I am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. Im not going to blame you for it. Well, hes got that right. And the blame is all his. But nancy pelosi clearly on the minds of top aides at the white house today. Watch this. Shes unwilling to actually do anything until she gets her speakership. This all comes down to mrs. Pelosis speakership. She does not have the votes, and if she cuts a deal with the president of any sort before her election on january 3rd, shes at risk of losing her speakership. So were in this for the long haul. Its a good talking point. Theyre all on message, but they are wrong. House democrats back in november overwhelmingly picked pelosi to be their nominee for house speaker. And shell likely have all the support that she needs when the vote takes place on january 3rd, which is next thursday by the way. Its coming quickly. And thats the date that the president and all those people who are talking there, all of his aides, that they really should be worried about. You know why . Because democrats take control of the house, and that means control of all the powerful committees that have been toothless under republicans. They wont be anymore. And with control of the committees comes subpoena power. Democrats are ramping up staffing. They are posting jobs, especially for investigators and lawyers with expertise in criminal law, as well as constitutional law, commercial, administrative, and bankruptcy law. Thats a lot. Key democrats say they have been inundated by impressive resumes, that a lot of people want to be part of whats expected to be the largest congressional investigation of a sitting president in recent memory. So here we go. Fasten your seat belts. Its going to be a bumpy 2019. Yet on the other side of pennsylvania avenue, inside the trump white house, major jobs unfilled. The president doesnt have a permanent chief of staff. He doesnt have a Permanent Defense secretary or attorney general. And thats just to name a few. Word from inside the white house is that since the democrats big victory in the midterm elections, President Trump has been worried. He should be even though he constantly says this about the Mueller Investigation. Its a total witch hunt. Ive been saying it for a long time. Its a witch hunt. Thats all it is. They have phony witch hunts. Witch hunt continues. They found no collusion whatsoever with russia. There has been no collusion. No collusion. There was no collusion. The entire thing has been a witch hunt. I call it the rigged witch hunt. The witch hunt, as i call it, should never have taken place. Do you think he says its a witch hunt . Is that what he said . Okay. I just wanted to make sure. I didnt quite hear him there, that its a witch hunt. Despite trump never missing a chance to minimize the russia investigation, mueller has already sent these are the facts, okay four people to prison, hes sent. One person, Trumps Campaign chairman, paul manafort, was convicted at trial. Seven people have pleaded guilty, including trumps former personal attorney, Michael Cohen. 36 people and entities have been charged. In 2019, were likely to see new developments in the investigation when democrats take control. And the new year, well, it will likely bring new lies. The president told some whoppers this year. We cant list them all because we dont have enough time in this broadcast. But heres one, like when he said he didnt know about payments to Stormy Daniels. Remember that one . Mr. President , did you know about the 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels . No. No. Then why did Michael Cohen make it if there was no truth to the allegations . Well, youll have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael is my an attorney, and youll have to ask Michael Cohen. Do you know where he got the money to make that payment . I dont know, no. Well, mueller did ask Michael Cohen. That was a big lie, though, that he didnt know. Michael cohen told prosecutors he paid off Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal on orders from trump. Then the president in the runup to the midterms announced that he was working on a 10 tax cut for the middle class. Remember that one . He forgot to tell his gop colleagues in congress, who were caught off guard by it. It didnt matter, though, because it was a lie. He never spoke of it again after the elections. And then the granddaddy of them all, trump claiming that mexico is going to pay for a border wall. We are going to build a great border wall. And whos going to pay for the wall . Mexico. Whos going to pay for the wall . Mexico who . Mexico whos going to pay for the wall . Mexico. Another lie just to rile up his base. Mexico made it clear to trump its not paying for a wall. Its former president used more graphic language that i cant repeat on this program. Hes not going to pay for a you know what wall, he said. But heres one thing that is true tonight as we head into day eight of this shutdown. Its time for americans to see those highly touted negotiating skills from the deal maker in chief and get the government working again. A lot of people are not getting paid. And theres a lot to discuss in the hour ahead. Lets begin with Astead Herndon and David Swerdlick and april ryan. So good to have all of you on. Almost new years. Happy new year. Happy new year the government is still shut down, asteady, im going to start with you. You think shutting down the southern border is a real possibility right now. Yeah, i dont think thats something well see from the president. That is something thats going to take a lot of initiative, and we know that the democrats are coming into the house, and thats going to be something thats going to limit his ability to do those type of actions. But what were seeing is the president who is under extreme pressure from the base to have increased actions on the southern border, and he is feeling that type of heat. Hes feeling that pressure. So he wants to show that he has a strong hand, that hes doing everything he can to limit immigration. But that is something that the democrats are going to be able to rein in because the money it would take, all of those things are going to have to go through the congress and were not going to be able to see that. He returned to one of his favorite scare tactics. Remember this during the midterms, april . Today this is what he tweeted. He said, word is that a new caravan is forming in honduras, and they are doing nothing about it. He seemed to drop the caravan after the midterms, but you think he could effectively use it to lobby for a wall . I dont think so. I think everyone is kind of i think everyone is kind of hip to this game. You know, during the election, the midterm election, we kept hearing this caravan. The caravan was hundreds of miles away, and it was like, you know, it was imminent doom, like it was happening the next day, and it didnt happen. Its almost like the boy who cried wolf. The president keeps saying it and saying it, and its not true. This president has been caught in so many big tales, if you will. Im not going to go to the word lie, but in his mind, he might believe it. And in Sarah Huckabees mind, she might believe it as well. Even if they believe it, its not the truth. But go on. Okay. Thank you for pointing that out. Youre right. But you remember i have to work there, so i have to cushion it. But, no. This president makes these big, tremendous, huge tales, and they dont happen. And hes left with it, and then people are like, oh, okay. And youre used to it now. Its not normal. Its not okay. And these caravans that the president is concerned about is really, you know, fictitious. But this immigration thing and i really thought about this today as we end 2018, going into 2019, because you start out like you can hold out. But when you deal with this immigration issue, we have to really look at this. Its a blackwhitebrown issue. This president is concerned about the browning of america, and you have to look at it. Why is he so concerned about immigrants when this president has a close relationship to people who are from other countries . Two wives, his first wife and this wife. And we just saw that his inlaws received what they call chain migration, right, which is family reunification. Exactly. Exactly. So it seems to be okay for certain groups to come into this nation, but then when you have Brown America and black mesh, they americans, theyre from shole nations or theyre terrorists. This is hypocrisy. Its racism. Lets call it out. Remember you have to work there. I know. But its the truth. Its the truth. Its a lie even if they believe it. That is the truth. The thing is, though, i think there is some truth to what you were saying. But i also think its what works for this president and his bates. If his base said, oh the people are over it. People are getting over it. But if his base said if it would keep him in office and in power for his base to say, well, lets just grant immunity to everyone and let everybody in, all of the immigrants in, he would do that. Right, david . Dont you think . Don, yeah, if i could jump in there, to your point and to follow up on what april was just saying, look, the president does things and has been doing things to hold on to the 40 of the country thats with him. But politics is a game of addition, and he is not adding onto his coalition to where he has a majority of the country behind him. Hes got 40 . The bottom has not fallen out on him. But he does nothing to expand on that because he plays to that 40 on issues, as april said, like immigration where its a zerosum, us versus them, lets keep people who are different than us, whoever us is, out of the country. That means building a wall, having more border patrol, demonizing immigrants unless theyre immigrants from certain countries. Can i just say one thing about him . Don, you said in your take about dealmaking. Were right now in a position where right at this point in president obamas presidency, he made a deal right after he got shellacked in the 2010 midterms, he made a deal with republicans where he got repeal of dont ask dont tell in exchange for what republicans wanted, which was an extension of the bush tax cuts. Its not a shutdown situation, but here in this shutdown that were in right now, President Trump has not done the same thing even though hes supposedly the great negotiator, of offering democrats something that they want, which they might give him something that he wants, funding for the wall, which of course mexico was supposed to pay for. Yeah. By the way, i had a brain you know what. I meant to say amnesty and not immunity. Theres been so many investigations, i have immunity on the brain here. I want to ask you this, astead, President Trumps press secretary, the acting chief of staff, all saying that its all nancy pelosi and the democrats. Why is pelosi to blame when he said he would be proud to own this . We knew the president was going to do this. He whas one mode of operation which is to blame the opposite party. He clearly took responsibility for the quote, unquote, shutdown in that Oval Office Meeting we all saw. This is what his base wants. I think david is right when hes saying hes looking at that 40 of people who are his supporters because last year i remember when he took that deal from democrats and kept the government open but ceded on wall funding, thats one of the few times you had the ann colters of the world, the rush limbaughs of the world upset with the president. This time for better or worse hes listening to those voices and quote, unquote, standing up for that wall funding. What that means is he wont have that kind of dealmaking, art of the deal moment. He is rooted to this kind of position that democrats have a moral obligation in their minds to stand against. That puts us in this kind of stalemate that has led to this government shutdown. Its certainly making it interesting for us, right . And sadly interesting in a different way for the people who are not getting paid because of this partial government shutdown. David, i want to get to another important story we covered a lot on this broadcast. The North Carolina state board of elections today dissolved today without certifying results of an election tainted by ballot fraud by a republican operative. Where does that leave this race . Will there be another election . I think there has to be. I believe today it was reported incoming majority leader hoyer saying essentially democrats are not going to seat the quote, unquote, winner of the North Carolina election as they shouldnt. Theres too many allegations of fraud surrounding the election. They havent gotten to the bottom of it all. You dont even have many republicans defending this republican candidate and this republican operative. You will just have to have another election and let the chips fall where they may. I think its a republicanleaning district, but, you know, anybodys guess now what happens with this wild card. Again, happy new year. Thanks everybody. Enjoy. Be safe out there. Is a nude selfie thats right a nude selfie part of the evidence collected in Robert Muellers russia investigation . Were going to get to the bottom of it next. Matte without the flat. Up to 24 hours. Resists, sweat heat humidity now available in even more shades. Infallible promatte foundation by loreal paris. Thats why this is the view for every other fullsize pickup. And this year, its deja vu all over again cuz only the ford f150 gives you bestinclass torque, bestinclass payload and you got it, baby. Bestinclass towing. This is the big dog this is the ford f150. It doesnt just raise the bar, pal. It is the bar. Hurry 0 financing for 72 months on ford f150 ends january 2nd. See your ford dealer today. From capital one. 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Mueller has been trying to get information from someone, an institution, some company that has been fighting this subpoena. Its a grand jury subpoena. Its for information, and this company has been fighting it. They just lost the most recent battle, so now theyve taken it up with the supreme court. Whats interesting here is the few clues that we do have is that this is a Foreign Company that is owned by a foreign state nation, and therefore theyre arguing that divulging any information would violate laws in their own country, and that is why they should not have to cooperate with the Mueller Investigation. Theyve already lost here on the appeals within the appeals court. Theyre now taking it up to the supreme court. But of course all of this is under seal, so we really dont know much more than these two clues that its a Foreign Company. And essentially the other thing thats been going on here is reporters who have been trying to cover some of these hearings have been thrown out of the courthouse because everything has been closed off and its all been sealed. Its a huge mystery, but certainly something very important for the mueller team. Its information that they clearly believe is key to their investigation. Interesting. Shimon, also house republicans, as i said, they wrapped up their review of the fbis handling of the clinton and russia investigations, and theyre reiterating some of their prior criticisms. Can you tell us what theyre saying . I mean, look, its everything weve already heard, don, right . They are not happy with how the fbi conducted the clinton investigation. They think that the way they handled the russia investigation was different than the clinton email investigation. They also feel that the fbi and the department of justice were not cooperative in their investigation. Remember, they wanted all sorts of information. A lot of it classified, deeply secret within the department of justice, within the fbi. They wanted documents. They wanted information. And the department of justice and Rod Rosenstein were fighting them on this, and they say that that was unfair to them, that it really prevented them from getting everything. But the one good thing that they did say, i think, in all this is that the Mueller Investigation is important and that that needs to proceed. Yeah. Lets talk about that because i want to read the quote, michael. Its a note from the Judiciary Committee. Its from bob goodlatte. They say there has been no effort to discredit the work of the special counsel. Quite the opposite. Whatever product is produced by the special counsel must be trusted by americans and that requires asking tough by fair questions about investigative techniques both employed and not employed. Good news for the special counsel, michael . You know, i really think, don, that theyre just damning him with faint praise. Theyre sort of picking up the role here of the classic criminal defense attorney, and that is when you dont want the jury to find out that there was a smoking gun somewhere on your clients property, what do you do . You go after the cops who found it. You talk about how bad the cop was and how many donuts he or she eats and all the things in the personnel file and all that. And you try to divert the attention away from what there is. So theyre essentially saying, oh, we want to trust bob mueller. Hes got a great investigation going on. But at the same time, they want to discredit him by picking on members of his team and things they did or didnt do that they felt like might be some vulnerabilities there with the investigation. We know theyre not really interested in it because theyre not interested in conflicts. They raised the issue about these conflicts of interest. But the republicans hadnt raised any issues we got with acting attorney general whitaker and the things that he said with the new nominee for attorney general and the things that hes written, with kavanaugh and the things he wrote at the time. They werent offended by any of those thickngs. This is a way to poke holes. It says leaks jeopardize the fairness of investigations and the confidence americans can have the objectivity of those conducting the investigation. So, renato, they are interested in who the fbi and the dodj potentially talked to in the media, right . Im just wondering, it seems like they may not be the best messenger considering all the leaks that come from congress. No question. It looks like most of the news that weve been getting about whats happened in the Mueller Probe has come from capitol hill, particularly when witnesses related to the russia investigation were called into capitol hill. And also i will tell you if theres one very substantial leak investigation involving, you know, an important Justice Department investigation, it would be leaks coming from the new york fbis office to rudy giuliani. You know, if republicans were really concerned about leaks, they would, you know, follow up on the fact that, you know, james comey thought there were leaks that were coming out of the fbi and were potentially influencing the president ial election. So, you know, i dont think theyre seriously interested in leaks. It strikes me as sort of a diversion. Should they be looking at possible leaks from devin nunes, like leaking to the white house about information . I mean did they investigate that leak . I dont know. Shimon, then theres well, yeah, it seems more serious. I was just going to say, don, thats more serious because what hes doing there is leaking to a subject of the investigation, who has been actively trying to undermine the investigation. Much more serious to me. Shimon, theres this now. It might be a headline of the day, okay . In some of the Data Collected by the special counsels investigation, there might be a nude selfie. If 2018 couldnt get any weirder, what do we know . Well, the thing is we really dont know much, who this is or why this is even in these court documents. It appears that mueller in the collection of intelligence and evidence collected this nude selfie. And this has to do with the troll farm, this russian troll farm, these indictments that were filed against a bunch of russians for all of the Disinformation Campaign and other stuff. The company that was indicted hired lawyers, american lawyers, and theyve been fighting this case here in washington, d. C. This has sort of backfired a little bit on the special counsel because i dont think anyone expected russians or this company to start fighting any of these charges. Essentially theyre arguing that they want to know how the mueller team obtained some of this information, and the mueller team is saying, well, hey, we cant tell you because of National Security reasons. And this company is arguing, well, what does a nude selfie have to do with National Security . So this is ongoing. But one of the things, i mean, it is pretty funny in some ways. But its serious. I mean youre giving a serious explanation. This is real. It sounds crazy. Im laughing, but its actually serious. Go on. Its serious. The reason is that this entire part of this investigation has kind of backfired on the mueller team in that they never i dont think anyone expected this company or the russians to start fighting some of these charges. But by doing so, its forced mueller to reveal some information, and obviously the concern is that these russians would get a hold of this information, and they would know where the mueller team found it, got it, and would reveal some of our intelligence gathering. So thats the concern here. But this certainly this entire part of this investigation may have backfired on the mueller team. Okay. I want to get this in, michael, because House Democrats are hiring. I dont know if you saw at the top of the show, i gave you the list of it. Look at this. The Judiciary Committee wants folks with expertise in criminal law, immigration law, constitutional law, intellectual property law, commercial and administrative law, and oversight work. The Oversight Committee and Intelligence Committee are looking for people too. What are you expecting from these investigations . Thats a lot that theyre looking for, man. Thats a lot of people. First thanks for not asking me about the nude selfie. I really think that, you know, i think whats happening, what youre seeing is theyre going to look at a lot of things and a lot of nonsense that has gone on over the last two years. Heres the caveat id give to the new majority in congress. That is dont get too bright eyed and bushy tailed with your investigation at this point because youve got to govern at the same time. I think when you see immigration lawyers, constitutional lawyers, they might be looking at things like the child separation at the borders, whether the policies have been appropriately enacted and in place. Those are good, legitimate areas of concern. Is it bad for them to get their ducks in a row, though . Its not bad to get their ducks in a row as long as were focusing on the hut. We dont need to spend all our time looking for criminal activity. The business of the people. Thats exactly right. Thank you all. I appreciate it. Happy new year to you. Happy new year to you, don. It is a bromance of epic proportions. Were going to take a look at the president s relationship with fox news. Are they too cozy . Thats next. This is not a bed. Its a revolution in sleep. The new sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now during our lowest prices of the season. It senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. It can even warm your feet to help you fall asleep faster. So you wake up ready to make your resolutions, reality. And now, the queen sleep number 360 c4 smart bed is only 1299. Ranked 1 in Customer Satisfaction with mattresses by j. D. Power. Plus, 24month financing on all beds. Ends new years day. Sleep number. Proven, quality sleep. So we improved everything. We used 50 fewer ingredients added one handed pumps and beat the top Safety Standards the new johnsons® choose gentle so heres a question for you. Is there a closer relationship in washington these days than the one between President Trump and fox news . From hiring its executives and personalities for high profile positions in the administration to an infamous Campaign Rally where sean hannity and Jeanine Pirro appeared onstage with the president. It seems like the lines between the two are hard to distinguish. Lots to talk about. Frank bruni is here. But first heres cnns Brian Stelter. Reporter fox and trump. Trump and fox. Its a president ial love story like weve never seen before. Thank you so much for being with us, mr. President. I love fox. Reporter and in 2018, it was so cozy, critics likened it to staterun tv, or a tvrun state with trump getting his daily briefings from fox friends and getting directions from Jeanine Pirro. I would like to direct my open to the president of the united states. I am pleading with you, just do it. Reporter pirro shows how traditional lines are being crossed or erased altogether. She held fundraisers for gop candidates all year long. And on the eve of the midterms shes my friend, and shes your friend. Justice jeanine. Reporter pirro onstage with the president along with sean hannity, who said he was not there to campaign. All those people in the back are fake news. Reporter fox chastised them the next day, saying the network didnt condone the appearance and saying, quote, it has been addressed. But foxs highest rated Shows Campaign for trump almost every day. Like any couple, there are occasional squabbles but its a mutually beneficial relationship. Lets go to a real network. Reporter trump gets intel from fox. He live tweets the shows. And he gets talking points, calling democrats dims. The dims. Who says that . Lou dobbs, the great lou dobbs. Reporter in return, fox gets promotion. Fox knows he needs fox, and fox friends like Tucker Carlson and laura ingraham. The way hes had to sometimes kiss up to fox. Laura. How good has laura been . Do we like tucker . I like tucker. Reporter is a remarkable merger. Trump has given 40 interviews to fox since inauguration day. One day even waking ing up at t white house, seeing steve ducey outside, and coming out for a chat. You are about to see something on the Fox News Channel that has never happened. Reporter offer the air, stars like sean hannity confer with trump by phone. The Washington Post say advisers sometimes call hannity the shadow chief of staff, and former producer bill shine is now deputy chief of staff for communications. Shine was copresident of fox news when he was forced out in 2017. Hes still being paid millions in severance and bonuses. Meantime, former Trump Communications director hope hicks is now the head of p. R. For foxs parent company. Her very First Press Release announced foxs Corporate Support for this trumpbacked criminal Justice Reform bill. The revolving door keeps turning with trump hiring fox contradictors like john bolton. Host Kimberly Guilfoyle left fox, joining her boyfriend donald trump jr. To work at a protrump pac. I love you too. Reporter and fox anchor turned state Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert is now nominated to be trumps ambassador to the u. N. Pushing trump to take far right positions and keeping the border wall front and center. Massive demographic changes have been foisted upon the american people. Reporter on trumps best days, his tv echo chamber cheers. And on his worst days, they sometimes just close their eyes or look in the opposite direction. Just last week when james mattis resigned in protest, carlson led his show with a border wall monologue instead, mocking democrats. Only dumb people believe in walls. Walls work exceedingly well. Nothing works better in fact. Reporter the journalistic wall between fox and trump is long gone. This former fox commentator, colonel ralph peters, says the network is now a destructive propaganda machine. Trump was just a gift to fox. And fox in turn is a gift to trump. People that only listen to fox have an utterly skewed view of reality. Reporter now in response to peters criticism but the bigger point here, the merger between fox and trump, its been visible on television. Its been happening for years, and right now it is cozier than ever. Yes, there have been a few moments where fox hosts have broken with the president , have challenged the administration, but those are the exceptions to the rule. Well see if they become any more common next year. Don . Well see. Thank you, brian. Appreciate that. President trump and fox news continue their cozy relationship, or will fox amp up the criticism . Frank bruni and i have a lot to discuss. Bring all the gifts for under the tree. And while youre at it. Bring the tree. Ford f150 bestinclass payload. Bestinclass towing. Built for the holidays. Hurry its the final days to get 0 financing for 72 months on ford f150. See your ford dealer today. For 72 months on ford f150. 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If you see his approval numbers drop, if you see republicans becoming even more defiant than they were in the last couple weeks, then, yes, i think youll see fox cease to be unending cheerleaders for him because as brian laid out so brilliantly in that piece, up to now we havent seen anything like this in terms of the relationship of a major News Organization to a presidency or an administration. I mean this isnt so much a relationship as it is a collaboration. But dont you think theyre kind of the theyre similar in a way . Whatever works for trump, thats where he goes. Whatever wins. Dont you think that maybe it will be the same way for fox if they see that there is something thats going to come out of the Mueller Investigation or if they see his pop lafrt dropping, that they might reverse course . I think theyre going to see how republicans and how the public is reacting to it. If his approval numbers dont drop after the mueller report, if he has somehow convinced all of those people that this was a witch hunt and none of this is to be believed, and it becomes a war over the versions of truth, they may stick with him. But i think its going to be ratings driven, Approval Ratings driven. And if fox starts to turn on him, that is going to tell you that somethings happening in the country at large because theyre going to look at that before they make any decisions. Brian did say this at the end when he was throwing back to me, that its worth noting that there has been some criticism. Weve seen some criticism of the president recently on fox news. I just want you to hear this. This is a reaction to the president s visit to troops in iraq. Watch this. Hes giving russia a big win. Vladimir putin praised him. He also is doing exactly what he criticized president obama for doing. He said president obama is the founder of isis. He just refounded isis because theyve got 30,000 men there, and theyre already striking back with our wouldbe evacuation. The president is really on the griddle with this. I also really had an issue with the words were not the suckers of the world. Were no longer the suckers, folks. He used the word three times. I would never consider us as a country, as the united states, suckers. We have always led the fight in every single major war. Our military men and women, i believe, deserve way more respect than that. What does that say to the families that have lost loved ones in wars prior to right now . Oh, so my son or daughter was a sucker when they were fighting for our freedom. That sounds like some of the commentators here on cnn that they call fake news. Amen to all of that. In some ways, its the exception that proves the rule. Were noticing that because it is so incredibly rare. But i think its also a reflection of just how disturbing and upsetting that visit to iraq was and what he said. Its been criticized as a political rally where you shouldnt have a political rally. I was unbelievably struck by how he went to thank the troops, or supposedly to thank the troops, and then told them how thankful they should be for him. And he turned that event, which is supposed to be a moment of president ial generosity, he turned it into what he turns everything into, which is an opportunity for selfaffirmation. Yeah. He was there bragging about himself, telling them, i got you a raise, and you havent had one in ten years. Untrue. I got you billions and billions of dollars new equipment. Probably exaggerated. But it was all about what i, donald trump, have done for you and what you owe me, and it was a kind of sad statement and metaphor for his entire presidency, which seems to be a sequence of events designed to make him feel better about himself. I think its interesting what you said. You said its the exception that proves the rule, right, because it stands out. Yeah. Listen, i think shepherd smith is an exceptional journalist. I have no criticism of shepherd smith. But Shepard Smith will Say Something that has been said on this network 50 times. Hell say it and it becomes news because theres actually someone on fox who is doing credible, objective journalism. Hell get praised for it, but im glad you said it because were talking about fox and were really talking about a collection of people on fox. Were talking about hannity, about pirro, about ingraham, about Tucker Carlson. There are other terrific journalists on fox. Chris wallace did one of the most recent long interviews with President Trump, and his questions were as on point and as toughminded as if wed worked for any other net work. I think people like him, the other people at fox, theyre at heartsick about this as some of us are. They understand even though they work for fox, that fox news has become one of the main agents and engines of partisanship in this country. I think shepard, i think bret bair, chris wallace, they all do a great job. There are some folks there who do really good journalism. Thank you. Happy new year to you. A young black man on his cell phone in the corner of a hotel lobby. A Security Guard approaches him. He says hes trespassing even though the man has proof that hes a guest. It only gets worse, okay, from there. The young man joins me next. Matte without the flat. Up to 24 hours. Resists, sweat heat humidity now available in even more shades. Infallible promatte foundation by loreal paris. So we improved everything. We used 50 fewer ingredients added one handed pumps and beat the top Safety Standards the new johnsons® choose gentle from capital one. Nd i switched to the spark cash card i earn unlimited 2 cash back on everything i buy. And last year, i earned 36,000 in cash back. 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I didnt do anything to you. Im sitting over here take a phone call. Police arrived and massey was asked to leave even though he was a hotel guest. The double tree general manager called the incident unfortunate. Well, Jermaine Massey joins me now along with his attorney greg. Thank you, gentlemen, for joining us. Wow. Jermaine, im so sorry that you had to deal with that. Tell me how this all happened. Thank you, don. I was coming back to my hotel. I had attended the tra travis scott concert earlier that evening, and on my way back from the concert, i had gotten a call and text message from my mom that she needed to talk. And she lives on the east coast. It was pretty late her time. So i told her i would contactler once i got out of my lyft back to the hotel. I get to the hotel and i walked through the lobby. I noticed there was a crowd of people in the front. So i decided to find an area a little bit more remote around the corner. Sat down, i propped my feet up. You know, got comfortable and you know, because i was bracing myself for this call that my mom was that i was about to have with my mom. A few minutes into the call, i was approached by the Security Guard that you see in the video. And he asked me was i a guest at the hotel. And a firmed and told him yes. Shortly thereafter, he stood there and he said, you know, what room number are you staying in . And i told him i dont know the room number. And then at some point i showed him my room key. And he continued to harass me and asked me questions on what my room number was and from there, i told my mom i it will call her back and i started recording the incident. So you ended up eventually leaving the hotel, right . Yeah, yeah, i left the hotel. But said that you could you have gone to jail had you responded differently, right . Yes, absolutely. Yeah. They gave me two options when the Police Arrived i asked them what were my opportunities here and they told me i could either stay and ignore their requests and be arrested or i could comply and go pack up my room and leave the hotel. So greg, what have you heard from the hotel about this incident . Ive heard Corporate Public releases and corporate gobbledy gook. Weve asked them, please explain in writing publicly why this man was approached, why was he interrogated, why was he trespassed . Why did you call him in your initial response a security threat. And you know, weve not had a straight answer from them. And i anticipate were going to get a straight answer when we put some people sunday oath. But the employee, the people who you claim harassed him or racially harassed him, they have been put on leave, correct . Yeah, it doesnt mean much. What were looking at is policy. Why is a Security Guard deciding to excomrud anybody from a public place in an open hotel in the lobby, why is he targeting this guy . Why when he says im a guest here, does he even have to answer that question. Why when he shows a key is he still being harassed . You know, theres something going on here that has to do with policy and were going to find out what it. Jermaine, the past year police have been called on black people in starbucks barbecuing in the park, selling water bottles, napping in a dorm room common area, this one lodging while black. Why do you think this is all happening . Don, i wish i could answer those questions for you. Its hurtful. Its humiliating. And i dont understand why it continues to be an issue. Im a person at the end of the day just like everyone else, and i deserve respect. And fair treatment and i did not receive that on saturday. I cant explain why these people do these things. I think theres a lot of perceptions about black males in particular that were threats and were harmful and were just fearful individuals, and you know, that bias, it impacts these situations, and its harmful to us as a people. Well, i want you to keep us updated what happens and whether he there is an update, i want you both to come back on and in the meantime, you have a happy holiday and thank you both for coming on, gentlemen, i appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you, don. Thank you. And you, as well. Happy new year to everyone. I will see you in new orleans on new years eve. Tune into our special. Thanks for watching. Our coverage continues. Theres no place like home argh im trying. Yippiekiyay
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