Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Americas Newsroom With Bill Hemmer And Sandra Smith 20181212

The world. An enormous challenge. We have this problem in the United States as well. Lots of folks were watching we think are a risk. We try to monitor. The numbers are so big and why a Border Security matters, too. These are related issues in the sense we need to know who is coming in and out of our country so there are fewer people the f. B. I. And sheriffs offices in kansas and places like this have to monitor and watch. Sandra President Trump tweeting another bad terror attack in france. Well strengthen our borders even more. Chuck and nancy must give us the votes to give us additional Border Security. Bill what are we learning about the manhunt underway . The manhunt is ongoing and has to be a concern for the police. Theyve been looking for the shooter for 18 hours. They have several hundred agents looking for him. Theyve stepped up security at the Christmas Market in strasbourg and throughout the city and frances border with germany with questioning whether he may have slipped into germany overnight. The police have also identified him. They say he is 29 years old. That he was born in strasbourg. A home grown problem and known to Security Services as a possible terrorist threat. Police say the gunshot wound you mentioned is from one of their own. They exchanged gunfire with him. They say he opened fire at about 8 00 p. M. At what is essentially frances biggest Christmas Market. It attracts more than a million visitors a year. You can imagine how busy it was. Pandemonium ensued and then the police put the historic city on lockdown. Not the first time a Christmas Market has been hit. Berlins was hit two years ago when the assailant drove a car into the Christmas Market killing 12. And this exact market itself in strasbourg was targeted by Al Qaedalinked terrorists in 2000. They wanted to bomb it. The police, however, thwarted that attack. They werent so lucky in this case. Bill more on that. Breaking news from overseas. When we learn more about the manhunt well bring it to you and our viewers. Thank you so much. Three minutes past the hour. Sandra another big story were watching this morning. Were awaiting Michael Cohens sentencing hearing at federal court in manhattan. Cohen pled guilty to charges including lying to congress about a proposed trump real estate project in moscow. Now facing several years in prison. Were covering it from all angles this morning. Alan dershowitz standing by for reaction. We begin first with kevin corke live on the north lawn for us this morning. Any new reaction from the president on this sentencing as we await it . Not yet. But well keep an eye on his twitter feed. If the past is any indication, we figure the president wont miss an opportunity to weigh in on this particular topic. Cohen, as you know, will be sentenced for eight federal crimes he pleaded guilty to back in august as well as a separate charge of lying to congress that he pleaded guilty to in connection with the Mueller Investigation. Part of the plea deal cohen agrees to cooperate with special counsel investigation which could prove pivotal as the probe continues. I want to say what the president about cohens request about no time he said Michael Cohen asked the judge for no prison time. He could do things fraud, loans, taxes, etc. And not serve a long prison term . He makes up stories to get a great and already reduced deal for himself and get his wife and fatherinlaw, who has the money, question mark, off scotfree. He lied for this outcome and should in my opinion serve a full and complete sentence. President s dont usually weigh in on this before theyre properly adjudicated. This is not the usual presidency. I think thats something this president takes great pride in, sandra. Sandra kevin, more fallout from the president s warning yesterday that he would shut down the government if he does not get funding for that border wall. There is no question about that. This man is bound and determined to get funding for the wall or else. And the or else is something we just saw play out yesterday before the nation that dramatic and quite frankly stunning interaction between the president , nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer yesterday here at the white house. Back to twitter the president talking about this idea of not getting 5 billion for the wall. He tries to draw a distinction here between something the democrats did previously. He says the democrats and president obama gave iran 150 billion and got nothing. They cant give 5 billion for National Security and a wall . Now, we wont get into the fact that was irans money from 1979. I dont want to make people confused. But lets take you through this. The wall was a campaign promise. Many on capitol hill including Lindsey Graham are urging the president to stand his ground, which is exactly what he plans to do. President trump i dont mine owning that issue. Chucks problem is when we last closed down, that was his idea. Honestly he got killed. You know what, rather than us debating who is owning it, ill take it. Ill take it. If we close down the country i will take it because were closing it down for Border Security and i think i win that every single time. A double win he says because the American People want it and he thinks its a political winner as well. Back to you for now. Sandra kevin corke on a busy morning. Bill lets bring in Alan Dershowitz. Thank you for coming back. What is Michael Cohen up against today, sir . Well, its a very unusual situation where you have two prosecutors, the seventh district urging a long, long sentence saying the cooperation wasnt enough to justify a substantial reduction and then you have the special counsel kind of saying something different. Saying yeah, he did cooperate. My suspicion is that the judge will kind of split the difference and maybe not give him the maximum of four or five years. Unlikely to give him no jail time that his lawyers are seeking but perhaps a shorter sentence of one or two years representing the attempt to cooperate at least with the special counsels office. People cooperate get some reward. Bill help us understand why does muellers office look at him more favorably than the federal prosecutors in new york . I think the federal prosecutors have a deep review of what he has done over the years and looked at his history and financial corruption going back a long time with taxi medallions and other financial corruptions. They look at the whole person whereas mueller only has him for lying and he looks at kind of only a snapshot rather than a video. So its not surprising that prosecutors looking at different aspects of cohens life and cooperation would come up with different recommendations. Now, the judge has to look at it holistically. He has to look at the past, the present, the future. Will he still continue to cooperate . And this judge is a very able judge and i suspect that he will give a sentence that represents both points of view of both prosecutors. Bill cohen could still strike a deal whether its today, a week, or a month, or a year from now. You can strike a deal ive seen deals struck after the person got out of prison in order to get some collateral relief. There is never a statute of limitations on striking a deal. Bill if there is one to be struck. The president gave a couple interviews yesterday, one was in the oval office. He told reuters this when they asked about impeachment. It is hard to impeach someone who hasnt done anything wrong. Ifm owe not concerned. I have think the people would revolt if that happened. You wrote the book on that. What did you think when you heard that comment, sir . Its not going to happen, first of all. He wont be impeached unless massive new information comes out. I suspect the special counsel report will include lots and lots of sins based on political and based on circumstantialall evidence but i dont think he will come up with an impeachable offense. Treason, bribery, other high crimes and misdemeanors. The most theyve come up with is a very Questionable Campaign contribution issue that failed years ago. I dont think were in impeachment land and i dont think president s ought to be suggesting any kind of nonlegal response to impeachment. If were to be impeached and removed lawfully, wife i dont think is possible, which i dont think is possible the rule of law would apply and people would have to accept the result. If he were impeached and he challenged that and took it to the Supreme Court, in my book i spell out that possible scenario and whether the president would accept the verdict of the Supreme Court even if he didnt accept the verdict of the senate and house of representatives. Interesting hypothetical of the kind i would present to my law students at harvard but it wont happen in real life. Bill hope you stick around later today. Well watch this thing for cohen and others as we get it here. Thank you Alan Dershowitz in florida today. Sandra well have reaction from Andrew Mccarthy in our second hour and constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley will join us in our third. Buckle up, a wild ride expected the next couple hours. Bill well pass the bar at the end of the week. 11 minutes past the hour. More news from overseas breaking at the moment. A day of reckoning for theresa may. Lawmakers getting ready for a vote of no confidence. It could reverb rate across the ocean at home and wraps up a number of countries. Well get into that. Plus there is this today on a wednesday. Do you believe that google as has been brought out here in some questions is biased . Congressman, it is important to me that we approach our work. Do you believe google is biased . Yes or no . No, not in our approach. Sandra lawmakers grilling the google ceo regarding privacy. Congressman Bob Goodlatte will be here to react. Bill President Trump and leading democrats getting into a spat over the border wall and funding. Ohio republican jim jordan on the border battle and more. He has a lot to say on this coming up live next. When the president said to senator schumer ill gladly take the mantel of doing the voters what we were going to do, build a Border Security wall. If we dont get what we want one way the other, through you, military, through anything you want to call, i will shut down the government and ill shut it down for Border Security. This temper tantrum he seems to throw will not get him his wall and it will hurt a lot of people because he will cause a shutdown. He said pass it in the house his bill in the house. He does not have the votes in the house to pass whatever his agenda is with that wall in it. Bill the rhetoric heating. With me now Ohio Republican jim jordan serves on the judiciary and Oversight Committee. Partial shutdown, maybe it happens or doesnt. Where does it stand today . The president was clear. What he told the American People when they elected him is 2016. The single biggest promise we made the voters in that election. So lets stand firm and get it done and i do think nancy pelosi is wrong. I do think there are the votes in the house, House Republicans to pass the 5 billion for the Border Security wall. We should do it as soon as possible. Bill thats a very important point. Will the House Republicans pass it and hand it off to the senate . Because at that point you would have the debate cornered, would you not . Well, we need to have the debate. Thats the fundamental question. We cant say we dont think there are the votes. We have the 60 vote rule in the senate so well forfet and not even try. We have to have the debate and try. If we stand firm we can get it done. After all, this is what the president is proposing is common sense. We need a Border Security wall and need to reform our asylum laws. The caravan issued underscored it. Lets do what is good common sense policy and only one vehicle left to get it done. You have to jump on the train that will go all the way to the station. That train is the appropriation and funding bill. The president said well put it on that bill and stand firm and that is exactly the right thing to do. Bill here is Lindsey Graham saying the following. Here is whats so hypocritical. In february of this year 44 democrats, including schumer, voted for a bill that had 25 billion for a wall. 2013, schumer helped create a bill that i was part of that had 8 billion for a wall. 42 billion for securing the border in other ways. So they want trump to lose more than they want the country to win. Bill what do you think of that . He said he would stick by the president. He said he had had enough of liberal arrogance. Take it on, stare it down, see what happens. Senator graham is right on target. They used to be for common sense policy building a Border Security wall, getting control of our southern border. Now theyre for open borders and abolishing ice. The leader of their party in 2016, secretary clinton talked about a borderless hemisphere. They have changed and a lot of it is about what senator graham said. They are just against anything the president is for. But here is the important thing. The American People are for this. This makes good common sense. So lets put it on the bill and send it to the senate and have the debate and lets win. Bill one more thing. You want to insert 5 billion to wall funding. Catch and release by reforming the asylum laws. How would you do that and why is that important . Its important because the whole caravan issue underscored this is critical. 85 to 90 of the people seeking asylum arent legitimate asylum seekers. Catch and release and they never show up for the hearing. You have to reform that for the caravan concept weve seen unfolding in the country. Those two things, common sense, those two things address the problem. Those two things are what we have to fight for in the bill. The most important is the 5 billion for the wall. Bill do you think Republican Leadership agrees with you in the house . I think were at a point where we have to do it whether they agree or not. They understand we need a wall. Mr. Scalise and mr. Mccarthy have been clear about this. Lets put it on the bill. The funding bill next week. Lets put it on that and have the debate in the United States senate and let senator graham say its the right thing to do and well get it done. Bill it seems to get Congress Moving when you look at the calendar with a few days to go. Thats what youre up against. Come back. Jim jordan from ohio. See how it goes. 20 past the hour now. Breaking news. Sandra back to the breaking news of the morning on the manhunt for a gunman behind a terror attack in france. Two dead. Many more injured. What the president is now saying. Plus theresa mays future as Prime Minister could be hanging in the balance. Lawmakers are preparing to take a move in a matter of hours. And new Surveillance Footage showing a colorado mom just before she disappeared on thanksgiving day. What were learning about the search for this young woman. Overwhelming air fresheners can send you running. So try febreze one. With no aerosols and no heavy perfumes. So you can spray and stay. Febreze one. 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Lets bring in Nile Gardiner the director of the Margaret Thatcher center at the heritage foundation. She is putting out a big warning there to those who want her out. What the implications are for the future of brexit. What would the fallout be if she is voted out . Well, if theresa may is voted out there will be a leadership contest within the conservative party and youll see a new conservative Prime Minister coming in in january. This doesnt mean that the government will collapse at all. This just means there would be a new leader of the conservative party who would then lead britain in the brexit era. I think certainly there is growing disen chan muchment with mays leadership within the conservative party. She is seen as extremely weakkneed in her negotiations with the European Union. She is no Margaret Thatcher. She has cowered before the e. U. And the brexit negotiations and many conservatives feel theresa may is far too weak a leader to take britain down the path towards brexit. So hence this no confidence vote this evening. Sandra its fascinating to watch it all play out. Probrexit lawmakers put out this joint statement saying in the national interest, may must go. They are making the case that her plan fails to deliver on the clean break from the e. U. That they want. How do they see that . How does it break from that . Right. Theresa mays proposed brexit deal she has negotiated with the European Union is a very, very weak agreement. Basically the agreement means britain will be kept inside the e. U. Indefinitely. Britain cannot sign free trade agreements and ruling from the European Court of justice and britain will be a satellite of the European Union. Many brexit people within the conservative party said enough is enough. She cannot lead britain any longer. Without a doubt it is a disastrous deal she has negotiated. There is no prospect whatsoever she will get this deal through parliament. The only course forward for britain, really, is to move towards a no deal brexit. But theresa mays leadership has been incredibly poor. And i think the mood within the conservative party is theresa may has had two years to negotiate this deal with the European Union and has failed miserably and bullied by the e. U. And this is unacceptable state of affairs. Sandra you are seeing a lot of the uncertainty play out. Well see where it all goes with the next vote about to happen. Now i want to turn to the latest on this france terrorist attack and the manhunt that is currently underway at this hour as we learn from witnesses at the scene of that Christmas Market there that this person entered yelling allahu akbar, arabic for god is great. What can you tell us about the latest were learning that as that manhunt continues . A huge manhunt taking place in the area surrounding strasbourg. He is a French National of moroccan descent radicalized in prison. Convicted no less of 27 times and on a terror watch list and still allowed to roam the streets. This is another political crisis for macron following weeks of huge street protests. This will add to the pressure on his presidency. But without a doubt this is a reflection of the fact that as long as terrorism in europe remains a huge threat and this individual should not have been allowed to walk the streets of strasbourg or any french city, a failure on the part of the French Administration and it also, i think, emphasizes the point that france and European Countries need more secure borders, they need tougher measures against islamist extremists. There are tens of thousands of islamist militants operating in france alone. So this latest terror attack i this will significantly increase the pressure on macron. Sandra the president in the United States is saying why we need more Border Security and tweeting bit. Two killed. Many more wounded. A manhunt underway. Nile gardiner, thank you for joining us this morning. Bill 9 30 in new york. Is Michael Cohen going to jail . President trumps former personal lawyer will be sentenced in federal court this morning. Wealth well get it to you as soon as it happens. Sandra google ceo facing questions on privacy and conservative bias. You heard a lot about it yesterday during the hearing. House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte presided over that hearing and will join us live next. Bill the man behind the scene there, mr. Monopoly stole the show with the google hearing. Whats that all about, huh . Cant take my eyes off of you you seem like heaven to touch, i want to hold you so much daddy diaper duty. I cant say its the highlight of fatherhood. But id rather be here with my little man than not be here because of migraine. I have three words for migraine. I am here. Aimovig, a preventive treatment for migraine in adults, reduces the number of monthly migraine days. For some, that number can be cut in half or more. The most common side effects are pain, redness or swelling at the injection site and constipation. Talk to your doctor about aimovig. And be there more. Bill markets are open, check it out. Were getting used to this. Yesterday we were all over the board. A range of 500 points for the dow 30. A lot of reaction on the u. S. china trade dispute thats ongoing and other things out there, too, however. The president talking about the chinese executive arrested in canada says he could intervene with the Justice Department on her behalf, quote, if i think its good for the country, if i think its good what will be the largest trade deal ever made. An important thing. Whats good for National Security. I would intervene if i thought it was necessary, end quote. That continues up there in canada. Were watching that story, too. Owe you a dollar from yesterday. We had the google hearing, ceo up there. I said you know, google will close lower at the end of the day. You knowing the markets the way you do said. Sandra i think it might finish higher. Bill merry christmas. Sandra okay. Ill collect my earnings after the show, thank you, hemmer. You saw it live here yesterday. Google ceo grilled on capitol hill. Members of the house Judiciary Committee asking him about bias on the Search Engine and its Data Collection practices. Got a little heated at times. Listen to some of it. Has google, through this phone, know that i have moved here and moved over to the left . Its either yes or no. Not by default. There may be a Google Service youve opted to use. So google knows im moving over there. You make 100 million a year you ought to be able to answer that question. Do you believe that google is biased, either yes or no. No, not in our approach. It tells us you either are being dishonest. I dont want to think that, or you dont have a clue how politically biased google is. Sandra chairman of the house Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte was at that hearing. That was our first time seeing mr. Pichai answer questions. How do you think it went yesterday . I thought it was a very good hearing and i hope millions of americans were watching. I hope they learned a lot about how Companies Like google have a tremendous amount of information about them and a tremendous responsibility. And you know, with a company like google that has 90 of the search taking place in the United States, and youtube their subsidiary has 75 of american adults. 95 of 18 to 24yearolds using their service even the mere suspicion they would use their algorithms to influence political bias or promote their products over their competitors raises a lot of issues that need to be addressed. Im glad we held this hearing. We didnt get all the answer we needed from mr. Pichai but he definitely took a lot of questions on a lot of subjects and agreed to get back to us on some there wasnt the time or couldnt go into the depth that needs to be done to look at those things. This is a very important issue and these companies with huge market share either need to do more to educate the public, more to selfpolice, or they will face various reviews in the next congress. I wont be here to do it but i know others will. Sandra some people hear that as republicans talking about regulating business. Are you talking about regulating some of these Technology Giants like google that you just mentioned dominates 90 of the search market, mr. Chairman . I would prefer not to regulate but i do think the application of our antitrust laws, which promotes fair competition, needs to be reviewed and i think that the fact that google, unlike fox news or a whole host of other news organizations that edit their content, determine who gets on their programs or what appears in the newspaper and are subject to libel laws. They dont now its clear that Companies Like google are doing more to edit the content that appears on their platform making them more handson. If it were just here is our platform and put whatever you want on it, that would be totally free speech. If its not free speech why do they get a free pass on protection against libel, for example . Sandra the American People were fascinated. There were so many questions asked that we have about privacy issues or conservative bias when it comes to such a big company thats part of most of our lives. Real quickly i want to show a picture that is just coming into us of Michael Cohen leaving his apartment. This just happened moments ago. We are awaiting Michael Cohen, the president s former personal lawyer. Were awaiting his sentencing. It is expected in the 11 00 a. M. Eastern time hour this morning. So Michael Cohen on his way to learn whether he will go to prison for pleading guilty to tax evasion, lying to congress and Campaign Finance violations. As we await that, mr. Chairman, and finish watching that picture there, i want to transition to the latest words from the former director of the f. B. I. James comey over the weekend said this. Is the president of the United States right now an unindicted coconspirator . I dont know. Not in the formal sense that he has been named in an indictment but if he is not there, he is certainly close given the language in the filing that the crimes were committed at his direction. Sandra now he said that regarding Michael Cohens Campaign Finance violations and i just want to sort of get where you are on all of this as we do await that sentencing in the next couple of hours. Well sandra, as you know, the task force that i, along with trey gowdy chairman of the Oversight Committee launched a little over a year ago has stayed away from mr. Muellers work but i will say it would be good if other people like james comey did the same thing. I have think those are very uncalled for comments. Lets see what happens to mr. Cohen. Lets see what the special counsel brings forward. So far i havent seen anything that would indicate that the president is responsible for the kinds of things that other people are suggesting. So lets wait on the evidence before we draw these conclusions that people want to draw about this. Sandra what conclusion can you draw after having james comey behind closed doors and we all got a look at that testimony . Go ahead. What we were looking at was the way that the f. B. I. , which by the way is the most important Law Enforcement organization in the world. Tens of thousands of people every day keep us safe. Theyre great people. But a handful of people at the top of the f. B. I. In 2016 and early 2017 did a number of things that were contrary to f. B. I. Protocol that seemed to favor the investigation of socalled trump russia collusion and disfavored doing anything about the Hillary Clinton email matter. Two of the most important investigations they conducted during jim comeys watch. The fact of the matter is they were treated differently. Its important the f. B. I. Be reformed. Chris wray has cleaned house. Most of these people are gone. Probably a few more that need to go and followed the recommendations of the inspector generals report in terms of making reforms to make sure that investigations are not conducted the way these two were in 2016. Bill mr. Chairman. There is so much more we could get to. Before we let you go. Leadership for your party. Youre retiring. What would you like to see happen as far as leadership for republicans in the house Judiciary Committee . Well, we have a new ranking member, doug collins of ga. He has been on the committee now for six years and he is an experienced hand. I think he will do a good job of making sure that conservative values, of limited government and individual responsibility are spoken up for in this committee. It is tough being in the minority. Ive been there a couple times myself during my period but i think its important that they stand up for what they think the American People want to see in their government. And it is not more Big Government that im afraid the democrats are going to usher in here in a few weeks. Sandra chairman Bob Goodlatte. Thank you for coming on the program this morning. Please come back. Bill this was mustsee Tv Oval Office yesterday afternoon. How we can keep the government open. President trump well keep it open if we have Border Security. If we dont have Border Security we wont. Bill what an exchange this was. Both sides trying to get a deal. Congressman sean duffy. Well get his reaction coming up in a moment here next. President trump i think it was a very friendly meetings. You saw the beginnings of it. It worked out to be pretty good. Ive liked them for a long period of time and respect them both. And we made a lot of progress. O . Newday usa can help. We earned a lot of va benefits with our service. But the va home loan benefit is a big one. If you want to use it to get cash, call newday usa. Va loans are all they do. And dont let less than perfect credit hold you back. Even if youve been turned down for a va loan by your bank, call newday usa. Theyve been given automatic authority by the va. They can often help veterans when other lenders wont. 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Bill both sides digging in on border funding. Nancy pelosi saying there arent enough votes to sign off. Sean duffy is here. Good morning to you as well. What did you think of that interchange . I find it fascinating where nancy pelosi thinks she knows about border funding. We have the votes. We arent doing it right now. Were waiting to negotiate with the sen ate. Hopefully democrats get common sense the American People love Border Security. If that doesnt work out well be back next week and take the vote and it will pass. Bill you are saying the house has the votes now. Absolutely we do. Bill by how many . All i care is we get 218. We have enough to pass the bill in a majority body. Bill there was so much back and forth yesterday. Chuck schumer at one point said this, when a president brags that he has won indiana and north dakota he is in real trouble and the president said we did. We did win. How do you think that makes those folks feel . It looks like they are taking jabs at the president but the bottom line is we kept the senate in a tough election cycle. You know, bill, the problem we have. Republicans control the house and the senate and the white house. The problem we have is in the senate because of their rules and the president was saying this yesterday you need 10 democrats to vote for this bill to get to 60 to pass a border bill. I thought it was fascinating. I love the president in the sense he says lets have an open debate and conversation, let the American People see where i stand about Border Security but also you can see where nancy pelosi and chuck stand. They are talking about Border Security but there is no plan that they have to secure the border because they like open borders. They are okay with people flooding into the country. Bill, we had a vote three months ago on the house floor that said you can only vote in an American Election if youre an american citizen. Illegals cant vote in our connection. Most of the democrats voted no or president. They dont think you need to be a citizen to vote in our elections. Nancy pelosi is in a tough spot. She wants to be the speerk. She doesnt have the votes to be the speaker. If they cave the left wing in her conference wont vote for her. She is looking for her own speaker election as opposed to whats best for American Security and Border Security. Bill thank you for your time. See where it goes. Something else to watch. Something else. Sean duffy, thank you, the republican from wisconsin. Sandra new concerns for security at our southern border. Border patrol agents saying they apprehended 11,000 families in the month of november alone. We will be live with the details next. chime [narrator] meet sharks newest robot vacuum. It powerfully cleans from floors to carpets, even pet hair, with ease, and now for cleaning surfaces above the floor, it comes with a built in shark handheld. One dock, two sharks. The shark ion robot cleaning system. If i needed to pick up the phone and this is what i need to do. Are you good with this . We partnered in that. He would ratchet up the rhetoric and i would go back to the ambassadors and say he is pretty upset. I cant promise you what he is going to do or not. I got the job done by being truthful but also by letting him be unpredictable and not showing our cards. Bill really interesting conversationout going Ambassador Nikki Haley speaking out how mr. Trump can be unpredictable and she would help get things done at the u. S. She leaves her position at the end of this year come january and seek private employment, probably make a lot of money and do a good job. Job well done. Came in as an underdog and surpassed expectations. Sandra new developments. Were watching for you at this hour. Border patrol agents saying record numbers of apprehensions in texas. Casey stiegel is live in dallas. Good morning. Talking about more than 2300 children traveling by themselves caught in the month of november alone and that is just in one sector down in the Rio Grande Valley of south texas. And were talking about 11,000 family units also taken into custody for november. This is a 216 increase from this time last year. 216. This all coming from u. S. Customs and Border Protection data just released. The latest numbers coming out when a large part of the u. S. Military presence is set to expire along the southern border going down to 3,000 active duty troops in time for the holidays. In recent weeks there had been as many as 5400 soldiers deployed along the border. All while tensions continue to rise on the other side. New video showing a group of about 100 migrant demonstrators, many asylum seekers, marching towards the u. S. Consulate building in tijuana, mexico. But Mexican Police donning riot gear prevented them from getting close to the building. No injuries reported but a 216 hike in family apprehensions in one month and just down here in texas alone, sandra. Sandra casey stiegel reporting for us if dallas. Bill Michael Cohen at a new york city courtroom will be sentenced in federal court in manhattan. As we wait, former assistant u. S. Attorney Andy Mccarthy has a lot to say on this and the mueller matter. He is coming up live in moments. Do not move. Were right back in a moment here 9 00 to noon with smitty and hemmer. ® reason. Now im doing more to lower my a1c. Once daily tresiba® controls blood sugar for 24 hours for powerful a1c reduction. Tresiba® is a longacting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. Dont use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. Dont share needles or insulin pens. Dont reuse needles. 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Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im sandra smith. Bill im bill hemmer. He could be facing years behind bars. Bob mueller saying that the cohen sentence shouldnt be the maximum citing his cooperation on the russia matter but prosecutors in new york are hammering him seeking substantial jail time. Here is what Alan Dershowitz said just last hour. You have two prosecutors, the seventh district urging a long sentence saying cooperation wasnt enough to justify substantial reduction and you have the special counsel kind of saying something different. My suspicion is the judge will kind of split the difference. Bill laura engel outside the courthouse in Lower Manhattan. Good morning. Well, many people are calling this Michael Cohens day of reckoning. The biggest question this morning is how much prison time will he actually get after pleading guilty to all the charges . You mentioned he left his apartment and on the move awaiting his arrival any moment outside of court. President trumps former personal attorney and fixer could have faced up to 70 years in prison on all nine charges which including arranging hush money payments for two women that claim to have affairs with president before he took office. President trump called it a simple, private transaction which he considers a civil matter, not criminal. Cohen is facing one count from special counsel Robert Muellers office for making false statements to congress about a russian real estate deal known as the moscow project which he at first said was not in play during the 2016 campaign but later admitted it was. While cohens attorneys have asked the judge in the case for no prison time and mueller praised cohen for cooperating in the russia probe, federal prosecutors with the u. S. Attorneys office are asking for considerable prison time saying he hasnt cooperated fully with them. While the government has downgraded the federal recommendations for sentencing theyre still asking between 3 1 2 and 5 years in prison for cohen. Were most likely going to see Michael Cohen go home today and have some time to get his affairs in order before turning himself in. Legal experts say it could be between 30 and 60 days. He still has some negotiating power left once he goes to prison. If cohen is sitting in jail he may decide maybe i should tell them about other thing i didnt tell them about. If he provides that information he can get additional credit and get a reduction on his sentence. For what its worth, President Trump weighed in on all of this tweeting he lied for this outcome and should in my opinion serve a full and complete sentence. Weve been told cohen has left with his family and understand friends are here lined up to be in court today and could hear from cohen himself at the sentencing. Bill downtown new york city, thank you. Sandra the extraordinary scene yesterday in the oval office as cameras were rolling. President trump telling nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer that he would take responsibility for a Government Shutdown if congress does not provide money for his border wall. Watch. President trump last time, chuck, you shut it down and opened it quickly. 20 times you called for i will shut down the government if i dont get my wall. President trump you want to know something . You said it. President trump ill take it. Lets call a halt to this. We come in here as the first branch of government. Article 1, the legislative branch. Were coming in in good faith to negotiate with you about how to keep the government open. President trump well keep it open if we have Border Security. If we dont have Border Security were not going to keep it open. Sandra chief Congressional Correspondent on the hill this morning. What are democrats saying after seeing the showdown between the president and Democratic Leaders. Democrats are eager to pin a partial Government Shutdown on President Trump and some suggest this is a silly fight. The vast majority of democrats have voted for significant increases in Border Security. The fight were having here is more over the symbolism of whether were going to give President Trump 5 billion more for wall funding when he already got about 1. 3 billion this year that hasnt been spent yet for Border Security. One key House Democrat says the mistake was holding the meeting on camera and allowing it to turn into an episode of days of our lives. I was a small businessman before i came to congress. Whenever i did a deal with anybody i never invited cameras into a room. I think we should get behind some closed doors, hash things out, and come up with a plan and move forward. Its not entirely clear what would be acceptable to both President Trump and at least some democrats, sandra. Sandra what do republicans make of the fight of this stage . Theyre convinced there will be a partial Government Shutdown right before christmas. I dont think President Trump is bluffing and i dont think Speaker Pelosi will give an inch because she wants to be speaker. I hate to say this but most people in washington care about their jobs first. A Kentucky House republican is eager to place the blame squarely on the woman who wants to be speaker again, nancy pelosi. She does not have the votes to be speaker. They are prioritizing her political ambitions over National Security. House republicans are considering putting a 5 billion Border Security bill on the floor in a show of support for President Trump. Sandra thank you. Bill Michael Cohen arrived. You may have seen the split screen at the court in Lower Manhattan. He left his apartment with his family on park avenue 35 minutes ago and now he is entering court and well see what the judge says. Recommendations four to five years in prison. Alan dershowitz suggesting maybe a year and a half. Well watch together as this proceeds throughout the morning. No shortage of cameras outside the federal courthouse in new york city. Want to bring in americas ateam brian brenberg, Brad Blakeman and robert wolff. Thank you for that card that you gave to sandra and me earlier today. Very, very nice. We watched this thing in the oval Office Yesterday together. 12 15 in the afternoon. Sandra we grabbed lunch. Watched his office. Bill holy cow. Well talk about that in a moment but first about Michael Cohen. It is interesting he is walking into this situation today and two different views of what kind of sentence he should get. It speaks to the fact that neither one of the prosecutors involved here really have a good handle on whether Michael Cohen is telling the truth. One says substantial we dont think he cooperated. The other very minimal sentence. How can they be that different unless nobody really knows exactly what Michael Cohen is saying and whether or not its true . Thats the fundamental issue with him and remains that case even with the sentencing today. Michael cohens crimes are personal to him. They are not in connection with anything that has in my opinion liability for the president. Let me put on my lawyer hat a second. Client goes to the lawyer and says i want you to make a settlement. The same kind of settlements ive made when i was a private citizen. Now running for president. He asks Michael Cohen to make a settlement, the same settlements he made before. Cohen makes the settlement. If he thought the settlement was improper or illegal he should have said to the client you know what . Its a different time. This may be a violation. Im not going to do it. The fact is Michael Cohen did it. And now he admits he did something he knew was illegal. You cant pin that on the client. I think trying to have guilt by association or guilt for the bad acts of one on another, there is no allegation that the president knew it was illegal. I happen to think it was not illegal. Cohen pled to it. I dont know why he did. I think it goes too far to have guilt by association saying the president somehow is liable for the bad acts of a bad lawyer. Ill take it personally and professionally. Personally, you know, when we saw his children around him come out of his house this morning, cohen, you just feel sad as a father that you are seeing this. In one respect i hope theyre lenient. On the other aspect i depended on my lawyers to be the sheriff. The hard line in the sand. There is no gray area. Its black and white and you tell me right from wrong. If i think im doing something wrong. And he did not do a very good professional job for his clients and it is coming home to roost. Therefore he is screwing with the wrong group. The Southern District. They are a take no prisoners office. I am not feeling really that good where this outcome will be for him. Bill mueller recommended one thing but prosecutors threw the book at him. But everything is gray with cohen which comes back to your point about what does it mean for the president . What do you want to believe . Even the prosecutors cant agree on whether he was helpful or not helpful, which means they cant agree whether he was telling the truth. Are you going to build your case for collusion on somebody who even the prosecutors cant sandra just the optics alone. If he is sentenced to years in prison, what that looks like to have the president s former personal attorney sent to years in prison. It is unfortunate but in our country we dont have guilt by association. These crimes especially in the Southern District are personal to cohen. Tax evasion, taxi cab medallion scams. These are all things he did outside any duties he had with then personal trump and then professional trump in running as a politician. I agree. Why call a crime. Its personal to him. This is about what he did. Bill the oval office from yesterday. The president talking about shutting down the government for the Border Security wall. Watch. President trump i am proud to shut down the government for Border Security, chuck. Because the people of this country dont want criminals and people that have lots of problems and drugs pouring into our country. So i will take the mantel. I will be the one to shut it down. I wont blame you for it. Bill there is more of that. If you want more of that here is another one. More of the back and forth then, watch. President trump it doesnt help for me to take a vote in the house where i will win easily with the republicans. It doesnt help to take that vote because im not going to get the vote of the senate. I need 10 senators. Thats the problem. You have the white house, you have the senate, you have the house. President trump the house would give me the vote if i wanted it but nancy, i need 10 votes from chuck. Sandra that was a sample. Bill let the American People behind the scenes, seeing how the sausage is now going to be made in washington or not made. I dont want to eat it but ill tell you one thing, President Trump stuck it to them. And Chuck Schumer looked like he was going to the principals office, couldnt look the president in the eye. Nancy pelosi is the only one who stood up to the president and didnt win. You are on his turf in the oval office. By the way, has she leaves the oval office she goes to the sticks outside the west wing and makes sexist remarks about the president. What if the president had made sexist remarks about nancy pelosi . Bill was that on camera and behind closed doors. It was leaked out. Bill want to be clear about that. Exactly. The fact of the matter is she admitted to saying it. This is what she said about the president. Nothing about substance of the meeting. Had to attack his manhood. Ridiculous. I would respectfully disagree. I was not happy with that moment. Great reality tv for 10 minutes and not what the oval office is for. I wish the cameras were not in there. If thats how theyre making deals then nothing will be done for the next two years. I dont think a Government Shutdown is something you talk frivolously about. The president wont get the 5 billion. What is the next step . Bill sean duffy said they will. Nancy pelosi doesnt know where our votes are. Bill there were republican senators this morning saying oh my god, it shouldnt be the republicans talking about a Government Shutdown. Sandra some people like that sort of transparency. They like to see bill 65 of voters this morning do not like the idea of a Government Shutdown. That just does not stick over time. You had the shutdown in early 2018. Democrats got most of the blame for that probably. They come back in november and win the house. People dont have a long memory on shutdowns. But they do care about key issues. This is a key issue for the president. He has to go to bat on this. I dont think he is taking a big risk. Bill what i think is interesting. Democrats despise that meeting from yesterday. Republicans are cheering it. Lindsey graham says ill stick by the president. This liberal arrogance ive had enough of it. Take it on, stare it down and see what happens. We have a calendar about to tell us what happens. If the president doesnt do it now before the new Congress Comes in he will be hostage to these people for the next two years. He has to lay the gauntlet down now otherwise they will own him. It is clear democrats care more about shutting down the government than the president does. He neutralized them on that issue and it gives him i think the jury is out. I dont think going into christmas a Government Shutdown is good for anybody. Sandra thank you very much. Meanwhile this story continues this morning that deadly terror on the streets of france. I am confident that the city of strasbourg will never let terrorists take over their beautiful marketplaces and streets in this city. They belong to the people. Sandra the manhunt continues for the terrorist who opened fire last night on a Christmas Market. Well have the latest on that. Bill the president making news on the economy and markets saying it would be foolish to raise Interest Rates and the u. S. Is working on a deal with china as we speak. Charles payne has a lot to talk about. The deck is stacked for charles and he is next right after this. Sandra france on high alert as Police Search for a gunman on a person who opened fire on a Christmas Market. Two dead, a dozen injured. Five people have been detained but the suspect is on the run at this hour. Witnesses say he shouted god is great in arabic as he opened fire. Police identifying him as 29yearold cherif chekatt, an excon on a watch list of suspected extremist. He was shot in the arm but escaped. Secretary of state mike pompeo telling Fox News Channel earlier it appears no americans were killed or injured in that attack. Bill developing story. More on that for you from europe. A look at the markets right now. Pretty good day so far. 50 minutes into trading up 349 this after a seesaw day from yesterday. A range of 500 points in the same index. Charles payne Fox Business Network cranking up his show at 2 00 this afternoon. First he stops here. Good morning to you. Another exciting start to the day. Bill if they do a partial Government Shutdown how much does that affect anything here . I dont think it will affect the market much at all. It lasts maybe a month or so. A few days a partial. Sometimes the market has been up on shutdown. Sometimes down on shutdowns. We had a couple of shutdowns earlier in the year. Didnt do anything to the stock market. Sandra Interest Rates is a big question mark. Do they go up, stay, what happens . The president saying he is putting his feelings out there. It is unprecedented for a United States president. Listen, he is stating a case, right . He is trying to get something done. He is trying to achieve something, not only with our economy but with this trade fight with china. He does not want to be put in an awkward position or want america to be put in an awkward position. If you have tariffs, the last thing you want to do is to raise the cost of things on top of that by the Federal Reserve adjusting rates. I think what he is trying to say to the fed is be cool, you did a lot of rate hikes this year. You did a lot last year. Even admittedly they admitted themselves they arent sure what the impact will be for the next sandra he said it would be foolish. Bill here it is. On camera here. I think that would be foolish but what can i say . What can i say . I put a man there, jay powell, right, what can i say . If they do that i would be disappointed. A lot of people would be disappointed. Were fighting trade battles and winning but i need accommodation, too. The Federal Reserve used to complain about president obama all the time but saying were doing all this stuff, Monetary Policy and fiscal policy has gone the opposite way. Be that as it may the fed will probably raise rates next week but they wont go they will put it on pause big time especially if we keep getting the inflationary data. The most important report, the cpi report. Benign inflation. The only thing going up are used car prices. Sandra perhaps the market is conceding Interest Rates will go up. Worried about it. Weve seen fluctuations and now its up 350. They know next week is done. The fed has worked hard to let the market know we wont be on automatic rate hike. Well make sure the data supports any rate hikes from here on out. Bill want to get from hogan gidley . Watch. What i think people do understand is what the president has been telling them honestly and openly since he took office. China has been cheating us for quite some time. The World Community knows this. It is the first time weve had a president stand up to china and say were showing everybody, exposing everybody to whats actually going on with trade and other issues as relates to the United States and we arent going to take it anymore. Bill you could add china knows it, too. Of course. The thing this morning we were heading higher when the wall street journal reported china is willing to make changes. The journal reported it this morning. This is huge. This is absolutely mindboggling. We all remember Ronald Reagan trust by verify especially when it comes to china. The skeptics out there will be wrong this time. I think china will make some major, major changes. Doesnt mean they dont want to dominate the world. You cant steal from the world in broad daylight. China being the number one country to have the preeminence. You cant have unfair trade practices. If you want your currency to be the currency every country uses in place of the u. S. Dollar you need to do a better job of being a fair, honest trader and they arent doing that. Sandra interesting as robert wolff was walking off formerly with president obama and former chief of ubs said i think the economy is a lot better than the market is reflecting. It is flat for the year now. He says he thinks the economy is people are feeling pretty good. Not only people but its the people that hadnt been feeling good for a long time. One of the biggest things missed on the friday with the jobs report. The Unemployment Rate going down for High School Dropouts and High School Graduates at the lowest level since 2000. Thats amazing. People are working now that had given up on the idea of maybe getting a job. Bill see you at 2 00. Used car prices are going higher, what does that mean . Im not sure. 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Usually what i would expect is that the judge will give roughly the sentence the prosecutors have recommended, which the defense isnt fighting that hard, about 42 months, less than what cohens sentencing guidelines would have been for the array of especially fraud charges that he pled guilty to. But is a recognition of his cooperation, limited as it was, with the Mueller Investigation. The Southern District said normally 51 to 61 months. We wont make a motion for him as if he were a full cooperator would require Global Cooperation on his part. Everything he possibly knows about himself and anyone else. He wasnt willing to do that. They did want to give him credit for what he gave to mueller so he gets a shave of a few months. Bill here is what the a. P. Writes. He dodged taxes, pled guilty in august, pled to cooperate and mueller is looking on him favorably from what we read and understand and he changed his Party Registration from republican to democrat. I dont know why thats relevant. When you are said to be a cooperating witness and then the prosecutors say your cooperation has ended, what does that mean . What is he led to understand when he says ill give you this and ill give you that if you give me x, y, z. Let me break it down two ways because the timing thank you raise is important. Ordinary if a prosecutor had plans for a big case that was upcoming the last thing you would do is let a cooperator get sentenced. What you want is the cooperator to testify first at the big trial and then sentence because the testimony is going to be the most important part of the cooperation. That obviously didnt happen here and hasnt happened with any of muellers cooperators, which leads you to think he doesnt have anything very big coming down the pike because you wouldnt let these guys get sentenced first. You would make them testify first. In the Southern District of new york, my old office which is the office thats prosecuting cohen, to be what is known as a term of art in the district as a cooperator, you have to agree to tell the government everything, everything youve ever done from cradle to wherever you are in your life. Bill at some point they concluded that cohen is hiding something. He told them he wasnt interested in being a full scale cooperator. Bill we cant say whether or not he is keeping information from them that would implicate him or someone else. The suggestion in the sentencing memo is its about himself that he doesnt want to speak. He doesnt want to go through his entire history. Sandra based on the sentencing it doesnt sound like its the president. They know an awful lot about the president. Be difficult to think of an area sandra since the sentencing is about to happen in the next hour, what conclusions will we be able to draw about implications based on the sentencing . Sandra, i dont think you get anything more from the sentence the judge imposes than what weve gotten from the sentencing memoranda that were submitted particularly by the prosecutors. Thats really our window into where their investigation is going and how they evaluate cohen has a cooperator. The sentence the judge imposes is going to be a measure not just of what he thinks of those investigations and cohens value to them and what he thinks of cohens crimes, but anything on the Positive Side of the ledger that there is about cohen that comes from, you know, his family, his friends, people who would speak in his behalf. Bill this is what the president said on cohen. Number one it wasnt a Campaign Contribution. If it were its civil. If its only civil there was no violation based on what we did and add Michael Cohen is a lawyer supposed to know what to do. Thats what you rely on people for and pay lawyers for. Bill i think two things are going on. One is the Southern District is trying to make a case on the president as far as the Campaign Finance violation is concerned. They would not have elicited from cohen he was directed by the president if that were not the objective. But i think the president is right. I dont think this is a Campaign Finance violation and what i would say is turn it around. Suppose the president said yeah, i think thats a campaign its a Campaign Expense these payoffs to these women. You know what ill do . Ill take Campaign Funds and im going to pay hush money to these women. I think if he had done that, which is the assumption of the Southern District is that this is campaign matter, i think if he had done that the same people who were screaming felony, you didnt disclose under the Campaign Financing clause. Felony, they get him coming or going. And you dont want your criminal law should be clear law that Everybody Knows exactly what it is that theyre obligated to do exactly what is illegal. You dont have the criminal law intrude in a regulatory type situation where they can get you coming or going. Bill we want to get to flynn, too, right . Sandra yes. The fox headline if we want to throw it up flynn says f. B. I. Pushed him not to have lawyer present during interview. You have strong feelings on where this is. I think this is the biggest saint of all time, i really do. I cant believe that its that people arent screaming about this. General flynn is going to get a no jail sentence. If mueller had said nothing, right, general flynn was going to get a no jail sentence. He committed a process crime which has sentencing guidelines of 0 to 6 months but he is a first offender and on the Positive Side of the ledger he has a 30year history of courageous decorated service to the United States. There is not a federal judge in america that was going to put him in jail. What does mueller do . Mueller files a cooperation motion saying he has provided substantial assistance to our investigation and what is the result . Mueller asked for what the judge is going to do anyway. And then when the judge walks flynn, as Everybody Knows or should know that he is going to walk him, what will be reported is that he was given a no jail sentence because of the great cooperation that he gave to muellers investigation. And then everybody will look again at the sentencing memo i think seven pages and it is blacked out. You have two or three bill you say mueller is doing a head fake for the court, public or both . What im saying is i think there is no there there but theyve orchestrated it in a way that makes it look like there is explosive cooperation in there and its fortified by the fact that you have these black lined pages in the sentencing memo which makes everybody think who knows whats under there, must be some explosive stuff. Bill why would he do that . In order to generate the idea the investigation is making progress. Sandra to make it look like Michael Flynn heavily cooperated and there are the bombshells there with the redactions. If it was explosive cooperation, flynn would have pled guilty to espionage but being held back to testify in a big proceedings but they dont have it. Bill the waters run deep. Good to see you. Thank you, sir. Sandra the russian student accused of being a spy in the u. S. Will plead guilty to conspiracy. 30yearold has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in exchange for her cooperation with Ongoing Investigations. Catherine herridge joins us live from washington with the latest details on this. Good morning. Thank you, sandra. According to legal records reviewed by fox news, prosecutors allege she targeted a gun rights organization. Sources say the National Rifle association along with an unidentified american. She sought to establish unofficial lines of communications with americans having power and influence over u. S. Politics for the benefits of the russian federation. They allege she set up a trip to moscow and friendship dinners with those who would have the ear of the new administration. The russian president said late yesterday his spy chiefs know nothing about her and her father said she would never admit to crimes she didnt commit. Her lawyer argued she is a foreign student interested in american politics and better u. S. russia relations. The case is important to note is separate from special counsel Robert Muellers russia investigation, sandra. Sandra Catherine Herridge and the latest on that. Bill 20 minutes before the hour. Mike pompeo here in new york making remarks at the u. N. Now with regard to iran. So well follow that for headlines. Stay tuned for more on that coming up live in new york city. Mike pompeo is here on fox a bit earlier today and had a lot to say. Back on that story. In the meantime this is breaking on capitol hill. Sandra c. I. A. Director gina haspel going to congress and the issue is significant. The entire house is being briefed on the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. This, of course, the big question how it could impact the u. S. Relationship with saudi arabia. Indiana senator todd young is one of the Major Players in this debate. He will join us live next. But first here is secretary of state mike pompeo. Ive spoken to the king, king salman and spoken to the crown prince a number of times since the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and it is absolutely americas intent to hold everyone accountable who was responsible for this. Bill fox news alert. C. I. A. Director gina haspel arriving on the hill to brief the house on the murder of the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The Senate Debates a measure to give oversight over the war in yemen. The Senate Foreign relations committee, senator todd young from indiana. Thank you for being here today. Mike pompeo is making out his case a bit earlier today about the u. S. Involvement in yemen and why its important on behalf of saudi arabia. He said the following. Watch. The saudis have already paid the price. There are the folks who actually committed the murder weve held accountable and we will continue to do that. No one underestimates how horrible this murder was. Bill what problem do you have with that, senator . I dont take issue with that statement. I actually want to reinforce the efforts of secretary mattis and secretary pompeo to make sure that this worst humanitarian crisis in the world with 14 million yemen just outside of saudi arabia on the brink of starvation and a horrible terrorist breeding ground in yemen where we have al qaeda and isis and iran all continuing to strengthen their presence the longer the civil war goes on. What the secretary of state has called for along with secretary mattis is a ceasefire so that all parties to the civil war can arrive at the negotiating table in good faith. Now, ive been working on this matter since march of 2017. Ive authored resolutions and legislation, held hearings, given speeches, even put a hold on a nominee when secretary tillerson was finding his sea legs on this issue. Negotiations are going on but we need to apply more pressure that we can do on the u. S. Senate today so the saudis negotiate in good faith. Sandra the latest word from the president on this via a statement he says well, im much more open to yemen because i hate to see whats going on in yemen, he writes. But it takes two to tango. I would want to see iran pull out of yemen, too. How specifically is President Trump doing on this issue . Well, President Trump and his National Security team, as i indicated. Have called for a ceasefire on october 30th. They called for a ceasefire within the next 30 days by all parties. Now, our security partner, saudi arabia, has not honored that request. And so i guess my question would be why . And i think the answer is we in congress have not helped this administration apply enough pressure to our saudi partners so that they can be at the negotiating table in good faith. Again, the only way to reduce iranian influence in yemen over the longer term is to make sure the civil war destabilizing that country comes to an end and then iran can leave. Right now its unstable and iran and al qaeda and isis will continue to threaten not just their neighbors but even the American People if this continues. So today these votes will be important and i will be if given the opportunity, offering an amendment to the legislation were voting on today that will put refueling assistance away from saudi aircraft which have been targeting indiscriminately men, women and children in the country of yemen. That is inconsistent with our values and National Security interests and thats why folks back home understand this thing needs to be brought to an end. Bill final topic on the military budget. The president s tweet from a short time ago. Democrats do not give us the votes to secure our country the military will rebuild the remaining sections of the wall. Is it 730, 750 billion in the budget . What would you support . Would some of that money go toward Border Security and would you be okay with that . We absolutely have to secure our southern border and the United States marine who spent a number of months stationed on our southern border working on precisely this mission coming up with new doctrine to secure our southern border, i think its essential that Congress Acts on this issue. I think the president is right to press on this. You know, Chuck Schumer has shut down the government over related issue of illegal immigration a number of months ago. I hope he doesnt do so again. We need to Work Together in a bipartisan way to do exactly what the people of indiana and the rest of america i would hope to want us to do here is secure that border and then solve the broader immigration challenges we face as a nation. Sandra senator todd young. Thank you for joining us this morning. Well, dozens of american diplomats suffering mysterious brain injuries in cuba with no trace of how they were caused. Now the results of a brandnew study are out. What they reveal. Hi dad. No. Dont try to get up. Hi, im julie, a right at home caregiver. And if id been caring for toms dad, i would have noticed some dizziness that could lead to balance issues. Thats because im trained to report any changes in behavior, no matter how small, so tom could have peace of mind. Well be right there. We have to go. Hey, tom. You should try right at home. Theyre great for us. The right care. Right at home. Sandra a brandnew medical report shedding some light on the bizarre brain injury suffered about dozens of american diplomats in cuba. Dr. Marc siegel is with us. A big deal. The only people who examined the diplomat, 25 of them right after the event. Retrospective but it is not polluted by what the media said or hope for workmans compensation claim or treatments they got. This is what they looked like. What they found is very striking. Problems with dizziness, problems with balance. Gravity center of the inner ear. Problems with the brain secondarily with thinking. All of which point to a weapon. All of which point probably to a sonic weapon, a low frequency weapon that impacted the inner ear and problem in thinking. Its huge. Cuba is saying its hysteria. This rules it out. These are physicians that examined these patients and said this is not his hysteria. Maybe microwaves, i listened to the News Conference. I dont think so. I think its something. Bill what did you hear during the News Conference . It sounds like a hand held sonic device. I heard this is what they think it is. This is Sherlock Holmes and looking at the bread crumbs trying to piece it together. Groundbreaking, it dispels the whole idea its hysteria. Everyone was affected differently. Guess what . Youll be affected differently by how distant you are from the weapon. Bill you could take a hand held device and turn it on and affect someones inner will. It may have been somebody in the room. It may have been something in a truck. I dont know exactly what device it was. But this is verifiable medical science now. Sandra amazing it happened in 2017 and the first were seeing the findings. Theyve been monitoring the people and watching them over time. Not the first time the study has come out but the first time a study that wasnt polluted by time and agendas. Very important. Something was done to these men and women. 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Sandra fox news alert on judgment day for Michael Cohen, the president s former attorney will be sentenced in federal court. That could be happening at any moment now. Welcome back to americas newsroom, im sandra smith. Bill im bill hemmer. Good morning. Cohen once known as the president s fixer hoping that cooperating with the Mueller Probe may lighten his sentence. Prosecutors are looking for substantial prison time. Alan dershowitz two hours ago saying this. Its a very unusual situation where you have two prosecutors, the Southern District urging a long, long sentence saying the cooperation wasnt enough to justify substantial reduction and you have the special counsel kind of saying something different. Saying yeah, he did cooperate. My suspicion is that the judge will kind of split the difference. Sandra Fox Team Coverage on this. John roberts is live at the white house. Bret baier joins us with his analysis but first laura engel at u. S. District court in new york city. Laura. We have just gotten word the Court Proceedings are now underway. Michael cohen arrived a short while ago with his family. His wife and daughter who was on crutches and his son with him. Walking into court facing a reporters and cameras clicking away and no comment. The government will speak first. Defense team will get their turn in front of the judge and the chance that Michael Cohen could address the judge himself before he learns just how much time he may get behind bars after pleading guilty to all the charges against him. President trumps former personal attorney socalled fixer could have been facing a lot of years. 70 in prison, the maximum on nine charges. Eight counts from the Southern District of new york, tax evasion, Campaign Finance violations and hush money payments for two women who claim to have had affairs with the president before he took office, he denies it. Stormy daniels and her lawyer avenatti plans to speak after court. This week President Trump called the payments a simple private transaction that he considers a civil matter, not criminal. Cohen is facing one count from special counsel Robert Muellers office for making false statements to congress with a russian real estate deal known as the moscow project not in play during the 2016 campaign but later admitted it was. The attorneys have asked for no prison time and mueller praised cohen for cooperating in the russian probe federal prosecutors with the u. S. Attorneys office are asking for considerable prison time saying he hasnt cooperated. They still want the judge to give him roughly 3 1 2 years to a five year sentence. Cohen will most likely go home today and have time to get his affairs in order before turning himself in. Legal experts say even if he gets a hefty sentence he still has some negotiating power left once he goes to prison if he gives up any more information he could get time knocked off of his time. Now the hearing is expected to go on throughout the hour. We have producers and Rick Leventhal inside the courthouse today. Once we find out what happened well let you know as soon as we get it here. Sandra could happen any moment now. Bill from new york we go to the white house. Implication else for the president in the cohen matter. John roberts picks that up from the north lawn. What are you hearing . Good morning. Not hearing anything from the president just yet. No reaction from him because there is nothing to react to at this moment. You can bet that he is watching this closely and yesterday in an interview with reuters he tried to distance himself from anything that might happen to Michael Cohen in court today on the issue of the illegal Campaign Contribution saying number one, it wasnt a Campaign Contribution. If it were its only civil. Even if its only civil there was no violation based on what we did. To add something to it. Michael cohen is a lawyer and supposed to noef what to do. Thats what you rely on people for. Thats what you paid lawyers for. As laura was mentioning the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york thinks cohen should serve substantial jail time, a modest reduction from the guidelines. The Mueller Investigation, though, citing substantial cooperation cohen gave the office of the special counsel. Maybe the judge will see leniency after the plea deal. Mueller thinks he might be able to get good information from cohen and the best way im told by people who have done this before to get good information from people is to show that you can be lenient when their back is up against the wall. Bill well watch for that. What about the meeting and the fallout from yesterday with Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi . I think we can safe life say that the honeymoon is over. There is no question about that. Real contentious meeting in the oval Office Yesterday in the back and forth over funding for the wall. The president s strategy yesterday was to have the media present while everybody in the room illuminated their contrasting points of view to let the public decide on who has the high ground. Watch some of this exchange. 20 times you have called for i will shut down the government if i dont get my wall. President trump yes, if we dont get what we want one way or the other, through you, military, anything you want to call, i will shut down the government. The wall is a part of board are security. You cant have good Border Security without the wall. Thats a political promise. This spirals downward when we came at a place to say how to meet the needs of American People. Bill nancy pelosi insisting the president doesnt have the votes in the house of representatives to get his 5 billion for the wall. The president said he has no problem shutting down the government on the 21st of this month if congress doesnt give him the money. The last time the government shut down was in february over daca recipients. Chuck schumer got blamed for it. The president yesterday saying he is happy to take the blame if he has to shut down the government over Border Security. Listen here. President trump rather than us debating who is owning it. Ill take it. Ill take it. If we close down the country i will take it because were closing it down for Border Security and i think i win that every single time. One thing is clear, yesterdays meeting was most likely an early harbinger of things to come. So bill, if you didnt think we were busy enough here at the white house for the past two years, just you wait. Bill something else. Thank you, john roberts from the north lawn. Appreciate that. Sandra for more on this lets bring in bret baier anchor of special report. We know Michael Cohen is in there for his sentencing and we saw him leave this morning and arrive at court. He have is in there. Now all we have left to do is wait. The sentencing could come at any moment now. What are you anticipating . The Southern District of new york was pretty stringent in its recommendations for sen tnsing for cohen. The special counsel a little less so. Essentially agreeing that whatever he faces is what he should face. They felt he lied to them at times. Was not cooperative at the beginning and then eventually came around. I think this will be interesting to see what exactly he faces. All of the focus on the Campaign Finance violation is really coming into question and whether whether this is a real element that can be battled by this president. There are a lot of people pointing to john edwards and the court battle that said essentially that it was not a Campaign Finance violation to pay off a mistress. Other people are pointing to the fact that the prosecutor said that the president and the candidate at the time directed him to do it as an indication that goes the other way. Sandra Andy Mccarthy joined us last hour and he said this. If the prosecutor had plans for a big case that was upcoming, the last thing you would do is let a cooperator get sentenced. That didnt happen here and hasnt happened with any of muellers cooperators which leads you to think he doesnt have anything very big coming down the pike because you wouldnt let these guys get sentenced first. You would make them testify first. Sandra that was the conclusion he was able to draw based on what we know at this point, bret. He has a great point. The witness potential for mueller is pretty poor if you look at it. Youve got guys that have all either pleaded to lying or are getting sentenced for doing so. And i think that he is right. It is interesting to look at the big picture who are the witnesses that will come forward once this eventual big report comes out . Sandra we know the president maintains as he wrote on twitter on monday the payments were a simple private transaction that did not violate the law when it came to the hush money payments. Have to ask you about the Oval Office Meeting yesterday. People are still talking about it. It was something to have the cameras rolling with Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi and President Trump trying to work something out. What was accomplished in that room yesterday . Well, it was accomplished in front of the media. I thought one of the interesting a couple of Interesting Exchanges. One was when np said get the cameras out of here and lets talk. And the president turned to her and said its about transparency, nancy. And then when senator schumer said after the president said after nancy pelosi said we just won the house he said i won the senate and Chuck Schumer said yes, but when the president is touting wins in indiana and north dakota, he is losing. Well, if you are a democrat in indiana and north dakota and the Senate Minority leader is saying you really dont matter. That was an Interesting Exchange there. I think you are seeing divided government 2019 style right now. I bet they make a deal and if the president gets any more money, maybe not the 5 billion but gets towards the wall money, i think he wins on this. Sandra wow. The president said im proud to shut down the government for Border Security, chuck. I will take the mantel and be the one to shut it down. Well see what kind of deal gets done, if any. Bret baier, thank you very much. If we get a sentencing this hour hopefully you can come back and join us. Bill how will the cohen matter shake up washington democrats say it could lead to impeachment. The president says he is not concerned about it. Well talk to Chris Van Hollen shortly. Sandra democrats say the president does not have the votes. Where does it all go from here . Marc thiessen will come up next. I think we should do it as soon as possible. I think we have the votes. Listening to people answer that question, is how we find out what matters most to them. For a business, its the power to grow. For an entrepreneur, its the power to innovate. And for a family, its the power to own a home. We stand with the ones who day in and day out put in the hard work to make things happen. For themselves, for their communities, and for the world we all share. We want to fuel their drive. And celebrate their accomplishments. That is what were here for. And above all else, its really what people want from us. The power to make a difference. I am brian moynihan. And i work for bank of america. The fact is the House Republicans could bring up this vote if they had the votes immediately and set the phone the phone tore what you want. We get it passed easily in the house. Nancy, i would have it passed in two seconds. It dont matter. We cant get it passed in the senate because we need 10 democrat votes. You do not have the votes in the house. President trump nancy, i do. Sandra the battle leading trump to double down on threats of a Government Shutdown if his demands are not met. Lets bring in Marc Thiessen and American Institute fellow and columnist for the Washington Post and Fox News Contributor. Good morning to you. So who has the leverage in that room . Both sides have leverage because trump is the president. He has the pen, veto pen and the signing pen. The democrats have leverage because they have the power of the purse going into the new congress. Whats insane here is that the democrats they have something that trump really, really, really wants, which is money for the border wall. He desperately wants it. Only they can give it to them. In classic negotiating strategy its called leverage. When you have leverage you use it to extract what the expert call concessions. When both sides do this the experts say in negotiations the result is compromise where both sides get something they want and give up something they dont want to give up. Thats how the world works. Whats insane here is the democrats are unilaterally given up their leverage saying under no circumstances will they fund trumps border wall. Thats insane. That is the giving away the chip they have. The thing that trump wants that they could use to get all sorts of concessions from him on any range of policies. And they are just unilaterally giving up that makes no sense. Sandra jim jordan was on earlier and said this. We need to have the debate. We cant say oh well, we dont think there are the votes. You have the crazy 60 vote rule in the senate. We have to try. We have to have the debate. I think if we stand firm we can get it done. After all, this is what the president is proposing is common sense. We need a Border Security wall. We need to reform our asylum laws. The whole caravan issue has underscored that. Sandra passionate thought from jim jordan there. Yeah. Trump is right that they can pass it in the house probably especially now that pelosi has challenge trouble and the republicans will snap in line. But unless you get 10 democrats to go along with it it wont happen. This is again not this is not like 2009 when obama said elections have consequences when he controlled everything and had a filibuster proof majority in the senate. Trump has the white house and the expanded majority in the senate. Democrats will have the majority in the house. They need to Work Together and both sides need to give up something that they dont want to give up. I understand that nancy pelosi opposes the border wall. But if there is nothing inherently wrong with a wall. 26 Senate Democrats voted for the secure fence act including schumer to put 700 miles of fence along the border. No difference between a fence and a wall. Why not use it to get concessions . For example. Democrats could say well give you the 5 billion in exchange for a path to citizenship for dreamers and next year they could say you want another 20 billion for the wall . Lets do immigration reform. Trump would cut that deal in a heartbeat or do it for something unrelated to immigration. They want medicare for all, strengthen dodt frank, raise the minimum wage. The possibilities are endless. If you say im not going to negotiate on the wall and you give up your leverage you are more interested in resisting than governing and they arent ready to become a governing majority. Sandra breaking news to get to coming out of the courthouse in manhattan on the sentencing of the president s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen. This just coming out of the courtroom from the defense lawyer. Extrump attorney cohen came forward to offer evidence against the most powerful person in our country so were just starting to get some of the breaking details out of that courtroom now. Thats the first bit of information. Bill cohen is in their with his wife and two kids. They entered an hour ago. Well see what comes of this. We do know that both sides will take turns. Likely will get a statement on behalf of Michael Cohen as well and perhaps others who will speak in court and perhaps not. We dont know. Well wait for that as soon as it becomes available and well bring it to you. Squeeze in a quick break here and well bring you the latest right after this. Cascade platinum does the work for you, prewashing and removing stuckon foods, the first time. 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Lets see what the special counsel brings forward and so far i havent seen anything that would indicate that the president is responsible for the kinds of things that other people are suggesting. Bill Bob Goodlatte with us earlier today. Michael cohen is in the courtroom. He has pled guilty to charges in two separate matters including lying to congress about a trump real estate deal in moscow. Cooperating with the mueller team but faces substantial prison time. What does it mean for the president , if anything . Jonathan turley, constitutional law professor at George Washington university. How are you . Great to have you in today here. Good morning to you. Here is how i want to get a sense of what happens in court. The judge brings everybody in the courtroom. Does the state begin . Does Michael Cohen follow . Whatever witnesses speak in his behalf, what happens . Theyll hear the statements of both sides. Ive never been convinced the judges materially change their intended sentences during these periods. It is more likely when you see a change in the sentence it is because of the bad behavior of the defend dant. You can see a judge will creep up the sentence. The problem for Michael Cohen he is the least credible and compelling person to ask for a lower sentence. He has betrayed everyone. On everything. He has betrayed his bar, officer of the court, he betrayed the court, lied to the public, lied to congress. He is coming forth and saying but i had this redemptive moment where im helping the prosecutors. Even the prosecutors are divided. The Southern District of new york prosecutors dont believe he has fully cooperated while mueller believes he could be useful. So when you are faced with that if i was the judge i would put him at the top of the range. If i was the judge i would say look, you got a deal. You were allowed to plead guilty to fewer counts. You could have been looking at decades. You are looking at a maximum of five years. Consider yourself lucky. Bill the prosecutor has recommended four to five years, mueller says he has been cooperating. The prosecutors dont agree with that. Alan dershowitz if you cooperate a little bit youll get a year and a half. Is that what cohen gets today . He could. That would be the max but the problem is he already had a substantial cutdown in my view on the counts. But more importantly the prosecutors are divided. I think that rule of thumb may not apply here. The most important thing is he is an officer of the court. He violated his oath as a lawyer. Usually judges dont treat such individuals lightly or generously. Bill here is one of the comments the president made. He did an interview yesterday with the reuters news agency. It wasnt a Campaign Contribution. If its only civil there is no violation based on what we did. Michael cohen should have known what he was doing. I hope he did. My lawyers say everything he did was fine. How do you respond or analyze that in a legal sense, professor . Well, part of that is true. You are allowed to rely on your lawyers. I think the president is kidding himself if he doesnt view this as a very serious matter. He was just implicated by the department of justice in what is essentially a felony. And they detailed acts committed to conceal this type of federal election violation. Now, do most of these violations end up in civil fines . Absolutely. Is this a difficult type of case to prove . Sure. But the most dangerous thing is not the alleged felony, it is if mueller has evidence that there was later an effort to encourage false statements, to influence witnesses, to talk about perjury. All of those things are extremely sensitive felonies. You have to look at this allegation not in terms of its actual election prosecution potential, but the potential to have these other crimes that follow it, secondary crimes to conceal it. Bill it has been argued that if the president made the payment from his own pocket thats not illegal. If it came from the Campaign Funds that would be a different matter. As far as we know it was a and not b. Is that significant to you . It is significant. This could have been done so much better and easily. The problem is Michael Cohen is a dreadful lawyer. I said last year that the president should have severed him early on in the administration. That this daniels and mcdermott business would be more serious than the collusion allegations because of these miss steps. This was made far worse by a plan that was too clever by half. So we have to look at the reality of what happened and the reality is yeah, they could make out a federal election charge out of this. I would be much more concerned with what they have that followed the president coming into office. What mueller suggested is that cohen was brought closer to the white house, which is just absolutely unbelievable. That he coordinated with people in the white house. If thats true, then he has to look seriously at his legal team and the decisions they made. Bill well see what comes of this. Ill put you on stand by. If we get an answer well bring you back and analyze it together. Thank you in washington today. Sandra President Trump speaking out on the chances of his impeachment and why he says he is not worried. Well talk to democratic senator Chris Van Hollen about that. Bill can the president use the military to build a wall . And if so, how will it get done . President trump a lot of wall has been built. We might as well start. It is being built right now, big sections of wall and we will continue that. And one way or the other it is going to get built. Are you a veteran, own a home, and need cash . You should know about the newday va home loan for veterans. It lets you borrow up to 100 percent of your homes value. 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Were on standby for the news. Sandra onto the battle over Border Security heating up. President trump said he may have the military build the border wall if democrats refuse to approve his budget request for it. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin is live at the pentagon with the latest over this debate. Jennifer, good morning. Good morning. I came from a breakfast with the chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee. There is support to block the president from sneaking border wall funding into the budget. They see the call for a 750 billion Defense Budget as a negotiating strategy in the showdown with democrats over border wall funding. The president made clear his intent in a tweet yesterday quote, if the democrats do not give us the votes to secure our country, the military will build the remaining sections of the wall. They know how important it is. Just last week President Trump announced his top line budget for the pentagon was 700 billion for the 2020 Defense Budget, which would have cut defense by 5 from the current 716 billion. Now he says he wants 750 billion, the turnaround came after having lunch with jim mattis and both republican and senate House Services chairmen last week. If the president comes in at a low number it is guaranteed the Congress Wont increase that number if you have people in the congress who expressed doubts whether or not they can fund the full request. The pentagon reacted to the suggestion the military would build the wall. To date there is no plan to build sections of the wall. However, congress has provided options under title x that could permit the department of defense to fund border barrier projects such as in support of counter drug operations or national emergencies. Congressman adam smith, the democrat leading the house Armed Services committee starting next year did concede the military has been used to build parts of the wall back in 2007, he said. But added the areas that still need a wall along the Mexican Border are either tribal lands, private lands, or too mountainous. Sandra Jennifer Griffin at the pentagon. Bill 25 minutes before the hour. When asked President Trump says he is not afraid of impeachment. He said it is hard to impeach somebody who hasnt done anything wrong and created the greatest economy in the history of our kun tree. Im not concerned, no. I think the people would revolt if that happened. Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen with us now. We might get interrupted with breaking news but appreciate you spending time with us. Is impeachment something democrats want to pursue, senator . Look, bill, lets take this one step at a time. What were all waiting for is for the results of the Mueller Investigation. Both into possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and the russians, and issues of obstruction of justice. Until we know what the facts are, no, people are not itching to get into an impeachment of President Trump. That is not good for the country. If it is determined that President Trump has committed those violations of law that would require or encourage the house to go forward, thats another story but were not there. Bill stay on that word you just mentioned there. Is there any evidence of collusion with the russians that you have . So as of right now as you know there have been lots of contacts with the russians but in terms of criminal collusion, meaning that there was actually active discussions between the Trump Campaign coordinating activities with the russians, to my knowledge the answer is no. Thats the whole purpose of this Ongoing Investigation and i think its right for that investigation to conclude. Lets see what they come up with. And so were getting ahead of ourselves in terms of talking about impeachment. Bill if you are right and if it comes back to the Campaign Finance violation, how do you think that should be remedied . Well, there are a couple of things there. As the incoming chairman of the house Judiciary Committee jerry nadler indicated the other day, you could have grounds to move forward for impeachment on that but whether thats grounds to do it and whether you actually pursue impeachment is a whole other question with respect to threshold and thats why really the other issues that are being part of the Mueller Investigation are really important to get to the bottom of. In terms of how do you deal with it . Look, if its determined that the president knowingly instructed Michael Cohen to violate the law, to engage in a criminal act, then the recourse right now under the current Justice Department policy would be the president would be able to be held liable for that after his term in office. Bill what i heard from your answer is pending whatever else comes of this you would come back to the i word. The reason i ask you that Alan Dershowitz responded like this. I suspect the special counsel report will include lots and lots of sins based on political and based on circumstantial evidence but i do nt dont think he will come up with an impeachable offense, treason, bribery, the most theyve come up with is a very, very Questionable Campaign contribution issue which failed when they tried it against edwards some years ago. Bill referring to a former colleague of yours. What about that, senator . Well, with respect to whats going to be in the mueller report, neither Alan Dershowitz nor i nor anybody who is not working on that case knows what will be in it. We dont know what the ultimate conclusions of the Mueller Investigation will be either on the issue of collusion, active collusion, or on the issue of obstruction of justice. With respect to the campaign violation, look, Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to knowingly violating the Campaign Finance laws of the United States, which are designed to provide transparency to voters. We have Campaign Contribution limits. We have a law that says the public is entitled to know who is directly funding these campaigns. Bill to be fair he pled guilty to a lot of things including a lot of tax evasion, too. Right. Bill im pressed against time here and i really appreciate your time. One more thing i want to get to is the border fight now. If the House Republicans have the votes and pass it, what would democrats in the senate do knowing youre up against the clock and a partial Government Shutdown that looms . Bill, republicans and democrats in the Senate Earlier this year came to an agreement on funding for Border Security. I serve on the Appropriations Committee. We agreed to 1. 6 billion for Border Security. Senator mcconnell, the republican leader, serves on the Appropriations Committee and supported that. The issue here is not Border Security. Everyone wants Border Security. Its making the best use of american taxpayer dollars and building a huge wall along the entire border doesnt accomplish that goal according to the experts. Bill if you get the votes in the house were headed for a shutdown then is what youre saying because you wont have the votes on behalf of 51 republicans. We have the votes in the senate to do what the Senate Already agreed to do, which was to provide the 1. 6 billion. Look, youve heard the president the other day. I would remind people that the president told us all in the country that mexico was going to pay for this, right . Unless people thought that was a big joke, including his supporters, the reality is we wouldnt be in this situation today if the president , his promise had come true. So lets just work our way through it. The issue is not Border Security. The i issue is smart use of taxpayer dollars. Bill a lot more to debate. I apologize about the shortness of it. See what we get in a matter of two weeks. Back to sandra now. Sandra see what we get in the matter of the next few minutes when it comes to u. S. District court in Lower Manhattan. Were being told the sentencing hearing for extrump lawyer Michael Cohen. The special counsels office is speaking. We await the judge then. We are waiting on Michael Cohens sentencing that could come down at any moment. Well be right back. Michael cohen has brought a prepared statement. Some of the reporting from inside the courtroom he is reading that before the judge including i take full responsibility for each act in cohens words. I stand before you aware were here for a reason and including those i take full responsibility for every act including those implicating the president of the United States of america. So Michael Cohen is delivering his address. How far this goes and how long it lasts we do not know and well wait for the judges decision after that. Stand by here, 11 46. Sandra lets get back to the battle over Border Security. House republicans considering a bill for 5 billion to fund the border wall after the public clash between the president and Top Democrats in the oval Office Yesterday. Here is part of that fiery exchange. There are no votes in the house, majority vote for a wall no matter where you start. President trump if i needed the votes for the wall in the house i would have them. The house would give me the vote if i wanted it because i cant nancy, i need 10 votes from chuck. I want to say one thing. The fact is you do not have the votes in the house. President trump nancy, i do. We need Border Security. Sandra congressman doug collins is the incoming house Judiciary Committee ranking member. A lot of breaking news and we expect more in the next few minutes. Stand by for that. Meanwhile that clash in the oval Office Yesterday was really something. It leaves americans wondering where this debate stands today with the white house asking for 5 billion and what democrats are willing to do here. Definitely the American People are it makes a transparency issue when mr. Pelosi and mr. Schumer didnt want the cameras around. What actually happened was the framing of an issue. We can call it a dollar issue but what actually happened was the president in a very forceful way actually said if you are willing to the two Democratic Leaders if you are willing to put the rights of noncitizens ahead of american citizens on Border Security ill gladly stand up for the american citizen. Thats the part not being discussed here. We can get caught up in numbers, the problem here is the president is asking this for Border Security weve seen the issues at the border. Weve seen the issues coming along. Thats the framing right here. Sandra we had Marc Thiessen on earlier talking about leverage. Both sides say they want Border Security and they both have leverage. How does do they come to a deal and does one get done by the end of the year . The president is willing to make a deal and come forward. He laid forward what is the best interest of the American People and well continue to see this. This is as he said on the Senate Democrats. They need to decide what they are going to do here. I believe if we came up with a package in the house we could pass it over. The president is right. He needs the support and wants to see if the democrats in the senate will support unlike they did earlier in the year. Lets see if they come back to the table and decide they want to work and move forward on the issue. This is one issue we can come to an agreement on. It will take both sides saying we need to put americans first. Sandra the president tweeted this today. Democrats and president obama cave iran 150 billion and not nothing but they cant give 5 billion for National Security and the wall . Based on what we all witness happen in the oval Office Yesterday and where the debate stands today, who is winning . I think the president is saying and standing for something. What were seeing out of the democrats is a change of position. Lets go back and talk to mr. Schumer and them back well over 10 years ago when they were voting for massive money to fund a Border Security package and a wall package and voting for that issue. They now seem to have forgotten where they came from. I think its because they are looking at the political issue say we want to resist this president and anything he wants. Were looking at it in a 2020 perspective. They havent got over 2016. The same people who wanted Border Security, where are they now . Have they had a massive change of heart saying now we want to let everybody through our borders . The same people who voted for Border Security and border wall funding a number of years ago are using politics to play the game. Sandra congressman doug collins. Thank you for coming on this morning. Always good to be with you. Bill Michael Cohen, we have some of the reporting from inside the courtroom and bring you some of that in a moment. Quick commercial break first right here. Imagine traveling hasslefree with your golf clubs. Now you can, with shipsticks. Com no more lugging your clubs through the airport or risk having your clubs lost or damaged by the airlines. Sending your own clubs ahead with shipsticks. Com makes it fast easy to get to your golf destination. With just a few clicks or a phone call, well pick up and deliver your clubs ontime, guaranteed, for as low as 39. 99. Shipsticks. Com saves you time and money. Make it simple. Make it ship sticks. This is moving day with the best inhome wifi experience and millions of wifi hotspots to help you stay connected. 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Starting in 2016 and 2017 two dozen staffers stationed in havana started complaining of things like dizziness, headaches, weird sounds and the sensation of pressure changes. Initially doctors identified their symptoms as similar to that of a concussion. So here in miami 25 of the patients as well as 10 of their roommates who did not suffer the symptoms were treated and tested. They tested their inner ear performance. 92 had dizziness and ear pain. Doctors tested their cognitive performance with goggles measuring eye movements and reaction speed. 56 , about half had cognitive complaints. The researchers now dont describe the enigma as a concussion but more like ear damage. It is still a puzzle. We have objective evidence they had abnormalities. When they presented. What caused it, who did it, why it was done, we dont know any of those things. This morning a state Department Spokesperson on background emailed me this. Given the focus on the u. S. Diplomatic community in havana and the scope and duration of incidents the department has categorized the events as attacks. U. S. Government is investigating these attacks and that investigation still continues. Cuba all along has denied any involvement in whatever happened whether it was deliberate or accidental. But other countries have big footprints in havana like russia, china, north korea and venezuela. Because of all this is u. S. Imprint in havana is significantly reduced permanently so. Bill more to come on that. Thank you. More as we learn it. Sandra we need to learn more on the Michael Cohen sentencing. That is happening inside of that manhattan federal courthouse right now. He is telling a judge that he felt it was his duty to cover up the president s dirty deeds. Were slowly getting information out of the courthouse right now. He told the court he takes full responsibility for his actions that relate to him and to the u. S. President , blaming himself for the conduct that has brought him there. He notes his Blind Loyalty to the president and that led him to choose darkness over light in prepared script before the manhattan judge there. Were waiting on more. Stay tuned. Well be right back. And ill be your friend ill help you carry on lean on me mmm. Lean on me. Mmm. Lean on me. So shark invented duo clean. While deep cleaning carpets, the added soft brush roll picks up large particles, gives floors a polished look, and fearlessly devours piles. Duo clean technology, corded and cordfree. Sandra thats it for us. Three hours, still awaiting that sentencing. That wraps for us. We will see you back here tomorrow morning. Thank you, everybody. Outnumbered starts now. Melissa fox news alert, we are waiting sentencing for Michael Cohen. Cohen saying that nothing to reporters as he walks into the courthouse. Prosecutors have asked for a substantial term of imprisonment. This is outnumbered, i melissa francis. Here today is harris faulkner, town hall editor an end Fox News Contributor katie pavlich, fox news analyst and cohost of benson harf on fox news radio, marie harf. Joining us on the couch, tom dupree. Former assista