and in poor health. i understand he's working on ten more as we speak. >> dana: thanks for gin -- joining us. i'm dana perino. here's shep. >> shepard: military families say they're living in hold of lead paint and rats and gross stuff. these are homes managed by private contractors, but on military bases. some family members are telling their stories live on capitol hill. ahead, the response from contractors and especially from the military as reporting begins now. our reporting begins with a live look in washington at a darkened podium for the moment. the president is expected to speak at any moment now. that's what his schedule says.

we're just two days away from another partial government shut down, which may be averted. a group of bipartisan lawmakers came up with a deal to prevent a shut down. it includes about $1.4 billion to build barriers along our southern border. the question is, will the question sign it. the president says there's no need for another shut down. he doesn't want one but he still has to see the bill. >> we haven't gotten it yet. we'll be getting it and looking for land mines. you could have that. it's been known to happen before. >> shepard: and there's a lot of support. nancy pelosi, the democrat calling for her lawmakers to support the compromise. >> i support the bill for what is in it. don't judge it for what is not in it. we have other days to pass other legislation. >> shepard: we're told lawmakers could finish the actual text of the bill sometime later today. so let's get the details.

team fox coverage, mike emanuel reporting live on capitol hill. first to john roberts who is live out in the yard. hi, john. >> shep, good afternoon to you. fox news has been told by white house officials that the president has not made a decision on whether he will sign this bill that is being crafted by the conference committee until he and the rest of the white house staff and the department of homeland security have had an opportunity to go through all of the details with a fine tooth comb so they can know what is in there. now we're running up against this deadline and there's now a suggestion floated by the house freedom caucus, one that the white house supports, for another temporary spending measure a week, maybe more than that to give everybody from the white house to members of congress time to take a good long look at what is in this bill. it's going to run at least hundreds if not thousands of pages. the president is not happy with a number of things in the bill. first among them, the fact that he's getting $1.375 billion for

the border wall. he's got plenty of other things in the bill that he's not happy with. the president was declaring victory of sorts today. listen here. >> i think a point was made with the last shut down, people realized how bad the border is, how unsafe the border is. a lot of good points were made. i don't want to see another one. there's no reason for it. we're going to look at the legislation when it comes. i'll make a determination then. >> for there not to be a shut down, the president would have to sign the legislation by midnight on friday. the white house says he's not going to sign it until he has a chance to fully review it. so not sure if there's a game of brinksmanship going on here. waiting for the president to drag this out until his supporters say i did everything i could or his idea of a temporary spending measure may be something that actually does come to pass. the president not happy with the money that he got for a wall. kind of happy with the overall amount of money that he's getting from border security.

listen here. >> you know, the numbers are almost $23 billion, which you don't report too often. it's about an 8% increase over last year. so if you look at the total funding, it's over -- almost up to $23 billion. it's 8% higher. the border area is happening, it's going to happen at a really rapid pace. >> of course the president still reserving the option to declare an emergency. that's something that he said on many different occasions, shep, he really doesn't want to do. i think things are more in flux at this moment than they were yesterday. we'll see. >> shepard: interesting. there's this talk of pulling money from other piles that were designated for other things. what are the guidelines about that to build a barrier? >> you know, a lot of that is open to interpretation. the president has got what is called transfer authority. he's got reprogramming authority. if you're within the silo of

dhs, you can move money around between the different silos, department of defense, dhs and other things using the transfer authority. there's certain limitations on how much you can move. there's also this idea of whether or not the simply has to notified congress that he's doing it or if he needs to get permission from congress. chuck schumer says he needs to have permission from congress. and then there's a bunch of baskets of money that can president can tap into if he declares an emergency. some of them are us to use. others carrying increasing risk getting tied up in legal action. there's just so much right now, shep, that is unknown. so much that is -- so many plates that are spinning in the air. we don't know which one the president will choose at this point. >> shepard: soon enough. john, thank you. we just got word from the white house -- a weird looking shot -- the white house has just informed us that the president is running behind. we'll hear live from the president in just a few minutes.

we'll have the president speaking ahead of the shut down deadline and giving us what details are now available. they've been working on this throughout the day. meantime, let's to to capitol hill. mike emanuel reporting there on the congressional angle. hi, mike. >> good afternoon. the expectation is the house will vote tomorrow night and then sent off to the senate. leading republicans are saying it's a compromise. president trump could then take additional steps. >> they did listen to the experts. it's not as far as i would have liked on the amount of money. the president has the option to put more money in. the question is can he build the barriers in the areas the experts request. i believe that will be the case. >> congressional staff is now putting the staff of this outlined deal in the legislative of the texas, which can be painstaking. i'm told they're getting there.

they don't have a luxury of time. >> shepard: mike, any signs of worry that president trump in the end may decide not to sign it? >> leading lawmakers are preceding that he will sign it. at this point, they're just encouraging him to sign it. >> the president must not repeat his mistakes of the recent past. president trump, sign this bill. neither side got everything they wanted, but both sides want to avoid another shut down. democrats, republicans, house senate, president trump, sign this bill. >> you heard john mention the conservatives are floating a week extension to look at the border security package. the democrats are in the majority in the house and they feel good about support where it stands right now unless the president with to change his

mind, shep. >> shepard: mike emanuel live on the hill. the president shortly we're told a slight delay but we'll get you there. american traitor in iran. that is the charge against a former u.s. counter intelligence agent accused now of giving secrets to the iranians and helping the iranians target her own former co-workers from the united states. here she is. her name is monica witt. 39 years old from texas. she's a former air fort intelligence specialist. a contractor who conducted secret missions overseas. but in the year 2013, she disappeared. prosecutors say she defected to iran. the woman that once swore to protect our nation is now accused of betraying it. catherine herridge reporting live from washington. she spent years in the military working on intelligence, yes? >> that's right. this morning investigators told reporters that witt's case is so egregious because she turned her backs on her colleagues and

country. this indictment accuses her of sharing a defense department special access program with iran. these programs are among the most highly classified and closely held. after more than a decade working counter intelligence cases and protecting government secrets, witt is accused of defecting and working with iranian intelligence to identify and target her former intelligence colleagues. charges were made public about four iranian intelligence operatives that are accused of supporting witt and operations to hack u.s. intelligence officers, steal their identities as well as online harassment. the indictment statements -- >> shepard: have officials said that they have any idea why she did this? >> justice department officials said that witt was driven by

ideology and not financial game, which is often the hook used to recruit foreign intelligence officers who are vulnerable because of heavy debt. this happened after a group ran conferences where witt was recruited. during congressional testimony, the nation's top spy didn't get into this case but he did focus on u.s. adversaries using cyber to support espionage and other operations. >> as the world becomes increasingly interconnected, we expect these actors and others to rely on cyber capabilities when seeking to gain political, economic and military advantages over the united states and its allies and partners. >> based on the evidence, it indicates that witt is in iran at the time. >> shepard: thanks, catherine.

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>> shepard: breaking news. the president has left the white house and now made it to the j.w. marriott. he's in there. we're told he's on site and he's about to speak and the moment he does, we'll take you there live.

military families say their private base housing, again, private based housing done by contractors, is full of lead and mold and rats and roaches. that's according to a survey from the nonprofit military family advisory network. i want to show you photos. these are from a family in maryland that participated in that survey. they say a rainstorm caused the flooding and that exposed led paint and the lead paint made them sick. we reached out to the housing company, corvias. a spokesman said providing housing for our armed service members is a privilege and corvias is making changes necessary to meet the gold standard level of service we and our residents expect. the families have not gotten gold level. some military families are testifying about their experiences at a hearing on capitol hill.

jennifer griffin has more. >> the testimonies that we've heard today are heart breaking in terms of the impact on the health of the families and children of the nation's 1. 2 million service members and represent as major readiness issue. these photos are from mcdill air force base in tampa and lockland air force base in texas. the families testified and blamed birth defects and diseases on the conditions. >> i was there with a cadet as she held her new baby and we stood under a collapsing moldy ceiling in camp lejeune. there were horrible stories about electrical outlets

catching fire. >> brain fog, numbness, fatigue, debilitating headaches. even the 4-year-olds complained of the headaches with dizziness. knowing headaches are not normal for a child of that age, i was concerned that may have cancer. >> dana: >> the military and family advisory network ran an online survey that received 16,000 responses from military families across the country finding that 56% of those surveyed found living conditions in base housing was negative or very negative with six contractors mentioned over and over by the survey. lincoln, balfor and wynn and michael's housing. we reached out to the contractors and some of them are testifying in front of the committee. senators looked shocked as they heard this testimony, shep. >> shepard: jennifer, the housing system, tell us how that

is set up? >> in 1996, conditions on bases were so bad that the military privatized 99% of the housing. the pentagon issued the following response. >> all three of the military spouses we heard from in testimony today said the chain of command had failed them. it was only after a reuter's news agency reported -- published an expose that they were finally heard. >> shepard: thanks, jennifer. are you up to date on your car payments? as it turns out, more americans than ever before are behind.

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we're told he will give some remarks on this now bipartisan bill that has come together. you heard from the orchestra playing there that we were about to take a commercial break. that's the signal. the orchestra stood down. the conductor is seated, which leads me to believe we're waiting for the president to begin. this was scheduled for 3:00 eastern time. so about 20 minutes ago. now here comes the president of the united states. will he sign the new border deal, bipartisan border deal and will he give us a heads-up on that right now? it's why we're joining live only on fox. let's listen in. >> i have a lot of friends in this room. thank you, a fancy looking table. a lot of powerful people around that table. thank you very much, everybody. thank you, sheriff judd. a friend of mine for a long time, for those kind words and your outstanding leadership of the major county sheriffs of

america. that's an important group of words. we want to thank your vice president, sheriff peter catugian and as well as the leaders of the major chief's associations and houston police chief, art acevado. where is art? what a job you've done, art. i'm proud of you. thank you very much. i appreciate it. and phoenix chief jerry williams. where is jerry? stand up. great job. thank you. we're grateful to be joined by acting attorney general matt whitaker. matt. fantastic. all appreciate the job you've done and so do it. thanks very much. it's an honor to address so many police chiefs and sheriffs and superintendents from the nation's largest cities and

counties. you represent hundreds of thousands of extraordinary officials and personnel all across our nation. i've come to deliver a very important message from the american people to you. thank you. that's their message. [applause] i have to say this. you have no idea how much the american people love and respect you. you don't hear it, you probably don't hear it too much when you have to read it from the fake news. but they love you. they love you and they respect you and appreciate everything you do. on behalf of the american people, i thank you all. i want to thank you for for what you do and defending our streets and coming america safe.

you and the officers have just done an incredible job. you love what you do. you wouldn't trade it for anything. very few people in your profession that would want to do anything else. they love it. they're all nodding yes, yes. you wouldn't want to switch with me either. [laughter] i true. if you don't love it, i used to talk about success all the time. if you don't love it, you'll never do it well. you'll never be successful. when i took office two years ago, one of my highest priorities was to reduce violent crime. in the two years before my inauguration, violent crime increased 8% nationwide and murders were up 20%. the cornerstone of our strategy is revitalizing one of the most effective crime reductions in history. project safe neighborhoods. this program brings together law

enforcement, community groups and local leaders to get the most violent defenders off of our streets and put them behind bars as quickly and easily as possible. last year we secured $50 million in funding project safe neighborhoods. i'm proud to announce that we're asking congress for even more funding this year and we'll get it. we have deployed nearly 200 new violent crime prosecutors across our country. in 2018, my administration prosecuted more violent criminals than ever before in the history of our country and we've increased the average sentence for drug trafficking to its highest level in many years. through the combined effort of everyone here today, violent crime is now going down for the

first time in a long while. murders in america's largest cities dropped by 6% compared to 2016. the police departments here today have provided us with new homicide data, showing steep declines over the last two years including an estimated reduction of 16% in new orleans, 27% in newark and 30% in milwaukee. that's great. three places. a great job. you're doing a great job there. and my administration, we understand that reducing crime begins with respecting law enforcement. we will not tolerate smears or slanders or assaults on those that wear the badge and police our streets. in order to keep every american safe, we're making officer safety a top priority. unless you'd rather not have

th that. i know you want it. surplus military equipment has been made available to law enforcement. this is equipment rotting in warehouses that a past administration didn't want you to have. some day they'll explain that one to me. i have heard the reasoning. you're getting it and it's coming in droves. as we get additional equipment, we send it out to our great police. when an officer is hurt, it's a wound inflicted on our entire nation. in my administration, we strongly believe that criminals that murder cops should get the death penalty. every day -- [applause]

every day our law enforcement officers risk the lives to help order. last night, nyp detective brian simmons when he responded to an armed robbery. we grieve the loss of these great heros. our hearts go out to their families and everyone in the nypd and milwaukee law enforcement community. we will never forget them. tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the horrific park land shooting. we cannot marge the sorrow that they have endured. we will work with the leaders in

this room to secure our nation's schools and everywhere else. we enacted the fix nix act and the stop school violent act. my administration also formed a school safety commission that recently released its official report which includes nearly 100 detailed recommendations that really work and really make sense based on input from families, educators, and law enforcement. now we have to turn them into reality. a lot of common sense there. we need more common sense overall in our country. nothing is more important than protecting our children. today i would also like to address an urgent and growing threat that impacts the safety,

security and well being of every american family, the crisis on our certain border. so much crime comes in through our southern border. illegal immigration provide as lucrative cash flow to put it mildly, to some of the most dangerous criminal organizations on the planet. these deadly cartels flood our cities with narcotics that kill thousands of our citizens, ruin families. they used fear and intimidation of violence to get their way and they terrorize innocent communities on both sides of the border. these guys put these criminal cartels out of business and out of business fast. [applause] just two days ago with the help of dea, ice and the fbi, we have such incredible people.

and you saw this. federal prosecutors secured a conviction against the leader of the cartel, joaquin guzman or el chapo. he's now looking at a lifetime behind bars. i have to say the prosecutors did an incredible job. eastern district. incredible job. a lot of people did a great job with that. but to defeat these trans national gangs, we have to security the border. that means more law enforcement, closing legal loop holes, ending catch and release and ending sanctuary cities and finishing the border wall, which we will do. which we will do. we're very far along. building a lot of it right now as we speak. as we review the new proposals from congress, i can promise you this.

i will never waiver from my sacred duty to defend this nation and its people. we will get the job done. the wall is very, very on its way. we're building as we speak in the most desperately needed areas. it's a big wall. it's a strong wall. it's a wall the people aren't going through very easy. you have to be an extremely good shape to get over this one. they would be able to climb mount everest easier, i think. it's happening. we have other things happening too. we're strengthening the ports of entry. we're using tremendous technology, including drones but tremendous technology. it all hinges around the walls, the technology is almost useless. it is the core responsibility of

government to establish and enforce clear rules for entry and admission into our great country. these immigration laws exist to protect our families, communities and the security of our entire nation. when these laws are violated, innocent americans including millions of hard working legal immigrants are left to pay a heavy price. when we surrender control of our nation's borders to coyotes and smugglers and heart ache and suffering are the inevitable result. one of the most tragic consequences of our unsecured border is the terrible scourge of human trafficking and sex trafficking that so many of you folks help and work so hard to stop. you know, with the internet, it's at the highest level they say it has ever been in the history of the world.

it's not just the united states. the internet. so many good things happen with the internet but bad things happen, too. we must use every resource at our disposal to stop this evil once and for all. the incredible patriots at homeland security are on the front lines of this vital effort. every day the courageous men and women of cbp are rescuing women and girls from trafficking, blocking deadly shipments of weapons and drugs and tracking down and removing violent criminals who threaten our people. the last two years alone, our brave ice officers have made 266,000 arrests. think of that. and these are arrests of criminal aliens including those charged or convicted of approximately 100,000 assaults, 40,000 larcenies, 30,000 sex

crimes, 25,000 burglaries, 12,000 vehicles thefts and these are new numbers, brand new numbers, 11,000 robberies, 4,000 kidnappings and 4,000 murders. 4,000 murders. yet despite their heroic public service, ice and border patrol are subjected to partisan attacks from those on the extreme edge of the political spectrum. it's called the radical left. they're going further and further left all the time. that's not good. it's not good for what you do. we condemn these attacks on law enforcement and we salute the heros that keep us safe. uncontroll uncontrolled borders endanger communities but the men and women that protect the

communities. we will never forget our heros that we lost. corporal singh that was gunned down by an illegal alien on the day after christmas. he left behind a wife and a beautiful five-month-old son. i got to know his brother. his brother is a fantastic young man that is totally devastated. not one more life should be lost because our nation failed to secure its borders. every american and every community from every walk of life has a right to live in security and to live in peace. that's my highest priority and call of every leader in this room. nobody does a better job. >> shepard: the president making

news there on border patrol and border protection. john roberts listening in. john? >> yeah, you know, the president speaking to law enforcement officers he had a few over to the white house yesterday. he was talking about building the border wall. the president insists that he's already building a lot more border wall than people would have imagined. a lot of this is replacing existing border fencing that is obsolete with things that are higher in work. the president believes better. what he really wants to do is add mileage. that's what's important with this bill that could be coming to the president at some point. we know that the president has not seen this bill. we don't know exactly when he's going to see it. the white house told us the president has not made a decision on whether the president has signed it until it's given a thorough review.

now there's talk that they might not get this done in time for friday's deadline. so now members of the house freedom caucus are floating this idea of keeping government funded through another continuing resolution for a week to give everybody a chance to look through it. they say it will run to the high hundreds of pages if not the thousands of pages and may not be team given all that is buried in this bill. there's a lot of things buried in it, a lot of which the president has trouble with that people want to know about it before they sign on to it. >> shepard: the president calls them land mines. and congress want to do the same thing. breaking news happened at the president was speak. the breaking news is first reported by jennifer jacobs of bloomberg, brock long is out. the embattled administrator from fema that faced accusations and

now as he puts it going home to his wife and two boys. john roberts not entirely unexpected. >> well, no. you stay in a job like fema for a certain amount of time. he's done that for two years. he ran into controversy last year over the use of a personal vehicle to travel between washington d.c. and his home, in hickory, north carolina. long said he was using a company vehicle is because he needed to be available 24/7. if there was some emergency, he would get from his home in north carolina or back to dc or wherever he needs to go and security communications to do that. he was reprimanded why the department of homeland security for that. it seemed to get worked out though. i don't believe that at face value that that had anything to do with his resignation. other than the fact that he's been in the job a couple years

and a tough job and maybe it's time for him to move on. pete gay nor will be the acting administrator, which act another acting title to the many acts titles here in the administration as people slowly go through the confirmation process. >> brock long saying in his resignation letter that under his leadership, fema responded to 220 declared disasters. there's been a lot of them. >> no shortage of those. >> shepard: not at all. john roberts, thanks so much. there's more breaking news. a little while ago, jennifer griffin reported from the pentagon on the ongoing hearings of capitol hill. it appears that army brass was watching jennifer griffin's report and is now responding to that report about privatized military housing. jennifer griffin has more. >> we just received a statement from the army secretary mark t.esper and chief of staff of

the army general, mark millie responding to this powerful hearing before the senate armed services committee with the families that have been affected by this military housing with black mold and rats. in the statement, it writes -- shep, we've just heard from some of those contractors. they're speaking now before that

senate committee and they have said that they're sorry, but i'm not sure that will be enough for these families that have been trying to get the army's attention for some time on these issues. >> shepard: clearly have. thanks, jennifer. appreciate it. that hearing is underway. in addition, the president is still speaking. doing glad-handing and thank yous and calling folks up as he wants to do before sheriffs and police chiefs from across the nation, thanking them for the amazing work that they do. should the president make more news or anything more on this bill that is forthcoming, we'll give you that. we have two stories today that we think are very -- one that is important that is the one about auto loans. there's a crisis building on neighbors that can't make auto payments. we'll got a report on that. and now the new face of brick and mortar retailers. if you have been in them, you

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>> amazon has transformed the normalcy of shopping online. look what is happening to sears, j.c. penney. >> driving the trend, millennials demand for experience shopping. they want amenities and personal touches like custom-blended makeup. saks got the memo. overhauling their beauty department. >> the store becomes a display room that really helps to drive traffic to the online. they're much more profitable. >> flag ships are beginning to contend with stores like schofield's which rents space for three months at a time. and what millennials really want is constant change. >> the fact that we look at sales as a platform, the fact

that we only change tour brands like a membership agreement and they're a part of the community and gives us the flexibility to give them all of that. >> the average rent for retail space dropped last fall. three years ago the real estate board called prices unsustainable. the changing place of the flagship store, will it make a difference to the bottom line. >> shepard: and ford recalling 1.5 million trucks because of a problem that could increase the risk of you crashing. so what does this apply to? it applies to these trucks. certain f-150 pickups that are 2011 to 2013 models. the company reports trucks with the six speed automatic transmission could down shift without you knowing about it and that that could lead to losing control. ford reported five crashes.

boston's top prosecutor says that she would be willing to investigate special assault crimes against virginia lieutenant governor justin fairfax if his accuser files a criminal complaint. vanessa tyson says the lieutenant governor sexually assaulted her at the democratic national convention in boston in 2004. the lieutenant governor denies sexually assaulting tyson and a second woman who has accused him of rape. he's not the only politician in virginia caught up in a controversy. the governor and attorney general facing calls to resign after they admitted that they wore black face in the 1980s. garrett tenney reporting. he's live for us this afternoon in richmond. garrett? >> shep, in terms of a criminal complaint, the attorneys for the second accuser, meredith watson have said they have not ruled out that possibility and may contact authorities in north carolina about a prosecution. as for vanessa tyson, her legal

team is not saying anything. if they decide to move forward with that. the district attorney in boston has reached out to them to let them know her office of prosecutors is ready to invest great. in a statement to fox news, suffolk county d.a. says these are unique circumstances. we wouldn't normally discuss it publicly. the decision was made to self-identify and i'd be remiss if i didn't make my resources available to her. justin fairfax's office said he would fully cooperate with an investigation. if a criminal complaint is filed by either woman, they said they will record all options for the lieutenant governor of filing a false claims complaint. the clock is ticking for vanessa tyson. the statute of limitations in massachusetts is 15 years on sexual assault. she has until the summer to file a complaint there. >> shepard: one of the accusers spoke publicly last night,

right? >> yeah, the first accuser, vanessa tyson, spoke at stanford. it was previously scheduled. she did mention -- didn't mention justin fairfax. she talked about women when they come forward, they have their credibility attacked, which is what happened to justin fairfax when she came forward. she talked about how she was inspired by christine blase ford's testimony on capitol hill when she brought allegations against justice brett kavanaugh. >> as she shook, we shook with her. as she told her story, we felt her pain that she so visibly demonstrated. yet we have this empathetic absorpti absorption. we see her bravery, see her strength, her vulnerability. we recognize and maybe perhaps that it helps us to see it in o ourself. >> now vanessa tyson is reported

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>> shepard: a record number of americans is behind or car payments. that's according to the u.s. federal reserve. the number of people 90 days late is higher than when americans were recovering from the great recession. susan li reporting. alarm bells ringing. >> absolutely, shep. we're looking at the highest delinquency rate since 2012. a familiar word again, subprime. those with the weakest credit find behind in the final three months of last year. the highest in nine years and economists says this shows that even though the u.s. is probably growing at its fastest rate, not everybody is benefitting. 17 million vehicles sold last year, hovering at records. another 16 million vehicles sold this year as well.

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corner of wall and broad. it shows we're green across the board. 25 of the dow 30 are in the green today. the best in business begins now on fox news. >> there's a green new deal about to derail? welcome. i'm charles payne in for neil cavuto. just as california's governor is slamming the brakes on a high speed rail project citing the exploding costs, mitch mcconnell plans to force a vote on the democrat's green new deal which would replace planes with high speed trains. at least six democratic senators considering running for president are co sponsoring it. sh