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jon: gillian turner reporting. thank you. the trump administration is imposing new sanctions on venezuela in the growing push to oust disputed president nicolas maduro. this as more military members defect from the country in favor of opposition leader juan guaido. steve hey began has the latest -- steve harrigan has the latest from caracas. >> reporter: jon, those new sanctions from the u.s. treasury department target individuals inside venezuela, six security chiefs who the u.s. says were responsible for blocking desperately needed humanitarian aid trying to come in last week. they're also revoking the visas of 49 venezuelans, diplomats and their families, some of them now in the u.s. the sanctions have hit this maduro government hard, especially the oil sanctions. that's a key source of revenue for the government, and oil exports have dropped by 40% in just the past month alone. here's the u.s. special envoy to venezuela. >> maduro supporters that abuse or violate human rights, steal from the venezuelan people or undermine

correspondent gillian turner is at the state department as evening. >> it is day seven of major powered with the water shortage medicals of black emergency has citizens taking desperate measures. there is no evidence of when a surveillance scavenging for water from sewers, drains and rivers. some of it so contaminated is reportedly running black. they state department says they are holding the dictator nicolas maduro personally responsible for naming names and their annual list of the world's worst human rights abuser. >> they will pay a price to their abuses. it will be documented and publicized. >> the regime is now clinging to power inside the country's blaming opposition leader juan cuadrado in united states for the week of national blackouts. accusing both of purposefully sabotaging this country's power grid. today the chinese government stepping into the fray taking sides with nicolas maduro. the forward minister offering to restore their electricity and doubling down on his claim that the grade could have been hacke hacked. >> there are reports of the system affected by this ac

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correspondent gillian turner looks at the portion of the barr letter that did not talk about the president, the detailed conversation confin that russia worked to interfere with the 2016 election. reaction from the 2020 candidates. we begin with chief white house correspondent john roberts on the north lawn where the president continues to declare victory and readies a full-scale counter attack. good evening, john. >> bret, good evening to you. with the barr letter to congress, president trump auto would appear to be out of potential legal jeopardy, but there may be some political liability contained within one ambiguous statement in that letter. the white house came out swinging today. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> in the oval office, with israel's prime minister today, president trump seemed boyd by robert mueller's finding of no collusion and an end of an investigation he long derided as a witch-hunt. >> it lasted a long time. we are glad it's over. it's a 100 percent the way it should have been. i wish it could have gone a lot sooner, a lot quicker. there are a lot of people out there

gillian turner spoke to football about this.'s live. >> and facebook and twitter and youtube failed to stop the viral spread of the live stream as well as the 87 page manifesto posted online a few minutes before his attack. facebook 17 minutes to take down the live stream. it showed the shooter driving to the mask and parking his car and carrying out the shooting spree. facebook took 1 1/2 hours to shut down the shooter's account and the facebook watch platform continued to host versions of the video for several more hours. in a statement to fox news, facebook says "we quickly removed the shooter's facebook and instagram accounts and the video." facebook's website says "we don't allow mass murders to have a presence on facebook and instagram and we'll delete contest that praises the shooter." youtube and twitter not faring any better. they continue to host versions of the video for multiple hours including on twitter's auto play feature. this means some viewers may have been exposed to the gruesome footage without any warning. g

jon: gillian turner, thanks. well, it's been a busy week for the mueller probe. federal judge sentenced former trump campaign manager paul manafort to 43 months in prison on wednesday, bringing his total prison time to seven and a half years. meantime, a court filing shows manafort's former deputy, rick gates, continues to cooperate with the government and is not ready for sentencing. all of this comes as transcripts are released that shed more light into the decision making of former fbi agent priester strzok -- peter strzok and lisa page. here is former independent counsel ken starr on the bureau and mueller investigation. >> well, i understand the president's frustration when we look back at the origins of this, how questionable it is, very bad judgment being used, bad judgment at best by some of the senior people in the fbi. it really was a very sad chapter for the fbi. jon: david spunk is live in washington with more. david? >> reporter: hey, jon. a very busy week in washington. we don't know when this mueller probe will officially conclude, but legal analys

jon: gillian turner, thank you. united nations estimates 19 staff members were onboard a jet airliner that crashed in africa earlier this morning. that boeing 737 went down just minutes after takeoff killing 157 people. no one survived the crash, and there are new questions about this type of aircraft. trey is following the story from our mid if east bureau. >> reporter: that boeing 737 crashed just after takeoff outside of addis ababa, ethiopia, this morning. officials do say people from 35 different countries were killed during that crash. the plane lost contact with air traffic control around 8:44 a.m. local time just six minutes after takeoff. it was headed to nairobi, kenya. it normally takes around two hours to arrive. the kenyan transportation secretary said his country is sending officials to the scene to gather more information and help with passenger identification. >> because until we know what has happened, of course, there'll be a lot of anxiety affecting the relatives affected. we have to wait for the

making her final report on this show, gillian turner. r] >> seriously, gillian, thank you very much. and as pointed out, joe biden would be a big fish and an instant front runner and the consensus is it's his nomination to lose even in a crowded field, but history does point out that consensus can be very, very wrong. back with me now is chris wilson. we've got jessica, and kat. the first one you see there, this kind of shows that this was back in december of 2007 when we are getting ready for the 2008 race. the clinton maintained a large lead over obama nationally. fast forward to 2016. in may of that year, and a commentary, hillary clinton will beat donald trump. now go forward to november 5th, 2016. clinton has a solid lead in the electoral college, in the electoral college. trump's map is unclear. new york times. another one, the month before, that same election year, this, of course, coming from "the washington post," trump is headed to a major loss. the g.o.p. can't say that it wasn't warned. we're going to be rifling through some o

work here when his report in some form comes out. >> chris: i want to pick up on that with you, gillian turnere we are talking about all this imperfect ignorance of what's going to be in the mueller report and it was supposed to come out are talkino say and what is going to find out how hard the evidence is going to be about possible collusion, possible obstruction of justice. we also don't know what bill barr, because he gives the confidential report to the attorney general, then the attorney general decides what took her worked on much of the congress. >> we don't know if we will ever get to see anything come in we the american people. we may not get a bite of this report ever but i think the best possible scenario based on what the law spells out here is that it goes from mueller to william barr, and into congress and they decide to release some portions of it or some heavily redacted portions of it. my worry for the country with that scenario, with that likely scenario, is, is this report going to ever amount to anything more than a rorschach test for the two political sides anyway? short

correspondent gillian turner reports from the state department about the danger from the iranian militartour across the mideast, secretary of state mike pompeo launched a major push to get one of iran's military branches, the revolutionary guard corps, officially branded a terrorist organization. the group is tasked with protecting around islamic heritage coming over the years, has taken on an outsized role in every part of iranian society. this morning in kuwait, pompeo compared the group to some of the world's most dangerous terrorists. >> we all have the same set of threats from the threats from al qaeda and isis, threats from the islamic republic and of iran, and we all are working diligently to find a path forward. >> has been ten months since the administration pulled out of the iran nuclear deal, and while most of the international community has remained fixated on the nuclear issue, sources tell fox news pompeo has been zeroing in on a different threat. what he says is iranian terrorism. this afternoon israel, pompeo and prime minister netanyahu agreed that influence in the regio

gillian turner, and mo elleithee, former democratic official who runs georgetown university's department of politics. are most of of the media cheering them on because all investigations of trump are inherently good? mollie: the media was supporting the hostility the agencies had in oversight. you had congress trying to dig into what was happening at the department of justice or the fbi where they were investigating trump or benghazi. and the media supported resistance to that oversight. now you have this fishing expedition of dozens and dozens of people, i didn't see that kind of resistance. >> we talk about the media all the time. "new york times," jerry nadler, open the most of perilous affront to trump and could form the basis for a future impeachment proceedings. "washington post." the extensive scope, the democrats are seeming to cripple the president rather than a legitimate inquiry. gillian: i know you were hoping we would be dramatic panelists in the vein of r. kelly. i think every administration resents congressional oversight and complains congressional oversight over some of

gillian turner live in washington with the latest on that spirit i can't believe it's been five yearst by now, it's passed in a heartbeat, eric. the families of the 239 people who perished onboard elation flight 370 gathered together to mark the fifth anniversary of the jets and their loved one's disappearance. >> will never, ever forget all of those on board. 10 years from now, 15 years from now they will still be in our hearts, in our prayers and constantly in our minds because we will recall everything we've done for them. reporter: malaysia, china and australia carried out a years long search in the southern indian ocean that wrapped up in january 2017. then an american firm named ocean infinity carried out a follow-on search that wrapped in may of last year. neither one finding any definitive answers. now this morning from a malicious transportation minister says his government is open to new proposals to resume the search. >> we are more than willing and will discuss with them the new proposal. of course, [inaudible] reporter: ocean infinity ceo says the firm is up for the chall

for more let's go to gillian turner live in the washington newsroom. reporter: hey, eric.tty president trump issued the first veto of his presidency after congress rejected his national emergency declaration to find a border wall. turns out he poked a sleepy bear at a major fight is raging on capitol hill over the commander-in-chief's constitutional authority to declare a national emergency. more moderate members of the president's own party are pushing back on him. take a listen. >> i think the president came to a different conclusion about the constitution long as it did about three quarters of my republican colleagues to be candid about it. >> i understand the constitutional issue. i am as well. reporter: the national emergencies act of 1976 that up after president nixon's watergate scandal and conceived of a tool to rein in presidential power. fast forward to 2019 and the act instead gave a route to expand his presidential authority. he declared a national emergency in order to bypass congressional opposition on the wall. both sides have plans to ensure future presiden

whether it's overhaul la, with that was passed in 1976, gillian turner has more from washington bureau. >> on friday president trump issued the very first veto of his presidency after congress rejected his national emergency declaration to fund a border wall. turns out president trump poked us leaving fight, major fight brewing over the commander in chief's constitutional authority to declare national emergencies. even more moderate presidents of the president's own party are pushing back on him. >> i think the president came to a different conclusion about the constitution and the law as did about 3 quarters of my republican colleagues to be candid about it. >> what i'm saying, why my other colleagues were concerned about the constitution issue, i'm as well. >> at issue the national emergencies act of 1976 stood up by the congress after president's nixon watergate scandal and conceived as tool to rein in presidential power. fast-forward 2019, room to expand his presidential authority. declared national emergency in order to bipartisan congressional opposition and fund the wall. so now

gillian turner is reporting from the treasury department. >> yes, they did announce the north koreanctions yesterday. president trump says it indicates confusion now about the timing. there is also a disagreement about discussions of the policies. the sanctions were rolled out yesterday and john bolton, he immediately a applauded them saying that there are important actions today by the treasury. the maritime industry must look at the shipping practices. everyone should take notice and review their activities to make sure that they are not involving the sanctions. but the product on the receiving end are two chinese shipping companies, the top administration says that they have been working illegally to help the kingdom export coal overseas. sarah sanders said the president is revoking the sanctions due to how much he likes kim jong-un, a common theme. the sanctions were a big deal because there is a first action that the top administration has taken against north korea in the wake as they fall through with the summit just a few weeks ago. shepard: thank you. the top administration s

arthel: gillian turner, thank you. the united states mission to the united nations in europe. do you think this a real threat by the regime or more of their traditional bluster? >> i would say both, eric. this is not anything new as you and i both know. covering this conflict for decades it seems. it is the style of the north koreans to come out with these crazy phrases like gangster style approach of the u.s. regime and bluster like this. and at the same time, it very well could take a turn for the worse in terms of negotiations and the high hopes that we had that maybe we are going to see a move toward denuclearization of the korean peninsula and the end of that long war. >> you just refer to covering this as some of your audience know before you went into government service you are a bureau chief at fox news and you and i worked together for it seems decades on this. did we heard the bluster from north korea calling templeton a bloodsucker and a very ugly fellow and they get personal. here's what the "washington pos

gillian turner is back with more.dget -- >> reporter: i'm happy to report, i spent the last hour reading through -- no, i'm just kidding. but we will eventually, once we see the plan. two days from now, a month past the statutory deadline, something the white house blames on the partial government shutdown that lasted five weeks, greasing the skids for the rollout, the president gave the state of the national economy a glowing review yesterday. >> the economy is very, very strong. if you look at the stock market over the last few months, it's been great. and certainly since my election it's up getting close to 50%, the stock market. so we're obviously very happy with that. >> reporter: the administration if predicts trillion dollar deficits for many years to come with a reduction down to $200 billion only in the tenth year and then a balanced budget will come in 2034, that's 15 years from now. the speaker of the house says she's unimpressed with the plan and that last year's trump tax cuts have got to go. >> this has

gillian turner is reporting live. long and short hoff it is, they're in a real miss. >> it's a real miss. the humanitarian situation on the ground in venezuela is continuing to deteriorate very rapidly. it's day seven of national blackouts, water shortage and major medical simply crisis that is ravaging the country. there's new evidence of venezuela venezuela venezuelans scavaging water from sewers and drains. maduro is blaming guaido and accusing him of sabotaging the water grid. the state department is not lying it. releasing the worst human rights violators, they named the maduro regime. >> human rights situation in venezuela is terrible. i think it's well-documented in this report. of course, it's only -- this report goes through the end of last year. it's gotten only worse. >> the state department says they're holding maduro directly and personally responsible for this humanitarian crisis, shep. >> shepard: thanks very much. one more question. the administration is planning to take some sort of action this week.

corresponding gillian turner from the state department with the administration's tough message to congress and the world. >> on day two of secretary pompeo's visit to israel, president trump made an unexpected twitter announcement over control over disputed territory. after 52 years, it's time for the united states to fully recognize israel's sovereignty over the golan heights. an interview with fox business network, he said the decision effectively incorporates the region as a permanent part of israel. >> four years of my other presidents have campaigned, they said they'll do it. this is sovereignty, security, this is about regional security. >> the secretary of state weighed in a few minutes later from president then speak of the lives they lost on the very ground where worthy and meaningful. >> and characteristic form praise president trump. >> president trump has just made history. >> the new policy took many by surprise, though the state department tipped its hand last week releasing the 2019 human rights report. describing what frank describing west bank, golan, as israel >> all nati

gillian turner talks to the former starbucks ceo and possible independent candidate howard schultz. >ocrats decide in their wisdom to nominate a far left person who is professing policies that resemble that of a socialist, that will be the spoiler. >> howard schultz is punching back today against the democratic establishment, they have been blasting his flirtation with an independent run, calling him a spoiler to winning the white house in 2020. >> an organized effort by a group of people that are trying to do whatever they can to stop me. >> the former ceo of starbucks takes care to describe himself as a centrist independent but independent of any stripe has never won the presidency and it's far from clear that americans dissatisfied with president trump would jump ship and vote for another billionaire businessman. >> running starbucks is not necessarily a proxy for being the president of the united states. but what it does demonstrate is a level of leadership. >> president trump's leadership has been a failure according to schultz, he called the north korea trip a sham and the troop

talking about the potential 2020 run to the white house speaking with fox news correspondent gillian turnere the level of ferocity of attacks coming from the democrats. it is unfortunate. it is not going to sway what i believe in my heart about how broken the system is, what i think i need to do. i came from public housing, from nothing. my station in life did not define me. i'm living proof like many other people of the american dream. that should not be vilified. that should be sell is greated. connell: doug schoen, former clinton pollster, bob cusack joins us from "the hill" where he is editor-in-chief. this idea he is surprised by the veracity of attacks. you know the business here. democrats think he will take votes from their nominee and hand re-election to the president shouldn't exactly be surprising, should it? >> no. connell, think about it, you're running for president. you take arrows in the back especially when you make a difference. democrats don't like third parties or jill stein or schultz running. it is not a done deal he will run. he is is staffing up. he is spending a los

correspondent gillian turner reports from the state department on the danger from the iranian military>> on day two of his tour across the mideast, secretary of state mike pompeo launched a major push to get one of iran's military branches, the revolutionary guard corps, officially branded a terrorist organization. the group is tasked with protecting iran's islamic heritage and over the years has taken on an outsized role in every part of iranian society. inchoate, mike pompeo compared the group to some of the world's most dangerous terrorists. >> we all have the same set of threats from al qaeda and isis, the threats from the islamic republic of iran and we are all working diligently to find a path forward. >> it's been ten months since the administration pulled out of the nuclear deal and while much of the international community remain fixated, sources tell fox news that he has been zeroing in on a different threat what he says is it iranian terrorism. pompeo and prime minister netanyahu agreed on the territory. >> we spent the first part of the meeting discussing how we can do that

even more unrealistic for anyone within the party to mount a primary challenge but correspondent gillian turnerlusion. speak of the list of 2020 democratic hopefuls growing longer and now some prominent conservatives are openly advocating for a republican to go to bat against the home team. >> those of us who still want to try to save the republican have a question about whether we nominate donald trump in 2020. it's time for me will not to keep quiet. people have an obligation of the country if they think donald trump shouldn't be president, they need to say so. >> republicans have endorsed the idea. jeb bush being one of the first. he accuses president trump of alienating america's allies and emboldening its enemies. one of the themes republican challengers are rallying around is the mueller report. they say it doesn't cut the mustard and doesn't exonerate president trump. former massachusetts governor bill weld launched an exploratory committee in february. he plans to make a final decision about running next month but in the meantime, he says president trump has got big problems i had. >> w

gillian turner live at the state department with more from there. good morning. >> good morning.tuation on the ground inside venezuela continuing to deteriorate rapidly. today is day seven of a major power outage, water shortage and medical supply shortage that's ravaging the country. >> i should say that this does not represent any change of u.s. policy toward venezuela nor does it represent any reduction in the commitment we have to the people of venezuela and to their struggles for democracy. >> president trump's envoy emphasizing all these actions are directed at one person and one person only, madonna. maduro. >> the crisis that affects the country has political and institutional causes, not a natural disaster. the solution needs to be peaceful, political and democratic. we believe that no military development from inside or outside of the country would be acceptable. and the solution cannot be and should never be impolesed from the outside. >> as the political stalemate between maduro and his opponents continues to drag on the trump administration is keeping the threat of m

. >> bill: gillian turner was at the press conference and writes he was asked about north korea by several but he offered up himself the fact that kim would be breaking a personal commitment made in hanoi. my sense is they're seeing something on the ground based on this reporting earlier in the week about these missile sites. >> you may be right. what we have seen are commercial imagery reports in the press that while these talks are going on, the north koreans continue to build missiles. they continue to build their nuclear weapons. and then you had the public statement this morning that they may go back to testing. they may -- there may be other intelligence to provide that sort of warning. but the trend is not necessarily good. and we cannot stake the security of the united states on the word of kim jong-un. again, that's why our military strength is so vital. >> bill: mac thornberry, thank you for your time and the quick reaction on the developments in the state department. we'll talk again soon. thanks. >> sandra: actress lori loughlin taking another hit as the scandal unfolds. how it

howard schultz talking to fox news correspondent gillian turner thinking that the united states has ag problem and it's not just the democrats or fall. your use. >> sitting with a $22 trillion national debt with over $500 billion in interest expense. this president, president trump is adding a trillion dollars a year. i've been speaking about this for years. republicans every single day were banking on him to reduce the debt and deficit. now two years then, president trump makes it even worse. where are the republicans? not one of them talking about the national debt. trade to growth david mcintosh joins us now. we talked to you about these issues all the time and i get mr. schultz does have a point that we always point the blame or point the finger of both parties should maybe sharon is a little better. >> i think he does have a point. president trump is actually tried to push the republican party into spending less and he didn't want to deal with one of those monstrosity bills that comes at the end of the cycle with all this spending. or frankly republicans come appropriators in the

gillian: great to be with you, leland, and i'm gillian turner. let's return to david spunt live from the justice department. david, what can you tell us about what's happening inside right now? >> hey, gillian, good afternoon from the justice department. a busy saturday here, we know that attorney general william barr is behind me right now, behind the walls of the justice department and reading that mueller report. we have some video of him leaving his home about an hour and a half ago on his way here to the justice department. he arrived here late this morning and we're told that he's looking at that report right now and will decide what and if he's going to release later this afternoon. we are hearing from sources to fox news, if possible, that could come at some point today and possibly even as early as between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. now, from what we understand, barr and his team, and a handful of people, a small handful of people are the ones that have eyes on this report. it's not being circulated around the entire department, definitely not by

and john roberts and gillian turner and mike emanuel and bill hemmer and sandra smith and others whoists who try to play things right down the middle. it would be like writing a whole piece saying the "new york times" is anti-trump newspaper and mostly quoting from the editorial page and so finally i think that, you know, you take the michael cohen hearings. the mueller probe, the hush money investigation, all of those have been covered pretty fully and fairly by the news. opinion people are something else. that's the distinction i want to make and the magazine article didn't make. >> bill: thank you, howie, we will see where it leads. howie kurtz. in the meantime republicans have not been shy about their opinions when it comes to the investigations into the white house. >> the curtain opened up and we found out what was really going on. no, we want to damage the president. we're going to have plenty of theatrics, bring your popcorn. i'm thinking we set up a popcorn machine in the back. that's what this is becoming. it's becoming a show. >> bill: we might need butter and salt for tha