michael schmitt also poke spoke to the president about how long the investigation will last. the democrats at about whether the special counsel would be fair. mr. trump said that he was not bothered by the fact that he does not know when it will be completed because he has nothing to hide. mr. trump repeated the assertion that democrats invented it as a hoax and a ruse and an excuse for losing an election. he said that everybody knows his associates did not collude with the russians, even as he insisted the real stories are about democrats who worked with the russians in the 2016 campaign. there has been no collusion, but i think he is going to be fair, mr. trump said of mr. mueller. he tried to put distance between himself and his former chairman paul manafort indicted for his work in the pro russian government, a charge he denies. he said paul only worked for me for a few weeks. paul worked for ronald reagan & bob dole for far longer than he worked for me. you are talking what paul was many years ago before i heard of him. he worked for me for what was it, 3 1/2 months? >>

manager all of a schmitt has been sentenced to seven years in prison and a fine a four hundred thousand dollars most feed all the executives spaced and germany haven't even lost their jobs oliver schmidt will be the first german v.w. manager to be imprisoned for his role in the emissions scandal he admitted that he knew about the software manipulation and lied about it to u.s. authorities he characterized himself as a scapegoat acting on behalf of management that didn't help him much in court but as part of his guilty plea prosecutors agreed to drop most of the counts for the time being one of the schmidt will be the final u.s. conviction in the v.w. emissions scandal the company manipulated the emissions values on their diesel vehicles for years the german car maker has already paid out over twenty five billion euros in compensation and fines in the u.s. despite the scandal folks wagon this once again making record profits. all right it's a big topic and we want to discuss it with our correspondent in new york ian's caught the high end good to see you there now we know it now it's seve

joining us now is steve schmitt. thank you for being here tonight. >> good to see you. >> you have been critical and outspoken about this president a number of occasions in the past. reading your response today, i want to know if you see this as kind of a marginal advance in what you see as offensive behavior by the president or do you see this as something qualitatively different, a big leap? >> i would say qualitatively different. the moral obtusity on display at that disgraceful news conference today are bone chilling. this is a moment in the history of the republican party. the statement by the speaker of the house are not sufficient to the moment. there can be no equivocation here. the moral failure is complete. it's almost irredeemable. the republican leaders have to condemn the president for this false equivocation directly by name. they have to censure him or they risk sliding into a moral abyss with him. i think people of good faith in this country, whether they be liberal democrats or conservative republica

manager oliver schmitt has been sentenced to seven years in prison most v.w. executives based in germany well they haven't even lost their jobs. oliver schmidt will be the first german v.w. manager to be imprisoned for his role in the emissions scandal he admitted that he knew about the software manipulation and lied about it to u.s. authorities he characterized himself as a scapegoat acting on behalf of management that didn't help him much in court but as part of his guilty plea prosecutors agreed to drop most of the counts for the time being one of the schmidt will be the final u.s. conviction in the v.w. emissions scandal the company manipulated the emissions values on their diesel vehicles for years the german carmaker has already paid out over twenty five billion euros in compensation and fines in the u.s. despite the scandal folks wagon is once again making record profits. who needs cars when you've got the subway here in berlin for example and you can also get a free concert today the city subway play host to some very special guest bono and the edge fr

that's right sara and that is a hefty sentence seven years behind bars that's the price all of a schmitt has to pay for lying to consumers the false flag and senior executive was also find four hundred thousand dollars over his role in the company's massive emissions cheating scandal as requested by prosecutors both penalties represent the maximum that the u.s. court could have had the doubt. this wednesday was perhaps the worst day of all of a smith's life the engineer sentenced to seven years in prison at the toughest possible sentence for perpetrating fraud against consumers he was emotional he apologized he regrets his decisions he said he takes responsibility it's his fault. schmidt was responsible for us environmental matters at v.w. from twenty twelve until twenty fifteen the time that folks wagon admits to manipulating emissions tests using software loaded into its cars. he knew about the test manipulation and testified in court that he simply followed orders the judge ruled that without doubt the v.w. board shared responsibility for the scandal prosecutors said schmidt was in th

broke down crying explaining how heavy this is been for his family the judge said that all of the schmitt used the the diesel cheating as a way to work his way up the corporate ladder now in the end the sentence is actually just five years because part of the sentence is run concurrently and two men in jail is a lot fewer than there should be for a fraud of this size still city managers will be looking at this case and think twice before ripping off u.s. consumers again now what about the german investigations here why are they so far behind what authorities in the u.s. are doing well just to make it clear there is independence between politicians in the judiciary in germany and politicians so far have openly meddled in any. pace's but it is a vital industry in germany bringing in about four hundred billion euros in revenue a year and politics and the carmakers are very close cozy and they don't want to be seen as chipping away at the foundations of the german economy still trades have been made but public pressure has not been put on the car makers by politicians and that would really he

at a white house signing ceremony attended by former astronaut buzz aldrin and harrison schmitt, oney whitson, who spent more time and space than any other american, the president said returning to the moon was just the beginning. this time, we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint, we will establish a foundation for eventual missions to mars and perhaps someday to many worlds beyond. nasa has sent an unmanned spacecraft to mars and wants to send another unmanned rover in 2020. they are planning to send humans by 2030. back injune, china announced plans to send a man to the moon. the trump administration hasn't revealed just how the new objective is to be achieved, and on what timescale. butjust as injuly 1969, one thing is sure, it won't be cheap. time for a look at the weather. -13 —13 last night was the lowest temperature, it won't be as cold tonight but there is still the risk of some ice, it's still pretty frosty across many parts of the country can cover across east anglia and the south—east than it has been recently that we're seeing some changes across northern

manager all of a schmitt has been detained in the united states for almost a year now and we are waiting for his sentence that is due to be announced any minute now schmidt was in charge of the company's environmental and engineering division in the u.s. and pled guilty a felony prosecutors are demanding seven years in prison and a fine of up to four hundred thousand dollars schmidt says he was following orders . let's begin a little bit deeper with our financial correspondent in new york called the who's been following the story for us what can we expect of the sentence some say that he could face up to one hundred sixty nine years in prison or that it was at least planned. that was originally this ridiculous threat from u.s. prosecutors but that was clearly a technical move to force him all of us from it to plead guilty you want to you eventually did and also get some more information and some more names are probably to us the prosecutors the majority of all of us mint by the way is arguing that he shouldn't get more than most at most forty months of prison because he was not the mafia

the former head of the swiss department of sport also the former president of the country samuel schmitt and that report actually highlighted reasonable doubt that any of the suggestions that any knowledge of possible doping in russia went any higher than the national sports association take a listen. nevertheless the independent and impartial evidence do not allow the i.o.c. d.c. to establish with certitude either who initiated or who headed this scheme on many occasions reference was made on the involvement of the minister of sports level but no indication independent or impartial evidence appeared to cooperate any involvement or knowledge at a higher level of the state so of course there are bystanders claiming that this whole decision is politicized as also people claiming that the whole investigation lacks transparency but surely no one can deny the courage that in the guts that these athletes have to still be standing after everything they've been through i think about the athletes from other countries who've been so focused on their training when the the russian team have had to g

on monday that were tired astronaut harrison schmitt gave president donald trump a memento after he signed a directive ordering the us to send explorers back to the moon and this is a giant step toward that inspiring future and toward reclaiming america's proud destiny in space and space has so much to do with so many other applications including a military application or. at first glance this looks like a feel good moment the apollo missions of the one nine hundred sixty s. and one nine hundred seventy thousand people around the world they proved that with enough knowledge and money the moon was no longer out of humanity's reach and lift off the spatial but then in the eighty's ninety's and two thousand the u.s. shifted attention to projects closer to earth with moscow's partnership the construction and operation of the international space station in earth's orbit and for thirty years the nearly one hundred fourteen billion dollars space shuttle program. rather economic times forced the obama administration to ground the shuttle program in two thousand and eleven and to ditch any plans to

tony hanagan, mike schmitt, katherine kilroy. i'd be remiss if we didn't thank the senate parliamentarian elizabeth macdonough and her team, leig hildebrand. i know they have given up a lot of their nights and their weekends as well as their regular job time working in detail on these -- on this product and people wouldn't realize the file cabinets full of precedents they have to search through as they listen to both sides make cases about what can and can't be in a budget reconciliation bill. there are also many other staffers who deserve to be thanked for their work on this product including the entire finance and energy committee staffs, but in the interest of time i will just say that i appreciate them and look forward to working with all of them to help finish enacting this bill that will benefit hardworking americans and make our economy and country stronger. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the cons

and we got snow in new york city, you're watching "fox & friends first" on monday morning i'm rob schmittn: and i'm jillian mele. all eyes on alabama, state's critical special election hours from the finish line. rob: gop senate candidate roy moore claim to go set the record straight one last time as his opponent launches brand-new attacks. jillian: griff jenkins live in nation's capital with what's at stake, happy monday, griff. >> you have snow and i have drilling going on in the studio, coming down to the wire as alabama voters are waking up to robo call from president trump who is making a final push for the embattled republican roy moore. >> get out and vote for roy moore, his vote is our republican senate and it's needed. we need roy to help us with the republican senate. we will win and we will make america great again. >> moore who has been running at outside e was noticeably absent from the campaign trail this weekend and avoided reporters but called into a radio show denying allegations of sexual misconduct against him and firing at establishment that refused to support him. >>

i'm rob schmitt, thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with a fox news alert today.ights are back on at the world's busiest airport. carley: massive power outage brought airport in atlanta to complete standstill for 11 years more than 1,000 flights in and out grounded, passengers stranded in dark terminals and trapped on planes for hours. >> the lights flickered once, that was really scary and thought hopefully nothing happens, they flickered again and didn't come back. >> i literally spent 7 hours on plane without food or water. >> we had to go through tunnels, scary. >> a fire at underground local facility is to blame, 300 flights already canceled this morning as we begin one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, now, we will have much more on this in live report from the atlanta airport over the next half hour. rob: terrible timing. carley: awful, awful timing. rebuilding military and taking on terror. president trump making good on his america first promise. rob: he is set to unveil his first national security strategy today and kelly wright is live in washing

but this article today from samantha schmitt, "washington post," quite iron ibbling, james comey, sally yates, eric holder defend f.b.i. after trump's twitter attack. this is the same eric holder that lied to us repeatedly in our judicial committee hearings, he obfuscated, concealed evidence, refused to disclose ,vidence, was found in contempt but he's he still has the unmitigated gall to step forward if he's a paragon of virtue and can stand up for mueller's character, i guess. comey also has taken to tweeting out bible verses,ic that's wonderful, applaud him reading the bible. wish he'd been relying on the bible a little more when he was f.b.i. director. the e he started preparing statement that would indicate there was nothing to prosecute hillary clinton over before she was actually investigated, before he gave immunity to people, before he let her lawyer who was a witness sit in on he was parts before exonerating her even though the evidence that he recited made clear an offense had been committed. and there were stories that the only reason he came out before the election and said

and i think like in the "new york times" report today by michael schmitt, i would encourage people to read that report, i mean, this is a president that's very hyperfocussed on north korea, pointed out that for over 25 years, no president has tackled or willing to tack it will, and he said it threatened a long -- >> chris -- >> of our nation and we can't allow these guys to get ballistic missiles, thermal nuclear weapons -- >> chris, listen, thank you. i have to get to the break. i hope you're right. i hope you're right when it comes to what's going to happen with the gdp, overseas, and north korea. again, those are all projections into the future. we're talking about things that have already -- >> don, keep an open mind. >> absolutely. and you as well. >> i know you -- >> i would say, i would say also projection is a serious thing. you should, you should take your own words to heart. keep an open mind and don't run away from the truth as well. thank you, happy new year to you. appreciate you coming on. we'll be right back. make something for dinner. but some of us make something much

finally, we are honored to be joined by apollo astronaut jack schmitt. exactly 45 years ago, almost to the minute, jack became one of the last americans to land on the moon. today we pledge that he will not be the last, and i suspect we'll be finding other places to land in addition to the moon. what do you think, jack? where's jack? what do you think, jack? huh? we'll find some other places out there. there are a couple of other places. >> we'll learn. >> the directive i'm signing today will refocus the space program on human exploration and discovery. it marks an important step on returning american astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972 for long-term exploration and use. this time we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint. we will establish a foundation for an eventual mission to mars and perhaps some day to many worlds beyond. this directive will ensure america's space program leads and inspires all of humanity. the pioneer spirit has always defined america and we're picking that up in many other fields. i think you see th

harrison schmitt, the last man to step foot on the moon.llo 17 astronaut could welcome to the show. great to have you with us. >> great to be with you, stuart. train to my first question when i saw the president a that is why do we use robots? >> well, we've never used them before. all the exploration really need the human president for the periods of human mind, training of the human mind and the ability to deal with the unexpected. the president's initiative and the vice president initiative as well are extremely important. almost certainly historic. stuart: why are we going back for to the moon? the operational imperative is to learn how to work in minimized deep space. it's been a long time and we need another generation to learn how to do that. stuart: would be a staging post perhaps. >> it is. it has resources that will help us go into the solar system. it also has energy resources that will be a valuable here on earth. i am looking forward to the implementation of this initiative. scientifically it will be very important. the moon is

finally, we are honored to be joined by apollo astronaut jack schmitt. exactly 45 years ago, almost to the minute, jack became one of the last americans to land on the moon. today we pledge that he will not be the last, and i suspect we'll be finding other places to land in addition to the moon. what do you think, jack? where's jack? what do you think, jack? huh? we'll find some other places out there. there are a couple of other places. >> we'll learn. >> the directive i'm signing today will refocus the space program on human exploration and discovery. it marks an important step on returning american astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972 for long-term exploration and use. this time

ainsley: co-host of "fox & friends first" rob schmitt hit the streets to find out. is the constitution. we have all of these amy's. the bill of the rights is the first 10. how many can you name? most people didn't do too well. let's take a look. rob: can you tell me what the bill of rights are. >> nope. rob: come on. yes, you can. rob: the bill of rights are which 10 amendments of the constitution. >> slightest idea. can't name any of them. rob: you can't name one of them. i think you can. >> freedom of speech. rob: first one. >> right to bear arms second amendment. rob: freedom of speech, freedom of the press. >> religion freedom of religion. now i get it. >> i can give you first two, first is freedom of speech and the second is right to bear arms. rob: is it interesting to you that a lot of people don't know a single one. >> a lot of things interesting interest me where they get news and politics is straight offline which is really sad. >> i think i'm capped. rob: right there, man. rob: in all fairness he is a school teacher he got four of them. did he better than

steve: we have signed up our own rob schmitt. brian: todd piro is here.iro is in hanover pancake house. todd: we have a surprise from mr. doocy i believe you know the gentleman behind me your seventh and eighth grade buddy. >> good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. by the way, brian, i told everyone breakfast son you. i hope you are okay with that. >> your opinion is not in the recipe. only fake news in the rolling pin cafe because there is a ton of opinion here. steve: author of andrew jackson and the miracle of new orleans author brian kilmeade brian brian did andrew jackson do win? steve: janice dean in partly cloudy skiepunctuation towny. proceeds she made from the book go to hurricane relief. take a look at the check she just presented. $15,000. janice: what a lovely organization, when you have a serving heart, it means everything. steve: take a look at this. anxiously earhardt is donating $50,000 to folds of honor. ainsley: because some people out there have bought the book. it's called through your eyes because what we learn as parents through the

rob schmitt live here in new york. thank you very much.ould not screen his new movie at the white house for the president but did anybody even ask him? ainsley: plus a christmas miracle for the three children of the slain new york city police detective my societit's osata effort to te gift many of you gave that family. stay with us. ♪ it feels like the whole wide world is raining down on you ♪ ♪ when heartburn hits fight back fast with tums chewy bites. fast relief in every bite. crunchy outside. chewy inside. tum tum tum tum tums chewy bites. almost $800 when we switched our auto and home insurance. with liberty, we could afford a real babysitter instead of your brother. >>hey. oh, that's my robe. >>is it? when you switch to liberty mutual, you could save $782 on auto and home insurance and still get great coverage for you and your family. call for a free quote today. you could save $782 when liberty stands with you. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ ainsley: nyp detective and single mother was gunned down while she sat in her patrol car back i

you just heard michael schmitt of the "new york times" did just that when he scored a rare impromptuith donald trump on thursday, an interview that went on for 30 minutes with no aides or staffers present. the chat was wide ranging from robert mueller's investigation, which he says makes the u.s. look bad, to north korea, the tax bill and of course trump's golf swing. though twitter erupted with criticism over the lack of pushback, the interview succeeded in revealing much of trump's psyche. his needs to insist 16 times there's been no collusion and his claim that he will win in 2020 because, quote, newspapers, televisions, all forms of media will tank if i'm not there because without me their ratings are going down the tubes. thank you all very much for being here. no collusion. i saw in two separate answers he said no collusion six times in each of those answers. let's go round robin and just get your quick reactions to the "new york times" interview overall. >> what's remarkable is that according to the "washington post" fact check, he lied 20 times in 30 minutes. this guy is just

schmitt has been criticized for his use and views on data. back in 2005 he said if you have something you don't want anybody to north korea maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place. >> vlad, thanks. >>> overnight we learned that dick enberg has died. his 60-year career could be summed up with his simple catch phrase. >> oh, the heck with it. i'm going to say it anyway. oh, my. >> it's all over. it's all over. muhammad ali. >> oh, my. >> u.s. open champion, how does that feel? >> i just got an "oh, my" friday dick enberg. how about that. >> he brought knowledge to his play to the grand slam tennis, nfl, major league baseball, college basketball, boxing, he even hosted game shows and appeared in movies. enberg's family says he collapsed at his california home yesterday waiting to take a flight to boston. dick enberg was 82. >> he had such a great career. his daughter said they knew something was wrong when he didn't show up in boston. they found his bags packed at home. he was so alive. >> we're going to miss that voice. >> boy, peopl

todd: rob schmitt is here now with a look at what's trending.reat story. new york hero firefighter, lone survivor from his firehouse on 9/11. the south tower collapsed all around him as he was just outside the building. and he is giving one of his or has given one of his kidneys as a christmas present to a total stranger to save her life. firemen kevin shae donated his kidney to california special education teacher lois knutson right here suffering from degenerative kidney disease that would soon kill her. she actually grew up in new york admiring firefighters and now one has saved her life. her disease is hereditary so dangerous that she and her have elected not to have kids. here is the fighter shae the hero. she instead devoted her life and husband's life to helping special ed kids. it's in the "new york post" today. check it out and get more details on it if you want to. fort worth texas mom who used christmas bonus to buy gifts for three boys devastated to find them stolen from the bed of her pickup truck just days before christmas when she

routinely with the defense innovation board about how to do things differently, and particularly eric schmitt i speak with. i was just on the phone with him monday afternoon asking him what can i do differently to solve some specific issues. and that's helpful. we also are using our diux arm out there to set up roundtables for me to meet with a variety of software companies because that's where i'm focused right now. >> how long has diux been in business? >> for two or three years, perhaps. i'm going to have to get back to you on the specifics on that. i'm not smart enough to know that right now. >> that's not a lot of progress. >> i want to build on it. >> senator ernest? >> thank you, mr. chair. thanks to all of you for joining us today. we had a great forum this last weekend, the reagan national defense forum, and secretary lord, i'm glad you were there. secretary esper and i set together on a wonderful, wonderful panel. i think everybody was engaged at one point or another through those discussions. and it was very helpful to see so many people that agreed on some of the challenges that w

i want to bring in the "time's" reporter, michael schmitt. i think the first time i met you, we were on a christmas holiday with president obama in palmy, hawaii. now are you in balmy florida. a little different kind of presidency west virginia are you hearing about, if anything, what the president is telling his wealthy friends at mar-a-lago. well, i think we saw what he is trying to sell this tax bill to different groups of people t. biggest they will have to sell it to is the middle class. that is something the republicans will do as they get closer an closer to the mid-terms next november. wausau him speaking to a small but narrow group about how he thinks it will help them. he has to make that argument to the rest of the country t. democrats will continue to cast it as the president did as something simply for the wealthy. >> let me ask you about other issues on the president's agenda, is he at all concerned about the russia investigation the fact that christmas eve he is tweeting about the fbi by fame. i suggest he is following, he is c

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