that's it for this week's show, thanks to my panel and to all of you for watching, i'm paul gigot, we hope to see you right here next week. ♪ >> and we begin with a fox news alert, a weekend meeting with vice president mike pence senior white house officials and congressional staffers ends with no deal. but they will be back at it again tomorrow. all this as president trump suggests the partial government shutdown could potentially drag on for months or even years. hi, everyone, welcome to brand-new hour inside of america's news headquarters, i'm laura ingle in for arthel neville. eric: welcome, laura, good to see you, i'm eric shawn, talks are not going anywhere as president and democrats refuse to give any ground over border funding, meanwhile the blame game continues in washington as

partial government shutdown passes the 2-week mark, ellison barber live in washington in bureau with the latest with really no developments, hi, ellison. >> democratic leaders have said they agreed to continue conversations with the white house, we, of course, saw that today, we will see that later on this weekend as well. the white house, though, democrats said they told president trump a resolution is unlikely unless the government is open, they want him to open the government and then continue border security discussions, the president has said many times the shutdown will not end without money for a physical barrier at u.s.-méxico border. democrats say they will not do it. right now most republicans on capitol hill are on the president's side. >> speaker pelosi is negotiating for the democrats obviously president trump for the republicans. speaker pelosi hates trump more than she likes border security. i just don't see any common

ground here. >> top lawmakers from each chamber of congress met with president trump yesterday, they did not leave with a deal, president trump said he may declare national emergency to get the wall built, if he does, the courts should step in. >> i don't think it's legal because there is a provision in the law that in case of national emergency the president can tap pentagon budget to meet the national emergency although asylum seekers our border is more secure with fewer people crossing illegally than they have in the last 20 years, the courts should throw it out, should say, this is not a national emergency, this is not legal. >> president trump did say he's giving the negotiation process a shot before invoking his emergency powers. eric. eric: also talk about a deal that could include the dreamers, something similar to what already was agreed on last year. what do you know about that?

>> last week south carolina send say graham had lunch with president trump at the white house afterwards he spoke with reporters and said he floated an idea what he called the outline of potential breakthrough, combining the president's 5 billion-dollar for border security and some sort of wall with the older legislation, the bridge act to give protections to immigrants currently protected under deferred action and immigrants who have temporary protective status, some republican lawmakers are saying that we should keep an eye on it, senator graham in particular, so far, eric, we have not seen any movement with that. >> meanwhile yet another meeting tomorrow, we will see if there's any progress, ellison, thank you. >> the president will head to camp david tomorrow where he will meet to senior staff members to lay out priorities of 2019 as he ways invoking presidential powers to get border wall funding. here is what he said after yesterday's white house meeting. >> have you considered using emergency powers to grant

yourself authorities to build this wall without congressional approval and second -- >> yes, i have. >> you have? >> i can do it if i want. >> you don't need congressional approval? >> absolutely, we can call national emergency because of the security of our country, absolutely, we can do it. i haven't done it. i may do it, i may do it but we can call a national emergency and build it very quickly and it's another way of doing it. if we can do it through negotiated process, we are giving that a shot. >> is that a threat hanging over the democrats? >> i never threaten anybody. but i am i allowed to do. >> fox news radio who is also an attorney, john, good to have you with us, i know that you were there yesterday when you heard president trump say he's considering declaring a national emergency and people immediately asked, how exactly does that work so i wanted to ask you what you thought when you heard that

and as an attorney is this even constitutional? >> well, it's not constitutional that's the short answer. power of the purse rest with congress if the president wants money for border wall with méxico he needs to get appropriation from congress, it needs to pass the full senate, needs to pass the full house, it needs to pass the appropriation committees in both of the chambers and as we all know that hasn't happened yesterday, despite the president said what he said yesterday in order to build that border wall with méxico, he needs a specific appropriation from congress to do so even if he declares that there's a national emergency. >> you know, when we heard john, that the president told democrats in their friday meeting with congressional leaders that the partial government shutdown could drag on for amongst or maybe even years, made a lot of people pretty anxious especially government employees who are going without pay during all of this, i know that you have personally covered the longest ever government shutdown, 95,

96, tell us how that ended and as we compare and contrast what's happening on right now? >> we are at day 15, the longest shutdown happened in 95, 96, lasted 21 days and i covered that. the way it came to an end it was public opinion, public opinion ultimately sided against the republican side, sided against newt gringrich and because of that he ultimately caved and there was a deal with clinton administration, president clinton and that's what's likely going to lead to both sides making compromise, if we see one side or another, whether it's president trump or democrats getting the short end of the stick as it relates to public opinion, you will see that side come to the bargaining table and reach a compromise on their position. >> it's just such an interesting time, an amazing that you have been there for both of them. we talked about some of the government departments that are shut down right now with so many departments which handle crucial

paths, i want to ask you about this one that we are talking about today in news room, e-verify is one of them, this is a system for viewers used by employers to check the legalization of applicants, it's currently offline due to shutdown, immigration law tern say this is to npr, there's irony there, we have electronic wall for e-verify that should be used. is it ironic? >> it is, indeed. what's also ironic is that you have contractors who are funded throughout this fiscal year, they are showing up to the homeland security right now but they don't have anything to do and the reason being is because it's essential personnel showing up at dhs. all money to contractors, they are showing up and they are not actually doing the job that they are tasked to do because the

people that need to give them their assignments are not there, laura, that's another irony about government shutdown. as we take a look at what's happening in new year, the president heading to camp david where he will focus on priorities for 2019, i want to take a look at recent poll which found a series of questions, they asked the series of questions to more than a thousand adults under half said immigration is top issue for the government in 2019, taking a look there and here is a look at a breakdown by party what should the top priority be for the government, that was asked last year and this year, no matter the party, every block of voter said immigration is top priority so most certainly we will be hearing more coming out of this camp david meetings, right? >> well, that's exactly right. immigration is a priority for both democrats and republicans. your poll bears it out, the question is how do you reach some sort of compromise, laura,

both sides are dug in their heels. the other question is it priority for republicans that are willing to shutdown the government continuously going forward in order to get their way, is it such a top priority for democrats that they're willing to keep the government closed at this time. i think public opinion over the course over the next few weeks, government shutdown last that long will move both parties in a certain direction and hopefully we should have finality on the issue. >> love to have you on the air. oh, to be a fly in the wall which you get to be so often. >> have a good day. eric: iowa caucus 13 months away but the presidential campaign just about started this week, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren hitting the campaign trail in the state, he's in iowa

holding town hall event, first visit to hawkeye state as part of operation. the democrat will visit four city this is weekend just days after launching exploratory committee to test waters for a possible 2020 run, peter doocy in des moines, iowa where presidential campaigns all have their birth, hi, peter. >> a few minutes ago, elizabeth warren, said she's not a person of color, they have questions about why, what elizabeth warren was thinking and what she was trying to accomplish when she decided to release dna test results to show she's a fraction native american. >> i'm going put it all out there, just put it all out there. all my hiring records including dna test is out there. i can't stop donald trump from what he's going to do, i can't

stop him from hurdling racial insults. what i can do is i can be in this fight for all of our families. >> warren has been trying to emphasize that she's not a career politician and that her senate campaign in massachusetts was her first in politics but greater focus this weekend is trying to protect working class americans that she argues are being taken advantage of by a system design today benefit wealthy elites and using provocative language to describe immigration policies describing tender-aged children locked in cages at the border and amazon warehouse but durtyier, republicans aren't buying it here, though, jeff says in a statement, elizabeth warren, east coast liberal, obstructionist long on rhetoric and short on accomplishments. the massachusetts senator spent more time whipping up ancestry

charade than talking about issues that americans care about, securing borders, cutting taxes and negotiating better deals with our trade partners. warren is spending 3 days in iowa this weekend, 13 months ahead of the caucuses and the venues that she's been hosting the events at are on the smaller side compared to president trump rally but they are all filled to capacity, eric. eric: in iowa the voters want to meet you and grill you face to face as you go through the hoops, peter, thank you. laura. >> as warren tests her message new report reveals both her and other democratic candidates are seeking advice and hoping from endorsement from hillary clinton. let's bring in alex vogul, former national republican committee counsel and robin byro. here we are.

off to the races, off to the start here in 2019, robin, we have been watching and listening elizabeth warren hitting several sports in iowa, what do you think of messaging so far, it's still early, what do you think of momentum she's work to go create at this stage? >> she needed to come out early. she was doing well 2 years ago, a lot of time that that was her time. message that speaks to her blue-collar roots and really hitting good with iowans, i'm anxious to see as she goes forward in rural areas how that translates. >> alex, i want to ask you the same question about how you feel her tone is, what she said, some of the things she said today, she's looking for a better deal for the middle class, return politics to the people, she's

getting out there early so far with 4 stops today. what do you think of what she has to say so far? >> first of all, going to iowa and new hampshire is table stakes, she has to get out there and put herself in front of activists, the real challenge for her frankly, this is your moment, what she's had to do clean-up work around the dna test and other things, she will have to address that. frankly if everyone is talking about whether or not you appear to be genuine when you're pretending to casually drink a beer the answer is not going terribly well at this point but she has to go out there and do this and from her perspective it's probably her advantage to get out there first and do clean-up before her fellow travelers are out there bashing into her. >> right, well, you know, obviously we have a long road ahead of us and robin axios with

report several potential democratic candidates have been meeting with hillary clinton to her her brain about her experience leading to election in 2016, obviously she went through, you know, a lot there, here is a look that some who have been courting clinton for possible advice and endorsements, as we take a look at the field, eric garcetti makes sense that they want to talk with her, she has so much experience going up against trump. >> absolutely, that's exactly what hillary clinton promised to do when she lost, she promise today mentor up and coming candidates, i'm glad to see she's doing that. cory booker at one point was on short list for vp running mate, i completely get it but i would steer clear about any possible endorsement that may come to hurt any possible candidates but i'm really thrill today hear she's imparting her experience and wisdom, that we really need in the party and she's doing the right thing. >> sounds like she's been having

meetings and wanting to do it and so we will probably hear more about that. i'm wondering too, alex, you probably have seen in republican circles, presidential hopefuls seeks out advice from those who have gone before them? >> absolutely. my then boss was thinking about running for president, the first thing we did was hit down with lamar alexander and a number of republicans who had been through the process to hopefully gain some insight and experience. to me the interesting thing here is a lot of what's going on with candidates in hillary is not so much about gaining insight from her into the process as cultivating that relationship, she's obviously one of the more significant potential endorsers not that i think she will endorse any time soon, but i think a lot of this is about talking to her and stroking ego to try and build the relationship to these candidates. all right, alex, robin, we have to leave it there, thank you so much for joining in the conversation, we will talk to

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illegally. very emotional remembrance and claudia is there, hi, claudia. >> hi, eric, you're right, an emotional but at times humorous memorial service which focused on how he lived and not how he died, what a turnout, uniformed officers wearing the black mourning band over their badge came here from around the country to pay last respects and many wore badge number 282 on top of their own. 7-year veteran of newman police force, small department outside of modesto with 12 officers, chief randy richardson, described how he immigrated and worked his way to become police officer, improving english to make sure he was understood. the chief had to tell them,

you're wearing it backwards. >> he got a blank look on his face and he said, i'm not. i said you are. and he said, but i put it on the mirror and looks right and i said exactly. [laughter] >> he's done so many interviews and nobody had mentioned it to him. and it was at that moment i knew, this kid is going to fit in. >> had just celebrated christmas with wife and 5-month-old son when he was shot during traffic stop early the next morning. the suspect and illegal immigrant and nope gang member has been charged with murder, 7 others are also behind bars. after the service thousands of law enforcement officers and on patrol cars escorted coffin to cemetery where he's being layed to rest, crowds gathered to view the passing hearse.

the legal proceedings against accused killer and accused accomplices unfold. eric: such a tragedy, legal immigrant to pursue american dream will not be forgotten, claudia, thank you. laura. >> sad story. well, here is a good story, they say it's a good time to look at 401(k), can you believe it after wall street ends the week on a high note with stocks high rocketing. what's behind the search, new details about paul, american man held on espionage charges in russia. was his arrest part of a larger plan by the kremlin? >> the u.s. are leading on this because he's a british and american citizen but our position is very, very clear, a very straightforward point that individuals should not be used

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eric: we are learning new details about the u.s. marine veteran arrested in russia on espionage charges. officials in moscow brushing off suggestion that is paul was detained there to be used as a pond in a prisoner swap that involves maria patina, russian woman who pled guilty last month acting as foreign agent in the united states, live in london for our this late afternoon with the details. hi, kitty. >> hi, eric, the russian foreign ministry says it's too soon to talk about prisoner swaps because paul has not been officially charged, detained in moscow in late december, his family says he was on a private visit to attend a wedding, they are convinced he's innocent.

known for harsh conditions. the exact nature of spying allegations is unclear, the u.s. government has asked moscow to explain. while there has been speculation that russia might want to exchange whelan for maria, today it's become more complicated. russian authorities acquired of another russian citizen who they say u.s. has been holding around the same date as paul whelan, russian authorities will be formally charged very soon and maybe then only then we will learn a bit more about why this has happened and what evidence there possibly could be to convict him. it's interesting to note that many people think it's quite unlikely that could have been spy after dishonorable discharge of marines in 2008. paul whelan if he is charged and convicted could face 20-year sentence in jail. of course, his family is campaigning hard to prevent that

from hopping but if he is in prison, of course, his value political pond called increase. eric: disturbing development in russia, thank you, kitty. laura. >> the dow ending a roller coaster week on a high note, surging more than 700 points on friday, we will take that thanks in big part to impressive job's report, companies added 312,000 employees to their payrolls last month. the president had this to say yesterday. >> this is a great number. i think it has a lot to do with factories that are moving back into the united states who have left and now coming back to us instead of being in other countries. >> jackie joins us with more on this, all right, i hear it's safe to look at 401(k)'s this week. >> laura, if you thought last week was volatile, wait next week when china trade talks resume on monday.

the dow was up on monday and on wednesday, then dropped 660 points on thursday, only to rally 726 points on friday. it was continuation of the market's wins we have seen all year as washington and beijing butt heads over tariffs. low hit on christmas eve, also on friday news that manufacturing sharply declined in december suggesting possibly backlash against american brands. apple which gets a fifth of revenue from china made cut to revenue guidance, the lowest it's been in 6 years citing weak trade in china. apple lost 452 million bars in market capitalization since october 3rd, down 39% even greater than facebook. >> i think the bigger question is how weak can china get without dragging us into a recession? i think if there's a global recession it'll be hard to dodge that but i also think china can go down without taking us down. first of all we are going with stimulus package, form of tax

cuts and spending. >> but the bad news blow was soften with strong job's report along with trade optimism, u.s. economy added 312,000 new jobs in december, the most in 10 months and unemployment rose to 3.9% due to more people entering the workforce. in combination with faster wage growth, experts say points to continued support for consumer spending overall in 2018 the economy added 2.6 million jobs, so despite market anxieties and recession concerns the labor market does look good, job creation and wage gains which points to slower but positive outlook, laura. >> thank you so much for the report, lute of people anxious to get out of the roller coaster ride, we will see what happens. eric: that's for sure, new members of congress sworn and seated this week, record number of women and members with diversed backgrounds. some of the new faces have wasted no time in making voices

heard. garrett tenney has more from washington. >> the freshmen class includes wave of progressive lawmakers who ran on shaking up the schatz quo and a few hours after being sworn in detroit congress member to impeach president trump, it was caught on camera. >> we will go in there and teach them -- >> comments overshadowed the crafted message from democratic leaders about majority and legislative agenda for the year ahead. a number of democrats criticized her statement as wrong and disrespectful but to leave double down, i will always speak truth to power, #unapologetically me. impeachment is divisive issue among democrats, that kind of talk could rehurt chances to retake the house, issue that many progressive lawmakers aggressively campaigned on. another freshman making waves is alexandria ocasio-cortez, green new deal which aims to tackle

climate change and income inequality and eliminating all industrial greenhouse omissions and paying for it by raising taxes on the most wealthy to rate of 60 to 70% in an interview in cbs60 minutes ocasio-cortez welcomes the label of being radical. >> i think that it only has ever been radical for the change of this country, abraham lincoln made the radical decision to sign the emancipation declaration and roosevelt the radical decision to embark on programs like social security, that's radical. >> republicans and president trump lowered the top tax rate to 37% so ocasio-cortez's plan would double that but calls for green new deal are being embraced by democrats. so this is not an issue that will be going away any time soon, eric. eric: garrett, thank you so

much. >> laura. >> the white house could be reconsidering withdrawing troops from syria, what we learning about the plan and how the administration is calming the fears of our allies. >> we want to protect the kurds but i don't want to be in syria forever. it's sad and it's death.

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>> u.s. officials now believe a drone strike carried out tuesday and killed one of terrorists behind the 2000 bombing of u.s.

cole in yemen, fbi most wanted terrorist list linked to the deaths of 17 americans all killed in that attack. he was eventually convicted of plotting and carrying out the plan against the guided missile destroyer, the fbi says he escaped from prison in yemen in 2003, caught over a year later but managed to escape again in 2006. eric. eric: new developments in the plan to withdraw u.s. troops from syria, national security adviser john bolton arriving in israel earlier today with plans to also visit turkey as part of this trip, the trump administration working to try to calm fears in allies over decision by the president to reduce american troops from syria, bolton's trip comes as u.s. troops could remain in war-tornnation after the plan complete withdrawal, any use of

chemical weapons will be met by very strong response as we have done twice before, assad regime should be under no illusion that it would be on the table. what is he saying to israelis, former caa station chief in moscow who served there as well as in iraq and pakistan and also fox news contributor. dan, it's been unimaginable catastrophe in syria, one would think on human dimensions could not happen in day and age, appears that assad, iran and russia have won, can we keep them in check without the 2,000ops on the ground? >> no question that the people of syria have lost, remains to be seen who the winners are frankly, i don't think how assad can govern long-term given the chemical weapon's attacks he's inflicted of iran and russia on own citizens, as far as the necessity for troops to remain

in syria, there's a small contingent of 2,000 of them, the pentagon reports that we've had 4 deaths, two noncombat deaths in the last years and the question that some of our administration officials are asking to invoke the late krautmammrer, given the fact that we have the doctrine, leverage the kurds, would be doing heavy-lifting against isis, i wonder if we are the indispensable element against isis to ensure that they don't reconstitute. eric: can 2,000, can 500, can they hold the line against iran's expansionism and isis? >> right, those are the two key questions right there and secretary pompeo and others in the administration have said that our mission in syria is

twofold, one to eliminate isis geographic space and destroy them and then secondly to eventually to induce iran to remove their military capability from syria, that's a very difficult long-term challenge but one that the israelis would appreciate. are 2,000 troops coupled with air capability, they have been able to provide train and assist, assistance to kurds, i think we have done a lot obviously to combat isis, certainly the russians and the syrians and the iranians aren't doing it. as far as getting iran out of syria, that's a taller difficult order, i think it would take more commitment on our part. i'm not sure the president wants to commit that but i would just add the president has been tough on iran than any by tearing up the jcpoa and massive sanctions. eric: tehran has continued to

expand. they want the shy identity -- shiite crescent, how can we realistically push back against tehran who have chanted, supporters have chanted death to america? >> yeah, i think that's -- that's the argument for us to engage heavily with allies in region. iran is on the offensive. their allies have now been elected into the iraqi parliament. iranian surrogates, former militia leaders. those are guys on whom the iranians will rely to infull trait to -- infiltrate and saudi arabia, eastern part of the

kingdom. there's no question we need to work closer with allies and taking action if necessary and if we want to take fight to iran, syria is the place to do it. eric: what specifically can we, what specifically should we do, the country is still number one on state sponsored list of terrorist -- state sponsors of terrorists. >> the first thing our troops are doing, 2,000 troops they are not allowing iran to take strategic territory, we have been buffer in the region enabling the kurds to have breathing spaces they can fight isis and prevent iran and syria, syrian surrogates from taking control. but i agree with you, i think that there's a limit to what we can realistically accomplish and when you see secretary pompeo and ambassador bolton and dunford on the ground on the fact-finding mission, they will return to the president and discuss how much the united states is prepared to provide

what our input should be in the region and what we hope to get out of it but for sure strategic interest is defeating isis and maybe second is holding the line against iran. eric: finally, quickly, do you see this rollback, they are slowing it up apparently. do you think it makes it to the point where the president will not withdraw all the troops from syria? >> well, i think president erdogan woke up the next day and realized he couldn't do the things that needed to get done and i think the president has shown that he's willing to challenge his own assumption, e he did it in afghanistan, he might do it back on syria, things change on the ground as advisers return with that sort of guidance. i wouldn't be surprised if the president swivelled. eric: so they'll take that back to the president and we will see, don, always good to see you. >> you too. eric: of course, laura. >> eric, navy seal charged with murdering teenager who was

fighting for isis, jamie chambers from our san diego affiliate kswb was there as edward gallagher arrived in court. >> chief gallagher marched in court marshall, 19-year veteran fighting for the future of his life. the chief petty officer accused of killing isis prisoner of war, naval investigators saying gallagher stabbed teenage isis fighter and fired sniper round at innocent civilians during last tour in iraq. >> i can't believe this is happening, you know, another person who was a seal told me that there was some bad things happening and justice wasn't being served. i came down to see for myself and what i am seeing makes me

ashamed to being an american. [cheers and applause] >> defense attorney says the charges of war crimes are frivolous and will not hold up to scrutiny. >> he didn't murder, he didn't murder anyone when he was out there. that's our contention. he did not murder anyone. >> san diego area congressman hunter has advocated for gallagher's case to be reviewed by president tru instead of the navy. eric: nasty winter storm slamming parts of the south, dumped snow and rain in vast areas there, now the system is drenched in the northeast with several inches of rain, full forecast on the weekend and what can you expect, good reason to just stay home and watch exclusive investigation on what happened to jimmy hoffa, streaming station, a mob hitman told me he shot is jimmy hoffa the day he disappeared.

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>> well, double winter whammy, two storms, one in northeast andout in west dumping rain this weekend. adam klotz live with soggy forecast. from coast to coast everyone is getting hist. >> the west coast getting hit, the east coast getting hit. if you live in the middle, enjoying this, 61-degrees, beautiful weather for those folks, plenty of stocks, winter-like weather, temperature mid-40's, rains from mid-atlantic to new england. this will linger for a few hours, running through the rest of the weekend is this round of showers we see rolling off the pacific coast all the way from southern california to northern california to pacific northwest particularly northern california in area where this is going to turn into snow. right along the coastline is

rain. once you higher elevation, that's when this turns into snow and for some of the areas, it will turn to a lot of snow. winter storm watches, warnings across this region, northern california, everything you're looking at, pink there, those are warnings, watches, the higher elevations is where you see more snow. some estimated amounts and these are what we are looking at, purples, getting over 24-inches of snow, several feet of snow, more widespread getting a foot of snow then down in lower elevation, 6 to 12-inches. large system, that's one we are watching, if you're in the middle of the country things will look good today. maybe january in kansas, what do you say? >> i think that's a good idea. you're telling me that my sacramento friends are probably going to be hitting lake tahoe pretty soon. >> yeah, snow out there for sure. >> thank you so much, adam.

eric: big catch big payday in japan, rare blue fin, ready, $3 million in annual auction in tokyo. man, expensive sushi. here is the man that paid big bucks. owner of restaurants. blue fin tuna may soon be extinct and japan working to try and rebuild its stocks. >> partial government shutdown putting president trump against congressional sides, how and when does it end, the latest in a brand-new hour of mek's news -- america's news headquarters.

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>> fox news alert, as we mark day 15 of the partial government shutdown. negotiations are now set to resume again tomorrow. that after vice president mike pence and other senior white house officials met with democratic officials today at the old executive office building. the democrats we're told were requesting more details about what the department of homeland security needs to secure our southern border, fully, this as both sides continue to dig in their heels on the demands to end this shutdown. i'm eric shawn. this is brand new hour of america's news headquarters. >> i'm laura ingall in for arthel neville. the president trying to keep the

conversation going after a second round of talks with congressional leaders yesterday led nowhere. white house deputy press secretary today placing the blame squarely on democrats, saying they are prioritizing illegal immigrants over americans. >> for the life of me, i can't figure out this watershed moment in politics, in which an entire political party has decided they are going to stand with people who are here in this country, hundreds of thousands of them, come every year illegally and unlawfully as opposed to hundreds of millions of american citizens. >> we have fox team coverage for you. ellison barber is live in washington with lawmaker reaction. we begin with kevin cork live at the white house with today's meeting. kevin? >> keep talking, that's the sum total of today's working group meeting over at the eeob. as you pointed out, the white house has issued a statement, and it reads in part that this meeting was in fact productive. they start off by talking about

secretary of homeland security nielsen and how she was actually able to get through that part of the briefing where she sort of lays out all the details about what's happening at the border. you may remember earlier in the week, we told you that nancy pelosi and chuck schumer kept interrupting her when she was trying to talk. today she was able to get through it. she was able to provide a full briefing on the crisis at the southern border. the conversation was productive. and they agreed to meet again tomorrow afternoon. the statement continues, and it reads this way, there was no in depth conversation about dollar figure, but the priorities for security. vice president reiterated the president's position, that we need funding for the border wall. democrats requested further details in writing, on the needs of dhs, and we will provide this tonight and/or tomorrow. now, today's collaborative working session obviously in very sharp contrast to yesterday's admittedly contentious meeting over in the

situation room. the president taking to twitter to let the american people know in writing how things worked out today. he said this, vice president mike pence and the team just left the white house, briefed me on their meeting, with schumer, pelosi representatives. not much headway made today. i think that's the real take away. the tweet goes on this way, he says second meeting set for tomorrow afternoon, after so many decades must finally and permanently fix the problems on the southern border. now, those problems, the president said, can be solved with proper border security including a wall, but in order to get the 5.6 billion dollars to fund the project, he obviously needs the democrats to finally agree. tomorrow as mentioned, it is a working session here in the white house complex and the president himself will be very busy as well. we expect him to make his way over to camp david. as we get details of that, i promise to pass them along. for now back to you. >> kevin cork thank you very much at the white house. great picture that you showed us

there of the inner workings of what was happening inside the meeting with the vice president. thank you. eric? eric: from the white house let's go up pennsylvania avenue to capitol hill. that's where members of congress are reacting today following that meeting yesterday between congressional leaders and the president over the demands for funding the border wall. >> the president wants a secure nation. that's common sense. that's what we're fighting for, and unfortunately, the democrat party digging in their heels against us. it doesn't make any sense. >> i have been to the border and talked to border patrol people, and they say barriers, however you want to characterize the barrier, are effective in one thing and one thing only. they don't keep people out. they slow people down. eric: fox news coverage continues with ellison barber now in washington. hi. >> hi, eric. a democratic aide tells fox news the white house doubled down on their 5 billion dollars ask in today's meeting. the ask that led to the shutdown. democrats want president trump to open the government and then have a discussion on border security, and yesterday, they told president trump exactly

that. democrats say the process here is all wrong. >> we have agreed that we will continue our conversation, but we recognize on the democratic side that we cannot resolve this until we open up government. >> what happens in congress is that if the administration wants money for something, they come to congress, they testify, they make a case for the money they want. we don't write blank checks for 5.7 billion dollars without having any backup or detail. and that's what the president's asking us to do. >> the president has said many times the shutdown will not end without money for a physical barrier at the southern border. democrats say they will not do it. they believe a wall is ineffe ineffective and also immoral. republicans say this is about one party's disdain for president trump. >> my friends on the other side of the aisle are looking the other way when it concerns the security of our southern border,

and i think it is just ir responsible that they continue -- irresponsible that they continue to block the opening of the remainder of the 25% of government over the fact that they don't want to spend money on a wall, which i think it's about the fact they don't want to give president trump any semblance of a victory. >> shortly after taking control of the house, democrats passed a combined bill to reopen parts of the federal government through september 30th. seven republicans joined democrats and voted in favor of that. the house also approved funding for dhs on an interim basis, but without any funding for the wall. senate majority leader mcconnell said it is not something the senate will take up. he said they will not vote on any bills that cannot get 60 votes in the senate, and that the president will not sign. eric? eric: it continues. ellison, thank you. laura? >> you may have seen massachusetts senator elizabeth warren making her first trip to the hawkeye state this weekend, as a likely 2020 presidential candidate. the democratic lawmaker holding rallies and speaking in front of a large crowd in iowa, where she

certainly sounded like someone ready to run for the oval office. >> we need to attack head-on the costs that are crushing middle class families. healthcare, housing, education, those are investments we need to make as a country. yes. >> and we've got peter doocy live in des moines, iowa, where the senator will make her last stop of the day later this evening. hi, peter. >> laura, at this partial government shutdown driven by border security disagreements drags on, elizabeth warren is telling iowa caucus-goers about her trip down to the border and pitching an immigration system that she says should be able to distinguish between a terrorist and 9-year-old girl. >> i went down to the border, and i saw the children that had been taken away from their

parents. i saw cages full of women, and it was unbelievable. it was like a giant amazon warehouse that was dirty. >> warren is the only top tier 2020 contender on the ground in iowa this weekend, but she's also the only one in the field anywhere answering questions about her heritage. caucus-goers have been asking why her response to president trump's nickname of pocahontas was to release a dna test that proved she was just a fraction native american and was offensive to the tribes that she claimed connections to. warren said today she was just trying to get everything she could out into the open. she's also been reminding voters that she's not a career politician. one campaign before this one under her belt. she's focusing on issues like improving benefits for low earning americans, tackling the student debt crisis, but if the republican party of iowa sees her as a threat, they are hiding

it for now. chairman jeff kaufman says this i would encourage her to visit iowa often so she can learn what issues really matter and see how rural americans live and are thriving under president trump's pro-growth economy. warren has been all over iowa yesterday and today, attracting hundreds, if not thousands across a handful of different events. her last one of the day will be here in des moines, later on this evening. laura? >> peter doocy, going all over the state for us. thank you very much for your reporting today. eric: california there was a final farewell for a hero who died in the line of duty. loved ones, colleagues and a mass of fellow members of law enforcement saying good-bye to a police corporal. authorities say the corporal was shot and killed during a traffic stop the day after christmas. the suspect, a man from mexico, living in this country, they say, illegally. claudia cowan is live in california with the emotional

and stirring tribute. >> yeah. >> hi, claudia. >> hi, eric. just a tremendous outpouring of support for the corporal's family here today as those who knew him best shared stories about this engaging young officer who grew up in fiji, always dreamed of becoming a cop, was ready with a smile and who touched so many lives. an overflow crowd of law enforcement from around the country heard about how the corporal rose through the ranks and how hard he worked to improve his english and his driving skills. he apparently crashed a few patrol cars, which made people laugh. and what a great guy he was. his younger brother idolized him and described how when they were growing up, he got hooked on the tv show "cops" and dreamed of coming to america. >> that's what we do, any time an officer has gone down in the line of duty, or another type of death, we're here to honor them and pay our respects and show

that the family and the community that we all care about him. >> the police chief said the corporal even made people smile when he arrested them. the chief fought back tears as he told the corporal's family that they are his family too and that the entire department would always be there for them. most officers here had never met the corporal, but that did not matter. he joined the 12-member police department in newman, california, seven years ago. he was shot and killed the day after christmas during a routine traffic stop. the suspected gunman is an illegal immigrant. in all, eight people are behind bars facing charges in connection to the case. following the service, a somber funeral. all along the procession route, even in the rain, crowds gathered to say good-bye and pay their last respects. the corporal was just 33 years old. he leaves behind a wife, a 5 month old son and a heartbroken

community. eric? eric: and a heartbroken people across the country, certainly an inspiration for us all. claudia, thank you. laura? republicans drilling down on the need to protect our border and americans. >> we let in over a million people every single year. by far the most generous nation in the world. and yet we have laws that need to be followed to keep americans safe. >> but one g.o.p. leader seems to be staying out of the discussion. how will his absence affect talks to end the partial government shutdown? we'll explore that, coming up. plus, the border security battle also with some heated words between nancy pelosi and kirstjen nielsen, details on that, ahead.

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government, and let's continue the discussions. laura: lawmakers from both sides of the aisle sparring as the partial government shutdown expands into its third week. president trump and house democrats battling over border security funding. and a noticeable absence from the fight, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who says he will not bring up any legislation that does not have the president's support. joining me now to talk about this, david jackson, white house reporter for u usa today. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. laura: let's talk about what happened today in washington, d.c., vice president pence leading the talks with white house staff and congressional staffers to see what they could do. no deal today. they will return tomorrow. what do you think happened? >> they basically talked about some of the details of what the white house says it wants in terms of border security. first of all, vice president pence was the only real big player that was in the meeting. the rest of them were basically staff members. the white house did agree to basically put some of its

proposals to paper. so they are going back now and writing up specifically what they think 5.7 billion dollars in border security will go for, including the wall, and they will meet again tomorrow and presumably talk about some of the details of the plan that the white house wants. laura: our capitol hill senior producer who is just fabulous, he's a machine, he has so much information for us all the time. he wrote about some of his observations for our fox news website, pointing out the optics, house minority leader mccarthy and minority whip scalise standing behind the president for his hour long session with the press yesterday but absent as we mentioned in the intro was senate majority leader republican mitch mcconnell and senate majority whip john thune also republican. what does that tell you? >> it tells me mitch isn't very involved in what's going on. mcconnell's people say he wasn't told there was a press conference. i don't think he was in a particular mood to hurry back for that news conference because

what mcconnell's people will say is that president trump hasn't given any kind of play to run. the president's insisted on his own plan for border security. the democrats oppose it. so we're kind of stuck. there really isn't anything for mcconnell to do. laura: we're in this third week now, we're starting it. we have asked many guests on our air, how long can this partial government shutdown go? and the stand off go? there doesn't seem to be any real answer yet with both sides digging in their heels. you know, you probably heard it, could this really go on for months or years as the president said it could? what do you think? >> i think it could go on for weeks or months is the way i put it. next weekend -- i think the longest shutdown we had was 21 days, in 95 and 96. it wouldn't surprise me if that record is broken. laura: what do you make of the president's take of considering some kind of emergency declaration that would allow him to tap into defense funds to build a border wall? a lot of people talking about this today. >> very much so. a lot of people in the white house are talking about it.

he has his lawyers working on it to try to find out if he can do it legally. some people see it as more of a threat to the democrats, to tell them hey, go ahead and give me what i want or otherwise i will throw an emergency declaration on it. it is hard to say how serious it is, but it is something he's thinking about. laura: we have heard some different legal opinions on that, whether or not it could be done. this tug-of-war between republicans and democrats isn't budging, as we mentioned. which side do you predict will have to give a little more than the other to end this stand off? >> i would probably say the white house because in fact we learned just today that chief of staff mulvaney is going around telling people that trump is willing to forego a concrete wall. he's willing to go all steel slats if that's what it takes to get the democrats on board. i think you are already starting to see the white house change a little bit. they are looking for 5.7 billion. the democrats are talk about 0. i think the white house is the one that's going to have to give more i think in the end. laura: is there anything else that stands out to you, david, that we've seen in the last --

well, just few days, i mean there's been so much news in the last few days with the press conferences and president trump coming out and speaking, what is it that stands out to you the most? >> each side is trying to grab the public agenda and trying to blame the other. whether it's calling news conferences or having votes on the floor or going on television. there's a lot of bad feelings about this between the two sides. it is really striking. laura: david jackson with usa today. we appreciate your perspective. thanks for being here. >> thanks. laura: we will be talking to you again soon. >> hope so, thanks. laura: thanks. eric: house speaker pelosi squared off with homeland security secretary nielsen during their meeting when they met about illegal immigration at the white house, this past week. the speaker reportedly telling nielsen during that meeting that she, quote, rejected her facts. they were discussing the number of criminal illegal immigrants who tried to enter our country last year. well, the squabble went over to social media, like almost everything else these days with ms. nielsen tweeting quote i'm disappointed that democrats did

not want to hear from dhs about the security and humanitarian crisis we are facing at the border. they didn't want to hear about criminal aliens, drugs smugglers, smuggled and abused children or violent caravans trying to breach the border wall. illinois democratic senator durbin also joining the fray telling bloom berg news that nell sent's presentation at that meeting -- nielsen's presentation at that meeting was quote not credible. he is also urging the president to agree to a daca deal and help the dreamers as a way to end the partial shutdown, tweeting in part, quote, democrats have offered a path forward to reopen the government, but the president is still unwilling to do that. he's punishing innocent people for a wild campaign promise of a wall. laura: we have new details emerging about the american man held on espionage charges in russia. was his arrest part of a larger plan by the kremlin? plus, a late night brawl turns deadly, after gunfire erupts at a bowling alley. what police are saying about the incident, as the investigation unfolds.

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that don't make sense. >> now the shots were fired inside a packed bowling alley, south of los angeles, in the city of torrance. those who were inside believe there was first a huge brawl that lasted for about five minutes, and then they heard gunfire. several witness say they scrambled to take cover or run as fast as they could to the nearest exit. investigators say of the three who were killed, they were all men and died on scene. the mother of one of the victims says she doesn't understand why someone had a gun in the first place. >> i'm a mother. i don't want to go through this. i can't even explain it. i'm so numb right now. i'm so angry. i'm so angry. i don't know what to say or what to do. i don't have my baby. my grandson don't have his father. i've got to go home and tell his baby, he's 5, that his daddy is not coming home. >> four other people were injured. police are still working to identify who is responsible for pulling the trigger. investigators say they didn't

find a gun on scene. we're also learning that the bowling alley does have security guards, but police are unsure if they are typically armed. eric? eric: so heart breaking. jeff, thank you. laura? laura: the 116th congress is now in session. and it's a historic one. a record number of women and members with diverse backgrounds being sworn in the u.s. of house of representatives this week. some of the new faces have wasted no time in making their voices heard, including michigan democratic congresswoman and new york democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez. garrett tenney is in our washington bureau with more. >> the freshman class of this congress includes a wave of progressive lawmakers who ran on shaking up the status quo. a few hours after being sworn in, the detroit congresswoman made that clear with a profanity laced pledge to impeach president trump that was caught on camera. >> we're going to go in there and impeach the [ bleep ].

>> those comments quickly overshadowed the democratic leaders about their legislative agenda. a number of democrats criticized her statement as wrong. but she doubled down later and tweeted. party leaders are concerned that kind of talk could hurt their chances to retake the white house. it is an issue that many of these progressive lawmakers aggressively campaigned on. another freshman making waves is alexandria ocasio cortez who has proposed a green new deal aimed to tackle climate change and income inequality by generating 100% of the nation's power from renewable sources and eliminating green house gas emissions and paying for it by raising the taxes on most wealthy, 60 to 70 percent. on an interview, she said she welcomes the label of being radical. >> i think that it only has ever

been radical to change this country. abraham lincoln made the radical decision to sign the emancipation proclamation. franklin delano roosevelt made the radical decision to embark on established programs like social security. that's radical. >> republicans and president trump lowered the top tax rate to 37%. cortez's plan would nearly double that. but her calls for a green new deal are being embraced by a number of mainstream democrats as well, including several potential 2020 candidates. senators warren and cory booker. this is not an issue that will be going away any time soon. laura? laura: thank you, garrett. eric? eric: laura, now that the 116th congress is in session, there is one notable absentee. north carolina's ninth congressional district does not have a representative yet. that's because there is an active fraud investigation into the election that involves absentee ballots there. republican mark harris currently leads the democrat mccready by 905 votes in the unofficial

returns. mr. harris is demanding the court certify that he won. >> if the court certified the election, then he could potentially petition the house of representatives to seat him. it is possible then though that pelosi and other democrats say no we're not going to seat you, that this is going to require new elections. eric: how will this be decided. fox news legal analyst is joining us and a partner for the firm michael j. moore is also joining us. mercedes, if there's a conviction in this apparent election fraud or allegations of such, can the court still decide to seat him or not? >> well, they could. i mean, right now there is this ongoing investigation. they can bring it to a hearing. they can have testimony taken. there is this underlying ground swell of support for harris, just in terms of getting to the end of this. there's already evidence that he has won the election. at least once that investigation is done, and the court is

satisfied with the evidence that's been brought forth, they can make the decision, but that can then be appealed at a later by the opposing side. and even more importantly, congress -- the house of representatives can step in and say we're not going to abide by this and actually seek a new reelection. eric: this seems like a mess. >> sure. eric: michael, absentee ballots are the easiest ways to basically commit fraud in an election. i've covered them before. troy, new york, where they went out, the allegations were they had people sign what they thought was an application, and then the politicians allegedly voted themselves in, with the absentee ballots. what if it turns out that that is what happened here? do you kick him out? do you not seat him yet? what do you think will happen? >> well there's a provision in north carolina law that allows for a new election to be called if in fact the public has lost confidence, there's not i guess

a good standing for the election outcome. it is not really surprising. you are right about the absentee ballots. here you have got a situation where the man in charge apparently of the absentee ballots of the harris campaign has a history with some absentee ballot problems. the whole question is, we hadn't seen anything in the investigation. if you put the fox in the henhouse and the eggs go missing, i mean i think you can probably guess the fox may have had something to do with it. i promise you that old mr. fox didn't get his taste for chicken right then. i mean he'd eaten some chickens in the past. that's whaur seeing here, a problem -- that's what you are seeing here, a problem with absentee ballots in a previous case, decision not to prosecute. suddenly we have an issue with clear discrepancies in some of the absentee ballots based on some of what we're hearing. there will have to be a decision made. my colleague is right. ultimately it is a decision for the congress. that's a constitutional provision. that's been settled law by the supreme court. eric: would they just keep the

seat open, mercedes? we talked about the fact that look, if you have absentee ballots. you have the names. first of all, the board of elections in north carolina was dissolved. they are not even back until january 31st. >> right. eric: with a new group, so that's a mess. why can't the board of elections or the investigators go out, comb through, as they are, these absentee ballots, get testimony from people, whether or not they actually signed them, or not, whether they are true, and does the seat stay empty during that time? >> it will stay empty during that time because obviously there's going to be more -- there might be a temporary restraining order to stop harris from taking the seat. there's all these things that are taking place in court, possibly congress. we have heard the house of representatives coming in and saying we're going to do our own investigation. congress can do their own investigation.

so many layers and steps that can be taken. all in all, the seat could be empty for a number of months. by the time you are done with all these layers of who will be doing the investigation, whether it's the court, house of representatives, all of this, bottom line is, the voters are going to throw up their hands and say why don't we just do a new election. that's ultimately what might happen in this case. eric: michael, how do you get there? you have a democratic house. could they certify and say we think the democrat won? >> i mean, i think part of the problem is you've got republicans and as i understand the north carolina electoral commission now, there's room for republican seats and democratic seats. the republicans don't want to nominate people to sit on that. that's why the democratic governor is not forming that committee. eric: three democrats and two republicans. >> that needs to be done. i mean, everybody, and i think we would say this, everybody whether you're democrat or republican, you want people, the citizens to have confidence and feel good about the outcome of the election. you may not agree with who won or lost, but at the oechbd t

the -- at the end of the day, you want to say we're america, we do things right when it comes to elections, that's what we do as democratic nation, if we have to have another election, we need to do that. we can probably resolve this, the folks in north carolina, have had history over the last few years battling over strict partisan lines, folks in north carolina, in the leadership, they need to come together and say we need to have confidence in the election. the law provides it. when the public does not, there's a way to call for a new election, we need to do that. eric: we covered a story a guy who voted in north carolina and two other states including tennessee. so mercedes, that's the final point. you have to have faith in the integrity and the honesty of the election, that election officials are doing their utmost to protect the very tenet and the basic system of democracy in our country. >> so true, eric. and frankly, whoever the victor is in this election, they don't want this cloud of suspicion to really be there anyway. they want it to be a legitimate

outcome. so frankly, whoever is the victor of it, they will step forward and say thankfully this process has been done and completed. i have been vindicated. here i am to sit in this seat ultimately. eric: we will see if that indeed happens after the investigations. michael and mercedes, good to see you. >> thanks. >> good to be with you. eric: folks, we will be right back. i'm ken jacobus and i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. and last year, i earned $36,000 in cash back. which i used to offer health insurance to my employees. what's in your wallet? not having a good breakfast can make you feel like your day never started. get going with carnation breakfast essentials®. it has protein, plus 21 vitamins and minerals including calcium and vitamin d, to help your family be their best. carnation breakfast essentials®.

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laura: russia is facing international pressure to release a former american marine detained in moscow on suspicion of spying. this as russian officials dismiss suggestions that paul whelan's arrest was part of a broader plan for a possible prisoner swap involving maria butina, a russian woman who pled guilty last month to acting as a foreign agent of russia in the u.s. kitty logan is in london with more on this. >> hi, laura, so today the russian foreign ministry said it

would not consider a prisoner swap for paul whelan. they say it is too early to talk about it because he hasn't yet been charged. paul whelan is being held in moscow since the end of december. he's a former u.s. marine who also holds british, canadian and irish citizenship and works as a security director. his family say he's innocent. whelan is in prison at this notorious jail in moscow. russia's accusing him of spying, but the exact nature of the allegations remains unclear. the u.s. government has asked moscow to explain. some believe russia might eventually want to exchange whelan for butina who has pled guilty in the u.s. for being a foreign agent. today authorities inquired about another russian citizen who they say the u.s. has been holding since around the same date as whelan. authorities say whelan will be formally charged soon which will no doubt raise the stakes. his family say he was in moscow

on a private two-week trip to attend a wedding, but it is thought unlikely he could have been a spy after a dishonorable discharge from the marines in 08. whelan's family are continuing to campaign for his release, but the concern is, if he is a political pawn, that this case could take some time to resolve. laura? laura: kitty logan for us, thank you. eric: for more on this, let's bring in john jordan, economist and overseer and an attorney. john, does paul whelan in your view really fit the profile of a spy? >> probably not. how he got caught up in this is -- when you apply for a russian visa, you have to fill out your name, your occupation, and whether or not interesting enough you had served in the armed forces of another country. they keep this in a database, and when they wanted to scoop him up, they did so. all they knew he was in the marines and that his occupation was director of security for a company. they didn't know that he had

been dishonorably discharged from the marine corps. they didn't know he had triple citizenship. they didn't know a lot about him. they kind of erred when they picked him up and they are trying to backtrack off of this right now. eric: apparently he was court mar martialed accused of stealing. he has four different passports, canadian, u.s., irish, as well as a british passport. he's in security. those must have been the alarm bells that went off for the russians to say hey, you know, what's this guy doing when all the indications are that he's kind of a russian -- he had a website with russia on it he had a lot of russian friends as well as american friends. they scooped him up maybe for use as a political pawn? >> absolutely. this is all about maria butina.

the russians want her back bad. they don't know what she will say or do. her plea agreement requires cooperation. by arresting him, they are sending her a message to her lawyers that hang tough, they will get her out. they want to calm her down and slow down her cooperation with u.s. authorities so she won't expose the full breadth and depth of what the russians were doing to grow influence inside american political circles, and they don't want what we're doing now, displaying it all over the world's media. eric: is it your gut that says there are more maria butinas out there that were dispatched? >> there has to be. they didn't send her by herself. she was bankrolled by a close ally of putin until recently was vice governor of russia's central bank. the intelligence operatives in russia aren't just in their intelligence services. they are everywhere.

they are former kgb operatives that found jobs with various branches of the russian government. they don't want this talked about. they don't want americans to start to realize that this is much broader than, you know, facebook with trump. they don't want it discussed what they did with the clinton campaign and throughout both parties. eric: it is very easy to plant evidence in russia. they say -- one of the reports that he got a usb stick with classified information. maybe this is a set up job by the russian intelligence operatives. >> it almost certainly is. the russians have not been forthcoming about evidence against mr. whelan. they haven't discussed it at all. contrast this with the case against ms. butina which is public record, public knowledge, and she pled guilty. at the end of the day, the russians are -- their operation is much bigger. they want ms. butina back and they want her quiet. eric: how do we get mr. whelan back without springing butina or

is that possible at all? >> i don't know that we can. this may be very much like, you know, gary powers who was in the soviet russian detention for some period of time. i don't know that we can give the russians anything here that would be politically advisable. this may be just very unfortunate case for mr. whelan. eric: what does this say about if you want to travel to russia or china for that matter? if you're a tourist and want to visit moscow or st. petersburg, look at the museums, they have the power to snatch you off the street and plant evidence perhaps? >> that's a great point, eric. this is something the russians have to be very careful about, as do the chinese. foreign tourists bring in lots of hard currency into those countries, especially important in russia. russia is desirous of foreign investment. is this going to slow it down? i think that fear as you point

out may have if anything -- may bring the emotional temperature down in this case. the russians don't want to scare off foreign investment or foreign tourism. eric: that may be the start of this if they keep on resorting to these types of activities. certainly hope that mr. whelan will be leased from russian detention -- will be released from russian detention immediately or as soon as possible. john jordan, thank you for your insight. laura: west coasters, are you ready? are you ready to brace for a heavy rain and even snowstorm as a winter storm is rolling into the region this weekend. how that same system could impact other parts of the country, in the coming days. we will get to it next. the best simple salad ever?

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eric: they say it never rains in southern california, but that's not true. a series of storms are drenching parts of the west coast, and there's heavy rain, snow and gusty winds projected through the middle of next week.

it is snowing in tahoe right now. it will be snowing in the northeast this coming week. what can we expect? meteorologist adam klotz in the extreme weather center where i guess it will be extreme this week. >> it will at least for parts of the western portion of the country to begin with. this entire system will work its way across the country. waves and waves of rain from southern california as you mentioned stretching up into northern california and the pacific coast, all spots we're paying attention to here on this saturday. it is going to linger into sunday and monday also. this is your future radar. you do start to see, multiple rounds. by sunday, we're looking into this running into some of the mountain states. you will start to see snow across colorado, wyoming, places stretching farther to the east. but as you can tell, more additional rounds of rain and snow continue to batter the northern portions of california. so this isn't going to be something that happens just today. it is going to lead into sunday and eventually continue through sunday. that's why we have the winter storm watches and warnings in place. everything in the pink, that is a warning, which means the most severe weather other areas just

advisories, stretching farther off to the west, where they are going to likely see some of the snow also. right along the coastline, too warm, that won't be snow, just heavy rain in some of those locations. you start to see some upper elevations, that's when the temperatures drop a little bit, that's where you can see a lot of snow, which will be good for skiing. forecast for precipitation, get into the mountain ranges there, you start to see some of these purple colors, that's indicating snow as much as 2 to 3 feet in some cases more than that. this could be a really big snow maker, more widespread. looking at least 6 inches to a foot of snow. again this continues to march its way all the way into some of the other western states. this is going to be a snow maker here for the next couple of days. otherwise, if you are not out west, and you're still enjoying the weekend, there's plenty of warm spots. look at this. these are our current temperatures. still close to 50 in chicago. 62 degrees right now in kansas city. eric? eric: thank you very much. laura? laura: the partial government shutdown entering its third week, and as democratic leaders

refuse to budge on funding for president trump's border wall, the latest on that gridlock, coming up next.

one we are leaving you with a kitten stranded on a busy highway in missouri rescued by a police officer and it's all caught on this body cam. police officer jason smith noticed a kitten sitting on a concrete divider and interstate 29 or the officer quickly called for assistance to get traffic under control and rescue the kitten. initially his officers took the

kitten to an animal shelter but had a change of heart and decided to adopt a kitten naming her bella. eric: that's wonderful. thank you officer smith. stay with us. "the fox report" with jon scott is now. jon: president bentz meeting a new round of dashed this is the standoff over the border while funding ending the third week with no end in sight. good evening i'm jon scott and you are watching "the fox report". homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen joining the vice president along with white house senior adviser jared kushner. they met with congressional staffers in the eisenhower executive office building next to the white house to. the vice president calling the discussion productive although democrats appear less optimistic than one democrat source telling "fox news" the administration is refusing to budge from an untenable position