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over the department. the attorney general pushing back on that saying he is the one calling the shots. >> not going to be bullied or influenced by anybody, and i i said it -- whether it's congress, newspaper editorial boards or the president. i'm going to do what i think is right. i cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me. arthel: mark meredith is standing by in west palm beach, florida, with the latest on this. hey, mark. >> reporter: good afternoon. a couple hours from now president trump is set to attend a fundraiser here in florida. he came down here yesterday afternoon, he did not stop to speak with supporters even though there was a swirl of questions over some of these recent decisions you were just talking about. earlier this week, we did hear from the attorney general bill barr, and he was telling, basically, abc news that the president's tweets and comments

about ongoing cases are making it difficult for the justice department to be able to carry out some of their work, but the white house says the president still has full faith in the attorney general. several lawmakers are calling on bill barr to step down over the department's decision to overrule the prosecutors working on the case against roger stone. stone, as you may remember are, was convicted last year of lying to congress. prosecutors originally wanted to push for a 7-9 year sentence behind bars, but the justice department decided to scale that back and ask for a lesser sentence. barr says the white house, though, was not involved in the decision. but several senate democrats say barr has overstepped his authority. senator elizabeth warren is among them. she was one of the several senators that sent barr a scathing letter yesterday, just want to read part of it. quote: this is an extraordinary turn of events, it appears to show that you and other top doj officials intervened to undermine the administration of justice at the president's behest in order to protect a

well-connected political ally. that was that letter sent yesterday. now, we've gotten no indication this is really fazing the attorney general, that he would have any plans to ten down or that the white house would distance themselves. we have not seen that. however, there are some people raising some eyebrows after we learned yesterday that the case regarding former national security advisor michael flynn is having a new outside prosecutor look at what's been happening. fox learned about this on friday because flynn had originally pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. he tried to withdraw that guilty plea as even the sentencing for him remains on hold. president trump has been a longtime deer if of michael flynn, his former national security adviser early on in the administration. i mentioned that political fundraiser, he's not going to be sticking in florida too much longer. he is going to be stopping by the daytona 500 tomorrow, he is the grand marshal for the event x it's possible the president's motorcade may make an appearance out on the track. arthel: wait a minute, maybe

they will stick on some of those racing stripes on the beast. >> reporter: the one thing you never know, arthel, everything's unpredictable day by day, that's for sure. [laughter] arthel: mark meredith, thank you very much. eric: back in washington, the trump administration taking some new action against sanctuary cities. the white house set to deploy 100 tactical border patrol officers in ten major cities across the country including new york and los angeles. all of the effort, they say, to assist i.c.e. officials to enforce immigration law. the critics of the move are really pushing back against what they say is this controversial measure. lucas tomlinson in our washington bureau explains a lot more on what they plan and what the reaction is. hi, lucas. >> reporter: president trump's acting dhs chief chad wolf tells me he's moving these agents to help i.c.e. agents who have been stretched thin keeping up with millions of illegal immigrants. wolf said he's getting no help from law enforcement in these

so-called sanctuary cities. >> that's correct. there's a lot of ability at the local level to help dhs enforce our immigration laws. but again, in these sanctuary cities and these jurisdictions, they choose not to do. that. >> reporter: bernie sanders pledged to overhaul the immigration system at a rally in nevada a few hours ago. >> we will bring fundamental change to our border policy such that federal agents will never be snatching babies from the arms of their mothers. >> reporter: the new tactical units are heading to chicago and new york to reinforce immigration and custom enforcement officers, additional agents being sent to atlanta, houston, boss to be, new orleans, detroit and newark, new jersey. wolf says his agents are overwhelmed after yees of illegal immigrants coming into this country in waves. the s.w.a.t.-like teams will be

deployed through may according to dhs, but not everyone is happy with the move. for years the mayor of los angeles has said they will not cooperate with the trump administration on this issue. other mayors have made similar pledges. secretary wolf would like more cooperation from democrats on this issue. with this being a major election year, that will not be happening. eric? eric: interesting it's continuing through may. thank you. arthel: new developments on the coronavirus outbreak. france confirming the first death outside asia from the virus, and china ordering a 14-day quarantine for people returning to beijing in its latest effort to contain the deadly disease. this as the virus continues to spread. at least 67,000 cases now confirmed worldwide. and at least 1500 deaths, most of them in china. christina coleman is in our west coast bureau with more on this story. >> reporter: well, arthel, 15 cases have been confirmed in the

u.s. so far, and the cdc announced yesterday labs will start testing for this new strain inside u.s. cities including seattle, new york and right here in los angeles. americans on the quarantined cruise ship diamond princess will be able to leave the vessel soon. there's about 400 u.s. citizens onboard, a total of 285 people have testify tested positive for the virus on that ship. the state department chartered a flight to bring american citizens on the ship back to the u.s. it's scheduled to land in japan tomorrow. no one with symptoms will be allowed on that flight, and those who arrive in the u.s. will either go to the travis air force base here in california or to lackland air force base in texas. the federal government's coronavirus task force is working to get u.s. citizens in virus-impacted areas of china back home. >> we need to get them off there, we need to do it in a safe way that is sense tuf to the health of the individuals. we obviously have individuals

there who are elderly and frail. we've got to protect them from getting infected, and we've got to take care of their health needs. >> reporter: china reported 2,641 new cases in the 24 hours from midnight friday, a significant drop from the more than 5,000 cases reported in the previous 24 hours. residents returning to the capital city of beijing were ordered to isolate themselves at home for 14 days in an attempt to curb the virus which has killed at least 1,523 people in mainland china so far. this illness has spread to more than two dozen countries including france which reported europe's first death from the virus. that victim was an 80-year-old chinese tourist from the epicenter of this outbreak. his daughter also got sick, but she's expected to recover, and yesterday egypt reportedded its first case of the virus. arthel? arthel: christina coleman, thank you. ♪ ♪ eric: and now to the campaign.

you know, early voting begins in the nevada caucus and a lot's on the line including which democratic candidates are likely to jump ahead and who could take a hit. all this as the democratic party there is trying to avoid a repeat of the chaos we saw in the iowa caucus. ellison barber is live in las vegas outside the desert pines high school where senator bernie sanders held a rally and has more on what we can expect. it's a big week. hey, ellison. >> reporter: yeah, a very big week. senator bernie sanders spoke to a packed house here at the high school behind me, encouraging them to get out and vote early. he then walked with any supporters in the room who wanted to go with hum to a polling location -- him to a polling location about 12 or 13 minutes down the road. it was the culinary workers' union which represents thousands of workers in vegas and reno chose not to endorse a presidential candidate, they've been incredibly credit call of the senator's medicare for all

policy. i asked him whether or not he thinks that endorsement still matters. listen here. senator, do you think the culinary union's endorsement still matters? >> i think we had a wonderful, wonderful rally today, and i'm just deeply impressed by the kind of support we have. >> reporter: sanders and five other democratic presidential hopefuls will be in las vegas tonight for a gala to kick off the caucuses here. eric? eric: meanwhile, a lot of big news with mike bloomberg. they've been floating a potential hillary clinton ticket with brook berg as president and hillary -- bloomberg as president and hillary as vp. what are they saying about that? >> reporter: yeah. we reached out to them to ask about it, they didn't entirely shoot it down or confirm it when they poke to us. yeah, this is a report that came out in the drudge report earlier today. they say that bloomberg is considering hillary clinton as a running mate after polling showed the pairing would be a formidable force.

in a statement, brook berg's communication -- bloomberg's communication director said we are focused on the primary and the debate, not vp speculation. hillary clinton was actually asked if she would be someone's vice president earlier this week in an interview on the ellen show. she said probably no but didn't rule it out. bloomberg has faced allegations of sexism and gender discrimination in the workplace for years now. "the washington post" got ahold of depositions and interviews with witnesses that give us a lot of new insight into the allegations he's faced in the past. they even looked to a former employee who said he witnessed a conversation where bloomberg, upon learning an employee was pregnant, told her to, quote, kill it. bloomberg has denied that allegation under oath. eric? eric: he's been having a big outreach to women, so we'll see. all right, ellison, thank you. arthel: the u.s. and the taliban reach a truce agreement, setting the stage for a possible

withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan. but will it actually hold? that's up next. ok everyone!

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would mark a potential breakthrough in what is america's longest war. the deal was discussed at the 2020 munich security conference. mike tobin has more from our middle east bureau. mike? >> reporter: hi there, eric. the u.s. defense secretary says this deal is promising but not without risk. on the sidelines of a international security forum in a press conference, mark esper said this deal struck with the taliban could bring u.s. troops home after more than 18 years in combat. >> we have to give peace a chance, that the best if not only way forward in afghanistan is through a political agreement. ing and that means taking some risks, that means enabling our diplomats. >> reporter: now, the deal hangs on a seven-day reduction of violence, and that means for the taliban. no rocket fire, no roadside bombses and no suicide bombs. in the taliban can keep that promise, the u.s. deal is

expected to be signed in ten days, and that paves the way for negotiations with conflicting factions in afghanistan and a nationwide ceasefire. the taliban would be expected to stop harboring fugitives like al-qaeda. that also sets in motion the potential of a u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. 's per has avoided public comment about the time frame, currently over 12,000 u.s. troops inning afghanistan, but withdrawal -- in afghanistan. the announcement of a deal came after esper met with u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo and afghan president ashraf ghaani, skeptical but supportive of this deal. eric: thanks so much. arthel: for more, we're going to bring in retired major general vinnie bowles, the author of the book 4, 3, 2, 1 leadership and a former depp city assistant chief of -- deputy assistant chief of staff to the army. always good to have you here. >> good to see you, arthel.

arthel: we just heard mike tobin's report, we're talking about a proposed reduction in violence. how do you gauge success or at least a period that you consider it's working? what are the standards? >> well, tsa slow runup -- it's a slow runup to a low bar. after 18 years of combat over 900 weeks, we're looking for a 7-day reduction in violence. not a ceasefire, a reduction in violence. so it's going to, it's going to take a while. and 18 months -- 18 years of habits are kind of hard to break. arthel: but what's the compromise for the u.s. and the compromise for the taliban? and also, i mean, how much should the taliban's track record be a factor in it? >> i think there are three critical questions we have to and answer. askanswer. what is the outcome for each of the parties. we want a reduction of hostilities and, most creately,

afghanistan not to hard to terrorists and fugitives anymore to do that. we don't want another 9/11 emanating from that part of the world. the afghan government wants some stability and ability to grow and be some kind of a democratic institution. the taliban want to be in charge and want to bring shah' ya law back. how -- sharia law back. how those two parties get together, their track record is interesting. they may be getting tired after 18 years, we just don't know. arthel: and then you have the afghan citizens. i mean, do they have a stake and a say? >> they absolutely have a stake. a say, they do have, but democratic institutions, they've just had presidential elections in the fall, still not clear who the president is in afghanistan, they're still working new that. through that. so it's going to be interesting to see if the taliban government is willing to compromise if work with the afghan government. i think that's the key. arthel: that is. we're looking at first steps in peace talks between the u.s. and

the taliban. first of all, do these talks somehow give the taliban too much leverage and b, to your lighter point, can there be a bona fide peace talks without the inclusion of the afghan government? >> there can't be. the taliban cannot win a kinetic fight against the u.s. forces, and the u.s. forces backing the afghans. our leverage is staying there until the conditions are set the way we believe we want them and they're set for the future. that's our leverage to stay there, and it's going to require us to have some strategic patience with those 13,000 soldiers there that mike talked about. arthel: i want to pick up on that point you just noted as well, but first i want to play sound from nato's secretary-general. take a listen. >> we are not leaving afghanistan, but we are prepared to adjust our force level if the taliban demonstrate the will and the ability to reduce violence and make real compromises.

arthel: he said prepared to adjust our force level if the taliban demonstrates the will and ability to make real compromises. that's not a real vote of confidence in the taliban, and also you were just mentioning this, but how is it -- easy is it or difficult is it to move troops in and out of afghanistan? >> well, we've been doing it for 18 years, and we're very good at and have the strategic lift to do that. the challenges though, once we reduce our forces and move them out, if the taliban were then to take advantage, to we then -- are we then able to martial the will to bring forces back in. arthel: not only martial the will, but will they fill in those spaces if we pull out the troops and then occupy whatever territory that was left vacant? >> in all candor, arthel, they may. i mean, there's 300,000 afghan

forces. there's about 60, 70,000 taliban depending on who you talk about. we can't want freedom and liberty for the afghan people more than they want it for themselves. arthel: in terms of a peace deal, then what are the deliverables? it seems really difficult to know. >> well, the deliverables for us are we want a reduction in violence. at the same time we don't want the taliban to use afghanistan as a harbor to train, recruit and exploit terrorism throughout the world. that's our outcome. the of afghan people do not want to return to sharia law, they want some democratic institutions and some viability for those in the nation. and then the taliban, their original stated goal was to come in and take charge. they a may be tired x they may have a situation where many of the taliban that are negotiating now weren't present in 2001 and earlier when these fights were

started. arthel: tired of fighting? >> well, if i can, in the last decade i was in ireland, and i was talking to defense attache that put together a session for me with members of the government that had been there, younger kids in their 20s, early 30s. and we were shareing questions back and forth, and i asked one of them, i said what caused the a peace agreements to take hold? after all these years of fighting in ireland? and one young man looked at me and said we got tired of fighting the old man's war. you know, we got tired of fighting that. we didn't see a future in doing that. and so the taliban don't have a track record of doing this. but there's -- secretary esper has said we want to give peace a chance and see if it'll work. if not, our leverage is to stay there and insure we support the institutions that are there. arthel: well, general vinnie bowles, very interesting perspective there. we have to leave it there, and it's always my pleasure to talk to you.

>> great deal. you have a good time as well. thank you, ma'am. eric: how about that, makes lots of sense. you know about this guy? a jury handing town a verdict in the extortion trial of michael avenatti. you know, he was touted as a presidential candidate by another network, but stormy says she's not surprised. ♪ ♪ that i can get. at liberty butchumal- cut. liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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♪ ♪ arthel: lawyer michael avenue ai guilty in his extortion case involving nike. the lawyer now faces the possibility of dozens of years in prison. here's garrett tenney with the latest. >> reporter: a year and a half ago, michael avenatti was considering a run for president. today he is facing up to 42 years in prison. on friday a federal jury convicted avenatti on on knee counts including exorganization and wire paid -- extortion and

wire fraud for allegedly threatening to expose corruption at nike involving alleged payments to the families of elite high school basketball players. at the time prosecutors say avenatti had more than $11 million in debts. after the verdict the manhattan u.s. attorney said while the defendant may have tried to hide behind legal terms and a suit and tie, the jury saw the scheme for what it was, an old-fashioned shakedown. and here's how avenatti's attorneys reacted. >> we are, obviously, disappointed in the verdict -- [inaudible] but we have preserved issues on appeal. we'll be pursuing that. and we stand by our client and just look forward to the next -- [inaudible] he is a fighter, as you all know, and staying strong. >> reporter: this is just the beginning of avenatti's legal troubles though. in may he's scheduled to face

charges and in april in new york for allegedly stealing from the book proceeds of his former client, adult film star stormy daniels. daniels reacted on instagram writing in part: sadly, it appears what michael avenue avei did to me was just the tip of an iceberg of deceit. his arrogant, fraudulent behavior became so pervasive that the jury found his true character. nebraska senator men sass also weighed in, calling him a d-list attorney and describing him as the noted scumbag who orchestrated attacks on justice brett kavanaugh. avenatti denies the charges against him, and he's scheduled to be sentenced in this first trial on june 17th. garrett tenney, fox news. >> to have public statements and tweets made about the department, about people in the

department, our men and women here, about cases pending in the department and about judges before whom we have cases make it impossible for me to do my job. eric: that's attorney general william barr, of course, appearing to rebuke president trump in an interview this week. after publicly weighing in on pending legal cases before the department of justice, involving both the president's allies and political enemies. but the sentencing recommendation of roger stone taking front and center in this controversy. what does it mean? white house correspondent, associate editor for politico joins us. man, oh, man, this is a hot potato. the president says, hey, i'm president, that's my job and my role, and he also says he did not talk to barr about roger stone's sentencing recommendation, but there seems to have been a can of worms opened up. >> it definitely has. this is the most public

disagreement between the president and the attorney general. the president's been very complimentary of him since he started, so this is, you know, this is -- we're going to see sort of how this relationship develops. the white house continues to say though that they have confidence in bill barr and they are very complementary till of him. mark: and the president says he didn't talk to him. here's part of that barr interview. let's listen. >> anybody from the white house call you to try to influence you? >> no. nope. i have not discussed the roger stone case at the white house. eric: there it is. so what was the, you know, how did this all roll out? because when the recommendations came through for 7-9 years, the president ebb then tweeted, but then the doj had a different memo and then some of the prosecutors quit the case. >> right. well, so the attorney general said he already believed there should be a different sentence, and he believed with some other attorneys in the department of justice separate from whatever the president was a saying and

that he had made that recommendation and wanted to change the sentencing. he said he did e that before the president weighed in. thing about it is, the president doesn't need to pick up the phone and call the attorney general to get his message across. obviously, he can talk publicly about manager, and he can tweet. and that's really what the attorney general is getting at, is that this very public pressure from the president to act in a certain way, that's what he doesn't want anything to do with. but we've seep for three years now that the president has not, has no problem with saying what he wants, tweeting what he wants on a range of subjects, so it's not just this. he is not the first cabinet official or, you know, high ranking official to push back on that. there are a lot of people that have been telling the president that he needs to kind of lay off this and not tweet about certain things. he is probably the first one that has been that public about it though. eric: yeah. meanwhile, the president defended himself when he was in the oval office. here's part of what the president said. >> i want to thank the justice department for seeing this horrible thing, and i didn't

speak to 'em, by the way, just so you understand. they saw the horribleness of a nine-year sentence for doing nothing. you have murderers and drug ad districts, they don't get nine years. eric: and the president says he has every right to weigh in and speak out. quote, it's his legal right toot this, and if he sees something wrong at the justice department, what's the sense of that? >> obviously, the president can get involved. i don't mean this president, i mean presidents traditionally do not get involved in particular cases, playly case -- particularly cases that they know the defendant or are involved in some way. so it's just been the understanding that for years and for various presidents that that hasn't happened. now, the attorney general in that same interview said he would welcome the president's, you know, suggestions, and he can very well get involved, but he shouldn't get involved if he has a personal or political connection x. if so that's really the difference here is, obviously, roger stone has been a friend of the president's for a very long time, expect

president has some personal allegiance there and feels very strongly. the difference is should he get involved with cases that, you know, are with friends and that he's involved in. eric: well, he made the president, obviously, thinks it's unfair. hey, it's my right to do that. look at article ii of the constitution, he's the commander in chief, also has the right to grant pardons. there's something section three called the recommendation clause where the president has the executive power to make recommendations. so is it in the constitution, isn't he the top legal officer of the land, or is that with the attorney general when the presidency, whoever holds the presidency is the chief executive officer of the united states? >> right. yeah, i mean, the attorney general has tradition aally been the top legal -- traditionally been the top legal officer of the country and has been sort of left alone on a lot of decisions like this. and so really what we look back at is sort of what is precedent, what's been done in modern times.

and this, what is happening now, is unusual and it's different. eric: yeah. i mean, it e certainly is different, although there have been some who pointed out in the past that fdr are, for example, got right involved with the sentencing of the nazi infiltrators that landed on the beach in i think it was 1941, a couple made it into penn station. that's a case that has long fascinated me. we're not going to hear about that. coming up, what is next with barr, because he's going to testify before the house judiciary committee on march 31st and you know this is going to be front and center. they're going to ask him directly, did you talk to the president, has he given pressure, did you try to give roger stone a break, and they'll try to drag it into the weeds on what the president may or may not have told him. >> yeah, you're exactly right. there are house democrats and democrats all over who do not believe bill barr when he says the president didn't influence him. in fact, they say bill barr did that interview and seems to be

pushing back against the president only as cover because he didn't really want to show that the president is influencing him. so you can bet that they're going to drill down on that, they're going to talk to him about that and other cases where they feel he has had a political role, that bill barr is using not only is being influenced by the president, but also is looking out for the political considerations for the republican party. they're going to be asking him a lot of tough questions next month when he goes to be before them. eric: it's going to be some hearing. anita, thank you for joining us on this saturday afternoon. always great to have your insight. >> thanks. eric: arthel? arkansas a a new twist in the homicide investigation of a 6-year-old south carolina girl. investigators say the body of a man was found shortly after police also discovered the body of faye swetlik. they say he was a neighbor of the girl's family and are still trying to find out exactly what happened. >> this is not the outcome we

wanted, but this is where we are, and our work continues to bring justice for faye marie swetlik. arthel: alex hogan is in our new york city newsroom with more. >> reporter: police finally bringing the missing girl home, but not the way they wanted. a motor caild escorting the body back to lexington county, south carolina. on monday a mom's panicked 911 call began that search. little faye was last seen playing in her front yard after school and then she was gone. >> reporter: investigators combing through the neighborhood in casey, a small city outside

of columbia. helicopters, k-9 teams and the fbi. on thursday that search party finding the child's body in a wooded area of the neighborhood. the search for suspects though pointing investigators just doors down from where. >> she went missing, a neighbor's home. police say they found ed in 30-year-old corey taylor's trash can leading them inside where they discovered his body. >> our evidence and our investigate does link these two together. i can confirm that he was a neighbor, that he was not a relative, he was not a friend, he was merely a neighbor thatlied in churchill heights. that lived in churchill heights. >> reporter: there, again, are still a lot of unknowns at this point. the coroner's office has yet to comment on how either the 6-year-old or the 30-year-old died.

autopsies today on both will give investigators more information. police say the man had no criminal history. investigators telling the public at this point that they're not looking for any other suspects. it is a heartbreaking end to what is now a homicide investigation. the cayce public if safety department calling this a tragedy you can time for the family and the entire community, saying it will seek justice for this little girl. arthel? arthel: heartbreaking and disturbing. alec, thank you. eric: well, a big week for nasa this past week for the space agency that includes astronaut christina cook returning to earth after her record-breaking mission in space. so what does the future hold for nasa? a former astronaut coming up will tell us. ♪ drivewise. feedback that helps you drive safer. and that can lower your cost now that you know the truth... are you in good hands?

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♪ ♪ arthel: to infinity and beyond, that is where nasa appears to be headed.

a solar orbiter was launched from cape canaveral that will send back more information about our sun than ever before, and astronaut christina cook returned to earth after her 328-day mission in space, the longest for any woman in history. meanwhile, nasa is looking ahead to sending a manned spacecraft back to the moon. for more on all of this, let's bring in former astronaut jose hernandez. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, arthel, for the invitation. happy to be here. arthel: absolutely. let's start with solar orbiter. tell us about the mission and the execution of that mission. >> well, it's an exciting mission, arthel, because it launched last week. it takes about almost two years to get to its operating orbit which is going to be slightly inside of mercury 's orbit. it's going to have to travel some 66 million miles to get about 24 million miles from the sun at it closest point, and it's going to be on an inclined orbit that will allow it to have

a bird's eye view of its poles. and it's very important because the poles switch every 11 years, and that's e what causes a lot of solar activity. and so we're going to be able to witness that firsthand, and we're far enough that with the shooting we're also going to be able to snap some great pictures. it has pin instruments that's going to study the electromagnetic fields, solar winds and again with the cameras, we're going get some pretty cool pictures. arthel: that sounds amazing, and then, you know, tell us the real world benefits, something that average mortals can calculate. >> well, i think the real world benefit of studying the sun, i mean, that's the center of life to our planet. and especially understanding when we're going to have some solar flare-ups, because sometimes they're strong, sometimes they're weak. it's almost like hurricane season. sometimes we have a bad hurricane season, and we have to understand that to protect ourselves because there's been

times where they've been so strong that the northern lights that you see have been seen all the way down to the caribbean. and in this modern age if we have something like that, you could imagine half our satellites being knocked out because of the radiation and interference. so we have to understand that process. arthel: so how does that all affect to ozone layer, or what does that tell you about the ozone layer? >> it it certainly tells you that the radiation coming down, if it's stronger than normal, maybe we are going to need to take measures down here on earth to protect ourselves by shielding ourselves, which means going into places, structures that will be able to absorb that extra radiation. that's why it's important to understand during these 11-year cycles when it peaks how strong it's going to be. and i think this probe is going to be able to tell us that. arthel: very good. well, let's talk about the rock star, trailblazing astronaut,

miss christina cooke. she's finally back down to earth following a record-breaking mission. what do you have to say about christina? >> well, you know, christina is an amazing astronaut, a trooper because when she went up there, it wasn't scheduled for her to spend almost 31 months up in space. i think it was 328 days, 13 hours and some odd minutes. and it's just that the mission gets prolonged, and since we're dealing with human space flight, there were some delays in developing some of the vehicles. and so they decided to leave her there longer. and i think that's ad good thing because the last time we sent someone up there for a long time, one of the kelly twins, we were able to study how long-term space affects the human body from a male perspective. now we're able to study christina, and she's become actually an experiment, and we're going to be able to study how she recovers from the effects of a long duration space

flight. p. arthel: very interesting. so will there be a nasa-orchestrated manned return to the moon? >> well, i hope it's not just men, i hope it's human because we want to have a woman in there -- arthel: of course. let me just is set the record straight. i mean manned in a general sense. of course a girl has to be onboard. [laughter] >> i'm just giving you a hard time, arthel. but what we are excited about is we're excited about the artemis program. the artemis program is designed by nasa and not only nasa, but the commercial space community. and the international community that are developing vehicles, heavy lift vehicles that lift up to 96 tons of equipment that's going to to be able to return humans to the surface of the moon. why is that important? it's important because what we want to do is, one, develop a long duration outpost on the moon, learn how to live away from our planet for long periods of time, and use that technology to one day in the near future

set our sights to mars and be able to send humans to the surface of mars. so it's very exciting. i think there's a lot of exciting things going on at nasa and the space community in general. hr. arthel: well, queen up the out-- keep up the outstanding work, and and it was a real pleasure to speak with you, jose hernandez, former astronaut. thank you. eric: absolutely amazing. really, really, what an amazing -- christina is fabulous. bitter cold blanketing a big part of our country. the bone-chilling temperatures and when it's going to warm up. we'll tell you that next. ♪ ♪ everybody knows that. well, did you know pinocchio was a bad motivational speaker? i look around this room and i see nothing but untapped potential. you have potential. you have-oh boy.

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eric: bitter cold gripping parts of tt coast today. new york city, washington, other places seeing some frigid temperatures, and cities in the midwest, well, they're seeing snow. adam klotz is here to break it down for us. adam: hey there, eric. temperature it is really settling in across portions of the midwest, off towards the east coast. areas where it's been actually fairly warm over the last couple of weeks, now a little colder. 32 degrees in chicago, 28 here in new york city. this is kind of that old air mass that's settled in across this portion of the up country. and it's not just the temperatures that you're seeing out there, which are on the cold side, but you add in these wind chills, there are current

temperatures and then you see the wind with chill suddenly especially some of these spots running up into the upper new england area, you're getting into the single digits, 8 degrees in burlington, stretching back across the midwest. 18 in detroit, 23 in chicago. that kohl air is here for your saturday. it's going to linger into your sunday also. but as we look a couple days out, you're going to see these temperatures climb once again. your saturday forecasted highs pretty close to the numbers i was just showing you. by sunday this retreats a little bit, even more so by monday, and all that cold air pushed back into the upper midwest, areas like chicago, close to 40 drees, back closer to 50 degree here in new york city. so, again, feeling more like spring than that typical cold weather. there is still a winter storm we're faying attention to. -- paying attention to. there's another round of winter weather working its way into the pacific northwest, currently heavy rain from portland up towards seattle, but if this runs over higher elevations, that's going to turn into snow

at times, maybe anywhere from a foot to 18 inches of total snow. these are our watch withs and warnings so, eric, as i toss it back to you, a up couple winter-type storms, but we're moving through february, so pretty much what it should look like out there. eric: yeah, exactly. adam, thanks. arthel: and a reminder, the iconic daytona 500 is tomorrow. it's nascar's annual cup series open at daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida x. that airs, by the way, live tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. eastern on fox. eric: yeah. but you know what we're going to have here on the fox fox news channel tomorrow? the president is going to be on that track maybe. it. ♪ ♪ i'm tryin'! keep it up. you'll get there. whoa-hoa-hoa! 30 grams of protein, and one gram of sugar. ensure max protein.

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attorney general of the president's tweets on roger stone's case. >> of to have public statements and tweets made about the department, about people in the department, our men and women here, about cases pending in the department and about judges before whom we have cases make it impossible for me to do my job. eric: mark meredith is live in west palm beach, florida, near the president's mar-a-lago estate. mark, do you think he's going to stop tweeting? >> reporter: i've been watching twitter all day to see if there were updates. as you mentioned though, he is here in west palm beach for the weekend. just a quick, short trip. it all comes as the justice department is facing questions about how it's handling its case load, especially those cases that involve people that have ties to president trump. as we were talking about, president trump came down to florida on friday. he did not speak to reporters as he made his way down south.

his trip comes only days after the attorney general told abc news that the president's constant tweets and comments are impacting the justice department. >> i'm not going to be bullied or influenced by anybody, and i said whether it's congress, newspaper editorial boards or the president, i'm going to do what i think is right. i cannot do my job here at the department with constant background commentary that undercuts me. >> reporter: now the attorney general is denying president trump is involved in the department's case against former trump associate roger stone. stone was convicted last year on multiple counts of lying to congress. prosecutors on the case first recommended 7-9 years in prison, but this past week we learned that top officials overruled that suggestion, and their going to be -- they're going to be pushing for a shorter sentence. democrats are calling for barr to resign over the matter. they sent a scathing letter to the attorney general detailing

their outrage. multiple senators signed on to this. quote: a justice department that abandons the rule of law in order to give sweetheart deals to criminals acting on behalf of the president of the united states is as corrupt as it is unacceptable. now on friday fox learned the justice department is ending its investigation into former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe. mccabe had been under investigation on whether or not he lied to investigators about a situation involving leaks to the media. mccabe says he is thankful the investigation is over but he also added it went on for far too long. as for president trump, eric, you mentioned whether or not the florida the will be down here in florida, he's got a fundraiser tonight and then tomorrow he's set to head up to the daytona 500 where we believe that the beast, that presidential vehicle, will be involved in some way on the racetrack. it'll be interesting to see what the white house comes up with for that. the president will be heading back to washington tomorrow afternoon. eric: the mccabe decision was

intentionally timed, many think. we'll have a lot of coverage tomorrow of the president at the daytona 500. mark if, thank you. arthel: well, the trump administration reportedly planning to deploy some 100 officers from an elite border patrol tactical team to ten major u.s. cities as far knot of the border as boston, new york and detroit. it is the administration's latest move against so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with i.c.e. agents to enforce immigration laws. lucas tomlinson is in our d.c. bureau with more. what would these officers do in these cities? >> well, arthel, i spoke to dhs secretary chad wolf about his decision to send these border agents into the interior of the country. wolf explained the challenges his department faced in the last year or with illegal immigrants. >> we had over 100,000 folks in some months coming into the country illegally.

we released the large majority of those into the interior. month after month after month we had illegal aliens into the interior of the u.s. >> reporter: bernie sanders pledged to overhaul the immigration system at a rally in nevada a few hours ago. >> we will bring fundamental change to our border policy such that federal agents will never be snatching babies from the arms of their mothers. and together we will do what the american people want, ands that is to pass comprehensive immigration reform and a path towards citizenship for the 11 million undocumented. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: the new tactical units are headed to chicago and new york to reinforce immigration and customs enforcement officers. additional agent being sent to atlanta, houston, boston -- as you mentioned -- new orleans, detroit and newark, new jersey. wolf says these agents and others around the country have been overwhelmed for years with

illegal 'em grants coming to this one in waves. the move is in line with president trump's hard-line stance on illegal immigration. the s.w.a.t.-like teams will be deployed through may according to dhs. for years the mayor of los angeles as well as his police chief say they will not cooperate with the trump administration on this issue, other mayors have made similar pledges. wolf says last year i.c.e. supported agents on the southern border, now he said it's i.c.e.'s turn to help those in the interior. arthel? arthel: lucas tomlinson, thank you very much. eric: signs of progress, they say, between the u.s. and the taliban that could pave the way for a withdrawal finally of american troops in afghanistan. secretary of state mike pompeo and other top administration officials saying there's a deal on a seven-day reduction in violation there, and that deal -- in violence there, and that deal could come as soon as tomorrow. mike tobin in our mideast bureau with more on this.

hi, mike. >> reporter: hi there. the u.s. defense secretary speak at a forum on security confirms there is a deal, a potential deal anyway, with the u.s. and the taliban and the afghan government is supportive. >> i met secretary pompeo and i get with president ghaani. we had at least an hour-long discussion with him. i think he is fully onboard. he wants to lead his a part of the process which, if we get to that, would be a peace deal that would involve very sooning afterward an inter-afghan negotiation. >> reporter: now, the first part of the deal puts the ball in the court of the taliban. they agreed to a reduction of violence, that means no rockets, roadside or suicide bombs for seven days. after that the u.s./taliban deal can be signed, and that would lead to inter-afghanistan negotiations led by the president, ashraf ghaani. the goal would be a

country-ceasefire, and a key element would also be the taliban no longer harboring fugitives like al-qaeda. it also sets the stage for u.s. troop withdrawal. secretary everything sper made no public comments on the troop withdrawal, but there are currently more than 12,000 troops in afghanistan. the reduction is expected to take that number down to 8,600. as described the recent breakthroughs as promising but filled with risk, and that's because he said the only pathway forward is through diplomacy and negotiation. eric? eric: let's hope so. mike, thank you. arthel: well, eric, we are one week away from the nevada caucuses, and early voting is now underway. several 2020 democrats rallying supporters there today including new hampshire primary winner bernie sanders and former vp joe biden who hopes to rebound from poor showings in iowa and new hampshire. ellison barber is also in vegas, and she has the latest from there. hi, ellison. >> reporter: hey, arthel.

six candidates are going to be in las vegas tonight for a kickoff the caucus gala. one person who will not be there is former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. remember, he is skipping the early states, so he is pretty close to qualifying for the debate here in nevada even though he is not physically in this state today, he is still dominating headlines across the country for things that he has done in the past and things that he could do in the future. bloomberg has been accused of sexism and gender discrimination in the workplace for years. he has dealt with those allegations on and off dating back, you know, really to the early '90s. he's been accused of making inappropriate comments to and about women working for him, enabling a hostile work environment. "the washington post" got ahold of depositions and interviews with witnesses that give us a whole lot of new insight into the allegations. they spoke to a former bloom berg employee who said he witnessed a conversation in the mid '90s where bloomberg, upon

learning an employee was pregnant, told her to, quote, kill it before seeming to complain about the number of pregnant employees. >> she had mentioned to some of her girlfriends and others that she was pregnant, and mike had just gone there too to get some coffee. and when she mentioned that some of the girlfriends were kind of congratulating her, and mike said, are you gonna kill it. and that kind of shut everybody up. >> reporter: that woman did sue bloomberg and the company. bloomberg denied the allegation under oath and reportedly reach a confidential settlement with the woman. the bloomberg campaign, perhaps responding to that article, posted a video on twitter featuring women who worked with bloomberg talking about their positive experiences with him. all of that as the web site drudge report says bloomberg is considering hillary clinton as a running mate after polling showed the pairing would be a

formidable force. a week ago hillary clinton was asked about the idea of being someone's vice president. here's what she had to say. >> if someone asked you to be vice president, would you do it? [laughter] >> well, that's not gonna happen. >> reporter: in a statement provided to fox news, bloomberg's communications director did not exactly refute the drudge report, but he said this, or quote: we are focused on the primary and the debate, not vp speculation. arthel? arthel: ellison barber live in vegas, thank you. eric: france is now reporting its first coronavirus death. as you know, cases continue to surge across the globe. china's government facing increasing scrutiny over its response to the growing outbreak what beijing is says it's now doing to contain the disease.

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of christina? >> reporter: well, that's right, arthel. the cdc announced yesterday that labs will start testing for this new strain of coronavirus in five u.s. cities including seattle, new york and right here in los angeles. they will tap boo a network of labs that test for other common viruses already. now, there have been 15 confirmed cases of this illness in the u.s. so far, and americans on the quarantined cruise ship diamond princess will be able to leave soon. that ship is currently docked in yolk happen ma, japan. -- yokohama, japan. the state department chartered a flight to bring american citizens on that ship back to the u.s. that plane is scheduled to land in japan tomorrow. no one with symptoms will be allowed on the flight x those who do arrive in the u.s. will either go to travis air force base here in california or laughlin air force base in texas. mean while, biotech companies are working around the clock to try and come up with a vaccine

for the virus, but a vaccine is not expected to be available to patients anytime soon. >> so we're talking about rocket speed in the history of developing vaccines. but even in that context, it's going to be at least a year or more before we would have a vaccine to be able to implement in any way. so right now the answer to be able to contain this is typical, classic public health issues such as identification, isolation and contact tracing. >> reporter: china reported 2,641 new cases in the 24 hours through midnight friday, a senate drop from the more than 5,000 cases reported in the previous 24 hours. residents are iing to the capital city of beijing were ordered to isolate at home for 14 days in an attempt to curb the virus which has killed at least 1,523 people in mainland china so far. this illness has spread e to more than two dozen countries

including france which reported europe's first death from the virus. that victim was an 80-year-old chinese tourist from the epicenter of the deadly outbreak. his daughter also got sick, but authorities say she is expected to recover, and as of yesterday africa had it first confirmed case of coronavirus, a person in egypt tested positive for the disease. arthel? arthel: christina coleman, thank you. eric? eric: well, china's government, arthel, has been faced with lots of questions for how it contained or did not contain the virus. joining us now, a former foreign policy ad vicar to the obama campaign -- adviser. david, communist secrecy, poor dr. lee, police forcing him to sign that statement denouncing it. i mean, beijing, aren't they somewhat responsible because of that authoritarian government and the way they operate? >> well, china has a checkered history in dealing with these viruses. it happened with sars as well. if they had gotten information

out about sars more quickly and if they hadn't manipulated the information, we could have responded more quickly and probably there would have been less deaths. we see this now with coronavirus. officials estimate that china waited about three weeks too long to get information out about the coronavirus, so if it had done that, if it had responded more quickly, there would have been -- we would have been able to contain the outbreak. so this is the problem with authoritarian governments is they and do suppress information. and when you're dealing with an outbreak, you need information very quickly, get it out to the public. china's interests are also in sort of making the government, making the regime look good, and so that's counter to getting information out that could be harmful, that's about a harmful virus like this to the people of china and to rest of the world. eric: that is the dangerous thing about this. president xi and the regime say they've been taking action, they're doing it very quickly. they fired some officials. here is president xi addressing

it, take a look at him when he addressed it. [speaking chinese] >> translator: on behalf of the central committee of the party, i want to express high respect and sincere gratitude to you and all the medical workers who are fighting on the front line of the battle against the epidemic. eric: and it's pretty astounding and vivid when you see president xi wearing a face max himself. >> that's right. and this is part of the playbook of president xi and of the communist regime which is that they want to emphasize all the things that they are doing in order to respond to the outbreak. but we saw from the white house this week, even the white house still doesn't trust that china is coming forward with accurate information about the number of people imp pacted by this. -- impacted by this. so we have to be very skeptical of all information coming out of china. still, even as china is doing some of the things that it needs to do to respond to the virus. eric: let me read you what

barron's has this weekend, quote: china's coronavirus date looks too good to be true. they are too perfect to mean much, a statistical analysis of china's coronavirus casualty data shows a near perfect prediction model that data analysts say isn't likely to naturally occur, casting doubt of the reliability of the number being reported. health officials in the epicenter of the outbreak reported a surge in new infections after changing how they diagnose the illness. the coronavirus data looked too good to be true. are they cooking the books? are they, you know, skewing the numbers to try to make it look better than it really is? >> unfortunately, they have every reason and incentive to do so, because that's in the interest of the regime, not in the interest of the world. there are world health organization officials going to china. china is letting them in. so as it opens it up to officials there from outside of china, hopefully we can get better information. but we should misif trust

china -- mistrust china. can china be a first world economy, a world power if it is up suppressing information? we're going to see that's one of the most interesting parts about this story. eric: and finally, what do you think the answer to that question you just raised, you know, right there? can china play along as a responsible state in the international community versus an authoritarian state that tries to hide what is turning out to be a global deadly disease? >> well, i think what we see with the coronavirus that it is not being the international citizen that it should be. i think we also see this with respect to its ability to innovate. if it doesn't get information, if it can't share information with its business leader, with its engineers, it's also going to be hurt in its ability to be a leading economy and to be able to lead in technology. so these are things that china is going to have to deal with as

it tens forward -- steps forward, and we ought to be trying to do everything we can to encourage china to do the right thing. i personally am kepting call that china will be a first world economy given its inclination to suppress information. eric: as they say in our country, sunlight is the best disinfectant. it habit happened -- hasn't happened yet, sadly, in beijing. arthel: police in south carolina are calling the death of this 6-year-old girl a homicide after her body was found near the remains of her neighbor. how the discoveries are linked and what is next as police seek justice for young faye swetlik. . what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ introducing ore-ida potato pay.

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december. he is being charged as an adult with murder and robbery. police say 18-year-old tessa majors was killed in a robbery gone wrong near columbia university. a 13-year-old boy from manhattan is also charged in the crime. he was arrested the day after the stabbing. finish a third suspect is also said to be involved but has not been charged. eric: and down south, new details in the death to have little 6-year-old south carolina girl, police investigating the case as a homicide. they say her neighbor was found dead in his home shortly after the body of faye swetlik was discovered and that his death is linked to her disappearance and death. alex hogan live in our new york city newsroom with this heartbreak story. >> reporter: this is such a sad story that we've been following. police finding who two bodies this week, the missing 6-year-old and that of her adult neighbor, both undergoing autopsies today. investigators found the body of 30-year-old cody taylor in his

house just doors down from where that 6-year-old girl went missing in lexington county, south carolina. evidence found in taylor's trash can led police inside his home yesterday. the search initially starting on monday after her mom's panicked 931 call for help. 99 11. >> reporter: hundreds of officers working together this week around the girl's home, thursday finding what they hoped they would not, the girl's body in a wooded area of the churchill heights neighborhood. >> this has been a tragic situation for our community, for

our department and for everyone who has been following the story of faye marie swetlik. this is not the outcome we wanted, but this is where we are. >> reporter: this is a homicide investigation. investigators say this neighbor, cody taylor, had no criminal history. police say he wasn't a relative or a friend, just a neighbor. right now police say they're not looking for any other persons of interest, and there is no threat at this point to the public. again, such a tragic story. a motorcade escorting that little girl's body home today after her autopsy. of course, there are a lot of questions as to what exactly happened to her, and those could be answers that we might soon have as the community mourns the loss of this young life. eric: all right, alec, thank you. arthel? ♪ ♪ arthel: getting back to politics now, 2020 hopeful michael bloomberg campaigning in richmond, virginia, today as he

continues to skip the early states looking towards soup or tuesday. super tuesday. the former new york city mayor is one of eight candidates still standing in the democratic race. right now the real clear politics polling average has bernie sanders in front with joe biden, who struggled in iowa and new hampshire, in second place. let's bring in now real clear politics political reporter phil wegmann. nice to see you. >> thanks for having me. arthel: all right. so looking at the early data, bernie sanders is getting 21.5% with biden, 18.5%. warren, 12 early support from the voters. does this, this data, does it tell who will likely be the democratic nominee, or is it just another sign that it's too early to tell? >> it's certainly another sign that it's too early to tell as we saw in new hampshire. a lot of these voters go ott to the polls not knowing who they're going toport.

a lot happens in the last 24-48 hours. what it shows that joe biden was once in first place in nevada, now he's trailing in second, a trend that is reflected in our national data at real clear politics. and i think that the reason here is that, you know, joe biden had those two losses and that also there are a lot of democratic voters who feel like they now have permission to vote for bernie sanders because his strong wins in iowa and new hampshire. but going into nevada, this is a test case for him. he recently split from the culinary union there over his signature issue, medicare for all. so if he finishes, you know, second or third, nevada very much could be a speed bump for his campaign. arthel: caucuses will also spotlight who and which issues will garner the support of latino voters. so in that regard, which candidate has the better chance with this voting bloc, and who has the uphill battle? >> what we've seen so far is that bernie sanders is by far

and away the candidate who is more favored by latinos. but you absolutely pointed to something very significant here which is that nevada is a completely different ball game than iowa or new hampshire. those are relatively smaller states. they're generally homogeneous. nevada is different because about 30% of the population there is hispanic, and 10% is african-american. joe biden is going to try and reach out to both of those communities. he thinks that he is the best candidate to bring them onboard. meanwhile, bernie sanders is being very aggressive with his outreach, and nevada's going to give us a better picture of what the democratic party writ large actually wants in their nominee. arthel: and joe biden acknowledges the importance of the nevada caucuses, but he has a lot riding on is south carolina. so can mr. biden continue to expect major support in south carolina if he underperforms in nevada? >> right. and you see the campaign splitting resources. but definitely south carolina is joe biden's firewall. you hit the nail right on the

held, because what happened on caucus night in new hampshire, joe biden gets on an airplane, goes down south. and before the results are even reported, he's out on the tarmac saying that, you know, 99% of the democratic party hasn't been heard from. and he thinks these black voters and latino voters, they still need to have their voices heard. and so that is something, those are two con stitch went is says that do support him, and he needs to make certain that they come along with him in nevada and south carolina, because if they don't, well, this is certainly a make or break situation. arthel: yeah. and that's a conversation that they're having in the democratic party, the order of these caucuses and perhaps the actual life, how long these caucuses will actually be a part of this process. but let me move on to michael bloomberg, because i'm limited on time. mr. bloomberg won't be in nevada or the nevada contest, but he is in the race for the white house. big headline today, a story in

drudge report which, by the way, we have not confirmed here at fox news, but here it is, it could be a tile balloon, we don't know. -- trial balloon. it's about michael bloomberg tapping hillary clinton as a running makers as vp. whoo might this litmus test prove? is it going to be a positive or a negative? >> i think what it generally shows because we can't confirm that, it shows they're very good at inserting himself into the conversation. remember, this is someone who really has not had much support in any of these states thus far but what he's been able to do with his billions of dollars, insert himself into national news and really at least on paper create a campaign that could potentially compete anywhere. and if you talk to the bloomberg campaign, they're very happy with what's going on right now, because a they feel like joe biden is imploding, and they also feel like amy klobuchar and pete buttigieg are not necessarily the alternatives needed to go up against bernie

sanders. and mike bloomberg, make no mistake, would love nothing more than to run against a democratic social i for the nomination. socialist. arthel: did you say mike bloomberg would like to -- >> i think that mike bloomberg would absolutely love to have a head to head matchup with bernie sanders -- arthel: okay, gotcha, gotcha. thank you, it's -- [laughter] all quite interesting and very, it's really intriguing and interesting for us to report on all of this. all right. phil egg match, thank you very much. >> thank you, arthel. eric: that would be something to see. well, the jury in the harvey weinstein sexual assault trial, they're going to begin deliberating his fate this next week. he did not take the stand in his own defense. was that the right move, and what's gonna happen when the verdict comes in? our legal panel is here on that. knowing we're prepared for the future. surprise! we renovated the guest room, so you can live with us. i'm good at my condo well planned, well invested, well protected.

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went to get it. >> this is a case that should be about evidence. it shouldn't be about emotion or feelings. knotts a popularity contest. and in this case, the evidence was all on our side. eric: gloria allred and other attorneys in the trial of disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein focusing on the fact that weinstein kept in touch with some of his accusers and even maintained relationships, they said, with him after the alleged sexual assaults. let's bring in our legal panel, we have a guest in the studio, so that's what you just heard. david bruno, former prosecutor and trial attorney, heather neiser, david, what do you expect on monday? >> well, honestly, this could go either way. i mean, this is the court of law, this is not pluck opinion. and within -- public opinion. and there's a presumption of innocence, and the government has the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

eric: these stories are scorching. i mean, they're horrible. the testimony of his alleged behavior was just astounding. >> right. but you have to are remember in the indictment itself, it charges really two women as the accusers. and then the other witnesses, victims that testified, really they're there to corroborate evidence. so for the two, it's '06 oral sex allegation and 2013 vaginal penetration, and in each case, both women continued to communicate with harvey weinstein. and that's the point that the defense attorneys hammered home in that closing argument to say, hey, if this was a rape, why in the world are they continuing to communicate -- eric: haven't we seen it in cases where that sometimes can commonly happen? >> it does. it does happen on occasion. i think in this case it's going to be a hung jury. i have to agree with my colleague david over here. i think the prosecution did an excellent job in proving beyond a reasonable doubt that harvey is a pig, that march is a jerk

and that harvey treated women like nonhumans for his own personal pleasure. but the problem for the prosecution is that in this country to be a jerk is not a crime. what they have to prove is that he committed a crime. was he immoral? absolutely. but in this country, it's not immoral to be a crime. that's iran. eric: what is the standard? when the prosecutor says, alleges with the evidence that it was rape and all these horrible things, what is that line between a crime and being -- someone's on the stand saying this guy raped me? >> easy. the defendant is not saying that it never happened. the defendant is saying that it did happen, but it was consensual. so that's the clear line that the jury has the decide, whether or not it was consensual or or not. and like i said, there's some problems in the state's case. however, this is not john doe, this is not a general person sitting in that chair.

it's harvey weinstein. this is a water item shed moment -- watershed moment for the me too movement, and a tremendous amount of pressure x. there's those four additional accusers that i talked about. very, very prejudicial for this defendant. eric: they're actually not part of the chargings? in there's one. there's a predatory sexual assault count that requires a proof of two or more victims of rape. generally speaking. there also has to be either the threat or physical injury. that's the big one. that's the count that could require up to life in prison. 25 to life if convicted. so if the jury comes back and says that there are multiple victims that were raped, then they may be coming back with that high count with the predatory sexual assault. eric: isn't that like using previous criminal records even though he wasn't convicted of a crime against a defendant, if you bring in other people who aren't charged in. >> that happens all the time.

but like david -- unlike david, i am not a criminal defense lawyer. i'm a litigator. so i can't tell you exactly where the line is between being a jerk and crime. what i can tell you that it is definitely not a crime for two people of different power dynamics to have sex. if that would be a crime, then it would be almost impossible for two people to get together unless they were in the same income bracket. so -- eric: you also represented some of the people who worked for the weinstein company in the bankruptcy? >> of the women who worked for the weinstein company in the weinstein company bankruptcy. and these are very sympathetic women who were treated veried badly. but were they victims of a crime? that is for the jury to decide. eric: okay, and what about in your cases and what you heard, was there, you know, the workplace situation, violations of sexual harassment statutes and this sort of thing, and dealing with whom you're dealing with this high pressure hollywood situation where the prosecutor says weinstein

sexually abused people, yet the defense is saying, well, they continued relationships, they wanted jobs, and they're trying to paint the alleged victims as lying. >> well, there's a very big difference between a civil case where you're going forking monetary damages and a contract case where you -- criminal case where you must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that harvey weinstein is guilty. eric: so you think hung jury? >> absolutely. eric: david? >> it could go either way. ing i would not be surprised if it's a not guilty or a guilty as well. i say that because the not guilty point, the continued communication, no physical evidence, historic allegation, no corroborating evidence at the time. but also, like i said, me too movement and the additional four victims make it so that i really don't know. and also there's a lot of people that are going to be critical of this verdict when it comes down next week. and i'm a trial attorney. i've tried cases, i'm a former prosecutor, i'm a criminal defense attorney. to really know whether or not

the jury was right or wrong, you had to be in the courtroom the whole time. and to hear all the evidence. because the judge sits up there and vets the evidence based on the rules of evidence. so it's very difficult for anybody that did not see that testimony every single day to be critical of what is to come next week. eric: we'll see what happens. i guess if there is a hung jury, they can try it again. >> well, we also know there's the l.a. indictment, right? eric: los angeles no matter what happens. david, thank you. edward, thank you. we'll see what happens. it's going to be a big weekend. gentlemen, thank you. arthel: thanks, guys. new facial recognition technology helping police departments across the country track down criminals, but some big social media companies like facebook want the apps shut down. we'll tell you why next. ♪ at's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it -

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arthel: a class action lawsuit has been filed against a facial recognition company used by law enforcement. it claims the company illegally takes people's biometric information without their consent. bryan llenas has more. >> clear view a.i. is simply a search engine for faces. >> reporter: a new facial recognition app claims it can identify anyone with just a single image. it's designed just for law enforcement. the chicago police department has signed up for a two-year

trial. in fact, some 600 law enforcement agencies nationwide are already using it in thousands of cases, identifying shoplifters, murderers and pedophiles. >> there have been cases where we've helped identify children who have been the victim of child sex trafficking. >> reporter: he claims his app is 99.6% accurate. we put it to the test. first, we uploaded an image of me and instantly 103 of my photos appeared with links from all over the internet. >> wow. so this is an ap photo. >> reporter: then i covered half of my face and i still worked. 24 matches with mien happened over my face. they claim they have a database of more than 3 billion internet photos taken from various web sites like google and the world's largest social media companies like facebook, companies which have sent cease and desist letters to shut down the app claiming scraping people's information violated

their terms of service, a charge tone says is lip critical. >> we're not taking personal data. these are out there on the internet. they track where you go around the web. >> reporter: in a letter, senator e markey expressed his fears this technology could be made available to the public. >> there could be concerns about stalkers or of people who are victims of domestic violence or people who just want a certain amount of privacy. >> reporter: the company has no plans to make this app available to the public, and he welcomes regulation. >> i think that for law it's --w enforcement is a great use case, but for everybody on the street to use with it, what's the point? >> reporter: critics point out that the app is already available to some banks, and investors of clear view a.i. are reportedly interested in making it available to everyone. in new york, bryan llenas, fox

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arthel: bone-chilling temperatures gripping many parts of the u.s., in a deep freeze, but will the bitter cold last through the rest of the weekend? meteorologist adam klotz is live in the extreme weather center for the forecast. hi, adam. adam: hey there, arthel. a big temperature change in the last few days especially in the midwest and mid-atlantic

stretching up into new england. 33 degrees in chicago. 29 degrees in new york city. it was so mild last week, now colder for the weekend especially when you add in some windchills. these are your current temperatures, again, in most cases sitting there right at freezing or a little bit below, but i add in the wind, what it feels like with the windchill, and those numbers drop fairly drastically. 18 degrees here in new york. 19 degrees in detroit. 23 degrees over in chicago. that is your windchill temperature outside right now. it stays chilly mostly for sunday, but we do see a warmup, almost immediately, so cold for the weekend, cold on your valentine's day, and then you start to see these numbers climbing back up as we get closer to monday. there's your saturday temperatures. already showed you those. beginning to retreat a little bit on sunday. by the time you get into monday, you start to see this retreat more. numbers close to 50 in new york city. 40 in chicago. quite a bit warmer than it is now. really cold air then settles back up across the plains where it stayed cold all winter. it's been a mild winter, but if

you live in this area, you would disagree with me because it has been really cold all winter long. there's we look for our next round of winter weather. a system is currently running on the coast, pacific northwest, right now just heavy rain from portland towards seattle. as it runs over some higher elevation, that's when we will see this turn from right now mostly rain into eventually snow. we have winter storm watches and warnings in colorado, running north, all the way back to pacific northwest. some of these areas getting anywhere from a foot of snow, ib up to 18 inches -- maybe up to 18 inches of snow. it is still winter out there even though off and on we have some breaks. here in new york, by monday, tuesday, 50 degrees or so. eric: what a difference. arthel: it keeps changing. adam: it's been a roller coaster. arthel: thank you. eric: we have a reminder frp you the iconic daytona 500 is tomorrow. it is the season opener for nascar's annual cup series as you know at the daytona international speedway in daytona beach. it will air tomorrow live at

2:30 p.m. eastern on the big fox network. right here we will have the coverage starting at 12:00 noon eastern with arthel and me, nascar, live coverage starts at noon tomorrow. arthel: right now, stick around. jon scott is up next. jon: president trump's relationship with the justice department under new scrutiny. this as attorney general william barr taps an outside prosecutor to review the case of the president's former national security advisor michael flynn. good evening, i'm jon scott. this is "the fox report". >> general barr's intervention in the flynn's case comes just days after the doj overruled a sentencing recommendation for another of the president's confidants. political operative roger stone. the optics sparking a flood of criticism from democrats who say the president is exerting too much influence over the doj. meanwhile, general barr is pushing back both on his critics

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