here's shepard smith. >> shepard: a live look now. there it is. that is the white house briefing room. the briefing was to have begin at 2:00 eastern standard time. they changed that to 3:00 eastern standard time this afternoon. now they have changed that to 3:30 eastern standard time. the briefing will happen and we'll have it on fox news channel. i'm shepard smith in new york. this is "shepard smith reporting." we're expecting questions about how the white house handled domestic abuse accusations about rob porter. president trump tweeted over the weekend, people's lives are being shattered and destroyed by allegations. some are true, some are false. some are old, some are new. there is no recovery for someone falsely accused. life in career are gone. is there no such thing any longer as due process? that was from the president without context. today the white house told fox news channel it has zero tolerance for domestic violence. >> the president deplores, thinks that domestic violence is grotesque. he's said that on multiple occasions. there's

up next, shepard smith. >> shepard: its noon on the west coast. 3:00 at the white house. president trump said he's looking for ways to curve gun violence. the president said some teachers should be armed in the classroom. concealed firearms for best. other ideas for our classrooms are coming. today we'll take you to a school where there already are guns, guns hidden in safes around the building so trained staffers can access them. >> i understand your concerned. i understand you don't like us having a firearm in the school building. however, on the flip side, we will protect your child. >> both sides of that argument ahead. tracking the special counsel's russia investigation. word of a former trump campaign adviser meeting with robert mueller's team. and a new questions about whether the president's former campaign chairman, paul manafort, tried to cut a secret deal with a banker. let's get to it. first from the fox news deck, the president on guns. according to his spokesman, he's in a listening phase. the president says he's supports the idea of raising the minimum age

i'm shepard smith in new york. this is "shepard smith reporting."we're expecting questions about how the white house handled domestic abuse accusations about rob porter. president trump tweeted over the weekend, people's lives are being shattered and destroyed by allegations. some are true, some are false. some are old, some are new. there is no recovery for someone

i'm shepard smith in new york. this is "shepard smith reporting" on fox news channel. last week the dow was off about 1,100 points. today the dow is off at this moment 875 points. so what is happening here? well, a correction is something that happens in bull markets and happens with some degree of regularity throughout history. it is expected, it's well-comed by many investors, of course. because a correction will keep a market from getting over heated. it will keep it from getting into a boom and bust cycle in theory. this could be the beginning of a correction. i'll tell you what a correction is. a correction is a loss of 10% in market value off the all-time high. the all-time high for us in this cycle or ever on the dow was 26,616.71. so 26-6 on january 26th. we're now -- we blew through 25,000 with the greatest of ease and down almost 1,000 points on the session. there was a time not that long ago when down 1,000 points would have been curb setting in and markets closing and that kind of thing. but the dow is so high, we're still at 24,553. the dow is so high, tha

senator bill nelson spoke with shepard smith this afternoon live on the air, one of two florida senators. he seriously laments the fact that he is once again responding to yet another school shooting. >> our heart goes out to the families of the students, the school, they are grieving. i have already said my prayers to give them comfort, but this is a tough time. >> we are expecting broward county sheriff scott israel, who was appearing last year at the fort lauderdale international airport at that horrible crime scene. he is and on point, on the scene sheriff so we are expecting him here in the half-hour. it is valentine's day and some of the students first interviewed by local media this morning said we heard a pop, pop, pop. we heard they were valentine's day balloons being popped by students because there were numerous valentine's day parties inside the high school. unfortunately those turned out to be not the sounds of balloons, bret, but the sounds of gunfire. >> bret: the students inside the classrooms trying to get out of the school as authorities were trying to get them out. a c

shepard smith in new york. i do want to tell you that our own peter doocy has just spoken with the floor senator bill nelson. he's told our correspondent peter doocy that at the school today many people have been killed. that is the quote from the florida senator, bill nelson. we do not know exactly what happened. we can tell you that authorities believe their person of interest was a student in the school earlier today. someone is in custody for questioning. whether or not it's the shooter, we'll wait to see. the police say there's somewhere between 20 and 50 victims. they told all hospitals in the area to prepare for victims. now the florida senator bill nelson has just told our capitol hill correspondent peter doocy that in his words, many people have been killed. nothing from authorities on that matter. from a senator, we did want to pass that along. wsvn with their fine coverage from their studios in south florida and across the region. let's listen. >> a person of interest is in custody, apprehended. not

i'm shepard smith in new york. a brand new indictment indicates the russians elaborate job line operations convinced us americans to attend political rallies that the russians organized. the russians set up websites and facebook pages and twitter accounts pretending to be americans. and dooped us into following them and friending them and retweeting them. the russians infiltrated our system, manipulated us on behalf of vladimir putin and they did it online and in person on our soil. russians came to swing states in the united states, pretending to be americans and tried to convince us americans that they're part of the system. not working against it. and the russians say this indictment posed as americans and communicated with unwitting people associated with the trump campaign to try to coordinate political activities. that's a blockbuster charge. russians, thought to be americans, working with trump supporters or allies to do politics together. the russian investigation is the opposite of a hoax. and now indictme

i'm bill hemmer in for shepard smith. president trump saying he was surprised and only found out recently that rob porter was facing accusations of abuse by his two ex-wives. >> was said when he heard about it. he's also very sad now. as you know, he says he's innocent. i think you have to remember that. he said first strongly yesterday that he's innocent. so you'll have to talk to him about that. >> so the white house not saying exactly when john kelly found out about the abuse claims. the associated press reporting that kelly became aware last fall when porter had trouble getting a security clearance. the white house saying kelly only became fully aware this past week. the a.p. reporting white house counsel don mcgann new about the accusations a year ago around the time president trump took office but porter was deep in the president's inner circle. he helped write the state of the union address and traveled on air force one. after news of the accusations broke, kelly called porter a man of true integrity and honor and

i'm shepard smith on fox news channel and fox televisions stations across the nation. the last 1 1/2 hours, we've been monitoring developments in high school in broward county, florida. marjory stoneman douglas high school where 2:30 eastern time. authorities got reports of a shooting in the school. multiple shots. one after the other. then there were reports of five people injured. broward sheriff's department converged on the scene as did the coral springs police department and the parkland police department. hospitals and and throughout the area were notified to be ready for multiple casualties being brought in. eventually we learned that 20 to 50 people had been injured and that a lone gunman was responsible for this. we got word from ralph rayburn, a reporter from wsvn 7 in south florida working the chopper today for them, word from him that they believe all of this began in one classroom with one student and they identified the student at the time. the authorities locked down the school, told the students to lock down in place. began searching the area and put up

as fox's shepard smith drove home today. >> reporter: columbine in 1999 there haveee active school shootingelementary and high schools . columbine was april the 20th, 1999. 13 and more than 20 wounded. also in '99 deming high school mexico. r 2000 lakentary school in worth community middle school where one was killed in 2001, sn california. 2001 red line junioh school. in 2003,icori high school in minnesota. in 2005 redminnesota. in 2005 campbell county economy comprehensiveig in 2006, essex elementary school 2012 sandy creek elementary school in connecticut. where 26 elementary school students and others werele in 2013, sparks middle school in nevada.013 a rap pa hoe high scl in colorado.014, reynolds high n oregon. in high school. just three weeks ago in kentucky. and todayuglas high school in bd county, florida of parkland where many students ane died today. >>> back he a live look at what looks like i that t somewhere? there is love park ther talk here but wouldn't it be nice if we could eradicate hat wld and embrace a little bit of love or a lot of bit o. >>> spring like temperatures o

the news continues with shepard smith after this. >> shepard: the 19-year-old accused of murders 17 people south florida in court today. the accused killer in shackles, his head down most of the time. didn't speak. this was his first physical appearance in front of a judge. last week he appeared through video conference. today's hearing had to do with keeping certain documents confidential. we're still waiting for prosecutors to say whether they will pursue death penalty. one attorney said it was designed for this type of case. the public defender says the accused killer would plead guilty if prosecutors take the death penalty off the table. there's more involved here. also today, we're hearing from the couple that took in the accused killer after his adoptive mother died. they recently told the south florida sun sentinel newspaper they did not know they had a monster living under their roof. today they told good morning america that they felt shocked and betrayed. >> we didn't know anything. we had rules and he followed every rule to the tee. >> i'm heart broken. just heart broken. devast

the news continues with shepard smith after this. >> shepard: the dow is moving. it's volatile. that's the word. it's been calm for a couple years and now volatile. swinging more than 500 points for the fifth day in a row. it's off 680 or so. that's the most since october of 2008. this overall swing that we've been seeing. let's take a look at the dow now. you know, it's volatile. this is the new normal at least for now. the new normal of now is volatility. the individual investors are concerned about different things as cavuto explains it to me. they're concerned about the bond market and where it's going. they're concerned about inflation and where that is going. as long as they have the individual concerns, there might be a market correction. we're along way from a technical correction. but if they get all crazy like in the past and act with irrational exuberance, it might go batty. we don't think that will happen. we think it's going to correct, right, gerri willis? >> at some point it will correct. that's true. >> shepard: they always have. >> yeah. you know, the question i

up after the break, shepard smith. ♪ ♪ >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 at the white housesident trump has talked about raising the minimum age for guns and banning bump stocks. no solid movement yet. so reporters just asked the press secretary to explain exactly which changes to gun laws the president does support. her answer ahead. and plus, the president's communication director hope hicks, meeting with house lawmakers. part of the investigation into russia's election interference. ahead, what we know about what she is saying and the questions she will not answer. in the senate, the head of the nsa on fighting back against moscow's meddling in our democracy. >> that paid no price for meddling in the 2016 election. >> they haven

i'm shepard smith in new york. "your world" with neil cavuto starts right now. >> scrambling to make america's schools safe again. president trump holding another listening session with officials and now arming teachers is front and center in this debate. >> instead of advertising this school has no guns, we're gun-free, you let the people know the opposite. nobody will attack that school. they're cowards. they don't want to be shot at. they will be shot at. we need hardened sites. we need to let people know you're coming to our schools, you're going to be dead and fast. unless you do that, you'll always have this problem. >> is this the right move? welcome. i'm trish regan in for neil cavuto today. this is "your world." fbn's blake burman is live with more. >> hi, trish. the president first broached this idea yesterday in the listening session with students from parkland and their parents, their families. other victims of past shootings as well of potentially arming teachers, arming faculty and staff within school

i'm shepard smith in new york.brand new indictment indicates the russians elaborate job line operations convinced us americans to attend political rallies that the russians organized. the russians set up websites and facebook pages and twitter accounts pretending to be americans. and dooped us into following them and friending them and retweeting them. the russians

everyone gets upset for a few days and this teacher said this and the interview she did with shepard smithoday. you guys will be gone soon and everybody will move on until this happens again. as a former congressman, jason chaffetz, let me start with you. can anything be done in washington that would fix this? >> yeah. absolutely. i own five guns, i'm a member of the nra and i don't want people who cannot distinguish right from wrong to be able to obtain a gun. that means you've got to prosecute gun crimes, and also means you have to fix the background check system. there's an organization out there that is put out there by the shooting sports foundation to try to solve those. there is bipartisan legislation in the house and the senate, but how many times we have to do this before congress actually calls up of fill in votes? it's sickening and disgusting and nothing gets done. did we not learn the last lesson commented the air force not learn the lesson to populate the database? i'm afraid, like you said, next week, it will be gone. >> martha: at will because the case of this accelerates.

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that's coming up top of the hour on shepard smith reporting. >> dana: primary results are in for a hotlyted race in arizona. two republican seats in new hampshire and connecticut state races. peter doocy has all the details on this midterm mania. >> reporter: democrats are using local races to test out their national plan to win back the house. they think they struck gold picking up houses in new hampshire and connecticut last night. now the dlcz is looking at this contest and saying tonight's win is a perfect example of the win strategy. the dlcc made significant structural investments in its chamber which allowed our legislative leaders to build a strong team to recruit the best candidates and flip five seats from red to blue across the state. notice, no mention of president trump in that statement declaring victory. there wassen any mention of him in a similar announcement about another victory last night in connecticut either. since his inauguration, republicans have watched 39 house seats slip away in state houses from coast to coast. that is as republicans try to campaign on the th

i'm shepard smith, fox news in new york. ♪ >> -- kids were evacuating. i heard five pops.hat's not a drill. >> breaking right now, a terrifying afternoon yet another deadly school shooting. early word from the superintendent numerous killed and dozens injured at this high school in parkland, florida. just north of miami. the scenes all too familiar. single file students let out some even running to safety. law enforcement trying to secure the scene they still are right now. i'm lucy noland as incredibly tense in broward county. scared teenagers have been calling and texting parents. parents have been rushing to the school praying their children stayed out of danger. here's what we know right now. students are talking about seeing people dead in the hallways and pools of blood. we also know the suspected shooter is in custody at a local hospital getting check out as is protocol. fox 29's chris o'connell is on top of the breaking news live in our operations center. chris? >> reporter: lucy, an absolute tragic and terrifying valentine's day in south florida. 18-year-old man n

i am shepard smith. fox news in new york. continuing on fox news channel across the country and around the world. we have been listening to be 29's coverage but monitoring from our other sources, includig the associated press which has the latest from parents who described a chaotic and frightening situation as they rush to find the children in the frantic minutes after they heard reports of a shooting in this south florida high school. cesar figueroa says he was one of the first parents arrive to at marjory stoneman douglas high school. police officers with weapons. his office is 5 minutes of the school where he sends his 16-year-old daughter. my wife called me that there was an active shooter and the school was on lockdown. i got on the road and saw helicopters, pleased with machine guns. it was crazy. my daughter wasn't answering her phone." according to figaro, she texted him that she was hidden inside a closet. "she was in a classroom and heard gunshots by the window. she and her friends ran into the closet. another pare

smith. >> shepard: its noon on the west coast. 3:00 in washington. we're finally getting a look at the memo. the republican memo on the russia investigation. the fbi had questioned its accuracy and noticed key facts. . trump approved the release. he said the russian investigation is biassed. >> it's terrible. it's a disgrace what is going on in this country. it's a disgrace. >> shepard: the man behind the memo, devin nunes claims that it shows serious violations of the public trust. democrats call it a sham. meant to undermine the investigation into team trump's ties with russia. we'll boil down with what the memo does and doesn't show and asked if it could affect robert mueller's case. they a look at your paycheck. you should see changes from the new tax law. some folks might be getting short changed for now, some of you. we'll explain how to find out if the feds owe you money and goodness, we're watching wall street. the dow having its worst day since 2016. the worst week in two years. what is driving it down and how low can it go? let's get to it.

smith. >> shepard: its noon on the west coast, 3:00 at the white house. president trump has made lots of news today. the last hour, holding a news conference with australia's prime minister and speaking at a conference with conservative activists and firing up hills base ahead of the mid-terms. >> if they get in, they will repeal your tax cuts, they will put judges in that you wouldn't believe. they'll take away your second amendment. in america, we don't worship government. we worship god. we want our cities to be sanctuaries for law-abiding americans, not criminals. >> shepard: president trump hit north korea with what he's calling the toughest penalties ever in an effort to curb the dictator's nuclear program there. the president just warned if the sanctions on north korea don't work, the next phase, as he put it, will be unfortunate for the world. plus, word of another guilty plea in the special counsel's robert mueller investigation. rick gates now under fire. what did he tell prosecutors when he cut this deal? it's a very busy news day. let's get to

smith. >> shepard: its noon on the west coast. 3:00 in washington.lly getting a look at the memo. the republican memo on the russia investigation. the fbi had questioned its accuracy and noticed key facts. . trump approved the release. he said the russian investigation is biassed. >> it's terrible. it's a disgrace what is going on in this country. it's a disgrace. >> shepard: the man behind the memo, devin nunes claims that it shows serious violations of the public trust. democrats call it a sham. meant to undermine the investigation into team trump's ties with russia. we'll boil down with what the memo does and doesn't show and asked if it could

smith. >> shepard: its noon on the west coast, 3:00 at the white house. president trump has made lots of news today. the last hour, holding a news conference with australia's prime minister and speaking at a conference with conservative activists and firing up hills base ahead of the mid-terms. >> if they get in, they will repeal your tax cuts, they will put judges in that you wouldn't believe. they'll take away your second amendment. in america, we don't worship government. we worship god. we want our cities to be sanctuaries for law-abiding americans, not criminals. >> shepard: president trump hit north korea with what he's calling the toughest penalties ev