and offered prayers for mollie tibbetts's molly and -- family and friends. this as john cox slams democrats for their open border policy saying, quote, close who want to abolish ice need to consider the consequences of their proposal. the mollie tibbetts case is one more tragic example of a senseless loss that should have never happened similar to kate steinle's heartbreaking death in san francisco. kate steinle was shot and killed by an illegal immigrants on a san francisco year in 2015. the gunman was acquitted of murder and manslaughter. rob: this has been a 5-week story with mollie tibbetts, 5 weeks of torture for the family of mollie tibbetts waiting to find out what happened to their 20-year-old daughter in this small town in iowa. it began on july 18th at 7:30 in the evening when mollie tibbetts was last seen jogging around brooklyn, iowa, the last time she was seen alive at this point. and at 10:00 it was a bit confusing, mollie tibbetts's boyfriend claims he received a snapchat from mollie tibbetts after she got home from this dog. we don't know if

we will never forget mollie tibbetts. offered prayers from molly's family and friends. as california gubernatorial candidate john cox slams democrats for their open border policy saying, quote, those who want to abolish ice need to consider the consequences of their rash proposal. the mollie tibbetts case is one more tragic example of a senseless loss that should never have happened similar to kate steinle's heartbreaking death in san francisco, she was caught and killed by illegal immigrants on it san francisco. in 2015. the gunman was acquitted of murder and manslaughter. rob: we want to check a timeline of eventss to show you how this has developed in the past five weeks talking about this 20-year-old girl, mollie tibbetts, in brooklyn, iowa, last seen at 7:30 p.m. jogging around brooklyn near her boyfriend's home. she was staying here when he was out of town. what may have confused investigators was at 10:00 at night her boyfriend said he received a snap chat from mollie tibbetts which would be after she got home which she never did. that threw things off for a litt

there will be not another mollie tibbetts or dominic. to be end it now. >> clicks of the president's policies say illegal immigrants commit less crime and rape in american citizens do. they call this blatant racism and citizens killing citizens every day in this country. what do you say to that? >> i say to them that is a false statement. we should have 0 crime by illegal aliens. we have american criminals we are taking care of, they have a right to be here. illegal aliens don't have a right to be here and one death by an illegal or two or 10,000, and any crime by illegals for american citizens. >> we are sorry to speak to you under these circumstances but thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. jillian: 18 after the hour. will ballots be safe from foreign hackers? the new warning from homeland security. >> they tell me about this nazi who lived in queens who walks the streets like he owns the place, he is 95 years old. >> the president opening up about deportation of a nazi guard living in the united states. his action was

mollie tibbetts was a promising young woman who lost her life.that her family will find peace and justice and that her murder is not used to justify a discriminatory immigration policy." wow. joining us with more, the author of the best seller, the truth about our nation's great comeback, former speaker of the house, fox news contributor newt gingrich. it's actually the opposite of what this person, this girl over it msnbc is saying and this woman is saying and that is it's really clear that the trump economy, which you point out in the first half of your book, is what is driving so many people to support him. we have a record low unemployment, 14 states. african-americans, hispanic americans, asian-americans. youth on employment is at it and all-time low. women in the workplace. that is a big part of the story and yes he wants to protect our nation from what is happening with illegal immigration. >> i think it's very telling that mollie tibbetts was an american, a young lady with a great future. she was killed. the person who killed her was ille

a body presumed to be that of mollie tibbetts, has been found. police say that murder suspect 24-year-old cristhian bahena rivera has confessed , and  led them to her body. she was last seen july 18, going out for a run in the small town in iowa. cristhian bahena rivera said he saw mollie tibbetts running and he followed her. it was video from a neighbor security camera that helped the police find him.>> we were able to track his pattern and the route in which he took, we were able to find mollie tibbetts running on this video. we were able to determine that he is one of the last ones to have seen her running.>> cristhian bahena rivera is from mexico and has been living in the united states illegally. an autopsy has been set for robert >>> mollie tibbetts was raised in oakland and went to school in piedmont. we spoke with her former principal who says, mollie tibbetts was well-liked and got along with everybody. >> reporter: it is a tough first day of school for kids and staff at corpus christie school in piedmont. former student, mollie tibbet

molly tibbetts vanished july 18 while out jogging in brooklyn iowa. a month later police say 24- year-old man confessed to murdering tibbetts and led investigators to a cornfield where anybody believed it to be molly tibbetts was buried under corn stocks.started following her. ind rivera. >> we were able to track his pattern and the routes he took. we were also able to find molly running on this video. we were able to determine that he was one of the last ones to have seen molly running. >> rivera is from mexico and has been living illegally in the united states. he is now facing charges of first-degree murder. his bail is set at $1 million. an autopsy will be performed today to determine how molly tibbetts died. >>> a tough first day of school for kids and staff at corpus christi catholic school yesterday in piedmont where molly tibbetts was a student. >> i have all my children here the first day of school and i have to be strong for them. it is not the outcome that i have been praying for or hoping for. >> tibbetts atteedgs when her parents divorced.

we will never forget molly tibbetts. that from vice president penn. >>> -- vice president mike pence. >>> paul manafort found guilty on eight counts of financial crimes. he was convicted on five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud, and one count of hiding foreign bank accounts. the jury deadlocked well -- onto another counts. >>> michael cohen, president trump former longtime attorney, admitted in court that he was directed to arrange payments to two women during the 2016 election to keep them from talking about alleged affairs they had with mister trump years before he ran for office. cohen acknowledged these payments while pleading guilty to campaign finance charges. justin 20 minutes ago president trump tweeted this, if anyone is looking for a good lawyer i would strongly suggest you don't retain the services of michael cohen. joining us now is doug luzader from washington. you have been covering this story. what did the verdicts against michael manafort and michael cohen mean for president trump? >> reporte

. >> mollie tibbetts, an incredible young woman, is permanently separated from her family. we need the wall, we need our immigration laws changed, we need our border laws changed, we need republicans to do it because democrats aren't going to do it. we have the worst laws anywhere in the world, nobody has laws like the united states. they are strictly pathetic. jillian: christian rivera made his first appearance in court, the 24-year-old accused of chasing, kidnapping and murdering mollie tibbetts in iowa. he has been in the country illegally for twee 7 years, the farmer he works claims he is the fake name and social security number and they never ran a federal background check. the case is becoming too political, his attorney saying sad and sorry trump has weighed in on this matter in national media which will poison the entire possible pool jury members. they spotted him driving where mollie tibbetts disappeared, it was not registered to kim jong un to but was critical in hunting him down. >> we believed we saw mollie tibbetts on one of the local streets and from that we

she had so much to give. >> mollie tibbetts started kindergarten in oakland and met life life friends at car pus christy catholic church. ann woods has been in frequent contact with mollie's mom since her disappearance. this morning, she couldn't believe the news. >> having it sink in is just so unbelievable and crazily surreal. ann said the last time she spoke with mollie's mom laura, she was still optimistic even though mollie had been missing since july 18. >> she was positive and upbeat and fact-based, we are bringing her home. >> both mortars say they'll support her any way they can. >> what laura is going through is what every family or parent can sympathize and empathize with because it's so terrifying. >> all we can do is hold up her memory. >> reporter: they were both saying it's hard to know what to say, what to do. ann is thinking about getting on an airplane to go to iowa to be by laura's side. they haven't heard anything yesterday about possible services at car pus christy church. live in piedmont, amy hollyfield. >> we certainly are thinking of them. thank you. the abc 7

. >> fight over fact with a lawyer defending mollie tibbetts's accused killer. rob: gruesome new details about the killing and his illegal immigrant clients. >> these posters say you are a predator and sexual violence. what is going on? >> a businessman becomes the latest target of antichrist liberals. >> how he is firing back. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ jillian: friday morning, dark on the east coast. you are watching "fox and friends first" on this friday. rob: we are both in for heather childers. you need an umbrella in hawaii. hurricane nate lashing the hawaiian islands in what could be the biggest storm there in 26 years. jillian: the category 3 hurricane sparking catastrophic flooding and landslide concerns as the big island is hit with 20 inches of rain in 24 hours. the center of the storm moving dangerously close to the island. rob: adam is clocking to force, it is slow right now. >> it is a slow mover which gives more time for heavy rain to fall. it is still a way away from the island, looking at 120 mph, gusting to 150 mph, it is makin

medical examiner's releasing autopsy results for iowa college student mollie tibbetts.ials say her death was homicide for multiple sharp force injuries. the accused killer, kim jong tog to, her funeral is sunday, it will be held at the gym of her former high school. jillian: facial recognition technology airports nabbing crooks. an imposter caught at dulles airport after his passport did not match his face, agents later finding a id from the republic of congo hid in his shoe after he arrived from brazil, ground breaking arrest just three days after the scanning machines were installed at the airport. rob: donald trump urging jeff sessions to take action on the russia probe a lindsey graham sparks speculation of a shakeup at the justice department. jillian: of the republicans worn firing the attorney general could backfire big time. >> reporter: the you was simmering in the background, jeff sessions met with donald trump at the white house yesterday to talk about prison reform. that was after he put out a statement affirming his own job. he wrote i am attorney general, t

good morning. >> unfortunately that possible sighting of mollie tibbetts has not provided any leads. investigators say they conducted a search and did witness interviews and nothing. back here live in brooklyn, iowa, mollie's hometown where she went missing july 18th the family of mollie tibbetts of crimestoppers of central iowa will hold a press conference and they will announce a major increase in the reward money, perhaps over $100,000. crimestoppers tells fox news the family of mollie tibbetts this morning believes that mollie is alive and being held captive somewhere. and until proven otherwise, they are going to continue to try to recover her. this morning the family and crimestoppers is ramping up their personal and private efforts to recover mollie. they are cooperating with authorities and facilitating them. it seems right now they're trying to raise as much money and awareness to recover mollie tibbetts. >> bill: her boyfriend spoke to fox news.com at length yesterday. he is back in the house where she was staying when she disappeared on the 18th of july, matt. >> he is back

in iowa, the missing college student, mollie tibbetts. her body has been found. the news comes a little more than a month after the 20-year-olds disappearance from her hometown, brooklyn iowa. >> we have confirmed with homeland security investigations that he is an illegal alien, and we believe he has been in this area now for 4-7 years. >> how did you come into contact with him? >> during the investigation, we reached out to the public, as you well know. during our neighborhood canvas, we came across an individual that had security cameras. we took those cameras, he was kind enough to give us the footage from it. to that, he we are able to identify a vehicle that we believed belongs to mr. rivera. it was a black malibu. from that, we were able to track his pattern and the route in which he took. we were also able to find mollie running on this video, and able to determine that he is one of the last ones to have seen mollie running based on the video that we were able to see from the general public. i'm sorry. >> what you believe he did? >> again, we were able to

reporter: the family is publicly leading with anyone with information to tell police. 20-year-old mollie tibbetts8th after going for a jog in the brooklyn, iowa neighborhood. the fbi has 20 agents on the ground spearheading an aggressive search for molly and the amount of reward money increases for information on her disappearance was on monday the information increased to $277,000 for 141 donors which is a record in that part of the state. police have received 200 tips but a suspect is not been named in the case. todd: chicago's mayor blaming gang violence and silence for the deadly weekend. >> there is a shortage of values about what is right and what is wrong. do you know who did this? become. we are a better city. todd: 75 people were shot between friday and monday morning, 12 of the victims have died. no arrests have been made in any of these shootings. >> the mothers of 11 starving children in a filthy compound are under arrest, two armed muslim extremists living at the site in new mexico behind bars. one of them is charged with abducting his son. police raided the property looking for that

so of course they all but ignored the murder of mollie tibbetts. e of the few mentions came yesterday on msnbc when a college professor called christina greer dismissed tibbetts as some girl in iowa. >> they have been so willing to move the goalpost every single time with this president. i don't think today change is much unfortunately. i'm sure we will hear what he has to say about this at his rally. but fox news is talking about a girl in iowa and not this. >> tucker: a girl in iowa. when you pay tuition, that's who gets it. later she apologized in the least sincere way possible. on twitter she used her brief celebrity to whine about discriminatory immigration policy. where was we think the only person to even mention mollie tibbetts all day on nbc. cnn was barely better. the prime time lineup ignored it completely. that's not surprising because for msnbc and cnn and the people on whose behalf they speak, tibbetts' entire existence is inconvenient. as a native born american she was problematic because she might not work for the low wages they pref

the body of mollie tibbetts.ice say cristhian bahena rivera admitted he chased mollie tibbetts while she was out of her dog, she became afraid and asked rivera to get away from her and said she was going to get out her phone and call police. rivera says he blacked out and doesn't know what happened next and came to in this rural area. investigators said they used additional footprint to establish their timeline extracting information, and molly was jogging at rivera's black malibu carland them. he confessed to dumping her body at a cornfield. >> donald trump touched on the mollie tibbetts case at his rally in west virginia. >> you heard about today with the illegal alien coming in, very sadly, from mexico and you saw what happened to that incredible beautiful young woman. should have never happened. illegally in our country. we have had a huge impact but the laws are so bad, the immigration laws are such a disgrace, we are getting them changed. >> agnes who lost her son to an illegal immigrant shares her perspect

that was just pure happiness right there. >> molly tibbetts grew up in oakland. she went to corpus christi school at piedmont from kindergarten through the third grade. >>> the molly tibbetts killin illegal immigration. democratic candidate in former san franscnewsom says president other republican leaders are politicizing a tragedy. >> this is a tragedy. my heart goes out to the family of the victim. it is not a tragedy that should be exploited. that is what they are consistently doing. i think it's a real outrage. >> republican candidate for governor john cox says tibbetts death is just the latest reminder that the u.s. needs to do a better job detecting its borders. >> we need a conference of solution. verified border security, including the border wall for sure. it is because of the drugs, guns, and human trafficking that's going on across the border that it is needed. >> has made illegal immigration one of themain issues ople are fed up with the u.s. postal service and a lot more. amber lee went to a town hall meeting people said the local postmaster should

the investigation continues today into the death of molly tibbetts.ils plus how the president is reacting. >>> san francisco mesa do -- may soon have controversial safe injection sites soon. we will tell you how much those insights could save the city. >>> two big outcomes yesterday that the white house is watching very closely. we will have more what happened coming up. >>> good morning and thank you for joining us. welcome back. we start with breaking news in los angeles. you can see they have pulled back a bit so we can see a wider picture of this fire. this is right near, right in downtown los angeles. not far from the staples center. you can see on the right-hand side a huge response from the la fire department. they are telling us the fire started just about 20 minutes ago or so . they are saying that to the one-story building. you say you know the building a little bit as margaux street. >> you can see how dense that area is. a lot of buildings are really close together. also you are to -- near two major freeways. you can see power lines around

authorities believe they found the body of mollie tibbetts. d been missing for more than a movement and we're waiting for more -- than a month. and we're waiting for more information. >> reporter: that's right. this is molly's former church. they remembered her as a girl that loved school and always smiling. she attended corpus christy till second grade and her parents divorced and she moved to iowa with her mother and siblings. the worst fears appear to have come true. sources close to the investigation said that a body has been found. the rise is president of crimestoppers in central iowa said it appears it is mollie tibbetts. it was made tuesday in iowa. she was last seen on july 18th going on a jog near her boyfriend's house in a small farming town. they plan to hold a press conference this afternoon to provide more details. i called the school and spoke with the second. and she told me that today is the first day of school and we're not sure yet if we're going to get a chance to speak with the principal. >>> people in oakland that live nea

an autopsy is scheduled for mollie tibbetts. they'll try to determine how she died. >> rep news llie tibbetts' family feared the most. tuesday, investigators recovered her body not far from where she was last seen in brooklyn, iowa. >> in one aspect, it's been able to be resolved. but, again, not the outcome at all that any of us wanted. >> reporter: this man, 24-year-old christian rivera, has been charged with first degree murder. investigators say rivera, an undocumented immigrant, confessed to the crime and led them to her body. officials believe he abducted her on july 18th while she was out for a run. >> he ran alongside of her or behind her. then she took off running. he chased her boun. >> reporter: her body was found in a cornfield. rivera spent the last several years working in iowa, his employers saying he worked at a farm for four years and was vetted through government's e-verify system. the president didn't waste any time politicizing the arrest at a rally. last night in west virginia. >> should have never happened.

a tragic ending in the search for missing iowa college student mollie tibbetts. the alleged killer, a 24-year-old illegal immigrant, and we've got democrats out there saying i.c.e. should be abolished. unbelievable. we'll have a full report later in the hour. but let's get right to our top story, serious legal trouble for two of president trump's former top associates. paul manafort and michael cohen. fox news chief national correspondent ed henry is here with the details. what is the latest? >> great to see you. difficulty for the president onto her girlfriends. paul manafort and michael cohen. the cohen case could prove to be more damaging legally and politically, because the president was directly implicated in the plea deal, a far cry from the manafort matter which has nothing to do the president, the 2016 campaign, or allegations of russian collusion. the former trump campaign chair wasn't stone-faced in the virginia court as he learns the jury found he's guilty on five counts of filing false income tax returns, one count of filing a report of a file bank ac

also, more from iowa on the discovery of the body of mollie tibbetts. all that and a lot more tonight on the "cbs evening news." >> thank you for watching at 5:00. we will see you back here at 6:00. news" this tuesday, two former associates of the president are now convicted felons. one pleaded guilty, the other found guilty in separate fraud heses. and a stunning turn of events in iowa after the discovery of mollie tibbetts' body. all of that tonight, starting with the headlines in 60 seconds. >> the jury has found president idump's former campaign chairman paul manafort guilty of eight counts of fraud. >> reporter: this is the first conviction secured by special counsel robert mueller in his investigation. >> paul manafort is a good man. this has nothing to do with russian collusion. it's a witch hunt and it's a disgrace. >> reporter: the manafort verdict and the michael cohen apea deal were happening simultaneously.

for years confessed to killing mollie tibbetts.e doesn't remember how he did it. 24-year-old rivera had worked on a farm in iowa owned by a man who served as president of the iowa farm bureau. the company says he had passed the government's vetting process and was an employee in good standing. police say the mexican told investigators that he stalked mollie during her jog on july 18th, the day she was reported missing. he followed her as she ran but doesn't remember how he killed her. he told police he blacked out and woke up to find her blood and body in his trunk. her body was found by police yesterday buried in a field under corn stalks. security surveillance video and rivera's car helped police make an arrest. president trump talked about mollie's murder at a rally in west virginia last night and blamed bad immigration laws on her death. >> you heard about today with the illegal alien coming in, very sadly, from mexico and you saw what happened to that incredible beautiful young woman. [ yelling ] >> should have never happened,

mollie tibbetts was scheduled to return to the university of iowa as a sophomore. kennedy: what a tragic day for her family. thank you so much. president trump slamming what he calls of course the russian witch hunt while project ring a red wave to wipe out democrats. is the president right to say border security will be at the center of the 2018 midterms? joining me now "fox news" politics editor the one and only chris fan van. it was an interesting night because the president was subdued at times and he couldn't stay on message. do you think that he was rattled by some of the news today with michael cohen and paul manafort? >> there sort of a parallel here about the wishful thinking that a lot of trump supporter seem to be engaging in as it relates to paul manafort and as it relates to cohen. we also by the way have the second number of congress who endorsed the donald trump duncan hunter was indicted on corruption charges following chris collins. you know it is coming hard and it's coming heavy now. there was some wishful thinking that i think a lot of the presi

the suspect accused of murdering mollie tibbetts, 24-year-old cristhian bahena rivera made his first appearance today, he confessed to following mollie tibbetts when she was jogging immensity blacked out at the next thing he remembered was finding her bloodied body in his trunk. authority that he into the country illegally four to twee 7 years ago and was working near where mollie tibbetts went missing. originally the owner said they use the e-verify system which allows employers to confirm the eligibility status of employees to work in the us that earlier today, what the farmers had to walk that back. >> what we learned in the last 24 hours is that our employees not who he said he was and just within the last four hours we have come to learn that the social security admission verification service is not the same as theverify. >> law enforcement officials say he used fake documentations to obtain work at the farm and he had 0 immigration status in the country. the story ratcheting up the immigration debate just ahead of the midterm elections of democrats charging by focusing on indiv

live in piedmont. >> reporter: so much shock and so much sadness here in piedmont tonight about mollie tibbetts' murder. her family attended corpus christi church here. mollie attended the parish school and many here are grieving. >> oh, on, no, not mollie. >> reporter: linda got the news she hoped she'd never mollie ti 20-year-old iowa college student with a big smile was found murdered after being missing for weeks. they attended corpus christi catholic church. >> every parent's nightmare. and just so sad. it is so wrong. you know? she had so much to give. >> reporter: here is a picture linda found of her daughter and little mollie's first communion. father leo remembers mollie's communion. >> i have nicknames to my kid, so she has doing moles worth. >> reporter: he has reached out to her parents to let them know they are praying to them. >> he with nwe now know where s even though she tied tragically, we know that she will never suffer again. >> her mother sent me these pictures after they left us. >> reporter: principal katie murphy at the school keeps a picture of mollie and her brothers i

de about the payments ahead of time. >>> also, the man accused of killing iowa college student mollie tibbettshis first court appearance today and was charged with first-degree murder. 24-year-old christian bahena- rivera is an undocumented immigrant from mexico. prosecutors say he followed tibbetts in his car while she was jogging, killed her and buried her body in a cornfield. in court today, it was revealed that rivera had worked for years at a dairy farm and provided a fake identification and social security card to his employer. >>> ou're watching ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30. the case of mollie tibbetts is grabbinged in a headlines and bringing immigration reform front and center in the california governor's race. as ktvu's christien kafton tells us, the democrat and republican running for the state's highest office have two very different takes on the case and on immigration reform. >>> reporter: former san francisco mayor and current gubernatorial candidate lieutenant governor gavin newsom toured the newly renovated low income alex griffith housing apartment complex today but national headl

police say rivera followed mollie tibbetts during her nightly jog. she pleaded with him to knock it off, stop trailing her. warning she would call the police. rivera claims at that point he blacked out or when he woke up, tibbetts was in his trunk with a bloodied skull. police say he led them to a corn field where they found what they believed to be tibbets' body. rivera worked at yarrabee farms. of unofficial initially claimed they put them through e-verify but then clarified that had not happened. the president, as i mentioned, tweeted out a video expressing his sympathy to the tibbets family and sang this case shows massive reforms of the nation's immigration laws is simply long-overdue. >> we screen every applicant through the social security administration's social security number verification service. in addition, we ran that information to the verification sister and the information came back verified. our employee was not who he said he was. >> nobody has laws like the united states. they are strictly pathetic. we need new immigration laws. we

so to the family of mollie tibbetts, all i can say is god bless you. >> jason: with that video as well as the president's mention of tibbetts at the rally last night west virginia, a defense attorney said in court today given all those comments, "at the highest level of government, the media should be blocked from the courtroom to ensure a fair trial." the judge denied that move, meaning it's going to get a lot of media attention. >> jason: good decision from the court. we appreciate you joining us. very upsetting. i would like to note fox news is the only cable news outlet to air the arraignment of mollie's alleged killer. joining me now is francisco hernandez, an immigration attorney. and art arthur, a fellow at the center for immigration studies. when i was chairman of the house oversight committee, art arthur was an employee there for some time. a good one, at that. gentlemen, thank you for being here. francisco, i want to ask you, do you think it's legitimate that news outlets cover this story? >> i think news outlets ought to cover what they want to cover. i don't think we can bl

gregg: so again, real problems is not the murder of mollie tibbetts.s got to protect those kids of illegal immigrants whose parents are completely to blame for dragging their kids here illegally. how prevalent is this among democrats and others in america, disbelief here that camino, the murders of america isn't merely a as important as keeping illegal immigrant parents with their kids. >> greg, i said the fringes the mainstream in the democrat party and that is the default position. these are people who on one hand say they want to do something about the broken ration system and on the other hand turn around and say we need to abolish i.c.e., abolish immigration and customs enforcement, abolish the immigrants to do with human trafficking, trafficking, drug trafficking and certainly what they are aiming at is undermining the enforcement of immigration laws in the employment and workplace context and that is what is at the heart of the mollie tibbetts case and they don't want to talk about it. >> it was only five or six years ago democrats were talking

we are saddened for the family determine how mollie tibbetts died is scheduled for tomorrow. in the meantime, tonight, condolences pouring in from all over the nation. >> thank you. >>> a confession from a colorado man charged with killing his pregnant wife and two daughters, her family emotional in the courtroom today as watts was arraigned for their murders. miguel almaguer has the latest. >> reporter: arraigned for the murders of his pregnant wife and their daughters, chris watts said little in court after investigates say he privately revealed a stunning confession. police say watts claims he and his wife discussed splitting up. later on a baby monitor he said he saw his wife actively strangling celeste, 3-year-old daughter as 4-year-old bella was on-hour bed in blue. watts says he went into a rage and ultimately strangled shanaan to death. he told authorities a story later. >> i saw them on the monitor. >> reporter: pressed by investigators, watts admitted loading their bodies in this truck and dumping them in this oil field. in court, shanaan's brother watched in anger

authorities say rivera confessed to abducting and killing mollie tibbetts while she was out for a jog, dumping her body in a corn field. investigators say they cracked the case using surveillance footage showing the suspect's car near mollie during her run. >> frame by frame and in real-time motion and eventually saw mollie on the video, led us to mr. rivera, identifying the vehicle. >> reporter: according to investigators, rivera, who is from mexico, was in the country illegally. tonight, the owner of the farm where he worked saying rivera lied. >> what we learned in the last 24 hours is that our employee was not who he said he was. >> reporter: the farm now says when they hired rivera four years ago, they screened him through an older system instead of homeland security's e-verify. >> and alex perez back with us tonight. and alex, tonight, cristhian rivera remains behind bars? >> reporter: that's right, david. the judge ordered he be held on $5 million cash bond. we are also hearing from mollie's family tonight. they issued a statement thanking the public for their love and saying t

and what she says mollie tibbetts' legacy will be. you can get more on the disappearance and including a detailed time line of the case over the last month on abc7news.com and on the abc 7 news app. download the app and be sure to enable push alerts. we'll be sending out breaking news updates on the case as they happen. >>> threele caltrans workers are hurt, one seriously after a pickup truck hit their vehicle from rio vista had -- somehow o chp became distracted. the accident happened before midday on westbound i-80 in fairfield. sky 7 shows the caltrans van on its side after the driver of the ford truck rammed into a trailer with a port-a-potty before hitting the van. five caltrans employees were picking up trash and performing maintenance work. >> while they were performing their duties, a ford pickup truck was traveling in the slow lane going westbound on i-80, traveled on to the shoulder and collided with the rear of the van. >> reporter: three workers were injur injured, none life threatening. the driver was also taken to the ho

the suspect accused of murdering college student mollie tibbetts, 24-year-old cristhian rivera, made is first court appearance may. officials say he is confessed to following tibbetts while she was jogging and said he blacked out in the next thing he remembered was finding her bloodied body in his trunk. authorities at he entered the country illegally some four to seven years ago and had been working at yarrabee farms near where tibbetts went missing. originally the owner said that they had used the e-verify system which allows employers to confirm their eligibility status of employees to work in the u.s. but earlier today, one of the farm owners had to walk that back. >> what we learned in the last 24 hours is that our employee was not who he said he was. and just within the last four hours, we have come to learn that the social security administration employment verification service is not the same as e-verify. >> law enforcement officials say in fact rivera used fake documentation to obtain work at the farm and he had zero immigration status in this country. the story now ratchetin

mollie tibbetts' body found yesterday, an illegal immigrant held for her killing. the president tweeting about border issues. all sounds familiar to newsom. >> this is a tragedy. and my heart goes out to the family of the victim. but it's not a tragedy that should be exploited and that's what they are consistently doing and i think it's a real outrage. >> reporter: the lieutenant governor says the hard-line immigration stance while ignoring the positive contributions immigrants make in the state are positions that have already alienated a majority of californians who he says support compassionate immigration reform. >> i think it's wearing thin. it wore thin in california so much so that republican party is now third party in this state. >> reporter: for his part republican john cox just received a mention on the president's twitter feed just days ago. by phone today, cox said given the kate steinle tragedy and now the tibbetts case, the current immigration system needs to be examined. >> you know, i think that's important for people to understand because you know,

illegally and living in the same county where mollie tibbetts disappeared.ivera now in jail charged with first degree murder. officials revealing that surveillance video provided detectives with images of a suspicious vehicle. >> we identified that vehicle belonging to mr. rivera and then we located him, interviewed him and subsequently he led us to her location. >> reporter: the 20-year-old university of iowa student disappeared on july 18th. last seen going for a run in brooklyn, iowa. when she did not show up for work the next day, her co-workers got worried and her family reported her missing. according to police, rivera was brought in for questioning on monday. >> he tells us he ran alongside her or behind her and then at one point he tells us that mollie grabbed ahold of her phone and said you need to leave me alone. i'm going to call the police. and then she took off running. he in turn chased her down and then he tells us that at some point in time he blacks out. >> reporter: the suspect worked at a local farm for four years. yarrabee farms has now r

blessings, god less mollie tibbetts in their family. always appreciated. we are going very well and it's all because of you. the man himself is next, lou dobbs. keep it here. >> good evening, everyone. i am gregg jarrett in for lou dobbs had president trump fighting back against the politically motivated witchhunt aimed at destroying his presidency and baseless claims that michael collins plea deal implicates the president in campaign crimes. >> and they didn't come onto the campaign, but it's not even a campaign. they had a massive campaign violation but in a different attorney general and they viewed it a lot different. >> will take up the latest on the legal drama surrounding the presidency with former federal prosecutor sidney powell and judicial watch's chris farrell. also tonight, a deadly reminder that america's immigration system is broken beyond repair. a look at how mollie tibbetts suspected killer was able to stay in this country legally to commit this heinous crime. investigator journalist gives us her take on how the murder could affect the pr

we also covered the horrific, sad, tragic murder of mollie tibbetts. all at the hands of an illegal immigrant. some on the left are so absolutely cruel to the victim of what is a senseless act of violence that if we start protecting people, we can stop this. stay tuned, we have a jam-packed opening monologue as we kick it off your ♪ >> sean: less than one month after being sworn in, attorney general jeff sessions abandon his post, completely recused himself from all things russia and hillary. this has been a tremendous disservice to the president and the country that he serves. knowing he would do this, he did have an obligation to tell the president of the united states. here we are, a year and a half later. look at what the rush investigation has become. sessions recused himself from all of it. it has now morphed into new york taxi cab medallions taxes, tax forms, bank habitations applict to porn stars, and a witch hunt of the president and everyone around him. an unmitigated disaster for so many personally. lives offended and literally uprooted, and

first place. >> 24-year-old christian rivera is charged with first degree murder in the death of mollie tibbetts. they say he confessed july 18th, the day mollie disappeared, he followed her on her jog and she became frightened and got out her cell phone and said get away from me i will call police. he says he blacked out and doesn't remember what happened next but she ended up in his truck with a bloody skull. he led them to her body that he hid in a cornfield. ice says rivera is from mexico and have placed a detainer request on him in this county. we've learned rivera worked at a farm just a few miles from where mollie vanished. they released a statement saying rivera was an employee in good standing and somehow passed the government's e-verify employment system despite his status as an undocumented worker. it lists several owners of the farm. they might be relatives of craig lang who reportedly was a former republican candidate for iowa's agriculture secretary. mollie's mother was with her two sons at the press one interference where police announced her daughter's debt. she remained stoic an

discovery of the body of mollie tibbetts. all that and a lot more tonight on the "cbs evening news." >> thank you for watching at 5:00. we will see you back here at 6:00. news" this tuesday, two former associates of the president are now convicted felons. one pleaded guilty, the other found guilty in separate fraud heses. and a stunning turn of events in iowa after the discovery of mollie tibbetts' body. all of that tonight, starting with the headlines in 60 seconds. >> the jury has found president idump's former campaign chairman paul manafort guilty of eight counts of fraud. >> reporter: this is the first conviction secured by special counsel robert mueller in his investigation. >> paul manafort is a good man. this has nothing to do with russian collusion. it's a witch hunt and it's a disgrace. >> reporter: the manafort verdict and the michael cohen apea deal were happening onmultaneously. >> trump's longtime personal lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, pleading guilty to eight counts. an charges of campaign finance k aud, ban

the body of the missing college student mollie tibbetts has now been found. authorities have just revealed the suspect is an undocumented immigrant. >>> the powerful storm system moving east tonight. severe thunderstorms, dangerous winds. from virginia and d.c. up through the northeast, and the major hurricane we're tracking. >>> the stunning moment in court today involving the father and husband charged with killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters, as his slain wife's father breaks down. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a very busy tuesday night. two bombshell headlines involving two men who worked very closely with the president. a guilty plea for one, and a guilty verdict for the other. paul manafort found guilty on eight counts against him. jurors couldn't reach consensus on the other ten. and michael cohen, pleading guilty to eight charges, surrendering to the fbi in new york city. the man who once said he would take a bullet for the president. cohen acknowledging he was working for a candidate for federal office. what does t

mollie tibbetts vanished july 18th while out jogging in iowa. n confessed to murdering tibbetts. he led investigators to a field where tibbetts' body was found reportedly found under corn stalks. christhian rivera told investigators he saw tibbetts jogging and started following her. video from a security camera helped find rivera. he has been living illegally in the united states. an autopsy will be performed today to determine how mollie tibbetts died. mollie tibbetts lived here in the bay area when she was a young child. the news of her death came on the first day of school in piedmont. >> i have all of my children here, the first day of school, and i have to be strong for them. it is not the outcome that i have been praying for or hoping for. >> this is her brother jacob. >> she attended the school from kindergarten until third grade until she moved to iowa when her parents divorced. principal katie murphy says she remembers tibbetts as a sweet girl loved by everyone. >>> time is 7:37. joseph deangelo, the accused golden state killer will be f

investor greatest believe it is 20-year old mollie tibbetts.mented immigrants, 24-year old christian rivera, admitted to stalking her while she was on a run. the last day she was seen. >> he ran next to her, behind her, at one point he tells us that mollie tibbetts grabbed her phone and said "i am going to call the police." she then took off running. he chased her down. he then tells us that at some point in time he blacks out. >> reporter: in the affidavit he admits to putting her in the trunk of his car. investigators found her body in a field buried under cornstalks. they got a break from cameras in the area that showed mollie tibbetts and christian rivera's car. >> we identified the vehicle belonging to christian rivera. subsequently he led us to this location. >> reporter: police say her feedback helps to retrace her -- police say her fitbit helped to retrace her path. >> we will love the family as they go through this awful time. i can't even imagine what it is like. >> reporter: christian rivera now faces life in prison without parole. >

years working under an assumed name at a farm prosecutors a rivera followed molly -- followed molly tibbetts in her car while -- in his car while she was jogging. rivera claims he blacked out and when he came to molly within his truck. rivera appeared in court yesterday . his bond is set at $5 million . the next court hearing is on august 31. >>> hundreds of people came together last night for this emotional candlelight vigil in memory of molly tibbetts. it was held at the university of iowa where molly tibbetts was pursuing a degree in psychology. >> she was bubbly and instantaneously happy when you met her. >> i have this memory of her smiling and holding hands with my one friend. that was just like pure happiness right there. >> as a small child molly tibbetts lived briefly in oakland. she went to corpus christi school in piedmont from kindergarten through the third grade. >>> molly tibbetts debt is feeling the -- fueling the debate over illegal immigration in a california race for governor. gavin newsom says president trump and other republican leaders are politicizing a tragedy. >> this

. >>> an illegal immigrant is charged with murdering mollie tibbetts. the 20-year-old's body was found in iowa yesterday. kpix 5's jackie ward joins us live with new details on the investigation. >>> reporter: police say the suspect christian bahena- rivera led police to her body. they believe she was killed the day she went missing on july 18th. rivera is a 24-year-old man from mexico illegally in the states for years. he had worked on an iowa farm owned by a prominent republican who had previously served as president of iowa farm bureau. the company says he had passed the government's vetting process and was an employee in good standing. police say rivera has confessed to killing mollie tibbetts telling investigators he got out of his car and stalked her during her run. investigators say at one point mollie told him she was going to call police. he chased her down and then apparently he blacked out. the next thing he claims to remember is mollie bloody in her trunk. she went to school in piedmont until the third grade. her principal says she is prayin

the bode of mollie tibbetts has been found.appeared after going for a jog in iowa. >>> later this morning, new charges against the golden state killer joseph deangelo could be filed. contra costa county district attorney diana becton is expected to join today's announcement. >>> new numbers on the mendocino complex fire, now over 404,000 acres and is 74% contained. news updates throughout the hour and your favorite platforms including kpix.com. >>> good morning, time now 8:57. we have a traffic aletter in effect for the drivers on southbound 101. a grass fire has completely shut down the connector ramp to guadeloupe parkway. so expect delays in both directions along 101 as well as 87. we are seeing the backup already developing there. this is a live look at 101 northbound through san josi. we found a couple crashes near hellier and san antonio, just under an hour commute, 53 minutes to go between that stretch. expect delays to continue along 101. live look at the san mateo bridge, just under 30 minutes out of hayward into foste