. the research that led to the now infamous trump dossier >> as you can see from the rundown on the side of the screen. that's what we're talking about on 5@630. new information about the infamous trump dossier, russia has embarrassing information about him which could be used for blackmail. it was researched and written by a former british spy >> we learned hillary clinton's presidential campaign and the dnc helped pay for the dossier, it's been known for months that the initial document was paid for by donald trump's republican opponents during the primary season and taken over by the de

election >> that's not a big surprise. which opponent paid for it in the primary? it was i think april, 2016 was the cut-off >> i believe the president said he has an idea. that hasn't come out yet as far as we know. >> there's a lot unfolding, fox 5 tom fitzgerald breaks it all down for us. fitz? >> reporter: the president was asked about this today before he departed for texas. you're right. the president said he has an idea who, which one of his republican opponents in the primaries started this whole thing. but wasn't tipping his hand on this. what we can tell you today is, the reaction from the republicans has been this. what they want to know right now is if this document, this dossier, was used as a reason to launch the russia investigation, they say, if this is connected to the president's political opponents, that will have a very large bearing on the voracity of

accurate. for the president's part, he says from his viewpoint, this just confirms all of the things he has been saying he used both the russia investigation and this document in particular, his words, is a hoax. >> i think the very situated they've done with this fake dossier, it was made up and i understand they paid a tremendous amount of money, and hillary clinton always denied it. the democrats always denied it. now, only because it's going to come out in a court case they said, yes, they did it. they admitted it. >> reporter: so we went and talked today to nancy pilosi. we wanted a to know a couple of things from pilosi. we wanted a to know did she have prior knowledge? did we know whether or not she had any involvement in this and did she believe that this confirms what the president has been saying all along. that

campaign. the leader said she had no prior knowledge of this before learning it on television here last night. and she went on to say that despite the president's repeated statements that he believed that this was a political smear campaign, she said the facts are that in her view, this is not. >> i don't think the president needs any fuel. i don't think he needs any facts. i think he just does what he feels like, so no, i'm not concerned about that. but what i am concerned about is the fact that the republicans are now going into all of these investigations, they just do not want to get the real story of the russian intrusion and disruption of our election. >> pilosi said what she would like to see and what other democrats oh like to see is one special select committee up on the hill. that would look into this. we should tell you the dnc here today, they put out a statement saying that no current members of their leadership had

however, jim and shawn, we should know, it did not mention any prior leadership of the dnc. >> fitz i sort of feel like what's the marcia jan brady thing? russia, russia, russia, that's what i feel like every day we're doing here. we'll continue to stay on top of this. one day after the battle of words between the president and several gop lawmakers, the president fired back. he slammed arizona senator jeff flake. he described the president's behavior as reckless, outrageous and undig if i did. the president defended himself today. >> very high in arizona, i love the people they like me, i think i probably helped greatly in arizona by what happened with senator flake. >> the president also said senator flake decided not run because he was going to lose. we should

was trail his challenger. the question is what's next? the president will have to work with jeff flake until 2019. of >> you mentioned some of those polls and there was research out there that suggested not only was jeff flake in trouble in the republican primary, he was in trouble in a hypothetical match-up with a democratic opponent. which in state like arizona, which has been pretty red. the trended quite red. however, there's two schools of thought. yes, this is good for president trump. there's also the school of thought that says what that you may have a, joe arpiao might be running >> she's a huge trump supporter and the folks in arizona especially in that area gave trump a big victory. >> there's had a lot of talk if you have a divisive republican primary, it kind of paves the way for democrats to not spending more money

election. when we saw the speech yesterday, we're kind of reliving what we saw, were you surprised that jeff flake said i'm out, i'm done? >> i was surprised at the timing, because just a week ago he said if i weren't going to run i wouldn't be doing fund-raising or active in this race basically and the lead-up. obviously, there was a tipping point for him. he was probably seeing polling, he thought if time going to get out, i'll get out with a bank i guess >> jeff flake will be there and have to work with the president until january, 2019 what, sort of things, what sort of big issues in addition to we know, of course, the budget, is he going to have to work with the president on, and do people think there will be some sort of an issue >> it's important to remember that for jeff flake, this isn't really an i did logical issue. there are some areas where they disagree, immigration is a big one. in terms of tax cuts, healthcare, he's really on side with just the republican base and with

>> he voted with them 92% of the time >> he keeps voting with trump. it's more of a, an idealogical split. he said trump is sort of undermining the officer of the presidency and so it will be interesting to decide, you know, if he still lines up and votes aye when trump wants him to >> jeff flake is kind of, for lack of a better word, sort of a milquetoast politician type, calm, very level headed. stylistically you couldn't find two people more different. >> this was never going to be a close political alliance, it's interesting to see the people speak out, bob corker is another one. neither of them are people who ruffled a lot of filthers around the senate. part of it is they're stepping down and able to speak out without having to worry about the base >> dave lawless from ax yos thanks for coming in

georgetown university could be stripped of its funding for its belief in what they consider traditional marriage >> people were talking about this today, ronica cleary joins us live from the newsroom with exclusive reaction from the group's president. ronica. >> reporter: well, it started, this newspaper, simple letter to the editor in georgetown university's newspaper. amelia irvine is a 20-year-old student at georgetown, president of a group called love saxa. she wrote a piece titled confessions of a college virgin. in the piece she spoke about her decision to abstain from sex before marriage. she went on to discuss the views of her organization. the flash headline sure got attention. love sacksa does not nebul same sex marriage, they believe in what's called the couldn't cal view of marriage. she explained that in herpes to say this,

emotional, spiritual physical and mental directed towards caring for biological children; the editorial board responded to this by calling irvine's views intolerant, call for the student activity center to end the group's university status and stop providing its annual $250 of funding. now, love sacksa is typically an apolitical. but she surprised by the backlash at a catholic institution >> all of our issues in sexuality are completely in line with the catholic church, when students say your values are hateful or intolerant, they're calling the catholic church itself hateful's intolerant. it was very surprising for me. >> the student activity center will hear the case against love saxa this monday, georgetown university released statement that did not appear

side on the matter. they simply encouraged students to have an open dialogue and you mutual respect >> you mentioned and when she mentioned about it being a catholic university. it is a private institution. if we were having this debate on a public campus, it would be a different story. but she brings up a compelling point. we'll see what her fellow students decide next week. >> she said she will appeal the decision if in any decide to dismantle the group, she plans to take this to the next level if she needs to. >> eight towering tribute to military veterans in prince george's county. now the courts say it might have to come down. we're back with an update on 5@630.

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soldier. he was a master chester player, sports player, spoke three languages including the dialect in niger. she said her husband was an amazing father >> he was incredible. even just this year. i was thinking 12 years, you know,s had flown by. i don't even think 50 will be enough. but i'll take 12. >> she too is following the investigation of what happened in niger and patiently awaiting answers as for the controversy surrounding president trump and the conversation with another gold star wife. but for her it was a different situation and is praying for the family. sergeant la david johnson. thousands of people pass every day, you may have seen it it's called the peace cross, stands in the middle of a park, an intersection in bladensburg >> it was built in 1925, but a recent court ruling deemed i

maryland's governor is fighting back. matt ackland has more tonight from bladensburg. >> reporter: the governor is not happy about this decision, the cross has been here a long time, it stands about 40 feet. it was put here to honor those who died in world war i. but a recent decision by an appeals court says that this cross is unconstitutional. govern hogan wrote as a native prince george's county resident, he's passed this cross thousands of times in his life. and he's ready to fight to keep it here. writing enough is enough. we asked the govern about it today >> it doesn't make sense to me whatsoever. it's been there all 100 years now. >> reporter: govern instructed maryland's attorney general to fight the decision and it could go to the supreme court. the appeals court wrote in its decision, it excessively entangles the government and religion because the cross is the core symbol of chris chanty. the american

association which raised the issue responded to the comments saying, in part. the concern of plantive is it's nt just christian one >> why some decided we have to tear it down we're not going to let that happen. we'll take legal action. it will stay where it has been. i don't care what it takes. >> reporter: as our photography was getting video of cross, four different people yelled out from their vehicles in support of keeping the cross here. in bladensburg, maryland, matt ackland, fox 5 local news. it is a big night here in washington. in fact, we're live on the red carpet of a brand new mini series about soldiers at war. 5@630 will be right back.

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. the book and mini series are set in 2004. today known as black sunday. the newly arrived platoon from the first calvary was ambushed in baghdad >> kevin mccarthy is live on the red carpet. >> reporter: it's amazing for the long road home premiering on november 7. i have the author of the book that is now being turned into an eight-part mini series. a huge event, michael kelly is here, we have a huge event happening. martha, talk about this story and what made you want to write a book >> i believe this is one of those stories i was in iraq and i heard the guys tell me about this battle. it was first of all the first time i had ever seen a soldier cry. it was so powerful and so intense, son

to share what happened to them i just knew i had to write more about it and cover this, and i have been with these guys for 13 year, 13 years. i've known them and their families, after i met them and what they'd been through and how many they lost on that day, i had to meet the families. meeting them and being kind o a bridge between that war zone and the home front in fort hood was a profound experience and the most important project i've ever worked on. >> reporter: here's the author of the book for the long road home which again is an eight-part mini series premiering on nat go on november 7th. the actual mini series takes place in real time, april 4, 2004. talk about having this displayed in real time and cutting back and forth between the families in texas and the soldiers in baghdad >> i think one of the great things about this is that it's very relatable to people. these aren't the action figure

are the guys who can be your neighbors, your friends and say very, very relatable series. and to do it in real time, you feel how long those guys were on that roof. how long it took to get rescue vehicles to them. the tension, what they went through. and the other thing that you see in this i think is that, they're not all the same. they come from different backgrounds, different personalities. a lot of times in war movies i think it's like which one is that? the guy in the helmet? they're so hard to tell them apart. you'll look at michael kelly and say that's gary bet ski. it's an incredibly compelling and to have the story of the families who are so important is part of the appeal of this. >> reporter: by the way, the movie talks about not only the soldier going to battle but also the families going to battle as well being at home dealing with this -- what's happening. but one of the things i found fascinating

the first calvery division, who this is based on is from fort hood in texas, the headquarters is there, they shot this show at the actual fort hood, recreating solder city baghdad with 100 buildings, constructing things, talk about what it meant to see that and having that in texas and shooting the whole thing in texas. >> first of all props to the army and pentagon for letting us do that, that's the actually base where these guys said good-bye to their families that day and you know, days later would be in their worse battle of their lives. being on that set for me who covered conflict a lot of year, you found yourselves looking for bombs. it was so realistic and some of the guys and i know you've been such a great job covering this, some of the guys had to leave the set first couple days. i walked down that set on the last night of shooting with a gold star

and it was in the middle of the night. we just finished shooting. and i said are you sure you want to do this? she said i do. i do. and she looked up in the sky and said, this is what my son saw that night. and i want to see that. i want to live it and tears streaming down our faces. i think it was a healing for a lot of them. it's not just that gold star mom or those soldiers, or those families, it's a story about everyone. i always make that point. it's -- at remembrance of that battle, but it reminds us all of the sacrifice's service. >> reporter: it was a pleasure meeting you by the way, martha, >> thanks for looking at it and reading it and everything else. >> reporter: martha, the show is the long road home, premier premiers on nat go on november 7th. make sure you tune in yit's great to see you in the even

kevin >> back after this. >> back after this.

. the distill larry was rebuilt ten years ago and this weekend a group of distillers are gathered to celebrate the big 10th anniversary and the rise of american whiskey. master distiller is here. thanks for being here. real quickly for people who may be confused. george washington long time ago, explain how we got to this point >> ten years ago, after finishing archeology, we reconstructed washington's distill larry with great help. it's a working distillery, we make the original recipe whisk key using 18th century methods >> we have five copper pot

we chop a lot of wood and row the mash by hand, we're following from the records that we have the exact process, and the grains used. >> how much of an undertaking was it to restore something like that, and to keep all those historical elements in tact >> when we do restorations at mt. vernon we're meticulous about using the right records, so the new building is built right over the footprint of the original and the original archeology told us where the distillery was and the components and we have a great paper trail, washington was a mets tuck lus paper keeper >> can they visit the distillery >> it's open from april 1st to october 31st. it's a seasonal site. those two buildings work together, it's part of the mt. vernon experience but the estate itself is open every day of the year. >> tell us what you have here, we

>> this is the rye whiskey we make in mt. vernon. i didn't want to bring you that. it was an unaged whiskey. i thought you might want to try. it is not morning show so we're good >> we're going on late tonight too >> rye is kind of a spaces taste. it has corn and malted barley and this was double distilled let's check it out. >> i'm not a whiskey girl, it's very strong. >> it's very good. >> i was going to say. >> you can taste the elements. excellent. it's very smooth. >> folks can come down and get that there >> yes, they can buy it at the main estate and the grissmill shop >> steve bay shore thanks so much for coming in. how much time do we have? 15 seconds. we're

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