shep. >> shepard: trace, thank you.ed president trump was to speak 3:30 eastern time, about 14 minutes or so ago. all these folks have been standing there for better part of last 20 to 25 minutes while they wait to see the president come in, sign this agreement with japan and then we expect it is often the president takes questions or mentions news of the day. that would be something worse seeing. we'll see when it happens. while we wait, could genes determine how likely you are to become a drug addict? that is what researchers in ohio are trying to figure out, we'll speak with the state attorney general who says he wants to know why he could take prescription pain killers with no problem at all, but a military buddy got hooked. newday has extended their call center hours to help every veteran refinance their mortgage buddy got hooked. one call can save you $2000 every year. you see clear skin. cosentyx can help people with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis find clear skin that can last. don't use if you're allergic t

president trump criticized shep. he would tweet against shep.resident seems always to promote the opinion shows on fox and attack the news division. for example, he attacked that fox poll this week that showed impeachment getting a majority support among americans. david, your reaction? >> well, one of the things is, you know, with trump doing that, it really can wear you down. i mean, some of your reporting, you talked about him, about shep just wanting to move on. maybe being tired of this. you know, i heard some of that from megyn kelly when trump went after her on social media. she was a star at fox at that time, and then of course left. it creates -- it takes any sense of joy out of the business. when you have that -- it's not just the president. the president is driving many in the fox base to be after you constantly on social media. >> yes, yes. >> that's psychologically a problem. and you know i don't blame shep one bit for walking away from this if he can, you know, and obviously he can afford to do it with the contracts he's had the la

shep was a criticism of donald trump. we are watching everyday. it is absolutely crazy. he keeps repeating ridiculous throw away lines that are not true at all and sort of avoiding this issue of russia as we are some kind of fools for asking the question. >> is he requested it and he would own the shutdown? he disseminates fake news that is. the wall is going up. thank china on the tariffs. russia broprobe is a witch hunt. it is endless. news of shep's departure came one day after the new york times report trump's attorney general william barr met with murdoch behind closed doors. joining me now tiffany cross. president charlie sykes and gabe sherman. gabe, i got to go to you first. were you as shock that shep smith is out? >> yes, i was shocked because he kept it closely held according to my sources of the highest level at fox news that he was negotiating his exit. i was not surprised. his skew with tucarlson broughto the attention that he was the only voice that's not channelling the state tv line at fox news. really wh

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shep? >> shepard: thanks, trey. ohio university is suspending all of its fraternities as nearly half of them are now accused of hazing. happening at the school's main campus in athens, which is about 120 miles east of cincinnati. school officials told fraternities that they had to stop all operations immediately. this comes after they expelled one fraternity in the spring after a freshman died during hazing. earlier this week, they got complained about hazing involving two more chapters. wednesday, five more chapters. hazing is not new for fraternities. but most states have laws against it. despite that, every year the past two decades, at least one young man has died during fraternity hazing. a fox urgent. a look at u.s. district court in boston where a parent involved in a college admissions scandal could face the strictest punishment we have seen so far. what prosecutors say the california father did to deserve it next. hmm. exactly. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need.

does diamond and silk replace shep smith? does fox news go all opinion essentially?hat's going to be really interesting to see how it plays out. >> you're right. shep was one of the few people over there who would routinely call out the president. he wasn't afraid of doing that. here are a couple quick examples. >> our reporting begins this monday with president trump's latest misleading and xenophobic eruption of distraction and division. he decries fake news that isn't and dis-semyon nats fake news that is. think china pays the tariffs. the wall is going up. historic inauguration crowds. russia probe is a witch hunt. you need an i.d. to buy cereal. noise from wind mills causes cancer. it is endless. there is no known evidence to support president trump's conspiracy theories about biden's activities as we have reported here repeatedly. the president also said in the tweet that the wall is going up rapidly. it is not. as we just reported, there is no new wall. the forecast showed east coast dorian, the sharpie's magical addition added the coast of alabama. why would

people saying, oh, my god, shep, shep, shep. i was like what? it's unbelievable.r tweet, ana, you said shepard smith is leaving fox news. i am feeling the same celebratory joy as when a handmaid is able to escape gilead and live in freedom. you're talking about "the handmaid's tale." i've never seen the show. >> you'll like it. >> it's a good one. by the way, you don't have to watch the show because you're living it. go ahead. >> does this really bring you joy? >> yes. it brings me joy. so i'm a little torn on it. i'm torn on it as far as what it means for balance to fox and what it means for journalism. >> that viewers will never hear facts -- rarely. >> it is so important to have shep smith's voice at fox news. i'm happy for shep smith. he's also a human being. he is a very decent human being, and i want him to be happy. so, yeah, i did feel like, oh, my god, he's finally free not to be constrained by a network where there is such editorial control and where he is, you know, such the man out where the president is constantly tweeting against him. he's finally fr

well played by shep smith.that you have to say, look, i'm a news guy, and we're tipping too far away from news. >> yeah. >> if you think about an outlet like breitbart, and they don't pretend to be something they're not. fox news pretends to be fair and balanced, a news organization, but they have tipped all the way over into trump bootlicking and shep i think said i've had enough. >> i've been stunned to watch anchors of the network mocking and attacking another anchor. that would never happen here -- wouldn't happy for very long. let me tell you that. do you think that might be the breaking point? do you think fox may reconsider this kind of hunger games to play out? >> i would imagine so. and i would say about shep smith, it tax a significant amount of courage to say what you're thinking inwardly/outwardly. it takes courage to go against the tides. takes courage to stand alone when the president of the united states is attacking you. it takes courage when your own colleagues are attacking you. at some point,

shep smith has left the fox building.rnalists are still troubled by his departure, but the network has not missed a beat. loyal fox fans don't seem to miss him at all. in the words of one new mexico man, it is great that he redesigned. eric interviewed trump spoerts from across the country who were here in d.c. this week and that quote comes from your piece on the "washington post" website. there was a woman in ohio who said to you, i always had to turn shep off because he upset me so much. >> the trump fans sound like trump. you know how oftentimes trump used to bash cnn, and it's the same dynamic, shep's awful, he's a socialist, he's a lefty, i never watched him. that was a very common refrain. but these people are very, very well informed about what shep smith stood for and what he did and when he broadcast it and how much years he had been at fox news. these are extremely media-conscious people. >> fox-conscious people. >> fox-conscious people, i should say. but they knew the other ones, too. the point is that i feel

monthly. >> i shep the hearing sunday way. say the couple the abbotts are the only couple in the college admissions scandal that chose to purchase stew cheating on exam lout twice n. court today their attorneys argued that both of the abbotts are taking full responsibility for their crimes and it never would have happened if they were not at this point in time the crimes occurred, a family in turmoil. together they shelled out $50,000 to have a test taker correct their a.c.t. exam and cheegt on the s.a.t. subject gregory abbott paid the bribes from a charitable foundation both pleading guilty to conspiracy and fraud. dozens of letters were sent to the judge on behalf of the abbotts including one by fox's judge napolitano, who wrote. each of the abbotts sent letters to the judge detailing family pressures, a failing marriage, a son with drug addiction and a daughter suffering from chronic lyme disease. abbott wrote. marsha wrote: and we still await the judge's decision what kind of prison they could potentially get. >> so tell

neil like shep periherd was at since the beginning.etwork. this was something that was handled at the top levels. shep kept his cards close. no one inside the network that i spoke to knew that this was coming. so, when he announced it on air, it was actually a piece of new that is he himself was breaking. so, it was capital j journalism out the door. >> and finally you mentioned impeachment. we see the rising support, at least for impeachment probe, among some republicans. how is this different for fox and does donald trump rejoice with shep out? >> well, you know, as i've reported, fox news is really the firewall. so, if fox news' coverage changes, which we don't see signs that it is. shep's departure clearly is a victory for donald trump. but the degree to which other journalists at fox actually cover what is happening with the ukraine scandal, you know, that will erode donald trump's base. donald trump cannot afford to lose fox news. as you mentioned at the top of the segment, he can maybe lose senators but the key constituency he h

they said it is, shep, a perfect example if you see something, say something. the memory card must be five. >> shepard: incredible, jonathan hunt, thank you my friend and all the best. a man accused of taking, stalking to a whole new level. the police say he targeted a female pop star by looking at her social media photos and using the reflections in her eyes along with googles street view view to figure out where she lived. the reflections in her eyes and what train station she used. the police described the man as an avid fan. they say he found her, groped her and knocked her down. now, he has apparently confessed and faces indecent assault charges. a live look at capitol hill where we are waiting to hear from lawmakers when they wrap up an interview with a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. remember, this is at the center of the entire investigation ongoing now. we will hear from the fox news sunday anchorage chris wallace for the friday check in the wildfires scorching thousands of acreage in southern california. a live report from one of the hardest hit ar

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here is shep. >> shepard: time to meet igor. they reportedly enjoyed lunch hours ago with one rudy giuliani. now that two soviet born associates of president trump's personal lawyer or in front of a judge accused of federal campaign finance primes. their plan say the feds is to use one-way tickets to hightail it out of america, but american justice nabbed them at the airport outside of washington. ego froman from the old soviet union now live in florida they've been at the center of the trump ukraine controversy, federal investigators say they funneled foreign money into a pro trump super pac and a republican congressman's campaign. they are accused of trying to advance the interest of the ukrainian government officials, including getting the u.s. ambassador to ukraine removed. >> we will not hesitate to investigate and prosecute those with criminal conduct that the question of integrity about the political process. and i want to add this investigation is continuing. see >> shepard: so what did they do? the feds say the two men

attacking our colleague who is here to offer legal assessments on our air in our home is repugnant shep smith said who could disagree his ideas this is ridiculous and then tucker carlson did it again the next night pumpkin not clear if that was you or maybe someone's repugnant and so that's the feud between shepard smith and tucker carlson did kind of highlight schism at fox news again this isn't really a new thing. but because impeachment is such a significant thing to possibly remove a president from office seems like the stakes have gotten higher and so these feuds have become something that people are talking. and that's schism that fox viewers see in the networks output also exists and probably starts at the executive level. rupert murdoch's heir apparent lachlan murdoch is reportedly far less a namrud of the president than his father is. and although fox continues to hire ex administration officials like former director of communications picks it is also hard one of trump's republican adversaries the former speaker of the house paul ryan which may prove significant down the road.

. >>> longtime fox news fixture shep smith reveals he's leaving the network. what he said on his last day. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a very busy friday night. we begin the emergency evacuatio evacuations. 100,000 people on the move. the saddle ridge fire in the san bernardino valley. fire officials calling it major emergency. flames destroying about 800 acres as hour. the escape routes filled with blinding smoke and flames. and strong winds fueling the fires. matt gutman is on the scene. he leads us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight, los angeles communities caught in a whirlwind of fire. the saddle ridge fire exploding overnight. more than 1,000 firefighters in an all-out battle against the flames. fueled by the howling santa winds. look at the inferno down there. we've watched hundreds of acres burn. abou 100,000 people ordered to evacuate. many driving through tunnels of fire. fire crews scrambling to save homes. spread thin. >> this basketball court, the last line of defense. >> reporter: firefighters using saws to hack into gated

. >> a lot more to unpack here, thank you so much for joining us, still to come shep smith is leavingews, we will look at his surprised >> shepherd smith has been anchor since understand launch stunned the media world with announcement on friday. >> recently i asked the company to allow me to leave fox news after requesting that i say they obliged, it's my hope that the facts will win the day and the truth will always matter, that journalism and journalists will thrive. i'm shepherd smith fox news new york. >> tributes poured to sean hannity. fox news president jay wallace called him newscasters of generation. >> better newsman you probably cannot find, a bigger more emotionally connect today -- connected that you cannot find. howie: there were praise from rival network, it's no secret that president trump was no fan of shep, sometimes jabbing him on twitter and on friday he made sarcastic comment on departure questioning on ratings even though he was number one in time slot. a new direction for fox, when shep approached management last month and said he we wanted to step down and he

sources love shep smith. nobody else was. now he couldn't take it anymore. >> nobody expected it. here is what happened when he said, i'm shep smith, fox news, new york. here is what happened. >> whoa. i'm knea little stunned and heartbroken. i don't know what to say. i apologize of being a little shell shocked on this development here. take it away. >> i've been trying to compile my thoughts, too. i walked out here to do the hit. suddenly got hit by a subway train. holy mackerel. >> his good-bye he put in the prompter but no one knew. >> he heads straight to the elevator, straight home. he was so emotional about this. this was a hard decision for him. he thought he was doing something important by being on the air reporting the news. he was making $15 million a year. sources said, he wasn't in it for the money. he was in it to try to counter all of the nonsense the opinion hosts air all the time. >> when you talk about what he was doing, he was speaking truth to power. i remember a conversation i had with hi

shep's departure clearly is a victory for donald trump. which other journalists at fox actually cover what is happening with the ukraine scandal, you know, that will erode donald trump's base. donald trump cannot afford to lose fox news. as you mentioned at the top of the segment, he can maybe lose senators but the key constituency he has to hold is the fox news audience. that's why we saw him jump on this news and celebrate. >> that's why it's such a media story at least in donald trump's television presidency it is the ultimate constituency story. gabe, you're one of several intrepid journalists who's jumped in on a friday night for us. good luck and good reporting this weekend. >>> i want to tell you one other thing. a programming note for this weekend, i am hosting a special this sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on trump and ukraine, the impeachment crisis. we have a deep look at where the impeachment probe is headed. i'll be joined by special guests including a federal appeals judge and the u.s. senator who cast a vote on impeachment

shep. >> shepard: thank you. more now on what we are learning from the former ukrainian unvoiced testimony. live from capitol hill. hello. >> shep, he really matters because he is the connective tissue as that ukraine special envoy between the ukrainian leadership, the president, the july 25th phone call and also the president's personal attorney who is running his own investigation into the biden provides. he rapped on capitol hill five hours ago, he stands behind closed doors behind me in a secure facility purity is doing what is called "a transcribed interview." it doesn't matter if it's under oath or not, because there are severe penalties if the individual -- the witness lies or misleads congressional investigators. in the meantime, rudy giuliani has been on the defensive. he has been sharing text messages that he is against with reporters. i will draw your attention to one which was july 26th. it matters because it is one day after the phone call between the president and the ukrainian president. he says hi

>> shep is a great journalist.and he's not able to take any job for the foreseeable future. but when he's available, he's somebody who i think is kr incredibly talented and somebody i would be interested in talking to. >> maybe sunday at 11:00. >> that's what i was thinking too. >> i guess i have a few more months until he's available. >> he's an immense talent and we're always looking for great talent. >> he says fox news is conspiracy tv. we got into it. we have it on youtube, check it out on our cnn youtube page. coming up, ezra klein. that is amazing. you wanna see something amazing? go to hilton instead of a travel site and you'll experience a whole new range of emotions like... the relaxing feeling of knowing you're getting the best price. these'll work. the utter delight of free wi-fi... . oh man this is the best part. isn't that you? yeah. and the magic power of unlocking your room with your phone. i can read minds too. really? book at hilton.com. if you find a lower rate, we match it and give you 25% off t

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"the story" hosted by martha maccallum joins us now. >> martha: i will never forget working with shepe body of work and the coverage he did is something we are all really proud of. i will never forget when i did royal wedding coverage that i think he did somewhat begrudgingly but halfway through the coverage i think we had him. he was like, wow, this is very moving! i'm glad i'm here. tough day for all of us, bret. good to see you tonight as always. all right, but the story goes on as we always say. good evening, everybody. i'm martha maccallum and this is "the story" tonight. a story that is somewhat tough to follow and it's getting more complex by the day. today

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we don't know for sure, shep. if the president was thinking about alligators, snakes, walls, spikes but he suggests he wasn't thinking about that but we know he said can't we just shoot them in the legs? >> shepard: you can't get past the tone and the rhetoric. it's something that you can't miss. i wonder if you have any insight on how he's doing. it feels like things have changed. >> well, i think the president is deeply concerned and deeply affected and feels deeply aggrieved by the house impeachment inquiry. he believes he did nothing wrong. i think you can see his level of frustration and perhaps anger with everything that's going on. in the tweet he put out this afternoon where he used the full capitalized version of b.s., although it was the 16th time he's done that. it seems that we ramped up to a new level. the anger he showed with jeff mason today and jeff is someone that he calls on all the time. he's a terrific correspondent. the president respects him but today, a flash of anger. >> shepard: and i wond

i'm not going to speak for shep -- >> that's not speaking for shep.sion, but did you all interpret it as he's taking a dig at us as he's walking out the door? >> he's concerned about coverage, journalistic coverage, and i think he was proud of the news division at fox. there's obviously an opinion side, too, and he made a choice to leave. i'm happy that the show is going to be all news and we'll be in the circle. >> the president has been critical of fox recently. >> he has. >> not a position you've typically been in. >> oh, i have. i've been on the back end of a couple tweets. >> yeah. >> and i've been trying to get an interview, again, since singapore, the last time i had an interview with the president. >> how did you take the president's criticism? >> well, in stride. i think it's part of the deal, as you guys know. listen, we're just trying to call balls and strikes. and if we can do that every day, be fair to him, but also cover the news fairly to all sides, that's what i'm trying do. >> when he called journalists the enemy of the people, is tha

and that happened repeatedly to shep, and others. judge napolitano faced similar things by the opinion side. so that's a really bad environment in a newsroom. it's also a bad way to run a business. so i don't know if this is a reflection of more to come, but certainly shep was at his breaking point, and i can very clearly understand why. >> yeah, and it was clear he left probably in the middle of his contract, but he's also said that he's not retiring. he's going to be back. folks, we got to leave it there. >>> all right. be sure to tune into s.e.'s show "s.e. cupp unfiltered" here at the top of the hour on cnn. >>> coming up, a cnn exclusive. the kurds are sending a desperate message to the u.s. as turkey pushes deeper into syria. they're saying, quote, you are leaving us to be slaughtered. >>> plus, breaking news out of new orleans. at least one dead, more than a dozen injured after a building under construction collapses. the search now under way for people still missing. d talk, text and data is just 30 bucks a line for 4 lines.

is it a crime here former federal prosecutor well i think judge you know politan oh there's a full shep smith came back you know a day later and said attacking our colleague who is here to offer a legal assessment on our air in our home is repugnant shep smith said who could disagree his ideas this is ridiculous and then tucker carlson did it again the next night rather puzzling then it's not clear if that was you or maybe someone's republican and so that's a feud between shepard smith and tucker carlson did kind of highlight schism at fox news again this isn't really a new thing. but because impeachment is such a significant thing to possibly remove a president from office seems like the stakes have gotten higher and so these feuds had become something that people are talking about. and that's schism that fox viewers see in the networks outpoint also exists and probably starts at the executive level. rupert murdoch's heir apparent lachlan. murdoch is reportedly far less unarmored of the president than his father is and although fox continues to hire ex administration officials like the

so you have this tension within fox of these 2 anchors essentially sailing each other's integrity shep smith. covered as you think it's appropriate he had on judge entered a part time that he has said that these are serious issues raised by the supreme lord that that to which the president has admitted is in and of itself a crime yes this is the same crime for all this is insufficient devoted president's position so you saw tucker carlson some hours later a 2nd chance we're not former federal prosecutor joe is it a crime here former federal prosecutor well i think judge you know politan oh there's a full shep smith came back you know a day later and said attacking our colleague who is here to offer a legal assessment on our air in our home is repugnant shep smith said who could disagree his ideas this is ridiculous and then tucker carlson did it again the next night punkin not clear if that was you or maybe someone's repugnant and so that's a feud between shepard smith and tucker carlson did kind of highlight schism at fox news again this isn't really a new thing. but because impeachme

but the decision was shep's alone. while it was a surprise, he had planned it for today. he can't work anywhere else for a while, but at age 55, with his integrity intact, he has an open lane ahead of him. it should also be said, because these days it counts for a lot, shep smith is a nice guy. he has a lot of friends in this business and even more admirers. where our modest outfit is concerned, that's our broadcast for this friday night and this week. thank you for being here with us. have a good weekend from nbc news headquarters in new york. >>> amber was the angel of death. she would come around when somebody was going to die. >> they called it "angels landing," a special place for a chosen few. >> we were all having meals together. there was lots of parties. >> you were the little girl who got a horse for your birthday? >> i got three horses. >> but angels landing was plagued by accidents. >> she fell and hit her head and drowned.

shep and i had a great relationship personally. we just didn't talk politics. we didn't get along that way. it was no surprise but that was his decision. fox, both sides say they tried to get him to stay. you know, he's the best breaking news guy ever seen on television. i've never seen anybody do better news than that guy. ever. in all the years i watched television. nobody better than that. >> sure. he was there for 23 years but he was there when they open the doors of fox news. obviously roger ailes had a particular affinity for shepard smith. so when you are a summary for 23 years, it is so uncommon, this business, to be some way for a couple years, let alone more than two decades, so if shep smith leaves and decides he wants to do something else, it's not all that shocking. so yeah, if you say you got along with him, then so be it and i'm sure he would say the same about you but in terms of talking about cnn, i don't find it terribly surprising what was on these tapes. if you remember the malaysian airliner that went down and that story was reported on cnn

shep smith has tried to resist that.viewed his show as a counterbalance, trying to get some facts out there amid all the spin before and after him. he felt he was not being supported by management. he felt the tensions were too much and decided to leave. it's incredibly unusual to see someone walk away from a $15 million a year contract and decide to give that up. he has a noncompete which means he can't go on any other channel for a little while but at some point he will, and his colleagues really are stunned. >> that's what i want to ask you about. when i was sitting there watching that, i thought what is happening in the control room? because as we understand it -- >> the whole building. >> nobody knew. he's reading this and i think his own e.p. is probably saying what is happening? >> he went to the bosses a few weeks ago and said he wanted to leave. they tried to get him to stay and they couldn't persuade him so he did decide to leave. this was so tough for him that as soon as the show ended, he bent straight to the

here is shep. >> shepard: a live look at the federal courthouse in manhattan. any moment we are expecting the new york republican congressman chris collins to plead guilty in an insider trading case this comes hours after the house made the republican lawmakers resignation official. we are live on scene. details ahead. first the president's lawyer, lawyering up. a cabinet secretary fighting back and the powerful republican lawmaker coming to the defense of the whistle-blower whose complaint is at the center of the whole controversy. along with new word today of when and how lawmakers could hear from that whistle-blower, and it's not on capitol hill. first today the secretary of state mike pompeo says five of his employees will not show up for depositions over the next two weeks with the house democrats because it's, as he put it, not feasible. this is we are learning that pompeii was on that july 25 phone call with the ukrainian president. the call during which president trump asked for an investigation into a political opponent, namely joe biden. our nation's

shep was obviously a man on an island certainly in the daytime at fox news. on with shep were two of the hardest interviews i ever did. he is really tough, doesn't let you get away with a lot. great for fox viewers. unfortunately they're losing out on that. also says there will be a lot of questions as to who may rof into that role, shannon breem who is popular at night, comes from the news side, whether they go in a news direction or opinion direction. >> shepard smith held out as one of the real journalists at fox news. we have to leave it there. thanks so much for joining me. >> thank you. >>> all right. as we were mentioning, this has been a tough week for the president. one of the biggest bomb shells was that closed door testimony from the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. ahead, we have details about what she called the concerted campaign by the president to get her fired. that has a truly long-term view? it begins by being privately owned. with more than 85 years of experience over multiple market cycles. with portfolio managers who are encouraged to

but the decision was shep's alone. while it was a surprise, he had planned it for today.where else for a while, but at age 55, with his integrity intact, he has an open lane ahead of him. it should also be said, because these days it counts for a lot, shep smith is a nice guy. he has a lot of friends in this business and even more admirers. where our modest outfit is concerned, that's our broadcast for this friday night and this week. thank you for being here with us. have a good weekend from nbc news headquarters in new york. happy friday. wow. what a day. i mean, when the white house released the phone call that has led to these impeachment proceedings against president trump, when they released the call of president trump speaking with the ukrainian president about how president trump wanted that foreign government to do investigations for him, wanted to do him a favor and give him something he might be able to use against the democrats and joe biden in 2020, the most amazing thing about the release of that transcript, of course, was just the fact that the white house

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angela shep explains. >>which is the distance from one seat back to the back of the sea in front of it. and population demographics specifically people of different sizes. >>this is the first in which we're going to look specifically at sea we have loved acting rest times with other varying conditions in the past. >>asked the study is mandated by the f a a the reauthorization act act of 2018 because it's the first study of its kind it's entirely possible there could be no relation between see size and evacuation time. >>a test like exactly like this looking just these parameters has never been done before. and so that's we're really excited to see the outcome of the study will not. >>look at children or disabled passengers. there is no regulation that says an airplane has to be evacuated in 90 seconds. >>what we're trying to do is limit the number of parameters were studying. so did data. she clearly with the seat pitch in with his affecting would probably want to muddy the water with all these other param

attacking our colleague who is here to offer legal assessments on our air in our home is repugnant shep smith said who could disagree his ideas this is ridiculous and then tucker carlson did it again the next night punkin not clear if that was you or maybe someone's repugnant and so that's the feud between shepard smith and tucker carlson did kind of highlight schism at fox news again this isn't really a new thing. but because impeachment is such a significant thing to possibly remove a president from office seems like the stakes have gotten higher and so these feuds have become something that people are talking. and that's schism that fox viewers see in the networks outport also exists and probably starts at the executive level . rupert murdoch's heir apparent lachlan murdoch. is reportedly far less unarmored of the president than his father is and although fox continues to hire ex administration officials like the former director of communications hope here is also hard one of trump's republican adversaries the former speaker of the house paul ryan which may prove significant down the

. >> shep smith sadly and surprisingly announced his resignation from fox news on friday. one of my favorite sort of, you know, exasperated sheps was he calls news it's real fake. he calls news that's fake real. and then donald trump in his own words has said don't believe what you see. don't believe what you hear. i mean, how indiscernible is the disinformation being spread by russia and donald trump's rhetoric? >> i have a chapter in the book about how donald trump's rhetoric and -- and -- and the russian disinformation rhyme with each other. i mean, this kind of extraordinary similarities. >> is that a coincidence, though? i mean, we don't have any -- greg miller reported we don't have any notes. do they rhyme? or is he being fed information? >> i don't know. i talk about the time during the campaign where he suddenly out of the blue said everybody -- people say people in crimea want to be in russia. i have no idea. nobody knows where that came from. so this idea of there's a kind of metaphorical collusion that was always going on, nobody knows the actual data of -- of

i'm dana perino, here's shep. >> shepard: american allies under attack, men, women and children on theour nations partners in the war on isis. warriors who fought side-by-side with american troops. and in just minutes, president trump is set to speak alive from the white house on fox news. we will see if he discusses his decision to pull u.s. troops from that area. leaving our allies in the line of fire,

. >> martha: i will never forget working with shep all these years and the body of work and the coverage he did is something we are all really proud of. i will never forget when i did royal wedding coverage that i think he did somewhat begrudgingly but halfway through the coverage i think we had him. he was like, wow, this is very moving! i'm glad i'm here. tough day for all of us, bret. good to see you tonight as always. all right, but the story goes on as we always say. good evening, everybody. i'm martha maccallum and this is "the story" tonight. a story that is somewhat tough to follow and it's getting more complex by the day. today, "the wall street journal"'s kim strassel believes that by design. we'll get to that part in just a moment. today, ambassador yovanovitch testified why she was pushed out. her testimony behind closed door, and that follows a pattern that we have seen both sides then come out and try to spin what happened in there and what they heard but we are going to show you what the democrats said and we'll talk to a republican about what he heard in there as well. by

here is shep. >> shepard: a live look at the federal courthouse in manhattan.expecting the new york republican congressman chris collins to plead guilty in an insider trading case this comes hours after the house made the republican lawmakers resignation official. we are live on scene. details ahead. first the president's lawyer, lawyering up. a cabinet secretary fighting back and the powerful republican lawmaker coming to the defense of the whistle-blower whose complaint is at the center of the whole controversy. along with new word today of when and how lawmakers could hear from that whistle-blower, and it's not on capitol hill. first today

another fox, voices that are expressing not only skepticism, but indignation, people like chris wallace, shep, and -- this admission is donald trump should not have been on the phone with another foreign head of state. some republicans are trying but there's no good way to spin this as a good idea. trump for his part has not been shy in calling fox out. he tweeted a month ago -- fox isn't working for us, threatened to start looking for a new news outlet. here to discuss, republican strategist doug hyde. >> tucker was startling. he went on to say he didn't think any of this was impeachable, which is a legitimate opinion to have, but what did you make of that, that move by tuxer? >> i was surprised by it, but also take what you can get. >> one of the things i've started to hear from democrats is when a republican speaks out, but not enough, some criticize him, but some say, wait a set. don't criticize for something making one step at a time. i was surprised. i think tucker is right, ultimately this is not what a president should be talking about. is it impeachable or not? >> zach, trump regular

state department leader shep with congress needs to take action now to defend this great institution." she sends the graph saying i fear not doing so will harm our nation's interests perhaps irreparably. kylie what would that harm look like long term? >> well, she goes on to detail what that harm could potentially look like. she says it could be resignations of state department officials which we have already seen to some degree and she says result in ambassadors not being trusted by the country they're in to speak on behalf of the president. that's another thing she says. clearly an issue for herself when she was in ukraine. another thing she says is that it will allow individual people to then come in and's use official channels for their own personal gain. to circumvent diplomats and not be doing things in the interests of the public good. the other thing she points out is that all of these changes are only going to benefit american adversaries and she specifically points to russia as one of those countries that would be benefited if the state department goes through the demise tha

here's shep. >> shepard: reporting begins with breaking news on the battle over impeachment.ight now the inspector general of the intelligence community, michael atkinson is talking to lawmakers behind closed doors. this comes after a nearly ten-hour interview yesterday with former ambassador that revealed bomb shell texts. and time is up for the trump administration to turn over documents to house democrats. but instead of complying, the white house is sending its own request to speaker pelosi. first, fox news has obtained a written copy of curt volcker's opening testimony in his private interview in front of house lawmakers. sources say that the nearly ten hour hearing