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With ellison barber with the latest developments from reach richmond, good evening, ellison, good evening, denying all of this and said part of a Smear Campaign. He called it vicious and orchestrated. He said he will not resign, but a former governor of virginia from Governor Terry mcauliffe, he says he really should. Writing in a tweet the allegations against Justin Fairfax incredible. He can no longer serve the people of virginia as Lieutenant Governor. I call for his immediate resignation. According to press release, representing a woman named Meredith Watson who said she was by Justin Fairfax and 2,000 and out the Lieutenant Governor. And they say this happen while they were students at Duke University. The statement says mr. Fairfax said it was premeditated and aggressive. The two were friends but never dated or had a romantic relationship. Lieutenant governor releasing a statement of his own saying claims to monstrously false and ive never forced myself on anyone ever. I demand a full investigation into unsubstantiated and false allegations. The firm representing the latest accuser, this is the second accuser we have heard end up Lieutenant Governor sexually assaulted him. This firm says they have statements from the latest woman, this Meredith Watson from classmates confirming her version of events. Fox news asked of you, some of those documents, some o of those correspondents to independently verify them and we were told by the firm and asking more details that they were not going to elaborate. They told fox news, we are not providing any material other than press release. Lieutenant governor is bowing to clear his name. He said he passed two fbi background checks in these types of allocations never came up according to the Lieutenant Governor a vicious, coordinated Smear Campaign and the three members of his own party have heard enough saying they believe the accusations and time for him to go. All of this as fox news learns the governor told senior staff he will not resign over that recess yearbook photo despite the call for him to walk away. The governor also said an email to people who work for the governor of virginia an internal email sometime today apologizing for causing what he described a distraction from their work. John. John we will see how this goes and will get back to later in the program, allison, thanks. The leadership crisis in virginia far from over and could stretch beyond the commonwealth into the 2020 election. Correspondent peter doocy but that part of the story now. That is especially true of lawmakers in virginia and now democratic president ial hopefuls having difficulty dodging questions about the commonwealth dueling scandals. Allegations of Sexual Misconduct against the governor and the allegations of racism directed at the governor. He should resign. But the scandal painted democrats are hanging on which could cripple campaigns with democrats running for president. Virginia has created a big problem for eventual democratic nominee. How are they going to Campaign Around virginia, making sure that none of the statewide democratic official show up at their rallies . . Virginia has 13 electoral votes reliable for democrats in recent cycles as the state went for bush twice come obama twice in clinton. Now President Trump says democrats at the top killing the great state of virginia. Far stronger action would be taken. Virginia will come back home republican 2020. The issues in va could be felt far away. They cothe only way for the democratic ticket to win in 2020 is to energize minority communities. Incidents like what has happened in virginia over the past week is a disincentive for minorities to get energized. But one potential president ial candidate thinks voters will forget virginia because so Many Democrats demented resignations in richmond. 2020 will be about our moral compass and leaders are standing up and saying i dont care if republican or democrat. We will hold you accountable. Senator cory booker doubts it will suffer because of a state health scandal. I dont think this is a party issue. We have seen these problems on both sides of the aisle. Democrats are the ones virginia was something to lose. This is no longer the commonwealth of virginia but the commonwealth of chaos. And it will probably stay that way for a wild. Of the chaos could extend to the Electoral College because virginia is not the only swing state where people are tracking the story very closely. The things a drag on democrats statewide in 2019 could be a drag on democrats nationwide in 2020, john. John you know what they say a day is a long time in politics in a week is forever. Peter, thank you. Democrats got the chance to flex majority muscle today but the acting attorney general was not having any of it. Daring during a contentious hearing with special counsel investigation, democrats dished out snarky comments as Matt Whitaker return fire with his own point of remarks. Amid all the fireworks the attorney general says he has not received Robert Mueller report and denies sharing any intel with the administration. Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge at todays and joins us from capitol hill with more on the competitive back and forth, a lot of fireworks today, catherine. Johnny, good evening for sixhour testimony a tension between democrats who control the oversight committees, the Trump Administration and acting attorney general who likely only has days left on the job. I have not talked to the president of the United States for special counsel of the United States. Catherine Matthew Whitaker said his briefing on the Robert Mueller russian probe were not shared. I have not talked about special counsel investigation was senior white house officials. Catherine and out after the chairman jerry nether to issue a subpoena. And whitaker oversees the russian probe refuse questions about his communications with the white house. Why did President Trump choose to replace without spoken republican . Speak to the subpoena threat, pointing to this letter from nether a day earlier that a deal was brokered. We went by 7 00 last night that an agreement had been made and it was a full cave by the committee chairman. No subpoenas today. Catherine whitaker testified he has not denied punting to the special cancel. An idea as a private citizen july 2017 media appearance. Democrats question why the acting attorney general did not recuse himself after other public criticism as well as the president s characterization of the probe. You would not oversee, would you . It would be inappropriate to talk about ongoing investigation. You say bob mueller is honest and not fake . Im not public to repeat what youre saying. Officials who advised you that you should not touch that investigation. My control with my i consulted with senior staff and legal counsel. It was my decision to make and i decided not to recuse. Catherine whitaker confirmed the Department Investigation and senior fbi and doj officials with later known as the trump dossier. 2016 surveillance warrant for Trump Campaign aide. Pico officer Inspector General currently looking at the carter page application. And it is also in review at the same time simultaneously like john you for the u. S. Attorney. Catherine with tensions tied, whitaker pushed back directly. Have you ever been asked to approve action to be taken by the special counsel . Mr. Chairman, i see youre 5 minutes is up and so [laughter] i am here voluntarily. We have agreed a five minute round. Catherine whitaker also testified that he has not had discussions about possible parties for trump aid who have been convicted were plead guilty in the investigation of the mueller trial. John on capitol hill tonight, thanks. President trump is in very good health. That is the word from the president s position who spent four hours with the commander in chief. For a physical this afternoon. The president got a check up, his 2020 performance getting a chance to check out their parties Green New Deal. Because the ambitious plan is sure to become a favorite topic in the president ial campaign. Correspondent kevin corke from the white house with a look at what they will have to answer to. Our planet mode we need to be bold if you can call it the Green New Deal litmus test. A call to action. Imperiled in the past, who came forward to save earth from the surge of totalitarian regime . We came forward to. Kevin for the virtue signaling a single question for democrats, just how far are they willing to go with this . Any real votes on the floor, these issues, we are ready to have a political showdown. Kevin spearheaded by markie and congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez, the Green New Deal is controversy all. Because calls for the u. S. To transition away from fossil fuels it is also laced with ideas like eliminating air travel and guaranteeing all americans of government job and paid vacations no matter what. Republicans tell it, a socialist pipedream and a real nightmare. 2 Million People have left the country. People are starving to death, you cant get medicine. Why would anybody in america want to recreate what happened in venezuela . Kevin despite the details, g. O. P. Mathematic dubious, president ial hopefuls lined up to support the plan. Senators gillibrand, booker, sanders, clo which are sponsoring the measure as did connell oharas who client who called Climate Change and essential threat to our plan on twitter. A political gift to the g. O. P. Say his analyst. I think republicans every time someone says this, you want to stop domestic air travel . You want to make in order for people to go visit families on christmas . You want to make electricity five, six, seven, eight times more than it is now . Its a more problem. Kevin whats more a proposal, lawmakers will be on the record. Politically perilous proposition especially for those o on the left. It is quite rich for congresswoman locascio cortez to point out the fact we will run our economy. And stop all air travel and stop all cars. That is obvious with this new green deal that has no chance of going anywhere. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been careful in her assessment of the socalled Green New Deal offering praise if you will for the enthusiasm of its backers while being careful not to buy and fully until she gets more details. John. John it will be an interesting debate the next two years, kevin corke and the white house think its much. A spending to keep the government and open could be in jeopardy one week before the deadline so what has changed in the last 24 hours . For that we turn to senior capitol hill producer chad who knows where everything is happening and knows exactly what is going on is welcome a child, where are we tonight and what is the problem . Chad the two major factors are time and President Trump wont sign an agreement if they actually reach an accord. Here is the time issue. The house of representatives has what is called a 72 hour rule. If they work through the weekend and get an agreement, they have to post that for a full 72 hours before the house can vote. You see where this turning radio gets close if they move this through the house and senate next week. The other question is about President Trump potentially signing or not signing the bill. Richard shelby the Senate Appropriations committee went to the white house yesterday and optimistic and almost oblivion, one of the best meetings hes had with the white house. But there is a lot of members i talked to a peer who felt last year when President Trump did not sign them from spinning agreement the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell put on the floor. There was one Senior Source central to the entire process, they are more pessimistic today, jonathan than they were yesterday. Chad 5. 7 billion in a single year and talked about breaking up, splitting that up into a twoyear appropriation but how much money are they looking at now for a physical barrier . Chad i am told less than 2 billion, probably 1. 6 billion, but the total cost of the entire dhs appropriation is around 49, 50 billion so if you cough up that money border wall or physical barriers or whatever you want to call it, you cut into other regions of the bill. One lawmaker said no, you will not get ice breakers or things things for pandemic. So they have to get that narrow, john. John is there a way they can pass this before next friday . Chad that is possible but how Speaker Pelosi can i think you will have to find a sweet spot in the middle members on the margin left and right dont vote for it but members in the middle duke, john. John chad on capitol hill keeping us uptodate, chad think its much. Chad thank you. John the billionaire media giant clashes with the publisher of the National Enquirer over explicit photos and extortion. With the fox affiliates across the country tonight, and a trait within announcement 1. 7 million vehicles across several brands are being recalled to replace faulty airbag inflator is. The move is part of the largest recall in u. S. History involving the Japanese Company takada. As many as 7 million vehicles recalled by the time the whole mess insulate next year. Fox 31 in timber uncertain how many substitute teachers will show up on monday if they are colleagues are on strike. Many substitutes could refuse to show solidarity with fulltime employees. The district will be offering substitutes double pay during the strike in an effort to reduce that possibility. This is a live look at you stem from fox 26. One of the big stories there. An emotional swearingin ceremony for a 6yearold girl battling cancer. The chief of police could barely hold back tears as he swore and abigail rose as an Honorary Police officer on thursday. 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John Trump Administration declining to say tonight who it believes is responsible for the murder of journalist. Congress gave the administration 120 days to make a determination, but a Senior Administration official tells fox news they maintain the power to decide which congressional request to act on. However, the Administration Says it will continue, at least to work to hold responsible the people behind the murder. This is a top saudi official and reiterated his governments position mohammed did not order 2018 killer. Chief Justice John Roberts broke with conservative colleagues and his own voting record in a ruling that is a clearest sign yet he has emerged as the supreme courts new swing vote. Roberts joined for liberal justice to block louisiana law requiring portion providers to have admitting privileges and nearby hospital. It is the fourth time in recent weeks roberts held decisive vote in such hot button issues. Make stay in the market the dow slid 63 and s p 500 up two and the nasdaq finished ahead by 8. The dow up one fifth of 1 and s p 500 finished just about even and the nasdaq was up nearly a half of a percent. Amazon reconsidering new york city as a location for its new headquarters after public outcry. Washington post says people with familiar with the project said Company Executives had internal discussions to reassess the issue in new york and explore alternatives. The company has not yet commented on the story. It is a story that has at all, power, politics not to mention a date to deliberate, and in a blog post mso amazon Ceo Jeff Bezos accused the National Enquirer of trying to blackmail him over explicit photos of him sent to his mistress. And that is just the tip of the iceberg. Correspondent dan from seattle. The National Enquirer ran a story last month over an alleged affair with amazon Ceo Jeff Bezos complete with private Text Messages the worlds richest man launched an investigation of his own. He wanted to know how the tabloid got the text and if the story itself was politically motivated. Now bezos released emails from American Media which owns the inquirer threatening to publish compromising photos of him including below the belt so please. Unless he drops his investigation, and acknowledgment from the bezos party released through agreeable whole news outlet affirming no knowledge or basis suggesting that coverage was politically motivated. Bezos fought back rather than capitulate to extortion and blackmail, i have decided to publish exactly what they sent me despite the personal cost and embarrassment they threatened. Media analyst say it is too early to toe with the inquirer broke the law. Right now there is no evidence the inquirer did that but certainly questions about whether or not the National Enquirer owned by close friend of President Trump was trying to help him by going after jeff bezos. The two federal processors say paid a woman to kill the story claiming an affair with President Trump before taking office. Trump also attacked bezos for his ownership of the Washington Post. In his coverage of him. Today, the white house was silent. We will not get into a conversation between jeff bezos and tabloid magazine. Dan amazon stock did take a hit but the market it as a whole. I dont think it will have an effect at all on the amazon as a company. In fact it might be a positive for employees because it shows that jeff is being strong, courageous, resilient, standing up to bowling. Dan ami will look into the bezos allocation of extortion but we are learning so too the Justice Department to see if a crime was committed that might violate the companys agreement with the feds. John. John and, in seattle, thanks. Up next remembering americas longest serving member of congress. A look back John Dingells 59 years in congress. First, beyond the borders to mike moran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is depending death to america not aimed at the American People but rather its leaders. And the website quotes him to say, chant death to leaders like President Trump. National security advisor john and secretary of state mike pompeo said the iranian people will not stop saying death to america as long as the u. S. X maliciously towards iran. In turkey, 14 people have been pulled a light from the wreckage of an eight story Apartment Building in istanbul. They include 16yearold boy who was rescued today, 14 bodies have also been recovered. The cause of wednesdays collapses under investigation, but officials have said to come at the top three floors of the building were illegally built. Empire tore through sleeping quarters of a brazilian Soccer Academy killing ten people, most of them teenagers. The cause of the fire is not known. Just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. We will be right back. Means to fight the hardest battle, which any human being can fight and never stop. Does this sound dismal . It isnt. Its the most wonderful life on earth. You might or joints. Hing for your heart. Its the most wonderful life on earth. But do you take something for your brain. With an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in Clinical Trials to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Jushis local miracle ear t at helped andrew hear more of the joy in her voice. Just one hearing test is all it took for him to hear more of her laugh. And less of the background noise around him. For helen, just one visit to her local miracleear is all it took to learn how she can share more moments with her daughter. Just one free hearing test could help you hear more. Laughter. Music. Life. Call now for your free hearing test from an Industry Leader miracleear. John flags are flying have staff at this tower in honor of former michigan congressman john dingell. Earlier today, lawmakers paid tribute to dingell his death at the age of 92. They remembered the longestserving house member in history. The stories about his time in the chamber before observing a moment of silence. The Washington Post, an oped in which dingell seemingly took a shot at President Trump saying the president will bully pulpit dedicated to sewing division and immigrating to the political opposition. Tonight the chief correspondent michael manual with dingells career in congress one that spanned 60 years. A grateful nation on earth john dingell jr. When john dingell of the president ial medal of freedom it marked the culmination of a political career. His wife reminds us change takes time, courage, persistence. You never know how long you will stay and you just hope that people will keep you around and let you finish your Public Service. Congress served longer than anyone in history exceeding the record set by late senator roberts byrd of west virginia. More than half a century of Public Service could be seen throughout dingells office. We are not important but the drop is important. Michael a democrat from michigan sworn in as a member of the house in 1955, taking over his father john dingell sr. Held more than two decades. Before he retired in 2014, dingell said, things had changed. Faced up the cooperation. There is not the compromise and the result is, the nation suffers here. Even when we have disagreed, john has always been someone i respected. He is a patriot, a tremendously hard worker, a true master in the business of legislating. Michael over the career dingell shaped the country. Medicare, the clean air act, the Affordable Care act. He considered his vote for 1964 Civil Rights Act has most important achievement. It almost cost him his political career that fall when civil rights became a central issue in the campaign. Dingell said passing the act was crucial for america. It was a hard fight. It solves a problem which was eating at the soul and the hordes in the liver of this country. Michael he had strong ties to the Auto Industry, the biggest employer in his home state. Of the cap and trade attacks. Michael tinkle head reputation for tough grilling witnesses during committee hearings, especially a powerful chairman of the house energy and commerce committee. Later serving on the same committee in a room named in his honor, dingell questioned the ceo of gm. Is it correct that gm has now recalled approximately 2. 5 million small cars in the United States due to defective ignition switch is . Yes. John he served from 11 president s eisenhower to obama, for children, secretary wife debbie Auto Industry executive elected to fill his congressional seat. Congresswoman tingle elected by her colleagues last november to serve as cochair of the House Democratic policy and Communications Committee helping to develop an agenda in communication strategy. The retired, or has been remained active on social media commenting on National Issues including the recent partial Government Shutdown and taking swipes at President Trump. On the occasion of his last vote in congress to my fellow members gave him a standing ovation. John dingell, who has been a mentor to members of both sides of the aisle, and more institutional history than anybody here. John virginias governor and Lieutenant Governor are refusing to resign tonight. 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She has no interest in becoming a media personality or reliving this greatly affected in her life but similarly not seeking financial damages and on behalf of our client we notified Justin Fairfax through his attorney and miss watson hopes he will resign from public all office. Ellison what is your read on. Chaos is the best way to describe this at this point. So far, just so many names, so many different but at times overwhelming, yesterday new scandals, coming out related to all of this in really the mood at times has just been how on earth do you follow along with all of this. But by today, some of the pressure on the elected officials and on Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax to resign seems to be subsiding. You have a lot of democrats think the governor needed to step down, but they were holding off on calling for that when it comes to the Lieutenant Governor. But instead, we think these allegations from the first woman dr. Vanessa tyson, we think those are credible and should be looked into. We need an investigation to gather the facts. Now, the last hour and a half with the latest accuser, you have a complete reversal where tens of people outside say, hes got to go, got to go now. Hes buckling down but changed everything with the second accuser. John some of those people terry mcauliffe, cory booker, the empire, jennifer west, Jennifer Connelly saying resign. We remember back to kavanaugh. There was a real caution on the republican side not to rush to judgment here. Where are we with this . Well, my god the democrats unleashed this monster of character assassination against Bret Kavanaugh and all of a sudden calling for due process . It is reduced skipped ridiculous. The monster is coming back to devour them. Accusations are formed and how they call for due process. On the other hand john but a lot of people who arent. Some are saying he has to go. Before this is the evidence, you pointed out the new accuser, cooperation at the time, and you told people about it. This new dr. Tyson who accused the first accuser, she knew where it happened, when it happened in if you read through the details of what happened to her it is searing. And shes a respected professor. This is a person who commands respect. John but Christine Blasey ford was a respected professor as well and yet, republicans had not with the thing she says. Fairfax says in a statement i denied this unsubstantiated allegation. It is demonstrably false and ive never forced myself on anybody. Hes demanding a full investigation. What should happen here, charles . Charles he may try to write this out as desperate as his situation appears. He does have a strong base of support in the state. He looks terrible now because hes in the middle of the storm, but we are forgetting just a few days ago when it looked like Ralph Northam might be forced to step down. Justin fairfax is being hailed as sort of this shining, young star, virginia politics. He has a strong support in the black community. He has the top africanamerican public official in the state. And, you know, i would not underestimate his ability to mount a counterattack. What this shows, generally though, something i thought was true from the very beginning of the me too movement. It is going to be very, very hard for any Political Party to be consistent about applying these principles because at a certain point, your Party Interest will clash with a consistent holding to account your officials. I think that is what is happening virginia democrat. John matthew so many parallels with judge kavanaugh a case with Justin Fairfax statement where he says i have passed to cope build background checks by the fbi and run for office and two highly contested office with nothing like the stingrays before. But the railing effect, republicans rally kevin o and they kavanaugh and political ramifications. John democrats. Matthew which is a political problem, john because not only statewide election this year, but you have 2020 election coming up. What 2020 democrat is going to want to appear at a rally with the governor im a Lieutenant Governor or the attorney general . This is a big problem, not Virginia Democratic Party but the National Democratic party. Charles i disagree there is a parallel. Bret kavanaugh denied he was at the event. But the other demise there was contact. Details Christine Blasey ford could not remember how she got home. There is detailed allocations and so, this whole concept of, you know, the accusations is enough, the democrats are not being consistent, and they need to be. John lets go back to richmond, ellison barber, what do you expect to happen in the next 24 to 48 hours . Allison there is no way to predict it but i will tell you what im looking for one thing is going to be dissolute governor and of course the other one do more women come out . The statement that we have tonight from the law firm representing Meredith Watson clearly says and i will read to you with. Ms. Watson was upset to learn mr. Fairfax one other woman after he attacked her up at the Lieutenant Governor denying entire statement but says more women coming forward to. That will be the question, how many more democrats pick out into other women come forward as well . In the meantime the governor of virginia sent a letter out to workers and commonwealth state of virginia, im deeply sorry for causing this distraction for your important work. You have trusted to lead virginia forward, and i plan to do that. Charles is not going anywhere. Charles it started with him and blackface photo and a photo of klansman and his yearbook. That hasnt been run to ground. We dont know all the facts on that, but he has poisoned it out so far with the abortion comments. We have abortion, race, and. Charles the ultimate irony he will be a lone survivor. John stay there. We will be back with a lightning ramp, the Green New Deal, getting testy on capitol hill. In this weeks winners losers. [friend] ive never seen that before. I have. I have. Every Insurance Company tells you they can save you money. Save up to 10 when you bundle with esurance. Including me, esurance spokesperson dennis quaid. Hes a pretty good spokesperson. Ehhh. So when i say, drivers who switched from geico to esurance saved an average of 412, you probably wont believe me. Hey, actor lady whose scene was cut. Hi. But you can believe this esurance employee, nancy abraham. Seriously, send her an email and ask her yourself. No emails. No emails. When insurance is affordable, its surprisingly painless. 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Rolling out the new green deal, the panel thanks to alex ellison barber on the big story in richmond. When we look at this, this Green New Deal is not just something we want to be talking about the next few weeks. We are going to be talking about this the next two years. Absolutely alexandria ocasiocortez is the greatest thing that ever happened to donald trump and the rogue party. She will make him unelectable by going down this path. The democrats want to take your car, house, Health Insurance and take away your air travel and your hamburgers. That is the platform which they will be running 2020 and republicans wrap this around the democrats neck like albatross and write it to the next election. John every democrat in washington will get to go on the record in favor of abolishing air travel, outlawing sticks, forcing all american homeowners to retrofit their houses, putting every minor will livestock rancher and gas station out of a job and spending trillions and trillions of more tax dollars its a g. O. P. Dream. Is it true . Charles i think that is a little overstated for the following reasons. It is true by putting all of the specifics out there in the form of this resolution, they have something pretty controversial, but the reason they pass on this phrase, Green New Deal, those two phrases green, new deal pole pretty well. If they had managed to stick to the day generality, you know what im a big environmental program, they might have done better out of it but they now have to depend a lot of hard. John the Green New Deal, will do pole well but how does no airplanes and you cant have any more stakes and mazie hirono supports it but how would she get from hawaii to washington . Charles popular in the abstract and unpopular info specifics. I was struck by two things commit is intellectually dishonest. You have these grand plans but you force nuclear power. There is no way to begin to make a huge dent in the carbon missions without embracing nuclear. The second thing, john, alexandria ocasiocortez document rights we will guarantee Economic Security to people unable or unwilling to work. That would overturn the integrity of the american welfare state beginning with the new deal. We have always provided for people who are incapable of working. She wants to say, no, it doesnt matter if you are capable or not. If you dont want to work, we will take care of you anyway. This is a radical plan. John lets change to the whitaker hearing quite contentious to say the least. One particular moment more of a moment. Have you been asked to approve action taken by the special counsel . Mr. Chairman, i see youre 5 minutes is up and so [laughter] iam here voluntarily. We have agreed to fiveminute rounds. John nobody was quite sure if he was joking or not. Before what struck me the start contrast of the state of the Union Address. The state of the Union Address conciliatory and recheck the politics of revenge assistance and retribution and potential cooperation compromising common good. Today, 47 million americans watch that and millions of american watch the partisan display and embrace revenge resistance. John of the democrats had a lot of questions they wanted to get to him on the way out of the door. Matthew i dont know how seriously the president calling for reconciliation and partisanship. Over the years, but yes, this was an opportunity to get at mr. Whitaker before the door hit him on the back on his way out. I didnt think he acquitted himself, supra. John its friday, winners and losers, why dont you start us off. Matthew pope francis, the most significant event of the week and most under covered. The first pontiff to give mass on the arabian peninsula. This is a world historical event and he also did something for toleration and promoting a less violent form of islam as well. My loser is my beloved home state of the commonwealth of virginia. It is turning all of novels into farfetched fiction. The reality is, even crazier. John more, winners and losers. Marc President Trump delivered a highly effective state of the Union Address and designed unusual for donald trump to reach beyond the core base to people in the center and it worked. 76 of viewers approved of his address and 72 including who approved his ideas of emigration. Loser, nancy pelosi because she is the one responsible for containing the alexandria ocasiocortez contagion and alexandria ocasiocortez will make her life miserable bringing socialism to the front of the democratic agenda. John charles, charles the chief justice of the United States to position himself both as somebody who has control and vote on the court and maintaining legitimacy and respect for president. My loser was with warren. In politics if you are explaining or losing, in if you explain why you wrote american india as prerace in 1986 and didnt come forth about it later on, you are really losing so thats why i picked her. John the big roll this week and as well. There i am the bridesmaid but never the bride. [laughter] john when we come back notable, stay with us. Every day, visionaries are creating the future. 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Means to fight the hardest battle, which any human being can fight and never stop. Does this sound dismal . It isnt. Its the most wonderful life on earth. Jon finally tonight, notable quotables. I have seen many things good and bad and much change. The history of blackface in this country is the history of racism in this country. This is no country for creepy old men. This is no country at all without due process. This was about 30 years ago. And i am not a tribal citizen. If i can play some role in helping the country to do that, by god im going to do it. Okay. By god when are you going to know the answer . We also have more women serving in congress than at any time before. [cheers] america will never be a socialist country. The president s speech was like 90 minute performance of dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde. The state of our union will always be strong. I think it is a green dream. It is. It is. What are you going to do ground all the airlines, the buses, the cars . That would be pretty hard for hawaii. Im a little bit tired of listening to things that are pie in the sky that we never are going to pass. The dynasty continues. Mr. Chairman, i see your five minutes is up. Today is judahs 81st birthday. Happy birthday to you. They wouldnt do that for me, judah. [laughter] jon and all that happened in the course of just six days in the history of these United States. Thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. Good night from washington. And make sure to tune in this sunday to see Fox News Sunday with chris wallace. His guests include acting white house chief of staff mic mulvaney. The story, hosted by marthmartha mccallum starts right now. Martha hi there, jon. Thank you. Breaking tonight, folks. Brand new calls, brand new information just coming in moments ago with regard to Lieutenant Governor of virginia Justin Fairfax and calls from within his party to ask him to resign. Fairfax is now accused by a second woman, a classmate at Duke University who said she told friends back in 2,000 that he raped her. Fairfax says she is lying. He has called that charge, quote, demonstrably false. This providing an ugly, but no doubt welcome distraction for Governor Northam who now seems to be riding out the storm over the yearbook photo as his Succession Plan looks a bit unviable at the moment. Heres fairfax earlier today. Good