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demanding that the supreme leader step down. rick leventhal tracking this all from our middle east bureau. hey, rick. >> reporter: kristin, days of denial turned to an admission of guilt, iran saying it did shoot down that ukrainian passenger plane, calling it a mistake and a, quote, hasty decision x. now demonstrators who once railed against america is calling on the ayatollah to step aside. and we're seeing some remarkable video from the streets of tehran. a vast majority of protesters avoiding stepping on american and israeli flags on the street. walking on the colors has been promoted by the iranian regime since 1979, but this time the crowd chanted, quote, the u.s. is not our enemy. the demonstrations started as a vigil for 16 iranian students who were on the plane, then chants of death to the dictator, death to the liars. security forces attacked the

crowd with tear gas and weapons, and numerous injuries have been reported. president trump tweeting support for the people, writing: there cannot be another massacre of peaceful protesters, nor an internet shutdown. the world is watching. iran was on high alert for incoming retaliation when it shot down the 737 wednesday. it was just hours after firing more than a dozen ballistic missile at bases housing u.s. troops in iraq, payback, they said, for america's targeted killing of iran's top general near baghdad airport. and iran's still blaming the u.s. in part for its own tragedyic mistake. >> translator: this is the cost for the mischief, inflammation and actions of the u.s. in the region. really that night we were ready for a full-scale conflict. >> reporter: israel's prime minister also weighing in at a cabinet meeting this morning. >> they knew from the start that they had downed it. they knew that it was an

unintentional downing, but they lied intentionally. they deceived the entire world. >> reporter: canada, which lost 57 citizens in the crash, now has a team of investigators in tehran, and the world watches as it waits to see if iran will do anything to compensate the families of all of those victims. kristin? kristin: rick leventhal live in jerusalem, thanks, rick. leland: as rick pointed out, president trump is expressing his solidarity with the iranian protesters, saying on twitter that, quote: the usa is watching. watching from the white house is kevin corke there on duty on the north lawn with a little bit more on what the trump administration's plans are. hi, kevin. >> reporter: leland, good to be with you. very interesting to watch how the white house continues to react to what's going on. obviously, the iranian people are fighting desperately for their right to protest the regime, in particular in the wake, as you pointed out, of the downing of that jetliner that

killed all 176 people onboard. what's also interesting is the entire world is watching, watching how security forces there might respond especially given what transpired in the country back in november when you'll recall the regime used deadly force to quell protests. in fact, there are similar reports, you just heard rick leventhal talk about reports of violence happening already and, yes, the president is tweeting about it. he said this: to the leaders of iran, do not kill your protesters, all caps. thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you, and the world is watching. more importantly, the usa is watching. turn your internet back on and let reporters roam free. stop the killing of your great iranian people. that, again, on twitter from the president. the demonstrations, obviously, in sharp contrast to the recent outpouring following the death of general qassem soleimani. that missile strike really seemed to have turned the focus once again and pressure, for that matter, on the regime which has been facing several, in fact, some would argue mounting

protests internally for months. white house officials say now is the time to stand the up for the people of iran. >> well, we do stand with the iranian people. they want the same things that most people want, they want prosperity, the ability to raise their children, live their lives. we do support those same aspirations for people wherever they are. i just think you see a very corrupt regime, that the iranian people are finally standing up. >> unlike past administrations, president trump has made it clear throughout his administration that he stands with the people of iran, not with the regime, and we're going to continue to do so. >> reporter: back to back you saw there the defense secretary and the national security advisor. now, in addition to a strong show of support, the white house and, indeed the world for that matter, continues to monitor that crash investigation as well as the protests that are underway. but the president tweeting out several messages in tar city today -- farsi today speaking directly to the iranian people saying we do support you. leland? leland: boy, what a different reaction from this white house

than from the obama administration during the green revolution, kevin. as you heard the president say, we stand with you, we've seen the tweets in farsi, etc. is there any talk around the white house of how to put some shoulder behind that? what kind of support the u.s. might give these protesters if they really get hold? >> reporter: yeah, excellent question. i can honestly tell you this, in my conversation this morning i was sort ofawayed off -- waved off, which is to say let's let the people who are going to be on the national tv shows, let them speak first. so i wasn't able to get granular material for you, but i can tell you this, that is most definitely a consideration here at the white house as they continue to formulate the next steps forward. leland? leland: fast-moving developments on a sunday afternoon at the white house, sunday night in iran. we'll watch both places. thanks, kevin. >> reporter: you bet. kristin: joining us now, member of the house foreign affairs committee, a democratic

congressman. what do you make of these protests happening in iran? you see these videos coming in of protesters apparently refusing to walk on american and israeli flags and apparently chanting death to the dictator, the u.s. is not our enemy. >> it's very interesting how smockingly different it is -- shockingly different it is from just few days ago. it tells you the iranian people are good people, and i think we need to stand with them, and i think the world does. what happened in the past few days, i think, has shocked the conscience of most iranians, and they see the way the world has turned on them and has turned on their leadership. and i think their supreme leader should step down. kristin: there's been so much talk in recent days, ever since president trump decided to take out soleimani, that he might be taking the united states down another path into war, into a world war iii. this time in the middle east. after watching these videos, are you at all feeling maybe a little better that perhaps the

strategy is working? >> well, i feel better in terms of how the iranian people have responded to their government. i'm still concerned. i mean, today the prime minister of iraq has asked for the removal of our troops. that's very concerning when we think of long-term national security impact that it'll have on us and our allies around the region. kristin: so you still think that the strike against soleimani, the strike which killed soleimani was a bad idea, or are you moving -- >> well, i'll start with the premise that i don't think anybody has a problem with having taken i ott soleimani. we just have to have a strategy to completely deescalate the situation that we've been dealing with in the last week. kristin: so what would you like to see happen going forward? >> well, have more peace in the region. it would be great to be able to keep our troops in iraq in the low numbers the way we've had and in a stable way. they do bring stability to the region. and we need to have better diplomacy with the government of iraq if we plan to have a long-term stay in that country. kristin: back to these

protesters in iran, i just want to drill down on something leland was talking about, and that is the difference between how the obama administration responded to protesters in iran and how president trump is responding to these protesters. he sent out this tweet in farsi, and the national security adviser said this morning that it set the world record for the number of likes on social media for a farsi language tweet. and he also really drilled down on what he saw he believes the differences to be. i'll get your reaction on the other side. >> unlike past administrations where there hasn't been support demonstrated for the iranian people, president trump has made it clear that he stands with the people of iran, not with the regime, and we're going to continue to do so. kristin: so do you think president trump is doing a good thing by speaking directly to these protesters in. >> i think the message should be that the american people do stand with the protesters. and what the long-term impact of that tweet will be, we'll find out in the next few days. kristin: in terms of the intelligence surrounding why president trump decided to take

this action, we had the defense secretary, the national security can adviser maybing the rounds on the sunday -- making the rounds on the sunday shows talking about why president trump decided to take this step. did you hear anything in what they said that made you feel a little bit more comfortable with the rationale for why he decided to do it? >> well, as i said earlier, i began with the premise that soleimani was no little angel and probably needed to get taken out. i just want to make sure that we have the right strategy, that we thought about it, that we thought about the end game that we're still dealing with in that region. today we've been asked to remove all our troops from iraq, that's very concerning. and we, was that the most efficient way to take him out. could we have done it covertly, those are all issues that we need to now think about. it's already done, we need to move forward, but we need to continue to analyze whether that operation was the best option on the table. kristin: one final question on impeachment. speaker pelosi has said she's going to transmit the articles

of impeachment to the senate sometime next week after this delay. do you think that that delay was a good idea? did democrats really get something by deciding to withhold those arguments? those articles? >> i don't really know, i guess she wanted to know what the ground game rules were going to be. in any opinion, it's all the same. we needed to get it to the senate, we need a real, fair trial to begin and let the american people listen and think for themselves. kristin: well, that should be starting pretty soon. congressman, thank you so much. >> thank you. kristin: leland? leland: all right. stick around after our show to watch "fox news sunday." you just saw a clip from robert o'brien, the national security adviser. chris wallace has a long and in-depth interview there, 2 p.m. eastern. 49 minutes from now. meanwhile, the state department has released this video. [background sounds] leland: you can hear the protesters chanting, calling for ayatollah khamenei to step down.

joining us now to talk about the u.s. military assessment of what's happening on the ground, retired army major general robert scales. good to see you, sir, as always, interrupting your vacation. as a student rain professor of history -- student and professor of history, when was the last time that the iranian people were in the streets chanting the ayatollah's got to go? >> you remember that wasn't that long ago, 2009 during the so-called green revolution. big difference between then and now. back then iran was still in the nuclear deal, they had yet to confront the united states openly. long before the sanctions were ever even in the minds of the obama administration. now everything is different. remember, iran is 50% below the age of 35, and these are -- this is a western-oriented -- leland: so -- [inaudible] obama administration back in the day was if we come out and

support the protesters, then the iranian government can say, oh, this is just a u.s./cia-fueled protest and wipe them out. >> yeah. leland: the trump administration's taken exactly the opposite approach. thoughts. >> right. yeah, that's exactly right. and, of course, now that the nuclear deal is off the table, the trump administration can talk directly to the iranian people and say that we're with the people, not with the ayatollah. and the other thing i think that's important here is that trump's strategy is economic rather than military. by squeezing them economically with the sanctions, they also add that additional pressure that stresses the day-to-day lives of the iranian people. no, this is a long game. this is a long game focused on fomenting revolution. leland: we have seen the iranians use brutal tactics in the streets to put down these revolutions, just wholesale slaughtering people. currently, we're told that their

riot with police are out using some of the same tactics. the irgc and their troops are out trying to put terror in the hearts of these protesters. what military options, what covert options does the president have that's not the use of military force, but that he can live up to his promise to stand with the protesters? >> well, he's got two. first is the, is the covert information war used principally through social media. it's been run out of washington, d.c. by cyber command that makes contact periodically with protesters to try to encourage them and give them advice on what to do. secondly is the covert military operations that haven't let up at all in the past year and will likely continue. and, of course, those are highly classified, leland. but they tend to be very, very effective over the long term. this is not going to change overnight. leland: we're just getting word

that from iraq seven mortar bombs fell on iraq's boad air base which also houses u.s. soldiers. four iraqi soldiers were wounded in that attack, expect military sources say the bombs fell on the base's runway which, obviously, could cause issues for u.s. operations there. this came literally within an hour or two of the defense secretary saying this about attacks from iran and its proxies. take a listen. >> we reassured our partners and allies in the region that we will stand up and defend our interests. >> iran fired off missiles -- >> we are. [inaudible] >> you don't expect any further attacks on the u.s. >> we do not expect any further attacks. leland: is there a little bit of hubris in saying we don't expect any more attacks from the iranians or their proxies? >> yeah, but this is small beer, leland. this is a local attack probably yen rated by a local mill that had a few extra mortar rounds

sitting around. this is a long way from the resumption of the surrogate strategic campaign by the irgc. they're back on their heels. with soleimani dead, they're going to have to find another moral leader of this movement and restart it. we're going to have a period of pause while the iranians try to get their act together, leland. leland: yeah. also are to deal with the unrest that we've got going on now inside iran. general, appreciate you interrupting your vacation and taking some time away from the beach and your lovely wife. [laughter] that is a true sacrifice. we'll see you soon, sir. >> anything for fox, leland. leland: thank you, sir, we appreciate it. meanwhile, this also coming from iran. their only female olympic medalist has announced that she has defected from her home country. she's accusing the government of, quote, lying and injustice towards iranian athletes. her announcement came saturday on instagram just a day after tehran admitted that it accidentally shot down the civilian airliner. the 21-year-old tae kwon do bronze medalist did not say

where she is going, but tehran's news agency reports that she is now in the netherlands. kristin: one of the u.s. service members killed in afghanistan is now being identified. 21-year-old miguel died after his vehicle struck a roadside ied on saturday. one other service member who has not yet been identified was also killed in the blast, and two others were injured. the taliban is taking responsibility for the attack, these are the first u.s. service members to be killed in afghanistan this year. and back here in washington, the house is expected to send the articles of impeachment against president trump to the senate in just a few days, ending weeks of congressional stalemate and paving the way for a potential trial in the senate. mark meredith live with more. hi, mark. >> reporter: hey, kristin, good afternoon. the house appears ready to send impeachment other to the senate, but there are till a lot of logistical questions, including when a trial will start and who will manage the case. the house approved two articles of impeachment against the

president back on december 18th. and since then house speaker nancy pelosi has held on to those articles over concerns the senate won't conduct a fair trial. pelosi said today it's up to senators to demand witnesses be compelled to testify in the senate. >> dismissing is a cover-up. if they want to go that route, again, the senators who are thinking now about voting for witnesses or not, they will have to be accountable for not having a fair trial. >> reporter: majority leader mitch mcconnell says he's not ruling out allowing witnesses to testify but, and this is the key part, he says he has enough votes to start a trial now and then decide on witnesses later. it's unclear how long a senate trial may last, but given how close the iowa caucus is, 22 days away, many people expect the trial to impact the 2020 race. kevin mccarthy says that may be on purpose. listen to what he told maria bartiromo on "sunday morning futures." 9. >> the iowa caucus is on

february 3rd. bernie sanders is in first place. this benefits joe biden. this harms senator sanders who is in first place and could become their nominee because he will be stuck in a chair because nancy pelosi held the papers, different than what he said to the american -- she said to the american public why she had to move urgently. >> reporter: it remains unclear what it would mean to president trump's schedule. he's expected in davos, switzerland, later this month. the white house has long insisted it's not letting impeachment impact their day-to-day work. the president also talking about impeachment today on twitter, kristin, calling the proceedings a hoax. kristin: mark meredith, thank you. leland? leland: millions of americans clean up what is left. you can see in some places it's not much. severe storms have claimed at least 11 lives, left a devastating trail of destruction and also some pretty seriously cold temperatures. we'll check that out when we get

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our thoughts are very much with you also. kristin: australian prime minister scott morrison honoring veteran firefighter bill slade who was killed by a falling tree while fighting the wildfires that australia's been facing since september. meanwhile, the iconic sydney opera house is illuminated with messages in support of those impacted by the fires as well as photos of firefighters battling the blazes. and tennis star serena williams is showing her support by donating prize money to fire relief efforts. the association of tennis professionals also announcing today it'll donate half a million dollars to the wwf australian wildlife and nature recovery fund. ♪ ♪ leland: back here at home, at least 11 are dead as storms battered the southern part of the united states. tornadoes were confirmed in louisiana, arkansas, oklahoma and missouri. much of that system has moved east, but this trail of destruction and now cold weather

that it left behind will be there for a while. jacqui heinrich following some of the damage for us. >> reporter: hey, leland. among the dead are two first responders. high winds, tornadoes and torrential rain are responsible. officials have so far accounted for 11 weather-related deaths in iowa, oklahoma, texas, louisiana and alabama. causes range from drowning to fallen trees, to tornado damage. destruction spans a huge swath of the south. in louisiana, a tornado with 135 mile-an-hour winds lifted a trailer off its foundation, killing the elderly couple who lived there. part of a middle school was also destroyed, and the sheriff's office said first responders are searching through mud and debris for other victims n. oklahoma a man drowned after he was swept away by flood waters trying to get out of his stalled truck. in georgia strong winds blew the side off of a building, local first responders said it was the worst damage they'd seen without

a tornado. >> i had just coming around the corner before the police had gotten here, and the whole side of it's just gone including the lettering on the side. you could see right into the store. >> reporter: another tornado in alabama killed three people. emergency management officials said it was embedded in a long line of intense thunderstorms. homes were flattened, debris strewn across that neighborhood, and hundreds of thousands of people are without power from texas to ohio with a state of emergency in arkansas. sleet and frozen rain also made driving conditions bad in missouri, kansas and texas where ice led to a crash that claimed the lives of first responders who were there working on another crash scene in lubbock. two first responders were killed, another was critically hurt. the severe weather will continue to impact people through this evening. so far more than 500 flights -- 1500 flights have been delayed nationwide and more than 300 canceled. leland? leland: jacqui heinrich in new yorking thank you. kristin: unrest in the royal

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forced the regime into coming clean with responsibility. ukraine airlines says it did nothing wrong and is now blasting iran for not shutting down tehran airport amid the hostilities. ukraine's president zelensky is pushing for a full joint international investigation of what he is now calling the murder by iran of ukrainian and other citizens as well as bringing to justice those criminally responsible for the deaths. remember, there were over 1 is 40 iranian -- 140 iranian or iranian dual nationals killed. that's an indication of why we're seeing so much anger right now against the regime both in tehran and elsewhere. we even saw it here at a memorial when grieving local iranian citizens gathered and demanded justice. ukrainians also, of course, are upset about all of this as they worship today here in kiev and finding themselves now

inadvertently in the middle of yet another geopolitical crisis. now, kristin, the main priority for the government right now here in ukraine is the repatriation of the remains of the 11 ukrainians who died, 9 of those were flight crew members. certainly a lot of emotional scenes coming out in the next couple of days. back to you. kristin: absolutely are. thank you, greg. leland? leland: we're learning a lot more about a possible royal family meeting called by queen elizabeth. sources say prince harry, prince william and prince charles are going to meet tomorrow to discuss prince harry and duchess meghan's decision to step back from their royal duties. amy kellogg covered their wedding and is now tracking all the megxit developments. less than two years, right, amy, since the wedding in it was going to be happily ever after and the prince and princess, and now this. >> reporter: yeah. and it's all anyone seems to be talking about here this weekend. yes, leland, the palace has been

quite open about the fact that the queen has summoned the royal inner circle to sandringham tomorrowthis will include, apparently, meghan markle being on the phone with them. she, of course, returned to canada earlier this week. as the queen has said, leland, to want this crisis that was sparked by the sussexs surprise announcement if about their plans for the future, she wants it resolved as soon as possible so that there won'ting be further distraction from all that there is to do in this country, all the matters at hand. now, the queen was at church today. the 93-year-old monarch apparently drew great applause when she entered and exited the church. the british papers, meanwhile, are devoting endless column inches to this, coverage of the scandal. it's hard to know what's truth and what's exaggeration. of course, lots of quotes from unnamed friends alleging harry said that he feared meghan would have a meltdown if they didn't

go to canada, and the london times quoting a friend of william's saying, quote, that the prince said, quote: i've put my arm around my mother all ow lives, i can't do that anymore. we're separate, and i'm sad about all that. all we can do, all i can do is try to support them and hope the time comes when we're all singing from the same page again. i want everyone to play on the team. the reported rift between brothers started this whole drift westward, apparently, for harry and meghan. and the queen, again, said to want things nicely sorted out as soon as possible. >> the queen has said she wants it done really fast, and that is because she doesn't want harry to go off in a huff, i'm sure, and not come back. they want to maintain the family. it would be an absolute tragedy if it was done with very bad feelings. >> reporter: harry and meghan want to have their undependence, but there are so many issues to work out from security to guidelines on what commercial ventures they can and should enter into. and, of course, leland, it's important that this is all done

in a proper way. obviously not too rushed, because this is setting a press tent for future generations. there's -- precedent. there's all this talk about royal family lite, scaling down the sort of senior coterie of the royal family to, you know, just the heirs and their children. but again, this is something that's unprecedented, and it's causing a lot of distraction now. so dividing the british public, a lot of people saying that they're really sad after, 18 months after the wedding to see harry and meghan go. some feeling quite offended by it and others saying godspeed, you know? hopefully, it'll all work out and everyone will be happy. leland: you think they'd get at least more than two years out of it. amy kellogg for us in london. the term megxit come, of course, from the requested of brexit. brexit vote happened four years ago, and they're still arguing about this. let's hope that four years from now we are still not talking about megxit.

but if you think about it, two things. one, brexit, the united kingdom leaving the european union, massive imi applications -- implications for nato, for the world economy, british economy, fairly consequential situation. and now you have megxit which is the most inconsequential thing in the world -- kristin: let me just explain to you why the reason people care, i think, especially in this country is because we have watched prince william and prince harry group. people have a vested interest in how they're doing, and regardless of what you think about the monarchy, people, think, care about william and harry. so with that, we're going to go to our royal commentator -- [laughter] leland: i can't be a royal commentator? kristin: leland, you have many strengths, but a commentator on the royal family, i'm afraid, i don't think is one of them. [laughter] so, richard, help us out here. what is going to happen at this meeting on monday with the queen? she has summoned everybody important to be there. walk us through what could

happen. >> well, what, for example, is intended to happen is that the queen is trying to show by convening this meeting at sandringham on monday that she is back in charge of events. attending the meeting will be the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge and also, of course, harry. i mean, there's no doubt in today's sunday times there's a very, very poignant statement by will with yam saying, alas -- william, saying, alas, he regrets very much, but he's no longer the shoulder that his brother needs to lean on because he's pretty appalled by the way he's behaved. meghan will be, apparently, contributing by telephone. and, of course, there will be advisers and so forth because there is so much to work out here. the sensible thing to do would have been to handle this over a period of months whereby if, for

example, you -- which harry and meghan want, they want to be in britain and north america, they want to be self-sufficient financially, they want their patronages, to keep those, they want to keep their titles but also to do their own thing. kristin: walk us through the range of options, right? you all have brexit in your country, now this is megxit, and there's talk about hard exit and a soft exit. same for this situation. so walk us through what would happen if they just say, hey, we're done, we want out no strings attached versus is there a way to somehow even at this point after this public statement, is there a way for them to somehow still stay in the fold? >> well; i have to say, firstly, that we must all very, very devoutly hope this does not happen, that there is no, so so to speak, hard exit from the royal family, that agreement can be found even if it does take time. that is certainly everyone's hope here. and it's possible this could be following, as it has with royals

marrying non-royals and also the abolition of the seniority of the male child following the continental pattern. but if this did happen, it has been intimated that harry and meghan might do a kiss and tell television interview. this was in today's paper by tom bragbering e who did the itv documentary which chronicled their trip to south africa and in which they said how unhappy they were with their royal roles. kristin: so who really has more leverage here? i mean, obviously, the queen is the queen with, but if harry and meghan are dangling some sort of juicy tell-all reportedly, as that report says, i mean, i imagine she doesn't want that either. >> well, i mean, the point is it is a very difficult situation. if on the one hand you want to

be self-sufficient financially, you have to do deals, and that involves, for example, meghan's going to do a voiceover for disney. no harm in that. but if, for example, being royal has always meant -- and this is terribly important -- involving yourself in commercial deals because, obviously, i mean, it cheapens the royal family if that's the case. the royals have to remain above politics x this is another aspect of it. what will be put to harry and meghan on monday, and we will perhaps have to wait a while before we know. and that is what precisely will they accept and these, hopefully, will be worked out as terms that everyone can agree with. kristin: understood. well, richard, thank you so much for your perspective. it'll be fascinating to see what this all means for the monarchy and the institution going forward as well as the effect it'll have on harry and meghan.

thank you so much for your perspective from across the pond. >> thank you. leland: we don't have time for me to talk now, right? no, i'm out. patriots star player julian edelman could be facing vandalism charges. we're going to tell you the property he reportedly damaged and what this means for his career next. ♪ ♪ you're in a no parking zone. oh, i... i didn't know. you didn't see the sign? that... that wasn't there when i was here earlier. (whimper) really? you know, in italy, they let you park anywhere. have a good day, sir. with geico, the savings keep on going. just like this sequel. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. (glass shattering) (frustrated yell) (car horn blast) (yelp)

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not a story unless he's a patriots' wide receiver. >> yeah. i mean, look, in the scale of nfl crimes, it's pretty small. but if you represent him, you need to realize he's a celebrity x that's different. you've got to run out, do a quick factual investigation, hopefully make restitution and try to get this thing to move on. leland: an interesting question, because if there was somebody who was like him who had a lot of money and was out drinking in beverly hills and wasn't julian edelman, it wouldn't be in the papers, and he could probably make restitution to the guy, and everybody move on. is it harder for prosecutors to move on if it's julian edelman? >> yeah. they recognize the scrutiny that's coming with it as well, so they want to make sure they're dotting the is, they don't want the look like they're handling the jussie smollett case, so they'll look at it more carefully. leland: we saw this a little bit with the college admissions scandal, right? as soon as you ended up with celebrities involved, everything

changed. the latest person who's going to be sentenced allegedly paid rick singer $9,000 to get someone else to take online classes for her son who was at georgetown university and submit them for credit. this continues to gone work a bunch -- go on, a bunch of hearings coming up. are prosecutors handling this differently because of the celebrities? >> hard to know, it's a fascinating case. there's over 50 defendants, and every lawyer is trying to figure out where does my person fit within the scale of sentencing here, and there's different buckets. there's the coaches, there's the schemers, there's the parents. and even with the parents there's distinctions. the woman coming up paid for her son to cheat on particular tests but not for add mission into the school overall. you're looking for -- leland: i keep waiting for one parent to stand up and say, look, you're not mad that i paid to get my kid into school, because tons of parents do that, you're just mad that i found a

cheaper way to do it than paying the university and actually take one of these to trial. does that happen? >> i don't know that that part will sell real well, although i do think it's an interesting phenomenon that if i donated a million dollars to a college tomorrow, pretty good chance that my sop or daughter would suddenly get into that school someday. but there's some issues in terms of how they would actually defend the case, and the best thing they have going is that the rick singer is the cooperator shooting down. the government's in bed with the cooperator who obstructed justice during his cooperation and is shooting all the way down to parents who have some level of sympathy towards what they were trying to do, like get their kid to pass a test. leland: one line i heard was if you donate $10,000 you're a philanthropist, if you donate $250,000, you're a felon. all in the distinction. james trusty, good to see you. >> sure thing. kristin: bernie sanders is campaigning in iowa today, one of several candidates in the hawkeye state. we'll have the latest from the

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♪ ♪ kristin: less than a month to go until the first caucus in the primary season, and 2020 democratic hopefuls are making several stops, as you might expect, in iowa. peter doocy is following all of

them from des moines. hey, peter. >> reporter: kristin, joe biden is not campaigning today, but his top surrogates are out trying to squash a new complaint from the bernie sanders campaign where a senior adviser, jeff weaver, says this: it is appalling that after 18 years joe biden refuses to admit he was dead wrong on the iraq war. so the biden campaign sent john kerry out to try and push back. >> bernie, regrettably, is distorting joe's record in the following sense, i mean, he doesn't have joe biden has which is eight years of sitting on the national security council, demonstrating his judgment. >> reporter: biden and bernie are on different sides of that one, but they are the clear leaders among the critical constituency, african-american voters. a washington post poll shows biden with 48%, sanders with 20%. tom steyer and pete buttigieg

with 2 each. >> i think the biggest thing that we saw there is -- [inaudible] and making sure that there's a demonstration of being able to -- [inaudible] we need to demonstrate that, and one of the first chances we'll get to do it will be in iowa. >> reporter: no matter who the democratic nominee is, michael bloomberg says he's willing to spend $1 billion of his own money to help them win, and elizabeth warren says if it's her, she would cash those checks. >> i hope he's engaged, i hope he will work on the issues. i'm glad for him to help candidates, including me, but i'm not going to sell access to my time, i'm not going to change anything i do. >> reporter: and bloomberg, of course, is not competing here in iowa. he's instead calculated that whoever wins here and in new hampshire and south carolina and nevada will not wind up keeping the interest of democratic voters for long. kristin. kristin: all right. peter doocy live in des moines. thanks so much, peter. and, you know --

leland: he's already been live in texas, in des moines. what always amazes me is that he has some wardrobe for the given climate. you go to austin to des moines, he's always ready. kristin: think how much harder it is for a girl though on the campaign trail, a woman. you've got to pack -- leland: is this a bid for sympathy? kristin: no, not at all. leland: okay. >> kristin: you know, after -- the whole campaign is kind of taking a backseat to everything that's been happening in washington -- leland: megxit. kristin: but now we have 22 days to go until the iowa caucus. you've got a debate next week, president trump is going to be rallying in milwaukee -- leland: a calendar given by a woman who will cover it all. "fox news sunday "up next. see you next weekend. but i also want great taste. so i drink boost for women. new boost women with key nutrients to help support thyroid, bone, hair and skin health. all with great taste. new boost women. all with great taste. i was told to begin my aspirin regimen, blem.

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