before the super bowl, 3:30 eastern, i will be interviewing the president. first interview since all the events. we will always be fair and balanced, never the mediashe ret for us all. happy brexit, enjoy your freedom britain. see you on monday. ♪ >> shannon: hello and welcome to "fox news at night," i'm shannon bream in washington and we begin with the fox news alert. i'm an end to the impeachment trial is in sight, no more witnesses and no more evidence. both sides will present closing argument starting monday at 11:00 a.m. but the final vote on the two articles against the president expected on wednesday. senator mike lee is here with reaction to tonight's late-night vote. in the meantime all eyes now turn to iowa, the first in the nation caucus where a win will have major implications. at the democrats hoping to face off with president trump.

"fox news at night" will be there live from des moines as a result's role and throughout the night. and what about the senators who were tracking the impeachment trial here? instead of hitting the trail we will react to their campaign. chad pergram is standing by. looks like we finally get to this vote on whether or not we quit on wednesday so, why the delay and what will the weight of that moment the like? >> this will be a moment of history as they move from 4:00 in the afternoon. two separate votes on both articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of congress, they need two-thirds 67 votes and no one thinks they are anywhere close to that. the senators vote from their desk. they called her names alphabetically on the rise, according to the senate impeachment rules they are supposed to declare guilty or not guilty. now in 1999, the late senator from absorbing out arlen specter said not approved, not

guilty. but we will see how this vote will go on wednesday afternoon. i would start to look at some potential crossover vote. on the democratic side of the aisle i would look at kristen cinema. you remember joe manchin from west virginia, he carried his state by 42 points and doug jones has a very competitive reelection this fall. on the republican side certainly look at lisa murkowski of alaska and mitt romney and susan collins of maine. susan collins of course a facing us tough reelect as well. >> shannon: what will it be like having the state of the union now? it will have to go off in the middle of this with the vote not taken. >> this happened before, same thing happened at january 19th, 1999. democrats thought this might be a good way, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. and that said it, some republicans were upset that they

weren't able to get an agreement to finish the impeachment trial tonight or over the weekend. and this is a couple of comments from republican sources. it's the best deal mitch mcconnell could get and finally it will be over. it's a terrible thing. republican senators should have stayed in on saturday and they got rolled. the white house director of legislative affairs eric ewell and is putting a different spin on this indicating it's to the advantage of the president to have state of the union one night and then go to the verdict on wednesday afternoon. he says it's a strong one-two punch, both help bring the focus to the present successes. >> shannon: there has been a question. we have talked about many times during the trial, if it got to a tie, with the chief justice have to weigh in? >> we have an answer to this. in 1868 the chief justice, he voted twice on three tie votes. a lot of people said, could you

do this? technically the vice president is supposed to be able to break the tie but that's not the case in the senate impeachment trial. listen to what john roberts said from the day is tonight. >> i think it would be inappropriate for me to assert the power to change that result so that the motion would succe succeed. >> the the sun it works on precedent. with this ruling by john roberts they have a new president and if there is another senate trial at some point involving the impeachment of a president, we know the answer. can the chief justice vote or not? he can't. >> shannon: chad pergram, another historic day. get some rest. the president was called tonight, pleased that the impeachment trial would wrap up with no more witnesses or evidence. now the commander in chief is turning his attention to the tuesday state of the union address. kevin is here with his latest reaction.

>> white house sources telling fox news that they expect the president to strike an optimistic tune, cottone. in his final state of the union address they say expect a heavy emphasis on america's economic successes and an incredibly bright future a lead of course by the 25th president of the united states. they are saying the speech will be positive and unifying. that's what aides are telling us describing the upcoming remarks. tuesday's address on the nation is meant to shine a spotlight on administration's recent successes with particular emphasis on the blue-collar boom, supporting working families. lowering the cost of health care, safe and legal immigration system and protecting national security. but with a cloud of impeachment still hovering overhead, it's less clear what, if anything, the president might say about the democrat led impeachment which, as you just heard chad point out will be dismissed by an acquittal likely in the senate on wednesday. while white house officials were measured in the reaction to the senate's vote today on more

witnesses, the president was still fired up. let me take it to twitter. he said no matter what you get the democrats in the end, it will never be satisfied. he went on to add in the house, they gave us nothing. mike pompeo today vowed that the trump administration would not waver in its support of the ukraine despite intensive a bit of politicals strain in the alliance and impeachment saga all began. everything should be wrapped up we are told by wednesday. and i can't come soon enough say white house officials. steve linick kevin corke, a rainy night at the white house. three major breaking news events happening over the course of the next few days. the iowa caucuses, president trump state of the union it address and then the final trial impeachment vote on wednesday. joining us now to talk about that, michael lee who also sits on the senate judiciary committee. both sides sound a little dissatisfied tonight. i'm hearing from democrats who

say this whole thing is been a sham, we never got any of the witnesses or evidence that we thought we needed to complete this. on the other side a lot of people on the right are asking, what the heck happened, why wasn't this resolved before the state of the union? >> we all wish it could have been and perhaps it should have been. we were told we couldn't get it done between now and then end in the meantime this is the victo victory. it's a huge victory that we got this evidentiary behind us. i know the democrats have presented this kabuki theater and saying we need to have new witnesses. we have reviewed hundreds of pages of briefing and thousands of pages of evidence. we've had the proceedings that we need to have. we have satisfied our duty as the trial court of impeachment. >> shannon: i want to give you a chance to respond to one of your colleagues who does not clearly feel the same way. senator liz warren who is also running for the presidency tweets this. senate republicans just failed the american people and broke their oath to the united states constitution. we talked about how much you love the constitution.

tonight she says you trashed it. >> she couldn't be more mistaken. it's very important to honor the rights of the accused, as she knows of all people. a former law professor. she should respect the fact that we are looking out for the rights of the accused. donald trump was incorrectly accused of a lot of things and we honored his procedural rights in a way that the house of representatives always refused to do. tonight, we made good on that promise to do right by him, to do impartial justice. we concluded appropriately that we don't need to have any more witnesses. after all the witnesses and all the evidence we've received, there's no need to do that. >> shannon: is what senator blumenthal had to say about what the trial really means. >> i was so deeply disappointed and dismayed, there is no vindication here, no victory for the president. there is a court of appeals which is the court of public opinion. we have to take our case to the voters in november. >> shannon: a couple things there. you know the left is saying

there's always going to be an asterisk on this. and secondly how worried are you about the fact that -- there will be campaign ads made out of this and they will be used to run against you guys this fall? >> there are and they will lose. i think the american people see what we see. the american people especially america's hard working poor middle-class americans are doing more for the economy. they are also saying the president has been unfairly accused. one thing americans don't put up with is bullying. they are tired of bullying and tired of seeing president trump being bullied. we will not let that happen. >> shannon: it's of the issue of this not being a real trial because it were not real witnesses and documents? >> let's take every trial court in the federal do judiciary. and yet most proceedings whether they are civil or criminal come before the trial court don't

culminate in a full-blown trial because the courts don't have the power or material dispute in the facts in front of them. there is no need for any additional evidence because it wouldn't change any material fact before us. >> shannon: what we've been hearing the last couple of weeks, it is the senators on trial. "the washington post," their editorial board under the headline "the cringing evocation of senate republicans" writes s. mr. trump's relentless stonewalling end of complicity can take some comfort in the prospect that most or all of the evidence the white house is hiding will eventually come out. they talk about john bolton's book and the fact that we will know more in a few weeks. they say, we can only hope that voters who wanted to have evidence in the trial will respond by showing incumbent senators that they are a force to be reckoned with. how do you respond, you are the one that is on trial here and at least part of the mainstream

media doesn't like the way that you performed? >> i know the journalist wing of the democratic party, and it's not my place to presume. i get it. but the american people aren't aligned with them. that statement reflects a real arrogance and simultaneous arrogance. ignorance. if there is evidence they want out, adam schiff can still go get it on his committee. i think it's foolishness but they can bring other impeachment proceedings if they want to. it's only going to secure their own political detriment. but they are wrong to say that somehow this is the senate's fault and the senate is on trial. adam schiff and jerry nadler were on trial and they didn't fare well. >> shannon: thanks for popping in. u.s. officials believe the leader of al qaeda in yemen is dead killed by an american air strike. officials are reportedly waiting for confirmation before making a

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>> shannon: at tuesday state of the union address is firmly on the calendar. if they are preparing a speech that will lay out a vision of

"relentless optimism and unity." can the president declare victory? let's bring in juan williams and senior advisor to the trump 2020 campaign mercedes schlapp. good evening to both of you. i just talked about this, and the only four sets of powerful enough is us, american people. they want us to be discouraged and feel helpless because they are afraid of what will happen when we all come together and take up each other's fights. mercedes, is this going to backfire? there are lots of folks that feel the momentum is great for the president. especially if he wins here on wednesday which it appears to be but with a base on the other side be more fired up than ever because turnout is everything? >> there is no question that our base -- and it's not just our base, because our base is expanding. it's about bringing in those democrats and independents and

democrats who are looking at the party and saying, wait a second here. what are our options? a socialist, a socialist and a socialist. there is major concern about the fact that the democrat party is filled with weak front runners. there's really no one front runner right now if you are looking at the individual states. so this is very problematic. i think for the republicans, when we have seen the fact that they have made these weak articles of impeachment something that doesn't pass or fly in the senate, i think the american people are saying, this was clearly a political sham. this is what we wanted to do, and the president gets to the next election in 2020 and wins.

>> shannon: how worried were you about the party nominating somebody who is openly a socialist by his own self-description and also, the fact that there are those trump supporters who who are more frustrated and angry, angry than ever about the way he has been treated by the media and the democrats? >> i think there's no question about that. the proud republican base looks more energized at the moment. and, we look at "the new york times" report, john bolton's book indicated he is in the room not only with the president but with the president's lawyer being told to have the president of the ukraine meet with rudolph giuliani. then we have the former chief of staff john calley saying this will be half a trial. 75% of the american people

including -- not a majority but a large segment of republicans want witnesses. >> shannon: but they may want hunter biden. >> we are talking here about bolton, mulvaney, people with direct knowledge of these even events. so when you hear senators like murkowski who said today that she could not vote to have witnesses because it's not a fair trial but you also hear rubio and others say, they behave inappropriately. it looks like they are -- >> shannon: a listen. there is plenty -- there are plenty of people given across the political spectrum, and that wrongful behavior is not becoming of the president. but to the issue of the dripping

of information, it starts to look suspicious. how many more things are they going to read in "the new york times"? >> it's not about "the new york times" at this point. and we talked about overwhelming evidence that they had it, they had a very weak case. these house managers wanted the senate to basically expand their impeachment role, meaning they wanted them to listen to additional witnesses. it's the job of the house of representatives to basically move forward on this impeachment inquiry. it's not the job of the senate, that would set up a very dangerous precedent for the senate and so the house instead rushed to process. it was a partisan process and, now all of a sudden they are trying to throw it over to the senate to say, we all have to

listen to additional witnesses. even those moderate republicans, they basically said no way. but for the president -- this has been away in the end we need to turn the page and move on. the american people are tired of the democrats continual abuse of power in terms of what they have done with this impeachment and how they tried to lower the standards of impeachment. >> shannon: all right, one? close us out. >> i think the real tragedy here is that we have allowed the president to obstruct justice. i think it's a case that not only has the president did not testify to himself and said here, i didn't do anything wrong -- >> the house didn't even give him his due process rights. if that's the b.s. >> but as a

president you have the executive privilege. those things could be litigated. you don't automatically roll over on those no matter if you are republican or democrat. the house choos chose not to do. >> that would have been playing into the white house strategy is simply flow walking this and making it irrelevant. >> he goes to the courts and the congress has no power of impeachment. >> shannon: we have to leave it there. mercedes and want to come have a great weekend. >> enjoy the super bowl. our impeachment coverage our impeachment coverage continues with ( ♪ ) hey there! i'm lonnie from lonnie's lumber. if you need lumber wood, lonnie's is better than good. we got oak, cherry, walnut, and more. and we also have the best selection of plywood

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there, i have to do my job and get to the truth. >> shannon: all eyes turning to iowa now. senator sanders, warren, lobo tar anamy klobuchar and others - return on wednesday. let's turn to kelly leffler with more. welcome for the first time with us. you are one month into being into the senate, we talked about during the commercial, you are in the middle of an impeachment trial. what has it been like, this baptism by fire for you? >> it's been great because i feel like i'm here helping fight the good fight for the president and making sure that we get past this partisan impeachment which i'm really excited to be able to say that today was a big win. it looks like we are moving towards bipartisan acquittal hopefully next week so that was great. >> shannon: it's old melissa milano a celebrity who is clearly not a fan of the republicans are the president

said witnesses are dead. not going to happen. the "removal" will have to happen on election day. are you ready to work harder than you ever have before? me, too. this is that the question now that we keep debating. is the left going to be so fired up by what they see as a major grievance of this president getting away with what they see as impeachable behavior, they will be fired up and it will be a tough fall. >> that's fair. i don't think it resonates with most democrats. i think they have to have seen that this was the most unfair partisan impeachment. i think the republicans are fired up and they saw what happened. an election was trying to get stolen out from under them in 2016 and even 2020. people will be fired up for republicans and i think our case was well proven and i'm ready to go and help get president trump reelected in georgia. >> shannon: did you feel the pressure? there was constant scrutiny on every single vote and how it was

going to go for witnesses, for acquittal, we are still not there yet. especially with the newest senator. did you feel that? >> i certainly did. i fell up a notebook and a half taking notes making sure the president got a fair trial that he deserved that he did not get in the house. i think at the end of the day both articles fell woefully short of proving any kind of crime, and also raise a lot of questions about the conduct of the house managers. what happened with hunter biden. it just opened up more questions for them. >> shannon: we have a debate with one of our legal panels later t two. congressman doug collins from georgia who has been a huge support of the president has decided he wants to run for the senate seat as well. it's not a traditional primary for the seat, it's one of these jungle primaries. he's taking some hits and criticism but what do you make of this now that you will have

two strong republican voices, but a very vocal congressman hereto, jumping in? >> certainly on the president's biggest defender and supporter and i will be working hard to advance his agenda. in fact, i came into politics only a month ago like you said and eight weeks ago i was running a company in the private sector. i saw the work that president trump was doing and we have this blue-collar boom, setting all kinds of employment records and fighting for national security, taking out terrorists and securing the border. there's so much good work going on that i was so inspired to come into this role, i'm going to fight for georgia and i'm going to run to win in 2020. >> shannon: so you know you have skeptics. the president was in favor of congressman collins and the president chose you. there are questions about some of the thought you were too moderate for some of the republican party. chris so lisa riding this, about

your critiquing mitt romney and his decision this week saying, leffler shows to tag and the tweet to do everything he could to ensure that he saw it which raises the question, why? leffler needs to prove to conservatives that she can be just as as collins. >> i'm a strong conservative woman and i think that may be something that intimidated people that wanted to challenge me on that narrative is completely false. i take issue with it. in fact all my votes have demonstrated so far exactly, i'm doing what i said i would do. i signed on to three pro-life bills on the first two weeks so my actions will quickly prove out that that narrative is wro wrong. >> shannon: senator, it's great to have you with us. the final countdown for the first in the nation iowa caucuses on intimate new polls show that bernie sanders and

joe biden are virtually neck and neck. marcus live in des moines. good evening. >> only a few hours left for the candidates to really build up the momentum ahead of monday's caucus and a lot of these candidates are eager to shake up the leaderboard. this is the latest poll we are seeing from nbc "wall street journal" giving us an idea nationally about how democrats feel about the 2020 race. bernie sanders is ahead, but only slowly and followed behind by vice president joe biden. we are watching to see those other front runners including elizabeth warren, pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar. we will see if the results in the caucus mirror what this poll is showing nationally. because of the impeachment trial happening in washington come bernie sanders the front runner hasn't been able to be on the campaign trail here in iowa the last couple days. today we saw his wife out on the trail teaming up with documentary filmmaker michael moore. the two spoke to a crowd earlier today and they said that sanders is ready to be there.

>> we feel confident that bernie is the candidate that can be trump. and the more people get to know burning, the more they like him and the more they trust him and that's outside of the democratic party as well. >> senator elizabeth warren is another one of those candidates that has been stuck back in washington so they of course will be coming out here for the campaign event over the weekend. we saw it earlier today that congresswoman ayanna pressley was one of those women that came out here wanting to get out the vote as well. julian castro will be hitting the trail for warren over the weekend. michael bloomberg is someone who is not expected to be here in iowa but a lot of people will be watching what's happening the next several weeks and his campaign as the dnc adjust the rules when it comes to debates that could potentially allow him to jump into the next debate later on in february. >> shannon: mark meredith, we

will join you there tomorrow in iowa. he got a lot of attention on both sides of the aisle but with impeachment set to wrap up, will there still be interested in tracking down the truth about hunter b b b b b

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>> hunter biden has not taken any position with the largest oil and gas company, a holding company, in the ukraine. is there any concern that about at least the appearance of the conflict there? >> i would refer you to the vice president's office. >> shannon: late november 2014, biden's push appears to payoff and bereavement teams up with the u.s. agency for an international develop the project. then in january, ukrainian prosecutors refused to cooperate with the british probe so the british unfreeze zlochevsky's accounts. but frustrations don't go away. the u.s. ambassador to the ukraine in 2014 calls out zlochevsky and burisma in a searing speech and calls for an investigation. december 82015. the former vice president criticizes ukrainian corruption and points to the country's prosecutor general. just want a leader in a peace focusing on hunter biden's ties to the oligarch, "the new york times" in decembee

stating the involvement of the vice presidents son with mr. zlochevsky's firm undermined the obama administration's anticorruption message in the ukraine. february 22nd 2016, according to the ukrainian n new site, his assets are frozen and the oligarch is suspected of criminal offenses including corruption. three weeks later, february 24, 2016. a consulting firm called blue star strategies employing former clinton officials hire hired by breeze may request the meeting with the state apartment under secretary. email communication noted that hunter biden is a burisma board member and that the consultants wanted to convince steve administration that burisma hadn't engaged in corruption and wanted to change the view of the company in washington. the next month, the former vice president threatens to hold back a billion dollars in aid if the ukrainian president doesn't fire the ukrainian prosecutor general. viktor shokin.

accusing him of corruption. biden recounted the conversation years later. >> i said i'm leaving in six hours. if the prosecutor is not fire you are not getting the money. >> shannon: so, when stable to be any further digging into hunter biden's business dealings? should it be over? let's bring in mo elleithee and jenna ellis. great to see you. so what do you think? some people say, he was never the point here, there's nothing to dig into there, it's only because his father is now running that anyone cares and it's time to shut that door. >> this has been a thoroughly debunked rhetoric from the democrats trying to just mischaracterize this whole thing as a biden only being a political opponent. no matter what other political opponents haven't been called for an investigation by the ukraine, sanders, warren,

harris, booker, all of their others because their sons were potentially part of corruption as well as the vice president and that's the prosecutor that's been fired for withholding eta. so for president trump to ask for an investigation, there's never a bad time to follow up on that and make sure the united states is protecting our interests. so i think the american people want to see justice and we want to make sure that we are fulfilling our obligations to root out corruption and that something that i think the american people want to follow up on. >> shannon: under the headline, hunter biden may leave a bigger stamp on u.s. politics than his father data, saying this. hunter biden's cash grab it gave republicans enough material to cover the president's actions in a layer of legitimacy. one of the numerous ironies here is that hunter biden may have also damaged his presidential

bid beyond repair. this is the question that is increasingly coming up for the vice president. if they feel like he's got to be the front runner and they want to take them out, that's not a topic that's going away but it is because of the decisions that hunter biden made himself. >> yeah, maybe. but i'm here in iowa and listening to the islands that are asking joe biden's questions as he travels around the state, this ain't one of them. so it's a political impact, at least within a democratic primary, they certainly don't seem to be resident. and i think actually if anything, what i'm saying is that it may be creating some sympathy for the vice president as people see this is yet another cheap smear by the president since joe biden is the one that actually tried to push out this prosecutor, consistent with the policy of every western country for not going after this oligarch. so i don't see the politics of this playing out in a way that's

hurting joe biden yet. and if anything, this argument that it's giving republicans some sort of legitimacy to make this argument, we are not seeing that. when you see people like lamar alexander and rob portman even in voting to stop witnesses in the trial, are they saying the president did something wrong, just not wrong enough for impeachment? they are still saying he did something wrong. so the president is certainly looking good in terms of being acquitted but not good in terms of being fully exonerated. >> shannon: what about that, jenna. we talked about so many people saying there is an asterisk, is not fully vindicated and he never will be? >> that's ridiculous. in a duly appointed arbiter votes for acquittal, legally that means he's not guilty fully. there's no asterisk, nothing here, it's a full and complete

exoneration. so that's just rhetoric again. to push back on mole come the reason that people aren't necessarily asking biden that on the campaign trail is because, one, either they are supporters where he's refusing to answer the question. he pushed back on reporters, he ripped into peter doocy one time about that. we are seeing president trumps poll numbers and his approval ratings are through the roof. you saw the numbers of people who absolutely loved him and the support there so he is actually doing very well with the whole impeachment sham. >> shannon: we will give you a quick final word to respond to that. >> approval ratings aren't through the roof, but what's fascinating is that it's not translating to overall approval ratings. with never before seen a president who is getting good marks on the economy but is upside down in his overall approval ratings. it's stuff like him constantly,

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>> big move by by that administration to stop the coronavirus from multiplying her at home. the trump administration to clearing up public immersing, emergency which means anyone proving a contamination factor is banned for now. >> they say it's a public health emergency but at the same time, they saved they think the public is at low risk so we will try to break that down. this is the first type of this quarantine in 50 years and even americans coming home and escaping the coronavirus in the hot zone are subject to a 14 day quarantine. it is a picture of the virus as released by the cdc. and while there are relatively few deaths from the coronavirus, say, from the flu, doctors today

say that was cold comfort. >> despite the morbidity and mortality of influenza, there is a certainty of seasonal flu. i can tell you all guarantee that as we get into march and april, the flu cases are going to go down. the issue is there are a lot of unknowns as you can see just from the media, the number of cases have steeply inclined each and every day. >> so we will take a look at the spread. 250 plus deaths in china and 11,700 cases reported, that's up by about $0.1700 just yesterday. 100 plus cases reported outside of china. and this is much different than the ebola outbreak. >> ebola doesn't get transmitted unless you are actively very ill. it's very clear. when you can transmit the virus at a time when you are

asymptomatic, that puts the extra burden on screening. >> speaking of screening, american and delta are going to suspend service to china and other countries are limiting flights. american still trying to get home from the hot zone will have issues about where they can come into the united states. only seven airports will be able to accept flights from china. and shannon, the sources i talked to not necessarily on the medicine side but on the intelligent side are wondering about the chinese response. they have shut down cities larger than new york but say they think they have things under control. those messages don't necessarily match. >> shannon: all right leland, thanks for updating us. it's considered to be one of the biggest traffickin human traffis worldwide. countdown is on for super bowl liv and i.c.e. agents are hitting the streets to check it out. >> of the super bowl offers a chance to shine in the spotlight of tens of million's of euros to profit from tourism but also

just crackdown on human trafficking. >> we have zero tolerance here, we will come after you. >> before lasher super bowl in atlanta, police made 169 human trafficking arrest up from 110 in minneapolis the year before. expect more of us this miami. >> we partnered with uber. we partnered with the trucking association, we trained drivers to spot on the interstate coming down to the super bowl because that's how they'll come. >> this year's super bowl was coincides with human trafficking month and today's white house summit. >> at age 13 i was brought into this country. i survived trafficking along with 19 other girls. you're never too old to come to last or too broken to begin healing today. >> attorney general barr said technology is both helping and hindering. sometimes leading additional trail to offenders and sometimes masking the trail. >> we are seeing military grade encryption be marketed on consumer products which means we

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