. president trump wants republicans to take control of the russia probe and he said he's open to talks were you north korea >> plus one-on-one with larry hogan >> these are some of the top talkers at 6:30, let's get to it. it's a democratic hoax >> president trump taking on the russian investigation this morning, tweeting, let's go. of the single greatest witch hunts in american history continues, there was no collusion and everybody including the demes know there was no collusion, russia and the world is laughing at the stupid dethey're witnesses, republicans should finally take control. we don't know exactly what he meant by saying that. >> mea

congress warns russia is working to undermine democracies and president trump isn't doing enough to safeguard the u.s. >> in a new 200 page report, russia is deepning. senators also blasted president trump directly. they said, quote, never before in american history has so clear a threat to national security been so clearly ignored by a u.s. president. but not a single republican is backing the report. congress's first so comprehensively detail russian meddling since the 2016 presidential election. >> i find it really shameful, we spent over a year now, on an investigation which is coming up with nothing. now, listen. maybe, bob mueller has something we don't know about. but i've been at testimony after testimony after testimony of all these witnesses and so far, there's been no evidence of any collusion shown whatsoever >> while the president repeatedly denied accumulations his camig

russia. 5 report comes as several congressional and federal investigations probe into what exactly took place. >> the president's lawyer filed a defamation against buzzfeed. today on twitter, the president blasted california senator diane feinstein for releasing the transcript of the interview with the firm that compiled the dossier writing, fact that sneaky diane feinstein who was on numerous stated collusion was not found and release testimony in such an under handed totally out authorization is a disgrace, must have tough primary >> the denial did not end there. the president was asked if he would agree to that interview with special counsel robert mueller. here's part of what the president said >> i can only say this, there was absolutely no collusion, everybody knows it. every committee. i've been in office now 11

months. for 11 months, they've had this phony cloud over this administration, over our government. and it has hurt our government. it does hurt our government >> the president said, you know, he doesn't think it's necessary for him to have that interview with robert mueller. we will see what happens. >> he did say at one point it was asked for, that was before everything started to ramp up but he said he would testify or speak to robert mueller. we'll take it from there. another big headline, president trump told south korea leader he's open to direct talks with north korea about his nuclear program. >> phone call with south korea leader, president trump expressed interest in such talks at the appropriate time under the right circumstances. over the weekend, the president said he'd be open to speaking with kim jong-un, there would have to be preconditions. this week president trump expected to extend relief from economic sanctions to iran, president said there's been progress in amending u.s. legislation that governs the nuclear deal, however the

be sanctioned on businesses and people. the president has until friday to decide what he's going to do. otherwise it could jeopardize the nuclear agreements. closer look at both developments, thanks so much for joining us. what, if any, reactions have we heard with the president saying he would be open to the talks with north korea >> the president is now saying that he has an openness to talking with north korea. however, he's mentioning there may be circumstances what that reminds us is that fact that he has said in the past he wouldn't talk with north korea, there would be no democracy until north korea denuclear rising, they said they will never do that, to the extent is thinking we can talk with the u.s. if someone tells you they know that a wear they go, they're flubing it >> there's been so much talk about the discussions between north and south korea. president took credit. although the u.s. is not part of those discussions right now.

anything else >> we'll have to see how it pans out. north and south korea agreed to hold future talks. we don't know when that is and at the most recent conversations between the two countries, south korea reportedly brought up nuclear weapons and north korea representative there said that was ridiculous and he wouldn't talk about it but he did point out, however, that he has his weapons, nuclear point to do the u.s. which could imply they may be open to talking about it if the u.s. were involved. no way to know for certain >> i know we're still in the early stages of this and there's a lot of speculation. have you heard any indication when those talks, if at all possible, might happen? >> not at this moment. the u.s. has had several unofficial back channels in, for unofficial conversations with north korea over the past few years. channel 2 talks, they're called. it will be interesting to see if those become more formal and high level conversations

>> we have the winter olympics coming you's and guests expecting the winter olympics the ceremony to be the night that kim jong-un would do another nuclear test but sounds like and i don't know what -- you've uncovered your reporting, it doesn't sound like we'll see that. >> so one of the things that north korea brought up in their conversations with south korea is that they're interested in having the u.s. and south korea postpone their joint military exercises. which north korea used as rehearsal for invasion and they feel defensive about it and the u.s. has decided to push those back until march until the olympicings are over, it's possible that tensions may simmer down. there are reports last week that north korea may have been preparing for a launch. so again, remains to be seen but looks like things might be eased up for now on that front. >> let's talk about iran, is there any indication which direction the president might lien when it comes to these possible sanctions >> they're reporting that trump is expected to waive sanctions on iran at the end of this week,

for him, and there's six sources that say they're familiar with the conversations, that the white house is having with the -- with people in capitol hill who are familiar with the legislation that deals with the iran deal. the reason that matters is congressional staffers and lawmakers don't have a deadline necessarily but if trump trusts they will work on a deal he's in favor of he can maybe waive the sanctions for now even though he's been so strong about the fact that he doesn't like this iran deal >> good to see you thanks for coming in. >> president trump lashed out at the federal judge in california who temporarily blocked his decision to end dacaly this of course, the program we talked a lot about this protect young immigrants from deportation. the judge ruled the program has to remain in place while both sides battled it out. in response the president said how broken the court system is. he ended and gave congress in my march. that decision

president and congressional leaders yesterday agreed to save daca while tackling other aspects of immigration reforms >> we don't want the government to make profit off undocumented people. off immigrants. >> a lot of those daca recipients are starting told like a paw in this whole political arena. and we've been a pawn for a long time >> looking daca is one of the few things we have democrats and a good number of republicans coming together and agreeing in some way, any shape or form. under the ruling, daca recipients will be able to renew status, government would not be able to accept new applications or allow dreamers to return to the u.s. if they leave larry hogan as the state's general assembly returned to session >> tom fitzgerald is live. >> reporter: the first of the 90-day session where the gel assembly gets back down to business the next couple of months, that you say will not be a

it's an election year. larry hogan, as you know is up for reelection in he 2018 and he is well aware that when we sat down with him today, you know, the governor made it clear, there are a couple of ways you can go when you're in the final year of your term. you could play it safe, rest in your laurels. that does not seem to be the way the hogan team is looking at 2018. he said they're going to hit the ground running, they are going to put what he calls a very aggressive sears of legislation in this legislature. one of them is going to be term limits to limit the amount of time that is people can return here to power in annapolis. another is going to be on fiscal responsibility. but you know when we talked to him today, listen to how he describes how he views what he said might be the most important year of his term here. >> i think it may be. look, we made a lot of progress over the past three years, we're probably putting our mt

in this year. we've gotten a lot of things done, it's an election year, which will complicate things because some people want to play politics. >> speaking of playing politics, we're talking about a republican governor in a democratic state and of course, we have the trump effect. how might that affect governor hogan's bid? >> well, you know, shawn, jim, over the years, people have accused governor hogan of trying to keep the president at arm's length, you know, during the campaign, during this first year of his presidency. we asked him about that today. and he didn't back down from this one. he said, you know, in his respect, that he has a job to do here as the governor of maryland. the president of the united states has a job to do as the president of the united states. from his view point it is his independent that led to a lot of these poll numberses he's coming in anywhere from the

second most popular governor in the country right now. we asked him about this. republican or democratic state? how is donald trump going to effect your chances for reelection? this is what he said. >> we're pleased with aware we are, 72% job approval. i believe the president is about 22% in maryland. so we have a 50 points spread. people don't see me the same as they see president trump. >> reporter: it is something they are keeping an eye on, they're well aware of the political tide in the state and there are a lot of democrats in this building behind us that would like to see larry hogan be a one and done governor here. interestingly enough, we should add that the governor said he's committed to metro funding here but he wants to do that without any tax increase. but he said it is not up to him alone. he has to work with virginia. he has to work with dc and he has to work with the federal government. >> tha

lot about coming up in the next weeks and months. no doubt about it. thanks. it is 39 outside. let's check in with sue palka and find out what we can expect the rest of this evening. >> shawn and jim we'll have to watch for a little bit of fog later. i know some of you still had a little bit of ice around, hopefully all of that dried up but we'll be chilly as we go forward the rest of the night. tomorrow, it's a warmer day, we should be able to get into the low 50's. but we are going to introduce a chance for few showers after that 5:00 or 6:00 for the most part but that rain may get heavier tomorrow night into friday morning, can't be certain if there won't be a rumble of thunder in a few spots. and that is badly needed rain by the way because we've been put in a moderate drought. we've had very little rain this fall as well as during the month of december in our little bits of snow not contributed much for sure. it is also going to be quite mild by friday. we are foras

there will be a break in the rain in the afternoon on friday before the second piece comes through friday night and saturday. and that drops our temperature for the weekend. more details on that on our later newscast. sending it back to shawn and jim. >> by lawmakers are calling for their colleagues to ware black during president trump's first state of the union address >> and virginia looks to become the 10th state to ban a controversial form of therapy. when 5@630 comes right back. come in now for the new year savings event at havertys furniture. save up to one thousand dollars in bonus discounts. plus, you can get 24 month financing with no interest. start the new year by adding stylish pieces throughout your home.

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several actors wore black to the golden globe awards >> terry mcauliffe will deliver his state of the final final address, mcauliffe elected as governor that 2014 and is lieutenant governor ralph northam will replace him, he'll be sworn in on saturday. promised progress on issues medicaid expansion and gun control. no matter who gets elected. a pledged bipartisan. >> does it work >> the governor's address by the way comes on the same day the virginia's general assembly kicks off. nine states in the district ban so-called gay conversion therapy for minors, now there's a push to add virginia >> ronica is live with more. >> jim and shawn, you know, as you said, we've seen bills like this across the country, now virginia, two lawmakers in virginia hoping to add virginia to the list, but we spoke

psychotherapist who said these bills do not help minors. in fact, he believes they make the situation worse. >> huge concern i have for this type of therapy ban bill is that it's actually doing the opposite of what it claims to do. you know, the activist will have you believe they're trying to keep people from being harmed, which in and of itself is a noble concern. however, it's not licensed professional counselors that are doing bad work. it's religious fanatics that don't understand sexual and gender identity that are shaming people, and making them feel bad about who they are. and not working ethically and safely with them. >> christopher doyle said he once experienced same sex attractions but today lives his life as a hat row sexual. he's married with five children. >> i'm living my dream. and it was my concern and my hope to help others who were li

attractions and feels but didn't identifies as lgbt and sought a different alternative >> while doyle works with minors, he has rules for the family. >> i'm not changing anyone. and this is not a conversion therapy or change therapy. we're affirming clients with who they believe they are. i never work with family who just simply wants me to quote, unquote, change their child. that's not what good therapy is. >> we spoke with virginia resident elliot dresdna for reaction, she was born female but identifies as gender nonbinary and is an lgbtq advocate, dresdan ands legislation is important and talking away even the option for conversion therapy for minor says good thing. >> i think that it's good honestly that it's just for minors, because the -- if someone is over 18 and

themes are making this decision, then that -- that's what matters. it's -- the thing with minors is that a parent is enforcing that on them and that's the negative impact. a parent is deciding we don't like who you are, so we're going to say to change that. we're going to try and change that. i think that the law protecting that to not be able to happen is really what's important. >>reporter: christopher doyle, the psychotherapist, is opposed to the bill but he doesn't believe a bill like this will affect his business, because this idea of conversion therapy he said it is not what he practices. back to you, jim and shawn. >> thank you. less than a year after shot at the congressional baseball practice, minority whip steve scalise is back in the hospital. we'll explain next. the gold star father that went head-to-head with president trump is back in the political spotlight. find out why and yes, these are the go ahead globes, we'll talk about that. ♪

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gold star father who sparred with president trump during the 2016 presidential campaign is using his unexpected fame to help democratic candidates for 2018 primaries >> he's backed democrats running in must win house races, he told the hill he was motivated to do by events like the deadly white supremists rally in charlottesville. he plans to attend fund raisers and help candidates, he game day fame at the dnc when he spoke about his son ax soldier killed in iraq in 2004. he reacted to president trump's attack on muslims. the president responded were any series of attacks on twitter. fall-out over the explosive book fire and fury. president trump said he's taking a quote, strong look at like this laws in response to that book >> the book paints a iconic dysfunctional book.

president blasted current liable laws calling them, quote, sham an disgrace, no word on how that would make to other perhaps private trump, regardless trump lawyer threatened to sue, the author and publisher to stop the release, it's moved up in response to higher demand and no lawsuit filed a decade old book with a similar title is shot up on amazon's best seller, fire and for, the allied bombing in germany. apparently people are confusing it with michael wolf's book, i'm not sure how you do that. the author of the book on the allied bombing in germany is confused and said he can't figure out how people are getting it wrong. >> here's the thing, i bet when people get it they send it back and they reorder it. nonetheless, we're talking about his book. >> well even though minority whip steve scalise is back on the job. road to

>> the louisiana congressman set to go more surgery he, of course, was seriously injured when a gunman opened fire on republican lawmakers practicing for a charity baseball game last june. the minority whip shot in the hip. he had previous surgeries to repair internal organs and broken bones. congressman daryl isis said he's not going to seek reelection >> he barely won in 2016 by a little more than half percentage. his retirement increases democrats chances and house republicans will have to defend at least 31 open seats this year, due to retirements resignations and lawmakers seeing other offices in contrast, democrats will have 15 open seats >> daryl icic made his fame in car alarms back in the day, used his fortune to help bank role the recall that resulted in arnold schwarzenegger being governor of california. he ran and didn't win, clearly. that's about to come

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. it's official, former president barack obama and first lady michelle obama's official portraits will be unveiled next month, february 12th at the smithsonian port trial gallery. it was painted best known for his vibrant large scale paintings. mrs. obama's was painted by baltimore's own artist, amy sherald. >> you have different artists taking their own perspective of the presidency so you see it progress >> and they get to choose which artists will do their work >> you know they will get their best side. >> indeed. >> well, we want to thank you for joining us at 8:00.

of us. >> we can do that >> we'll do it with the iphone >> then join shawn and tony at 8:00 on fox 5 plus. we'll see you later.

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