helping with rehabilitation and healing. we're getting ready for "the five" later on. thanks for joining us on "the daily briefing." i'm dana perino. up next, here's shep. >> shepard: it's 3:00 on the east coast, 2:00 in houston where police are at this moment searching for a young girl missing after her stepdad turned up with a bruised forehead and what they describe as a bizarre story about kidnappers taking them on a terrifying ride. plus, children caught in crisis after the uprising in venezuela. ellison barber with a rare look inside a united nations camp for refugees in columbia. and plus stocks on the dive. the dow off at one points more than 600 points. we're keeping an eye on wall street in the last hour of trading as our reporting begins now.

reporting today begins with a question. where was secretary state mike pompeo? we don't know and his office will not say. secretary pompeo was scheduled to travel to germany for talks with angela merkel and his counterpart about russia and other matters. instead, a change in plans. the secretary caught another flight. destination untold. the unusual move comes after the secretary talked yesterday with the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov at an event in finland. as russia announced, pompeo would hold talks in russia with lavrov and possibly putin. the state department instructed the press pool travelling with the secretary that they won't be able to report from where his plane lands. so far we have nothing from the traveling press. in the past when there's an information blackout, it's come when a high ranking official was

travelling to a war zone. at the moment, we have a notice from the state department that the abrupt change is due to pressing issues. the secret trip comes as the united states is dealing with several hot spots around the globe. among them, the crisis in venezuela, reports of threats from iran and word that north korea tested another missile. this comes as u.s. warships and bombers are on the move heading to the middle east after what defense officials are saying are credible threats from iran to u.s. forced. last week, the u.s. labeled parts of iran's military a terrorist group. secretary pompeo said the fall of the disputed president nicholas maduro's government was imminent and he did not rule out military action. this weekend, north korea claimed to have test add new missile for the first time in more than a year and has said secretary pompeo is not welcome at future talks.

as the secretary travels to destinations unknown, the german media said it was a snub to merkel and berlin. the chairman of the german foreign affairs committee called the cancellation regrettable and said even if there were unavoidable reasons nor the cancellation, it unfortunately fits to the current climate in the relationships of the two governments. pompeo is scheduled to be in london tomorrow. rich edson reporting live. rich? >> the meeting with angela merkel is off. sometimes they do take trips without telling the media. he's surfaced in north korea and war zones on previous trips. pompeo was just in finland. the highlight is meeting with the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov. he's supposed to travel after

germany, which isn't happening, to the united kingdom and then greenland. as for pressing issues for the state department, officials are focused on the events in venezuela and focused on what's going on with north korea, the stalled negotiations there as well. tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the united states withdrawing from the iran nuclear agreement. i ran has been saying of late that they plan to stop complying with the iran nuclear deal. perhaps restarting their nuclear program or restarting portions of their nuclear program. the united states has sent a carrier strike group. all of these pressing issues that the secretary of state says when it comes the iran, the u.s. has noticed escalating actions from iran. >> shepard: thanks, rich. continuing the breaking news coverage and a live look on wall street. stocks down more than 2%. at one point off 608 points

after president trump threatened to put new tariffs on chinese goods and escalate the trade war. chinese officials including country's top economic advisers are still headed to washington supposedly to continue trade talks with the u.s. some analysts had warned that china would back out after the president's threat. remember, tariffs are essentially taxes. taxes on chinese imports and in retaliation on u.s. exports to china. the taxes are paid by companies and those companies pass along all the costs to us. to the consumers. tariffs hurt american farmers and other producers and the american producers as the cost of goods goes up. jackie deangelis is with us. the news was yesterday. the dow plummeted and recovered. why is it doing it today? >> traders had a knee jerk reaction. then they thought about it. they thought the rest of the week will go on, the negotiations will continue.

they were hoping that president trump would pull a rabbit out of the hat. you start thinking about it. it's going to impact consumers, businesses and gdp. it was strong print for the first quarter. so there's bright spots in the economy and traders say this could crimp it all. >> shepard: in chinese media today, they're suggesting no deals with the united states if it's beneficial to the united states. we need a long-term global solution the chinese say. so if what we want and what china wants are so far apart, the talks might not be fruitful. >> and that's the concern. that's why there's so much volatility. we keep going back and forth. we think there's a bright spot in the market and then we take two steps back. this was definitely one of those situations where people are saying president trump is taking a tough stance here. if china is going to reneg, he

has to cross the line but at what cost? it will hit us all. if manufacturers incorporate them, manage to tolerate the costs. they've already said it's been difficult with the 10% tariff. it creates a situation where their profits will be hit if they pass it on to the consumer, the consumer stops spending. it has a trickle down effect. >> and more tariffs or taxes coming on friday unless something -- >> unless something happens. that's what traders are watching. when it's about wall street, it's about uncertainty. you create this dynamic. >> shepard: thanks, jackie. they'll talk about this all day. >> all day. >> shepard: the trump administration ordering don mcgahn, do not comply with the house democrats demands for documents related to the russia investigation. mcgahn writes that the white house instructed his client not to give the house to the house judicialry committee. the white house in a separate

letter arguing they still have control over the documents themselves and only gave them to mcgahn so he could cooperate with the special counsel's russia investigation. neither letter made any mention of preventing mcgahn from testifying. john roberts reporting live at the white house. john? >> they haven't made that decision whether or not mcgahn will testify. more on that? just a second. first of all, the documents and other subpoena fights. 10:00 a.m. was supposed to be the deadline for don mcgahn to produce documents that was subpoenaed by gerald nadler. instead, when nadler got, a letter from the white house counsel saying -- >> in other words, you ain't going to get them. counsel instructed nadler to

take any further request for documents to the white house. nadler's attorney writes -- >> there's no sign that that is anywhere near happening. in the senate today, the majority leader mitch mcconnell said it's time to move passed the mueller report. not so fast said nancy pelosi. listen here. >> they told everywhere there was a conspiracy between russia and the trump campaign. yet on this central question, the special counsel's finding is clear. case closed. case closed. >> senator mcconnell is reported to be saying, doesn't matter here, case closed.

case closed. i don't think so. >> again, this does not cover mcgahn's testimony. this is only about the subpoena for documents. given the posture of the white house, shep, it's unlikely that they would allow mcgahn to testify and the white house can still exert executive privilege over officials even after they left the white house. the president says they'll make a decision soon. if i were a betting man, i'll bet you that almighty dollar he doesn't show up. >> shepard: i bet you the courts have a decision in that one, too. the fbi director says there's a difference between surveillance and spying as the trump administration continues to say we were spied on. >> yeah, christopher wray contradicted president trump and the attorney general saying that what the fbi was engaged in on the russia investigation as relates to the trump campaign did not fit his definition of

spying. listen to this exchange with new hampshire senator gene shaheen. >> that is not the term i would use. >> thank you. so i would say that's a no to that question? >> well, i mean, look, there's a lot of people have different colloquial phrases. i believe the fbi is engaged in investigative activity and that includes surveillance activity of different shapes and sizes. to me the key question is making sure that its done by the book, consistent with our lawful authorities. >> the president and his supporters contend because the fbi send an undercover investigator to seek out george papadopoulos, they were spying on the campaign. this is a game of semantics. law enforcement, whether the federal level or local level, have uncovers infiltrate and organization to try to get information on that

organization. this would appear to be that sort of case. the fact that it's a political campaign, shep, for many people, puts it in a different realm. one thing i should point out that happened recently back to your previous story about china and sanctions, what's going on with the trade agreement. while he's at odds with the president on almost everything, chuck schumer said that basically he's in lock step with the president over this issue of china and sanctions and hanging tough to make sure that china doesn't take advantage of us. >> shepard: he did indeed. both sides says this is a big moment or could be. >> yep. >> shepard: thanks, john roberts. ahead, the search for a missing girl. the place is houston. the story is a dramatic one that her stepfather told investigators about who took that little girl. plus, getting a new look inside the cabin of an airplane as it went up in flames and crash landed killing 41 people. that is still to come as our

reporting continues on this tuesday afternoon.

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>> shepard: there's a desperate search happening for a missing 4-year-old girl in houston. maleah davis disappeared friday. her stepdad claims kidnappers jumped him and took maleah, but investigators say his story has a lot of blanks. this is the stepfather, darion vence with a bloodied bruised forehead. he told the cops that he was taking maleah and his young son to the airport when he pulled over because he thought he had a flat tire. the stepdad claim as blue pickup pulled up behind them and some guys jumped out. he said one of the men told him maleah looked very sweet. another man knocked him out. he told investigators it's all a

blur after that. he was out of consciousness. when he came to, he was on the side of the highway with his son but the kidnappers and little maleah were gone. some breaking news from houston. our fox television station in houston is now calling the stepfather a person of interest. that information, i got, in the last 15 seconds. like when i told it to you. casey stegall reporting live in our texas newsroom. casey, the story according to authorities, they put it, it has a lot of blanks but for them it didn't add up. >> that's right. at this hour, shepard, it's unraveling a little bit and it's developing. because we just got that information prior to going on the program with you. that is again, according to our fox affiliate in houston, texas. reporting the stepfather has not been arrested, he's not been charged but police are referring to him at least as a person of interest in this case.

now, according to records with the texas department of child protective services, investigations involving this family are not new. maleah and her brother were removed from the home in august of last year after maleah suffered a head injury. investigations were done and a judge eventually allowed the children to return this past february. now the little girl's mother had been out of town the last couple days on the east coast for her own father's funeral. 4-year-old maleah never made to it the houston airport that night and said, as you said, her stepfather claims that he came to on the side of the road, some 20 hours later holding his 2-year-old son. his car and stepdaughter had vanished. since searches have been underway ever since and the girl's mother has made these desperate pleas to the public. >> if you know anything, it greatly helps and appreciated.

i mean that from my heart. i money that with every bit of me. >> houston police say they're looking at this point for the family car and the blue pickup from the stepfather's account. the department set up a tipline asking for help. clearly they're desperate to get to the bottom of this case. just kind of refreshing you, according to our affiliate in houston, the stepfather in this case now being called a person of interest according to the houston police department. we're going to do more news gathering on this and let you know more as we get it. >> shepard: i have more now. sugar land police are saying this man's story has been inconsiste inconsistent. police say that he told detectives that he walked to the hospital and then he said he was dropped off at the hospital. so right now according to the reporting of fox 26 in houston, police are looking at surveillance cameras in that area as this story takes on a

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>> shepard: a new look now at the moments a plane burned in russia after it burst into flames during an emergency landing. the video appears to be from inside the jet. a russian news outlet released it. fox news has not been able to independently confirm its validity.

>> shepard: that crash landing killed 41. we're learning more about the victims, including jeremy brooks, an american. he was from santa fe, new mexico. he was headed to his dream job as a fishing guide in russian. he had a passion of fly fishing and ready to live out his dream as a guide. 37 people survived it. lightning struck the plane and that they lost radio communications as a result. it's unclear if that's what caused the emergency landing. investigators say they're focusing on three main possibilities. inexperienced pilots, inexperienced weather and bad

weather. now the crew did not dump extra fuel which is common before emergency landings. katherine banks is here with us. >> hi, shep. >> shepard: the russians and the way they expect plane not the same as the inspections in the united states. fair? >> well, you know, aeroflot has made huge leaps in the past few years. they were the most dangerous. so this new airplane that has been in service, this has been their big step to try to get into western aviation. in fact, they had a few customers, mexico and ireland. the problem with this airplane and what we're hearing, they've not been able to supply parts. so the countries that have been taking it want nothing to do with the airplane anymore. we don't think in terms of this accident -- i should say, we don't know for sure. they have the flight data

reporter but they're saying it's extremely damaged. we know there was a lightning strike. if the lightning strike took up critical systems, that's the one piece of the puzzle that we don't know. >> shepard: normally would a like strike take out critical pieces? >> no. normally every jet in america is probably hit by lightning on average once every two years. generally it's a loud pop and ground crews look to find and exit wound. sometimes it affects electrical systems. it looks like this one did knock out their communications. that in itself should have had nothing to do with what happened with this horrible crash. they circled, they didn't dump fuel. that's not a huge issue. the issue is that bounce, which leads me to believe that they came in excessive speed. we can't tell what their flaps and slat conditions were on the wings. it looks like they came in fast.

what we call it is poor energy management. the airplane had too much energy, hit the ground, bounced into the air and instead of mitigating that bounce and executing a go-around, they hit so hard that the plane ignited on fire and we saw the tragic results. >> shepard: thanks, kathleen. >> thank you. >> shepard: coming up, the humanitarian crisis in venezuela. we'll take you inside a united nations refugee camp and bring you stories of children that escaped the violence at home as we begin the bottom of the hour and the top of the news. ♪

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boredner columbia to help migrants escaping venezuela. they say they need to expand as the economic situation there gets ever worse. fox is the first english language television network to get a look in the camp. ellison barber has the latest from there. ellison? >> hi, shepard. this camp right now, officials here, u.n. officials say there's about 256 people living here. at least half of them are children. there's 60 tents. this is one of them. this woman lives here with their six children. she said her oldest child is 10. the youngest, 7 months. this one has six children and their mother for now. this is phase one of the u.n. refugee camp. they say they plan to expand this at exactly -- actually

double the amount. >> shepard: doubling the amount of space there ellison was about to say. because it's ever needed. ellison is back up with it's. the signal is in and out. we heard you say they need to double the space. continue from there. >> they say by september they're going to double this area and add another 60 tents. ultimately they want four phases of this. this is phase one. they say this is actually an integrated assistance center. they call it that instead of a refugee camp is because the goal is temporary. most people come here about 30 days and move on. at the same time, they're adding tents because they see no indication that less people are going to come here and need help. we have spoken to a lot of families staying here. i spoke to a little girl in the sixth grade in columbia. she told me she had to leave because not only was it dangerous there, she said people were being killed, that people were stealing food and that they

were killing others to try to get food. she said she couldn't study. she said how am i supposed to go to school when i sit in class and almost faint every day? she left and come here with her mom and two brothers. they had been sleeping on the streets in columbia in an area that is known for high crime and trafficking. they say this is the first time they have slept safely and the first time that her mom knew that the children are being fed and most likely to survive through the night. shepard? >> shepard: ellison barber live in columbia. more doctors and nurses and healthcare working are stealing opioids than ever before. that's according to a new report that came out today. researchers with the data official pro tennis said they gathered data from last year and discovered that people stole more than 47 million doses of

legally prescribed opioids. 67% of the time doctors and nurses were the ones doing the stealing. trace gallagher reporting on the details from the west coast news hub. trace? >> shep, the report uses the phrase drug diversion, which is stealing opioids. the primary examples include stealing opioids and doctors writing prescriptions. the data compiled shows that 40% of the thefts is happening in hospitals and medical centers. 45% in pharmacies and doctors offices and 18% in long-term care facilities mostly for the elderly. the data seems to indicate that medical professionals stealing opioids are not necessarily selling it. some are making a profit, but a large segment are obtaining drugs for personal use. turns out, 15% of healthcare

professionals will abuse drugs and alcohol at some point in their careers. shep? >> shepard: where do the researchers say this is having the biggest impact in the united states? >> it's interesting. in the first part of 2018, the report listed pennsylvania, michigan and florida as the top three states with the most public stealing of opioids. in the last half of 2018, texas moved up in the number 3 spot. across the board, oxycodone, hydrocodone and fentanyl are the top drugs being diverted. that said, the vast majority of theft is really never discovered. quoting here, the 324 incidents included in this report represent less than 10% of diversion incidents that are likely happening across healthcare organizations nationwide. we're only capturing the tip of the iceberg. only a slice of diverse incidents are detected and a smaller slice are publicly reported making the scale of diversion difficult to measure.

we should note that the feds are now prosecuting rochester drug cooperative for distributing tens of millions of dosage of illegitimate opioids. shep? >> shepard: thanks, trace. a new drug has a potential to stop a disease that kills babies every year. as long as you can cover the $2 million price tag for the treatment. that's according to the reporting of the "wall street journal." the journal's parent company and fox news share common ownership, this is a gene therapy drug from the novartis drug company and it targets what is known as spinal muscular atrophy or sma. that is the most common genetic cause of deaths among infants. hundreds of babies in the united states are born with this each year. about half of them have the most severe form, which amounts to a death sentence before the baby's second birthday.

sma makes children weaker. most kids can't control their head movements. they often have trouble walking, eating or simply breathing. as for the cost, the journal reports executives say the drug's potential to cure spinal muscular atrophy justify as seven figure price tag. as the spokesman puts it a therapy is useless if nobody can afford it. kristina partsinevelos is live in the new york newsroom. christina? >> the unique thing about this drug, it's a one-time use. it's an intravane -- intravenous injection. the cost of the drugs could be anywhere between $1.5 million and $5 million. this spokesperson said and i quote, no price has been set

yet. we will communicate the price once fda approval is received. i reached out to a doctor that focuses on the gene therapy. he said there's justification for a high price. one, this is the first time a drug like this has come on the market and setting the bench market and this is a one-time use. you won't have to pay $300,000 per year to get injections. however, how is anyone going to be able to afford this? that's the issue. that's where the insurance companies come in. would they be willing to pay for it? the first is the trial. the trial was done five years ago. the lasting effect is still unknown, this is a quote from the "wall street journal" stating this trial, all 12 babies treated by the first trial have passed the second birthday with most hitting key milestones like hoeding their head, eating by mouth and sitting unaided. the trial in the second issue is

it's a lump sum at the front. very expensive. will the insurance companies have enough cash to pay for these drugs versus over continuous amounts of time, especially when prescription drugs are so high in the united states. back to you. >> shepard: kristina partsinevelos, thank you. ahead, journalists released from prison after 1 1/2 years behind bars. a foreign government said they broke the law. they maintain they were doing their jobs. first, police in australia said they arrested a woman and she threw an egg at the prime minister. the prime minister had been campaigning. the egg appeared to graze his noggin. no egg on face. based off of face. he said he was worried about a woman that fell. she's okay.

somebody threw an egg at an aussie politician. the politician was a far right senator that made comments about the new zealand mosque shooting that scene got messier. and then there's the dow which has crashed through session lows in the last few minutes and down 640 points. in the last hour of trading, sometimes investors see value and they buy in. sometimes investors see trouble ahead and they sell off more. the last 16 minutes will be telling. we'll follow it for you. that's ahead. incomparable design makes it beautiful.

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>> shepard: more now on the u.s. sending a group of warships and bombers to the middle east to combat -- as a show of force in the face of what we're told are threats from iran. national security adviser john bolton blaming it on warnings. iranian spokesman calling it psychological warfare. this is ahead of the year mark from where the united states with drew from the nuclear deal. bill richardson is with us. nice to see you, sir. >> thank you, shep. >> shepard: what are we to make of these moves?

>> well, it's an escalading situation. i'm concerned about it. but hopefully it's just fiery rhetoric on both sides. what i don't want to see happening is an escalation because of a brush fire incident, a shep vessel getting shot. what we need to find out, are american troops being threatened by iran, iraq and syria. that's why we sent this deployment. what we don't want to see is iran pulling out of the nuclear agreement, not allowing inspectors in and then finally starting to enrich uranium for a bomb. it's not a good situation. >> shepard: over the years, john bolton is a hawk with a war and iran. there's some concerns that this could escalate due to rhetoric and otherwise. >> that's true.

i think what is needed is there credible evidence that our troops are -- >> shepard: we don't know that. >> we don't know that. but i think, shep, iran is always supporting movements that are against us, against israel, helping movements that want to destroy us, messing in yemen, messing in syria. so i think both sides need to cool things down and possibly this is what secretary pompeo is doing. maybe he's going to go see our troops. maybe that's what happens when there's a ceiling on news. >> shepard: unsure on that. should know at some point. mr. ambassador, this move ahead of the trip to germany. he cancels the meeting with angela merkel who the president has disparaged and come with

after he spoke with sergey lavrov of russia and before a meeting set to take place in russia with lavrov and possibly putin. in that context, everything cynics will question. >> right. the concern i have -- first of all, germany is the leader in europe. they're our main ally in europe. i'm sorry. i'm concerned there was a cancellation with angela merkel. we need germany when it comes to sanctions on iran. germany may be unhappy with the oil sanctions we put on european countries because of iran. but it doesn't make sense to like not do see angela merkel. the russia visit is very important. if it does take place and i hope it does. russia is not being our friend on iran, on syria, on ukraine, on terrorism.

they have an american named paul whelan that they won't allow a private citizen like myself to talk to the russians about getting him out. things with russia, despite this phone call with the president and putin, they get along fine but the relationship is on every front, arms control, too, energy is in tatters. >> shepard: thanks, bill. after more than 500 days behind bars in burma, a pair of journalists walked free from prison. there they are. they were smiling and waving. in september, officials sentenced them to seven years in prison. they said they'll illegally possessed official documents. before their arrest, they were in burma to investigate a group of muslims at the hands hoff

security forces. reuters say the journalists did nothing wrong. their release, part of a presidential amnesty of thousands of prisons. it's not unusual to happen around the start of their traditional new year. benjamin hall is live with more. ben? >> this is major for freedom of the press and shedding light on what many people are calling of genocide in burma. this announcement, the release of these two journalists and they were reporting on the attacks against the government with a last minute surprise. after it was announced one of the journalists that had been in jail 511 day walks free from prison to the relief of fellow reporters. the two reuters journalists were arrested in december 2017

working on burmese security forces. they were convicted last september and sentenced to seven years in prison. they were among over 300 journalists around the world from being held from doing their job. the culprits, china, iran and turkey. >> shepard: big picture, ben, this is not to suggest the situation in burma is improving, is it? >> no. despite many hopes, there's still 700,000 people that have been drink out of their home and in neighboring bankly -- banglidesh. under her, burma a country of more than 50 million, was supposed to embark on these

changes of widespread democratic reform. there's been little change. the country is effectively under the roll of the military with a lot of support from china. shep? >> shepard: benjamin hall live in london. after our reporting here, we'll have a fox news update on facebook watch. it's a minute's long news cast with unique content that streams live on the facebook watch home page a few minutes from now. once it's concluded, it's available live on demand in five minutes or so. the dow has been very low throughout the day. at one point, it was off 2.4%. i mentioned in the last hour of trading, one of two things usually happens. when it's a big volatile day, either investors see value and they buy in or investors see troubles ahead and they sell off more. today the dow has recovered about 170 points off of session lows. it was down more than 640 points

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>> neil: the talks are still on. this time, it's not helping stocks. the dow diving for a while more than 600 points before finishing down 471. this as the president prepares to ramp up tariffs on chinese goods. if you think it doesn't effect you, wait till you see the potential hit to your wallet. i'm neil cavuto. this is "your world." china's top economic adviser headed to washington for trade walks. the chances of reaching a