Demonstration. As for the wall itself, can congress pluck a lastminute deal to build it before it is too late . The government shuts down . President trump and his former fixer is sentenced to jail. As any of it actually illegal . Plus, newly released footage shows the 29 your mother seen in public, they are hoping this video shows new light on the mystery and authorities are asking for your help. Hello and welcome to fox news at night. We have Team Coverage tonight. Following multiple leads in the investigation of michael cohen, we began with correspondent and henry in the latest at the border wall funding. Republican john kennedy in louisiana, he cuts to the chase with a way of summing up the madness. He is declaring President Trump is not just as serious as a heart attack, he said, the commanderinchief as serious as four heart attacks at a stroke. His pride be the president is not bluffing at the meeting with democrat nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. We need to rely on any stand over
House republicans were great yesterday. Here is what House Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy had to say after the vote. The senate, compromise and make sure we keep the government open and that the states get the number of months and the damage done to them. We have work to do. Mike emanuel is on the hill. Any sign of democrats coming around in the senate . Good morning to you, not so far. Which suggests this funding push could get stuck on the deadline day. The vote last night in the house of representatives was 217 to 185 to pass this funding measure. The bill would keep the government open through february 8th, provide 5. 7 billion for the border wall and 8 billion for Disaster Relief and wildfires and hurricanes. He warned republicans wouldnt get their way. The bottom line is simple. The trump temper tantrum will shut down the government but will not get him his wall. The bill thats on the floor of the house, everyone knows will not pass the senate. Speaker ryan, leader mccarthy have
Fingers at each other. When they appeared on the Public Affairs news programs this weekend. Its going to end at some point because there are things that have not been funded that the democrats desperately want to fund be it hud and some other things. But the truth is, there is nothing more important than the nations security. It is our number one job in the u. S. Congress. If the president wants to continue to take a Campaign Promise he made, to have mexico pay for a wall and say the rules have changed and now well still build a wall but have the american taxpayer pay for it, well use the american taxpayer like an atm machine. Thats not the right direction to go. People who want it to be a fourletter word wall and not respect with customs, Border Patrol and ice tell us they need. Enhancements at the border. Eric who will budge, blink and cry uncle . Kevin corke is following it at the white house this morning for us. The president is standing fast on this. He is very intent. He is talki
Senator corker said go have a scotch. But regardless of your berm of choice, the blame game is underway. The president a few days ago boasted he was more than happy to own a shutdown. Now recalibrating. President trump totally up to the democrats as to whether or not we have a shutdown. Its possible that we will have a shutdown. I would say the chances are probably very good. I dont think democrats care so much about maybe this issue. Democrats with colorful language called him out. Remember the president ordered the tv cameras in the Oval Office Meeting meeting where he embraced a shutdown. President trump, you own the shutdown. He boasted he can do it. Any effort on his part to blame the democrats will be such [bleep] as i said before i will hardly be able to stand it. Oh, dear. How much of this lies with the republicans on the hill . Who had at least nominal control of the house and senate for the past two years. Yesterday on fox friends, they pressed mark meadows, House Freedom cau
And her cell phone pings hundreds of miles away. Reporting begins now. Announcer now Shepard Smith reporting live from the fox news desk. Shepard smith President Trumps former fixer and lawyer and new accusations about the hush money payoffs to a porn star and a playmate. The top democrat on the House Intelligence Committee adam schiff says President Trump could eventually spend time behind bars. Theres a very real prospect on the day donald trump leaves office, the Justice Department may indict him. He may be the first president in quite some time to face the real prospect of jail time. Federal prosecutors filed a Court Document stating that President Trump illegally ordered his former longtime Attorney Michael Cohen to buy the silence of two women. That, it said, is a violation of Campaign Finance law. The president today tweeted its his lawyers mistake, not his. The actress Stormy Daniels and the playboy model Karen Mcdougal have both talked publicly about what they claim were sexua