i'm shannon bream. tonight territory donald trump is facing questions on whether he tried to fire robert mueller. >> shannon: talking with the success of the davos trip but not answering questions on robert mueller. with the president discussing options or was there an tempt to obstruct justice. "the new york times" reporting he changed his mind after some staff threaten to quit. they were told at the time the president discussed firing mule ir not ordering it but backed down after he was told the result could be disastrous. >> he was also taking fire for remarks from a friend of his who suggested president trump was considering the removal of special counsel robert mueller. >> i think he's considering perhaps terminated the special counsel. >> the statement prompted outrage from democrats. >> shannon: that's back in june. tonight sources tell fox news the president asked mcgan if he would talk to deputy attorney rob rosenstein about the idea of firing mueller but never ordered him fired. sources tell f

shannon? >> shannon: catherine herridge, thank you.eturn to achieve national correspondent at henry, following the increased political sniping between congressional republicans in the nation's top law enforcement authorities, what can you tell us? >> an extraordinary 24 hours really of leaks, potentially damaging to the white house. they suggest special counsel robert miller wants to question president trump about the firings of james comey and retired general michael flynn. plus, elite today about mueller interviewing comey last year about his memos laying out his discomfort with some of the conversations with the president, and then as you know to come another week that mueller questioned attorney general jeff sessions for several hours last week. then, a leak that sessions, the president's urging, has been pressuring new fbi director christopher wray to clean house and put in place trump loyalists. the president flat out denied that wray has been pressured at all. they believe that these leaks are an attempt out her overshadow the i

, that her mother had attempted to poison david shannon, that joan shannon and elizabeth shannon haded to kill david shannon and it actually was elizabeth that had shot him that night. >> a conspiracy? joan the brains, and elizabeth the brawn? given the tumultuous relationship between mother and daughter, who could have imagined they could agree on anything, let alone murder? but, said vera, that's the story elizabeth told her. and it implicated both her best friend and joan shannon in a homicide. >> the arrest warrants went out for both of them simultaneously. joan shannon was arrested actually before elizabeth was arrested and before elizabeth gave any statement in the case. >> david shannon's family was in fayetteville for david's funeral. right there with joan when the cops came, saw what they did. joan had been practically paralyzed with grief, they said. and then arrested. >> they put cuffs on her. i imagine they read her her rights right then. but i don't know. it was another shock. >> joan herself was unshakeable in her insistence she did not do it. she had no part, she swore

, that her mother had attempted to poison david shannon, that joan shannon and elizabeth shannon haded to kill david shannon and it actually was elizabeth that had shot him that night. >> a conspiracy? joan the brains, and elizabeth the brawn? given the tumultuous relationship between mother and daughter, who could have imagined they could agree on anything, let alone murder? but, said vera, that's the story elizabeth told her. and it implicated both her best friend and joan shannon in a homicide. >> the arrest warrants went out for both of them simultaneously. joan shannon was arrested actually before elizabeth was arrested and before elizabeth gave any statement in the case. >> david shannon's family was in fayetteville for david's funeral. right there with joan when the cops came, saw what they did. joan had been practically paralyzed with grief, they said. and then arrested. >> they put cuffs on her. i imagine they read her her rights right then. but i don't know. it was another shock. >> joan herself was unshakeable in her insistence she did not do it. she had no part, she swore

shannon. >> shannon: trace gallagher, thank you very much.round-the-clock negotiations about immigration and government spending continued tonight what are they being overshadowed by the president's comments? republican congressman from texas louie gohmert joins us tonight. >> great to be with you. thank you. >> shannon: you know what the president said, i want to repeat it here. does it help or hurt your effort to get something done? i know you have mixed emotions about what has been floating around capitol hill as a potential solution. >> i'm not going to defend his language but i will defend his frustration. here we've got people, the only people they want to talk about being dreamers are people that came into the country illegally. many of them, the people picture a young, precious people and most of them, a lot of them are middle-aged and then we see statistics that a huge percentage don't speak english, even though they were getting free education and all kinds of free things, and you've got these same people that are pushing to keep ms

shannon. >> shannon: there are plenty of them. thank you so much. big news on special counsel robert mueller and president trump tonight. plus a whole lot more. five months worth of missing texts between two former members of robert mueller's team accused of anti-trump buyers were covered by a government watchdog. ed henry is following the storm of controversy that messages are causing on capitol hill and beyond. plus, it is a highly secretive memo accusing the fbi and doj of abuse in government surveillance implicate james comey or other top officials? utah congressman chris stewart is here with the inside scoop. and while the president's proposal and immigration bring congress closer to adl or deeper? chris stirewalt has the answers. ♪ >> shannon: hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington. new tonight, three major stories breaking at this late hour. "the new york times" reporting that president trump ordered special cancer robert mueller fired. he reportedly backed down after the white house counsel threatened to res

shannon. >> shannon: thank you very much.lagher with the update from l.a. a man accused of threatening to kill riders on a greyhound bus is in custody tonight in chicago. it reportedly in this country illegally after having been deported at least once before. the story of a terrifying ride for passengers. >> shannon, a greyhound bus from milwaukee to chicago took a horrifying turn when an illegal immigrant aboard started pacing back and forth threatening to shoot and kill everyone while reaching toward his waistband according to passengers. police say at least two passengers called 911 from the moving bus about 33-year-old -- the department of u.s. border control and customs house fox news vargas rosa has been apprehended, ordered for deportation five times. >> it almost felt like a terrorist situation because you are on a bus and the guy is saying he's got a gun. >> he was acting crazy. >> when squad cars attempted to pull the bus over, the driver did not stop. police dropped two separate spike strips to stop the bus. they s

shannon? >> shannon: jennifer griffin from the pentagon. thank you.resident trump arriving back at the white house via marine one a short while ago. from foreign threats to tackling immigration issues and new pressure for the fbi and doj over the so-called trump dossier, it will be a very busy start to 2018 washington gets back to work. here to help make sense of it all, kelly jane torrance, deputy editor for the weekly standard. happy new year. >> you, too. >> shannon: we will talk more about the iran situation later but the president calling out pakistan, saying, "the united states is foolishly given pakistan more than $33 billion t 15 years and they have given us nothing but lies and deceit, think of our leaders as fools. they give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in afghanistan with little help, no more." there is talk of blocking and aid package to them, to the tune of about a quarter billion dollars. that is one way to start 2018. to speak of it is. i have to say, i think it's a great start to trump's twitter feed in 2018, that he is, instea

shannon. >> shannon: matt finn reporting. thank you.news political analyst gianno caldwell will be here to talk about baltimore. they have a new record for homicides per capita in 2017. local residents have surprising answers. we know america is a country on the move and we know where they are moving to. according to a survey, americans are going west. oregon, idaho, washington state. states that saw the most people leave: illinois, new jersey, new york. coming up, the justice department and the fbi facing a deadline tomorrow to hanover dossier details to the house intelligence committee. tonight the firm behind the dossier speaking out and taking a stand against republicans. we will debate their claims. another tough day for travelers. what is behind the latest nightmare. >> they are like okay. we waited another hour. my wish was a clubhouse, but we call it "the wish house." people visit national parks from all over the world. food tastes better when you don't have to cook it. he was just supposed to be my dog. i don't know why. (vo) w

everyone have a great weekend, roll tide, shannon is up next. >> shannon: one of president trump's nominees who served in mike huckabee's administration picks up the evidentiary trail. what it means now that a prosecutor is officially investigating allegations of corruption by america's first couple. with the outcome be different than it was? fact-checking michael wolff's fire and fury, what's true, what's false, will investigate. an arkansas woman takes off after winning big for my lottery tickets. we'll pick up the case in night court. ♪ hello and welcome to "fox news @ night," i am shannon bream in washington. there are no reportedly for official inquiries and involvig secretary hillary clinton. her state department was 1 of 9 agencies that signed off on the deal. there's is also a potential probe on a report that you've seen right here on "fox news @ night," allegations of the obama administration slow rolled or even stopped a dea investigation into millions of dollars of drug and weapons trafficking. she was the secretary of state during the obama administration. last night we spoke ex

andy bigs, great to have you with us congressman. >> good to be with you, shannon. >> shannon: do youant to weigh in on where we are in this conversation? >> i think that it is very interesting that we are getting mixed messages of what took place in the meeting. i think that that is very interesting. for one thing, then the second thing that the democrats are already preparing a motion resolution of center to go with the impeachment that they already had to go with the russian investigation that they wanted and now it has gone against them. all the way back to the day that he was elected they have been wanting to delegitimize this president. i do not think that this really helps the president or the democrats. the only people who believe anymore are the own base. >> shannon: al green, the one that brought the impeachment article before, racist bigotry is not enough. in congress talk is cheap, it is how we get two accounts. next week i will bring a resolution to impeach real donald trump right i will put my vote where my mouth is. repeal and replace trump. they have done this before a

good evening. >> shannon: good to see you, shannon.ore trouble for the fbi on the question of anti-trump and pro clinton text messages that were flying around in the days leading up to the 2016 election. breaking tonight, "the hill" reporting on new text messages we had not seen, which again involve fbi officials peter strzok and lisa page. this time conversing on the eve of the election about a "wall street journal" story, apparently focused on the clinton foundation, which of course is now the focus of a renewed fbi probe into whether the original fbi investigation was too soft. these texts show the duo suggesting they knew in advance about the journal's story and were then going to share it with fbi colleagues pretending they knew nothing about the story. raising questions about whether they leaked sensitive information to shape the narrative or whether they and other fbi officials leaked classified information, a bigger question, that house intelligence chairman devin nunes will get a chance to ask strzok and page, since we have al

shannon? >> shannon: mike emanuel live on the help. thank you very much.ccording to twitter, tonight's presidential address as a record breaker. it is the most tweeted state of the union or joint session address ever. 4.5 million tweets, breaking previous record of 3 million. the president only briefly mentioned russia but the topic came up plenty and the democrats responses. chief national correspondent ed henry is following that story and more. >> shannon, great to see you. "the new york times" online immediately tried to frame this speech is out of touch by writing a president focused on what he called extraordinary successes but "avoided the turmoil of the robert mueller special counsel investigation." even though every president, democrat or republican, focuses their state of the union speeches on their accomplishments and avoids controversies. that didn't stop senator bernie sanders in one of several democratic responses to the address from charging the president leaving out any messaging of rushing and interference in the 2016 election, showing he h

shannon bream, take it away. >> shannon: here's what we have coming up tonight. >> a top-secret memo reportedly accusing top intelligence officials of abusing a nation's spy program is one step closer to being made public, the same day atop sbi official might be named in that memo leaves his post. ed henry is tracking his development. steigerwald on what attorney general jeff sessions is facing. and victoria helps us break down the sudden departure of fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. president trump hit from the left and the right over his immigration plan. senator lindsey graham joins us with the inside scoop on just how close congress could be to reaching a deal. and what kind of message to members of president trump's own party want to hear in his first state of the union address? iowa's senator joins us live to preview tomorrow's big address. ♪ >> shannon: hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington. here tonight, republicans on the house intelligence committee voted to release a classified memo they wrote that upwardly alleges the fbi improperly us

it makes no sense. >> shannon: makes no sense.enator graham is here to respond as we await a senate vote on many important things. she said your plan that you came to the president with doesn't ..now what she's talking about. she's a nice lady. clearly she hasn't looked at it. it is $2.7 billion for border funding. the president's request, we gave him every penny. we begin to break chain migration by limiting green card holders to nuclear families. >> shannon: you don't get rid of it. >> no, that is around two. what we are not going to do is get all we want in round one and they give us daca. if you don't want to do comprehensive which i agree with you after break it into parts. the president deserves border funding and i promise you he will get it. he may be can get some more. at the end of the day, 800,000 daca kids. they are not kids, but young adults, run out of legal status. we are going to take care of them. we're going to begin to secure our border, break chain migration, end the diversity last -- diversity lottery. to the

shannon?> shannon: ed henry, we'll check back with you on another hot topic in just a few moments. thank you. the continuing resolution to keep the government open passed by the senate and the house is now the law of the land. the white house releasing a picture or a short while ago of president trump signing the bill. richardson is here with more from the white house. >> president trump's signature has officially ended the long weekend shutdown is the bill cleared congress, the president and a statement said "i am pleased democrats in congress have come to their senses and our funding the insurance for vulnerable children." earlier this evening, republicans delivered a fund-raising email sent out of the president's name with a subject of "democrats caved." the white house is framing this as a victory for republicans, particularly the president. >> what the president did clearly worked. they vote just came in 81-18. i would say that those numbers are much more in the president's favor then in

miss shannon, take it away. >> shannon: we are going to work on our nicknames. here's what we have coming up. heated words and pointed accusation today on capitol hil capitol hill. now we wait to see about daca and a possible government shutdown. ed henry finding out what's next. chris stirewalt weighing the odds of a shutdown. peter doocy investigating what could be a stunning plan. a stick of the department of justice is reviewing what avenues might be available. >> shannon: the trial of an illegal alien facing charges in the death of two california deputies kicks off with chaos. we will debate with this child means for sanctuary states. >> i wonder if i would be here today talking to you if the government better and forced immigration law. >> shannon: president trump declared today a national religious freedom day. how is the president doing on that front? hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i am bream in washington. behind closed doors tonight, house republicans leaders reportedly pitching a new strategy for getting democrats on board with a funding dea

shannon bream next. >> a fox news alert, shannon bream in washington, this is fox news at night. clock in the corner of the screen shows we are just minutes from the points at which government funding runs out. democrats say they've been clear. they want to give legal stat to us an estimated 800,000 so-called dreamers saving them from deportation. republicans have hinted they see the signs of a deal maybe taking shape, we're certainly not there yet. team coverage. ed henry standing by at the white house. trump not heading down to mar-a-lago until the funding problem is resolved. to chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel to find out where things stand. >> no question about it, minute to minute. the vote is still open, it's 50-48. but the bottom line they needed 60 yes votes and democrats have successfully blocked a four-week government funding extension. there were some red state democrats who supported the measure. donnely of indiana, jones of alabama, man chon of west virginia, and mccaskill of west virginia voting in favor of it. big problem for flub answer, four voted

i'm shannon bream in washington. newsnight: fox news confirming that the justice department is opened a new inquiry into the clinton foundation. fbi agents in little rock, arkansas, taking the lead, focusing on one of the clinton foundation engaged and pay to play politics and other illegal activities while hillary clinton was secretary of state. fox news has also learned investigators are looking into whether the clinton foundation violated tax laws. also new details tonight on special counsel robert special counsel robert mueller's inquiry into president trump firing a former fbi director. former chief of staff reince priebus has handwritten notes about how president trump called comey to urge him to say he was not under investigation. also went to lengths to prevent jeff sessions from recusing himself. we'll have more with congressman mike meadows, calling on sessions to resign among the growing number of leaks like it appears "the new york times" is gone. more news on the book "fire and fury," featuring explosive

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shannon bream takes it. >> shannon: pretty impressive. >> laura: take care. >> shannon: here is what we have coming up tonight. president trump said he's looking forward to speaking with robert mueller's team under oath. ed henry is tracking the latest developments, as concerns grow about a so-called secret society of top fbi and dod officials. some believe are committed to bringing down the president. plus illegal immigrants tell chuck schumer. colorado republican senate cory gardner a key member of the negotiation joins us live with the debate over daca and how close congress could be to reaching a deal. we will also have more with my visit to israel, including a look at a controversial security fence there and what lessons the u.s. could take from it. ended former secretary of state john kerry urge palestinian leader mahmoud abbas two resist president trump? john bolton is here to help us dig deeper. ♪ hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington. new tonight, fox news has obtained a letter from the justice department to house intelligence chairman devi

now it shannon bream and the "fox news @ night" team are up to take it from here, miss shannon. sweet you were going to pick up on that court ruling as well. here's what else we have coming up tonight. someone was killed because of its publication, while lawmakers continue fighting for answers. speak of the attorney general and the fbi director, they won't give us straight answers. we may need the president of the united states to declassify this information. >> shannon: from the help produce the dossier as republicans raise news questions about leaks from inside the agencies now investigating. >> president trump: this should be a bipartisan bill a bill of love. >> shannon: president trump brings democrats to the table over immigration. we'll talk to congresswoman martha mick sally who was inside that meeting. steve bannon leaves breitbart come out his fire and ferry close? a colossal miscalculation, will debate. welcome to "fox news @ night," i'm shannon bream in washington. investigation into suspected russian interference in the 2016 election for the top democrats unilaterall

i'm shannon bream in washington. new tonight: senate democrats taking a harder line on negotiations over a stopgap spending bill to keep the government open past a friday night deadline. gambling that the g.o.p. will take all the heat if a shutdown happens. according to the hill website, two days before possible government shutdown, 4 of 70 democrats who backed the short-term funding measure passed last month say they are not going to do it again. house republicans help to send one measure to the senate as soon as tomorrow i was some in the g.o.p. saying they are going to vote no, republicans clearly need every vote they can get. we have team coverage. leland vittert will talk about the president's fake news awards but first ed henry is here with the latest. >> a lot happening tonight. senator joe manchin summed up where we are. the democrat said that over 300 million people may be punished for washington's dysfunction is terrible. white house officials are going further, charging democrats are putting national secur

shannon bream takes on things from here. >> shannon: here's what we have coming up tonight. >> shannon: downplaying the idea he'll have to interview with the special counsel, is president trump injecting some uncertainty into what his legal team has insisted is the closing chapter of the special counsel probe. as top congressional leaders work on immigration, the president comes under fire for leaving it all up to them. >> president trump: my positions are going to be with the people in this room come up with. just what is it causing top up oaklands to call it quits. we'll hear from house judiciary chairman bob goodlatte. plus we investigate the plight of christian refugees from around the world. ♪ >> shannon: welcome to "fox news @ night," i'm shannon bream in washington. new tonight, a bipartisan group of senators is reportedly making progress on a border security deal which would also theoretically solve the question to the so-called dreamers. the reported progress comes the day after president trump airs a very public gathering of lawmakers and put the ball in their courts to do so

i'm shannon bream in washington. new tonight in the feud between president trump and his former chief strategist steve bannon, abc news reporting president trump is lawyering up against bannon after excerpts from a new book republic george bannon speaks critically about trump and his family. in one quote, using the president son of treasonous behavior. tonight the president's lawyers are reportedly sending bannon a cease and desist letter demanding he refrain from making disparaging comments against the president and his family. "abc news" reports the letter says "you have breached the agreement by communicating with author michael wolff about mr. crum, his family members and the company, the campaign. disclosing confidential information making disparaging statements and at some cases defamatory statements to mr. wolf about mr. trump." the attorney says the remedies could include monetary damages, without naming a specific dollar amount, caps a blistering day between the president of his former top advisor. mr. trump

it's cold in here but shannon bream, where she is it's always warm. >> shannon: we are going to try to have a hot show. thank you. show down on capitol hill. facing a deadline to give house intel chairman devin nunes the goods on the so-called dirty dossier. top doj and fbi figures meet with house speaker paul ryan. we will have the latest developments. as the war of words grows to a fever pitch behind the head of the research of the dossier and the g.o.p. president trump battles his former top advisor steve bannon. when it comes to russia, is bannon destroying his own credibility or the president? the big four meet with top white house advisors but not the president. steve cortez predicts who will blink first. they are calling her iran's rosa parks, one of many women leading the uprising. is the american left rushing to their defense or ignoring them? we will investigate. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington. new tonight in the feud between president trump and his former chief strategist steve bannon, abc news reporting president trump is lawyering

shannon? >> shannon: mike emanuel live on the hill for every twist and turn, we'll check back with you shortly. the schumer shutdown, that's what the white house is calling it. chief national correspondent ed henry joins us with the intense politicking and bickering. we have passed the midnight deadline and moving forward. >> what's new is that the white house is finally officially weighed in. we were talking a few moments ago, are they going to be more constructive and say, okay, let's work this out. or are they going to go hard against chuck schumer, and slam the democrats. i can tell you they picked the latter. this statement in the name of sarah sanders, the white house press secretary is tough and as a trumpian flair, calling democrats losers. here's the statement. senate democrats own the schumer shutdown. this from sarah sanders. tonight, they put politics above our national security. military families. vulnerable children and the country's ability to serve all americans. we will not ne

shannon? >> shannon: mike emanuel live on the hill for every twist and turn, we'll check back with you shortly. the schumer shutdown, that's what the white house is calling it. chief national correspondent ed henry joins us with the intense politicking and bickering. we have passed the midnight deadline and moving forward. >> what's new is that the white house is finally officially weighed in. we were talking a few moments ago, are they going to be more constructive and say, okay, let's work this out. or are they going to go hard against chuck schumer, and slam the democrats. i can tell you they picked the latter. this statement in the name of sarah sanders, the white house press secretary is tough and as a trumpian flair, calling democrats losers. here's the statement. senate democrats own the schumer shutdown. this from sarah sanders. tonight, they put politics above our national security. military families. vulnerable children and the country's ability to serve all americans. we will not ne

i'm shannon bream in washington. >> shannon: we're back with coverage. the senate gives a thumbs down to the house spending bill or getting to a vote on the content. house republican congress doug collins responds, he's going to join us live in the coverage of the shutdown showdown, it is official, from washington. we'll take you back to the senate. my name is jeff sheldon, and i'm the founder of ugmonk. before shipstation it was crazy. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hundred orders i have to ship out. shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everything's pretty much done. it's so much easier so now, we're ready, bring on t. shipstation. the number one ch of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get two months free. >> shannon: mitch mcconnell is now speaking. >> as you witnessed on the floor, was a senate decision by senate democrats to shove aside millions of america

i'm shannon bream in washington. >> shannon: we're back with coverage. the senate gives a thumbs down to the house spending bill or getting to a vote on the content. house republican congress doug collins responds, he's going to join us live in the coverage of the shutdown showdown, it is official, from washington. we'll take you back to the senate. liberty mutual saved us almost eight hundred dollars 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? you could save seven hundred eighty two dollars when liberty stands with you. liberty mutual insurance. >> shannon: mitch mcconnell is now speaking. >> as you witnessed on the floor, was a senate decision by senate democrats to shove aside millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political gains. the government shutdown was 100% avoidable. completely avoidable. now, it is imminent. all because senate democrats chose to fill bust area noncontroversial funding bill that contains nothing, not a thing,

hey, this is shannon. >> but shannon did it. >> i've been waking up having panic attacks. can't deal with this. i want to know what happened. can you tell me anything? >> yeah. the only thing, you know, that i know is that a lot of stuff was stolen from the house. >> okay. >> ralph stuck to his story. a deadly home invasion. >> and then i found her. >> yeah. >> and that's, you know -- >> yeah. >> i tried to deal with that. >> shannon pressed ralph for details. >> the one guy that hit me that i saw from the front was taller than me. >> okay. >> and he had a dark complexion. you know, he had marks on his face. >> and then something that didn't sound quite right. >> and i don't know. and that's -- and it felt like a split second. >> a split second? remember, in his letter, ralph said his captors held him and abused him for nearly two days. >> in my mind, if you're not going to tell me what happened, and you're going to dance around the issue and tell three different stories, what are you hiding? >> investigators wondering the same thing, tried to find answers in the evidence.

shannon? >> shannon: mike emanuel live on the hill for every twist and turn, we'll check back with you shortly. the schumer shutdown, that's what the white house is calling it. chief national correspondent ed henry joins us with the intense politicking and bickering. we have passed the midnight deadline and moving forward. >> what's new is that the white house is finally officially weighed in. we were talking a few moments ago, are they going to be more constructive and say, okay, let's work this out. or are they going to go hard against chuck schumer, and slam the democrats. i can tell you they picked the latter. this statement in the name of sarah sanders, the white house press secretary is tough and as a trumpian flair, calling democrats losers. here's the statement. senate democrats own the schumer shutdown. this from sarah sanders. tonight, they put politics above our national security. military families. vulnerable children and the country's ability to serve all americans. we will not ne