>> well, as of now, shep, not a great deal.u has been asking of vladimir putin is that he use his not considerable power inside syria to persuade iran to withdraw their forces from the count trip. as of the end of this meeting, it seems the best that prime minister netanyahu has been able to get is a relatively vague commitment from president putin to try to help keep those iranian forces away from israel's border with syria. there is a school of thought here in israel that the russians might be welling to do more in terms of pressuring iran if in return the u.s. led the way in lifting sanctions currently imposed on syria as a result of its invasion of crimea. there meeting between putin and netanyahu took place just days before putin, of course, meets president trump. meanwhile, here in syria -- here in israel today, a stark demonstration of the tensions along the israeli syrian border. israeli forces firing a patriot missile and taking down an unmanned aircraft that israel that says was launched inside syria and crossed the b

shep?ard: we've been hearing and everybody is reporting, john kelly, the chief of staff on his last leg, soon to go. now there's new word. >> yeah, he's dead, he's out. the president doesn't like him anymore. the two are at odds. that was yesterday. the one-year anniversary was met with a glorious tweet from the president saying congratulations on your year anniversary. the picture of the two of them beaming together and today we learned that the president said to john kelly, i want you by my side through the rest of my term, at least first term as the president would like it to be, 2020. john kelly accepted. so all of those stories about john kelly's demise, a little premature, shep. >> shepard: john roberts on the north lawn. thank you. wild fire alert. fire officials say there's 17 large wild fires burning across california and that this is shaping up to be the most destructive fire season on record there. a pair of wild fires in the northern part of the state threatening 10,000 homes to

shep gordon. longtime resident on maui.r. alice cooper, teddy pendergrass, luther vandross, blondie, pink floyd. he was years, years, ahead of the chef explosion. shepherding emeril through his early career. he's produced films, worked alongside great french chefs like roger verge. become close to his holiness the dalai lama. basically done everything with everybody in every place. >> shep: i first got here forty years ago. i put one foot on the island and knew i was living here the rest of my life. >> anthony: do you ever look out there and it's just, it's wallpaper? >> shep: never, ever. i say it out loud every day. yeah, my first words in the morning are "thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you." every day. >> anthony: shep is famously one of the most generous and enthusiastic of hosts. a more stand-up, loyal guy you could barely imagine. and it's no wonder they call the documentary based on his life "supermensch." that's how he's known around the world. here he's known as "that guy who throws great parties

here's shep. >> shepard: good afternoon. president trump says he's willing to shut down the government if he doesn't get his way on border security and said he would meet with iran's president with no preconditions. the president has been taking aim at the special counsel, robert mueller. ahead, his accusations about the facts. the latest attacks comes before paul manafort goes on trial. we'll preview the case and how it could reveal some of the evidence mueller has collected thus far. air marshalls secretly monitoring and reporting on passengers on u.s. flights. even if those passengers have no ties to terrorism. what gets you on the list? might take a few too many bathroom trips or being too sweaty in your seat. ahead, inside the program named "quiet skies." let's get to it. and first from the fox news deck this monday afternoon, president trump going after the special counsel, robert mueller, on his credibility. the president tweeted "is robert mueller ever going to release his conflicts of interests with respect to presi

shep? >> shepard: timeline is important here. tell us about that. >> republicans here on capitol hill and some at the white house hope to have judge kavanaugh confirmed by october 1. the start of a new supreme court term. republicans note that justice sonya sotomayor and kneel gorsuch were confirmed in 66 days from nomination to confirmation. a short time ago, the senate majority leader encouraged democrats to keep an open mind about kavanaugh. >> the president couldn't have done a better job of picking a well-qualified nominee. i think the comments all over the country have been rolling in not just from people that are conservative but others as well. >> there will be pressure on moderate republicans like lisa murkowski of alaska and susan collins of maine. senators will need time to review the records and collins says they will give them a thorough review. this is day one of the meet and greet process and the senators to give a closer look at judge kavanaugh's record. shep? >> shepard: th

here's shep. >> shepard: could president trump's twitter get him in trouble? the special counsel robert mueller new today is reportedly examining certain tweets. and the michael cohen trump tapes. they're more than about the president and the playoff and playmate. the former fixer may have more than 100 recordings. and now we're waiting to see what they reveal. the trump organization's financial chance. he's reportedly just been subpoenaed. meantime, in washington, an act of political theater is about to take a six-week intermission. some republicans made a move to impeach rod rosenstein who oversees the mueller investigation. lawmakers are leaving town and it has no chance of being voted upon. so what is the real goal? and why, why does the president continually attack the messenger? why was a reporter removed or disinvited from an event at the white house yesterday? a reporter that represented not only her network but all of our networks. and what should we the people do about it? let's get to it. >> good afternoon. a triple threat for president trump. his f

shep? >> shepard: you asked about the effort from some lawmakers to hear from the interpreter that were told that was in the room as putin and president trump were speaking. >> right. the american interpreter that was helping president trump communicate with putin has not been heard from at least not public i and so some lawmakers that do not take president trump at his word on capitol hill on the democratic side of the aisle want to subpoena her and make her either confirm or denied whether or not was president trump is saying is true. i asked sanders if that is something that she could get behind. she told us to ask the state department. i haven't had a chance to do that yet, shep. >> shepard: peter doocy, thanks very much. we're going to hear from tara maller in just a moment on what russia's effects are to target the united states. they are ongoing. dan coats makes that perfectly clear. we'll talk about the danger for you, me, the democracy and the rest as fox news channel's coverage co

shep, going back to your original question.re's no evidence that the north koreans have started on a pass to denuclearization. we've seen the intelligence reports seeing they're ramping up the production of fissile material. and we've seen the reactor that has no peaceful purposes whatsoever. all of these stories about the site that we just heard about in the last 24 hours, this is not a missile site despite what president trump said, this is a rocket site. >> shepard: an engine test site. >> yes, for liquid fuel missiles. liquid fuel is old technology. it's true that north korea's icbms use liquid fuel. but those really are not threats. it takes a long time for those missiles to stay on the ground a half hour while they're being killed. we can kill them. what we're worried about is the solid fuel missiles. there's no word that they have started to take a part those sites. >> shepard: under bush, clinton, bush 43 and obama what the north koreans were trying to do was delay so that they could get fully nuclearized to hit the uni

shep? >> shepard: thanks, peter.his news hour, you can catch us on facebook watch for a fox news update. it will stream live on facebook watch. home screen and just a few minutes. top of the hour at 4:00 eastern time, 1:00 pacific. you can watch it on demand there. the fox news update on facebook watch. should news break out, we'll break in. breaking news changes everything on fox news channel. we've been watching the dow. a crazy mixed day or a split day, i guess we should say down on wall street. the dow had some early gains, modest. early gains. got kind of dragged down later in the afternoon. the nasdaq is off 113 points and the s&p 500 down just shy of 20. neil cavuto is up at the top of the hour with the details on the markets and that story that we mentioned on les moonves has not dropped yet but there's multiple reports that he could be facing an investigation there. certainly it's dragged down cbs stock over there. and of course, there's the red moon. as red moons go, this is going to be a lengthy one. that

hi, john. >> shep, good afternoon. a very briusy day for the president having interviewed nominees for the supreme court. with that announcement coming next monday, following along the same pattern with neil gorsuch when he introduced him to the nation in a prime time address. listen to what the president had to say a short time against. >> very interesting was my four meetings. i'll be meeting with two or three more and we'll make a decision on the united states supreme court, the new justice. that will be made the next few days and we'll be announcing it monday and i look forward to that. the person that is chosen will be outstanding. >> the white house is ramping up the nomination process. the president has promised that he would pick a nominee from his list of 25 conservative judges. the frontrunners a he greets the prime minister of the netherlands are amy barrett, brett cavanaugh from d.c. and raymond kethledge and thomas hardiman. the president interviewed kethledge and hardiman when he was searching last year b

probably not, shep. >> shepard: and you wonder how brutal it might become. what delay tactics the democrats can come up with. they know they can't stop it. their goal is to elongate the process. >> yeah, slow walk the process. the white house and outside groups want to get this done by the start of the next term of the supreme court, the beginning of october. that's the time in a mid-term election year when members of congress go back out to the districts and campaign heavily until the november election. always the chance that they can hang around in washington, talking about the senate, because there's a third of them up for re-election. outside groups and the white house would like to get in done by the time the supreme court sits for the 2018 fall term. to do that, there's literally no margin of error. they have to get the nominee out today. it's been a little more than a week since justice kennedy said he would step down. that was june 27. here we are today with a nominee and then going through the visits on the senate and the confirmation hearings and t

we went over a whole range of subjects, shep. we talked about syria, we talked about nato, we talked about ukraine, we talked about the political assassinations inside russia. it runs as i say 30 to 35 minutes and it's absolutely fascinating television that gives you real insight. we engaged. we argued. i interrupted. he scolded me. you don't want to miss it. >> shepard: chris, the president was asked directly in the news conference that followed the putin-trump meeting today, vladimir putin was asked if he had compromising information about the president. the russian leader did not answer directly. he obfuscated. he talked about how we should disregard these issues. he didn't answer no, i don't. did he for you? >> yeah, i mean, i'm trying to think if he used those words. he basically indicated that they had no interest in donald trump. they didn't have the resources to do it even if they had interest. that was not a factor in their relationship. >> shepard: what else did you find striking from the russian president? you never kn

. >> shep, in a perfect world, the best way for the kids to get out is swim. that is risky. they don't know how to swim one and it would take them three days how to use the dive equipment. experts say they would be guided out by professional divers. thailand's elite navy divers found it difficult to move through the muddy waters and tight passage ways. because some of the channels are so narrow, only one person at a time can fit through. that means the boys would be on their own for at least certain portions of the trip. listen. >> it's a confined space. almost zero visibility. the currents to battle against. so it's a really quite a strenuous environment to be in. >> yeah, the question then becomes how the boys handle stress. experts say if any of them panic in any way in the small passage ways, it could be life threatening for them and others. if they decide to sit town for the rainy season, they would have supplies brought in but more rain might mean moving to higher ground and right now they're already a half mile underground. listen again. >> we want to get them out as

here now is shep. >> without interruption, our coverage continues of this dinner, the golden hour in oxfordshire, 8:00, british summertime, a spectacular spectacular evening and why don't we just enjoy this together. [ ♪ ] ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> shepard: dinner time now at glenheim palace, oxfordshire. the president's european tour where the government is no doubt in crisis. the prime minister facing pressure to resign as the united kingdom planned to split from the eu. the president said the united states is spending too much money to protect european allies from the russians. there were reports that president trump threatened to pull out of nato unless and until european friends started spending more on defense. the president now says his tough talk worked. >> tremendous progress has been made. everybody has greed to substantially up their commitment. they're going to up it at levels that they never thought of before. >> could you clarify, are you still threatening to potentially pull the united states out of nato for any reason and do you believe you can do that without congress' s

shep? >> it's tough to hear the president in spots on tape. what is clear is the president did have knowledge of the planned pay-off of the model, even though his campaign claimed that he didn't. it's also clear that his trusted confidant has new priorities. cohen's lawyer, lanny davis, says his client has now done the right thing in this case. >> i say to everybody that voted for donald trump, don't believe me. i'm a democrat. listen to the tape. the words "don't pay" are not heard. the word "cash." it's about truth and the power of the truth is what michael cohen has. >> attorney rudy guliani working for the president tweeted this afternoon in cohen is telling the truth, why are he and lanny davis misrepresenting the language by the president? why are they leaking falsely privileged information? so much for ethics. davis said he released the tape because he was getting smeared in the press and he wanted to set the record tape. >> shepard: we just got word, had no idea this was coming from the white house, as many of you know, there's a white

dr vulcan shep is an expert in the field. he thinks patients shouldn't worry about taking p.p.i. . he says the evidence against them is insufficient. to say. taking proton pump inhibitors is very very safe compared to all the other drugs used in medicine. of the air is some indication that there might be an issue. and he must cut there is no evidence that would make us withdraw the medication from patients who need it and that just wouldn't make any sense victor. if you were happy. and some patients do desperately need it. stephanie batman suffered a painful narrowing of the esophagus it had to be dilated and since then she's had to take medication. if she doesn't the stomach acid rises up through the esophagus and causes inflammation. yes i prefer to relieve the inflammation with medication now maybe rather than to think maybe i'll get dementia or in a few years time. whatever other side effects there are demands of a mad dash to a need that seems less important to me right now. what matters is that i have a cure now moment yet sed now that in. studies have revealed one dangerous

shep: and indicator how flat the economy is from 2008 to 2016.rything kept so low and so long. >> democrats got a data problem. barack obama and colin kaepernick told us that it can't grow more than to present and turned the record that was 2%. donald trump is turning in a more robust record, we are growing, growing in the right places, manufacturing is expanding which create high-quality jobs. people are starting to switch jobs again, moved from their jobs where they were fixed in place so they can get a 15% raise. democrats really have a problem. trump's economy for all the theatrics performs very well. >> all the summit the trade war, thank you, appreciate it. jillian: sasha baron cohen called out with a gun store owner who wasn't fooled by the actors, come back. >> welcome back, one player defied orders on the national anthem policy. he will neil no matter the cost? >> nothing will stop me do what i want to do. if they want to have these battles. rob: carly shimkus with serious xm 115 here with reaction online. >> the national anthem policy g

here's shep. >> shepard: it's 3:00 on the east coast, noon on the west coast.ohen is claiming he was in the room when donald trump jr. told his father about the plan for the infamous trump-russian meeting. who to believe? president trump today holding a meeting at security. vladimir putin just invited trump to moscow. the white house has responded. let's get to it. mercifully, it's friday. the president's former fixer reportingly spilling more

glee, and that is that this was a tough day at fox news, and by that i mean some of their hosts like shep smith, did a straight ahead newscast and his head was exploding about what he witnessed like everybody else. others in primetime tonight, tucker karlson coming off an interview he had just been granted by president trump had a tougher time talking about this. we'll play the clip and talk about it on the other side. >> i'm not a shrink so i don't fully understand it. i don't think russia is our close friend. i think china would entire fear with our affairs. many counts do. like mexico. those are all concerns. i just don't understand why we need to believe that russia is the primary issue of american political life. that seems kind of nuts to me. the idea that where you are on russia is the defining question is demented. it's number 115 on my list of concerns. maybe i'm the demented one. >> michael, you share his >> no. neither did mitt romney in 2012 who called out the state after play as it exist in the 2012 which has now been exacerbated by the cozy of this administration, particular

here's shep. >> shepard: from the fox news deck, i'm shepard smith.at a photo open, the president upended world order in the way that no president has. he attacked our closest allies. he berated them and insulted them. he labelled germany captive to russia and he blasted nato agreements that date to post r war -- world war ii. the president could turn back the global clock centuries. in the wake of today's developments, a reminder of what nato is and what it means to the world and to america. nato

here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast. 3:00 in washington where this very evening thestates will announce a brand new pick for the supreme court. president trump says he's down to four finalists and his choice will affect the lives of americans for decades to come. a look at the top contenders this hour, the big issues that the next justice could decide and the confirmation battle that no doubt lies ahead. also, we'll take you to thailand where rescuers have saved eight of the children trapped in a cave. but four more kids and their soccer coach are still stuck inside under a half mile of rock with time and oxygen running

artists like shep ferry. >> thank you very much, everybody. >> just before super tuesday, a portraitransform obama from senator to symbol. the man behind the message? shepherd ferry, a street artist flexing his political activism. >> shepherd ferry. i heard it said that the campaign didn't ask you to do the poster. >> yeah. i didn't think the campaign would necessarily want to work with me because i thought that maybe i was too controversial a figure. i come from public enemy, mwa, you know, everybody i'm associated with is more or less an antagonist. i made the image, made half a million stickers and 3 million posters given away. >> all on your own dime? >> yeah. it was, like, what are you doing? that guy is out of the running shortly anyway. why bother? i did it really because i believed in it. that hope poster was, in many ways, trying to speak for a generation, a generation that had eight years of bush, had eight years of war. barack obama became, in many ways, a symbol, and that poster helped solidify that. >> listening to obama speak, i felt this is a guy who cares deeply about

rick leventhal is in for shep. >> president trump arriving this hour in scottland capping a day of pomp and protest overseas. first, the president slammed the prime minister and said she's doing a terrific job. all this as tens of thousands flood the streets of london rallying against his visit. ahead, the president's reaction to the rallies and even the blimp showing him as a baby. leadership today indictments in the hacking of hillary clinton's campaign and the dnc. the justice department linking the russian government to election meddling despite their many denials. that's all ahead this hour on "shepard smith reporting." i'm rick leventhal in for shepard smith. president trump set to stop in ireland next before his meeting with vladimir putin. just hours ago, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein announced charges against a dozen russian intelligence officers for hacking hillary clinton's campaign and the democratic national committee. rosenstein urging folks not to think as democrats or republicans but as americans united as an attack on our democracy. >> there will always be adve

here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 in washington where president trump tweetedre the greatest but he's now spending billions of taxpayer dollars to ease some of the pain of those greatest tariffs. we're live at the white house. a new setback for hundreds of immigrant families separated at the border days before the deadline to reunite all kids and parents. we're live in texas. and a republican congressman taking a historic stand to try to save the planet. he says it's time for a carbon tax. the republican representative of florida's 26th district joins us live. let's get to it.

here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast. 3:00 on the east coast. 10:00 be in helsinki. president trump head his summit with vladimir putin. a reporter asked about election meddling. whether the president believes putin or american intelligence. >> people came to me, dan coats came to me and some others. they said they think it's russia. i have president putin just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why i would be. >> shepard: fact check. it was. the president of the united states will not say he believes his own government over president

rick leventhal is in for shep. >> president trump arriving this hour in scottland capping a day of pompd protest overseas. first, the president slammed the prime minister and said she's doing a terrific job. all this as tens of thousands flood the streets of london rallying against his visit. ahead, the president's reaction to the rallies and even the blimp showing him as a baby. leadership today indictments in the hacking of hillary clinton's campaign and the dnc. the justice department linking the russian government to election meddling despite their many denials. that's all ahead this hour on "shepard smith reporting."

. >>> a for in new hampshire is calling for a hearing, sheps the u.s. interpreter to uncover what trump and putin discussed privately. shaheen says this interpreter can help determine what the president shared or promised putin on our behalf. at the same time top senate democrats have santa letter to president trump demanding details of what he discussed. senator bob then menendez will next on "morning joe." >>> air force one is getting a new look him we have details of the planned makeover. those stories and, of course a check on your weather when we come back. i've been making blades here at gillette for 20 years. i bet i'm the first blade maker you've ever met. there's a lot of innovation that goes into making our thinnest longest lasting blades on the market. precision machinery and high-quality materials from around the world. nobody else even comes close. it's about delivering a more comfortable shave every time. invented in boston, made and sold around the world. order now at gilletteondemand.com. gillette. the best a man can get. until her lapto

here's trais gallagher for shep. >> trace: days before president trump's sitdown with putin, moscow finds fending off new accusations. britain says this poisoning face involves the same nerve agent as used on a former russian spy. plus a race against the rain with a dozen children trapped in a cave, monsoons threatening to raise floodwaters. if pumps can keep up, rescuers might have a shot at getting the children to safety. we will get you an update from thailand. new word of possible front runners to take the seat on the supreme court. that's all ahead this hour.

to be included, and so there is a feeling among the professional journalists there, and of course, shepntal question of doing a job and so everybody has the right to access to the president who let's face it is a representative not just of, you know, his party, but of the whole country, and all of the people in the country, and this is a government of and by the people, and he does not have the right to shut down a free press and we put it in the first amendment for a good reason. >> and just again, to reiterate, collins was not in the room as somebody who was representing cnn, and she was there as the pool reporter to represent all media networks. explain why that is important. >> well, that is important, because that is a longstanding tradition that each time that there is a presidential opportunity, there is a pool reporter that. reporter represents everyone, and will give any information they get to all outlets so they are in fact a representative of all of the media, and the questions that were questions that anyone wanted to ask and everybody wanted to know what his feeling was ab

artists like shep ferry. >> thank you very much, everybody. >> just before super tuesday, a portraitransform obama from senator to symbol. the man behind the message? shepherd ferry, a street artist flexing his political activism. >> shepherd ferry. i heard it said that the campaign didn't ask you to do the poster. >> yeah. i didn't think the campaign would necessarily want to work with me because i thought that maybe i was too controversial a figure. i come from public enemy, mwa, you know, everybody i'm associated with is more or less an antagonist. i made the image, made half a million stickers and 3 million posters given away. >> all on your own dime? >> yeah. it was, like, what are you doing? that guy is out of the running shortly anyway. why bother? i did it really because i believed in it. that hope poster was, in many ways, trying to speak for a generati generation, a generation that had eight years of bush, had eight years of war. barack obama became, in many ways, a symbol, and that poster helped solidify that. >> listening to obama speak, i felt this is a guy who cares dee

here's shep. >> shepard: could president trump's twitter get him in trouble?ial counsel robert mueller new today is reportedly examining certain tweets. and the michael cohen trump tapes. they're more than about the president and the playoff and playmate. the former fixer may have more than 100 recordings. and now we're waiting to see what they reveal. the trump organization's financial chance. he's reportedly just been subpoenaed. meantime, in washington, an act of political theater is about to take a six-week intermission. some

shep is next. >> shepard: about to begin on fox news channel, what may well will the most pivotal discussioneek overseas at the nato meeting between president trump and vladimir putin. any moment, mike pompeo is to testify in front of the senators on the foreign relations committee. secretary pompeo is expected to face tough questions on what he knows about the putin meeting and ongoing nuclear talks with north korea and escalating tensions with iran. we'll take you live there for coverage once it starts. first, the focus is on the president's former fixer and whether he's about to flip.

here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 on the east coast. 9:00 p.m.ere president trump is set to meet with world leaders. today he again ripped in to our nato allies while sharing some nicer words about russia's president, vladimir putin ahead of their summit next week. get ready for the senate's supreme court showdown. a day after the president's announcement, we'll look to the senators that could play a crucial role in the fate of judge kavanaugh. and a look at what he's written about prosecuting presidents. also, celebrations in thailand after rescuers save the children and the

kellyanne conway told our producer shep exts a swift confirmation. you know, jud kvanaugh said he was going to start the process tomorrow, and as rachel said, the room was filled withua viy every republican senator with two es,cepti susan collins and lisa murkowski, concerned about abortion rights. but he speaking to them, starting the lobrtbying ef talking about his mother, the number of clerks that were a womeeady showing his respect for women and signaling to murkowski and collins that ha would afe vote. >> woodruff: one could hear messages going out to the senators who are going to be the deciding factor. lisa desjardins is at the ca ktol. lisa, whd of reception will the judge rereceive? >> we can sefrom the ticker tape of e-mails, republicans will say this is a ma with broad experience, great intellect and comsemon sethey will fight against raw emotion we're hearing from democrats. we can see protesters already at the supreme court tonight. it's going to be a very hot summer. >> woodruff: l there to cover it. no vacation for you. lisa desjardins

here's shep. >> shepard: good afternoon.s willing to shut down the government if he doesn't get his way on border security and said he would meet with iran's president with no preconditions. the president has been taking aim at the special counsel, robert mueller. ahead, his accusations about the facts. the latest attacks comes before paul manafort goes on trial. we'll preview the case and how it could reveal some of the evidence mueller has collected thus far. air marshalls secretly monitoring and reporting on

here's shep. >> shepard: it's 3:00 on the east coast and 2:00 p.m.hed nearly two weeks ago. investigators just released an update on the search and the effort to break molly tibbets home. plus, you can be a convicted killer or mentally ill, you can be a spouse-beating alcoholic or domestic terrorist and you can have an untraceable gun. starting tomorrow, free blueprints go online. ahead, the last-minute fight over ghost guns. let's get to it. the first trial in the special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation is now underway. the fate

you know, whether it's shep smith of our colleagues across the board. but also to david's point again about russia -- here they are. >> here they come. >> translator: thank you so much. shall we start working, i guess? distinguished mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, negotiations with the president of the united states, donald trump, to place in a frank and business like atmosphere. i think we can call it a success and fruitful round of negotiations. we carefully analyzed the current status the president and the future of the russia and united states relationship key issues of the global agenda. it's quite clear to everyone that the bilateral relationship is going through a complicated stage and yet the impediments, the tense at fear, essentially have no solid reason behind it. the cold war is a thing of past. the era of acute ideological confrontation of the countries is a ves taj of the past. the situation and the world changed dramatically. to date both russia and the united states face a whole new set of challenges. those include a dangerous malad

and artists like shep ferry. >> thank you very much, everybody. >> just before super tuesday, a portraiteared that helped transform obama from senator to symbol. the man behind the message, shepard ferry. a controversial street artist flexing his political activism out of an l.a. studio. >> shepard ferry. good to see you, man. >> i've heard it said that the campaign didn't ask you to do the poster. >> yeah, i didn't think that the campaign would necessarily want to work with me because i thought that maybe i was too controversial a figure. you know, i come from public enemy, nwa, you know, everybody that i am associated with is more or less an antagonist. i made the image and eventually made half a million stickers and 300,000 posters that were all given away. >> all on your own dime. >> yeah. yeah. it was sort of like what are you doing? that guy's going to be out of the running shortly, anyway, why bother? i did it really because i believed in it. >> that pope poster was in many ways trying to speak for a generation. a generation that had eight years of bush, eight years of war. barack

next is shep. >> it's noon on the west coast. 3:00 p.m. on the east coast. 2:00 a.m.land where news is breaking new after more than a week of frantic searching. there's a pay-off. rescuers have found a group of boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave. the first images of the children from inside that watery cavern. also, will the president's fixer flip? michael cohen giving his first interview since the feds raided his home and hotel room and office. and saying that his family comes first. plus, kim jong-un coming to america? reporting today about a

here's trais gallagher for shep. >> trace: days before president trump's sitdown with putin, moscow finds interest self fending off new accusations. britain says this poisoning face involves the same nerve agent as used on a former russian spy. plus a race against the rain with a dozen children trapped in a cave, monsoons threatening to raise floodwaters. if pumps can keep up, rescuers might have a shot at getting the children to safety. we will get you an update from thailand. new word of possible front runners to take the seat on the supreme court. that's all ahead this hour. ♪ >> trace: trace gallagher for shepherd smith. u.k. blaming russia for a poisoning in evening land. the same powerful tox that i know nearly killed an ex-russian spy and his daughter months ago. and just miles away. the kremlin denying involvement and accusing the british government of playing dirty political games. this all comes about a week and a half before president trump is set to meet with russian president vladimir putin. the poison couple is alive but in critical condition after friend said she showed up

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he basically said in the relation shep between the two, both sides are at fault.ther to have the meeting. what about that moral piece? >> but i don't think you're being fair to the president. so when president reagan met with gorbachev, do you think he listed the litany of soviet abuses from stalin on in a one to one meeting? they were listed and recounted by others within the administration and people within the trump administration listed and recounted the human rights violations. we have to deal with the word as it is not as we wish it to be. if we only talk to people with perfect constitutional republics, we'll have a small audience and a lot of potential conflict with no outlet for diplomacy. so no, i think the president did a good thing by meeting with putin. i think it's a mistake for people to try to turn this into a partisan escapade. >> senator, president reagan called the soviet union the evil empire. many calling out the soviet union on the moral shortcomings, i think the comparison is off a bit. let me ask you this question -- p>> i'll respond to that

. >> a little bit of context and that is mitch mcconnell successfully shep perked kneel divorcish through. there's a lot of talk about brett kavanaugh. you know trying to get things through. however, your point is that leaders in the republican party like paul ryan and mitch mcconnell have been not fully embracing it. and i think that's why you saw jim jordan jump in the race as possible speaker. >> and the timing is interesting. as you said, this is in the fall leading to the midterms. a lot depends on what the voters are wanting and what they're fighting for. immigration is going to be a huge top nick th topic in the m. you're going to see a lot of pressure on mitch mcconnell. >> voters aren't wanting more mitch. that's what they're not wanting more of iffy you're a republican, you want to see a reflection of that in congress. and if the ratio is going to change in the house or the senate, it might make the wall more difficult now might be your moment to push for it harder although the senate will see. >> that's a great point. in the democrats win. >> in the house. >> if they have a wav