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full recovery. >> the gratitude comes from how fast this guy responded. took a village. there were so many guys involved. coming to your response. >> street gave him a jersey signed by wayne gretzky. i'll be back in tomorrow. i'm julie. >> shepard: had they been locked up, he would have been a live. a former brother that should be in prison for ripping off his client. instead, he's suspected of killing his own mom's car. now a nationwide man hunt as reporting begins now. good monday afternoon. our reporting begins with a live look at capitol hill about 30 minutes from now. a bipartisan group of lawmakers will try to end the stalemate over border security so the government will not run out of money in four days.
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the president leaving for el paso during this hour. he's expected to hold a campaign-style rally there today to make a pitch to build a wall along the southern border. but now the deal is stuck on the number of detention beds that agents can have. first, mick mulvaney tells fox news sunday, another shut down is still on the table. they don't want it to come to that. the debate over border security and federal funding continues. less than a month after the end of the longest government shut down in american history. we have team fox coverage. mike emanuel reporting live from capitol hill. john roberts reporting live from the white house. >> shep, good afternoon to you. this is the first political rally for the president of the 2020 election cycle in el paso. he will take the opportunity to rally the troops to try to put pressure on democrats to come to
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the table for border security, including a wall. the president getting criticism in el paso from something he said in the state of the union when he said el paso was one of the most dangerous cities in the fence. the mayor insisting that the president was wrong about that and that he will call him out again if he repeats that assertion tonight. at the moment, the president taking aim at democrats for demanding a cap on detention spaces for immigrations and customs enforcement. democrats want to limit beds to 16,500. the ice deputy director, matt albins had a conference call that said a cap would force ice to release criminals in detention in the evidence. the president tweeting about it this morning. >> democrats insist their intent is the opposite of that.
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what they want is they want the president and they want ice to detain and deport criminals. listen here. >> we don't want this administration to use those detention beds as a way of punishing people that come to this country seeking asylum or somehow seeking safe haven. they've been doing that. we want them to prioritize the use of those beds for people that are dangerous. >> republicans want to increase the number of those detention beds in addition to some new border fencing, especially in texas. here's kellyanne conway. what she said this morning. >> the president is not part of the negotiations. he's waiting for a bill to come to his desk to sign into law. the bipartisan conferrees arguing over beds and barriers. people should know, the people that went down to the border and complained that there weren't enough beds, we want more beds. >> at the moment, there's no indication that those conferrees will come up with something that the president can sign by
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friday. >> shepard: his proposed wall at the heart of it all. can he get a wall without declaring a national emergency? >> we've been talking about it. mick mulvaney talked about it yesterday. they have identified north of $5.7 billion that they believe they can use for the wall. it's in different pots of money. some of those pots of money require different authorizations to use. there's an escalating risk of ending up in court. mulvaney said that they may go that direction. listen here. >> there's certain funds of money he can get tout without declaring a national emergency and other funds he can get to after declaring a national emergency. >> how can he get without a national emergency? >> the whole pot is well north of $5.7 billion. >> well north of 5.7. it's more about the $7 billion mark. mulvaney says the president doesn't want to declare an
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emergency. if the congress comes up with nothing, he may be forced to. >> shepard: thanks, john roberts. to capitol hill now. mike emanuel is there this afternoon. a critical meeting this hour, right? >> that's right, shep. the top appropriations people here trying to get things back on track. the spending people in the capitol are due to meet this hour. it's looking like they were zeroing in on a bipartisan deal with about $2 billion for border security. democrats said they want to cap the number of ice detention beds, which some say is a poison pill the shouldn't expect. >> i don't expect him to do that deal if you have to trade off bed spaces. that's incentivizing more illegal immigration by reducing the bed spaces and making the country far less safe. >> a democrat involved in these talks sounds hopeful they'll get things going again. >> every negotiation hits bumps
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in the roads. there's bumps in the road. as long as we stay focused to get this done, i'm hopeful we can get it done. >> a democratic source says they're good they're meeting but they're behind schedule. i ran into senator leahy and he said his optimistic, shep. >> shepard: mike, there's breaking news. moments ago freshman democratic congress woman apologized for getting -- after getting a lot of criticism over controversial tweets. you have the details mike? >> congress woman omar tweeted about support for israels. she faced bipartisan condemnation. moments ago, she issued a lengthy statement apologizing for the remarks. saying anti-semitism is real for those educating me on
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anti-semitic tropes. we always have to step back and think of criticism. just as i expect people to hear me when others attack me for my identity, that's why i apologize. the top house democratic leadership condemned her for those comments saying -- >> so she's now apologized. shep? >> shepard: mike emanuel, thanks. virginia now. updates on the scandals that have rocked some of the most powerful politicians in the commonwealth. the headline this hour, nobody has left his job. governor ralph northam doubling down and refusing to resign after this photo was released.
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governor northam tried to explain why he was in the picture, one of the two in there. then said he was not. >> i definitely overreacted. again -- >> why did you do that? >> when you're in a state of shock like i was, we don't always think clearly as we should. i will tell you that later that night i had a chance to sit back, take a deep breath, look at the picture, this is not me in the picture. >> shepard: meantime, a virginia state -- a virginia commonwealth lawmaker as pierce to be backing down after he said he would introduce legislation to impeach the second in command, lieutenant governor justin fairfax. in his case, two women have accused him of sexual assault. he denies the claims and refuses to resign. last night he told "the washington post" even when faced with the allegations, i'm still standing up for everyone's right
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to be heard. i'm also standing up for due process. the lieutenant governor has asked for the fbi to investigate the women's claims. garrett tenney reporting live in richmond. >> shep, the governor, ralph northam is getting support from a -- a little support from a group of african american clergy and local leaders. they make the argument that the governor as well as attorney general mark herring are different people today than 30 years ago when they wore black face. at a press conference, they criticized the widespread calls for they resignation. they said both men deserve to stay in office. >> our state is divided. our people are divided. we're looking at a healing moment here. >> the crimes must fit the punishment. in this case, we feel that the critics have simply overreacted. >> we ask for forgiveness.
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i believe that we need to give the governor a second chance. >> i said some small level support. it's important to note that these calls of support for the governor pale in comparison to the extremely long list of national groups and leaders on the state and national level that are still calling on the governor to resign, shep. >> shepard: there had been some sense that the general assembly in virginia would move forward on impeachment with the lieutenant governor who faces a sexual -- the sexual allegations. where are we there? >> well, the delegate that said he was going to file the articles of impeachment this morning if he had not resigned said he wants to take time to reevaluate and ensure that they're the best way to investigate these claims of sexual assault. the lieutenant governor says he does want to see these investigations carried out so that he can have his name cleared. both women say they are willing
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to testify at these impeachment hearings if they do take place. but there is some concern amongst lawmakers here in richmond that the general assembly may not be in the best spot to conduct this investigation. they do not have scene power. the alleged crimes took place in other states. >> the general assembly doesn't have the power to subpoena witnesses. we need to make sure that they're able to present their individual cases before a body that is going to be able to do something with it. you know, if we come before the general assembly and we have these hearings and we don't have the ability to subpoena witnesses, what is that going to do to the victim? i just think it's politically motivated. >> several lawmakers i've spoken to have said they're in unchartered territory here. virginia in modern times has not
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impeached an elected official. they want to find the best way forward to conduct the investigations. the simple answer is if the lieutenant governor would resign, they would move forward. but since he's sticking around, they're trying to figure out where it goes next. >> garrett tenney reporting live. a former lawyer supposed to report to prison now accused of murders his own mother and dodging the cops. the nationwide man hunt and the message from his brother next. newday usa helps veteran homeowners get cash by using the powerful va home loan benefit we've earned with our service. the newday va cash out loan can help you get over 50,000 dollars to pay off the credit card debt, put cash in the bank, and reduce your payments by over 500 dollars a month. and since newday's been granted automatic authority by the va, they can say yes when banks say no. get the financial security you've earned and deserve. go to newdayusa.com,
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people and that they planned to ask for the death penalty. the suspect's lawyer says they hope to resolve the case without going to trial. now the news i mentioned at the top of the hour. a man hunt nationwide for a disgraced former lawyer who is accused of stabbing to death his own mother and stealing her car. richard merritt is his name. he pleaded guilty to more than 30 counts. according to the u.s. marshall service, he cut off his own ankle monitor and got away. he's mother found dead in stone mountain, georgia outside of atlanta. her lexus missing. the car belonging to the suspect, her son, left behind at the scene. a federal official said that he could be anywhere in the
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country. steve harrigan reporting live from atlanta. >> this case has gotten incredibly complicated. merritt was supposed to turn himself in a jail in georgia to start a 15-year prison sentence. instead, his ankle bracelet was cut off and his mother murdered, slashed in her side with a steak knife from her own home. merritt's car was gone and he was seen drying the car. officials say there was no way to predict this worst case scenario. >> by all accounts, this was a person that was a nonviolent offender, a white collar case. there was no reason to believe this person would go and do something as drastic as allegedly killing their own mother. >> the mother, 77 years old. her funeral is scheduled for tomorrow. she attended all of her son's court dates, went into debt to post his bond and now her son
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has been expunged from her obituary. >> are investigators saying anything about leads, steve? >> shepard, they think this guy could be anywhere. a nationwide search right now and put up a $5,000 reward. police are saying he's arm and dangerous and unpredictable. the brother is calling out for justice for his mother who has been so brutally murdered saying he has to turn himself in immediately. another concern, the clients that testified against this disbarred lawyer, they're saying they fear revenge could be next. shepard? >> steve harrigan live in atlanta. three years ago, a woman sent her boyfriend texts telling him to kill himself. he did. she was convicted for the crime. this afternoon she sat before a judge while her defense team asked to keep her out of jail. the judge's response ahead. also, a lawyer for the national inquirer's publisher pushing
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. >> shepard: the lawyer for the ceo of the "national inquirer"'s publisher says the tabloid did not try to blackmail or otherwise extort the amazon ceo jeff bezos as he's claimed with compromising photos and text messages. the lawyer is denying the accusation in an interview on abc news. >> it's not extortion and not blackmail. what happened was, the story was given to the "national inquirer" by a reliable source that had given information to the "national inquirer" for seven years prior to this story. it was a source that was
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well-known to both mr. bezos and mrs. sanchez. >> shepard: the store i have is a bomb shell published last month in the "national inquirer." the tabloid exposed bezos' affair with lauren sanchez. inside, private texts and pictures as proof. friday, bezos said tabloid executives said to hold off on publishing the photos if bezos did two things. one, stop trying to find out how they got the texts and two, make a public statement that the inquirer's coverage was not politically motivated. jeff bezos owns "the washington post." bezos calls that a complexifyer in this case. and david pecker is one of trump's friends. pecker saying that had nothing to do with it. dan springer reporting live from the pacific northwest newsroom. >> yeah, shep. the denial that the white house
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or david pecker's friendship with president trump had anything to do with the bezos story is significant given the political intrigue following the story. in releasing the e-mails and alleging he was blackmailed, jeff bezos said his feud over president trump with the reporting done by "the washington post" may be the motive behind the inquirer reporting. now the government of saudi arabia has said that is not true and called the whole thing a soap opera. the lawyer for david pecker said on abc's "this week", there was no blackmail and no extortion and the source is known close to bezos and his mistress. >> bezos didn't want the stories written about him. ami didn't want the liable that this was inspired by the white house, saudi arabia or "the washington post." had nothing to do with it. it was a usual story that
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"national inquirer" gets from reliable sources. >> he was pressed over and over about who was the source. he refused to say. shep? >> shepard: the reporting has been that the leaker is a family member. >> yeah. "the daily beast" said that michael sanchez, the brother of lauren sanchez. he denies it. howard kurtz said this all falls on gavin debecker, a security chief for bezos and was doing the investigation of the "national inquirer." he told kurtz "everything gavin has gotten jeff to do has amplified the story." >> shepard: thanks, dan. a fox urgent now. she did the crime, she will start doing the time. the woman convicted of encouraging her boyfriend to
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kill himself is headed to jail. michelle carter in court earlier today. in 2014, she sent texts to her conrad roy urging him to kill himself. he did. last week, massachusetts's highest court upheld her manslaughter conviction. now she has to serve her 15-month terms. defense lawyers said she didn't force her boyfriend to kill himself and was exercising free speech. they say they plan to appeal to the u.s. security. molly line reporting live south of boston. >> mitchell carter has been allowed to remain free. but today she's beginning to serve her sentence, more than four years after the death of conrad roy. this is the case that labelled this the case about free speech versus manslaughter. and the judge decided on involuntary man slaughter and
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the conviction. her defense team asked for more time to put this case before the u.s. supreme court. michelle carter was convicted last year, a trial that started with a slew of texts. the 17-year-old sent them to her before urging him to go through his suicide plans. conrad roy killed himself in july of 2014. after rigging his pickup to fill with carbon monoxide. prosecutors claim he fled the truck. carter told him to get back in. in early texts between the two, carter urged roy to get help as she sought help for her eating disorder. he declined. the tenor of their exchange has changed. by his death, carter chastised roy, scolding him on the day he died. you keep saying you'll do it but you never do. it will always be that way if
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you don't take action. carter's lawyers argued the conviction was unconstitutional. lamenting is carter the first person convicted of someone for taking their own life. shep? >> shepard: thanks, molly. coming up, the latest candidates. there's new ones jumping into the presidential race. plus, the battling against isis in syria. u.s.-backed forces say they have the terror group backed into a corner. first, could a large order of fries keep you from going bald? a new study out of japan says that a chemical that mcdonald's uses to cook french fries helps regrow hair on lab mice. they say using the chemical in a new treatment for receding hair lines is promising. another great thing about mcdonald's fries.
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>> shepard: two more democrats got into if 2020 presidential race. senator amy klobuchar of minnesota announcing her bid for the white house yesterday. >> our nation's heartland, at a time when we must heal the heart of our democracy and renew our commitment to the common good. i stand before you as a granddaughter of an iron ore miner and the daughter of a teacher and the first woman elected to the u.s. senate from the state of minnesota. i announce my candidacy for president of the united states. >> shepard: again that was yesterday. senator elizabeth warren made it official over the weekend. eight democrats are running. two more have launched
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exploratory committees and they could have a lot of company. peter doocy reporting live. hi, peter. >> shep, for months these democrats have been teeing up anti-trump talking points. now senator elizabeth warren that mentioned him by name the last time he was in iowa is telling people that she doesn't know if trump will be on the ballot next year. >> by the time we get to 2020, donald trump may not even be president. [applause] in fact, he may not even be a free person. >> but the bulk of warren's first day after closing her exploratory committee and starting a campaign focused on economic policy specifically imposing more stringent regulations on big banks that she believe have rigged the system to enrich themselves at the expanse of families. shep? >> shepard: peter, opposition
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research thrown at klobuchar before her announcement. she's fighting back. >> yes. her reports to these reports said it's been all quiet on the campaign hiring front because staffers were steering clear of a bad boss is to say that her intentions have been good with dealing with people that work for her. >> i love my staff. i wouldn't be where i am and we wouldn't have the bills and all the great work if i didn't have staff. i'm tough. i push people. that's true. but my point is that i have high expectations for myself and the people that work for me and i have high expectations for this country. >> klobuchar told me that the announcement wouldn't be for the feint of heart because of the cold weather and lived up to that billing. by the end, about everyone in the crowd was completely covered in snow. shep? >> shepard: peter doocy live in washington. patrick shanahan made an
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unannounced visit to afghanistan. he says he has no orders to reduce the number of u.s. troops there. meantime, in syria, u.s.-backed forces say they launched their final push against isis in a village in eastern syria with the barreder near iraq. military officials have said that isis losing territory doesn't mean they're no longer a threat. analysts estimate hundreds of fighters could be hiding out and they say isis could make a serious come back in six months if the u.s. doesn't keep up the military pressure. benjamin hall reporting live. >> hi, shepard. after 4 1/2 years of brutal war and devastation, it comes down to this. the final battle. we were there last week and now the final push to try to wipe them out is underway. there has been fierce fighting
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today with the militants surrounded and under assault and pushing back. the remaining fighters are using suicide car bombs and booby traps and thought there's about 600 isis fighters left in an area of about 1 1/2 square miles. over the past few weeks, about 20,000 civilians have escaped from the town. many assume to be the wives and children of isis fighters or indeed fighters themselves seeking to flee. many of them fear the ideology will continue to live. is superior is feared to be using human shields. the u.s. still plans to provide air strikes and intelligence. joseph votel said the u.s. is still likely just weeks away from starting a withdrawal of ground troops as orders by president trump. he did caution the exact timing would depend on the situation on the ground. many people as you pointed out are warning that this is just a territorial victory.
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isis has planned well for an insurgency. so this is a defeat on the battlefield, many questions remain. if the area is not stabilized, they could reservice. >> shepard: benjamin hall reporting live. the trump administration has finished work on their middle east peace plan. that's what two senior administration officials tell fox news. plans for middle east peace finished. it aims to create lasting piece between the palastinians and israelis. trey yingst broke the story. >> the peace plan is now complete. but it's unlikely to be rolled out ahead of the israeli elections on april 9. that is according to two senior trump administration officials. we know the plan is anywhere between 175 and 200 pages long. we're told less than five people have access to the entire document.
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according to sources, president trump was briefed on the documents and the president is hampy with the parameters. members of the trump administration declined to elaborate what is in the plan and it will have multiple options about the future. major meetings could lead to small changes before it's rolled out. jared kushner will visit poll land later this week to host a summit with the united states and poland to discuss regional issues. the palestinians have declined an invitation to attend given to them by the americans. shep, we're getting reaction to our report from senior palestinian leadership and officials. one official close to mahmoud abbas responded with a comment directed at the trump administration saying "we've seen what you're suggesting by your a actions and we're not interested." shep? >> shepard: hundreds of thousands of iranians rallying in the street to mark 40 years since the islamic revolution.
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huge balloons decorated the six-mile long revolution streets. they burned the flags. the president gave a speech promising to boost his country's military and ballistic missile program despite the penalties and pressure from america and other western countries. much more on the way including chaos on a commercial flight. a passenger sending the plane into a nose dive. we'll tell you how the teenager managed to get to the plane's controls. i've got some big news for veteran homeowners about their valuable va home loan benefit. the newday va cash out loan can get you $54,000 or more to pay off credit card debt, put cash in the bank, and lower your payments by over $600 a month. with automatic authority from the va, newday can help veteran homeowners when other lenders won't. home values are rising. now's the time to use the va home loan benefit you've earned with your service. go to newdayusa.com
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service thursday. gavin newsome plans to pull hundreds of national guard troops from the state's border with mexico starting right now. that's according to a spokesman. he plans -- i should say his plan undoes an agreement reached by the former governor, the democrat, jerry brown, to keep troops there through march. jonathan hunt reporting live. jonathan, why does the governor says he's doing this right now? >> well, it seems that california's newly installed governor, shep is clearly determined to contrast his policies with those of the trump administration and paying california as a welcoming and inclusive part of what is an increasingly dividing america. central to that message for gavin newsome is immigration. the governor directly defying the president now by pulling national guard troops from the border with mexico. he said on twitter today ahead of the state of the state address he will deliver
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tomorrow, the border emergency is nothing more than a manufactured crisis and california's national guard will not be part of this political theater. and senator kamala harris thanking governor newsome for not playing politics with members of our national guard. this move by the president is political grandstanding and we cannot play into this stunt. the political war between the state of california and the trump white house goes on, shep. >> shepard: jonathan, easy less people forget, governor newsome is not the first governor to do this. >> no, he's not. just last week new mexico's governor took the same step using similar language and accusing president trump of militarizing the border. listen here. >> we will not allow any white house or federal government to breach our constitutional requirements.
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we will not militarize the border and won't use the national guard in an inappropriate way. >> on the flip side, both arizona and texas still have relatively large deployments of national guard troops at the border with mexico and their republican governors appear to fully support the president in his ongoing crackdown on immigration. shep? >> shepard: jonathan hunt reporting live from los angeles. breaking news now. the senate intelligence committee has allowed president trumper form's lawyer and fixer to postpone a hearing that he was supposed to have tomorrow. that's according to cohen's lawyer, lanny davis. he says the hearing will be postponed due to "surgery medical needs." no word when that is set to be rescheduled. other breaking news, president trump meeting with a group of sheriffs from across the country. the white house pool informs us that they have allowed the cameras in and will hear from
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the president as he speaks with those sheriffs from across the nation. that should be minutes from now. a commercial flight went into a nose dive over alaska after a teenage passenger grabbed the controls. that's according to local media. it reports that a 16-year-old kid was on a remote flight the teen reportedly sent it into a dramatic climb before plunging to the ground. a woman in the cabin we're told grabbed the teen by the neck to get him away from the control. police arrested the guy but have not released his name because of his age. coming up here, an update from the courthouse in brooklyn where jurors are working to decide the fate of the world's most notorious drug lord and an accused russian spy now telling her side of the story. what she is saying behind bars
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>> shepard: a russian woman is denying from behind bars that she was a spy for the kremlin. maria bouhtina said she's no spy and if she were, she would be the worst one you could imagine. in december she pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as a russian agent. she pleaded guilty. she faces up to five years in prison and deportation. she used her ties with nra to make connections with american connections. trace gallagher is live with more. trace? >> of course, shep, the federal government believes that her goal was to infiltrate the republican party to advance the agenda of the russian government. james banford with the new
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republic has recorded hours where she denies being a kremlin agent. she said if she was a spy, she would be a little less obvious. listen. >> butina said when the agents raided her home, they were surprised to see her baking banana bread. james banford says she's innocent saying the case against him is flimsy and the media has turned a blind eye. despite the lack of evidence against butina the news media was intended on getting the win.
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but she says the damage is done and her family in russia thinks she's a prostitute. and butina bemoaned her time behind bars. here she is again. >> i read, i walk for a couple hours. i get two hours to do everything and take a shower. >> the u.s. attorney's office won't comment. federal prosecutors don't always include their best evidence in the indictment so they don't compromise other active investigations. shep? >> shepard: thanks. a defense lawyer for el chapo is describing the drug lord as funny and exhausted as jurors deliberate his fate for a fifth
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day. bryan llenas reporting live. >> shep, unless the jury comes in the next 15 minutes, it appears jury deliberations will enter a sixth day tomorrow. the jurors just asked two questions when it comes to witnesses. they asked for the testimony of a dea agent regarding drug seizures and they asked for testimony of another person that testified. they also asked whether or not a violation has to be proven unanimously or not. whether or not they can vote on those violations. in count one, there's 27 violations they have to decide on. they asked whether or not they have to come to a consensus unanimously. the jury has now deliberated now for some 31 hours over the course of five days. they begin at 9:00 a.m. every day and ask to leave at 4:15. it appears this jury is being meticulous. they requested testimony from nine witnesses, transcripts of the full testimonies often lasting a few days have been
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printed out and given to the jury. the jury is partially sequestered and their identities are held in secret. they meet in a secret location every day and brought to court under the supervision of u.s. marshalls. it appears from what we heard today, they will continue for a sixth day tomorrow. if convicted, el chapo faces life in prison. >> shepard: bryan llenas live. thanks. breaking news. president trump has met with a group of sheriffs from across the country. they talked about border security as we get closer to the possibility of another government shutdown. the white house pool was in the room for at least the beginning of these discussions with the sheriffs. as a result, they're going to play that video out shortly. we'll have that for you just as it comes in. again, that's the president from the white house moments from now. after our reporting here, we'll have a fox news update on facebook watch. it's a minute's long news cast every day with unique content
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that streams live on the facebook watch home page. once it's concluded, it's available online any time on demand. a quick look at the dow as the time bell is ringing on wall street. and we're covering a lot of the losses of the day. neil cavuto with the best in business starting now. >> neil: all right. thank you very much. these sheriffs have been meeting with the president of the united states. he's going to have comments before heading out to el paso, texas. i'm neil cavuto. you're watching "your world." in the middle of this fight, we have a sudden impasse of not the funding but the facilities meant to detain illegals that are here in this country. these sheriffs have been by and large supporting the president on the wall effort. he could run into some resistance when he gets to el paso as he described it as a city riddled with crime before a wall was built and the crime disappears. ahead of that, what we learned
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