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lieutenant governor to resign with state politicians and 2020 presidential candidates alike urging fairfax to step aside. virginia's democrat releasing this statement, quote: given the nature of the claims against lieutenant governor fairfax, it has become clear he can no longer fulfill the duties and responsibilities of his post. it is in the best interest of the commonwealth that he goes through this process as a private citizen. arthel: ellison barber is live in richmond, virginia, in front of the state capitol. is there any indication this afternoon that the lieutenant governor will heed those calls to step aside? >> reporter: he says that he will not. he has said pretty consistently this last week or so when all these allegations started coming out that he would not resign after the second accuser came forward, he once again said i will not resign. he says this is all part of a smear campaign and that these stories are not the truth.

however, there are many people who want him to step aside, and we've heard from a lot of them in the last couple of days. senator and democratic presidential candidate cory booker says the multiple detailed allegations against the lieutenant governor of virginia are deeply troubling. it is no longer appropriate for him to serve. he should resign. one virginia state delegate says if the lieutenant governor fails to step down, he will introduce articles of iming peachment on -- impeachment on monday. >> impeachment shall be for a high crime or misdemeanor. there's no question that violent sexual assault clearly qualifies as a high crime. >> reporter: but if that were to happen, lieutenant governor might actually get some support from maybe the not traditionally obvious place. there are republicans here, quite a few republicans, saying that people should just pause and wait and that an investigation needs to happen first. believe we have some sound we

can play for you from a republican state senator here by the name of amanda chase. >> this involves -- >> reporter: all right. looks like we do not have that sound ready for you just yet but, essentially, she said to me this morning that they do not tolerate racism here and that these allegations and sexual assault allegations are disturbing, and those aren't tolerated either. but at the same time, she said she feels it is important that they go through some sort of investigation here. and when i asked her specifically about those calls or the suggestion from that democratic state senator that he would introduce articles of impeachment, she hesitated and said that's really not something she would support at this point, she wants there to be some sort of bigger internal investigation. she's not exactly sure what that would look like, but she said that is what needs to happen first. just to remind you of where we are in this particular allegation against the lieutenant governor, two women have accused him of sexual assault.

dr. vanessa tyson says he forced her to perform oral sex on him in a hotel room during the 2004 dnc convention. a second woman, who through her lawyers identified herself as meredith watson, says the now-lieutenant governor raped her in 2000 when they were students at duke university. arthel? arthel: elle soften, meanwhile, governor northam has managed to avoid cameras and reporters this week, or but now he is talking. tell us about that. >> reporter: yeah, he sat down with "the washington post" for the first time since that photo surfaced. he is still saying that is not him in the photo even though a number of political allies as well as political foes have said they don't think his story makes a whole lot of sense. larry sabato, who's at the university of virginia, he's one of those saying things don't add upper for him. take a listen. >> this involves him. he should have had an immediate reaction, an immediate knowledge of whether he had ever been in a

photo like that or been sitting next to a guy in a kkk outfit or in black face. one of the -- whatever it was, there's no good explanation for it. >> reporter: the governor told the post he's had difficult conversations this week, met with african-american legislators and faith leaders, read books on race trying to confront his, quote, lack of understanding. the governor said he has a lot more to learn but could feel the pain of virginians. he said, quote, i want to heal that pain, i want to make sure all virginians have equal opportunity, and i think i'm the person that can do that for virginia. of the above says he's going to spend the remainder of his term, three years, pursuing policies related to equity. arthel: thank you, ellison barber. eric: meanwhile, in washington border security talks going down to the wire this weekend. you know, if lawmakers do not reach a deal in six days, well, the government will shut down again. and as the clock is ticking down

toward february 15th, both sides are hoping to find a deal that everyone -- especially the president -- can live with. garrett tenney is live at the white house with, basically, garrett, what do you think we can expect. >> well, eric, white house chief of staff mick mulvaney is hosting a group of republicans and democrats at catch david weekend for a retreat. while the border security negotiations won't be a focus of those discussions, they likely will come up. we're told there is some optimism that these negotiations are progressing closer toward the deal. they are still trying to work out some of those details, but here's house minority leader kevin mccarthy discussing where things stand as of friday. >> they will talk about more money for a barrier, but then they want to put more restrictions not to be able to use that. i think that's more of a challenge going forward. but i do believe at the end of the day that we'll all be in the same place. >> reporter: one potential complication though is we are told any agreement will not

include anywhere near the $5.7 billion the president's demanded for border security. instead or, we're told it will likely be between 1.3 and 1.6 billion. that figure may be hard for some members of congress to swallow as well on the far left and far right, but earlier today congressman dan kildee said he is hopeful they will find middle ground and work out a deal. >> we have to, at the end of the day, be willing to govern. i think it's okay for people to have really strong points of view, and it's okay that sometimes those points of view are viewed sometimes as being far left or far right. but we still have to commit to the process. i'm willing to take what the conference committee comes up with, and i'm willing to empower my democratic colleagues to give a little in order to move the country forward. >> reporter: and with the way rules work in congress, we are told that they will be able -- they need to be able to reach a deal by monday in order for it to pass both the house and the senate and avoid a partial

government shutdown which would take effect friday at midnight. eric? eric: all right, garrett. thank you. arthel: thank you. well, president trump is scheduled to visit the southern border on monday. he last visited the border on january 10th in mcif allen, texas -- mcallen, texas, during the partial government shutdown. what will be his fist rally of 2019 will take place at the el paso county coliseum. be sure to tune in monday night laura ingraham sits down with president trump in an exclusive interview beginning at 10 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. eric: that certainly promises to be interesting to see what the president says to laura. meanwhile, what is the likelihood that a deal can be reached, one that would satisfy the president as well? today republican senator john hoeven of north dakota told neil cavuto that, yes, he is optimistic. >> we'd like to get something done, as you said earlier, by monday so we can get it done, you know, a proposal to put to

the floor on monday so we can get it done by the end of the week. we can definitely do a deal, and the president's shown a willingness to compromise. we need leadership, particularly in the house, to to do the same. eric: let's bring in john decker, fox news radio correspondent who's at his usual spot right outside the white house on the north lawn. what's the over/under that this conference committee and that this weekend they're meeting and they actually come up with an agreement? >> well, there's a lot of optimism, eric. we're hearing optimism expressed by richard shelby. he is the chairman of the senate appropriations committee. he's on this bipartisan, bicameral committee. he said that early -- late last week, and in addition to that we're hearing that from nita lowey, his counterpart. she is the chairwoman of the house appropriations committee. she's also expressing optimism. but remember, this is just one step in the process. even if there is an agreement, eric, that comes out of this committee, it still needs to pass the full house, and it still needs to pass the full senate. and there's going to be some

disagreement coming from the far left and the far right. from the far left, they're going to be opposed to any money, and the far right, you have to wonder if it's not $5.7 billion that's agreed to, what will be satisfactory to them. and then finally, what about the president? if it's less than $5.7 billion, eric, what would be satisfactory to him? eric: it has to pass the pen of the president on the oval office desk. i mean, they're talking about numbers just shy of $2 billion. that's less than half of what the president wants. can he really swallow something that gives him 50%? >> well, the argument, i think, that the president would make was before the government shutdown they were getting zero, nothing, and then they'd be getting $2 billion, perhaps $1.6 billion. that's a lot more than nothing, and it's starting the process of building that border barrier, that border wall with mexico. so i think that's the sell the president would make, and he'd also make the argument that it's a down payment on more money that would happen in the years

that follow. next year this same issue will come up again, even if they come up with an agreement concerning this year's appropriation for a border wall. eric: you said the magic words, border barrier. the president has called it a wall, it's now a fence with slats. the democrats have called, some of them have called a wall immoral. so we're taking a look at what it could potentially look like. what do you think the chances are then of some of the democrats saying, okay, we will have a barrier? you know, the president wants 234 miles, that's less than a third of what the democrats voted for and approved back in 2006. >> that's a very good point, and i think that's one of the things that's pushing them in the direction of providing some money. some money, pretty significant, by the way, if it's $1.6 billion or $2 billion, that's pretty significant. some money for that border wall that would put them in line with what they voted for several years ago. it would satisfy, obviously, i think the president in the sense that he'd be getting a incident

amount of money to build that border barrier. it would disappoint those on the left including, remember, nancy pelosi at the very beginning of this process, eric, was against any money, zero money, one dollar for the border wall, so she will certainly have moved forward and compromised on this position. eric: that's a very important point that democrats are now talking about, funding, as they say, that border barrier. let me read you what "the wall street journal" says about this today, and they're pretty optimistic. they say, quote, a trump administration official at the white house feels optimistic about talks and there is a workable number, potentially. democrats have shown a willingness to support barriers but said they wanted to do it streamingically and disa-- strategically and disagreed on where the wall should be placed. some would say how could the democrats disagree with what the experts are calling for? >> that's a difficult character

character -- argument for them to make, but i think it's a start. and it's, i think, promising as well, eric, that the president -- when asked about it this past week -- expressed some optimism as well. and this is after he had a conversation with richard shelby who sits on that committee indicating the number that they were talking about in terms of funding for that border wall. that gives me some optimism that we're likely to see something promising coming out of this committee made up of 17 lawmakers as early as this monday. eric: yeah. i guess the democrats supporting a border barrier someplace, somehow for some amount of money certainly would, in the president's view, be progress. jon decker, fox news radio, always good to sew you. >> thanks a lot, eric. arthel: well, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren making it official, launching her campaign for president amid swirling controversy over her longstanding claims of native american heritage.

the democrat announcing her bid at a rally in her home state. >> my daddy ended up as a janitor, but his little girl got the chance to be a public schoolteacher, a college professor prl, a united states senator and a candidate for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] arthel: molly line was there, and she's still there live in lawrence, massachusetts, with more. hi, molly. >> reporter: hi, arthel. senator warren kicked off her speech today thank the folks that had come out on this cold and blustery day, and she really paid homage to the city of lawrence and to the working people that helped to build not just the city, but this nation. and then she paid homage to the workers of today, to the middle class, their struggles, promising to fight for a fair deal for all people. >> this is is the fight of our lives, the fight to build

america where dreams are possible, an america that works for everyone! [cheers and applause] >> reporter: warren touched on criminal justice reform, hit wall street, touched on climate change, childcare, medicare and reiterated her mantra of critiquing the rigged system, as she refers to it. she says corporations have too much power, and she struck out against the trump administration on the issue of corruption, touting her own anti-corruption legislation. >> we all know the trump administration is the most corrupt in living memory. [cheers and applause] but even after trump is gone, it won't do just to do a better job of running a broken system. we need to take power in washington away from the wealthy and well-connected and put it back in the hands of the people where it belongs! [cheers and applause] >> reporter: this announcement for the white house run comes in

the wake of a very difficult week for the senator who found herself apologizing again regarding her claims of native american heritage. she wrote that her race was american indian. she recently offered a personal apology following a big political rollout proving she had taken a dna test to try and prove her ancestry. today the president's campaign manager responded. elizabeth warren has already been exposed as a fraud by the native americans she impersonated and disrespected to advance her professional career. and the people of massachusetts she deceived to get elected. that statement goes on to say that the american people will reject her dishonest campaign and socialist ideas. meanwhile, senator warren is out there on the campaign trail today. she's heading to new hampshire, then on to iowa. this is a seven-state for organizing event to kick off her 2020 run for the presidency. arthel? arthel: molly line, thank you

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they will recover and be back very soon. america loves them, walter reed hospital is amazing. thank you all. >> we learned a long time ago you don't get what you don't fight for! [cheers and applause] we are in this fight for our lives, for our charen, for our planet, for -- for our children, for our planet, for our futures, and we will not turn back! arthel: senator elizabeth warren kicking off her six-state tour today as she formally declared her candidacy for president as two more democrats could have their eyes set on 2020 as well. senator amy klobuchar and former congressman beto o'rourke. let's bring in our panel, former director of the national republican congressional committee, dave brown and

committee counsel to washington state senator pathly murray, he is also -- patty murray. good to have both of you. and, matt, i'm going to start with you this afternoon. senator elizabeth warren saying, listen, i'm in, guys, here it is. but what is your takeaway from her rally there in lawrence, massachusetts, in terms of what issues presidential candidate warren would be fighting for and trying to sell to the american people? >> well, thanks for having me. i think the fall of elizabeth warren this campaign has really stunned me, and it really has reinforced the fact that she should have run in 2016, not now. i think she would have absolutely beat hillary. maybe trump, who knows? i think now she's not the only liberal warrior on the block. the things she said at her rally are being said by almost every other candidate. it's great she moved the debate in her direction, but she's not alone among the liberal base, and you can see that because she's had minuscule online fund raising thus far, and as you

mentioned before, the native american controversy's really dogged her. as we saw just this week again, you mentioned, "the washington post" listing her registration card in texas as nateoff american. she hasn't had this -- as native american. this will be an uphill fight for her. arthel: dave, let's move on to senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. she's set to make it official tomorrow. how strong a candidate will she be out the gate, and what will set her apart from the other democratic candidates in the long run? >> electability. so if democratic primary voters decide that electability is the number one priority as we head into our primary and caucus states, then amy klobuchar will be a very interesting candidate, and here's why. she carried minnesota in 2018 by 24 points. contrast that to when hillary clinton won minnesota in 2016, a purple state, by just 2 points. if you think about it, if you go back to 2016 and you look at the map and how president trump became president, he won the electoral college with michigan,

with wisconsin and pennsylvania. those are three states, all of which are not dissimilar to minnesota. so amy klobuchar's play, i suspect, will be that she can compete and be competitive in those states and appeal to the types of issues that are going to resonate with minnesotans, people in pennsylvania and wisconsin. arthel: let's talk about beto. he's going to headline his own event while president trump visits el paso on monday. is that a strong signal that he wants to challenge president trump, or is it a bit of a test balloon to see how he would fare in a trump/beto battle? >> well, i'll say this, i think in spite of what i just said about elizabeth warren, i think no presidential contender has had a worse 2018 than beto. i think while, as we saw this weekend, elizabeth warren, amy klobuchar announcing, certainly others as well, beto's driving around the country eating cobbler and writing, and so he

needs to realize now he's not run anything 2018 anymore. it's not good enough to just be not ted cruz and gather up a lot of support and a lot of money. he's running against genuine political talent, against kamala or cory booker and others and i think -- arthel: her name is kamala. it's different but it's not difficult. kamala, and there she is. she's among the 2020 prospects. and let's take a look at them on dark money, senators booker and harris, no corporate pac money. senator gillibrand, no for-profit company donations. julian castro, no pac money. so i want to go back to you, dave. how long do you think democrats can sustain such a crowded field of candidates before they cannibalize their party's chance to unseat president trump? >> well, i think we've got a ways to go. i view the strength of the bench here as a positive. i think that whoever ultimately

emerges as the nominee is going to be battle-tested and ready in part because of how incredibly strong this bench already is. and i would point you back even again to 2016 if you look on the republican side, the number of candidates there and ultimately donald trump, of course, was successful as the nominee. this is not atypical, to have this kind of open primary and, frankly, this is probably historically one of the more open primaries we've had since probably the early '90s. look, broadly speaking, what i think is a benefit here, you're going to -- voters will hear from all these candidates for, good lord, probably the next x number of months, 24-hour news cycles as they are, with but that's a chance for us to tell our story, describe what democrats would do, what our agenda would look like if we retake the white house. that's a huge opportunity, and they're just going to be stronger as a result. arthel: president trump will be in for the challenge, no doubt about that.

dave brown, matt gorman, thanks to both of you. >> thank you. eric: how about this? abolish the department of homeland security. that is the call from democratic congresswoman omar of minnesota. her controversial demand means dumping the tsa, getting rid of the secret service among others. we'll have the reaction to that call next. and those testy exchanges between lawmakers and acting attorney general matthew whitaker during his house testimony. >> in your capacity as acting attorney general, have you ever been asked to approve any request or action to be taken by the special counsel? >> mr. chairman, i see that your five minutes is up, and so -- [background sounds] we, we -- i am here voluntarily. we have agreed e to five minute rounds -- [laughter] ♪ ♪ ♪

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american migrants seek entry into the united states, tensions are running high along zell points of the southern -- several points of the southern border with mexico. lawmakers meeting at camp david in an effort to reach a compromise on a border security package including funding for the president's proposed wall. jeff paul has the latest from our l.a. bureau. hi, jeff. >> reporter: hi, arthel. yeah, a lot happening along our southern border right now, and we'll begin in arizona. that's where investigators saying a u.s. customs and border protection officer shot a u.s. man. he was driving a truck and refused to stop going into mexico and was wounded. this all happened in nogales, the same city that right now is fighting the installation of new razor wire that covers the city's border wall. city council members want the government to remove if it saying it not only looks bad, but can be dangerous. cbp says it has no plans to take the wire down. but the mayor says if it doesn't come down, they'll sue, and some

locals say they back that move. >> it's a public nuisance, in any case it's lethal. if somebody gets tangled up in that, you know, they could be killed. they're turning our town into a military base. >> reporter: now, about 200 miles west of nogales in the town of lukeville, arizona, that's where more than 300 migrants were just arrested. border patrol spotted a possible campfire, and after investigating they found the group had entered illegally through an area that only has a vehicle barrier. we're also tracking developments regarding the newer migrant caravan. thousands of central american migrants are waiting at an improvised shelter at the mexican border city across from texas. they're hoping to file asylum claims and get into the state through the eagle pass crossing. the department of homeland

security and the local government in eagle passe they are watching and waiting to respond. >> if we can manage to maintain the peace welcome back our communities and remind -- within our communities and remind individuals such as these immigrants that made a very long trip to try to make it into the u.s. that there is a process and there is a way to enter the u.s. legally, that should be truly commended. >> reporter: also happening in texas, democrat and former congressman beto to roarke is set to headline a rally on monday in el paso, the president's rally is there on the same day. arthel: want to let everybody to be sure, remind you to tune into "fox news sunday" tomorrow when chris wallace will ask mick mulvaney about the progress of the ongoing negotiations this weekend at camp david on border security. chris will also speak with republican alabama senator richard shelby and democratic

montana senator jon tester. that's at 2 and 7 ian here on the fox news channel, or you can check your local listings for times on your local fox station. >> the longstanding constitutionally-based department of justice policy holds that a sitting president cannot be indicted. is that -- and that's based on the last review under the clinton administration. is that still in effect, or has it changed? >> that is still the policy of the department of justice. eric: that's acting attorney general matthew whitaker addressing lawmakers. he was speaking to the house judiciary committee yesterday and was repeatedly asked about the mueller investigation, and he insisted he has not spoken to the president about it. the acting a.g. also says the special counsel probe is, in his words, consistent with other investigations in the past. but many of the most notable moments of that hearing? well, they were pretty contentious. >> let me move on --

>> at an operation -- >> hold on, sir. i'm controlling the time. let me move on. i'd like to take a moment to better understand your decision -- >> the answer to be yes or no or some other date or i don't remember, but you don't -- we don't need a speech. >> mr. chairman -- >> no. the gentleman -- >> no, mr. chairman, i mean, if we're going to counsel the witness and act as an attorney, are you answering the questions or is the witness answering the questions? >> i'm asking the witness not to stall. >> are you overseeing the witch hunt? >> congressman, as i've mentioned previously, the special counsel's investigation is an ongoing investigation, and so i think it would be inappropriate -- >> but you wouldn't oversee a witch hunt, you'd stop a witch hunt, wouldn't you? >> you were the executive director of the foundation for -- >> mr. chairman, mr. chairman -- >> [inaudible] >> mr. chairman, i have a point of order. mr. chairman. >> the fact -- >> a i have a point of order.

if we've just -- >> she wants a yes or no answer, she's entitled to it. i will not allow the witness to stall and waste members' -- >> where were you when ms. lynch and mr. holder were here? eric: jerry nadler holding the gavel, he suggests there will be another hearing with whitaker, he says down the road. he said, quote, he obviously didn't answer a lot of the questions. he will. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. a freshman democratic congresswoman from minnesota keeping up a streak of provocative tweets, this time taking aim at the department of homeland security. david spunt has more now from washington. >> reporter: we've seen some democrats calling for the defunding of immigration and custom it is enforcement, or i.c.e., but this congresswoman is taking it to a new level. she wants the department of homeland security to vanish. omar tweeted yesterday, quote: when democrats stood our ground last month, we proved that individual number one does not

have the public support to ram his hateful wall through congress. let's stand firm. hashtag not one dollar for dhs. the department of homeland security is one that includes the secret service, tsa and fema. the most recent tweet about funding homeland security came after a tweet about federal workers not getting back pay. omar tweeted, quote: this is an outrage. i'm hearing from tsa workers back in minnesota who still haven't received back pay after the shutdown. all workers affected by the shutdown, including contractors, deserve back pay, end quote. omar and other members of congress held a rally this week in front of the capitol aimed at defunding i.c.e. she said this about president trump. >> we know that he has a muslim ban. we know that he is not, he is not interested in having families we unify legally. >> and congresswoman omar has put out other controversial tweets in the last few weeks.

she's questioned the u.s. relationship with israel and indicated she believes senator lindsey graham from south carolina is compromised in some way. house minority leader kevin mccarthy was asked about omar's various tweets and a comment calling the president a profanity. mccarthy says democratic leadership is not taking appropriate action. >> if they do not take action, i think you'll see action from myself on ways that we -- that this cannot sustain itself. it's unacceptable in this country. >> leader mccarthy did not expand on what he may do when pressed, but said the tweets -- especially those involving israel -- are problematic. arthel: thank you very much are, david. eric: the white house has failed to submit a report about the jamal khashoggi murder. they're supposed to give it to congress. as new reports the crown pins of saudi arabia -- prince of saudi arabia had previously said he would use, quote, a bullet on khashoggi. we'll have the reaction and the

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eric: the white house missing a deadle to submit a report to congress on the horrible killing of saudi columnist jamal khashoggi. a bipartisan group of senators had commissioned that report, demanding the white house publicly name the individuals behind his horrendous murder. this as new reports that the saudi crown prince once said he would use a, quote, bullet on khashoggi. a senior administration official defending the decision about the report saying, quote: the united states was the first country to take significant measures under the global magnitsky act against those responsible for the heinous act. the u.s. government will continue to consult with congress and work to hold accountable those responsible for jamal khashoggi's killing. joining us now, john jordan, an economist 40 who serves on the board of overseers at stanford university's hoover institute. so, john, do you think the

administration is within its rights to bypass and miss this deadline, or is it stonewalling, do you think, to try and protect the saudis? >> no, the administration's between a rock and a hard place. the administration wants to protect our relationship with the saudis as the saudis are our key bulwark against iranian expansion, and nobody in the administration wants to destabilize or push away saudi arabia right now. millions of lives are at stake. now, with that said, the administration is clearly in violation of the 2016 global magnitsky act. i read that stem to stern today, and they really do -- are compelled to issue a report to congress. eric: and what does it mean if the administration doesn't do it as they have failed to do? >> well, they ought -- they have to do it statutorily. there's, obviously, the contempt of congress and various mechanisms to deal with that, but there is a way out, and if i was advising the administration -- and perhaps some are watching today -- the

mag magnitsky act does not require how the administration report to the relevant congressional committees. they should, in this case, do so in a classified report to, first of all, their sources and methods with intercepters and all of that. so that would be proper. there's no reason to have this continue being a political football in these times on capitol hill. so i would issue a classified report, comply with the letter of the law and move on. eric: what else do you think the administration can do publicly to send the saudis a strong message? >> well, they certainly -- the 17 individual sanctions, as you pointed out, point out that none of this type of behavior will not be tolerated, and then at the same time issue that classified report. i don't think that mbs, mohamed bin salman's, likely to do this again. this has cause ad at hot of heart burn throughout the world. so i don't think this behavior is likely to be repeated, and i think there'll be forces of

restraint that will be less inclined to carry out these types of orders in the future. so i don't think we're at risk for repetition of this, but at the same time, we to not want to jeopardize our strategy in the middle east. eric: the saudi foreign minister called it a mistake. and then you've got "the new york times" report, let me show it to you, that ascribe toss the crown prince this: a top rayed was told in a conversation in 2017 that he would use a, quote, bullet on jamal khashoggi if he did not return to the kingdom and end his create similar of the saudi government. according to current and former american officials with direct knowledge of intelligence reports. could the saudis claim that that was a metaphor or, certainly, it indicates the crown prince's anger toward khashoggi if, indeed, that is true? >> it could be. i'm not fluent in arabic. at the same time, his displeasure with khashoggi is plain.

the issue is that this behavior not be repeated, that the forces of good and restraint inside the kingdom have their say with future actions like this. but, you know, at the end of the day, this was not a u.s. citizen, done not on u.s. soil, and there are bad things done by state actors all the time. and this is getting a disproportionate share of attention on capitol hill in part because of the opportunity here by some in the administration to do harm to president trump. even at the expense of -- eric: -- >> even at the expense of -- eric: go ahead. >> oh, even at the expense of american foreign policy goals and the broader conflict against iran. there are those to whom short-term gain is more important than broader american, western foreign policy. eric although, clearly, this is a totally uncalled for, outrageous attack on a journalist by having this done inside the embassy and allegedly cut up and bone sawed in a conspiracy by saudi intelligence

as is the allegation. and finally, though, they've arrested 11 people. some could face the death penalty. do you think that will be a real prosecution or just a sham? >> well, it remains to be seen, or that's a great question. i think it has to be a real prosecution. i really think these people will have to end up being sacrificed, and i think that will send a chilling message and deter future behavior or make people disinclined to follow such orders going forward. at the end of the day, i don't think -- because of all of these races, it's unlikely this behavior will be repeated. >> and as you point out, perhaps the administration will issue a classified report as one way to try and get that to congress. john jordan of the hoover institute at stanford university, thank you so much for your insight. >> my pleasure. arthel: thanks, john. eric, a growing shortage of firefighters impacting several states, even pushing one into

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and the rest of the country could find themselves in a similar position very soon. a number of factors got us here, but the national volunteer fire council says this generation just is not signing up to volunteer. today people have more transient lifestyles and often jobs have inflexible schedules, plus millennials have more debt making free volunteer work unaffordable. the population has increased and fires are burning more dangerously than ever before with synthetic materials. the cost coof training firefighters has also gone up. >> we can't fight a structure fighter with four guys on a truck. if if that's the only truck on the road, i have to call other departments. can we fight a fire with three or four guys? sure. is it safe? no, not at all. >> reporter: the council's report recommends incentives from tax credits to college tuition, but something has to change after a traumatic decline. in the 1970s there were

roughly 300,000 volunteer firefighters in pennsylvania, but by 2000, that number dropped to just 60,000. fast forward to 2018, and there are only 38,000. it's considered a public safety crisis because more than 90% of the fire companies in the state are volunteer departments. nationally, the decline is heading in the same direction. in 2011 the number of volunteers reached an all-time low. pennsylvania lawmakers have introduced legislation, but some townships are starting to pay their volunteers, but it's as little as $5. arthel: jackie heinrich, thank you.ac eric and i will be back after this break. stay with us. with up to 30 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals! ensure. for strength and energy.

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arthel: virginia lieutenant governor justin fairfax now threatened with impeachment. this after a second woman comes forward accusing him of sexually assaulting her back in 2000 while they were both students at duke university. hello, welcome to a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters many i'm arthel neville. eric: i'm eric shawn. the political crisis in virginia continues to intensify. the state's three top elected officials are embroiled in scandal. governor ralph northam refusing to step down after a racist photo was made public in his medical school yearbook. mark hairing admitting days later that he had worn black

face in college. a state delegate issuing an it ultimatum to lieutenant governor justin fairfax. >> he needs to resign immediately. should the lieutenant governor fail to do so, on monday i intend to introduce articles of impeachment on lieutenant govern r nor justin fairfax. eric: for more on this continuing controversy, let's go to the state capitol in richmond where we find our allison barber with the very latest. hi, allison. >> reporter: hi, eric. so one thing that we have been wanting playing out here, the latest allegations which allegedly happened while the now lieutenant governor and this victim, mrs. meredith watson, were students at duke university duke universities is not saying a whole lot about this right now. they are telling me that they have moved and asked the lieutenant governor to step away from one of their boards. the lieutenant governor, justin fairfax, who graduated from duke

university served on the board of visitors on the school of public policy. they asked him to leave the post yesterday. the photo is now off of the website. themes is after a woman came -- this is after a woman came forward claiming the lieutenant governor raped her when they were students at duke. shthey say, quote, ms. watson shared the account of the rape with friends in messages. we have statements from former classmates corroborating. the lieutenant governor said he denies the allegations. he says i have never forced myself on anyone ever. i demand a full investigation into these unsubsta substantiatd false allegations. another woman said he forced her to perform oral sex on him in a hotel room during the 2004dnc

convention. the lieutenant governor says that encounter was consensual. arthel: with lieutenant governor justin fairfax facing a second sexual assault allegation, the question looms larger, will his political career survive. some say it is an uphill battle. >> all 19 democrats in the 40 seat state senate have called on fairfax to resign. so everybody's lawyered up. that's the way we do things. and there will be i assume some kind of investigation, but i think it's going to be difficult, very difficult for fairfax to survive. last week we didn't think governor northam could possibly survive and there he is, in the governor's mansion. arthel: let's bring in the chief congressional correspondent for the washington examiner. susan, what's next for the lieutenant governor? will it be some sort of hearings or investigation or is

impeachment the next stop for fairfax? >> i think it depends how determined he is to hold onto his seat. he insists that these allegations are not true. and that he wants an investigation. and he is not willing to resign right now but as you say, he has lost the backing of state -- virginia state democrats. senator mark warner and representative bobby scott both from virginia have said well, how about an investigation first. but this is very serious and if true he should resign. but he lost the support also of the legislative -- virginia's legislative black caw sus. they called on him -- caucus. they called on him to resign as well. there's going to be i think mounting pressure, pressure that's not going to go away because of the serious nature of these allegations and i guess the two possibilities here, arthel. there's an investigation and he hangs on for a while and we don't know what that investigation will bring about,

or he may be forced to take some other kind of action because you just heard, there are going to -- there's going to be a move to try to force him out. this could really escalate. the larger question here is what does that mean for leadership in virginia right now. arthel: let's take that a step at a time. we know that the virginia governor, northam, he was in the hot seat this time last week. do you think that the lieutenant governor scandal gives the governor a reprieve or do efforts to get the governor to resign continue? >> democrats in virginia are in a political conundrum here. the top three of their leadership, governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general -- arthel: let me -- mark hairing, he attempted to get ahead of the story by admitting he wore black face in the '80s. probably not enough to save his

position either. >> you have the three that you just described. arthel: then you have house speaker kirk cox. >> kirk cox is a republican. the only thing standing in the way of a republican governor and a republican legislature is either of the three we just talked about, either northam, fairfax, or hairing staying on as governor. the way i see it is fairfax is probably ineligible at this point. i don't see that happening. here are the other two possibilities. northam resigns or northam stays in office and if northam resigns, hairing will become governor. the sense i get from talking to lawmakers is they're okay with hairing being governor despite his confession about appearing in black face. they feel northam committed the graver offense by in their opinion not being truthful about it. first he said he was in the racist picture. the next day he says it wasn't him. there's less trust there. lawmakers tell me we still want

northam to resign but hairing, we're kind of okay with that because he admitted to it and it seems he was being more truthful. they don't want a re want a repn governor. i don't thin.i don't think nortg to resign. he said he's going to work to end racial inequality in the state, learning more about mistreatment and inequalities. that's what he says he's going to commit his time in office to. he's trying to make amends here. what i think you might see is a lessening of pressure on northam to resign. i think he's going to stay. at this point it looks that way. and hairing will stay in as a.g. we don't know what's going to happen to fairfax. northam hasn't indicated what he would do yet and i think we need to watch fairfax play out with a potential push to force him out

and potential investigation happening and that northam stays where he is because that's what he said he's going to do right now. he's not going to resign. arthel: he can say he's not going to resign. listen, this is being watched by everyone. this is not clearly just a virginia problem here. so as everyone watches this, whatever the democratic party allows to happen in virginia, whatever they do, they will see it come back. it will boom ran boomerang on te way or another. if they allow any of these guys to get away with this, these allegations, it could come back to haunt them politically. >> that's exactly right. i think they're in a real pickle here whavment can the. what can they do? the top three go and you have a republican governor or you need to work with these remaining -- hairing, i don't know -- i think fairfax is the one that's likely to go. hairing is probably going to stay and i think that northam at this point is, again, trying to make amends. can he do that and will people

accept that? i think that's the larger question. i didn't get that sense last week talking to lawmakers on capitol hill. we need to watch virginia democrats. are they willing to work with northam going forward? these are going to be -- in the next week or two or three, it's going to be a critical time here. what happens to northam. can he legislate? can he govern at this point? that's the big question. i think if he were eventually forced out, i think they would want to preserve hairing and have him as governor, not force him out at this point because they ultimately do not want a republican running the state of virginia after winning that mansion, governor's mansion in november. i think they're going to hang on as long as possible to that. arthel: ultimately the buck will stop with the people when it comes time to go to the polls there. >> absolutely. arthel: than you. >> thanks a lot. eric: in washington, the clock is ticking for a border agreement. lawmakers on capitol hill digging in for the weekend of talks on border wall funding. negotiators are trying to reach

the deal by early next week to try to avoid a second government shutdown. >> talking to a number of democrats individually, it's amazing how many of them say i'd like to solve the border security and i'm for providing more money for barriers. unfortunately, their leadership seems to keep saying no. this weekend will tell us a lot about where we're going. i'm hopeful next week we can get this solved. >> i'm willing to take what the conference committee comes up with and i'm willing to empower my democratic colleagues to give a little in order to move the country forward. eric: will it happen? garrett tenney has the latest. we're hearing optimistic predictions, some pessimistic predictions. where do the negotiations stand at this hour? >> reporter: we're hearing a little bit of both including from members of the conference committee about where these negotiations stand and where it looks like they're heading. we're told there have been a lot of progress made over the last couple days and while the details are still being worked out, there's a lot of optimism that they will be able to

ultimately come up with a deal. the question here though is, is that deal going to be something president trump sign off on. the big reason for that is we're told the agreement will only include between $1.3 billion and $1.6 billion in funding for border security. that is a far cry from the $5.7 billion that the president has demanded. he despite that, republican senator john hogan said today the president may be open to signing off on that deal. >> we're working to get funding not only for a border barrier wall like you're talking about as well as personnel and technology and we need all three, and so the negotiating is going on right now, we're going back and forth. we can definitely do a deal and the president is showing willingness to compromise. we need leadership, particularly in the house, to do the same. >> reporter: within just the last few minutes the president tweeted about this very issue and he said, the democrats just don't seem to want border security. they are fighting border agents' recommendations. if you believe news reports, they are not offering much for

the wall. they look to be making this a campaign issue. the wall will ge get built one y or the other. based on that tweet, the president not feeling optimistic about the negotiations. eric: he he's conside he's coe democrats. what do they want to see? they >> reporter: they want to limit the number of beds under the jurisdiction of i.c.e. on friday, the white house would not say if the two sides appear to be closer to a deal that the president could agree to. >> we expect them to do their jobs and put forth a package that actually protects the american people, keeps the government open and funds it responsible levels. it's a time crunch at this point. they've got to come to a solution that actually does what they promise they would do, which is protect the american people. we expect no less. >> reporter: with the way

congressional rules work, we're told that they need to reach an agreement by monday, in order to give both the house and the senate a chance to vote on it and for it to reach the president's desk before midnight on friday when another partial government shutdown would take effect. eric: it gives them about 48 hours. thank you so much. arthel. arthelarrest.>>arthel. >> this is figh the fight of our lives, the fight to build an america where dreams are possible and an america that works for everyone. and that is why i stand here today to declare that i am a candidate for president of the united states of america. [ cheering and applause ] arthel: that's senator elizabeth warren earlier today, officially kicking off her 2020 presidential campaign. the democrat choosing a historic manufacturing town north of boston, drawing on the story of the city as me made her formal announcement.

molly line was there and she is here now with all the details. hi, molly. >> reporter: good evening. you're absolutely right, we're in lawrence and this is a historic mill town. its ha heyday more more than a century ago. elizabeth warren choosing this town to pay homage to those workers and the workers of today, america's middle class and to call for a fair deal for all people. >> hard working people are up against a small group that holds far too much power, not just in our economy, but also in our democracy. >> reporter: warren touched on criminal justice reform, calling for equal justice for all. she said corporations have too much power. she called for action on climate change, affordable child care, medicare for all and argued on a tax for the ultra wealthy. she critiqued a rigged system and she also struck out against -- struck against president

trump. >> because the man in the white house is not the cause of what is broken, he is just the latest and most extreme symptom of what's gone wrong in america. a product of a rigged system that props up the rich and powerful and kicks dirt on everyone else. >> reporter: this announcement for a white house run comes in the wake of a difficult week for the senator who found herself apolapologizing again regarding claims of native american heritage after the registration for the state bar of texas filed in 1986 surfaced this week and showed she wrote her race was american indian. she offered a personal apology following a reveal she took a dna test to try to prove her ancestry. that's been a problem that continues to haunt the senator who is out on the campaign trail. arthel. arthel: molly, i want to ask you this. you've got the president, has he

responded at all? >> reporter: an interesting response from essentially the trump team. the campaign manager responded with this, writing elizabeth warren has been exposed as a fraud by the native americans she imperson ated and disreexpected to advance her personal career. the statement goes on to say the american people will reject her dishonest campaign and socialist ideas as well. but that kind of speaks to this issue, still chasing her even as she begins to take the first steps officially on the campaign trail as a 2020 candidate. she is off to iowa shortly. arthel: molly, thank you very much. arthel.eric: president trump is preparing for another meeting with a dictator he once called rocket man. it will be the second summit with north korean dic dictator m jong un, this as negotiations continue over the u.s. demand

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the p winter storm dumped up to seven feet of snow on the lodge in kings canyon national park. crews had to bring in heavy equipment to remove more than 20 fallen trees and clear the roads. the guests and staff who were snowed in are reportedly going to be okay. eric: good thing they had enough food. the winter storm is making a mess of seattle and other parts of washington state, knocking out howe power for hundreds of customers and forces flight cancellations. the governor declaring a state of emergency. adam klotz tracking all this from the fox extreme weather center. hi, adam. >> hi, eric. some of the places you're talking about you don't typically see this much snow because the temperatures aren't as cold as they are right now. currently across the country, from the upper plains you have spots, 7 degrees in minneapolis, 2 degrees in rapid city. seattle, temperatures at freezing. it's been cold enough to support the big snow activity. here's the satellite and radar,

low pressure spinning, still heavy snow moving across california and oregon, moving into the seattle area. there are still areas where we've got a lot of winter storm watches, advisories and a blizzard tbharng th warning in r of washington state which could have visibility down to a quarter of a mile for over three hours. that will be a nasty situation for that area and surrounding areas. everything you're looking at the purple, and you occasionally see this at higher elevation levels but you never see quite this much, from central california, stretching up to oregon, outside of seattle, everything in that purple, up to 2 feet of snow, likely getting a foot of snow, up to 18 inches, even if you're not getting 24 inches or month this wilmore.this is a large sne next couple days. this is the low pressure system. the system doesn't stay just along the west coast.

farther to the east, the middle of the country, eventually you'll be seeing this. the temperatures have been warmer. you can kind of pay attention to the time tathe time stamp behin. it's a one-two punch in the week ahead. we watch this system move through and then another round of snow that hits the west coast moves into the middle of the country, this may be colder on the back siesmed you'rside. you're going to be looking at snow, everything in front of it. we've got two large system we'll be paying attention to as they move into the middle of the country and of course, eric, arthel, it continues to be nasty throughout the rest of the weekend for folks in the pacific northwest. eric: hopefully at least the skiers will enjoy it. adam, thank you. u.s. officials are preparing to travel to beijing, they'll hold another round of trade talks. the big question, can they reach a deal to end the trade war before tariffs on chinese imports kick in by next month.

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white house correspondent for reuters. the president tweeting about this, this afternoon. he's saying the democrats just don't seem to want border security. they are fighting border agents' recommendations. if you believe news reports, they are not offering much for the wall. they look to be making this a campaign issue. the wall will get built one way or the other. so you know, jeff they're at camp davis trying to work on a deal. this tweet is giving the impression that lawmakers are not close to writing a bill the president will sign. jeff, what's in a bill that the president will sign, that he'll green light and where are the compromises? >> that's a good question, arthel. i think what the president is referring to there are reports that there's not a whole lot of money coming, at least being offered by the democratic side, in a potential compromise bill. the president of course requested $5.7 billion for this year to go towards building a wall. the democrats rejected that for some time and that sparked a

government shutdown, the president's demand for that money. what i've heard or read, and probleprobably part of the repos that the president is responding to is the democrats are offering maybe a little more than the $1.6 billion that was already on offer for border security before the government shut dowrch, around 1.9 perhaps, now it's also worth mentioning that vice president pence at one point offered congressional negotiators during the shutdown about a deal in which the white house would accept $2.5 billion for the border wall and that was rejected then. so maybe not a big surprise that democrats aren't moving very much on this. the question will be what happens if the republicans and the democrats in that committee agree to it and then send it to the president's desk. arthel: that's the big what if in what happens. so let's move on for a second. on deck is infrastructure. that's an item, jeff, as you know that find common ground and interest across the aisle which

could present another win for the president. check this out. that said, do you think the president is more inclined to avoid a drastic measure like another shutdown or national emergency, wrap this border security bill up next week and move on to less contentious issues and the president can go for another win? >> sure. and that's a good question too. it just depends on the political calculation that he and his advisers make. certainly if they did agree to go that route, to put this behind them, they could move on to get a win. perhaps on infrastructure which there is bipartisan support for. on the other hand, he really showed that he was standing his ground or wanted to show that during the 35-day government shutdown and if he doesn't come up now with something that he can call a victory on border security, on specifically having money for a wall, it will be hard for him to say i did the right thing with that government shutdown. arthel: does that mean, based on what you said, does that mean

the president if he doesn't get a bill that he can actually sign into law, does that mean he will declare a national emergency? he knows it's going to go to the court to be tied up for years. he can go to his base and say i did everything i could. the liberal loons, whatever he wants to call them, he can say i did my best for you and he could save face with his base. >> he signaled for some time that he's willing to go the route of declaring a national emergency if a deal from congress is not acceptable to him. that would no doubt be challenged in court. republicans are saying that's not necessarily something a lot of his own party members can get behind. so that's just the calculation they're going to have to make within the white house. but that base, that all-important base is something that is always at the top of his mind. so he'll have to find a way and the white house will have to find a way to sell it, whether it's by declaring a national emergency or by emphasizing the money that ends up being in this deal and saying that that is

more than was on offer at the very beginning. arthel: so here we are saturday afternoon, before things wrapped up for the week on friday, yesterday, according to tension and talk around town, jeff, what do you think are the chances of a deal being reached next week? >> i think there is not a lot of appetite on either side of the political aisle for another government shutdown. so i think the people who are involved in putting a deal together have a real big incentive to find something that they can put on the president's desk and then it's all going to come down to whether or not his political calculus is such that he can sign something, even if he has to hold his nose while doing so, or whether he's willing to go and do another government shutdown again, keeping in mind that most polls show that americans -- the majority of americans blamed him and republicans for that when it happened over the holiday. arthel: a shutdown won't get him reelected. the president wants to be reelected. >> he absolutely wants to be

rehe'll ebbetted. i think he genuinely was uphe set about the reports about how that government shutdown affected federal workers. one of the sources at the white house that i spoke to when they decided to end the shutdown said that the president ended up making the calculation to end it, largely because he realized that even some of the people he was trying to support, law enforcement, people in the law enforcement community were being hurt by the shutdown. you know, i -- politically is the bigger question. it will hurt him. again, just as it did over the holidays, if this happens again. so i would think that that's going to be at the forefront of his mind and decision making as well. arthel: got to leave it there, jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters. thank you. eric: trade talks between the u.s. and china scheduled to resume next week in beijing. they're looking to focus on intellectual property protections, meaning an

invention someone may copyright or patent, a long-standing demand from president trump because the chinese are accused of stealing stuff from us. the deadline to end the tariff is looming. kitty london has more. >> reporter: trade talks with china start on monday with the u.s. hoping to persuade china to change some aspects of how they trade with america. the ultimate aim is a trade deal with china with no new tariffs on chinese imports. the latest rounds of talks in january concluded without a deal. the white house says officials are now preparing to press beijing on reforming trade practices which it see as unfair for american businesses. the u.s. wants to prevent practices such as stealing end intellectual property and forcing american companies to share their technology. but china says it doesn't use these methods to do business. despite the differences, the u.s. and china are hoping to hammer out a deal ahead of a march 1st deadline. after that, if no agreement is

reached, u.s. tariffs on chinese imports are due to increase to 25%. u.s. trade officials will start up the talks on monday with higher level discussions set to take place later in the week. but reaching a deal is likely to take longer. the u.s. government says it may extend the deadline but only if there are signs of progress. in london, kitty logan, fox news. arthel: some democrats have indegree duesed their controversial green new deal and it's firing up other democrat as well as republicans. a look at the proposal's ambitious goals that are drawing questions and concerns from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. plus, it's official, president trump confirming new details on his second summit with kim jong un. is there a possibility of a real breakthrough on denuclearization or will talks hit the wall? minimums and fees. they seem to be the very foundation of your typical bank.

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eric: president trump is looking toward another meeting in a couple weeks, this will be the second summit with north korean leader kim jong un. to prepare for the historic meeting, the top u.s. special envoy for korea just held three days of talks in pyongyang. the president tweeting, our rep senses testifies just left north korea after a productive meeting and agreed upon time and date for the second summit with kim jong un. it will take place in vietnam. i'll look forward to seeing chairman kim and advancing the cause of peace. will it and what does it mean when the two leaders finally sit down face-to-face? christopher nixon cox knows about that. he's a non resident fellow at princeton university. he is president richard nixon's grandson. he joins us now. always good to see you. >> great to see you, eric. eric: from the perspective of

your fathergrandfather, when heo china, they are setting up the preliminary talks in north korea, how does that dynamic change once the two big guys get in the room and sit down together? >> well, when the big guys get down together, that's when you have to be ready to have the deal cut. it's all the preliminary work that's done beforehand that's so important. that's where you develop the road map so the big guys can sign the agreement and have a successful summit. and with my grand fearks it was when dr. henry kissinger and other members of the chinese leadership met with him as well for the months preceding the summit with my grandfather where so much trust building happened, where work was done in advance of that summit between my grandfather and mao san, tung. that's what made the meeting successful. we have a good negotiator working on our side in the u.s.

who visited north korea. that gives me a good sense that this will be a successful meeting. i have optimism that the president will do something historic and great in north korea. eric: does he come in and both sides agree we're going to do x, y and z, like we may give a timetable for denuclearization or we may finally reveal our sites or we may actually take a plutonium facility offline, do you think there already is a background agreement going into this type of meeting? >> i would think that if there weren't some background agreement or something that was pretty close to an agreement, i don't think we would be going ahead with the summit because this president is all about the bottom line. he's a business man. he would not go into a summit thinking that he's going to leave it to chance. i think we have a pretty good sense of where this is going to end up and my hope is that we come out of this summit with a good idea of what the north korean nuclear program looks

like, what their assets are, so we can begin the process of getting rid of some of those assets, limiting the capability of building more nuclear weapons and nuclear assets, i think that's what the goal of the summit will be. i think it will be successful and will surprise the world. eric: the president has been in a sense kind of praising kim. but look, he's a dictator. he's been accused of starving 1 million of his people over the past decades. running concentration camps, with about 300,000 political prisoners and others using human experimentations, i mean, a lot of horrible things. how do you put that aside? >> he's a bad guy. eric: he's a bad guy. can you put that aside? because we have not heard a lot about human rights especially in the wake of the horrible beating and murder of otto warmbier. >> i think when you're a leader of a country, have you to do what's in the best interest of your country. to protect the united states

from a nuclear attack against north korea is something we need to have that protectionnand president trump understands that. if you go back to when my grandfather went to china, you could say some of the same things during the cultural revolution, tens of millions of chinese died from starvation or were thrown into gulags and died there. many of the leadershi leadershie thrown in jail and died in jail. when my grandfather went to china, he knew it was in the best interest of the united states. because the alliance would thwart soviet aggression in asia and central asia. so my grandfather did that because it that was the best int interest of the united states. i think the president dealing with kim is in the best interest of the united states and the president wants to limit kim's nuclear weapons program and wants to denuclearization the korean peninsula. i think that has to be the first goal, then we can work on things like human rights which are extremely important. we can move on to that after we

deal with the nuclear issue. eric: did your grandfather -- he passed away when you were younger. did he ever talk to you about this family history, what did he feel, what was it like, certainly a huge successes personally unexpected coming from his previous political per spec i've for that breakthrough in china. >> absolutely. and he knew it in that moment that this was truly going to be the week that changed the world and he was proud of that moment. this was major part of his presidency. when he came out of that plane, we had very little idea of what was going to happen. we hadn't had communication with china in a long time, decades without communications between china and the united states. he came out of the plane an walked out on the steps, he put out his hand in friendship and we knew that this was going to be a good week and of course he felt a lot of pride in being able to do something that really helped advance the interest, not only of the united states, his country, but also of the world. and that was a great sense of

accomplishment for him. eric: perhaps maybe there could be a similar breakthrough with north korea. we shall see. christopher nixon cox, always good the to he sigh. thank you for your insight. >> good to see you. eric: arthel. arthel: a major recall to tell you about involving almost 2 million cars fitted with potentially deadly air bags. and congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez debuts the blueprint of her green new deal, drawing lots of criticism but still getting notable supporters. this time, it's his turn. you have 4.3 minutes to yourself. this calls for a taste of cheesecake. philadelphia cheesecake cups. rich, creamy cheesecake with real strawberries.

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green new deal this past week. a broad economic and environmental agenda intended to reduce carbon emissions. it was i'm brace embraced by sel democratic candidates, but drawing criticism from republicans. chief congressional correspondent mike emmanuel has more from capitol hill. >> i'm so incredibly excited. >> reporter: the green new deal has an estimated price tag of $7 billion, but freshman champion alexandria ocasio-cortez doesn't want to talk about that. >> the resolution itself does not have a price tag on it which is why we address each project on its own. >> reporter: it's certainly ambitious, moving america to 100% clean and renewable energy by 2030 through increases in wind and solar power, sweetened with tax incentives and it would modernize u.s. infrastructure, upgrade or replace ever every

building for energy efficiency. in trying to achieve the goals, organizers are trying to get a handle on practical limits, admitting in earlier drafts that, quote, we aren't sure we'll be able to get rid of farring cows and airplanes that fast. that odorous description was omitted from the online version. it guarantees job security and paid vacation and promises economic security for all those unable or even unwilling to work. >> so when our default is renewable, when our default investments are clean, then all of us by default regardless of income will have access to those energy sources. >> reporter: some 2020 2020 pret presidential hopefuls were quick to jump on board. they used words like bold, and excited in supporting the resolution. but house speaker nancy pelosi in an interview with politico

referred to it as the green dream or whatever they call it. >> i haven't seen it. i know it'sen news atas particulaenthusiastic.we welcom. >> reporter: ocasio-cortez didn't take offense when she heard about it. >> in i don't see it as a dismis i've term. >> reporter: it earned a seal of approval from al gore who called the goals ambitious and comprehensive. many seemed quite content to let the newly elected leader take the lead on the plan. nancy pelosi rolled out a committee and uke uk ocasio-cors not a member. ocasio-cortez insists she was not snubbed. mike emmanuel, fox news. arthel: 97-year-old prince philip making a big life decision after getting into a crash. alright, i brought in

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turn over his license after careful consideration. eric: we wish him the best. don't you think they should have a driver or uber? arthel: we are back tomorrow at noon. ♪ jon: second woman accused lieutenant governor of assault and political crisis that could flip democrat to republican control. >> virginia's top 3 elected officials all democrats are facing growing calls to resign from their own party, governor ralph northam and attorney general mark herring both admitted to wearing black face. now saying he will dedicate rest of his term to rake ill equity, meanwhile second in command lieutenant governor justin fairfax has denied two separate