thank you for being with us this afternoon. a lot of news breaking. i'm eric shawn. the president's announcement comes as it is now day 29 of the partial government shutdown. both sides are failing to see eye-to-eye on the deal to fully fund the government. as hundreds of thousands of federal workers still not getting paid. the president about to offer the democrats a possible deal. garrett tenney live at the north lawn of the white house with the very latest. so garrett, what do we expect the president to say in a few moments from now? >> well, eric, we're told the president is going to lay out a proposal that would end the government shutdown by giving democrats some of what they want on immigration in exchange for his border wall. fox news has learned that the proposal will address daca and tps immigrants by granting temporary legal status to the 800,000 daca recipients and extending protection status from 250,000 immigrants from countries such as el salvador and honduras who would otherwise

be deported. he will get his border wall, also border security measures. we're told the president is hoping the republican controlled senate will vote on his proposal this next week. that is important because senate majority leader mcconnell has not been willing to hold any votes on any proposals that the president has not signed off on. if it passes there, if house democrats refuse to compromise, they would put house speaker pelosi in position of rejecting a deal that could reopen the government which republicans also believe could help them having leverage going forward in negotiations. eric? eric: garrett, what are the chances of the proposal passing, in the senate and maybe eventually the house? >> well, at this point, it doesn't look good, eric. the president even hasn't laid out his proposal at this point formally. but democrats are already shooting it down. this past hour house speaker pelosi released a statement saying unfortunately initial reports made clear that his proposal is a compilation of several previously rejected initiatives, each of which is

unacceptable and in total don't represent a good-faith effort to restore certainty to people's lives. it is unlikely any of these alone will pass the house and taken together they are a nonstarter. they are saying this proposal is not the product of bipartisan talks, this is something the white house is simply trying to force on them in terms of having to vote. while this proposal may not go anywhere, it at least does reopen the discussion here between the two sides because over the last week, those talks have largely stalled. eric -- eric? eric: there's the diplomatic room at the white house. we are waiting for the president to step up to the podium after he had his naturalization service that was quite stirring and inspirational in the oval office. waiting for his appearance. thank you. arthel: eric, as we await the president's announcement, we're going to look at two of the programs that we are told the president is offering democrats to bring them back to the negotiating table. one is daca or deferred action

for childhood arrivals. it was created in 2012 by then homeland security secretary napolitano. it gives temporary status for minors under 16 years of age who arrive in the u.s. the program offers a two-year grant to stay here. each case is then reviewed separately and recipients can be awarded extensions, in two-year increments. these folks are not eligible for entitlements like food stamps, medicaid, or social security. however, if they obtain a work permit, they become a taxpayer, which means by law, they are no longer barred from those entitlements. now in september 2017, the president announced that he is repealing that program, asking congress to come up with a solution. this has not happened, and the program is now tied up in the courts. but no new applicants can apply. the president is also reportedly offering to keep alive temporary protected status, telling fox news for potentially hundreds of

thousands of immigrants who reside in countries deemed too dangerous to return. homeland security can offer stays ranging from 6 to 18 months with extensions. now, the latest government figures show 437,000 people from ten countries are in the program including from el salvador, nicaragua and guatemala. joining me now is john decker, the white house correspondent for fox news radio, also attorney and you know we're waiting for the big man to speak. when that happens, we're going to have to jump to that and cut you off. >> absolutely. arthel: i am sure you don't mind. there's a look there at the diplomatic room where we're expecting the president to take the podium at any moment and address the nation. meanwhile, john, is the president's offer that we have been reporting on, that we're expecting him to announce, is that one that democrats can afford to turn down? >> can they afford to turn it down? their belief is right now they can. they feel that their base is fully behind what they have put

forward in terms of what they want, which is of course reopening the government before any negotiations happen. we heard this again from the number two person in the u.s. senate today for the democratic side, dick durbin the senator from illinois. he says this proposal as reported just like nancy pelosi said in her statement is a nonstarter. they want to reopen the government before they have any type of compromise with president trump. arthel: and also, you know, again, we're looking at this live shot here in the diplomatic room, the lectern is waiting for the president to step up and make this big announcement regarding immigration and perhaps an offer to get the democrats back to the table, to negotiate, to end this government shutdown. and as you know, john, the democrats have been adamant about not funding the president's wall. that's the part of this deal that he's going to offer momentarily, so we're told. where do we go from here? >> well, that's a very good question, arthel. it's as if the two sides, republicans and democrats, president trump and congressional democrats, are

talking past one another because we already know what each side wants and what each side won't give. for democrats, they will not give any funding for the border wall. and it seems as if the rank and file is right behind the leadership on the democratic side, in that demand, and as we know, as far as the president is concerned, he won't sign any legislation to reopen the government, unless there is funding for that border wall. how much funding? 5.7 billion dollars. interestingly enough, arthel, last year there was a similar type of deal that many senate democrats did support. it was for 25 billion dollars in border security in exchange for passage -- arthel: john, let me put you on hold for a second. i will get back to you. we're going to pause for one moment to let our fox stations join us. this is a fox news alert. coverage of the president's speech on the shutdown. i'm arthel neville in new york. we are awaiting president trump

to take the lectern any moment now from the diplomatic room where he is expected to make a major announcement as it pertains to immigration in hopes the president is saying that will bring the democrats back to the negotiating table to end this 29-day government shutdown. and here is president trump. >> just a short time ago, i had the honor of presiding over the swearing-in of five new great american citizens. it was a beautiful ceremony. and a moving reminder of our nation's proud history of welcoming legal immigrants from all over the world into our national family. i told them that the beauty and majesty of citizenship is that it draws no distinctions of race or class or faith or gender or background. all americans, whether first generation or tenth generation,

are bound together in love and loyalty, friendship, and affection. we're all equal. we're one team and one people proudly saluting one great american flag. we believe in a safe and lawful system of immigration, one that upholds our laws, our traditions, and our most cherished values. unfortunately, our immigration system has been badly broken for a very long time. over the decades, many presidents and many lawmakers have come and gone and no real progress has been made on immigration. we are now living with the consequences, and they are tragic, brought about by decades of political stalemate, partisan gridlock, and national neglect. there is a humanitarian and

security crisis on our southern border that requires urgent action. thousands of children are being exploited by ruthless coyotes and vicious cartels and gangs. one in three women is sexually assaulted on the dangerous journey north. in fact, many loving mothers give their young daughters birth control pills for the long journey up to the united states because they know they may be raped or sexually accosted or assaulted. nearly 50 migrants a day are being referred for urgent medical care. vast quantities of lethal narcotics are flooding through our border and into our communities, including meth, cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl. drugs kill 78,000 americans a

year and cost our society an excess of 700 billion dollars. heroin alone kills 300 americans a week. 90% of which comes across our southern border. we can stop heroin. illegal immigration reduces wages and strains public services. the lack of border control provides a gateway, a very wide and open gateway for criminals and gang members to enter the united states including the criminal aliens who murdered a brave california police officer only a day after christmas. i've gotten to know and love angel moms, dads and family who

lost loved ones to people illegally in our country. i want this to end. it has to end now. these are not talking points. they are the heart breaking realities that are hurting meant precious human beings every single day on both sides of the border. as a candidate for president, i promise i would fix this crisis. and i intend to keep that promise one way or the other. our immigration system should be the subject of pride, not a source of shame, as it is all over the world. you are immigration system should be the envy of the world, not a symbol of disunity and dysfunction. the good news is these problems can all be solved, but only if we have the political courage to do what is just and what is right. both sides in washington must simply come together, listen to

each other, put down their armor, build trust, reach across the aisle, and find solutions. it is time to reclaim our future from the extreme voices who fear compromise and demand open borders, which means drugs pouring in, human trafficking, and a lot of crime. that is why i'm here today to break the logjam and provide congress with a path forward to end the government shutdown and solve the crisis on the southern border. if we are successful in this effort, we will then have the best chance in a very long time at real bipartisan immigration reform. and it won't stop here. it will keep going until we do it all. the proposal i will outline today is based on first and

foremost on input from our border agents and homeland security professionals and professionals they are. they know what they are doing. it is a compassionate response to the ongoing tragedy on our southern border. in recent weeks, we have met with large numbers of democrat lawmakers to hear their ideas and suggestions. by incorporating the priorities of rank and file democrats in our plan, we hope they will offer their enthusiastic support, and i think many will. this is a common sense compromise both parties should embrace. the radical left can never control our borders. i will never let it happen. walls are not immoral. in fact, they are the opposite

of immoral because they will save many lives and stop drugs from pouring into our country. our plan includes the following: 800 million dollars in urgent humanitarian assistance. 805 million dollars for drug detection technology to help secure our ports of entry. an additional 2,750 border agents and law enforcement professionals. 75 new immigration judge teams to reduce the court backlog of believe it or not almost 900,000 cases. however, the whole concept of having lengthy trials for anyone who sets one foot in our country unlawfully must be changed by congress. it is unsustainable. it is ridiculous.

few places in the world would even consider such an impossible nightmare. our plan includes critical measures to protect migrant children from exploitation and abuse. this includes a new system to allow central american minors to apply for asylum in their home countries and reform to promote family reunification for unaccompanied children, thousands of whom wind up on our border doorstep, to physically secure our border, the plan includes 5.7 billion dollars for a strategic deployment of physical barriers or a wall. this is not a 2,000 mile concrete structure from sea to sea. these are steel barriers in high priority locations. much of the border is already

protected by natural barriers, such as, mountains and water. we already have many miles of barrier including 115 miles that we are currently building or under contract. it will be done quickly. our request will add another 230 miles this year in the areas our border agents most urgently need. it will have an unbelievable impact. if we build a powerful and fully-designed see-through steel barrier on our southern border, the crime rate and drug problem in our country would be quickly and greatly reduced. some say it could be cut in half because these criminals, drug smugglers, gangs and traffickers do not stop at our border. they permeate throughout our country, and they end up in some places where you'd least expect

them. they go all over our country. a steel barrier will help us stop illegal immigration while safely directing commerce to our lawful ports of entry. many of these security ideas have been proposed by democrats themselves, and all of them have been supported by democrats in the past, including a physical barrier wall or fence. further more, in order to build the trust and goodwill necessary to begin real immigration reform, there are two more elements to my plan. number one is three years of legislative relief for 700,000 daca recipients brought here unlawfully by their parents at a young age many years ago. this extension will give them access to work permits, social security numbers, and protection

from deportation, most importantly. secondly, our proposal provides a three-year extension of temporary protected status or tps. this means that 300,000 immigrants whose protected status is facing expiration will now have three more years of certainty so that congress can work on a larger immigration deal, which everybody wants, republicans and democrats. and our farmers and vineyards won't be affected because lawful and regulated entry into our country will be easy and consistent. that is our plan. border security, daca, tps, and many other things, straightforward, fair, reasonable, and common sense, with lots of compromise. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has pledged to bring

this bill to a vote this week in the united states senate. our proposal is not intended to solve all of our immigration challenges. this plan solves the immediate crisis, and it is a horrible crisis. it is a humanitarian crisis like we rarely see in our country. and it provides humanitarian relief, delivers real border security, and immediately reopens our federal government. if we are successful in this effort, then we can start the border project of making our immigration system for the 21st century. once the government is open, and we have made a down payment on border security, and immigration reform starts to happen, i plan to convene weekly bipartisan meetings at the white house so we can do a finished product, a

great product, a product that we can all be proud of, having to do with that elusive immigration problem. whatever we do, i can promise you this, i will never forget that my first duty and ultimate loyalty is to you, the american people. any reforms we make to our immigration system will be designed to improve your lives, make your community safer, and make our nation more prosperous and secure for generations to come. thank you and god bless america. thank you. arthel: president trump laying out what he says is a way for congress to end the shutdown. essentially the president saying the immigration system has been broken for a very long time, and now we are living with the

tragic results brought about on by politics with humanitarian and security crisis at the border, and he says as the candidate, president trump said that he promised to fix the crisis, an he intends to do so -- and he intends to do so one way or another. let's bring back in now, john decker, white house correspondent for fox news radio. anything in particular that stood out to you? >> the president is trying to find some sort of middle ground clearly between what the democrats and republicans have offered on both sides. the president offering the three-year protection for the so called dreamers, the daca recep sip yents -- recipients, but what i have heard from democrats is that doesn't go far enough. they want a pathway for citizenship for these 800,000 or so individuals who fall under the umbrella of daca, so that will likely be a nonstarter for the leadership, and in addition, we heard it once again from the president, he wants 5.7 billion dollars for that border wall

with mexico. we know from both house speaker nancy pelosi and also from the senate leadership schumer, that this is a nonstarter. they are not going to give him they say any money for a physical barrier between the u.s. and mexico. arthel: john decker, i'm going to keep you standing by with me as i continue my conversation with you on the fox news channel. right now i'm going to let everyone that we are going to turn fox programming to their regular coverage. thank you for joining us here on the fox news channel. i'm arthel neville alongside eric shawn in new york city. we continue here on fox news channel with john decker of fox news radio. john, we know that president trump listens very closely to his base. he really wants to please his base. but he also said there as he was ending those remarks, he says that he -- if they can get back to some sort of point of

negotiation, here with congress and speaker pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer, that he would like to offer weekly bipartisan meetings. so is the president trying to, you know, please his base on the one hand, but also trying to say, listen, country, i know you want this impasse to end. so i'm going to do something about it by offering bipartisan meetings on a weekly basis? >> this is absolutely an olive branch that the president is trying to put forward to democrats. as we know, arthel, last week there were no meetings scheduled, whatsoever, between congressional leadership, including the democratic leadership in congress and the president. nothing. and that's why this government shutdown lasted yet another week. there's nothing on the schedule for this up coming week. this is a good start in terms of meeting together with the other side, which opposes many of the things the president has proposed. obviously you can't find any kind of compromise unless you're talking to one another, and

right now, arthel, they are not talking to one another. arthel: you know, john decker, lots of things to go over, but a couple things i want to point out. we know the president promised his base during the campaign that he's going to have that wall. he also said mexico was going to build the wall. you know the democrat wills keep hammering that -- you know the democrats will keep hammering that. now he wants the taxpayers to pay for this to the tune of 5.7 billion. hold that on for me. also it's very difficult to fact check the president's remarks in real-time. a couple things jumped out at me especially when i heard the president say regarding some of the young girls come across the border that the mothers are giving them birth control pills. anything jump out to you at all, john? >> well, there was that, arthel, and also the claim that 1 out of 3 women that come across the border or try to come across the border are sexually assaulted. i haven't seen that figure coming from anywhere, actually,

nor have i seen that anecdote that the president just addressed to us about birth control being given to women who are attempting to come across the border. obviously, that would be concerning to just about anybody, that listened to the president just moments ago. but this is something i haven't seen in any kind of reporting so far. arthel: well, back to the point at hand, let's see if in fact president trump has extended enough of an olive branch to get those folks in congress back to the bargaining table and get the government to reopen. john decker, fox news radio white house correspondent, thank you very much. >> thanks a lot, arthel. eric: one of the main points of the president's proposal we just heard dealing with a three-year extension of daca, that's for the 700,000 dreamers as well as a 300,000 for the tps, the temporary protective service workers as well as those with kids brought under 16 years old, as well as millions for humanitarian aid and other

issues. we're hearing from the democratic side that this is inadequate. doug mcelway live in washington with much more on this and reaction. doug? >> and eric, there's something else that jumped out to me in the president's speech which i don't believe we have heard before. he said that mitch mcconnell is ready to take up legislation this week in the senate, reflecting these proposals that the president and his staff have made. you recall that we heard from mitch mcconnell dating back to before christmas, in fact, we heard it a lot before christmas, and in the immediate aftermath of the christmas holidays that mitch mcconnell would take up no legislation that did not stand a chance of garnering 60 votes in the senate and in which the president would not sign. so something has clearly changed here. mitch mcconnell, senate majority leader is going to take this up in the senate. i don't see based upon what we're hearing from democrats that it has any chance of passage. in fact, just reading from a statement in advance of this speech that dick durbin, the

democratic senator from illinois put out, which basically included all the facts that the president just laid out there, he sent out a statement which indicated the government must first open before democrats consider that. this is not going to happen. he said he's not inclined to support the proposal as reported. he also said he's ready to sit down and discuss other options after the government is open. so i don't see where we're making any progress here. the motivation for republicans and the president in letting mitch mcconnell take this bill up, if in fact that does happen next week, as he suggested, maybe to put the onus on democrats, take it away from the republicans, because you recall again in that meeting with speaker pelosi and chuck schumer, again, before christmas, the president said he would take the blame for this. i'm paraphrasing. he said the onus is on him. they want to put the onus back on democrats now, and this may be a vehicle to do it. eric? eric: one would think that senator mcconnell would not bring something to a vote that

he's guaranteed to have the votes for it, then you think he would, and it would be a challenge to pelosi in the caucus. that could happen next week. doug, thank you. >> yep. arthel: catch "fox news sunday" tomorrow for the latest reaction to the president's announcement. vice president mike pence will join chris wallace along with house majority whip. "fox news sunday" airs at 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on the fox news channel. check your local listings for times on your fox affiliate. we will be back right here on the fox news channel with more coverage of the president's announcement, after this. ♪ lookin' better than a body has a right to ♪ ♪ and shakin' me up so ♪ that all i really know ♪ is here you come again, ♪ and here i go,

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eric: president trump just moments ago laying out his proposal to house speaker nancy pelosi and the democrats to beef up border security and try and reform the nation's immigration system that he said has been a victim of quote national neglect. but now will the democrats agree to the president's plan? let's bring in a democratic strategist and former chief political advisor for the blue dog coalition. also joining us is former deputy counsel to the rnc, former general counsel to the national republican senatorial committee. welcome to you both. alex, let me start with you. the initial response to the democratic side to the president's proposals are quote inadequate, the daca, dreamer

fix is only temporary, and he needs to reopen the government first. is this a first step, or a step backwards? >> i do think it's an important first step. and frankly, i think they would have served themselves better to hold off a little bit. i know a lot of those statements came out as prebuttals. couple of things, number one, for the first time really since this entire wall shutdown conversation started, you actually saw the president both with this speech and the earlier naturalization ceremony in the oval that was very well done, really take control of the messaging, number one. number two, i think the fact that the president referenced leader mcconnell and his desire and willingness to move something in the senate shows you based on the reporting about conversations that leader mcconnell had with the president that he's definitely involved in driving this, which i think is productive. i don't necessarily think in hearing the president's statement, i certainly didn't expect the democrats to immediately come out and embrace

it. but i think it is an important first step, and i think it shows the american public a willingness to negotiate which we know everybody wants to see. eric: kristen, do you think there's room for compromise? >> i think there's always room for people to sit down and like you said earlier, you have to sit at the table and have a conversation if you are going to come to a compromise. however, the president with his announcement today, i'm not really seeing what the compromise is here. he's asking for a permanent wall and funding for a permanent wall that the democrats don't support in return for starting negotiations on, you know, how we deal with dreamers, over the long-term? that's definitely not something that's going to be a starter for house democrats. eric: he's also offering basically the structure of what was already agreed on last february, that 25 billion dollars deal. so i mean, do you think at least this is a starting point that will get the democrats to come over to the president's side or maybe have the president move as he has today toward the

democrats view? >> a starting point would be opening up the government again. i don't think the democrats are going to come to the table until, you know, he stops holding the federal government hostage. when you have -- when you have border patrol agents trying to figure out how to make ends meet, this is not something that the democrats are willing to do. i'm a little confused about, you know, he's saying having these weekly meetings, which is great, i'm all for having bipartisan meetings at the white house, i remember when i was on the hill, president bush invited us over quite often which was great, and it led to some bipartisan negotiations on different issues, but is he asking for the permanent funding for his wall now up front and then looking at long-term negotiations on everything else later on? it doesn't seem to be an honest way to go forward. eric: alex, what about that? on the one hand, you had the democrats already supporting the fence. this is now a steel fence, frankly, no t a wall -- not a wall, back in 2006 with secure a fence act which the democrats

voted for. what about the potential meetings and reopening the government first that the democrats want? >> look, at this point, in the process, it is so off the norm once we get to the state of the union and other travel pullbacks, i don't see the president agreeing to acquiesce on funding for government until we have a comprehensive solution. look, i do think, while those meetings are important on an ongoing basis, the private meetings that are going to take place now between leader mcconnell, speaker pelosi and others around these proposals from the president are really the ones that are important, again, i'm not suggesting that they can politically or will accept what the president has laid out verbatim, but i think it clearly shows the american public a good faith starting point to these issues and is a better sign than any we had leading up to today that the current stalemate was at least on a path to resolution. people would ask all the time,

what is the pathway to get this done? and honestly, most of us didn't have one to suggest. at least now there's a framework that everyone can at least talk to and from, and i think that's constructive. eric: alex, kristen, thank you. that has to be the last word. now apparently we will move from the white house up to the senate side of the capitol and senator mcconnell and see what he gets out of the senate before he kicks it over potentially to the house. thank you, both. >> thank you. eric: arthel? arthel: as the shutdown continues in washington, a new migrant caravan crossing into mexico heading toward the u.s. border. all this as hundreds of migrants are arrested in arizona after tunnelling beneath the border wall there. jeff paul is live from our west coast bureau with the latest. jeff? >> border patrol says while that barrier is steel, there is zero concrete footing to prevent digging. authorities say the 376 people from central america who were arrested were mostly families.

they believe the migrants used short shallow holes to dig under the steel barrier along the border, just south of yuma arizona. investigators say they dug in several different spots ten miles east of the border crossing. one of the largest groups ever arrested at one time for trying to illegally cross into the u.s. some agents feel this is proof the border needs to be strengthened. >> here in yuma, i mean, it was at one point one of the most secure points of our border after we put a barrier up, and now we're seeing that people are starting to exploit the weaknesses. >> in new mexico, a group of nearly 250 migrants were taken into custody after turning themselves into authorities at a port of entry. investigators say the group had been smuggled into the u.s. and was made up of mostly people from central america including many families with small children. now, in california, at the san

diego sector, in total border patrol says it's made 2600 caravan-related arrests so far. arthel? arthel: thank you very much, jeff paul. we're going to bring in john jordan. he's a former navy intelligence officer and overseer at stanford's institute. john, always good to have you. very very big day happening here with listening to the president make those -- his announcements regarding immigration and his plan to try to get the democrats back to the negotiating table. so what is your forecast as to what happens next? >> the arc of president trump's presidency changed today. seldom has this president used the power -- the primary power of the presidency and that's the ability to make your case to the american people. today he did so in a vivid and human way. and with his offer and the bill to be taken up on the senate, transcended now the ugly politics on capitol hill. the messaging and the onus is now on the democrats.

nancy pelosi has to deal with the far left elements of her caucus. she has to deal with far left lobbyist groups who want nothing less than total war with donald trump and square that with the almost three dozen conservative members of her caucus that won in conservative districts. the president's playing basketball on her half of the court right now. so you are going to see a lot of stress and a lat of hand wringing -- lot of hand wringing on the democrat side of capitol hill. arthel: john, there are some who are saying listen the president should reopen the government first, then entice the democrats back to the negotiating table because, you know, as this all plays out, you have 800,000 federal workers, plus their families, who are working without pay or no pay. so you know, is this really the way to handle this at this point? i mean, it's day 29 of the longest government shutdown ever. >> the president doesn't really have a choice here. were he to do so, the democrats would refuse to negotiate just as they have in the past.

this is unfortunately the only way the president can keep it in the headlines, keep it in the media and have the ability to make his case to the american people in a compelling way while this story is, you know, real dominates the media. without that, the democrats will stone wall, obstruct and the far left elements of the democratic party, the open borders crowd will continue to drag their feet and have their way. arthel: last night president trump tweeted he says i will be making a major announcement concerning the humanitarian crisis on our southern border and the shutdown. john, as you see it in your analysis, is there humanitarian crisis at the southern border? is there a security crisis at the southern border? you just heard jeff paul report on people digging below the steel fence to gain entry into the u.s. >> the humanitarian crisis begins at our southern border. but it permeates throughout our society, as the president pointed out, the in flow of drugs throughout all parts of the united states. think of the human suffering that's causing. yes, they are coming through the southern border.

yes they come through ports of entry. but we have as the president adequately and beautifully described, you know, sex trafficking, people being raped and hurt, as well as the enormous amount of fentanyl and opioids coming across the border. it starts there and finding its way into america's heartland this humanitarian crisis. arthel: i'm sure the fact checkers will be looking into some of the stats that the president offered during his speech. >> oh, yes. arthel: really quickly, though, reportedly this offer was largely influenced by talks between vice president mike pence, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and the president's son-in-law senior advisor jared kushner? what are we to make of this? what's the president's part of the deal? >> well, the president's part is offering a three-year extension of daca as an entree to negotiations to a global immigration settlement. what is interesting and significant here is that mcconnell and vice president pence were in that room, which means almost conclusively that the majority leader mcconnell has the votes in the senate to pass it. now, if it passes the senate,

then the onus and all of the pressure is then on the house and nancy pelosi to get this through, and can she deal with the various factions in her caucus, to stand her ground? i don't think so. 63% of the american public want a compromise according to an npr poll this week. i think they are going to see some cracks in the democrats solidarity now. arthel: john jordan, we have to leave it there. thank you. eric: meanwhile, a second summit is being planned between president trump and kim jong-un. that is set for next month. despite the recent diplomacy with north korea, a new pentagon report says that nation continues to pose a, quote, extraordinary threat to the united states. so do you think kim jong-un will really scrap his nukes? ♪ when cravings hit, hit back. choose glucerna, with slow release carbs

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news of the next summit between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. the late february meeting aannounced yesterday after a top general from pyongyang made a rare visit to washington. kitty logan is live in london. >> the south korean government says it is quite hopeful that this second summit could be some kind of a turning point when it comes to negotiations between the u.s. and north korea. a spokesman for the south korean government in seoul this morning offered to do what it can to support that meeting. their hope is a solid commitment from the north to stop developing those nuclear weapons. now, of course president trump met north korean leader kim jong-un for the first time last june at that historic summit in singapore. the two leaders agreed then that north korea would work towards denuclearization, but the follow-up negotiations have since then stalled. despite that, president trump says both leaders are working well together. they're looking forward to that

meeting. now, the sticking point of course for north korea to stop the nuclear weapons program, and until that happens, the u.s. says it will have to keep up sanctions on the north. the government in pyongyang claims it is cooperating with agreements made so far and it has been pushing hard for those sanctions to be lifted as soon as possible. but washington wants much more of a commitment from north korea before taking any further steps to lift sanctions. the summit, though, could create an opportunity for a more binding agreement. now, what we know so far is that summit is due to take place at the end of january, the exact timing, date and location are yet to be determined. arthel? eric: kitty,ly take it, thank you very much -- i will take it, thank you very much. an airstrike has killed 52 al shabab fighters. this happened four days after militants killed 21 people at a

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eric: the woman's march was back today. tense of thousands taking -- tens of thousands taking to the streets across our country, but this year there was a caught-up controversy hanging over the movement. we are live in our new york newsroom with more. >> hi, eric. two rallies drew thousands of supporters in manhattan, the third straight year women have gathered in protest of the trump administration advocating to take down systems that promote gender and racial inequality. this year, though, new york protesters had to choose where to show their support after a battle between two women's march groups got pretty ugly. women's march alliance based in new york claimed that organizers from women's march inc. based in d.c. demanded that they place some of their organizers on

their planning board. when they refused, they were accused of racism. a d.c. based group also faced scrutiny after one of their leaders refused to distance herself from self-proclaimed anti-semite, the minister leader of the nation of islam. on the view on monday, here's what she said. >> i don't agree with many of his statements. >> you condemn them? >> i don't agree with these statements. at the end of the day -- >> you won't condemn it? >> no, no, to be very clear, it is not my language. it is not the way i speak. >> the drama prompted a number of sponsors to pull their support including the democratic national committee. the naacp was also briefly removed from the sponsor list, but then they were put back up. eric? eric: jackie, thank you very much. actually, how did the controversy hurt the attendance? >> well, eric, the official numbers still aren't out, but the crowd did look smaller than in previous years, and attendance was projected to be on par. we're waiting on that answer. despite the rift, both of the groups rallied for common

causes. freshman congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez spoke at both rallies urging them to mobilize ahead of the 2020 elections. >> we got the house this year. and we're going to get all the houses next year including the white house. [cheers] >> there have been some clear impacts since the first woman's march in 2017. the single biggest day of protests in u.s. history, record number of women ran for congress in the 2018 midterms, so we've seen some impacts from this. eric? eric: all right, jackie, now i thank you. we will be right back. n com♪ ♪ oh come on ♪ let's get it on applebee's. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. the best simple salad ever?d great tasting, heart-healthy california walnuts.

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eric: fox news alert, president trump's new challenge to house speaker nancy pelosi and the democrats, his goal, reform the nation's immigration system and kick-start negotiations to reopen the government. the president is sticking by his demand for that 5.7 billion dollars for what he says will be a steel fence on the southern border. while willing to continue two programs for non-citizens, he says it is time for the democrats to come back to the bargaining table. >> i'm here today to break the logjam and provide congress with a path forward to end the government shutdown and solve the crisis on the southern border. eric: will congress agree? hello everyone, welcome to another hour of america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. arthel: i'm arthel neville.

the president's proposal comes as the partial government shutdown enters day 29, both sides failing to reach an agreement to fully fund the government. meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of federal workers are still not getting paid. garrett tenney is live at the white house with the latest. garrett? >> well, arthel, the president's proposal includes a number of measures that both parties have supported in the past. but it also includes several immigration related items that democrats have been calling for, which the president hopes will bring them on board with the deal. but the proposal, it includes a lot to address the various concerns about border security. 800 million dollars for humanitarian assistance. 805 million for drug detection technology at the ports of entry. 2700 additional border agents. 75 new immigration judges. and 5.7 billion dollars for the wall. and the president said to build trust and goodwill with democrats, it also includes three years protection for the

700,000 daca recipients giving them access to work permits, social security numbers and protection from deportation, as well as a three-year extension of temporary protected status or tps for 300,000 immigrants who are facing deportation after their protected status expires. now, the president described his plan as a common sense compromise that both parties should be able to support. >> that is our plan. border security, daca, tps, and many other things, straightforward, fair, reasonable and common sense with lots of compromise. our proposal is not intended to solve all of our immigration challenges. this plan solves the immediate crisis, and it is a horrible crisis. it is a humanitarian crisis like we rarely see in our country. and it provides humanitarian

relief. delivers real border security and immediately reopens our federal government. >> the president said senate majority leader mcconnell has agreed to give his proposal a vote on the senate floor next week, though, that's by no means a guarantee it will pass there. if it does, it moves along to the house, where the greater challenge lies, as democrats have control there, and nancy pelosi has vowed to not budge in giving at all to the president's demand for a border wall. arthel? arthel: what are lawmakers saying about this? any word yet? >> as expected republicans are praising this proposal, saying this is a great plan that democrats should be able to support. democrats feel a little bit differently. now, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell released a statement taking a shot at the proposals that democrats have put forward to end the shutdown saying compromise and divided government means that everyone can't get everything they want every time. he continued, unlike the bills that have come from the house over the past few weeks, this proposal could actually resolve the impasse.

it has the full support of the president and could be signed into law to quickly reopen the government. but statements from democratic leaders, if they are any indication this proposal does not appear to be ground breaking in ending the shutdown. pelosi said unfortunately initial reports make it clear that this proposal is a compilation of several previously rejected initiatives, each of which is unacceptable and in total do not represent a good-faith effort to restore certainty to people's lives. it is unlikely that any of these provisions alone would pass the house and taken together, they are a nonstarter. so based on those statements alone, we have thus far according to leadership this doesn't do a whole lot to move the needle towards ending the government shutdown. arthel? arthel: garrett tenney, thanks. >> you got it. eric: what could happen? let's bring in judy miller, fellow at the manhattan institute and a pulitzer prize winner and a contributor. it doesn't sound like the democrats are going to bite

despite the fact there are some democratic proposals in what the president is putting forth >> that's true, eric, but even before the president spoke, nancy pelosi already pronounced the president's ideas dead on arrival. doa. other members of the leadership have told me the same thing. basically both sides are now locked into an irreconcilable dilemma. the president says nothing is going to happen without his wall, as he said, one way or another. and nancy pelosi has said nothing is going to happen without the government reopening and those 800,000 workers being taken care of. so basically we don't see any movement towards a compromise, and the president certainly didn't offer one, anything that she could accept in what he said today. eric: so then, judy, can you riddle me this, this really stumps me, 2006, democrats

afforded the 2006 secure fence act that had a fence. now you have a fence. there's miles of the border. the president is not saying let's put up a wall on all those miles, he's saying just 234 miles of the fence. the democrats have already supported and already is 654 miles of a barrier that the democrats have supported in the past. so why don't they just call it a fence? the president can call it a fence and a wall. this is really become a political pawn between both sides, when you're dealing just basically with 254 miles, not the whole stretch. >> eric, you're making the mistake admirably of dealing with substance, whereas what this is really about as you also pointed out is about politics. donald trump said he was going to build the wall to protect us against all of those evil corrupt criminal people coming

across the border and the mexicans were going to pay for it. that was his premier campaign promise, and he wants that done. and the democrats don't want that done. now, it is not true that democrats don't care about border security. they do. but there are other ways to assure that, while denying donald trump the campaign promise that really even ann coulter, his nemesis friend, frenemy you might say says he must get in order to secure his base. the president built this box himself. he said he would welcome a shutdown. he would own the government shutdown, as long as he could build his wall. it doesn't look as if he's going to be able to do that. and it doesn't look as if he's going to be able to fulfill his campaign promise. so he's in a very difficult situation. i don't think he made any progress today towards resolving the situation and towards

getting himself out of the box he has built. eric: do you think he would look magnanimous let's say if he would say -- if he would concede to some of the democratic demands and basically reopen the government and then start negotiating or does that pull the rug out from everything the president stands for? >> i think it's going to be very hard for him to do that, but unless we want to go into -- we're now at day 29, unless we want to go into day 30 and day 35 and day 40, when people are suffering all over the country, look, i just came back from the grand canyon. there are only 70 of some 300 rangers working in what is one of the premier tourist destinations, a main stay of the arizona economy. people are hurting. and they are blaming donald trump, so he's got to find a way out of this situation, which he created for himself. i don't know how he's going to do it, but i think compromising with the democrats and talking to them, that's a start.

eric: yeah. >> i mean nancy pelosi has said she really hasn't heard from them, the white house. she hasn't heard from them. how do you compromise? eric: i'm sure she has the president's phone number. here's what the dallas morning news has said about all this. they say, quote, a deal in which america protects dreamers, which was offered today, and gives them a clear and simple path to citizenship, that really wasn't, while offering real protection on the border, would be a way for both the president and the democratic leaders to walk away from the shutdown as winners. what's more, the american people would support them. the only thing that is needed for a deal is leaders on both sides deciding that they can let the other side have something. if that's not the art of the deal, what is? do you think that both sides can budge? >> i think that it was donald trump who wrote the art of the deal and not nancy pelosi. right now she's feeling her power as the leader of democrats who have taken over the house of

representatives. i think that she wants to deny the president to victory, but i don't think it's fair to say that the democrats don't care about security. each democratic proposal has contained money for border security, just not a wall. that's the issue. can donald trump get his wall and still make a compromise on other issues that democrats will accept? i don't know the answer to that question, eric, but you raise a very good point. without compromise, nothing is going to happen, and eventually the economy will suffer. eric: we will see what happens this coming week and if senate leader mcconnell has the votes and it passes the senate, then it's definitely in nancy pelosi's court. we shall see. judy, as always, thank you. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. the border patrol arresting hundreds of migrants for illegally entering the u.s. from mexico this week. authorities say they used seven tunnels that were dug under the border wall leading into arizona. jeff paul joins us now from los

angeles with the details. jeff? >> yeah, arthel, this is one of the largest groups border patrol has ever arrested at one time for trying to illegally cross into the u.s. authorities say 376 people from central america were mostly families. they believe the migrants used short shallow holes to dig under the steel barrier along the border, just south of yuma, arizona. investigators say they dug in seven different spots, 10 miles east of a border crossing. originally this barrier was put up in the mid 2000s to stop illegal vehicle crosses but no concrete footing to prevent digging. some agents now worry what kind of message could be sent if changes aren't made soon. >> as other countries around the world see our immigration vulnerabilities, they will continue trying to exploit our weaknesses. they see that they can come into the country through yuma, arizona. that's what they are doing. they are just funneling through. >> in new mexico, a group of

nearly 250 migrants were taken into custody after turning themselves into authorities at a point of entry. investigators say the group had been smuggled into the u.s. and was made up of mostly people, again, from central america including many families with small children. now, here in california, at the san diego sector, in total, border patrol says so far it's made 2600 arrests related to that migrant caravan. arthel? arthel: jeff paul in los angeles, thanks, jeff. eric: special counsel robert mueller's team disputing buzzfeed's recent controversial article calling that reporting not accurate. the report claims that president trump ordered his former attorney michael cohen to lie to congress about the pursuit of the trump tower project in moscow. it cited two anonymous federal law enforcement sources for that. buzzfeed is still defending it saying in the last hour by the way quote we have confirmed -- we have reconfirmed, they said,

reconfirmed our reporting and the editor-in-chief is asking the special counsel's office to clarify what it disputes about the reporting and smith continues to say that buzzfeed does stand by the story. arthel? arthel: eric, a plane flies off a runway in omaha, nebraska, as a major winter storm bears down on the midwest. officials say ice on the runway likely contributed to the accident. about 150 passengers were on board the southwest airline jet at the time. no one was hurt. that's the good news. with the latest on the storm, and where it is headed next, meteorologist adam klotz joins us in the fox extreme weather center. hi, adam. adam: hey there, arthel. this is a big storm. you mentioned slide-offs in the midwest still stretching from portions of the midwest, southern illinois, light snow outside of st. louis running up into new england. that's the leading edge of this system. we're beginning to see this rain/snow line creep towards the coast. this is going to play a big deal if you live along the coast,

some major cities from d.c. up to philadelphia up to new york, may be more of a rain event for these folks. hour by hour forecast and the time stamp is behind me. you are going to continue to see snow really funnel into some of the inland states across new england. so the snow is going to be there, but right along the coast, perhaps these temperatures are just too warm. so here we are getting into the overnight hours, still seeing places like new york and locations farther south on the rain side of this event. it does completely clear off by 8:00 or 10:00 p.m. on sunday evening, so we've got the rest of the weekend to watch this. but it is looking like more of a rain event at least right along the coast. that doesn't mean the snow is not going to be there. it is here's some recent updated models. as far as actual snowfall, philadelphia maybe none, it is still going to be a rainy next couple of days. similar to new york, a little bit more there in boston, but if you live inland, we're looking at spots getting up to easily 20 inches in some of these locations we're not even pulling from, likely getting up to 2 feet. it is a big snow event. on the back side of this system, arthel, the cold air is going to

be there. maybe not right away by sunday. but by monday looking at high temperatures across these regions 15 degrees in new york city, plenty of other places down into single digits. it is going to be frigid, but at least right along the coast, maybe not that huge snow event. all of that landing a little further inland. arthel: that is cold. how long will that last? >> only a couple of days and then i'm looking at another round in another week where it could be this cold again. it is winter, yeah. arthel: you make a point there, adam, thank you. eric: it is not cold if you are from north dakota or minnesota. arthel: absolutely. eric: back in washington, the president has offered the democrats an olive branch, but will his hand be grabbed or slapped? initial reaction does not give call for optimism for a quick end to the partial government shutdown. some are wondering what will it take for those two to take the president up on his deal? we will discuss that next. i switched to stimulant-free miralax for my constipation. stimulant laxatives forcefully stimulate the nerves in your colon. miralax is different.

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you know, this past week things really devolved into partisan warfare where you had nancy pelosi rescinding the state of the union address to the president and the president returning the favor in kind by cancelling nancy pelosi's trip abroad to afghanistan. and so now we're back to talking about real policy issues again, specifically president trump's

barrier on the southern border as well as the fate of these daca recipients, and so i think that's a positive development. i think the president has put a real offer on the table. i think it's a chance to restart negotiations that had really been stalled for more than a week. and so now i think the ball is in nancy pelosi and chuck schumer's court, and the onus is on them. arthel: what's their next move? how long do they have to respond? i mean, as far as you know, has president trump called an emergency meeting this weekend? >> well, i don't think anything's going to get resolved this weekend. we're into a three-day weekend, martin luther king weekend, and congress is not expected to be back until tuesday, and so i don't think anything's imminent, but i think this is a chance to restart negotiations. now, i will say so far nancy pelosi and chuck schumer have

said that this is still a nonstarter because it only grants three years of protections for these daca recipients, but -- and they want something much more permanent. so they say this is a nonstarter. they say reopen the government first, and then we can come back to the negotiating table. i wonder if this is sort of a path to do that, to allow president trump to reopen the government and bring everyone back to the table so you don't have all of these families, 800,000 federal workers and their families in limbo right now. but, you know -- and trump can always say, you know, we can open the government for one or two weeks, and then, you know, he will be able to shut it down again if he doesn't get his wall. so that might be one path out of this. arthel: i don't think the workers want to hear this opening the government up for two more weeks or three weeks. i mean -- >> certainly not. arthel: they are looking at, come on, guys, everybody, president, lawmakers, do your

job, get the government working, get these people back to work. you mentioned this is a holiday weekend. nobody is there. have you had any early reaction from any of your sources? >> well, i think republicans are all rallying behind the president. you know, it is almost like a state of the union address where you go out and interrue people after the address -- interview people after the address and the republicans are all cheering president trump and the democrats are all panning president trump. i think what president trump is trying to do is drive a wedge between democrats, you know. if you go back and look at this bridge act, which the president is putting on the table here that would give three years of protection to the dreamers and these daca kids, you know, chuck schumer was a cosponsor of that. dick durbin was a cosponsor of that. kamala harris, a presidential hopeful was an endorser of that, so the president is trying to drive a wedge between democrats and put the onus on them and

really challenge them to reach across the aisle and join republicans. mitch mcconnell is saying he's going to put this package on the floor next week. we'll see if seven democrats will cross the aisle and join with mitch mcconnell in passing this package. arthel: scott, of course we are hopeful that they can get this thing worked out and get those federal workers back on the payroll. excuse me, but i ask you, once this shutdown is over, what's the next likely legislative battle that could cause yet another impasse or, you know, have they all sort of learned their lesson from this? >> no, i don't think congress ever really learns its lesson. you know, we've had three shutdowns in the past year and a longer shutdown back in 2013. and nothing really came of those shutdowns. and so i don't think congress is learning its lesson. i think this really bodes bad. the fact that the government has been shout down for a month --

the fact that the government has been shut down for a month and there's so much partisan sniping going on, i think this bodes poorly for any sort of big bipartisan deal or legislation getting through this 116th congress. already you're having so many democrats jumping into the presidential race. that's also adding pressure for the two sides to sort of stay in their respective corners and not come to the middle and work out any sort of deals on infrastructure or drug pricing or things like that, where there have been areas of common agreement. arthel: hopefully they can agree to get the government working again and then get back to the negotiating table. >> definitely. arthel: scott wong, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. arthel: you know there will be plenty more on the president's announcement tomorrow morning on "fox news sunday" when chris wallace sits down live with vice president mike pence. and chris will get reaction from across the aisle when he also talks live with house majority whip james clyburn. check your local listings or you can catch it right here on the

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arthel: a new caravan of central american migrants on the move in mexico after they crossed over the border with guatemala. they are on a 2500 mile journey to their final destination, the united states.

griff jenkins has more now from mexico, where he is traveling alongside those migrants. >> this caravan is about 50 miles knot of the border -- north of the border, only 2400 more to go to tijuana. officials here say there are roughly 2,000 migrants from central america, honduras, guatemala and el salvador among the biggest countries. now, these numbers are going to grow by the way because there's one immediately behind this one, and you have a third one that is set to begin tomorrow. now, these migrants crossed illegally into mexico, even gates were left open temporarily at one point, which is a stark contrast from what the new government in mexico had pledged to control their border. now we have been talking to some of these migrants. they say that they know they are not likely to receive asylum when they get to the united states. they say it doesn't matter. they are also keenly aware of the government shutdown in america and the fight over the

border wall, and they even thanked democrats for not giving the money to president trump. the conditions, though, here are harsh. they are only into day six of what took 29 days last october. healthcare officials here with the local government is treating for dehydration, exhaustion and flu-like symptoms. they are running out of those supplies. nonetheless, this is indeed yet another caravan that is going to grow in the coming days and weeks as they make their way towards the u.s. border. arthel? arthel: griff jenkins, thank you very much. eric? eric: president trump calling the situation at the southern border, quote, a humanitarian and security crisis. during his white house presentation in the past hour, the president outlined his strategy to try and reform the immigration system and protect our borders. >> the lack of border control provides a gateway, a very wide and open gateway for criminals and gang members to enter the

united states, including the criminal aliens who murdered a brave california police officer, only a day after christmas. eric: a former naval intelligence officer, also founder and chairman at a group. we just heard griff jenkins' report that quote conditions are harsh. during his presentation, the president laid out horrible situations that these people are going through. >> well, eric, if you look at these images, you are right. they are horrible. i mean, what family would want to put their children through this journey, this thousands of mile journey from their home country to the united states knowing that the chances that you will get inside the border and beyond are almost zero at this point. it seems like we'd like to know what's pushing them to this point and why would you put your family through this dire situation? eric: obviously the situations in the three main countries,

with the gangs, the murders, the crime, as well as for others opportunity, you know, economic opportunity for jobs up here in the u.s. let's play a little bit of what the president said about what he says is a crisis and an emergency, even though he did not declare a national emergency, which is his right as president to potentially use military funding for the wall. that would be challenged in court. here's some of what the president said is happening with those migrants. listen. >> there is a humanitarian and security crisis on our southern border that requires urgent action. thousands of children are being exploited by ruthless coyotes and vicious cartels and gangs. one in three women is sexually assaulted on the dangerous journey north. eric: dangerous, people die from it, there's sickness and illness, and he had a claim that

some of the mothers give teenage daughters birth control pills in case they get raped on this journey. what way can this be stopped, can this flow be ended, and this is done in a much more appropriate manner? >> to answer your question about the atmosphere of what it is in their home country, you know, the united states gives those countries millions of dollars each year in foreign aid. and that's money that right now we're not sure how it is being used. i do think the 800 million in the president's proposal today would go a long way in assisting the situation as these folks come to the united states, and they might even help resolve some of the dire conditions with the tents and the medical conditions. it would go a long way. i just think we need to look at where are we going to start to make that first step forward where both sides of the aisle come together and start to discuss the best way to end this? eric: you know, the president has threatened to cut off the

funding to el salvador, guatemala and ecuador, that hasn't happened yet. he mentioned 800,000 for humanitarian issues because it is such a crisis. how does the message get out to those people that if they come up and get to border, they may not be able to leave mexico? they may never get into the united states. >> as we just heard from the previous segment, they are very aware of what they're going towards and that they may not get into the united states, and they don't mind. they're willing to make that journey and still to put themselves in these harsh conditions knowing that the fact this could just be a wasted journey, and at some point, they may just turn around. you know, we had the earlier caravan in november that caught the attention of a lot of folks, and all of a sudden, that's kind of lost its gravity, if you will, as three more caravans are coming towards us. eric: what do you think could be done to try and finally resolve this? >> well, i think the best way to resolve it is for congress and the white house to come together and figure out a very good

comprehensive immigration plan. you know, this has been an issue that's been on the table for nearly decades, since the last three administrations. what i would like to see done is yes, we want people. we welcome people to come to this country, but under the right conditions, to go through, you know, how do you vet people? how do you make sure they are aware they are supposed to be when it comes to for the asylum trials and hearings? we're willing to work with folks but have to make sure it is done in the right way so you know who is coming to this country and we don't have any of these heinous crimes that we have seen happen on these border towns and in california. eric: finally, the president in one of his proposals, 75 new immigration judges. as he said there's a backlog, get this, 900,000 cases, 900,000 people and families and more, you know, still waiting on this. there's a whole backlog already here, already in the system, let alone the new people who want to come. >> well from studies that i have seen, you know, out of every so

people that request asylum -- every 10 people that request asylum, when they are admitted to the united states, by the time their hearing comes back, 18 to 24 months, maybe one or three will actually show up. the rest of them are lost into the system. they have gone into the heartland of the united states. they are working but don't show up for the hearing and the system lets them fall through the cracks. eric: other statistics show that if you asked for asylum, the majority show up because they want to come here and they want to be part of the fabric of our country. it is a difficult situation, and we certainly hope they can eventually have hope that they can solve it somehow in washington. >> we would hope so. eric: don, thank you very much. arthel: difficult indeed, eric. when the president spoke about the mothers giving their young daughters birth control for knowing that they are going to be likely to be violated in this journey is just so shocking that it just seems hard to believe, and it's just very very very sad and very very unfortunate. eric: it is. arthel: meanwhile there are long

lines lingering at a number of the nation's busiest airports as the government shutdown has lasted nearly a month now. the impact of the shutdown on our nation's air traffic system. and tens of thousands of women turn out for a march across the country and call for social justice, but is their message being heard amid over claims of anti-semitism? if you have psoriasis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats moderate to severe plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla,75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur.

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arthel: women's marches taking place across the country in cities like chicago, new york and denver. tens of thousands calling for social justice while controversy over accusations of antisemitism hang over their message. we have the story now from the march in washington. >> thousands of women and men took to the streets in washington late this morning, braving the cold temperatures to promote the message of equality. i met with people all over the country who specifically flew

into washington here for the event, the message equality at home and work. there were estimated to be about a million women just in washington two years ago for a first one just the day after the president took the oath of office, but a permit filed with the national park service listed the event today with about 10,000 participants. why? over the past few months one of the co chairs has been fending off criticism about her friendship with nation of islam leader who has made anti-semitic remarks in the past. in fact those remarks prompted the dnc to pull official support from the event. a few days ago, former dnc chair and former congresswoman wasserman schultz wrote an op-ed this week, she wrote quote it's clear the leadership of the march has yet to break ties with those who promulgate hate and anti-semit anti-semitic.

>> i want to be unequivocal in affirming that women's march and i condemn anti-semitism and homophobia and transphobia in all forms. there's no excuse of bigotry. there's no defense of bigotry. there's no excuse for hate. >> the march wrapped up around 3:30 in the afternoon. this was the first year it took place at the freedom plaza just blocks from the white house. arthel? arthel: thank you very much. eric: arthel, the government shutdown has had an increasing impact on airline travel. in some cases, causing longer lines and waits at the nation's busiest airports. what you can expect if you are flying next week. that straight ahead. >> the people who have families or multiple lanes or dues, debts they may have. from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy.

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arthel: the government shutdown is causing major travel disruption at our nation's busiest airports as tsa employees continue to work without pay. the agency reports a growing number of employees are calling out from work due to financial hardships. some of the longest lines have been reported at

hartsfield-jackson atlanta international airport. atlanta is where the super bowl is set to take place february 3rd. here's georgia congressman carter. >> the airport is a challenge. i've been through atlanta twice this week, and i can tell you, there are long lines and that's something that we need to work on, but again, i have complete confidence in tsa and their professionali professionalism. they get it. they understand what we're doing right now, what we're going through, and i believe they will deliver. arthel: let's bring in a former ntsb official and aviation mechanic. thank you for joining us, and i would like to start here, on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the worse, how stressful is the job of tsa workers on a normal day, and what's the number during the shutdown? >> well, during a normal day, it can be quite stressful for those people. maybe on an 8 or a 9 scale, with long lines of people who sometimes can be very irritated because of the delays. but now when you add in the

additional burdens of the uncertainties of their financial arrangements at home, paying their mortgage and the rest of it, that's a distraction, and that can lead them to not pay as much attention to their job as we would like them to. arthel: so then -- >> it is a great concern. arthel: excuse me, sir, so are the airports still safe? are there vulnerabilities? >> well, i was very happy to hear that tsa shut down one of the lanes in baltimore because they had tsa agents that called out because that tells me that they are not lowering their standards. they're keeping their standards up, and they'd rather close down checkpoints so that those can go through the checkpoint we can be certain have been cleared. arthel: that's a great way you analyzed that. i was looking at that tweet from tsa myself, that they are going to be closing that checkpoint at 5:30 p.m. so it just happened 20 minutes ago, eastern time. so i also want to play for you

and our audience some sound from a tsa screener who works at lax. >> i'm a single father, and it hasn't affected me that bad, but there are people here that have more than one child, and now they're going -- they are talking about trying to find something else, something that pays them temporarily. arthel: i mean, that's real. you know, what are you hearing from the workers? i mean what are they talking about to you? >> well, i just traveled through a couple of airports yesterday, and i took time to talk to the tsa agents pointedly, and they are being very professional in their job. they are trying to hold up their standards, but, you know, in the back of their mind, i'm sure they are thinking about what's going to happen if i go home, what is the bank going to say if i miss my payment on my mortgage, or do i have enough food for my family?

i mean most americans in that pay rate that we pay our agents live paycheck to paycheck. i did when i made that kind of money. i mean, so to expect these people to carry on for extended period of time with no paycheck is beyond the pale. arthel: it really is. and remind us what is that pay range? >> between 15 and 20 dollars an hour, so those that have been there a long time, can be on the $20 side, but the newer people are down around $15 an hour. you know, at many mcdonald's you can make $15 an hour and they don't have the responsibility that these agents is. -- these agents have. arthel: the security responsibilities and now you have a major storm like the one we are experiencing in the northeast, that's got to compound things beyond our imagination? >> well, what it is going to cause is people are going to be stressed when they come up to the agent, and they are going to

take out that stress on the agents because the lines are going to be long. it's just going to make the problem worse. arthel: but i think, you know, as much as i think we all have gotten a little antsy, you know work the tsa agents if the line is too long, i think considering what we are all very well aware of, i think travelers will be a bit more patient with the tsa workers through this this period. >> i think that's true, except if you're delayed going to the airport to get to your flight and now you're faced with long lines, you are going to be pretty short with everybody. arthel: what's the fix, sir? >> we need to get congress to do their job and the white house to sit down with them and negotiate. you know, it's -- you can't negotiate if you're on a junket in puerto rico. arthel: clearly, there's a stalemate that's affecting people in real life in really dire situations that are creeping up on a lot of people.

so i appreciate you taking the time to talk to us, and even more so that you take the time to talk to those tsa workers when you go through the airport. thank you, sir. >> thank you for having me. eric: that's a great idea. have a little patience, take a deep breath if you're flying and thank the tsa workers who are still on duty themselves making our flying safer. there's much more ahead in fox report in the next hour. buzzfeed still standing by the controversial claim that michael cohen told congress that the president told him to lie before that body, but robert mueller's team says that report is not accurate. what will be the fallout of that reporting that buzzfeed still stands by? me here, babe. ok. nasty nightime heartburn? try alka-seltzer pm gummies. the only fast, powerful heartburn relief, plus melatonin so you can fall asleep quickly. oh, what a relief it is!

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>> well partial government shutdown continues popup food pantry in connecticut working to help those affected by this shutdown. the pantry is being held at the u.s. coast guard academy and that's in new lemmon connecticut. federal workers pick up tonighted food household items and pet supplies. active duty coast guard members among estimated 800,000 federal workers were currently living without pay. as president and congressional democrats remain at a stalemate over funding for border security what a welfare where had we should pitch in and help help out if you know any of the federal workers affected bethis. or duty as americans until those folks in washington get this

straightened out. inch agree. i agree. thanks eric. well that does it for us we'll see you back here tomorrow at noon and 4 p.m. eastern the fox report with don up next. ncht president trump saying to in in the let's make a deal with immigration and border security in hopes of ending longest ever government shutdown. good evening i'm jon scott and this is the fox report. ♪ the president lifted curtain on plan two days ago that includes temporary protection for the so-called dreamers in exchange for 5.7 billion dollars in wall if you coulding the president says he hopes it will not only put federal employees back to work. but pave the way for bigger reforms down the road. >> i am here today to break chip and provide congress with a path forward to end the government shutdown. and solve the crisis