gillian: i'm gillian turner. president trump touting job numbers this morning on twitter, he's focusing on minority unemployment during his administration. he tweeted out the fact is, african american unemployment is now the lowest in the history of our country, same with asian, hispanic and almost every other group. the democrats have been all talk and no action. my administration's already produced like no other and everyone sees it. allison barber joins us live from the white house with more. allison. >> reporter: hi, gillian. the president is spending the day at his golf club in virginia. he left the white house a little after 10:00 this morning. he was up well before then, tweeting about job numbers and also tiger woods. yesterday, president trump spent a significant amount of time and spent a significant amount of his tweets having those focused on trade. the u.s. reached a trade agreement with mexico. he said it's a deal canada could join if they want. a day later on twitter president trump said canada is

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gillian melchoir is here.time we have our meeting and something like this couples, everyone says gillian melchoir. what the heck has gone on. and the whole world knows it's going on. >> we are seeing a reversion to maoist policies. the chinese constitution guarantees against religious discrimination. right now under xi jinping we are seeing a crackdown. charles: why now? is this because power corrupts absolutely? he's sort of emperor for life? this gets back to his basic instincts. >> the chinese regime thinks religion is a threat. they thought they could manage it out of existence. but we have seen it explode. the culture of evolution. i think the government sees it as a threat. many chinese citizens i know don't see it as a conflict between being a good chinese citizen and a christian. >> this is a hard time for people of faith in china. xi is taking steps to consolidate power. he's targeting religion. we see this in february 2018 he instituted additional regulations on religious affairs. we are seeing unbel

gillian turner live with the latest, hi, gillian. >> good afternoon, mike, former trump campaign managerfort with full cooperation with special counsel robert mueller. the deal requires him to assist with the russia investigation and in effect transfer manafort allegiance to the government who may very well rely on testimony in the future. now news of the deal broke days before manafort facing trial number two of over ukrainian political consulting work and legal team is hunkering down for the storm. >> accepts the responsibility and he we wanted to make sure that his family was able to remain safe and live a good life, he accepts responsibility and this is for conduct that dates back many years and everybody should remember that. >> president trump's own team circumstancing the wagon, rudy giuliani offering this, once again an investigation is concluded with a plea having nothing to do with president trump and the trump campaign and the white house telling the press pool yesterday this has absolutely nothing to do with the president and victorious 2016 presidential campaign, it's totall

arthel: gillian turner, thank you very much, gillian.: as the tragedy continues as bashar al-assad's forces and the russian military are carrying out intense air strikes on syria's rebels, many civilians are being told, are being killed killed in latest, l have the latest from middle east bureau on this coming up. with all the drama in the senate judiciary committee hearings what is next for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh? we will have live report looking ahead to the next few weeks this afternoon, straight ahead live here on the fox news channel your mornings were made for better things than rheumatoid arthritis. before you and your rheumatologist move to another treatment, ask if xeljanz xr is right for you. xeljanz xr is a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. it can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, even without methotrexate. xeljanz xr can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma a

jillian: all right, gillian, time is ticking, thank you.: many democrats creating hysteria over brett kavanaugh's stance on roe v. wade and whether or not he would repeal. jillian: dan sullivan has response that refusal to respond makes him more qualified. >> i think he would make a great justice on the supreme court. he's been outstanding federal court of appeals. a person with humility which is rare in this town. with regard to roe v. wade but i didn't get into the details about asking about that, this isn't just judge kavanaugh, justice begins bigger famously said i'm not going to predict what may or may not come before the court because that would be prejudging and that's not the role of a judge. jillian: without vote of late john mccain, the republicans can't afford toless a vote. rob: lawmakers will question coo cheryl sandburg and jack dorsey about election meddling. utah senator orrin hatch is asking for investigation of google's dominance. jillian: voters in massachusetts will decide incumbent charlie baker and scott, republican pr

jim stewart is here, gillian gillian tett is here andrew is here, becky is here.ian tett it's salmon-colored? >> it is indeed salmon-colored i brought it along and it matches becky's dress. >> i did it for you. >> put little fts on it and you'll be perfect. >> and green is always good. >> money. >> it's the color of money there's red, there's blou, but money is green futures right now are down 70 or so last we looked, 69 on the dow. the s&p is down 6.66 and the nasdaq down about 13 treasury yields have been creeping up a little, but they act like they got all day to get to 3.25% they're 2.88 this morning. 2.88. >>> an update from the gulf coast this morning gordon has been downgraded now from a tropical storm to a tropical depression. the center of the storm is in central mississippi with maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour so that's good news for the folks down there. >>> here are some of the stories investors will be talking about today. nafta is on the docket canadian foreign minister chrystia freeland returns to washington today to resume trade talks

train to gillian turner in washington. for more on this, let's bring in white house reporter for the "washington post." there was a headline in the hill that says 79 threats to trump grows with manafort deal. is that necessarily the case? >> adventures team. we are the key not so much. the focus in washington, so matches on how how this affects the president and ontological speculation to have considering his former campaign chairman back in 2016. how manafort could help mueller or whatnot in relating to trump. i think there is some information on the other things gillian alluded to a little bit on what kind of information in manafort could provide to the special counsel that is focused more on the ukrainian political activity side of things because we no manafort is not the only one who's got the scrutiny of the feds because of this issue. some of the names that come up include tony podesta, the democratic superlobbyist here in washington whose brother john podesta was ill-equipped and campaign chairman. we don't know wha

gillian turner live in washington now with the latest, hi, gillian. >> hi, arthel, fox news learned yesterday that former trump campaign manager struck plea deal, the deal requires him to assist in the russia investigation and in effect transfers manafort's allegiance over to the government who may very well rely on his testimony in the future. news of the deal broke just days before manafort to face trial number two over previous ukrainian political consultant work and legal team hunkering down for the storm. >> mr. manafort accepted responsibility and he we wanted to make sure that his family was able to remain safe and live a good life, accept the responsibility and this is for conduct that dates back many years and everybody should remember that. >> and president trump's own team is circumstancing the wagon telling the press pool yesterday that it had nothing absolutely to do with the president or 2016 presidential campaign, it's totally unrelated. at tend of august president trump tweeted sympathy for one-time senior aide, i feel very badly for paul manafort and wonderful family, justice

gillian turner joining us.umstances this bill on the house floor would have been a huge deal and it almost sailed through almost under the radar. gillian: what would ordinary circumstances be. i don't know what that means before. you're right, the house did pass a bill that really redefiance the crimes for which they can be from the states. republicans widely believe it's a much-needed measure that furthers the president's goal for eliminating all criminal aliens from the united states. >> the community safety and security act provides that clarity by precisely and legally defining the phrase, crime of violence, and the related criminal acts that when combined with the element of force are indeed considered violent. gillian: the president lauded the bill's passage through the house via twitter writing under our horrible immigration laws the government is frequently blocked from deporting criminals with convictions. to deport violent felons. crazy dems opposed. need to get this bill to my desk. and talking about

gillian would prefer that it is left ina gillian would prefer that it is left in a modern, secure landfill it cannot escape. it it is a secure landfill then leave it there. whilst it is there is not going to be polluting the atmosphere and driving timea polluting the atmosphere and driving time a change. clearly this is not a secure landfill. if many people are saying they can turn this resource from plastic and mantle to fuel than that surely has to be a good thing? it isa surely has to be a good thing? it is a slightly less terrible type of fossil fuel. burning it is a slightly less terrible type of fossilfuel. burning plastic, whether it is fancy technology like pyrolysis or an incinerator, is incredibly polluting and that is why we need to massively be producing about reducing how much plastic weaves together and not locking ourselves into a whole new economy of plastic. but take a trip upriver to the city of london and there is a different view. investors are looking to see if digging up all the waste found in landfill will turn a profit and they argue, the 400 tonnes of plastic held

thank you, dr gillian murtagh, from abbott diagnostics.ing artists, has been unveiled at westminster abbey in london. the window was commissioned to celebrate queen's elizabeth's reign. our arts editor will gompertz went to have a look. choir singing. these are the centuries—old stained—glass windows of westminster abbey, depicting biblical stories and characters. alongside which, as from today, is this. a new, vibrant, bold, very modern 8.5 metre high window by david hockney, to celebrate the queen's reign. you have to look up, and you do look up. he hasn't chosen a religious subject, but one from nature — a blossoming hawthorn in spring. the hawthorn is celebratory. i mean, it's four days of marvellous blossom. it's as though champagne has been poured over it. a vivid, red path separates the abstract shapes of the flowering hawthorns, which are set against a blue sky and lit from above by a bright yellow sun. david hockney started by sketching out the idea on his ipad, he then worked on it in his studio in los angeles, before barley stud

like gillian said you have to take a balanced look at this. obviously people in countries where it's a lot cheaper to live are going to be making the same wages as people in america where there's a higher cost of living but at the same time there's no question a lot of countries we do business with have awful human rights abuses and we should not be supporting the people who are perpetrating them by giving them better deals and giving them more money and more incentives to continue those abuses. charles: i think it was a decade ago if my recollection is correct when bangladesh started paying -- a small amount paltry to what people in this country make that they were finally paying them and it made all the difference in the world to those households. so again i'm not sure we have peter navarro coming on and it'll be interesting to see if they talk about this or bring it up but this is one of the topics with all the other thing is deneen. how do you see it playing out? >> willis and i think it's great president trump's put this issue on the tabl

in washington, gillian turner, fox news. >>> mourn the accusations against china that gillian turner reported. they said chinese spy agencies are using fake linkedin accounts to try to recruit americans with access to government secrets. they say linkedin should be working to shut those pages down and he said the chinese contacted thousands of linkedin members but won't say how many americans may have been contacted or how much success china had trying to recruit americans and this is the first time a u.s. official acknowledged a direct challenge by china or named a specific u.s. company that should take action. >>> looking at the market a few minutes before the closing bell, you can see the dow jones is in negative territory, down 24 points. >>> tonight, san jose will play host to top female soccer players. there will be an exhibition game and there will be action starting at 7:00. >>> a former oakland raiders tight end has been named as the start of the next bachelor tv show. collmenter what was on the practice squad and never played any regular-season game and was more famous for

gillian turner, fox news.rnia is going to above and beyond to fight climate change and president trump. >> california, with science under attack, we're under attack by a lot of people, including donald trump, we're going to launch our own satellite, our own daowndamn satellite to figut where the pollution is and how we're going to end it. heather: governor jerry brown gave the gree light-gave the gro launch a satellite with donors reportedly footing the bill. spacex is set to begin launching more than satellites into space. >> three, two, one. ignition. liftoff. heather: today the company will name the first tourist that it plans to send to the moon. look at this. ceo elon musk hinting that the person could be japanese with this cryptic emoji tweet of the japanese flag. the last human visit to the moon was back in 1972. so a lot of folks waiting for that announcement. the time now is about six minutes until the top of the hour. a life-long packers fan throwing a flag at her favorite team after her 3-month-old

charles: gillian because philadelphia -- there has been a lot of push and pull on this for a while to done nationwide on this issue. >> i hope so. think due process should be a partisan issue in and this is something that is prolific in its abuse. what the philadelphia case does is send a warning. charles: thank you both very very much. we want to shift gears now. america's a mesh midst of amount of vernel renaissance that's on almost 900,000 business startups in the first quarter of this year an all-time record. according to an american express survey since 2007 women own businesses have outpaced overall growth and now represent 40% of all businesses. one of these great american success stories as avis gate's rivers. presidency of technology concepts group based in somerset new jersey. rivers used her experience selling technology with exxon to launch your business. it's the idea that service is the rent you pay for the privilege of living on this earth. rivers has been a an advocate for women and minority-owned businesses and technology. we will be right back. .. charles: we have br

correspondent gillian turner has a preview. >> the big three social media companies headed to capitolhearing on foreign interference in novembers midterms. the senate intel committee will hear from twitter ceo jack dorsey, facebook coo sheryl sandberg and potentially larry page, ceo of google's parent company, alphabet. google declined to send its ceo. a move that initially garnered criticism. >> facebook and twitter have stepped up. google has not taken as many actions. >> this and it's time to senate intelligence committee is called upon the companies. it'll be the first time the executives participate together. president trump zeros in on social media platforms as the new fake news to make using them of trying to control what americans see, read, and learn online. >> you look at google, facebook, twitter and other social media giants. i have made it clear that we as a country cannot tolerate political censorship, blacklisting, and rig search results. >> faced with accusations of political bias, the companies aren't rolling over. facebook issued a response emphasizing "we look forwa

here to discuss, gillian melchoir, and kelly jane.pected for tomorrow. >> everybody is waiting to see what trump is going to talk about exactly. he has said he wants to focus this meeting on iran. there has been a bit of pushback from the white house. and we heard he wants to get in more of an america first agenda. he has continued as we have gone on. it will be a combination of hey, america will not be giving money to countries that hate us. and i think some strong words for countries like juan who are definitely the regime is against its people's own interest and the united states interest. charles: before the show i saw mike pompeo making strong comments against iran as well. >> i think we have north korea to talk about, the chaos in syria. but really what this is underlining is how ineffectual the u.n. has been dealing with these broader geopolitical problems. i think what we are seeing here is a real failure of collective security on these important issues. charles: america first. if you look at what china said over the weekend.

gillian turner live in washington on that. >> there is a ranch in president trump's plan to declassify and release documents related to the justice department's 2016 investigation into his campaign. four days after he ordered multiple documents be declassified, his own justice department is pushing back on that order. the president weeding "i met with the doj concerning the declassification of various unredacted documents. also, key allies called to ask, not to release. trey gowdy of the house intelligence committee told fox news just last night that he's seen those unredacted versions and there are no game changers. >> i read it, i don't think it's going to change anyone's mind, i've seen nothing in it that will jeopardize the national security interests of this country. >> he offered his own take on what he calls the doj's delay tactics. >> some of it is embarrassing for the fbi, embarrassment is not a reason to classify something. >> the president is making clear that while he is going along with the doj's process for now, he's not entirely sold on it, continuing via twitter "the in

turner live in washington so tomorrow, gillian, is the big day.augh's docket today before the big hearing? >> kavanaugh spent much of the past week in prep sessions for the hearing known as murder boards where close aides and advisors are grilling him on the toughest topics likely to surface and anticipating a grueling hearing for him in raw makers in attendance who are eyeing presidential bids in 2020. they're likely to use their questioning as a vehicle to highlight their own stance on president trump's policies. if confirmed he will preside at a time during which the court may have to confront both issues. >> he comes before us at a times when people are concerned whether this president or any president is above the law. >> capitol hill insiders are reiff with predictions if the democrats retake the house in november they may start impeachment proceedings. >> connell: what about official washington what's the focus the final day before this hearing? >> still a major point of contention today just 24 hours out now the roughly 100,000 pages of re

gillian turner tells us what to expect.licy teams in new york city today for participation in the 73rd meeting of the u.n. general assembly. president trump gearing up for second major address delivered to the global gathering of nations. some of this year's themes may sound familiar. >> the united nations has tremendous potential, but it has not lived up to that potential. reporter: president trump faced backlash for what some countries perceive to be criticism of internal affairs. key national security officials tell fox news the criticism isn't a deterrent, and that this year they planned to hammer home an america first foreign policy. top priority is to highlight what they believe are their foreign policy successes. top of the list is north korea. >> administration's position hasn't changed one time from the time we entered this discussion. but we talked about facilities, weapons systems, the conversations are under way and hopeful we can deliver this outcome for the world. reporter: iran features on that list. >> the e

jillian: good morning, gillian. >> good labor day to you guys, lawmakers hit picks with tough questionsdge kavanaugh's tuesday kickoff expected to be especially grueling as democrats are aware this is the last chance to blocking him from high court, the numbers looking good for kavanaugh, republicans still have a 51-seat majority and capitol hill predict couple of red-state dems will cross over and throw support behind him. senator lindsey graham told fox news yesterday he's expecting major grandstanding from lawmakers eyeing 2020 presidential runs. >> the only drama those running for president, how would they handle the hearing on the democratic side, we are going to get this good man confirmed. gillian: judge kavanaugh spent last week in prep sessions for the hearing, murder boards, where his close aides and advisers grilled him on toughest topics that are likely to surface tuesday and throughout the week. still point of contention today, hundred thousand pages of records the trump administration decide today withhold, a decision announced friday. >> the first time in history this den

gillian turner has the latest. reporter: good afternoon, mike pure the president's former campaign managers plea deal and capitol hill all fired up this week and for democrats hoping at the beginning of the end for the trump administration. >> the message to anyone in the crosshairs of bob mueller enough you better get to special counsel and make your deal now. because anyone who gets indicted by bob mueller goes down. the longer you wait to come clean, worse deal you will get. reporter: republicans are touring life at the present. and it aligns closely to his witchhunt theory. >> all of this is just speculation. i can speculate as well as anybody else but -- >> we have found a collision between the trump campaign and the russians. reporter: the terms of the deal could require his corporation in the mueller probe and essentially a government witness. now the million dollar question washington is will he share new information with robert mueller? or just share information that he believes he already had? meanwhile,

correspondent gillian turner is here with the latest. good morning. >> good, shannon.e-header tweet from president trump. he continued what has been an ongoing feud from tuesday with puerto rico. writing in part, "3,000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit puerto rico. when i left the island after the storm had hit, they hit it on my cat anywhere from six to 18 deaths. this was done by the democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible." george washington university said he released several weeks ago found a total of 2,975 people perished within a period of six month and to hurricane-related causes. the white house is arguing the methodology used to track the puerto rico death toll skews the numbers high. however, condemnation over the president street has been swift and bipartisan. >> this claim is beyond ridiculous and it's an insult to the brave men and women who, every day, provide medical care and other first responder aid to people in distressed situations. >> casualties don't make it perfect on my person look bad. i have no reason to dispute

in washington, gillian turner, fox news. >>> back here at home, the state is stepping in now to help the oakland unified school district with its financial crisis. governor brown signed a bill to give the school district millions over the next three years but with strings attached. cristina rendon live in oakland with details on what the district now has to do to receive the money. >>> reporter: ousd has to come up with multi-year financial plans and meet mandated benchmarks to get this money. they could get up to $35 million from the state over the next three years. speaking outside an elementary school in oakland, the superintendent touted a bill signed into law that will give the cash-strapped district millions of dollars. it's a financial relief package she calls unprecedented. >> our goal in three years is that we are financially healthy. >> reporter: the district is already forecasting more than $30 million in cuts for the next school near and $60 million for 2020 to 2021. the grant would give ousd up to 75% of their forecasted deficit the first year, 50% of the forecasted defi

and gillian turner, who has no book talk this week. >> may be in working what. >> chris: then we willhat book up. bob, where you think the kavanaugh nomination stands now and assuming we have this hearing, what's going to determine whether or not he gets confirmed to the supreme court? >> what a moment, where is cecil b demille, the great filmmaker. 1952, he did a movie about a circus called the greatest show on earth. this is about what we are going to experience. i think the good news for both sides is i think this little-known senator grassley is an advocate of whistle-blowers. he's been the person behind all these acts so he's going to make sure that both of them get to do it in an open kind of fair-minded way. i think he's very sensitive to dr. ford's position on this. he's given speeches about the retribution that can be visited on the whistle-blower. so in a sense, not perfect, but she's got significant protection. >> chris: and she has gotten at least five or six concessions from the committee so far in terms of what day it's going to be held, the conditions under which it's g

gillian and andy. coming up...al. despite her son, cormac, being only three months old, mum—of—two sophie took part in a gruelling a8—hour ultra—marathon up mont blanc — 106 miles, including 10,000 metres climbing. how are you? very good, how are you? iam how are you? very good, how are you? i am really well. tell us about the image that was captured because it is extraordinary, what was going on? this is an aid station partly through the race and i am 16 hours into a a3 hour race. the first time i seen cormac. at the station, everything is a bit crazy. as a runner, you are having a group around you and out of shot is my husband and my friend matt changing my head torch batteries and putting more food in my pack and trying to force —feed more food in my pack and trying to force—feed me a summit and i need to feed my baby and express more milk for another feed and get the feed my baby and express more milk for anotherfeed and get the milk out because it will build up again. and was it painful? it was, a little bit,

jon: gillian turner, thanks. >>> we haven't had any nuclear tests.any missile tests, which we consider a good thing. but the work of convincing chairman kim to make this strategic shift that we have talked about for a brighter future for the people of north korea continues. jon: secretary of state pompeo commenting on north korea's progress towards ending its nuclear weapons program. the secretary also says he has a letter from kim jong-un which he will hand to president trump. the high level correspondence coming as north korea prepares its -- for its 70th anniversary with a show of military might. greg palkot is live from seoul south korea. greg? >> hey, jon. more on the diplomatic developments in a moment, but in a couping hour's time -- in a couple hour's time, north of the border where we are right now, there are those events in north korea which could tell us a lot about the state of play of nuclear negotiations. it's marking the anniversary, the 70th anniversary, the founding of north korea. it's all very carefully stage managed by the governm

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arthel: thank you, gillian. eric.ric: well arthel, the trump administration reportedly held secret meetings with rebellious venezuelan military officers who are potentially planning a potential coup against nicolas maduro. the white house says the two sides met last year to discuss plans to overthrow maduro but the u.s. eventually decided not to help those plotters and the coup apparently stalled. the state department spokesman did not deny reports questioned by fox news. the united nations estimates about 1 1/2 million people have fled venezuela since 2015. as you know the country's political and economic crises continue under that socialist regime. arthel. arthel: eric, meanwhile there are new developments out of north korea. a letter from kim jong-un on its way to president trump on the eve of a big military parade in pongyang. plus more air attacks by government and russian forces in syria. many lives of civilians at risk as the pentagon fears assad may once again use chemical weapons. >>> also we're tracking trop

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gillian turner is live in washington with that.rter: president trump's former campaign manager's plea deal has things all fired up. democrats are hoping it's the beginning of the end to the trump administration. >> this send a message to anybody in the cross-hairs of robert mueller's investigation, you better make you're deal now. the longer you wait to come clean, the worse deal you are going to get. the bottom line is manafort knows, will manafort cooperate? the reality is i think only he can tell us. reporter: republicans are toeing the line. >> all of this is speculation. i can speculate as well as anybody else. but not on this, chris. >> we found no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and the russians on the judiciary committee. reporter: the million dollar question here in washington is will manafort share new information with mueller or just share information he believes mueller already has. eric: what lessons can we learn from past special counsel investigations. >> the guy who investigated former president cli

>> thank you very much for joining us. >> sandra: happy birthday to gillian. morning, i'm eric shawn in for bill hemmer this morning. judge kavanaugh saying he wants to clear his name as he strongly denies the allegations of a decades' old sexual assault made by christine blasey ford. we're waiting to see whether she will except the invitation from the senate judiciary committee. >> sandra: the white house standing by the nominee as everyone waits to hear from the woman making waves across washington

gillian, will you be a part of it? >> that is a no. rachel: that he is such a troublemaker.ich. he was on one of the morning shows talking about the future of the republican party. he has a contrarian view. listen to john kasich. >> unfortunately our party is shrinking. we're down to about 25%. it is becoming like a remnant. parties go through this the party has shrunk, in my state, in my community, in my district, we had a congressional race that the republican who took my place was able to win by 17 points. just a couple weeks ago he won by the skin of his teeth. pete: we had a couple of ladies on the program earlier, "diamond & silk" took issue. we might comment. the fact it is shrinking the president reaches out to new constituents. listen to "diamond & silk." >> you have to remember that democrats voted for president trump. they pushed their party to republicans to vote for him in the primaries and the general election. i think the republican party is growing. what i think is on the decline these deep state snakes, one working for their own greed and not the need of peo

our gillian turner is here. and everybody here is holding their breath waiting to see what next week will hold. >> officially, the ball is back in dr. ford's court. fox news learned discussions about getting dr. ford to testify went deep into the night with multiple senator prevailing on senator grassley. >> i've extended another extension to dr. ford to see if she makes to testify to the senate. she should decide in she wants to move on. it's not my normal approach to be indecisive. with the extensions that we give to dr. ford if she wants to testify to the senate. i feel like i'm playing second trombone and schumer is the conductor. other supporters of the president are doubling down on their insistence that kavanaugh will take the bench despite the allegations of sexual abuse he's now facing. >> you've watched the fight. you've watched the tactics, but here is what i want to tell you, in the very near future judge kavanaugh will be on the united states supreme court. >> senate judiciary democrats though insis

gillian: the attorney for president trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, talks to fox news.m lanny davis who once served as special counsel to president clinton. >> when michael cohen came to me, it took me quite a while to listen to him as to why he had changed his mind about donald trump and i took on the representation because he was ready to speak what he felt about donald trump. leland: senat

gillian turner is in washington with more.e trump foreign policy team in new york city today. for participation in the 73rd meeting of the un general assembly. president trump gearing up for what will be the second major address delivered to the global gathering as nations. some of this year's theme may sound familiar. >> united nations has tremendous potential. but it has not lived up to that potential. reporter: the present face backlash lester for wet some countries thought of as criticism. but we are told that this is not a deterrent and they plan to hammer home to america first foreign policy. top parties to highlight what they believe are the foreign policy successes. top of the list? north korea. >> the ministrations position is not changed in the time we entered this discussion. we talked about particular facilities, particular weapons. the conversations are underway and we are hopeful that we can deliver this outcome for the world. >> iran also features on that list. because europeans have a decision to make. i think

. >> with more now, here's gillian turner in washington.>>reporter: the house passed a vote that redefines the crimes for which foreigners can be deported from the united states. passed with the vote tally of 167-142. >> the community safety and security act provides clarity by precisely and legally defining the phrase, crime of violence and the related criminal acts that when combined with the element of force, are indeed considered violent. >>reporter: the president clouded the bill's passage via twitter writing, the government is frequently blocked from reporting criminal aliens with violent felony convictions. the house just passed a bill that increases our ability to deport violent aliens. crazy democrats opposed. >> Ãit was introduced just last week. while members were out of town. as things rushed to the floor today without any hearings, any markup, any adequate opportunity for review by the public, legal experts or stakeholders.>>reporter: the aclu, and the national association of criminal defense lawyers is a very lined up in oppos

gillian turner tells us how some google workers brainstormed ways to push back against president trump'smmigration policy. >> a new "wall street journal" report alleges after president trump announced the so-called travel policy last year, google employees schemes ways to fight back. internal emails show employees considered altering the search engine to urge its of users to call lawmakers, even contribute to a pro-immigration organizations like the aclu. the first of? filtering out results they believed to be islamophobic, including search terms like islam, muslim, iran. otherwise prejudiced against mexicans, latinos. google says this will be in keeping of the >> those can be tweaked. they are tweaked every day or every week for different reasons. there is no one that checks them. >> google insists in a statement these emails were just a brainstorm of ideas, none of which were ever implemented. google has never been depleted its search results or modified any of its products to promote a particular ideology. some higher-ups had concerns about the move. one public affairs executive asser

in washington, gillian turner, fox news. >>> late this afternoon, judge kavanaugh sent a letter to the chairman of the judiciary complete. he said he will be at the hearing on monday. he added, quote, since the moment i first heard this allegation, i have categorically and unequivocally denied it. i remain committed to defending my integrity. >> neighbors of professor ford rallied in her defense today on the ground and in the air. ktvu's south bay reporter jesse gary has more now on the very visible sign of support. >>> reporter: if there were doubts how large a battle, a small single-engine plane pulled a message of solidarity in its wake, thank you, christine, we have your back. the show had an impact on the ground. >> we knew that a banner is flying overhead today. so, we just spur of the moment gathered, made signs. >> fbi investigation! >> reporter: neighbors also made sure their voices were heard. upwards of 60 people marched through palo alto neighborhood as a visual symbol of a woman who is waging a challenge against the president trump supreme court pick is not alone. >> this

jon: gillian turner, thanks. >>> more on hurricane florence, it is causing massive damage to agricultureinas. farmers there could face billions in losses, while still feeling the sting from hurricane matthew two years ago. bryan llenas has more from new bern, north carolina. >> probably going to put a nail in the coffin far lot of our farmers -- for a lot of our farmers who were already financially strapped. >> farmers in north carolina are reeling after hurricane florence, floodwaters devastating hundreds of acres of crops from soybeans to cotton. six of north carolina's top ten agricultural countries were among the most heavily flooded. this is glen's corn crop, 100 miles-an-hour winds from hurricane florence snapped his stocks in half. the corn fell to the ground. making most of it, well, unusab unusable. some are even growing sprouts at the end, ruining them. glen thinks he's probably going to lose at least half of his crop. >> i mean, he feeds everybody. he feeds the military, the schoolteachers, everybody, all fashions walks of life. the farmer feeds them all. >> glen also lost a y

correspondent gillian turner takes a look. >> ever since hurricane katrina major weather of meds haveoliticized. even as florence makes landfall, the government is roiling with controversy over the death toll from last season's hurricane maria. local, state, and federal authorities are playing a game of hot potato. states blame the fed. >> female was not fully prepared or fully supported and the rapid response by the trump administration. >> the fed says it takes to go to tango. >> the government can't do it on its own. >> is not a responsibility to upkeep the infrastructure. >> experts say the reality is far more complex. >> roads cross multiple jurisdictions, they go beyond the state boundaries city boundaries. the need to be together. >> when it comes to rescue operations, states help one another. >> we have search and rescue teams from 19 different states who have come to north carolina and are on the ready. >> experts insist cost sharing to be improved. one group estimates last year's hurricane alone cost $300 billion, 130 billion of which was quoted by the federal government. >>

conkt gillian turner joins us live with that maybe you should be concerned about. >> facebook announced a few hours ago an attack on its network has expose the information of nearly 50 million of their users, including names, jeopardy and hometowns. in a bombshell revelation the social media company admits the attack allowed hackers to take over real accounts and impersonate actual users for a period of time. in a call with reporters earlier this afternoon, mark zuckerberg said we're taking it really seriously. we have a major security effort at the company that hardens all of our surfaces. i'm glad we found this but it definitely is an issue that this happened in the first place facebook confirms its engineering team discovered the security breach tuesday afternoon. >> a favorable recommendation. number two,. >> bret: take a listen. >> shortly move to proceed to the kavanaugh nomination and i'm pleased to announce that all 51 republican members of the senate support the motion to proceed to the nomination. 100 percent of the republican conference supports proceeding to the kavanaugh no

gillian turner takes a look. >> ever since hurricane katrina, major weather events have become increasingly as florence makes landfall, the death toll from last season's hurricane maria. local, state, and federal authorities are playing a game of hot potato. states blame the fed. >> female wasn't supported and the rapid response by the administration. >> the federal government can't do it on its own. >> it's not a federal responsibility to upkeep infrastructure. but experts say reality is far more complex. >> roads across multiple jurisdictions go beyond state boundaries. they need to be working together. >> when it comes to rescue operations, states help one another. >> we have search and rescue teams from 19 different states who have come to north carolina and are on the ready. >> experts insist cost-sharing needs to improve. one group estimates last year's hurricane alone cost $300 billion, 130 billion of which is supported by the federal government. >> that's huge, the amounts of money. and resources and damage. >> ultimately, the playbook goes out the window and it's all hands on deck.

arthel: gillian turner joins us now from washington with more. reporter: good afternoon.he trump foreign policy in your city today for participation in the 73rd meeting of the un general assembly. president trump gearing up for what will be his second major address delivered to that global gathering. and some of this year's theme may sound familiar. >> the united nations has tremendous potential. but it has not lived up to that potential. >> president trump face backlash last year for what some countries perceived to be criticism of their internal affairs. the key national security officials tell fox news the criticism is a deterrent and this year they plan to hammer home in america first foreign policy. the first party is to highlight what they believe other foreign policy successes. top of the list in north korea. >> demonstration position has not changed from the time that we entered this discussion. we have talked about particular facilities, particular weapons, the conversations underway and we are hopeful we can deliver this outcome. >> iran also features on the lis

correspondent gillian turner takes a look. >> this initiative aims a put healthcare date as much as possiblends of patients themselves. >> the trump administration announced partner with the tech industry to make health data accessible to patients and transferable among healthcare providers. the goal to revolutionize the way americans manage their health. the big idea to make it easier, faster, and cheaper to transfer patient information between doctors, pro voiders, and insurers. the key to all of this, cloud technology. and that's where companies like amazon, google, microsoft come into play. the american government has been trying to force the american healthcare to go digital when the obama administration mandated they needed to use the healthcare system. the current system is failed and wasteful. >> today the majority of medical records are still shared by fax not knew electronic medical records system. >> critics call the end goal a $30 billion unicorn. cyber security experts echo concerns. >> my concern is building one massive system, never works. if it was easy to do and could have b

correspondent gillian turner turns joins us now. >> the air of the wild west and social media is coming that was the message that senator had for the leaders as i testified on capitol hill yesterday. the hearing highlighted major issue that tech companies are grappling with behind the scenes. social media addiction. developers have such long to harness the need for communication, connection and approval in order to get people engaged on their platform. now capitol hill is tuning in too. >> people are affected. that channeling, it is a function of brilliant algorithms and an incentive structure. >> experts in a railing around the idea that addiction to social media poses a real and pervasive danger to billions of users worldwide. >> they are designed to be addictive, and makes the companies more money. people are going to spend more and more time on them. people who were on their phones, five, six hours a day. that is linked to unhappiness, depression, even risk factors for suicide. in particular among teens. >> aaron green's band, the founder of the original facebook alleges the platfor