tobin agreed to wear a wire. in court they talked about the room being bugged.rate, tobin met with meredith and a conversation was captured talking about a $450,000 payment that would result listing the coach as a team recruit. later on this afternoon also slated to appear former men's tennis coach at the university of texas at austin. he was fired for being charged for his alleged involvement in this scandal. he allegedly agreed to take $100,000 in return for arranged to recruit a student who did not even play tennison continues. tomorrow as well, little tease for what's happening tomorrow. about 16 of the parents are expected to appear here in federal court, tpaeugs charges as a result of this scandal. dana? >> dana: we're going to want to see that. molly line, thank you. >> what this says is that mueller could not establish a criminal conspiracy. that's something you would have to establish beyond a reasonable doubt. doesn't mean there's not evidence. there is. >> dana: house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff pushing back on calls for him to resign.

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slippery he is senior research on the hill region he's joining us from the swedish capsule stockholm mr tobin great have you on that deed to africa i'm in twenty fifteen mahdi's government signed a peace agreement with some of the armed groups but the jihad just remain active why was that process simming seemingly ineffective. twenty fifty five. success in one part of it. we should refer to. some of you ten of your. rather brutal to two thousand and twelve it seems to the twelve as a whole as you said we know how you are choosing to the sectors bridging north. central to be the best way to peace. right so i mean as you say there it is a complex mix you've got the sort of the tribalism issues you've now got the jihadist threat and i wondered if that complicates any effort to try and get sued to quash this insurgency as a whole. yes of course i mean i actually was in the north for quite well i don't like this interest of peace begins these are just contacts we can actually negotiate real problems one of the problems with the jihadist groups is that they're not really identified it is not ready

tobin told investigators that meredith had requested abrupt help to get his daughter into school.oom, capture conversation about 40 or $50,000 payment that would result in the coach was the girl as a team recruit. also slated to appearance afternoon, former men's tennis coach at the university of texas at austin. he was fired after being charged for his alleged involvement of the cheating. he allegedly tried to take money in exchange for recruiting a student who did not even play tennis competitively. the cookies for tomorrow here in federal court, formal people expected to appear. many of the parents nabbed as the result of the scheme unfolding. >> harris: we will watch for that. molly line, thank you very much. president trump says he wants democrats to keep pushing the green new deal so he can campaign against the controversial proposal. this, as 2020 hopeful senator cory booker experience to be trying to distance himself from his party's left-leaning policies. can booker distinguish himself by taking a more pragmatic approach to policy goals? the part about all in. ♪ the power

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mike tobin has more. >> hi, dana.s, is down from its record levels by about 18 inches. the police chief here tells me that he wants to start letting people back into their homes and businesses. first, he wants to bring out and engineer to see if the roads have been undermined. you have about 175 people here that have been displaced. craig, missouri, has a new problem. overnight, the swollen waters of the missouri river breached the levee. the flood water poured in over the berms. emergency crews worked people getting people to safety. the ems chief says he never saw anything like that. >> the water is extremely cold. you can get hypothermia real quick. i've been with the district since 93. we never had water like this here. >> particularly in nebraska and iowa, much of the devastation has been to livestock. so the nebraska national guard comes to the rescue in big ch-47 chinook helicopters. they're dropping hay to the herd stranded by the floods. and also, trains. high water and track wash-outs in high what, nebraska,

let's to it with mike tobin in

>> mike tobin. thanks. pat tawny joins us now from fremont, nebraska.e you seeing? >> i'm not seeing them, guys. >> shepard: i have them on the screen now. tell us about it. >> some are from a private lake about 16 miles west of fremont. some of the pictures were coming in to fremont from the south in a rescue unit. that picture was taken, i think, friday. >> shepard: how are people doing? what do you need there, pat? >> we felt like we were behind the eight ball off the bat. we were overwhelmed, understaffed. it was pretty difficult for the first three or four days. we couldn't get guys home. we couldn't get guys to work. people were stuck on islands. the whole city of fremont was an idea. a little community north was and island. everybody was stuck in place and everybody had to do the best they could from where they were at. >> shepard: captain tawny, when do you expect to get things dried up? >> it's hard to watch. you go through the stress of the flood and then you go through -- now it's cleanup time. we're getting a little rain this afternoon. they

mike tobin reporting live from our midwest bureau. mike?hings this man who said he was jake patterson said he loved jayme closs. he did answer the question about what they did during closs captivity. he said, we were just watching tv, playing board games, talking about stuff. we cooked a lot. everything we made was home made. patterson said he does regret what he did without elaborating. in an earlier letter, patterson said he knew he'd be caught. he never intended to fight it. he said he confessed he's talking to reporters because he doesn't want to cause any more trouble. jeff? >> shepard: mike, jayme closs is gettingsome support from elizabeth smart. >> elizabeth smart who was abducted from her home in 2002 came to barron wisconsin over the weekend and in large part it seemed her message was aimed at the community. how to give jayme space. she provided insight about the terror of being abducted and the after math, feeling the innocent girl she was before the abduction didn't exist any more. >> i really wondered if people would ever be ab

he is maury tobin. mr.in apparently told investigators who were all over him that his daughter got into yale thanks to a bribe from then soccer coach at yale, rudy meredith and the rest is history. the feds put into place an unbelievable sting, multiple wiretaps, et cetera, and boom, they nailed 50 parents and many have been arrested. this is the first lawsuit now has been filed against those parents accused of participating in the alleged college cheating scandal. wait until you hear what they're asking. $500 billion. the lawsuit was filed in court by a san francisco parent claiming emotional distress to any child who was denied quote, the right to a fair chance at entrance to college. molly line is in boston. you have been following the very latest outside the court. this is a story our viewers are riveted by and infuriated by as well. >> that's not the only lawsuit. let me tell you about this. the uber-talented test taker at the middle of this whole scheme has been expressing remorse. this is someone who

that's where we find mike tobin. when will they get a break? >> not in the short term.he heartland should stay free of precipitation but not so dry over the weekend. unfortunately we'll see more rain. listening to the governor, the issue is the snow and ice that was left over from the big storm. that continues to melt. the ground is saturated and the water has nowhere to go. that's why you hear forecasts of people saying we're going to have problems into next week. we had rain in north central illinois overnight. i'm glad to report as we look at the rick river here in roscoe, illinois, if anything it went down a couple inches. it's already 150 yards over its banks. >> shepard: mike, what other areas are seeing the worst of this? >> well, the worst of it, no question, is iowa and nebraska. iowa, you're talking about 41 counties that have been touched by some kind of flooding, farms that have been devastated. in nebraska, 70% of the state that has flooding in one way, shape or form. the estimate is $500 million of livestock has been killed off in these floods. you have fo

mike tobin. this is an interesting sort of phenomenon.s is the same guy that raised more than $70 million, close to $80 million in his senate campaign. most of that cash came from outside the state. but that cash was in small denominations. started with small offerings from people that were psyched by the guy. does that mean anything? caitlin owens examining that. what do you think of that? >> i think that small dollar donations are a good measurement of excitement about a candidate. beto drew a lot of national excitement. as you said, a lot of this money he received was not from texas. so we've seen other candidates in the past give a lot of grass roots fund-raising going early on. bernie sander was one, barack obama was another one before him. so while a lot of candidates are embracing the small dollar donations fund-raising model, beto has been there, done that. >> shepard: how much of that was beto? how much of, you know, the democrats zeal to take down ted cruz? >> i think it's probably both. you know, he was -- he was surprisingly a

>> bret: mike tobin in iowa, thanks. the a former contestant on the o.ntice unwanted kissing and groping can move forward with defamation lawsuit against him. the new york aspeelsz court says the supremacy cause of the u.s. constitution does not require trials in state court to be delayed until the president is out of office. summer is among more than a dozen women who came forward during the trump campaign with allegations of sexual misconduct years earlier. the president has denied all of those allegations. his lawyers have said the case should not go forward while he is in office. the house unanimously is calling for the justice department to release the special counsel's russia collusion report once it's finished. there are new indications tonight that might be very soon. here is chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge. >> a spokesman for special counsel mueller confirms that top prosecutor andrew weissman is stepping down in what may be the latest clue the russia investigation is winding down. but the timing also reflects that former cam

as mike tobin tell us, the deputy who was shot and killed was helping serve an arrest warrant earlier today. >> reporter: it happened this morning and an extended stay hotel america in rockford, illinois. the deputy was working with the fugitive task force trying to serve an arrest warrant. >> subject fired his weapon, we are told through a door, and striking our deputy. we were informed just recently that unfortunately, the deputy has passed away from his injuries. >> reporter: anytime a law enforcement officer to execute a warrant, no matter han unknow -- and saturday they came out the of the suspect, 39- year-old floyd e brown is from the springfield area. they said he plead and crashed along interstate 55 outside of lincoln about 160 miles away. police say woman who was an acquaintance of brown's was injured by one of his round at the hotel. police say her wounds are not life-threatening. in chicago, mike tobin, fox news. >>> a former police officer in florida was convicted today in the fatal shooting of a black man who was stranded on a highway after his car broke down. he was fo

mike tobin is in chicago with the latest. my?n barron county wisconsin because jay patterson should have his appearance shortly. the best indication we have of what will happen today in court comes from the suspect himself. he answered questions to a reporter from nbc affiliate in minneapolis. the questions were in a letter that was sent to paterson, and he reportedly answered. one question, what is your plan now? he wrote, "plead guilty. i want her relatives to know that, and not worry about a child." also decant believe what he did, kidnapping jayme closs and kill your parents and holding her until she escaped. the letter said it was really stupid. that he always knew he would get caught and when he got caught he wouldn't fight. nothing, with the intention that she would not be interviewed by police. he also called another local reporter saying that he and jamie spent the 88 days of her captivity watching television, chatting, playing board games, and cooking. he's looking at two counts of murder for the killing of her parents,

tobin told investigators that meredith had requested a bribe to help get his daughter into school.n a bugged boston hotel room capturing a conversation about a $450,000 payment that would ultimately result in the coach listing the girl as a team recruit. pretty interesting just a few moments ago in court, shep, the judge raised a legal question to meredith's legal team noting that meredith was lured here to boston as part of an undercover operation. the judge wondering allowed if there might be a question of entrapment here. also worth noting the former men's tennis coach at the university of texas austin michael centers is in court right now. he is alleged to have agreed to nearly $100,000 payment to recruit a student who did not even play tennis competitively. this is his initial appearance here in court. tomorrow, shep, a very busy day here in federal court. we are expecting a slew of parents that are charged in this case to appear. shep, back to you. >> shepard: mollie, thanks. thannuity carais here. this coach is cooperating. >> yes, he signed a plea agreement. what's really i

mike tobin is live from roscoe, illinois.es i understand you're trying to cope with the devastation as best they can. look at that high water. >> it's all over the place. we got some rain last night but the good news i could show you by looking some of the watermarks on the tree, the rock river went down a little bit. it's really moving, it's about hundred 50 yards over the banks. the big issue here in roscoe, illinois is the town of ajmer terrace -- i just say the neighborhood -- is separated from the rest of the world by these floodwaters. they are getting and commuting, if you will bike kayak. the kids take small boats and get on their boats. they are trying to connect to the rest of the world. i talked with one woman as she was pulling a boat ashore, she said it's pretty rough. not as rough as it is in nebraska where some 70% of the state now is subjugated to the emergency declaration. they estimate about $500 million for the livestock is lost in this flooding. the farmers can't get their seed into the ground because the

my hero when it comes to hazing in the field and dealing with this is our own mike tobin. >> ten secondscond explosion goes off. please don't do that. where he dropped his knapsack. [laughter] >> i love the double hand. please don't do that, without missing a beat. >> laura: he's strong. if anyone comes up you and touches you, you can do a quick elbow. >> once they touch you. >> laura: no, no, no. >> jennifer lawrence stars in a new film called "unbreaking america." it is a celebrity psa that is supposed to acquaint the audience with the corruption in the government and what can we do about it. >> how do we unrig this system? i'm obsessed with this idea. nearly half of american voters are registered as independents. but it all adds up to this vast ring of influence over our elected leaders. it's a corrupt system in which we the people have near zero influence over our government. that is sad. that is not the country i feel like i grew up in. >> what country do you think you grew up? >> laura: she's only 28 years old. watergate was in the '70s. >> she's advocating an anti-corruption bill.

mike tobin with more. >> and patterson was insistent to make good on the promise to plead guilty andse from going to trial. his attorney got it on the record that patterson's council explained that moving forward like this meant that normal due diligence would not happen. judge barber said he would forego he's right to face an accuser. he quizzed patterson to be certain he understood this means he's looking at the possibility of life in prison without a trial. in the past, patterson has been eerily calm, matter of fact. it was different when it came time to enter his plea. >> and upon conviction shall be sentenced imprisoned to life, how do you plead to that charge? >> guilty. >> he pleaded guilty to two counts of intentional homicide to killing of jayme's parents and 40 years in prison. the intentional homicide charges carry sentences of life in prison. the armed burglary charge was dismissed. out of the courtroom, he spoke to his kidnapping victim and say bye jayme. >> shepard: president trump going after the affordable care act right now. he says he has a better plan. that's comin

my all time hero when it comes to hazing in the field and dealing with these hazers is our own mike tobin. note the smooth technique. >> 10 seconds later, the second explosion goes off according to the f.b.i. at the location where he dropped -- please don't do that -- where he dropped his knapsack. >> i love the double hand -- please don't do that without missing a beat and he goes right on. >> laura: he's strong, but anyone comes up to you -- >> if they touch you, once they touch you -- >> laura: no, no. >> academy award winner jennifer lawrence stars in a movie unbreaking for america. suppose to acquaint the audience with the corruption in the government and what they can do about it. >> how do we unrig the system? i'm obsessed with this idea. >> you can see here, nearly half of american voters are registered independents, and there is gerrymandering, with politicians drawing their own boundaries into crazy shape and it ends with a vast influence over our elected leaders. we people have mere zero influence over our own government and that is sad. that is not the country i feel like i gr

tobin is awaiting sentencing in that fraud case.early start" continues with the latest on the new zealand shooting. >>> an act of extreme violence. >> new zealand prime minister there, a terror attack targets two mosques in new zealand, at least 49 dead in christchurch, three specifics in custody. >>> also breaking, are nuclear talks with north korea over. pyongyang's foreign minister suggests that they could be. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm alison kosik. it is friday, march 15th. 10:00 p.m. in christchurch. and breaking overnight, at least 49 people killed in a terror attack in new zealand. police say the mass shootings happening at two mosques in christchurch. the country's third largest city. nearly 50 people are in the hospital. much of the city remains on lockdown. >> it is clear that this can now only be described as

first, mike tobin is in freeport, illinois, about 100 miles north and west of chicago. been the problem? >> well, the levee system has had a lot of problems. the army corps of engineers says the missouri river basin, 28 levees have been overtopped or breached by the swollen missouri river. in craig, missouri, residents got the order to get out overnight. icy water rising, they left. rock port, missouri, the water pushed three or four miles in. one man that fled watson, missouri wonders if he will have a home when the water goes down. >> i don't know if watson m -- anymore. >> here the river is down 18 inches from record levels. the chief is saying he wants to let people do back in their homes and businesses where the streets are now dry but he wants to bring out an engineer to see if the roads are undermined. the hard part is there's still a lot of snow north of here. the ground is saturated and soft. as the snow melts, it will flood more. >> shepard: thanks, mike. scientists say the historic flooding in the midwest continue could for months. the national oceanic and at

we have mike tobin there in burlington, iowa. what's the mood there, mike? >> reporter: the mood is very exciting. if you look over my shoulder, that's mr. o'rourke on the counter top here at the coffee shop because the place is so packed, that's the only place he could address the crowd out here after making it official this morning. his priorities, as he's outlining very clearly, the economy, the bitter partisan divide, hyper partisanship. he puts a lot of emotion behind climate change. >> some will criticize the green new deal for being too bold or being unmanageable. i tell you what. i haven seen anything better that addresses the singular crisis that we face, the crisis that could, at its worse, lead to extinction. >> reporter: critics are already after him. club for growth action calls it beneficiary of white privilege. rnc chair says that he has nothing to run on. his greatest accomplishment is losing to ted cruz. the president this morning criticizing his hand gestures. >> dana: he is certainly gesturing a lot. let's bring back karl rove. you know te

mike tobin live in illinois with the details. mike?re along the rock river in illinois the water is down a bit. that doesn't mean the people here can go back to their homes. they have to worry about everything from potential sewage contamination, undermined roads, even the potential of mold. that being said, take you to live pictures with fox news drone in rulo, nebraska, this is on the border with nebraska and missouri, 52 miles from where the missouri river was expected to crest today, that is in st. joseph. as the drone flies around, you should see things like miles and miles of farmland under water. tops of irrigation pivots used to keep feeds from drying out. they're all under water. as we show you the handscape, we have early estimate of damage from nebraska. $1.5 billion. most of that crops and livestock. iowa's governor requesting emergency federal reserve. estimates 1.$6 billion. a substantial portion lost to livestock and crops. people in the flood zones explain the loss, why so many farmers were not able to get goods out ahe

mike tobin reports from illinois. >> here missouri, a swollen river breached a levy with floodwatersomes and residents got the order for an emergency evacuation. >> i've been here since 1993 and we have never had water like this. it seems that we get a flood. >> is threatened missouri, it was inundated. >> i don't know if it will be a town anymore. there is like four houses that were higher than the rest of town. everybody else has water. >> in addition to the operations, the governor called the international card and to service. ch 47 helicopters were loaded up with pain which was airdropped to cattle stranded by the floodwaters. grain and corn that farmers had stored hoping for better prices or to use got wet, expanded and burst into bins in which they were scored. in nebraska alone, capital losses are estimated at 400 millions. other infrastructure and the damage is 449 million. 85 million and private sector homes and businesses, train service was disrupted in iowa, minnesota, nebraska and south dakota. where lines are underwater or washed out. they say crews are working around th

but let's start with mike tobin on that interview. >> reporter: it was somethings else, dana. r. kelly playing the victim card in this bizarre interview he gave to cbs' gayle king. he got out of the chair. he pounded his chest. he said he had been assassinated and buried alive. the singer did say he needed help, but help from having such a big heart. people betray him an he keeps forgiving them. kelly denied the ten charge of sexual assault, three involving under age women. >> i didn't do this stuff! this is not me! i'm fighting for my bleep life. >> robert. >> 30 years! you all trying to kill me! you're killing me, man! this is not about music. i'm trying to have a relationship with my kids and i can't do it. y'all just don't want to believe the the truth. >> reporter: michael avenatti represent a girl who claims she's a victim of the singer's mental ause. avenatti said his tears are out of fear because they got him dead to right. the statement reads r. kelly is a desperate liar and serial abuser of young girls who should die in pris

mike tobin is reporting live from the midwest bureau. this is not over just yet.l very tense. >> it is still very tense. high-speed chase has developed into a standoff on the side of the road. there's every indication the suspect is inside his car. every indication that he is armed. the location where the car is off the side of the road is i-55 outside of lincoln, it's know. 160 miles due south of rockford, illinois. it turned into a high-speed chase when police spotted the vehicle near bloomington, illinois. they raced to logan county where the car spun out and crashed. multiple agencies are on the scene including swat teams, tactical officers and negotiation teams. the situation has been at a standstill now for hours. traffic is blocked in both directions. the suspect has been identified as floyd e. brown from central illinois. the task force came for him as well as a parole violation. the task force came on the scene at the extended stay america hotel in rockford, illinois. almost due west of chicago. shots were fired in the hotel. a woman possibly with brown w

mike tobin is live in crescent, iowa. mike? part for the farmers is determining how bad it is going to get. one thing we talked about was all the grain that got wet. the grain expanded and burst. this is the end result. the problem you have now, this is a load of soy beans. it's just covered in dirt. this whole load is ruined. the complication for farmers, of course, is this is their profit. this is what they were going to take to market. iowa senator chuck grassley got an aerial tour of the flood damaged areas as well as the agriculture secretary. what they're trying to do is assess just how extensive the damage is, how bad it's going to be, then come up with a plan to help the farmers. >> getting up in the air and seeing the magnitude of it is really important. it remind us that we've got a long way to go before we're recovered. this won't be over tomorrow or next week. it's going to take month. >> reporter: and right now in the heartland, it is raining. this local rain complicates things. primarily because farmers can't get

. >> mick tobin in missouri thank you. >> republican colorado congressman, thank you so much for joinings about a health concern more than a million private wells 10 states affected by flooding, being affect because there is groundwater overrun, there is danger because of flooding of e. coli seeping into private wells your reaction, sir? >> this always concern was whenever we have flooding certainly the it in colorado now seeing in midwest as well, fortunately the president declared this a devastate area, this going to be allow for funding for watershed protection, to be able to come in to be able to do assessments hopefully to be able to do work to be able to protect we are the sheds as well. >> we al hear after a national devastate four out of 10 businesses go bankrupt, bankruptcy rates skyrocketing what is going on with congress's bankruptcy reforms to help these family farmers who are really facing dire situations right now. >> fortunate we were able to pass farm bill important component to be able to protect something he so integral to what is national security for our country our f

in chicago, mike tobin, fox news.story today the, successfully docking its crew dragon capsule at the international space station. it's the first commercial spacecraft designed to bring humans to the iss. this marks a major step in restoring america's capability to launch astronauts without depending on russian rockets. >> i think that this has been a good step forward for those of you out there that are watching it and looking forward to getting man back in charge of things here. i think they're making a lot of good progress. we're trying to get back to american control of man in space, and so many things have changed. jon: robert gray has more from our bureau in los angeles. robert? >> reporter: jon, the early morning docking marks the dawn of a new era in american space flight. that's what some in the u.s. space program are saying about the spacex test mission as it moves america closer to taking its own crews back into space. some 400 supplies were delivered, and the capsule also brought a test dummy wearing senso

here correspondent mike tobin has details. >> a swollen missouri river reaching a levy, with rapid ice waters approaching homes, the order for the evacuation. >> i've been with the district since '93 and we've never had water like this. seems like we get a 100 year flood a few years anymore. >> watson missouri was inundated. >> i don't know if watson is going to be a town anymore for there is like, four houses that happen to be higher than the rest of the town. everybody else has got water. >> in addition to emergency food operations, attempting to mitigate damage to livestock. ch 47 chinook helicopters were loaded up with hay which airdropped with cattle stranded by flood waters grain and corn farmer storing to use as feed got wet, expanded, and burst the bands in which they were stored. cattle losses are estimated at $400 million. road, levees, and other infrastructure? the damages $449 million. 449 in crop losses, private-sector home, businesses, train service disrupted in iowa, minnesota, south dakota, rail lines under water or rushed out. both union pacific and burlington northern

fox news mike tobin reports from missouri now.at waiverly missouri is just about as high as it can get without going over the levee. there is a concern that boils forming in the levee. i can show you, this is water that is seeping through the levee, the danger, it can degrade the dirt inside of a levee, causing a breach, then you have thousands and thousands of acres of farmland to the south of us that are at risk, to solve problem of these boils, nothing high-tech. noah putting bags of sand and gravel in the start of the hol hol hole, what is it like? >> cold, takes some digging, the whole never really bigger than your fist they are hard to find. reporter: one hole at a time, trying to empty the atlantic with a teaspoon. >> basically. reporter: everyone is pitching in, everyone has skin in the game, tight knit farming community, they are associated with farming. it is remarkable to see the way everyone in the community is pitching in. melissa: thank you mikism story breaking at white house, trade negotiations with president trump

fox news's mike tobin, in roscoe, illinois, with the very latest. mike?s 150-yards over its banks. if you look across the river you can see where the center of the river is, you see that brown house right at the edge of the river. the other side of that is edge mere terrace, a little neighborhood. half the houses in that neighborhood are dry. but the entire neighborhood is surrounded by floodwater. look, this is how the kids get to school. they take the kayaks across the river, from here they catch a school bus. all the floodwater is result of snow melt, combined with all the rain we're getting. 14 states, nine million people are now impacted by this flooding or are at risk. no state is hit harder than nebraska. >> there has been three of them in my lifetime that i remember and this is the worst. this is the worst i have ever seen it. reporter: nebraska governor pete ricketts says 65 of 93 counties are under emergency declaration. farm bureau estimates $400 million in crop losses because they can't get seed in the ground. $500 million from cattle losses.

mike tobin has more.ou're live in the middle of it, mike. >> dana, behind me is the rock river, which is about 150 yards over its banks. if you look behind me, you can see the brown house. that brown house is close to where the edge of the river is supposed to be. beyond that, on the other side of the rock river is a little neighborhood called edgemere terrace. the entire town is surrounded by flood water. so how are the kids getting back and forth to school? this is the mode of transportation. they're kayaking to the other side of the river and this is where they catch the school bus. 40 miles away is freeport, illinois. about 170 people have been evacuated from that particular town. so many water in the center of the country. 14 states, nine million people are impacted and at risk right now. in nebraska, fresh video of the sterling morton beltway which connects nebraska and iowa. that bridge is closed with water on top of it. agriculture in nebraska is taking a big hit due to this flooding, this is the

mike tobin isn't present, i would. >> harris, one of the things we talked about is but one of the gund. as you see here, it explodes. the iowa agriculture secretary, we just spoke with him a short time ago. he looked across the state, he just took an aerial tour. more bins were exploded than those that help to give it. here's the end result. this is a little soybeans in here. obviously all of these soybeans are destroyed. the problem with that for these iowa farmers, this is their savings account. that their profit for the year. one of these guys is dale, what do you do customer care produces destroyed. >> we are not giving up yet. we're still going to try to sell. we do it we can above the water levels. we have to try and get every thing we can come obviously. and then try to move forward. we are still optimistic, hopefully we will get a plant crop this year. to see how it all plays out. speak up speaking of planting a crock of its ring right now. the field is what, your tractor would get stuck. you can't plant seed right now. >> well, yeah. we probably are three weeks premature anyw

mike tobin tells us what sentence her kidnapper will face. >> reporter: the man charged with holding a wisconsin teen hostage for months after killing your parents appeared in court wednesday. 21-year-old jake patterson pleaded guilty to two counts of homicide for the october murders of james and denise closs, and the kidnapping of their daughter jayme. >> mr. patterson, do you understand by claiming guilty you give up your right to a trial. >> yes. >> reporter: he quickly confessed to the crimes, wanting to spare closs the burden of going to a trial. his attorney telling the judge patterson repeatedly to rejected any other option. >> mr. patterson had wanted to have a plea since day one. he's been consistent and his believe that this is what he wants to do. >> reporter: patterson only spoke when addressed by the judge, giving brief answers to questions about his competence. >> have you been able to read and understand all the documents provided to you in this case? >> yes. >> you understand the charges to which you will be pleading guilty? >> yes. >> reporter: photo show the room wh

. >> harris: mike tobin's live in burlington, iowa with the latest. >> at this coffee shop here, theean counter in burlington, iowa, is packed with people hoping to see beto o'rourke in those hand movements after those long not-so-subtleties. he made a video for his extensive social media following that he's during the field of democrats gunning for the nomination. overworked promised a tour. he's already on the ground here in iowa starting this morning in keokuk at the top of his agenda is climate change. he said he hadn't seen anything better than the green new deal to address what he clearly believes is a crisis. >> literally -- not to be melodramatic -- but literally, the future of the world depends on us right here where we are. so, yes, let's find a way to do this. >> enter drop names come he's got star power like oprah winfrey in his corner. and leibowitz did photography for his cover of "vanity fair" that is coming off dominic out. the articles very long, gets into his emotional decision-making. his past as a punk rocker and his dui. he said he understands the decision-making

. >> dana: jonathan tobin, check him out, the national review in "the new york post," thank you so much>> jonathan: thank you. >> dana: the next steps for democrats mueller's finding no collusion between russia and the president and the media covering the story not only now but before the investigation start started. greg gutfeld joins me next. >> i think showing media, the press, one of the great reporting jobs in the history of especially covering a presidency by the most news organizations. ♪ about 50% of people with evesevere asthma k? have too many cells called eosinophils in their lungs. eosinophils are a key cause of severe asthma. fasenra is designed to target and remove these cells. fasenra is an add-on injection for people 12 and up with asthma driven by eosinophils. fasenra is not a rescue medicine or for other eosinophilic conditions. fasenra is proven to help prevent severe asthma attacks, improve breathing, and can lower oral steroid use. fasenra may cause allergic reactions. get help right away if you have swelling of your face, mouth, and tongue, or trouble breathing. do

mike tobin is there, in rockford, illinois, with the latest on this. e water dries there. >> it really is. got a lot of water right now that's pushing down the missouri river. that's where we see a lot of the flooding. the immediate concern is how high that water is going to get. will the levees hold? information received yesterday from the army corps of engineers said that 28 levees in the missouri river basin alone had either been overtopped or breached. one of those locations as winthrop, missouri where residents can only speculate if they will have a town anymore. a lot of people who got the order to leave say the days of living down by the river are over. just not worth it. >> i don't know if it's normal anymore. this is eight years from the last one. it was supposed to be 100 years. >> let me show you life pictures now from nebraska, right on the state line with missouri. as i show you those pictures i can tell you that governor kim reynolds of iowa has submitted the application for expedited emergency relief to the president. it's a very detaile

mike tobin, thank you very much.ow is a former congressman and recently failed senate candidate has joined the 2020 mix, it is time to take a closer look at exactly what beto o'rourke brings to the table as a presidential candidate. trace gallagher is on that case for us tonight. hey, trace. >> hi, shannon, the latest poll shows beto o'rourke for thor six behind the other democratic presidential contenders, the man at the top of the poles, joe biden, isn't in the race yet. while beto o'rourke has captured the country's interest, he has captured the mainstream media's interest. watch. >> this guy has this dynamic, positive energy. >> he has that talent, he is very obama-esque, indeed. >> women voted for him in the suburbs of houston because they had a kind of beto crush going on. >> he got the magic, his son is named ulysses. i love that that is his son's name. speak what it's worth pointing out that o'rourke lost to ted cruz in the 2018 texas senate race by less than 1.5 points, th ted cruz is not the most popular te

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mike tobin with us live in crescent, iowa. set the scene please, mike.ed a lot about grain bins got wet and grain inside expanded and the grain bins burst. here in crescent, iowa, this is example at the reed family farm. this is what happens to the grain. this is soybeans. obviously all of this is ruined. when farmers sort the grain, some is starting to brought, when it got wet, the farmers this is their piggybank. this is their paycheck. dale, what do you do when the grain got ruined? >> we will try to salvage what we can. people ask you, that question awful lot. it is going to be, you know, get in there and see what you got. i believe, we're still, we'll still hopeful we will salvage percentage soybeans will not be very good, i'll tell you that. reporter: do you have insurance for stored grain? >> typically no insurance on deal like this, a flood. would be better off if we had a tornado come through here actually. reporter: explain to people why do you store the grain instead of taking it to market? >> this is common practice throughout agriculture. lo

nbc ne learning morey tobin was seeking leniency in an unrelated securities fraud case and i toldestigatorsis daughter into that university. one of the 33 parents arrested, hollywood star felicity huffman, is out on bail after investigators say she paid0 $15,00 to have a procter correct her daughter's s.a.t. answers. her character on "desperate housewives" paying a bribe to get her ks into school. investigators say life imitating >> a generous donation will ensure our kids beat them out. >> how generous? 15,000 >> reporter: this morning the real life suspects may be hollywood stars. the wealthy and the privileged. investigators say the victims are the childre who lost spots at the universities they deserved to attend. >> joe, back to th lawsuit, how many people cpld end being involved? >> craig, if the courts agree to certify its a class-action suit as lawyers are asking, more than one million students could possibly join it.ni stanfordrsity says the lawsuit is filed without merit. investigors say none of the universities played a role in this scheme. back to you guys. >> all right. joe fry

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the legislation is new, the idea has been out there since the 60's and 70's, when james tobin came up with this idea. there have been members of the republican administrations who said this would be a great idea to curb speculation. it's been around for quite a long time. duty in say there is a the u.k., that's been a place for hundreds of years. these of been around, doing a great job of raising revenue another countries. we had them in the united states. we even have a very tiny taxon wall street -- tax on wall street traders. host: this is the financial ceo.ces president and he issued the following statement. then there is this from the managing partner of a wealth management firm and the trustee for the national review institute. guest: this is a tax. when there is a tax, people have a tax burden. we are designing taxes to make sure they are progressive. in this instance, because stock ownership is very much concentrated in the hands of the wealthy few, three quarters of all stock wealth is held by the top percentage of our society. we will have an impact on average investors. the

mike tobin is tracking this from illinois. what's it like there this morning, mike? to happen, right? as soon as we went live. the river here behind me hit record levels and forced the he vac here in free port, illinois of 170 people. the good news, this river is on its way back down or showed a drop of 18 inches. nearby the rock river hit record levels and that forced the evacuation of a lot of people and trapped a number of people in the town of roscoe. they were living in the upper floors of their houses with the floodwaters down below and getting back and forth by kayak or other small boats. the bad news is the meteorologists are saying there is a lot of snow that has to melt. that will add to the floodwaters and predictions are we'll deal with floods in this region well into next week. >> jon: what about nebraska and iowa? >> nebraska the situation is much worse. we have reports coming out of freemont, nebraska. one of the towns trapped. we have reports now that traffic has reestablished. you still have a dramatic number of people who have been displaced because

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the investigation got rolling when he was named by this man, tobin, a financial executive cooperatingg at a fraud case. he said meredith requested a bribe to help get his daughter into the school. he agreed to wear a wire met with him in a hotel room talking about a $450,000 paymlt in the coach listing the girl as a team recruit. also slated to appear former men's tennis coach at the university of texas at austin. he was fired after being charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and more and agreed to take $100,000 to range for a recruit that didn't play tennis competitively. some are facing consequences the students. yale confirmed one student will no longer be admitted because of this college admissions cheating scam and a little tease for tomorrow. a federal court expected to be very busy. a good number of parents involved that were snagged in this case expected to appear before the judges here. >> julie: molly line, thank you very much. >> bill: breaking news now, two big stories happening at this hour. both the president and top republicans now say they want to see the chairm