for statements at face value. we haven t asking that or asking that you trust every word that mr. gates said. we re not asking you to like him, either. what we re asking you to do is consider his testimony and test it and verify it, test it against the testimony of other witnesses and see if it is consistent. we do expect paul manafort to be in the building today because when a verdict comes down once the jury is done, they don t wait a whole a very long time before they actually announce it. the big question is how long is it going to take this jury of six men and six women from northern virginia to come to a unanimous decision on 18 complicated counts of tax fraud and bank fraud? we do not know. and they just got started. bill: we re on watch. it begins. thank you, peter doocy, in alexandria. sandra: another big story shaking up washington president trump stripping away the security clearance of former c.i.a. director john brennan. brennan a fierce trump critic firing back foll
deliberations today at 9:30 eastern time. six minutes from now. for manafort to get a conviction a unanimous verdict is needed from all 12 jurors for each of the 18 counts against him. we re watching that now. sandra: the u.s. and mexico working together taking action against these high-target drug cartels. officials say the criminals are responsible for transporting heroin and fentanyl across the border. oftentimes using violence to make that happen. mexico s acting attorney general sat down exclusively with fox news. matt finn joins us live from chicago. matt. this new action plan is a collaboration between many agencies including the dea, f.b.i., chicago police and mexican counterparts. this enforcement group says ruthless mexican cartels are a major cause of the violence here in chicago that we re constantly reporting on. they say the cartels are a cause of many deaths in this city. the dea and acting attorney
but said it was a minor issue. sandra, police are due to hold a news conference at 12:30 eastern. we ll get more details on this then. presumably confirmation of whether watts has indeed led them to the bodies of his wife and those two little girls. by the way, in that same tuesday interview he said of those girls, those kids are my life. that s a quote. sandra: horrific story. bill: the parents of an american who vanished in syria six years ago say they re confident their son is alive. marc and debra tice join us live in a moment. jury deliberations begin any moment now in the case against paul manafort. we ll take you to the courthouse coming up. and a runny nose, plus nasal congestion, which most pills don t. it s more complete allergy relief. flonase.
what have you got, peter? the presiding judge in this case who has been very critical of the mueller team throughout the last 2 1/2 weeks, told jurors that they should not consider any of the cracks that he made from the bench while they are deliberating over paul manafort s innocence or guilt. that is as attorneys for both sides now seem to be in agreement for the first time that the mueller team s star witness, paul manafort s, former business partner might have some credibility problems. defense attorney kevin downing said he came in here, mr. gates, trying to look clean shaven, decent person that you could rely upon. when the prep of his direct was done on the first question out of the box he fell apart and showed himself to be the liar that he is. and the mueller team s description about gates wasn t that much friendlier but the prosecutor said it doesn t really matter. he said this, first the government is not asking that you take mr. gates testimony
on matters that have nothing to do with the campaign. i think that even mr. manafort as i read it had requested that there be no mention of his brief tenure at the trump campaign several years ago. this has nothing to do with collusion, russia, nothing to come with the trump campaign. reporter: the case centers around his past lobbying work for the pro putin ukranian government for which prosecutors say he received $60 million. the government alleges manafort hid millions and failed to pay taxes while still spending the money on real estate and luxury purchases, including homes in manhattan, virginia and the hamptons, expensive suits, and baseball tickets. and prosecutors will present hundreds of e-mails, photos and financial records to prove it. prosecutors say manafort also lied to banks about his income to secure more than $20 million in loans. and this trial now underway, it is expected to last about three weeks.