jon: ellison barber, thank you. lord is expected to finish a hand recount this weekend to decide the contested senate race between republican governor rick scott and democratic incumbent, bill nelson. the scott campaign sounded confident about the end result. >> this is set for tuesday, right? >> that is correct. >> and to understanding, that will be certified and scheduled on tuesday? >> we believe it will. we believe that tuesday the election results will be certified and governor scott, senator elect scott will be heading to washington. jon: peter doocy is in florida with more on that. reporter: jon there was quite a commotion her late this afternoon as the search more than 2000 missing early ballots began without the election supervisor, brenda sipes telling anybody that her team was about to start handling boxes and boxes of the early ballots and wheeling them out of a locked cage. republicans i've spoken to a very concerned that they are being transparent about what's happening inside. democrats tried to press

i'm ellison barber, fox news.emocrats putting 2020 white house hopes on progressives, hawaii's senator brian tweeting in part, quote, we must reject the premise that this is a fight between moderates and progressives, we are going to nominate a progressive but is this really the right direction democrats need to take their party into if they want to retake the white house? here now to debate is a member of the trump campaign advisory board madis and joel, thank you for joining us this morning, we appreciate i. >> great to be with you. >> madison, i will start with you, is this a good direction for democrats to go? >> you know, heather for the past 2 years we have been criticizing democrats for lacking a message and i think this seems to be response going further left than in the past and obviously this may win somebody a primary for 2020 it's not going to win a general election and i think it all goes back to the economy which as you know has been president trump's strongest accomplishment, that's in fact, allotte

ellison barber has more.united states now more than ever. that is according to the latest national climate assessment. the report found many extreme weather and climate -related events have already become more frequent, intense and widespread. the authors of the report say they expect many of the events to continue to increase or worsen. >> and this warming trend can only be explained by human activity. especially greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. >> if there is not substantial and sustained global mitigation and regional adaptation efforts, the report was climate change is expected to cause growing losses to american infrastructure and property and impede the rate of economic growth over this century. the report is over 1600 pages. it looks at the impact of climate change now and in the future. it says that some aspects of our economy could see some improvement in a warmer world but long-term, official say will hurt the u.s. economy. according to the report, the weather and climate disasters have class t

ellison barber has more. reporter: climate change is negatively impacting the united states now more than ever. that is according to the latest national climate assessment for the report found many extreme weather and climate related events have already become more frequent, intense and widespread. the authors of the report say they expect many of those events to continue to increase or worsen. this can only be explained by human activities. especially greenhouse gases. >> if there is not substantial and sustained global mitigation and adaptation efforts they warm climate change is expected to cause growing losses. and impede economic growth over the century. the report is over 1600 pages and it looks to the impact climate change now in the future. if at some aspects of the economy could see some improvement in a warmer world but long-term officials say, it will hurt the u.s. economy. according to the report weather and climate disasters across the is nearly $400 billion. since 2015. the sort of assessment is

jon: ellison barber at the white house, thank you. during his exclusive foxes interview the president defending his choice of matthew whitaker as acting attorney general. as some lawmakers push back over the criticism of the rush investigation by whitaker. garrett tenney has more. reporter: the president says he did not know about matt whitaker 's comments on the mueller investigation before taking him on as attorney general. after he said it did not have any effect on his decision. he also told chris wallace on "fox news sunday" he does not think that his past criticisms of special counsel will have any impact on the investigation. >> he says there's no collusion he says that there is -- you can start the investigation. >> what to do when a person is right? there is no collusion. he happened to be right, he said it so if he said there is collusion i'm supposed to be taking someone else's there is? because i would've taken for two reasons but the number one reason is the fact that he would have been wrong. if he said that there's no c

ellison barber, thanks. kristin.ristin: these are live images of protests in paris with confrontations with police and violence. why demonstrators are blaming the french president for high gas prices, plus, president trump calling for bipartisan support on the border wall. how he's calling for unity. george woke up in pain. but he has plans today. so he took aleve this morning. hey dad. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. tylenol can't do that. aleve. all day strong. all day long. now introducing aleve back and muscle pain, for up to 12 hours of pain relief with just one pill. that skills like teamwork, attention to detail, and customer service are critical to business success. the kind of skills, that work for you. >> you're looking at live images of burning flares in the streets at night, as night falls in paris. violent clashes erupted between protesters and police today over rising gas prices. police u

arthel: ellison barber, thank you. eric?ric: arthel, as election day draws near both parties are focusing on very different political agendas, in hopes of coming out on top. many experts are predicting the house, it could tip to the democrats. if so what can we expect, what if it stays in the hands of gop. emily rogers joins us a capitol hill reporter for "the daily caller." it is a blunt contrast. you can count on russia investigation hearings, possible impeachment talk, obamacare and other measures. where do things stand 72 plus hours out. >> eric i think republicans will lose the house, which will cause a lot of gridlock amongst congress obviously. as you know the senate has predicted to go to republicans, trump will still be in power in the white house. that will cause a gridlock full of, you know, subpoena powers by the how, to investigate certain parts of the administration and the white house. it will be really hard to get things done moving forward here. eric: so basically you're saying there will be more gridlock? l

climate -- ellison barber tells us the report says the extreme weather conditions have already becomense and more widespread. >> climate changes negatively impacting the united states now more than ever. that is according to the latest national climate assessment. the report found that many extreme weather and climate related events have already become more frequent, intense and widespread. the authors of this report say they expect many of those events to continue to increase or worsen. >> this warming trend can only be explained by human activities especially emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. >> if there is not substantial and sustained global mitigation and region -- regional adaptation measures, climate change will cause growing losses to american infrastructure and property and impede the rate of economic growth over this century. this report is over 1600 pages. it looks at the impact of climate change now and in the future. it says some aspects of our economy could see improvement in a warmer world but long term, officials say it will hurt the u.s. economy. acco

ellison barber has details. >> a federal investigative agency has opened a case file to review allegations that acting attorney general matthew whitaker violated the hatch act. the osc received two complaints. add issue, two filings. whitaker for u.s. senate received four contributions in january and february of this year. at the time whitaker worked as chief of staff to attorney general jeff sessions. the department of justice declined to comment but a source close to whitaker pointed fox news to a opinion from osc. it says -- >> he's the one that has a $50,000 loan out to the campaign. if the money is being used for a debt should come to him. he should disclose it. if he gets out of the hatch act violation, he could be walking into a financial disclosure problem, which can carry perjury charges. >> from the moment president trump named matthew whitaker his acting attorney general, his past has been under fire. >> this is hardly a neutral asher. >> three democratic members of the committee are challenging his appointment in court. >> once i choose somebody, they go through hell. >> some d

ellison barber standing by in washington to explain. >> hi, eric. already criticism of the deal from brexit supporters saying it is weak and bad for brett. >> we've signed up that not only will cost us up to 60 billion pounds. not only will keep us tied to european union rules, yet have no say over how the future ones are made. >> e.u. leaders including the european commission president jean-claude yunker are not thrilled with the deal either but for very different reasons. >> i will say that the withdraw of britain -- [inaudible] is mine. guess we will agree to be indoors. the brexit agreement, but it is a withdraw from the european union. >> to 27 e.u. leaders meeting in brussels endorse the deal made up the terms of u.k. european union departure. it also takes into account the framework for the u.k. e.u. relationship moving forward in what is described as the common objective of a close future relationship. the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland are said northern ireland are set to be the e.u. by march 29th of 2019. but the brit

ellison barber is live with a look at the battle for one of the state senate speech. reporter: senator jon tester will be this afternoon. the afternoon. her public and hoping take his senate seat. that was no campaigning north that president trump tomorrow. we'll have more on this race from the ground in just a minute. sh in. what's in your wallet? eric: president trump heavily invested in montana senate race. a rally there yesterday turned to the deceiver and jon tester to republican macros and mail. the race has become the most closely watched race this election season. ellison barber is live in missoula, montana with the latest on the contest for president trump held a rally yesterday. hey come allison. reporter: hey, eric. president trump in montana yesterday. mike pence will be here tomorrow campaigning with state auditor matt rosedale. that is the republican hoping to flip that senate seat currently held by democrat jon tester. tester will be in missoula this afternoon. both candidates trying to make a final push to get voters to the polls at montana state unive

arthel: ellison barber has more from washington. >> prime minister theresa may is urging the europeanmission -- they say this is the only possible deal. >> of people think there's another negotiation to be done that's not the case. it is the result of what is the tough and difficult negotiations over a significant period of time. >> in brussels, 27 e.u. leaders endorsed the with straw of the political declaration and lays out the terms of the uk's european union departure and also takes into account the framework moving forward in what's described as the common object is that this deal is not final. the british parliament and the european parliament. they will vote sometime before christmas after a crucial debate. the future of the steel in the u.k. is still so far from certain faces opposition between those between the e.u. and those who do. >> feels her own key commitments. the prime minister has not been able to guarantee and a lemonade the risk of the introduction of the so-called -- [inaudible] >> this still relist further economic and political humiliation. >> great britain and

eric: ellison barber on the north lawn of the white house with more. >> over the summer president trump reportedly asked his chief of staff john kelly to be his chief of staff through 2020. in the interview of president trump would not guarantee that. >> will come only get along well. certain things i love what he does in certain things i don't like that he does. that aren't his strengths. look, i have three or four or five positions and thinking about. i thought maybe it's going to end up being too. i need flexibility. >> a lot of rumor and speculation about the fate of the secretary of the department of homeland security. president trump says right now kirstjen nielsen is not tough enough at the border. >> there's a chance of everybody. that's what happens. you leave, make a name, though. >> i like her very much. i respect her very much. i'd like her to be much tougher on the border. >> the president talked about issues will be on white house gates. the u.s. received a recording of jamal khashoggi's murder. he did not personally listen to the tape because in his words it is a sufferin

corresponded ellison barber has been investigating, this has been tightly guarded informatio information she checked into the george washington university hospital she took a tumble in her office at the supreme court wednesday evening. she went home after the fall but headed to the hospital after experiencing discomfort. tests showed it she fractured three ribs on her left side and she was admitted for observation and treatment. it sparked an outpouring of support online, many offering to donate their own ribs. it led to speculation on her future in the nation's highest court. she's the oldest justice on the court, she previously shut down rumors on retirement and she has lined up clerks through 2020. >> as long as i can do the job. and, i will do it. >> she has had a fall before in 2012 leading to a couple rib fractures, she has a history of rib fractures, she has overcome cancer twice including pancreatic cancer. she survived it several years ago, she's tough. >> in july of 2016, she criticized candidate trump telling "the new york times" i can't imagine what the country would be with

eric: ellison barber has reaction to the fireworks. reporter: the president and chris wallace covered a lot of ground in this interview. chris wallace asked president trump about the historic win for democrats in the house this election cycle. he spent a significant amount of time campaigning for republicans across the country. he often told people to vote for republicans and earn couraged them to look at their vote in the mid terms as a vote for his administration and policies. he says. chris: last week in this election the house picked up 36 seats, it may be on the way to 40 seats. and your reaction was it was almost a complete victory. president trump: i won the senate. i didn't run. i wasn't running my name wasn't on the ballot. reporter: the president did not discuss domestic issues. he talked about the murder of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi. he confirmed that the saudi arabia crown prince ordered the killing was denied by the crown prince. president trump: he had people that are reasonably close to him that were p

jillian: ellison barber has more on the explosive court filing we were not supposed to see. >> reporteradvertently identify julian assange in a court filing in an unrelated case suggesting prosecutors with the department of justice have prepared charges against the founder of wikileaks under seal. the news first reported by the washington post described as a development that could significantly advance the probe into russian interference in the 2016 election and have major implications for those who publish government secrets. and the court filing prosecutors said charges and an arrest warrant for assange would need to remain sealed until he's arrested in connection with charges and the critical complaint and can no longer avoid arrest or extradition in this matter. how assange's name is in court filings remains to be seen. the washington post says people familiar with the matter, the disclosure is true but unintentional. a spokesman for the eastern district of virginia told the associated press and the washington post that the court filing was made in error and it was not the intended

rob: ellison barber live in washington for what is next before the new congress moving. >> reporter:e democrats, half a dozen incoming democrats are preparing a letter promising not to support nancy pelosi as speaker of the house. a democratic agent familiar with the situation told fox news the names of 17 democrats on the letter. democrats from ohio, new york, colorado, south carolina, victor congressional races, filled by promising to oppose nancy pelosi. she is confident she will be the next speaker of the house. >> it is clear i will not be voting for the current leader. i am supporting change. >> house republicans dealt with the challenge in their ranks last night. the current number 2 california representative, kevin mccarthy, easily beat the founder of the freedom caucus, jim jordan, to become the next house minority leader. congress is back in session, notorious lame-duck session and lawmakers have a lot of legislation to consider, related to healthcare, national security, the border wall, protections for the special counsel, top of the list the spending bill. lawmakers need

allison barber on the friday after thanksgiving. hi, ellison. >> and corsi has been involved with the mueller team awhile now turning over computers, a cell phone. corsi told viewers that he was subpoenaed three days before his 72nd birthday. >> i fully anticipate the next couple days i will be indicted by mueller for some form or other of giving false information to the special counsel or to one of the other grand jury or whomever they want to do the indictment. but i'm going to be criminally charged. >> now, corsi a conservative writer and conspiracy theorist is in plea negotiations with robert mueller. the "washington post" said corsi confirmed this, it's true, your story is accurate. he declined to comment beyond that. he said there may be further developments next week. corsi is associated with former trump campaign adviser roger stone. stone has ties to wikileaks and the special counsel is looking into whether or not stone or anyone associated with the trump campaign knew about wikileaks plans to publish thousands of e-mails that were sto

correspondent ellison barber has details. >> a federal agency has opened a case file, matthew whitakeriolated the hatch act. in a spokesperson for the office of special counsel, independent federal and prosecutorial agency which is not related to the team led by robert mueller said they received two complaints. at issue are campaign contributions, whitaker ran for sinton 2014. according to filings, whitaker for u.s. senate received contributions in january and february of this year. at the time he worked as chief of staff to attorney general jeff sessions. the department of justice declined to comment but sources close to whitaker appointed fox news to a 2001 advisory opinion that said an agent on the campaign organization of a candidate who later became a federal employee could organize and promote fund-raising events to retire campaign debt. >> he has a $50,000 loan out to the campaign, that money if it's being used for debt should be coming to him -- he should be disclosing it. if he gets out of the hatch act violation, he may be walking into a financial disclosure problem which cou

i'm ellison barber fox news. arthel: thank you very much, eric, over to you.ric: let's go to matthew, former justice department attorney general, senior fellow at institute. you heard the critics say, they think the fix is in with whittaker, democrats say he was picked to protect the president, how do you see it? >> well, i think he was pick today be acting attorney general and i think he is unlikely to take any traumatic moves, if the press reports are accurate, the mueller investigation is drawing to a close and i think it would be best to let it run its course and given that he's the acting attorney general it would be unusual for him to take any dramatic actions given that he's in that acting role but the quickest way to resolve this is to get a permanent attorney general in place and the president has a lot of good choices in that regard. eric: we will get to that in a moment after the commercial but in terms of his criticism of the mueller probe, is raising the issue of whether or not the president can even be indicted while in office and saying that the

ellison barber has more of what it means. hello. >> this came as a pretty big surprise.'s alexander, longtime veteran of russian security services was favored to win andt international police organization. a bipartisan group wrote a letter encouraging the trump administration and members have interposed general assembly to oppose him. they accused russia of exploiting interpol. alexander, the letter said had been personally involved in this intimidation strategy. south korea's secured support from the member countries a day before rush of the vote, the white house publicly came out against. >> choose a leader. we believe mr. kim will be just that. >> britain lobbied against prokopchuk. some said they would leave interpol if prokopchuk won. kim secured support from two-thirds of the agency. russia is not disputing the results but they are accusing the u.s. and others of election interference. take a listen. >> translator: the election was held in an environment of the unprecedented pressure and interference. >> critics say moscow would've turned interpol into a weapon to

ellison barber at the white house today with the inside scoop on the interview. reporter: turkey's president says he gave the u.s. a copy of the khashoggi murder. president trump confirmed he was briefed on the tape that he says he did not personally listen to it. in his words he called it a suffering tape was vicious, violent and terrible. the cia concluded that the saudi crown prince bonhomie brings home and ordered the murder. he told "fox news sunday" the crown prince has told him roughly five times he was not involved in khashoggi's death. our colleague chris wallace then asked the question, what if, what is the crown prince is whining. >> tediously with it because you need him? >> will anybody really know? he did have people that were raised in the close to him and close to him that were probably come you saw the report on very heavy sanctions, nasa sanctions on a large group of people from saudi arabia. at the same time we have an ally and i want to stick with an ally that in many ways has been very good. turn at the u.s. government has not made a final co

correspondent ellison barber has more. >> for the second time since moving into the white house, firstmelania trump unveiled christmas decorations, and for the second time, the decorations were mocked, turned into internet memes comparing the decorations to everything from the handmaid's tale to stanley kubrick's horror film "the shining," to a car wash. outlets like "usa today," time and "huffington post." today there first lady responded during an event at liberty university. >> i would like to portray different stories and focus on different stuff. i am here to shine the light on important stuff and talk about things i can help. >> mrs. trump spoke about the decorations after she was asked about the criticism. >> everybody has a different taste. i think they look fantastic. [laughter] >> she traveled to virginia to speak about something else. >> it can begin with something as innocent as injury, a sports injury or from some kind of accident. >> opioid abuse is one of the pillars in her initiative. the others are well-being and social media. the first lady has come under fire for the

ellison barber joins us live from the washington bureau with more.eporter: the president often criticizes the special counsel. no secret there. he often calls their investigation a witchhunt. on twitter this week he did again and called robert mueller 's team a disgrace to our nation. a series of tweets and the president's new at the attorney general raise concerns among democrats. they say they want this to include language protecting the special counsel. >> the special counsel cannot be fired without cause. they would be granted a three-judge appeal panel if fired. only be removed by a senate confirmed ag. replaced by a senate confirmed attorney general. worktop senate confirmed justice department official. >> the president forced out jeff sessions as attorney general and named matt whitaker acting attorney general p democrat say the appointment violates the appointments clause of the constitution and is also problematic because in the past, whitaker has publicly criticized the special counsel. the president says his special counsel tweets were not

ed: ellison barber live from helena, montana.rence at 11:30 this morning in the east room of the white house. the event is open to the press. game on. new day, two years left. ed: here we go. absolutely. ainsley: let's bring in steve doocy live at the farmhouse restaurant. he is in branson, missouri. hey, steve. hawley did well. he beat claire mccaskill. steve: oh, you know what, ainsley. that result didn't come in until late last night. the folks here in branson had kind of a late night. no one is really up except the people at. [knocking] >> the farmhouse restaurant. [cheers] >> this is a legendary spot in branson, missouri. good morning, "fox & friends." [cheers] all right. this is largely a -- it was a crowd that voted extensively for josh hawley. this is the legendary singer song writer billy yates. wrote that song for george jones. went something like this. this morning he has changed it ♪ i don't need no rocking chair ♪ i hope claire enjoys her rocking chair. steve: all right. anyway. by the way, we got a lot of people cam

our ellison barber is there where all the action is about to take place. hi, ellison. >> good morning to you, laura. so president trump won this state in 2016 by 20 points. his approval rating tends to come in the polls by above 50%. he's hoping to capitalize on that in montana and get voters to support the candidates he wants to see in washington d.c. the senate race here is very competitive. real clear politics puts tester above his republican challenger. and republicans want to capitalize on the trump factor and they're focusing on big picture national issues. tester is trying to keep it local. >> we are seeing a dramatic expansion of our economy and jobs being created because as a direct result of those tax cuts that tester did vote against and he voted against gorsuch and voted against kavanaugh. >> i think that public land is important, our veterans of important, government accountability is important, all of the above. >> this is president trump's fourth midterm rally in montana. he's complained in the state more than any other. and there are no visi

ellison barber joins us live from studio. welcome, with the latest.ent told reporters he personally answered about 140 questions. he said he answered 142. semi-several questions, some big questions i thought they were going to get and did not necessarily get. he said they would be submitting the answers this coming week. >> is a lot of the things we ask for. some things, for five big things left over off. it is a complete list 142 items. that is a lot of items. it didn't take very long. they were my answers. i don't need lawyers to that. reporter: the president's is answer the questions easily but also talked about his concerns over a perjury trap. the investigation to russian meddling in the 2016 election has resulted in indictments of 30 people and three russian entities for former trump campaign aides pled guilty. the president has criticized robert mueller. this week he called the team a disgrace to the nation and said he refused to look at bad acts and farms on the other side. that is not pleasing a lot of democrats. >> for what seemed like the m

ellison barber is here with that. pushback might be taking it lightly. >> the democrats say that he needs to recuse himself because, well, they say there are comments he made about the special counsel's investigation previously that make him or put him in a position where they think he should not be in this role. the president says he did not talk to the acting ag about the mueller probe. reporters on friday, he doesn't know mr. whitaker, but in october he told fox news that he did. >> i can tell you that matt whitaker is a great guy. i know matt whitaker. >> i don't know matt whitaker. matt whitaker worked for jeff sessions and always extremely highly thought of and he still is. >> the president tweeted yesterday evening that whitaker is highly respected former u.s. attorney from iowa. he was chosen, the president writes by jeff sessions to be his chief of staff. i did not know mr. whitaker, like-wise as chief. i did not mr. whitaker except primarily as he traveled with ag sessions. no social contact. he will make an

had since i think neil armstrong was walking on the map back in 1969 fox news correspondent, ellison barber is in montana with the very latest. reporter: neil so president trump, his approval rating in this state is above 50%. he won this state in 2016 by about 20 points, and many polls his approval rating is slightly higher than the incumbent democratic senator john tester but in this senate race, tester is ahead by about four points, he's ahead of his republican challenger matt rosendale. republicans want to try and capitalize on the trump factor trying to make this a more national race. rosendale is talking about things like the economy, jobs, the tax cut, he's also talking about the supreme court vote and trying to hang tester on the fact he did not vote in favor of kavanaugh. democrats and john tester in particular, they're trying to keep this race more local. he's talking a lot about healthcare, public land, veterans also talking about corruption and government accountability. this is president trump's fourth visit to montana of late there are no big democrats here no visit from presi

griff: ellison barber is in washington with the latest. good morning.on when it comes to a brexit deal but already it's getting pushback. this deal lays out the terms of the uk's european union departure and also takes into account the framework for the uk /eu relationship moving forward and what's described as the common objective of a close future relationship. european council president donald tusk tweeted that the 27 eu leaders meeting in brussels endorsed the agreement and european commission president told reporters the deal is a good one but the situation is tragic. >> it is possible and the european union will not change its fundamental position when it comes to this issue of the united kingdom. the european union is a moment of deep silence. reporter: british prime minister theresa may says parliament will vote on the deal before christmas after a "crucial national debate." >> somehow there is negotiations to be done, that's not the case. this is the deal. it's the result of what is being tough a difficult negotiation this is the best possible

griff: ellison barber is in our nation's capital with the latest. oduced by three senate republicans and three senate democrats. among other things, it would eliminate the so-called stacking regulation which makes it a federal crime to possess a firearm while committing another crime, it be a crime of violence or something like drug trafficking it would allow judges to reduce mandatory minimum for nonviolent drug offenders and change three strikes penalty from life in prison to 25 years. president trump pushed for it on twitter yesterday writing quote: criminal justice reform has a true shot at major bipartisan support. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and senator chuck schumer have a real chance to do something so badly needed in our country. already passed with big vote in the house. now, majority leader mcconnell previously told reporters they would see what the support is like if the bill has the support of at&t least 60 senators. he said he had would be open to moving it forward. but also cautioned that there isn't a whole lot of time left

ed: ellison barber still waiting for the sun to come up over missoula.oing across the state big crowds lots of enthusiasm. does that tell you anything about the electorate two days before the polls open? >> indeed. let's recall 2016. same situation. same dynamic. everywhere that mr. trump, then candidate trump would go, thousands of people would follow him. they would wait sometimes in the rain for hours. and the media would always ask the same question yes, kellyanne crowds will they vote? no they just stood in the rain for three hours to get into the rally and left outside. many of them have already voted. for all the talk about the enthusiasm on the democratic side, that's typical for the party out of power. very typical. what's a typical is to have a president who is able to command these crowds and be so active out on the trail. and to make the case, to make the case and ask for individual candidates. contrast the message that president trump is making when he goes to montana, when he goes to florida. i will be with him tomorrow for his last day as