job fairs as the mexican government offers them of a prospect with a life here in mexico rather than waiting and hoping to get in to the
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united states. shep? >> shepard: jonathan hunt reporting live from tijuana. the feds are issuing a new warning about what they say is becoming a dangerous trend for kids. using e cigarettes, vaping. what both sides are saying about this coming up. oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (vo) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? (vo) and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! up to 12 pounds? (vo) a two-year study showed that ozempic® does not increase the risk of major cardiovascular events like heart attack, stroke, or death. oh! no increased risk? ♪ ozempic®! ♪ ozempic® should not be the first medicine for treating diabetes, or for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. do not share needles or pens. don't reuse needles.
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>> shepard: a panel is now looking how to improve the safety of students in schools. the fox business network's blake burman reporting live from the white house. >> hi, shepard. this comes from the federal commission on school safety. they released the 180-page report today. this was gathered after the marjory stoneman douglas high school shooting in which 17 were killed. the recommendations, some from the panel, include the following. they say there should be improved access to mental health and counselling. urges the media not to detail shooters if and when the horrors arrive. the commission endorsed preparing for active shooter incidents, something that the president has said he's not comfortable with or doesn't support. they also said there should be incentives to recruit members of the military and law enforcement bringing them in to schools as employees. the commission did not call for federal funds to arm teachers as
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the president has said should happen. no, it did say that some highly trained personnel would be beneficial in school in certain school districts. the report takes issue with an education department issue or education department initiative back in 2014 that was put into place by the obama education department, which tried to crack down on discipline practices that led to discrimination. this commission said that practice should go away. this is part of their reasoning. they say, the administration is committed to ensuring that educational's programs and policies are administered in a fair and equitable and racially neutral manner that does not result in unlawful discrimination. this commission says that that obama administration reported that unintended consequences. and the vatican is hosting a
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summit on sexual abuse. organizers are telling church leaders to meet with victims of church leader abuse heading to rome. acknowledging the truth has to come first and the credibility of the catholic church is at stage. lauren green reporting live from new york. >> shep, the abuse scandal is looming over the christmas season as the pope meets with bishops which is what is an unprecedented move. he urged bishops to reach out and meet with victims. to learn more about the suffering that they have endured, this comes after a pennsylvania grand jury report over the summer that revealed more than 300 abusive priests
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and more than 1,000 victims in 70 years. since then, states and countries have launched their investigations and blame is being placed all the way up to pope francis. many victims we talked to don't have a lot of hope for the meeting in rome and they want all statutes of limitations to be lifted. >> shepard: the nation's top doctor declaring an epidemic in the united states. kids using e cigarettes. the number of high school students that say they'd vaped nicotine has doubled and the surgeon general says nicotine in any effect has an effect on young people. now the biggest vape company is responding and trace gallagher is reporting live. >> the federal government acknowledges that they intend to run hundred the curb on some health issues. that's why the surgeon general
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is trying to slow down the teen e cigarette usage. here's the context. the u.s. food and drug administration says one in five high school students and 1 in 20 middle school students vape. that amounts to 3.6 million students nationwide. the surgeon general says each e cigarette cartridge has the same nicotine as a pack of cigarettes. nicotine can affect learning and makes the brain more susceptible to addiction. watch. >> back in the day, folks thought cigarettes were cool and safe. our use now recognized that cigarettes are not cool and are not safe, but they think that e cigarettes are cool and safe. >> yeah, he's pointing the finger at silicon valley startup jewel, which controlled 75% of the market. and the surgeon general is right here saying we're committed to prevent youth access of jewel
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products. they're now pulling all of their products out of stores selling them online only. shep? >> trace gallagher reporting live from the west coast news hub. thank you. the news continues now on "your world" with neil cavuto. >> neil: wow, shep. i don't know what to say. so many unknowns and so little time. welcome. i'm neil cavuto, this is "your world." we have coming up, kentucky republican senator rand paul on a general who has to wait another few months to find out his fate. and then more on a deal to avoid a government shut down might be closer than you think. that they might agree on something. fox team coverage with ashley. looked like the market rallied. and catherine herridge on a russian probe that could be gaining more steam even though a lot of folks are wondering where it's going. we connect, you decide. rs