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take a look at what he found today, this is at the beach at jersey show. unbelievable. it's also april fools'. thanks for joining us. i'm dana perino. here's shep. >> shepard: it's 3:00 on the east coast. noon in the west. ever use a ride sharing service like uber? a college student order one over the weekend. cameras caught her getting in. but she didn't get in the right car and never made it home. that wasn't her ride after all. cops say it was a killer at the wheel. plus, whistle-blower at the white house. a staffer now accusing the trump administration of giving security clearances to dozens of people with suspicious backgrounds involving things like foreign influence, drug use and criminal conduct. reporting begins now. >> good monday afternoon.
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our reporting begins with a college student who cops say order an uber but instead wound up trapped in a car with a killer. her shattered body tossed along a dirt road. police say the university of south carolina student, samantha josephson got into the wrong car after a night out with friends in the popular bar district off campus. take a look at the security video. that's the 21-year-old we're told stepping into a stranger's car by mistake. this is the last images of samantha alive. we don't know when she didn't realize it wasn't her uber. cops said there was no way for her to escape. they say the accused killer may have turned on the child locks to troop her in the back seat. investigators say turkey hunters fund her remains dumped in woods down a dirt road about 65 miles from where she first got in the car. the police chief says when cops tracked down the suspect, this
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suspect, they found samantha josephson's cell phone in his car and a lot of blood and bleach and cleaning supplies. the chief called it a bad scene. police haven't said how the suspect killed the victim. according to the arrest warrant, she had a lot of wounds to her head and face and her neck and her upper body. even her leg and her foot. jonathan serrie reporting live in the southeast this afternoon. jonathan? >> shep, friends say that san -- samantha josephson was a great student. she wanted to be a lawyer. she was sweet, bubbly, intelligent. nearly 1,000 people showed up for a memorial vigil over the weekend, including her family that came down from new jersey. samantha's father says losing his daughter is like no pain he's ever felt. he wants to make it his life
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mission on how to educate people on how to be saved when using ride share services. >> you have to travel together. she had no chance. she was by herself. if there was somebody else in the car, there's actually a chance. >> the suspect appeared before a judge over the weekend. samantha's mother was allowed to read a prepared statement in court. in the statement she said "it sickens us to think that his face was the last thing that my baby girl saw on this earth." shep? >> shepard: thanks, jonathan in atlanta. about ride share pickups. two things. two simple ones. first, the license plate of the car is listed in the pickup info on the app every time. check it. if your state doesn't require license plates in the front, walk around to the back of the car and look every time. if it's not the same license
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plate, don't get in it. secondly, ask the name of the passenger before you pick up. the driver should say your name. if the driver doesn't say your name, don't get in that car. don't get in. move on now. torre richmond is the editor and chief of the campus newspaper at the university of south carolina, the daily gamecock. we're so sad and sorry to read this for everybody there in columbia and surrounding areas. i wonder if you know any more than what we reported here about what happened with any authority? >> i mean, we really haven't gotten much more info. i mean, from friday when she was missing to even saturday, we really couldn't get much more than what police said at the press conference. it's definitely been what we've been hearing, a lot of students kind of how they're feeling with everything. >> shepard: tell me about that. you know, students usually share
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those kinds of things among themselves and don't often come to television cameras anymore. i wonder if you learned more about her and her life. >> i did have some friends that were friends with her. i didn't know her personally. i mean, yeah, it's a lot of students that have the same feeling that it could have been me. hits close to home. i think a lot of students are kind of thinking back on what they can do differently now and thinking about their friends and not wanting this to happen to anyone else. i know as a senior, it's kind of scary. but yeah, a lot of students are having that moment that it could have been any of us. >> shepard: all of this seems so routine. you know, just like the course of normal events. you went out, doing the right thing. who knows if she had anything to drink or whatever.
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call an uber and get in. all of a sudden,now kids in col people that are just starting out. you think that's a place that you'd can trust. >> yeah. definitely. going -- just wanting to go home and, you know, taking an uber so that no one is driving or friends don't have to be on the road. it's something that everyone has done. watching the video, it's such a normal thing to just see people getting in an uber and going home. so yeah, it's definitely -- it's scary to think about and to know that it happened here on campus. >> shepard: are there plans to remember her and do you know anything about them yet? >> i don't know of any specific plans. i we did have a vigil. there's a lot on social media about tributes to her and stuff
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like that. i'm sure her friends and lots of people have been impacted. so i'm sure there will be some kind of something to happen. >> shepard: i'm sure they have. folks on college campuses all over the country thinking about your guys in columbia today. thank you. >> thank you. >> a whistle-blower in the white house says the trump administration gave out dozens of security clearances even to people that had serious disqualifying issues. that was a quote, "serious disqualifying issues" in their background. some of those are concerns about foreign influence, drug use and criminal conduct. remember, if there's anything in the background that is a huge secret, a foreign adversary can use that against you. all of this according to trisha nubold who has worked in the government for years and know how senior white house aides get their clears. she's a whistle-blower. she put together at least 25
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white house officials that had their applications flat denied, but then she says senior trump administration aides reversed those denials. even if it wasn't in the best interest of national security. that's another quote. if it wasn't in the best interest of national security. this whistle-blower, nubold detailed the accusations to the house oversight committee chairman, elijah cummings. the whistle-blower said coming to congress was their last hope to try to bring back integrity to the white house security personnel office. the house oversight committee has been investigating a number of senior officials got their clearances. that investigation was already underway before this whistle-blower. among them, rob porter who resigned under fire amid allegations that he abused his two ex-wives. in addition, president trump's son-in-law, jared kushner and the former national security adviser michael flynn. let's get more from catherine
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herridge reporting live from washington. catherine? >> according to this letter, the democratic chairman is threatening to issue subpoenas if the white house fails to make witnesses available. nubold claimed the individuals had a wide range of serious disqualifying issues involving foreign influence, conflicts of interest concerning personal conduct, financial problems, drug use and criminal conduct. democrats want the record as you mentioned for current and former administrations including john bolton, ivanka trump, jared kushner, rob porter among others. the whistle-blower complains that the white house allowed for an unusual high number of interim clearances. she said i wouldn't be doing a service to myself, my country or my children if i sat back knowing the issues that we have could impact national security. her subpoena targets the former
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security director at the white house and could be issued tomorrow, shep. >> shepard: what are you hearing from republicans? >> republicans accuse democrats in this case of a fishing expedition designed to smear. jim jordan said it's an excuse to go fishing through personal files of dedicated servants. the interview was conducted at 8:30 a.m. and republicans were not informed of the topic or witness until 3:30 the day before. the 25 examples of investigations and denials that were overturned, congressman jordan said one of them was not a political appointee and a janitor at the general services administration, that's a group that handles office supplies and supplies, shep. >> shepard: thanks, catherine herridge. >> you're welcome. >> shepard: no bluff at the border.
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the white house says president trump is very serious about closing down the southern border entirely unless mexico makes some moves. mexico is america's third largest trading partner. the economies on both sides of the border could take an enormous hit and thousands and thousands of american jobs would be affected in a big way. still, according to the white house, it might all be worth it. the pros and the cons and importantly the big picture as our reporting continues on this monday afternoon. somcan make you feel likeder you have no limits. but mania, such as unusual changes in your mood, activity or energy levels, can leave you on shaky ground. help take control by asking your healthcare provider about vraylar. vraylar treats acute mania of bipolar 1 disorder.
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>> shepard: the president is doubling down on his threat to close the united states border with mexico. a senior administration official tells fox news that unless mexico takes real steps to reduce the number of migrants moving through that country towards the united states, the border could shut down as early
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as this week. over the weekend, the state department notified congress that they're looking into suspending aid payments to el salvador, guatemala and honduras. the three countries home to some of the migrants that have marched through mexico to the u.s. border. here's the thing. critics say stopping the aid would make things worse back home in central america and those countries and create more movement north. remember, most people coming from those countries are doing so because they face violence and poverty and looking for a better life for their families. closing the border doesn't stop them. even opponents admit it might be a scare tactic and it might help. but closing the border would stop legal movement and jobs and trade and tourism. as for the asylum seekers, they need two feet on american soil to apply and that's it. then the process begins. because the u.s. is so
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backlogged and underresourced, it could take years. and now we're not equipped to house them. and before you say build the wall, experts remind that alone would not work. for hundreds of miles along the rio grande, any wall would be well inside the american border, asslyum seekers would be on the u.s. side. so under current political conditions, both sides admit reform won't happen. all side know this and so they keep coming in record numbers. mexico seems to be starting to make some moves. >> they are, shep. we don't know how far down this road they're going to go. i'm told some new cooperative measures that they're taking are
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just in their infancy. it took mexico a number of months to agree with the united states to take in people that were seeking asylum. the plan is, as i'm being told, that narrow parts of mexico in the southern part, referred to as an isthmus, they would set up checkpoints along that area. migrant workers would be allowed in to work in the southern states of mexico. anybody that tried to cross that point to go to the united states that didn't have the appropriate papers to get into the united states would be deported, would be returned back to their home countries. again, this is just in its infancy. we don't know if it's going to happen or how long it might take to implement. but there's some folks here in the administration that are hopeful this could be a significant move on mexico's part. meantime, the president continues to be frustrated with mexico's lack of action and stopping these migrants from moving through mexico to the united states and the democrats lack of action when it comes to
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funding a border well. the president tweeted the democrats are allowing a ridiculous asylum seeking system. mexico is doing nothing. homeland security is so very nice, but not for long. democrats continue to be a no mood to president what he says customs and border protections needs. listen here. >> the border instead of building fences, taking money from department of defense, focus on facilities to serve the families so there are not children hurt and dying as a result of this situation. >> what durbin said there, the first thing we need to do is meet the humanitarian needs of the border. bernie sanders admitted that there's a humanitarian crisis. the chief of staff, mick mulvaney, with this message over the weekend. listen here. >> the same response that we give to all of our friends to the south, which is we need your
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help. we need more action. mexico could be doing more. el salvador could be doing more. honduras could be doing more. we give these countries hundreds of millions in aid. we need them to do more. >> when the final numbers are in, which customs and border protection expected to have apprehended more than 100,000 people. closing the border would have a serious economic impact. but there's a lot of thinking in the administration that that is about the only thing that they could do in order to reallocate personnel to handle border patrol duties and put pressure on both mexico and congress to finally get something done. ultimately, shep, what it would take is improving the situation of life of people in places like guatemala, el salvador and honduras. >> and critics say if you cut off the aid, you're hurting yourself. >> exactly. >> shepard: if the president were to shut down the border,
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analysts say we would quickly feel the effects. remember last year the u.s. got more than 60% of its imported vegetables from mexico. 60% with more than 40% of imported fruit. closing the border could mean sky rocketing prices. claudia cowan reporting from el paso. claudia? >> we would pay more from cars and control to the food we eat. thousands of trucks cross every day filled with produce. if the border closes, we could run out of avocados in three weeks. experts say we would have higher prices and exporters would be hard, too. the u.s. is the largest importer of diesel and refined foods.
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goods passing back and forth total $116 billion in 2017. that according to the office of the u.s. trade representative. locally, the economies of border cities like el paso rely on international bridges that allow people to cross back and forth legally and spend money here. as the mayor of el paso put it, we can't afford for the mayor to close. >> shepard: thank you. the baseball fan that got his skull bashed in. what happened outside dodger stadium that led a man to being on life support. troubles at chavez ravine. that's next. hi i'm joan lunden. today's senior living communities have never been better, with amazing amenities like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars and bistros even pet care services. and there's never been an easier way to get great advice. a place for mom is a free service that pairs you with a local advisor to help you sort through your options
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in a fight. police say it happened friday in the parking lot at dodger stadium in the parking lot. the man's wife said he was on the phone and heard this all go down over the phone. cops still searching for the attacker. trace gallagher has the details. trace? >> shep, the fight happened after midnight because the game went 13 innings and lasted six hours. the 47-year-old was leaving dodger stadium in the parking lot and on the phone with his wife. the wife said she heard a woman and a man arguing. she said i heard the arguing happening and then like a smack or a crack. sounded like a baseball bat and i heard him start moaning. rafael was punched in the face. when he struck the ground, that's when he cracked his skull. he's critical and doctors are trying to relieve the swelling
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on his brain. a witness notified stadium personnel and police but it's unclear if anyone that saw the fight has come forward. police describe the suspect as a hispanic male in his 20s that may have been driving a white s.u.v. the family of rafael reyna is asking for help to find the suspected and a go fund me page to help with medical bills. shep? >> shepard: a lot of stuff has happened over time at the parking lot at chavez ravine. >> yes. during this game, six hours a few altercations in the stadium. one of which involved several fans and posted on social media. confrontations are common at dodger stadium. that's a problem. security had been increased following a series of violent incidents including on opening day eight years ago when san francisco giants fan bryant stowe was severely biten by two
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men. he suffered brain damage and still has not recovered. both attackers were convicted and sent to prison. brian said adult bullies did this to him. as part of his anti-bullying campaign, he spends a lot of time speaking at schools around northern california. shep? >> trace, thanks. if you were planning to travel on a plane this morning of april fools', there's a good chance it didn't go very well. again, computer problems affected some of the country's biggest airlines. five, six of them. the spokesperson for the federal aviation administration said it all involved a program called aero data. it monitors the weight and balance of planes. there were delays in these cities here on the big wall for folks traveling on southwest and united, jet blue, alaska and delta. american airlines reports the glitch affected some regional carriers and just last week a computer outage involving a different system hit the same
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airlines. let's go to kathleen bang. she's a commercial pilot and former airline instructor. what happened here? >> well, you know, the bad news, there were delays across the country today. the good news is that when people saw the headlines with software and airlines, that it's not anything to do with boeing. that's the good news. what happens is, there's a company that produces weight and balance paperwork for united, delta. delta has an internal system. they were affected by this because of their downline regional carriers. the weight and balance date is the last things that the pilot is waiting on. they have to know how many passengers, do they have cargo, the fuel and that weight has to be established and the center of gravity has to be established. this is required paperwork that
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pilots use to do but it's outsourced now. >> shepard: you don't know where the center of gravity is, to take off would be foolish. >> yeah. we've heard about stabilizer trim. that has to be set on take off depending what your center of gravity is and how it's distributed. >> shepard: that's what it was, another example of all of these pieces of digital come together. if they're not perfect, delay it is. joe biden is not running for president but he's facing a political crisis of sorts. how the former vice president and man with a very long record is responding to accusations from a female politician. in addition, chicago police protesting in the streets over the decision to drop the charges against the actor jussie smollett. if you're a veteran homeowner and need money for your family, call newday usa. a newday va home loan lets you refinance
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>> shepard: the former vice president joe biden is defending himself after a former nevada congresswoman said he kissed her on the back of the head and made her feel uncomfortable. lucy flores said it happened as the two were waiting to go on stage at a campaign rally. she was running for nevada's lieutenant governor. a spokesperson for the former vice president says that biden does not remember the incident. in a statement biden says, in my many years on the campaign trail and public life, i offered countless hand shakes, hugs, expresses of affection, support and comfort. not once, never, did i believe i acted inappropriately. if it is suggested i did so, i will listen respectfully. but it was never my intention. today flores said the power difference made her uncomfortable. >> he's the second most powerful
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man in the united states at the time. and i was a candidate. i was not expecting him to touch me in that kind of an intimate way and to kiss me and regardless of what his motivation was, there was no personal relationship there. nothing that any person would consider normal in that interaction. >> well, biden still hasn't announced whether he will run for president in 2020. many news outlets including this one, have reported that he is close doing -- to making it official. peter doocy is live at a forum where candidates are speaking out today and he is pulling up in the big wall now. hello, peter. >> hello, shep. some of biden's competitors if he decides to get in the race started to weigh-in on the accusations against the former washington.
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some of them are siding with the accuser. >> he will decide if he runs or not. the american people will decide whether they support him or not. >> i have no reason not to believe lucy. i think what this speaks to is the need to fundamentally change the culture of this country. >> i believe lucy flores. joe biden needs to give an answer. >> the trump white house believes biden has a long well-documented history of inappropriate behavior and they believe the accusations are different than those levels against trump. >> i'm sure a lot of folks are saying, there's women that have said worse about your boss, president trump, in terms of touching them inappropriately. >> we have covered that during the campaign every day. >> biden is not at this candidate summit in washington d.c. we don't know if he plans to
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address these allegations on camera before whatever kind of aan announcement he might make soon. >> shepard: plenty of defenders today, peter. >> and one in particular, shep. the woman from a photo that's been floating around on the internet since this story broke, administer any carter. she's former defense ash carter's wife. she said about lucy flores, let me say it up front, i don't know her but i support her right to speak her truth and she should be believed. her story is not mine. the joe biden in my picture is someone helping me get through a big day for which i will always be grateful. somebody that has not weighed in, shep, barack obama. back to you. >> shepard: thanks, peter. the house judicialry committee preparing subpoenas to force the justice department to hand over robert mueller's full 300-plus page report on the russia investigation. the chairman of several house committees have asked for the full unredacted report for those
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members of congress and all of the relative information by tomorrow. this after the attorney general william barr released his own four-page summary laying what he called the report's principal conclusions. attorney general barr stated he would release a redacted version of the report in the middle of the month if not sooner. some breaking news just in to fox news channel. a crane has collapsed, and this crane was on a cruise ship. according to local media in the bahamas, it happened at a dock near freeport. the crane reportedly fell on this royal caribbean ship, the oasis of the seas. it's in dry dock right now, which means no passengers were on board. representatives from royal caribbean tell fox news that they're searching for any injured crew members or workers
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because there were crew members and workers on board at the time. they're also checking out damage to the ship, which is one of the large nest the world. this is just breaking. freeport, in the bahamas. a crane collapsed on this cruise ship. so far, no specific word of injuries. updates throughout the day. a grammy-nominated rapper gunned down outside his own store in south los angeles. a story open to help rebuild the struggling area. police say somebody shot and killed nipsey russell yesterday. two others were shot and in stable condition. it happened after russell tweeted say having strong enemies is a blessing. tomorrow the police commissioner said he was supposed to meet with the rapper to talk about ways to stop gang violence in the neighborhood. nipsey russell was best nominated for best rap album this year. it was the first album with a
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major record label. he made his hits with kendrick lamar, diddy and c-lo green. diddy paid tribute posting videos and said he was honored to work with him. artists of all sorts sent love over social. police have not identified any suspects or a motive. chicago's police union protesting the decision by prosecutors to drop all charges against the "empire" actor, jussie smollett. they're chanting "fox must go." in this case, fox is state's attorney kim fox. her office decided not to prosecute jussie smollett for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself and also claimed that he was not innocent. meantime, civil rights leader jesse jackson held his own rally in support of foxx saying the criticism against her is politically motivated.
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matt finn reporting. he's been covering the story from jump and live in chicago. matt? >> shep, both sides of the protests getting in each other faces outside of kim foxx's office. at one point the chicago police had to step in and calm things down. this is really weeks if not months of frustration in this city coming to a head today. the chicago police unit alleges that kim fox has a history of being anti-police and they're demanding she resign after dropping the 16 felony charges against smollett. kim foxx supporters say foxx is reforming criminal justice here. she's exonerating the innocent and the target of political attacks. reverend jesse jackson called foxx a good prosecutor that did the right thing. he thinks the meticulous police investigation is wrong. kim foxx continues to defend her office writing in part in her own op-ed in the chicago
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tribune, writing -- >> the chicago police union fired back writing -- >> today the former illinois appellate justice sheila oh bryant said that she will personally petition the courts to sign a special prosecutor to investigate kim foxx. shep? >> shepard: matt finn live in chicago. police in colorado could take guns out of the hands of people that might pose a threat. coming up, we'll tell you why a sheriff says i won't enforce that. the lawyer famous for backing porn star stormy daniels is back in court facing the legal battle
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>> shepard: state lawmakers in colorado have passed a bill which allows courts to temporarily take away guns from people that are a threat. relatives, roommates or police would flag the person and the court would rule. the bill is now headed to the desk of the democratic governor, jared pollis where he's expected to sign it in to law. alicia acuna is rolling in our newsroom. >> the sheriff says many of the people that live in his conservative county own guns and they don't like this so-called red flag bill. he says he thinks it's unconstitutional and he won't enforce it. >> they can send me to my own
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jail, fine me or hold a contempt hearing to further this argument along. honestly, any of those possibilities are out there. >> currently 14 states in the district of columbia have some form of an extreme risk protection order law or red flag. other states are working on them. colorado's version would allow judges to order the temporary seizure of guns that are owned by themselves or others. the gun owner can protest, but if unsuccessful, he or she would not be allowed to purchase or possess a firearm for up to a year after which the weapon has to be returned in three days. proponents of an aurora colorado theater shooting victim says this helps guard against violence and suicides. half of the counties have taken positions against the bill. sheriffs say it leaves out
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mental health assistance. colorado's governor is pushing back. >> the sheriff is also not a law-maker in our stay. it's a law enforcement division. >> and shep, after the parkland florida shooting, there was a bipartisan version of this but it failed. >> shepard: thank you. the attorney michael avenatti is back in court in southern california where he's accused of bank fraud. that comes after his arrest in new york city where he's also accused of trying to extort nike. jeff paul in santa ana. jeff? >> yeah, we're expecting michael avenatti within the next hour or so to appear here at the federal courthouse in santa ana. he's facing two fraud charges here in california specifically. now, in the one case,
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authorities accuse him of filing bogus paperwork in order to get $4 million in loans with a bank in mississippi. they say he submitted tax returns but never filed any returns with the irs. the other case authorities believe avenatti withheld $1.6 in settlement money from a client. they say that he used that money to pay off his own debt. >> based on the evidence undercovered by the tax investigation, agents expanded the original payroll allegations to encompass additional financial fraud which we believe have been used to fuel a lavish lifestyle by mr. avenatti. >> shep, if convicted on those fraud charges, just here in california, prosecutors say he faces up to 50 years in federal prison. shep? >> shepard: jeff paul live in santa ana. driving in traffic is a headache on its own.
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blockbuster video had more than 9,000 stores. as of today, there's one. kristina partsinevelos is there in bend oregon. hi, kristina. >> you're right. the last one on the planet. it's exactly as if you went to blockbuster 20 years ago. the same yellow counters, the same older ibm computers that require floppy discs if it shut down to reboot. this place is still profitable. the local community rents movies. you have tourists that use this air to gel memorabilia, t-shirts. the reason why this store does well, they have a lot of dvds that you can't find online. so this is an example. they're definitely up to date with the latest releases. i'm going to throw it back to you from the last blockbuster in the entire world in bend, oregon, shep. >> shepard: rent something. you appear to be the only one in there. thank you.
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welcome to midtown, manhattan. 11.25 please. lawmakers approved a congestion pricing plan. it will force people to pay a surcharge to drive in manhattan's busiest neighborhoods, from 60th street to the bottom in an effort to cut down on traffic and raise money for transit. laura ingle reporting live in new york. hi, laura. >> hi, shep. new york indeed is the first city in the united states to pass a congestion pricing plan. special for many reasons. add this to the list. it's an effort to ease the city's growing gridlock and encourage drivers to find other moats of transportation. the new toll will affect drivers using roads from midtown here at 60th street downtown. the dollar amount is still being worked out. experts say will be around $10 for standard vehicles. other unknowns, who will be except and how the cashless system will be implemented.
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los angeles, san francisco, chicago, boston all set to be considering it, shep. >> shepard: thanks, laura. the dow is ringing. the final bell on wall street is going off now. things look green to me. wow. here's neil. >> president trump threatening to shut down the southern border as illegal immigrants continue to flood in. homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen making plans to dispatch 2,000 additional agents. welcome. i'm charles payne in for neil cavuto. this is "your world." we'll talk to the acting ice director in a moment on the huge number of illegal immigrants the agency is being forced to release. first to john roberts at the white house with the latest. >> good afternoon. i'm told by senior administration officials that the president is very serious about closing the border. this is not a blu