news is the parents hope to bring the baby home next week. thanks for join lg us, everyone. i'm dana perino. >> some lawmakers heading back to capitol hill. discussing getting back in business today. the government shutdown will drag on. president trump tweeting about the border wall. now they are demanding u.s. troops leave their country. and colorado men guilty of killing his wife. a little wall street whiplash. we will watch your money ahead of the closing bell.

i am leland vittert, and for shepard smith. we begin with day six of the partial government shutdown. president trump ramping up his calls for a border wall. they will gavel and, and they are expected to do absolutely nothing. the president arriving at the white house early this morning after an announcement to visit troops in iraq and germany. questions from reporters shouted about the shutdown, then he tweeted about democrats refusing to include a border wall funding. not getting paid during the shutdown, he did not offer any explanation, but just a few days ago, he said many federal workers told him, funding for a border wall. border security. house of representatives, one

week from today. ellison barber, live at the white house. what else are we hearing from the administration about all of those workers? do they get paid or not? >> well, the president previously said that he thought that they understood the need and importance of border security. asking administration officials about the shutdown, what it means were federal workers who are potentially not getting paid. quite frankly, they seem to downplay it. the effects just weren't being felt just yet. they really pointed to two different things, one point that they often make is that the less pay. max goes to the 22nd. those paychecks will go home. in the past, when shutdowns have happened, they later passed legislation to ensure that they get back pay. so essentially, they are making the argument that all camera at

least suggesting that it is really not that big of a deal because eventually gets taken care of, but as the days have passed, we have gotten closer and closer to december 20th. that is tomorrow. there is still no indication that this shutdown is going to end anytime soon. and it becomes a bigger deal for a lot of people. estimates that workers anywhere between 350,800,000. president trump tweeting just now, putting the blame of all of this on democrats. they need a wall where they almost all recently agreed it should be built. exceeded only by the obstruction of 350 great people. wanting the government after being delayed for more than two years, a u.s. record. he then said in a second tweet the reason that the deal didn't get done was a ridiculous decision from the ninth circuit, allowed daca to remain there by setting up a supreme court case after dropping the deal, and that's where we are today.

democratic obstruction of the needed wall. mick mulvaney said the partial government shutdown could very well go into the new congress. democrats say that they support border security measures, but they do not believe the wall is an effective border security measure. of the president of course disagrees. he says that the technology alone, funding for physical barriers, and the government will not open until he has some funding for some sort of physical barrier. >> leland: the semantics here becoming important. security measures, we were on the air yesterday as word broke from the president in iraq, and obviously his twitter feed was silent earlier in the morning as he flew there. the president was there, he met with u.s. troops in iraq, not the iraqi prime minister. what is the white house making is that? >> well, they say that there was supposed to be a meeting between

the present and the prime minister of iraq, but according to the white house, they had to cancel it because of security and logistical reasons. the media offered the prime minister, they say something slightly different. they expected a formal reception, but it did not take place, due to a divergence of news to organize the meeting. speaking on the phone. sarah sanders, accepted an invitation to visit the president here at the white house. leland. >> leland: we have some questions in terms of whether he wanted the prime minister to come to him. or whether the president would go to the prime minister. thank you. lawmakers in iraq don't exactly have the same view of president trump's visit to their country. they are calling on president trump to pull american troops out of the country. just one day after he set on hn

iraqi soil that he has no intention to do that. tomlinson joining us live now. hello, lucas. >> hi, leland. responsible for killing hundreds of americans during the iraq war, swift in condemning the visit. >> is not up to trump or politicians to determine the presence of u.s. forces in iraq. it is decided by the iraqi people, iraqi parliament, and the iraqi government. the iraqi government should not be a platform for the americans. russians over the iranians. >> president trump announced that over 500 drums 500 troopse remaining. >> leland: we have this divergence between pulling troops out of syria and then this sherman statement.

>> leland, he said that the pullouts in syria would be slow, but troops would need to stay in iraq to make sure isis stays on its heels. >> very deliberate, very orderl orderly. while maintaining the u.s. presence in iraq, to prevent and ices resurgence and to protect u.s. interests and also to always watch very closely over any potential reformation of isis and also to watch over ira iran. >> u.s. special operations forces in iraq it could launch overrated to kill the isis leader, who remains at large. still maintaining an estimated $400 million war chest, that could be used to launch a terrorist attack on the west. not far from iraq's border. leland. >> all right, great reporting.

lucas, thank you. yesterday, you might remember the dow was on a historic tear at this time. it surged more than 1,000 points. that being the single biggest one-day point gain in history. it did not last. here is life look at the dow right now. off 1.75%, down 378, which is dear you say it back to this. it is only down 400. have we ever seen days after days of these wild 2-3-4. percentage swings? >> definitely. you go back in history, the financial crisis. big ups and downs. >> those are great memories. [laughs] >> it's not that bad yet. it is not unprecedented. this kind of volatility. i think the market is kind of trying to find a bottom. you know, there's a lot of

uncertainty. what the fed is going to do, when the government shutdown is going to end, so people are not sure which way things are going. >> you write for the column "heard on the street." is there a single emotion that is coming out of those in the know on this? >> i think people are really uncertain about the fed. the single biggest factor. it is tricking its balance shee sheet. quantitative tightening, and at the same time, officially, they are still saying that they may raise rates as much as two times. so is the fed going to back off of that? or are they going to keep going, effectively double tightening? no one knows. that is why i think we can't really make up our minds. we are in a kind of limbo right now. >> leland: it is interesting that these kind of wild swings that we are seeing, up about 600 points today, happening with no

real news coming out. no significant news. "the wall street journal" had a nugget coming out that jay powell, the fed chairman, may sit down and try to put their feud on ice. it seems to be going with mr. powell raising rates and mr. trump firing back on twitter. >> it certainly would be positive if there could be a cease-fire in terms of the words between them. i think the fed is not going to give up. i don't think that powell is going to make any promises to president trump about policy. he shouldn't. i think he wouldn't. he has some understanding that it is not helpful to have trump every other day tweeting about the fed into the markets. and that would be helpful. >> leland: do any of the experts have a consensus? as they look at this, the traders on the floor, are they having sort of a generic feeling about how this is going? does it vary in terms of

outlook? >> i don't know. everyone is also on vacation right now. i don't think that there is really a consensus. it is not likely that they will be a recession. forecasters are often -- they don't have a good track record of calling these things. so i don't know what that consensus is worth actually. i think you see it in the market action. a lack of certainty as to the direction of where things are going. i think until the shutdown ends, we can expect continued volatility. >> leland: so often you hear explanations at the end of the year, profit-taking, loss taking for tax purposes. it is that mutual funds rebalancing. all of these explanations, is there any way to know if it is those things, which don't go to fundamental economic value, or actually a fundamental difference in economic value of how the markets are looking at these huge companies? >> and it's clear i think that the market has gotten a bit ahead of itself, especially some

very hot sectors, like the faang stocks, netflix, google. >> leland: they were bets about who's going to be the next trillion dollar company. >> yes, 100% earlier this year. so there is -- to an extent, it is healthy that some of that is now coming out of that market. >> leland: healthy and painful at times. good workout. all right, we appreciated. a couple more trading days left. we appreciated, sir as always. coming up, manhunt for a man accused of killing a cop. investigators are now revealing new information about the suspect. what that is and pictures of him next. now i'm doing more to lower my a1c. once daily tresiba® controls blood sugar for 24 hours

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>> leland: and breaking news is that a manhunt for a cop

killer in california continues. investigators say that the suspect gun down cop and a small northern california town. he is believed to be armed and dangerous on the run. reporting live from our west coast news center. you listen to the sheriff's department news conference. at times, terrifying, at times heartbreaking. >> it was an extremely emotional news conference by law enforcement officials an end from around the town of new minden northern california. just 33, was gunned down the morning after christmas day. every single law enforcement personnel they wanted to pay tribute to a man who is universally loved, it seems, by those that he worked with, and those who knew him. he loved the police force, they said, and he loves nothing more than his family who he had been sitting in front of the christmas tree with just hours before he was shot dead.

listen here to police chief randy richardson. >> his 5-month-old, he will never hear talk. he will never see his son walk. he doesn't get to hold a little boy, hug his wife. say good night. anymore. because i cowered took his life. >> now at 1:00 a.m. on wednesda wednesday, they stopped by a pickup truck that had no place. just moments later, he radioed "shots fired. i've been hit." now the suspect, who is still at large, was seen buying beer shortly before the shooting at a nearby convenience store. he has not been formally identified, but pulleys say they know who he is. they believe he is still in the local area. they believe he is armed and

dangerous. and the sheriff also revealed that the suspect is an illegal immigrant. listen here. >> the suspect, unlike ron, who immigrated to this country lawfully and legally, to pursue his lifelong career of public safety, public service, and being a police officer, the suspect is in our country illegally. he doesn't belong here. he's a criminal. we will find him, we will arrest him, and we will bring him to justice. >> so the suspect is an illegal immigrant. his victim, as you heard there, a legal immigrant from fiji. english was his third language. according to the police chief, he studied very hard over several years to make his language better, just so that he could be better understood over the radio. very clear from the news

conference, leland, that this was a man whom everybody loves. and once again, he leaves behind his wife and 5-month-old son. leland. >> leland: there are some pictures of his wife and 5-month-old son before he was killed on christmas that are difficult to look at and understandably so. jonathan hunt, west coast news. thank you. coming up, the latest on the case of the missing mom from colorado. her fiance, the man charged with killing her, has custody hearing today, and there is word it was scheduled before she disappeare disappeared. what this means for the murder case against him when we come back. ew house. well, it's a good thing we don't have to worry about homeowners insurance. geico can help with that. we can get homeowners insurance help from geico? well, sure. and they could save us a bunch too.

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>> leland: one of kevin spacey's accusers apparently recorded his encounter with the actors. investigators have the video. at the man was 18 years old at the time. he says space he groped a restaurant in massachusetts in 2016, and he send a snapshot of video to his girlfriend of the actor touching the front of his pants. spacey's lawyer's say that it only shows someone touching someone's shirt. a prosecutor in nantucket announced that he was bringing charges against the man. kevin spacey responded with a video on youtube, saying "soon enough, you will know the full truth." a man charged with killing his fiancee heading to court today for a custody hearing for the couples 1-year-old daughter. fox 31 and denver reports the hearing was scheduled before kelsey barrett disappeared. surveillance videos show her and

her daughter on thanksgiving at a supermarket outside of colorado springs. police say her fiance exchanged custody of their daughter that day. last week, police arrested him on murder charges. they say that he likely killed her in her home. investigators still have not found her body. for that, we bring in alec little, former assistant. alex, good to see you here. which side of this case, looking out the pattern, would you rather have? >> the prosecutor appears to have a strong case. they have also charged for murder, suggest that he was working in concert with someone else. if they know enough to charge those two things, i think it is going to be a case that they will eventually be able to win. it is a very difficult case without the body. >> leland: you point out the solicitation of murder charge,

there was a comment by one colorado law enforcement official that it is very possible that others could be charged in this. you point out there is not a body. how do you prove murder until you prove the person is dead? >> it's difficult. i had a colleague back in washington, d.c., who did a string of these cases, and she was phenomenal at it. you have to build a circumstantial case. you have to show the steps that it took you as a prosecutor to determine there was a duck. someone who drops off the face of the earth, it is not -- just not how it works. maybe it is a drop of blood, something that wouldn't usually happen. at this person is not here because they are dead and not just because they got away. >> leland: what do you of this inter-agency investigation? police out in idaho, where her phone pinged 800 miles away, it

pinged on november 25th. trying to search presumably for evidence, they say. obviously, it can also be trying to search for a body. >> the cell phone was seen 800 miles away. digital evidence can show so much. we know that at least her cell phone traveled 800 miles. could have traveled with the killer, on her body. it is unclear at this point. the fact that this is an interagency investigation, not surprising. it also suggests that perhaps particularly with the solicitation charge that there is some sort of conspiracy involving interstate wires. there was the hiring of a hit man. the sort of things could be at play because the fbi is involved. >> leland: conceivably they have some kind of evidence that suggests she was killed inside her own home. so much of this case is sealed, which is unusual in a way. in florida, you get almost

everything. colorado come you get so very little. i know that you have gone to the filings. anything that you have been able to gleam out? anything that you found salient either as a prosecutor or defense attorney? >> not yet, but i will say that the judge has kind of pushed back. particularly on the 31st, there is on the court date. we will learn a lot more then. they try to be very protective of a future jury that is going to hear this case that doesn't want to have to deal with what the news coverage has been. that is what the judge is trying to do by keeping the seals. >> leland: already making motions about pretrial publicit publicity. what do you make of this fox 31 in denver? reporting that this custody hearing was scheduled before kelsey berreth disappeared. this would be six weeks or so

before this hearing is when she disappeared. at least in the interim time, the fiance took custody of the child. >> we've known all along from the first time that he explained his side of the story, i saw her on thanksgiving, it was clearly some sort of custody issue. it suggested all sorts of motiv motive. unfortunately, these are tragic cases. sometimes people go to really extreme ends to resolve situations like this. >> leland: all right, alex, we appreciate your insight as always. a lot more to come out about this case and break it down. all the best. i had, fallout at the border after a second child has now died in u.s. custody. 1,000 undocumented immigrants and taxes. why that happened, coming up.

>> leland: homeland security kristen nielsen heading to the southern border after the second child has died in u.s. custody. she says she's going to check out conditions that the border patrol station spear to release more than 1,000 undocumented immigrants on the streets of el paso. live it from our west coast newsroom. hammock, william. >> we are going to see firsthand the medical screening conditions

inside these detention spaces after these two children died this past month. yesterday, she also revealed the screening procedures. remote areas where acute care is hours away. a medical exam for every child in custody, that is done, i am told, and why so many arriving americans need hospital care. she also wants us to be five fo expedite transportation so that they are not being transferred place to place like a domino any longer than necessary. we are told that they are not public, so the media is not invited. >> leland: all right, well let's see what our sources say about that one site visit concludes feud in the meantime, what are we learning about the immigrants dropped off in el paso? >> well, the problem is, even with more judges, they can get people in fast enough. the immigration system, and her words, is at a breaking point.

so what you are seeing here is the bus station in el paso. the return of catch and release. due to a lack of space and an effort to follow mandates, they are forced to release them at a greyhound station, even as many wait into you want to come of these groups in texas are going for you under that 21 day at court requirements. millions of central americans, not a message that the president wants to send. >> the ninth circuit has decided that we have to do this after 20 days, which is not time enough for immigration. >> leland: so the administration tried to deter them and workplace enforcement, separating families, more foreign aid, but because of the stalemate of congress, they continue to rise. 7,000 last november, 25,000 last month. stunning numbers, william jay do

you have some of the best numbers around. also inside dhs. what is this doing tomorrow? are they still on the front lines, saying we are fighting the good fight? these folks are taken into custody. >> well, giving up is obviously not a choice. and it is not going to happen. what i am told, involved with the death of the 7-year-old girl a few weeks ago, they are personally devastated. and i'm sure the other agents involved are as well. some secretary nelson will have to give more support to these people. it is not their fault. we look at the entirety of the system and why these people didn't have any detention space, that is not their fault, and yet it happened on their watch. so i am told by their associates that they are literally devastated. >> leland: not giving up, but certainly, devastated. in los angeles, back to you in the coming days on this.

thank you. russia's foreign defense minister plays the country's new hypersonic missile zigzag, changes altitude. biased towards its target, making it impossible to track. he compared the weapons flight to pebble skipping off of the surface of the water. analysts say hypersonic weapons like the one russia claims to have our a game changer. we recently told congress that the u.s. does not have a missile defense system against them. yesterday, vladimir putin celebrated what he called a successful test of the muscle, claiming it hit a target 3700 miles away. we saw video of him watching that test right there. senior foreign affairs correspondent live with more. how is russia justifying these tests, amy? >> well, first of all, leland, moscow says this is about ensuring its national security. after the u.s. withdrew from the

missile treaty, they had to do something. and this is one of the things that they did. the avant-garde is a nuclear capable glider, and it is launched by rocket, hypersonic speed. president putin called it a major event for the country. now back in march, there was a whole series of new high-tech weapons he claims nobody else had. bit by bit, we are seeing them being tested. it is also about russians losing its deterrent power. and a nationalistic move reveals that those russians, who have never gotten over their loss of superpower status. they even held a competition to name one of the new weapons, and underwater drone that is nuclear capable. with the winner was "poseidon." >> leland: all right, more on that. a new arms race, obviously

europe would be caught between the exchange of any of these weapons. >> yeah, you know, i spoke to our russian military analyst today. he says that he doesn't think that these will be a game changer, but what he is scared about is that these landmarks, nuclear arms control treaties, which paved the way, they are now dying off. president trump has said that he wants out of the treaty, and nuclear weapons treaty, unlikely to be renewed. this technically puts the world and a more perilous place. but anyway, this is something that people are talking about quite a lot. the weapons watchers are concerned, saying that one of the reasons that the u.s. and russia may want out of these treaties is that china is developing their weapons. they are not party to any of them. >> hypersonic weapons being

developed in china. with this, thank you so much. the top democrat in the house accusing president trump of using "scare tactics" as the government shuts down, and we talk to a reporter who just sat down with nancy pelosi next.

>> leland: will come back. steve scully is telling lawmakers there will be no votes in the house this week. it will likely stretch into the new year, possibly mark meadows telling our capitol hill teams i needle has moved towards a very long shutdown. peter doocy, one of the best of sourced on capitol hill.

mark meadows assessment, do you agree with that? >> is not up to me to agree or disagree with that, but i can tell you that it was a big surprise when steve scully announced there will be no more votes. there was a thought that maybe a deal could have been announced. the gavel is about to drop. there is really nobody here. >> it not much has happened in washington. ultimately, schumer needs to get ten votes for it in the senate. hopefully when schumer decides that he agrees we need security on our mexican u.s. border, we will be able to go back to work. >> focusing on the impact, kamala harris just wrote this. as you head back home, remember that intel the government reopens, tsa agents are not being paid to be at work right now during one of the busiest

travel times of the year. be patient at this time. about three quarters of the government right now remains open, so that's part of the reason why there is not a big rush by either party to open it. leigh lynch >> leland: tour is behind you on capitol hill coming through there. peter, mark meadows saying it looks like this is going to go longer rather than shorter. have they given up any ground on this? >> not right now. $1.5 billion worth of border wall money in the spending bill. it meadows tweeted this. "nancy pelosi told president trump on national tv that the house didn't have the votes for a border wall built. we did, is passed easily. the white house wants it. the senate majority wants it. the one blocking the secure border, chuck schumer. she wears web said that they seem to share it. he wrote this. "no end in sight.

he has taken our government hostage over his outrageous demands for a $5 billion border wall that is wasteful and ineffective." so saying no money for the wall, and that is why there is no solution today. leland. >> leland: as you point out, may not be one for a while. thank you. let's bring in eliza collins. she covers politics for "usa today" ," scored an excluse interview with nancy pelosi, who has you might imagine, has some criticism with how president trump is trying to get money for his water well. eliza, picking up where peter left off, as entrenched as mark meadows told peter he was, does nancy pelosi seem as equally entrenched as if denying him his walk? >> nancy pelosi and the democrats are equally digging in their heels on the other side. the other thing is that nancy pelosi is expected to take over the speakers gavel on january 3rd. that means that the democrats

come back, they are in the majority, and she has control. she likely does have the votes then to pass the clean funding bill, pass it over to the senate, where it is likely that that has the votes as well, and is it is up to you president trump to sign. next week, she will be the speaker. >> leland: once she becomes the speaker, is there a thought that she will then moderate and be more willing to deal? becoming speaker, securing the votes that she has had to go through in this process, it has not been an easy one for her. >> right, she has had a difficult time securing the votes. it looked like they were too many people who opposed her originally. she basically did some old fashion, handed out favors, stamped out the rebellion. they will be some people who oppose her, but not expected to be enough to stop her. this is an issue that both sides believe that they are right on. democrats are not giving an

inch, and republicans are not. of course, someone will eventually have to give an edge because the government will have to reopen, but at this moment, she is going and very confident. in our interview, she joked that trump is changing his mind so much, talking about it like it was a beaded curtain. she has accused him of fearmongering. it does not sound like democrats are going to play ball. >> leland: if you take away the policy discussion in terms of what the wall represents and put it into a political perspective, how confident, or what data point does nancy pelosi point to that says standing on this hill about the wall, denying president trump any money for a wall, is one that plays well politically, maybe not for her base. but do they think it plays well with independents heading into 2020? >> in the final couple of weeks, the president really went hard. republicans really want hard and

talking about the caravan, talking about the wall. democrats came out on top. republicans did pick up a couple of seats in the senate. that was a very different thing. she said it worked for us then, let's keep going forward. >> leland: well, great piece in "usa today." i know that there is a lot more to that interview coming up in the coming days. we will look for that. have you back on to talk about that. great reporting. >> thank you. we will have it out next week. >> leland: injury time in san diego. we will be right back. will my experience with usaa

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there. the troops loved it. for all of that criticism about him, i couldn't care less. that's more or less on the troops. they know that they are not supposed to be engaging in campaign activity. they were enthused. he is the president of the united states at the end of the day. and i am thrilled that he made it. >> leland: interesting timing, of course. some criticism for not being a commander in chief who visited troops and a combat zone. then it came just a week after he announced pulling at u.s. troops out of syria. give us the back story of sort of projecting u.s. foreign policy and discussing u.s. foreign policy on foreign soil in front of the troops who are enforcing it. >> it is very important because they are the ones who are holding the line. they are the ones who are called upon to safeguard our country. also to help our allies. it is important for the president to tell them why they are there, what is their mission? what can they expect?

the fact that he went, i can tell you that trips like this are planned well before they actually occur. there is a close hold on them, very few people know. it was executed perfectly. their morale has been boosted by not only the president, but i think this is one of the first times that the first lady has accompanied him to a war zone. so this was a twofold mission to boost morale, to show the troops that the president cares for them. also to explain the mission. why it is important that they are there. >> leland: he talked about why he had pulled them out, essentially saying that they launch missions and attacks on isis. here he is sort of speaking also from a domestic political perspective, talking to the troops. take a listen. we will get your guys reaction. >> we are no longer the suckers. people aren't looking at us as suckers. and i love you because most of

you are nodding your heads. we are respected again as a nation. >> leland: robin. >> there are so many democrats that feel that 17 years ago, knew exactly where we were going with all of this, and it is time for a pullout. the only criticism i have for the president is that he has promised that he would listen to general mattis, didn't want to leave until february. >> leland: that is a very different -- >> he has the call to make. >> leland: the discussion about mattis leaving is very different than what the president was talking about. when you listen to the president there talk about the decision to withdraw from syria, whether or not people agree with it or not, he caught a lot of criticism from both republicans and democrats on this. this is a campaign promise he talked about, changing u.s. foreign policy. how did that play domestically?

what he said. >> i think very well. we have been played by foreign actors who would rather have us fight battles for them. you guys have got to stand up and do more to protect yourselves and your neighbors. don't always look to america to solve your problems. there isn't an american i know that would want our men and women to be on the front lines and be secondary to the people who live in the neighborhood, who have vested interest in their own security. i think this is very well received, not only by the troops, but by the average american, i think, would agree with the president. >> leland: i appreciate you gentlemen. thanks for being here. thanks for making the drive on short notice as well. thank you, gentlemen. one lucky winner got a pretty nice belated christmas gift. a powerball prize of nearly $300 million. the winning ticket sold at a gas station here in new york city.

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15 seconds left until the closing bell. and to take a look at it. now up 233. it had been down by 600 at one point today. i am leland vittert in for shepard smith. trish regan in for neil. >> congress gambling in, closing out. a whole lot of action. we are all over the place. hello, everyone, i am trish regan. and this is a special edition of "your world." let's go to capitol hill where they are set to gavel in. it not going to do too much else. it taking a look at stocks here. rallying big time at one point today, the dow was down more than 600 points. but at the close, what you know? we have nice amounts. closing out the day. we are all over this story.