we will never forget mollie tibbetts. and offered prayers for mollie tibbetts's molly and -- family and friends. this as john cox slams democrats for their open border policy saying, quote, close who want to abolish ice need to consider the consequences of their proposal. the mollie tibbetts case is one more tragic example of a senseless loss that should have never happened similar to kate steinle's heartbreaking death in san francisco. kate steinle was shot and killed by an illegal immigrants on a san francisco year in 2015. the gunman was acquitted of murder and manslaughter. rob: this has been a 5-week story with mollie tibbetts, 5 weeks of torture for the family of mollie tibbetts waiting to find out what happened to their 20-year-old daughter in this small town in iowa. it began on july 18th at 7:30 in the evening when mollie tibbetts was last seen jogging around brooklyn, iowa, the last time she was seen alive at this point. and at 10:00 it was a bit confusing, mollie tibbetts's boyfriend claims he received a snapch

we will never forget molly tibbetts. that from vice president penn. >>> -- vice president mike pence. >>> paul manafort found guilty on eight counts of financial crimes. he was convicted on five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud, and one count of hiding foreign bank accounts. the jury deadlocked well -- onto another counts. >>> michael cohen, president trump former longtime attorney, admitted in court that he was directed to arrange payments to two women during the 2016 election to keep them from talking about alleged affairs they had with mister trump years before he ran for office. cohen acknowledged these payments while pleading guilty to campaign finance charges. justin 20 minutes ago president trump tweeted this, if anyone is looking for a good lawyer i would strongly suggest you don't retain the services of michael cohen. joining us now is doug luzader from washington. you have been covering this story. what did the verdicts against michael manafort and michael cohen mean for president trump? >> reporte

you see the pig farm here where mollie tibbetts was last seen going for that run. we advance further, august 14th, maybe a week ago, we home on five locations, you can see them over here, some farmland, a truckstop, a carwash, this is everything started to narrow down and they thought they hold it to a certain location and as we move forward august 21st yesterday the body which has been confirmed to be mollie tibbetts was found in the cornfield the number of miles from where she was seen so you see why it was so hard to find this young girl's body because the surgery was so big being so far away. even with the search for it is hard to search that much area and we have more on this coming up. shannon: donald trump slamming robert mueller investigation is two former members of his inner circle take a big legal hit. the president's lawyer says the paul manafort and michael cohen news does not threaten the white house. jenkins live in washington with the latest fallout. >> reporter: it is not good news for the white house, two major development, first in the trial of t

molly tibbetts vanished july 18 while out jogging in brooklyn iowa. a month later police say 24- year-old man confessed to murdering tibbetts and led investigators to a cornfield where anybody believed it to be molly tibbetts was buried under corn stocks.started following her. ind rivera. >> we were able to track his pattern and the routes he took. we were also able to find molly running on this video. we were able to determine that he was one of the last ones to have seen molly running. >> rivera is from mexico and has been living illegally in the united states. he is now facing charges of first-degree murder. his bail is set at $1 million. an autopsy will be performed today to determine how molly tibbetts died. >>> a tough first day of school for kids and staff at corpus christi catholic school yesterday in piedmont where molly tibbetts was a student. >> i have all my children here the first day of school and i have to be strong for them. it is not the outcome that i have been praying for or hoping for. >> tibbetts atteedgs when her parents divorced

there will be not another mollie tibbetts or dominic. to be end it now. >> clicks of the president's policies say illegal immigrants commit less crime and rape in american citizens do. they call this blatant racism and citizens killing citizens every day in this country. what do you say to that? >> i say to them that is a false statement. we should have 0 crime by illegal aliens. we have american criminals we are taking care of, they have a right to be here. illegal aliens don't have a right to be here and one death by an illegal or two or 10,000, and any crime by illegals for american citizens. >> we are sorry to speak to you under these circumstances but thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. jillian: 18 after the hour. will ballots be safe from foreign hackers? the new warning from homeland security. >> they tell me about this nazi who lived in queens who walks the streets like he owns the place, he is 95 years old. >> the president opening up about deportation of a nazi guard living in the united states. his action was

mollie tibbetts was a promising young woman who lost her life.that her family will find peace and justice and that her murder is not used to justify a discriminatory immigration policy." wow. joining us with more, the author of the best seller, the truth about our nation's great comeback, former speaker of the house, fox news contributor newt gingrich. it's actually the opposite of what this person, this girl over it msnbc is saying and this woman is saying and that is it's really clear that the trump economy, which you point out in the first half of your book, is what is driving so many people to support him. we have a record low unemployment, 14 states. african-americans, hispanic americans, asian-americans. youth on employment is at it and all-time low. women in the workplace. that is a big part of the story and yes he wants to protect our nation from what is happening with illegal immigration. >> i think it's very telling that mollie tibbetts was an american, a young lady with a great future. she was killed. the person who killed her was ille

no motive was given for tibbetts murder. if convicted rivera could receive a mandatory life sentence. in the newsroom with ktvu fox2 news. >>> president trump at a rally in west virginia referred to the killing of molly tibbetts and blames the nation's immigration laws for that tragedy. >> you heard about today with the illegal alien coming in, very sadly, from mexico. you saw what happened to that incredible, beautiful young woman. it should have never happened. illegally in our country. we have had a huge impact, but the laws are so bad, the immigration laws are such a disgrace. >> authorities and i was a the suspect a christian rivera, has an dose has been in the area 4 - 7 years. local media is reporting rivera worked on a dairy farm owned by a prominent i will republican who this summer ran for secretary of agriculture. this was sent from the official white house twitter account, the loss of molly tibbetts is a devastating reminder that we must urgently fix our broken immigration laws. vice president mike pence tweeted

discovery of the body of mollie tibbetts. all that and a lot more tonight on the "cbs evening news." >> thank you for watching at 5:00. we will see you back here at 6:00. news" this tuesday, two former associates of the president are now convicted felons. one pleaded guilty, the other found guilty in separate fraud heses. and a stunning turn of events in iowa after the discovery of mollie tibbetts' body. all of that tonight, starting with the headlines in 60 seconds. >> the jury has found president idump's former campaign chairman paul manafort guilty of eight counts of fraud. >> reporter: this is the first conviction secured by special counsel robert mueller in his investigation. >> paul manafort is a good man. this has nothing to do with russian collusion. it's a witch hunt and it's a disgrace. >> reporter: the manafort verdict and the michael cohen apea deal were happening onmultaneously. >> trump's longtime personal lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, pleading guilty to eight counts. an charges of campaign finance k aud, ban

neighbors saw tibbetts out on a run that evening.ed her missing the next day when she failed toll show up for work. surveillance video of tibbetts jogging and rivera's black, chevy malibu helped authorities to track down rivera. rivera confessed to killing tibbetts and showed them where her body was in the corn field ten miles from brooklyn. >> the community here has been phenomenal. they have been of great assistance to the investigation and to the family and so they will get through it. we will be there for them. >> rivera is an undocumented immigrant from mexico. the farms led by a prominent state officials family says he was vetted by the e-verify system. rivera followed tibbetts and abducted her after she threatened to call police. rivera allegedly told police he blacked out and found tibbetts in the trunk of her car. he dragged her and hid her body under scorn stalk leaves. authorities did not reveal a cause of death but an autopsy is set to begin today. tibbetts was to start her junior year of college this week. lee martinez,

a body presumed to be that of mollie tibbetts, has been found. police say that murder suspect 24-year-old cristhian bahena rivera has confessed , and  led them to her body. she was last seen july 18, going out for a run in the small town in iowa. cristhian bahena rivera said he saw mollie tibbetts running and he followed her. it was video from a neighbor security camera that helped the police find him.>> we were able to track his pattern and the route in which he took, we were able to find mollie tibbetts running on this video. we were able to determine that he is one of the last ones to have seen her running.>> cristhian bahena rivera is from mexico and has been living in the united states illegally. an autopsy has been set for robert >>> mollie tibbetts was raised in oakland and went to school in piedmont. we spoke with her former principal who says, mollie tibbetts was well-liked and got along with everybody. >> reporter: it is a tough first day of school for kids and staff at corpus christie school in piedmont. former student, mollie tibbet

>>> a body found in rural iowa is feared to be that of missing college student mollie tibbetts. we're following the latest information on that discovery and talking to those who knew the tibbetts family from their time in the east bay. good morning. thanks for joining us. chris aziz will be in later today. we have team coverage. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield talked with friends of the family. we'll start with elizabeth hur who is following the investigation from washington. >> reporter: officials in iowa say they'll hold a press conference later today and will share a significant amount of information at that time. for now they're only confirming it is in connection with the mollie tibbetts investigation. a tireless search for a missing college student in iowa potentially coming to a tragic end with the discovery of a body. authorities for now only confirming a body was located and say they're working to make a positive id. mollie tibbetts, the 20-year-old university of iowa student last seen going for a run in brooklyn, iowa on july 17. when she didn't show up for work, he

about mollie tibbetts. mollie was an amazing young woman. we commend the swift action by local, state and federal investigators working in iowa and apprehending an illegal immigrant who is charged with first degree murder. now, justice will be served. we will never forget mollie tibbetts. meanwhile, a new post on social media appears to indicate mollie tibbetts aunt does not think illegal immigration has anything to do with her death. please remember, evil comes in every color. our family has been blessed to be surrounded by love, friendship and support throughout this entire ordeal by friends from all different nations and races. from the bottom of our hearts, thank you. >>> the colorado father accused of killing his pregnant wife and children has been formally charged in court with first degree murder. christopher watts listened to the charges against him in court yesterday as the judge read the charges, his wife's father sobbed with his face in his hands. he admitted he killed his wife but only after dis

23rd and the fox news alert, new information from the lead investigator in the murder of mollie tibbetts. jillian: the car that helps police tracked down the illegal immigrant accused of killing her. rob: a monster hurricane is closing in on hawaii. jillian: millions bracing for a category 4 storm with winds up to 150 mph as we are tracking hurricane lane. >> they didn't come out of the campaign. they came from me. rob: the president declaring his innocence in an exclusive fox news interview. jillian: the local sharks circling is talks of indictment or even impeachment flood washington. we are live as "fox and friends first" continues right now. rob: thursday morning. jillian: we have a fox news alert, breaking news out of paris. one person is dead and two hurt following a knife attack in a paris suburb. including to local reports the suspect shouted god is great in arabic. rob: the suspect was shot by police. it is unclear if he is still alive but that is a knife attack in or near paris. we will bring more information as it becomes available. jillian: donald trump calling our immigratio

so of course they all but ignored the murder of mollie tibbetts.ne of the few mentions came yesterday on msnbc when a college professor called christina greer dismissed tibbetts as some girl in iowa. >> they have been so willing to move the goalpost every single time with this president. i don't think today change is much unfortunately. i'm sure we will hear what he has to say about this at his rally. but fox news is talking about a girl in iowa and not this. >> tucker: a girl in iowa. when you pay tuition, that's who gets it. later she apologized in the least sincere way possible. on twitter she used her brief celebrity to whine about discriminatory immigration policy. where was we think the only person to even mention mollie tibbetts all day on nbc. cnn was barely better. the prime time lineup ignored it completely. that's not surprising because for msnbc and cnn and the people on whose behalf they speak, tibbetts' entire existence is inconvenient. as a native born american she was problematic because she might not work for the low wages they pre

a press conference and increase the reward money for mollie tibbetts.ential sighting of mollie tibbetts at the kansas city truck stop, it's one of hundreds of tips investigators have received. they looked that sighting, interviewed witnesses and it turned up nothing. it seems right now today that the family of mollie tibbetts and crimestoppers are ramping up personal and private efforts to raise money and awareness to recover mollie tibbetts. i'm told the family believes right now mollie tibbetts is alive and being held captive somewhere. the family says until they learn otherwise they'll do everything they can to recover her. her boyfriend send down with fox news saying he is back in the house that mollie tibbetts was saying on, his house on july 18th when she went missing. we asked him if there were signs of a struggle? he said he couldn't comment and wouldn't tell us what he thinks the theory is about what happened when mollie went missing july 18th and he says unfortunately the house was probably not locked when she went missing. >> it's brooklyn. y

mollie tibbetts' alleged killer, an illegal immigrant arraigned in court today. fox news is the only network fully covering the case, and our new developments tonight. raymond arroyo is here from our "seen and unseen" segment where we'll dissect some of the wild stories from the far left. a bizarre sex scandal and cage free animal crackers. in texas, a senate candidate says he has no problem with the nfl players kneeling during the national anthem. we will have the tape to prove it. plus, more immigration madness in california. there's a hotline to tip off illegal immigrants about i.c.e. raids. more on this unbelievable story later in the hour. first, democrats and the left are absolutely salivating, giddy over the legal trouble faced by former trump associates michael cohen and paul manafort. some are even waving the impeachment card. >> are we in impeachment territory here? >> sure. >> should the president be more worried about impeachment than before because of what's happening today? >> oh, i think he should and i think he is. >> this may be a high crime misd

tibbetts grew up in oakland.4-year-old had been missing for months. -- the 20-year-old had been missing for a month. they found the neighbor cristhian rivera is in the country illegally and told investigators he saw tibbetts out for a run and drove by her a few times before approaching her. he led investigators to her body. enough faces 1st degree murder charges. >>> you are watching ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30. an online petition is gaining steam among parents and pleasant hill. >> they are upset that a student suspended for threatening to carry out a mass shooting is enrolled in another school at the same district. andre senior is in the newsroom with reaction to parents who say they were not told in advance. >> reporter: the petition's goal is clear. it was that student to threatened to carry out a shooting massacre be removed from his new school and mount diablo unified school district altogether. this petition was launched just yesterday and has already been signed by hundreds of people. >> i was shocked, actual

mollie tibbetts' body found yesterday, an illegal immigrant held for her killing. the president tweeting about border issues. all sounds familiar to newsom. >> this is a tragedy. and my heart goes out to the family of the victim. but it's not a tragedy that should be exploited and that's what they are consistently doing and i think it's a real outrage. >> reporter: the lieutenant governor says the hard-line immigration stance while ignoring the positive contributions immigrants make in the state are positions that have already alienated a majority of californians who he says support compassionate immigration reform. >> i think it's wearing thin. it wore thin in california so much so that republican party is now third party in this state. >> reporter: for his part republican john cox just received a mention on the president's twitter feed just days ago. by phone today, cox said given the kate steinle tragedy and now the tibbetts case, the current immigration system needs to be examined. >> you know, i think that's important for people to understand because you know,

. >> fight over fact with a lawyer defending mollie tibbetts's accused killer. rob: gruesome new details about the killing and his illegal immigrant clients. >> these posters say you are a predator and sexual violence. what is going on? >> a businessman becomes the latest target of antichrist liberals. >> how he is firing back. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ jillian: friday morning, dark on the east coast. you are watching "fox and friends first" on this friday. rob: we are both in for heather childers. you need an umbrella in hawaii. hurricane nate lashing the hawaiian islands in what could be the biggest storm there in 26 years. jillian: the category 3 hurricane sparking catastrophic flooding and landslide concerns as the big island is hit with 20 inches of rain in 24 hours. the center of the storm moving dangerously close to the island. rob: adam is clocking to force, it is slow right now. >> it is a slow mover which gives more time for heavy rain to fall. it is still a way away from the island, looking at 120 mph, gusting to 150 mph, it is makin

early on i wasn't as hopeful as i am on. >> reporter: robert tibbetts, father of mollie tibbetts, tellss daughter is still alive and left willingly. >> it is only speculation on my part but i think mollie tibbetts is with someone she knows who is over their head, there's some misunderstanding about the nature of their relationship and they don't know how to get out from under this, don't know how to resolve this, probably terrified. >> we need to come forward or put a end to this or need someone who has knowledge of it to come forward and help us bring mollie tibbetts home. >> reporter: the family is publicly leading with anyone with information to tell police. 20-year-old mollie tibbetts disappeared july 18th after going for a jog in the brooklyn, iowa neighborhood. the fbi has 20 agents on the ground spearheading an aggressive search for molly and the amount of reward money increases for information on her disappearance was on monday the information increased to $277,000 for 141 donors which is a record in that part of the state. police have received 200 tips but a suspect is not been

the investigator said there was something that drew the suspect to tibbetts. another point of confusion, rivera's immigration status. abc's alex perez is in brooklyn, iowa. >> reporter: here take a look around town you still see a lot of signs like this one missing mollie tibbetts, reminders of how many people in this town and area were impacted by mollie tibbetts and her story. the suspect accused of murdering mollie made his first appearance in court. a judge ordered he be held on a $5 million cash bond. now investigators say he confessed to following mollie after she went for a run on the evening of july 18th, abducting her, killing her and dumping her remains in a cornfield. now we've also learned that his employer, a dairy farm where he worked for about four years here in this area, has learned they say that he presented them with false employment documents. they thought he was somebody else. now according to investigators, 24-year-old cristhian rivera was in the country illegally from mexico. authorities say they are continuing to follow this investigati

medical examiner's releasing autopsy results for iowa college student mollie tibbetts.ials say her death was homicide for multiple sharp force injuries. the accused killer, kim jong tog to, her funeral is sunday, it will be held at the gym of her former high school. jillian: facial recognition technology airports nabbing crooks. an imposter caught at dulles airport after his passport did not match his face, agents later finding a id from the republic of congo hid in his shoe after he arrived from brazil, ground breaking arrest just three days after the scanning machines were installed at the airport. rob: donald trump urging jeff sessions to take action on the russia probe a lindsey graham sparks speculation of a shakeup at the justice department. jillian: of the republicans worn firing the attorney general could backfire big time. >> reporter: the you was simmering in the background, jeff sessions met with donald trump at the white house yesterday to talk about prison reform. that was after he put out a statement affirming his own job. he wrote i am attorney general, t

some in tibbett's family have pushed back on this licoage. tibbett'in, sam lucas, responding to one conservativevi ac, wrote, "we are not so small-minded that we generalize a whole population based on soml bad indivi now stop using my cousin's death as pitical propaganda." but yesterday afternoon, the e white house amplified thstory, releasing this tweet about tibbetts and including a video monte of grieving parents who's children had also been killed by what the white house called "illegal aliens." >> he was hit, head on, by a repeat illegal alien crimil. >> known gang member came in the back, he fired the gun. >> he strangled him, went to see if he was breathing, then strangled him again over and over until his death. he dragged matthew to his death. >> brangham: four hours later, the president posted his own video about tibbetts, and seemei >> a person n, illegally, from mexico, and killed her. we need the wall. we have tremendous crime trying to come througthe border. >> brangham: this has been one of the president's most consistent theme

an autopsy is scheduled for mollie tibbetts. they'll try to determine how she died. >> rep news llie tibbetts' family feared the most. tuesday, investigators recovered her body not far from where she was last seen in brooklyn, iowa. >> in one aspect, it's been able to be resolved. but, again, not the outcome at all that any of us wanted. >> reporter: this man, 24-year-old christian rivera, has been charged with first degree murder. investigators say rivera, an undocumented immigrant, confessed to the crime and led them to her body. officials believe he abducted her on july 18th while she was out for a run. >> he ran alongside of her or behind her. then she took off running. he chased her boun. >> reporter: her body was found in a cornfield. rivera spent the last several years working in iowa, his employers saying he worked at a farm for four years and was vetted through government's e-verify system. the president didn't waste any time politicizing the arrest at a rally. last night in west virginia. >> should have never happened.

that was just pure happiness right there. >> molly tibbetts grew up in oakland. she went to corpus christi school at piedmont from kindergarten through the third grade. >>> the molly tibbetts killin illegal immigration. democratic candidate in former san franscnewsom says president other republican leaders are politicizing a tragedy. >> this is a tragedy. my heart goes out to the family of the victim. it is not a tragedy that should be exploited. that is what they are consistently doing. i think it's a real outrage. >> republican candidate for governor john cox says tibbetts death is just the latest reminder that the u.s. needs to do a better job detecting its borders. >> we need a conference of solution. verified border security, including the border wall for sure. it is because of the drugs, guns, and human trafficking that's going on across the border that it is needed. >> has made illegal immigration one of themain issues ople are fed up with the u.s. postal service and a lot more. amber lee went to a town hall meeting people said the local postmaster should

. >> tibbetts spent part of her childhood here in the bay area before moving to iowa. her family released a statement. >> it reads in part our hearts are broken. on behalf of mollie's entire family, we thank all of those from around the world who have sent their thoughts and prayers for our girl. >> now, the immigration status of the man accused of killing tibbetts has president trump and house democratic leader nancy pelosi in a twitter war. >> melanie woodrow attended an event with pelosi at the public policy institute of california today. she's in the newsroom with the story. >> reporter: in her remarks on stage, leader pelosi didn't specifically talk about mollie tibbetts, but she did speak about immigration, quoting the president she said might surprise -- she quotes most ap with an interpreter next to him. his attorney disputes he's undocumented, president trump tweeting this video today. >> a person came in from mexico illegally and killed her. we need the wall, we need our immigration laws changed. >> reporter: meantime today in san francisco house democratic l

. >> mary spinetti is a runner and something she has in common with mollie tibbetts and it has drawn her closer to the young college student. >> mollie could have been me. it could have been anybody, and so i just felt a connection with mollie. >> she started following the case when mollie was missing. >> every day, that would be the first thing i'd wake up and see if mollie was found and the day that tuesday when her body was found, i woke up that morning and just cried. >> but instead of letting her grief turn to paralysis, mary joined an online group started by two of tibbetts' friends back in iowa. they call it the mollie movement. members printout these strips of paper ran kin happens.>>t treats and gift cards on vacaville parking lots.

in iowa, the missing college student, mollie tibbetts. her body has been found. the news comes a little more than a month after the 20-year-olds disappearance from her hometown, brooklyn iowa. >> we have confirmed with homeland security investigations that he is an illegal alien, and we believe he has been in this area now for 4-7 years. >> how did you come into contact with him? >> during the investigation, we reached out to the public, as you well know. during our neighborhood canvas, we came across an individual that had security cameras. we took those cameras, he was kind enough to give us the footage from it. to that, he we are able to identify a vehicle that we believed belongs to mr. rivera. it was a black malibu. from that, we were able to track his pattern and the route in which he took. we were also able to find mollie running on this video, and able to determine that he is one of the last ones to have seen mollie running based on the video that we were able to see from the general public. i'm sorry. >> what you believe he did? >> again, we were able to

police say rivera followed mollie tibbetts during her nightly jog. she pleaded with him to knock it off, stop trailing her. warning she would call the police. rivera claims at that point he blacked out or when he woke up, tibbetts was in his trunk with a bloodied skull. police say he led them to a corn field where they found what they believed to be tibbets' body. rivera worked at yarrabee farms. of unofficial initially claimed they put them through e-verify but then clarified that had not happened. the president, as i mentioned, tweeted out a video expressing his sympathy to the tibbets family and sang this case shows massive reforms of the nation's immigration laws is simply long-overdue. >> we screen every applicant through the social security administration's social security number verification service. in addition, we ran that information to the verification sister and the information came back verified. our employee was not who he said he was. >> nobody has laws like the united states. they are strictly pathetic. we need new immigration laws. w

mollie tibbetts' body found yesterday, an illegal immigrant held for her killing.resident tweeting about border issues. all sounds familiar to newsom. >> this is a tragedy. and my heart goes out to the family of the victim. but it's not a tragedy that should be exploited and that's what they are consistently doing and i think it's a real outrage. >> reporter: the lieutenant governor says the hard-line immigration stance while ignoring the positive contributions immigrants make in the state are positions that have already alienated a majority of californians who he says support compassionate immigration reform. >> i think it's wearing thin. it wore thin in california so much so that republican party is now third party in this state. >> reporter: for his part republican john cox just received a mention on the president's twitter feed just days ago. by phone today, cox said given the kate steinle tragedy and now the tibbetts case, the current immigration system needs to be examined. >> you know, i think that's important for people to understand because you know, most

tibbetts is the iowa college student who grew up in the bay area. all this coming as rivera made his first court appearance today. mo more. >> reporter: cristhian rivera made his first court appearance in iowa, and immediately his attorney made it political. >> the government has weighed in at the highest levels of a predisposition that this young man is guilty. >> he's accused of murdering mollie tibbetts, last seen jogging not far from her home. >> he ran alongside of her, or running. he in turn chased her down. >> rivera worked at a nearby dairy farm confessed to the crime and led them to her body. the owners of the family-run farm speaking out wednesday. >> we are small, six-generation farm. we are still shocked to learn that one of our employees was involved. >> adding, rivera was a good employee. >> he came to work every day. was on time. and got along with his co-workers. >> mollie's body was found in a corn field about ten miles outside of brooklyn, iowa where she was living. mollie's parents released a statement saying our hearts are boken,

a tragic ending in the search for missing iowa college student mollie tibbetts. the alleged killer, a 24-year-old illegal immigrant, and we've got democrats out there saying i.c.e. should be abolished. unbelievable. we'll have a full report later in the hour. but let's get right to our top story, serious legal trouble for two of president trump's former top associates. paul manafort and michael cohen. fox news chief national correspondent ed henry is here with the details. what is the latest? >> great to see you. difficulty for the president onto her girlfriends. paul manafort and michael cohen. the cohen case could prove to be more damaging legally and politically, because the president was directly implicated in the plea deal, a far cry from the manafort matter which has nothing to do the president, the 2016 campaign, or allegations of russian collusion. the former trump campaign chair wasn't stone-faced in the virginia court as he learns the jury found he's guilty on five counts of filing false income tax returns, one count of filing a report of a file bank ac

tibbetts' photo is plastered everywhere around brooklyn.rob tibbetts/father: "she is a real person,rl on a poster."tibbetts lives in california, but dropped everything when he got the call his daughter was missing.rob tibbetts/father: "nobody has any idea why. why? how this could happen in a place like brooklyn, iowa?"fbi agents are still in brooklyn. authorities say there is nothing new to report publicly on the search for the missing 20-year-old.but they are still hard at work.rob tibbetts/father: "what they have told us is their search is significant and aggressive. it's nationwide."it's unclear if mollie returned to her boyfriend's house after her jog on july 18th.investigators don't want to reveal what they call a "solid timeline" they've pieced together.rob tibbetts/father: "they don't want to give anybody an advantage who might be involved in this."laura terrell/reporting: "flyers around the town of brooklyn have grown into giant posters like this one. the family says a steady stream of tips is coming into this number, but they want people to keep calling."rob tibbetts/father

suspect leads investigators to the body of mollie tibbetts. ♪ >>> good morning here in new york.d to be with you. >>> we begin with brand new developments involving president trump former colleagues. mr. trump's former personal lawyer, michael cohen, implicated the president in a federal crime. he says then candidate trump directed him in a hush money scheme. cohen will be sentenced in december. he faces several years in prison. good morning. >> reporter: good morning and we're still waiting on the president to address ace -- he said at the direction of then candidate trump. he pled guilty to eight crimes. >> he worked to pay money to silence two women who had information that he believed would be detrimental to the 2016 campaign to the candidate and the campaign. >> reporter: cohen did not name intwo women or the president but the details line up with payments made to adult star stormy daniels and former playboy model, karen mcdougal. both women claim to have had a affair with president trump which he denies. president trump avoided talking about cohen yesterday. but at his rall

according to iowa police, mollie tibbetts was murdered by cristhian rivera.o who lived and worked using a fake id, unmolested in this country, for years. police say he confessed to hiding the body in a cornfield. he later led them to the scene. the president posted a video on twitter earlier today commenting on the murder. here's part of it. >> mollie tibbetts, an incredible young woman, is now permanently separated from her family.

tibbetts/father"i think there's genuinely a logical way home for mollie.l level. rob tibbetts/father"doesn't mean to harm mollie, but doesn't know how to end this situation. doesn't know how to extricate themselves from this. is fearful of the consequences."mollie's boyfriend, dalton jack says he's trying to stay busy and leave the work to the authorities.dalton jack/boyfriend"thinking about her, it's not about me. my feelings don't matter, it's all about her"and even if there's another scenario like someone's out there that knows what happened, rob says it's only a matter of time.rob tibbetts/father"it's a little town. we're all from iowa. we all know what a small town is like. someone knows exactly what happened and they just haven't come forward"dalton says he misses his best friend. dalton jack/boyfriend"just miss talking to her pretty much. she's the one person in the world that i told everything to."and both hope they can all look back on this and laugh after she's finally brought home safe and sound. rob tibbetts/father"she's going to have to drive

rob tibbetts is mollie's father. >> this is another tool in our arsenal. we're providing this fund to provide some financial incentive for someone who is otherwise reluctant to come forward. >> reporter: tibbetts was dog sitting at her boyfriend's house the last day she was seen. he was out of town and is not a suspect. the family believes she's still alive and may have been abducted. and today, her boyfriend pleaded for her safe return. >> everybody has a mollie in their life, a person that has affected them in a way that she affected everybody standing up here right now. imagine if this was you, somebody had taken your mollie. >> reporter: f.b.i. agents have also joined in the search and are analyzing location data from her fitbit and cell phone. and while the investigation continues in brooklyn, iowa, tibbetts' family wants the so search to go nationwide. >> everybody in the country has adopted mollie. so let's keep at it. let's go get her. >> reporter: police have already investigated roughly 200 tips, including a sighting of someone who looked like ti

the body of mollie tibbetts.ice say cristhian bahena rivera admitted he chased mollie tibbetts while she was out of her dog, she became afraid and asked rivera to get away from her and said she was going to get out her phone and call police. rivera says he blacked out and doesn't know what happened next and came to in this rural area. investigators said they used additional footprint to establish their timeline extracting information, and molly was jogging at rivera's black malibu carland them. he confessed to dumping her body at a cornfield. >> donald trump touched on the mollie tibbetts case at his rally in west virginia. >> you heard about today with the illegal alien coming in, very sadly, from mexico and you saw what happened to that incredible beautiful young woman. should have never happened. illegally in our country. we have had a huge impact but the laws are so bad, the immigration laws are such a disgrace, we are getting them changed. >> agnes who lost her son to an illegal immigrant shares her perspect

new details were released today in the murder of mollie tibbetts. 20-year-old iowa college student whose body was found this week a month after she disappeared. adriana diaz is in brooklyn, iowa tonight. >> reporter: 20-year-old mollie tibbetts died from multiple sharp force injuries, according f iowa state medical examiner. they ruled her death a homicide. cristhian bahena rivera, who has been charged with her murder, told investigators tibbetts was bleeding from her head, before he left her body in a cornfield down this road. ae owners of the dairy farm where rivera worked said he used false identification to pass a background check. the iowa department of transportation also says they have no record of a driver's license for christhian rivera. this woman worked with him for four years on the farm. ime asked that we not use her e me and blur her face. when you heard the word erhristhian," what did you think? >> ( speaking spanish ) >> reporter: so you were hoping that it would come out that he's innocent, that the d.n.a. would prove that. ent,i. >

they wouldn't release a motive or any information about how tibbetts was killed. more than a dozen fbi agents helped in the search. they used location data from the fitbit tibbetts was wearing and pored over thousands of leads. earlier this month, her parents told us their daughter had so much to look forward to, including her first trip abroad. > she couldn't have been any happier. this had been the summer of a lifetime. she was the best man at my wedding. she's had an incredible summer. she was as happy as i've ever seen her. >> what do you make of the outpouring of support from coast to coast? >> i think mollie's smile has, you know, grabbed the collective soul of this world. >> reporter: for many in this small town, the pain of tibbetts' disappearance will endure. how are people feeling now that this news is out? >> well, they didn't expect it. they expected that she would be found. let's put it that way. it's going to hurt them a lot. >> reporter: we asked investigators if there was any sign of a struggle. they said they couldn't comment on that until the aut

college student mollie tibbetts has been found dead. we're working to bring the latest information as authorities are investigating her disappearance and now her death. >>> secret recordings and new concerns about the almeda sheriff's office. >>> thank you very much for joining us this tuesday, august 21. >> a busy morning. good morning. i'm dave clark. we're checking your weather with steve paulson. >>> mr. drizzle, you know him. he is back. below normal highs even inland, the hawaiian island, category 4 hurricane lane. these are 150 miles an hour. and it should weaken considerably to a category one. but it looks like it will go around the big island late thursday so another day to see how this develops. but that is a little more of a jog closer to the islands than the models were forecasting yesterday. you get a dip in the jet stream. 80s yesterday for santa rosa and concord. 70s as the temperatures go below average. coast and bear way below average. a big fog bank out there and you combine that with the delta wind, and it will equal

like to announce we have set up a bring mollie tibbetts safe reward fund. at first state bank in brooklyn, iowa. we believe that mollie is still alive. if someone abducted her, we are pleading with you to please release her. we are partnering with crime stoppers of central iowa to facilitate the process of receiving information anonymously. that we can use to pay for her release or information that would lead to her location. as of 10:00 this morning, we have raised $172,000 that will be paid to you as soon as mollie is safely home. you can contract crime stoppers of central iowa. 1-800-452-1111. or e-mail your tip online. www.crimestoppersofcentraliowa .com. once again, that is anonymous. if anybody has seen anything that you feel is related to mollie's disappearance also contract crime stoppers. that information will be forwarded to enforcement with your identity being protected. if you would like to also donate to the bring mollie tibbetts home safe reward fund, you can go to crime stoppers of central iowa website for further information to make that don

when he came to, tibbetts was in his trunk with a bloody skull. police say rivera led them to a cornfield where they found what they believed to be tibbetts' body. rivera worked at yarrabee farms not far from where the body was found. a yarrabee farms spokesperson said rivera worked there four years but today corrected their national statement by saying they did not use the federal e- verify system to screen rivera and he's not who they thought he was. in court the defense claimed the case has become political and asked the judge to block the media but was denied. >> the government has weighed in at the highest levels of a predisposition that this young man guilty. >> reporter: at a rally tuition the president did weigh in about tibbetts' murder. >> you heard about the illegal alien coming in very sadly from mexico and you saw what happened to that incredible, beautiful young woman. should have never happened. illegally in our country. we've had a huge impact, but the laws are so bad. the immigration laws are such a disgrace. >> reporter: a federa

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also, more from iowa on the discovery of the body of mollie tibbetts. all that and a lot more tonight on the "cbs evening news." >> thank you for watching at 5:00. we will see you back here at 6:00. news" this tuesday, two former associates of the president are now convicted felons. one pleaded guilty, the other found guilty in separate fraud heses. and a stunning turn of events in iowa after the discovery of mollie tibbetts' body. all of that tonight, starting with the headlines in 60 seconds. >> the jury has found president idump's former campaign chairman paul manafort guilty of eight counts of fraud. >> reporter: this is the first conviction secured by special counsel robert mueller in his investigation. >> paul manafort is a good man. this has nothing to do with russian collusion. it's a witch hunt and it's a disgrace. >> reporter: the manafort verdict and the michael cohen apea deal were happening simultaneously.

mollie tibbetts was scheduled to return to the university of iowa as a sophomore. kennedy: what a tragic day for her family. thank you so much. president trump slamming what he calls of course the russian witch hunt while project ring a red wave to wipe out democrats. is the president right to say border security will be at the center of the 2018 midterms? joining me now "fox news" politics editor the one and only chris fan van. it was an interesting night because the president was subdued at times and he couldn't stay on message. do you think that he was rattled by some of the news today with michael cohen and paul manafort? >> there sort of a parallel here about the wishful thinking that a lot of trump supporter seem to be engaging in as it relates to paul manafort and as it relates to cohen. we also by the way have the second number of congress who endorsed the donald trump duncan hunter was indicted on corruption charges following chris collins. you know it is coming hard and it's coming heavy now. there was some wishful thinking that i think a lot of the presi