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A recap of the days headlines and a look at whats in store for tomorrow. Cohen, the manafort ruling, and the president s reaction. A lot happening tonight. Democrats pushing talk of impeachment, but President Trump is fighting back. Tweeting that the only thing he did wrong was when an election that Hillary Clinton was supposed to emerge victorious i in. In an exclusive interview with fox friends ainsley earhardt, the President Lashing out at michael cohen. The president had said publicly paid Stormy Daniels because he wanted to go straight it was false in the waning days of the campaign and the president is getting backup from liberal law professor Alan Dershowitz who told bret baier that the pundits claiming the president is an unindicted coconspirator are wrong as a matter of basic criminal law. It would not be a crime for the president to contribute money to his own campaign in the form of money to Stormy Daniels or anyone else. Even as democrats about their attacks on the president , for having his personal lawyer, cohen pleading guilty to multiple crimes while his former Campaign Chair Paul Manafort has been found guilty of multiple crimes as well. I dont know if you know but i tweeted about the payments. But they didnt come out of campaign. In fact, my first question when i heard about it was due date come out of the campaign . Because that could be a little dicey. They didnt come out of the campaign. Thats big. But thats not its not even a campaign violation. Every single remedy, including indictment of the president , should be on the table. They are not going to get close on an impeachment track. They are not going to find the crime. At the moment, that who knows, manafort may flip. Cohen may provide other evidence. A lot of whatifs. The president seems to be making a clear distinction between cohen and manafort, tweeting that anyone looking for a good lawyer should never hire cohen, also a tweet that seemed to suggest a pardon for manafort could be in the offing. I feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family. Justice took a 12 year old tax case, among other things, through all the evidence, and there were four boxes, four paper boxes to look through. Shannon was it confusing . At one point there was a question from the jury about whether the counts, the various counts, could be connected to the evidence would be linked to them. Do you feel like there was a good job by the mueller team putting together exactly what, leading you down the path they wanted you to get to . We didnt want that question out there either. When they gave us the box, it was listed what was in each folder. Each folder had a number. When you looked at your notes and looked at what witnesses were connected to each charge, it was pretty easy to connect the dots. So most of us had no problem with that. Shannon what were the deliberations lie . Was it heated . It was. Crazily enough, there were even tears. Two of the jurors, one of the females that did finally change her vote to guilty, would come in one day and saying guilty and then the next day say i felt A recap of the days headlines and a look at whats in store for tomorrow. What you decided on the back end . The charters were legitimate but the prosecution try to make the case about the russian inclusion right from the beginning of course the judge shut them down. We didnt we did waste a bit of time with the shenanigans. Shannon did the president s name come up in the liberations . Was it politicized . It was because in the evidence, there were references to trump and to his soninlaw and to the trump campaign, especially the pay to play issue. So it did come up. Shannon did you feel like there were jurors who were either like yourself pro President Trump or antiand that influence their reasoning in any way . No, i dont. I think we all went in there like we were supposed to and assumed that mr. Manafort was innocent. We did due diligence. We apply the evidence, our notes, the witnesses, and we came up with the guilty verdict on the eight counts. Shannon 11 of the 12 mr. Manafort himself not to tes. Do that influence you at all . They did. I understand why they didnt do it. We are supposed to assume hes innocent and therefore he does not need to defend himself. In the judge made that very clear that there is no requirement for him to do so. However, based on what i saw, what i heard, i think i would have liked to of heard a little more from the defense. They gave a very easy going atmosphere to the whole thing. They objected to very little. They appeared agreeable throughout it all. Their crosses were short when they crossexamined the witnesses. I dont know. I think i expected a little more. Shannon okay. Rick gates of course was a Business Associate of Paul Manafort. He was the key to the whole prosecution and the defense seemed like most of their case was going to be trying to discredit him, undermine him, talking about him stealing from Paul Manafort. Affair or affairs they suggested he might have had. How did he strike you as a witness . Nervous. Some of us had a problem with accepting his testimony because he took the plea. And so we agreed to throw out his testimony and look at the paperwork. Which his name was all over. Shannon did you find him to be credible . No, i think he would have done anything that he could to preserve himself. Thats just obvious in the fact that he flipped on manafort. Shannon a key witness. He wasnt the thing that turned it for you. What about cindy laporta, the tax preparer, bookkeeper who also was testifying. How critical sheedy wall . Some of us thought she was a good witness. Others do not. I believe her. I think she felt contrite about her involvement. I understand why she did it but that didnt make it right. I think she was key to me because we saw the documents. Now we know how they got there. Shannon what about judge ellis . Folks thought he was a character. Was he equally tough on both sides . I think he would have been equally tough on both sides had the defense been up there more. He appeared tougher to the prosecution simply because the prosecution was up there the most. He said some funny things like for instance, when andres forgot to mention the thing and he came back with a comment about confession is good for the soul. Shannon he does have clips and things he says along the wa way. This is something he said before the trial, before you were involved, hes had with the prosecutors you dont really care about mr. Manaforts bank fraud. You really care about what information he might give you about mr. Trump and what might lead to his impeachment or prosecution. What do you make of that characterization . Exact spot on. Shannon you think this was an unfair prosecution, although you ultimately she wouldve convicted him on all 18, or is it how the case came to be thats the problem . How it came to be and how it was handled, the intention of god. How they try to related to trump and that it was the first one. In muellers lineup. It might have been a tax audit but it wasnt. I think they used manafort to try to get the Dirt On Trump or hoping he would flip on trump. Shannon thats not what this try was about. He is proceeding to another trial in d. C. Were you aware that the separate proceeding would happen . I was not at the beginning. Shannon how how hard was it to stay away from everything youre supposed to during the tl and not talk to other jurors until you are really in deliberations . The hard part was now talking about the case to the jurors because we spent a lot of time waiting in a small room. I tried to lead people, like what is your favorite food . Because we play those games, i can tell you the youngest, including the alternates, was in her mid20s. The oldest on our jury was 69. Average age in the mid50s. One person drove 108 miles round trip every day do this. I was almost there but i was the second furthest away. One person only drove 5 miles roundtrip. Shannon did you ever have hesitation once he realized this trial was going to be, that you are being questioned for, getting involved with it . Can you say that again . Shannon once he realized i am being called to be a juror on the Paul Manafort track, did you have any hesitation about being a juror . Not at all. Its my civic duty. I am pleased to serve my country in any way i can. Shannon all right, you will definitely shed some light on it. Paula duncan, thank you. Statement. Our panel of experts joins me to break down what we just heard. First, new details emerging about the suspect in the murder of Mollie Tibbetts. How the mandeb Officials Say is an illegal immigrant landed a job in this country and lived in iowa undetected for more than four years. This raises questions about his Immigration Employments and criminal history and we must receive answers. Shannon another fox news that night exclusive. House Majority Leader Kevin Mccarthy joins us live. Weve got some new fox news pause. Were going to drill down on the g. O. P. s plan to defy history and try to hold over the house through the november midterms. But ever since he bought a new house. Tom its a 10 cover . Oh, okay. Didnt see that on the website. Hes been acting more and more like his dad. Come on, guys jump in the waters fine tom pritchard. How we doin . Hi, there. Tom pritchard. Can we get a round of jalapeno poppers for me and the boys, please . 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The category for transform is scheduled to make landfall tomorrow prompting some Emergency Shelters to open early in the Public School system to close for the rest of the week. The navys moving ships and submarines out of the stage. They want to visit them to be able to help with Response Efforts that they are needed. Residents rushed to the stock up on supplies. Officials warned of damaging winds, prolonged heavy rainfall, and lifethreatening flash flooding. New details tonight on the shocking murder case its feeling even more outrage over our Immigration System and sparking a National Conversation on just that. Anita vogel is here. Good evening. Good evening, shannon. What started out as a story about a missing young woman in Middle America is now front and center in the debate over illegal immigration. The suspect accused of murdering College Student Mollie Tibbetts, 24yearold cristhian rivera, made his First Court Appearance may. Officials say he is confessed to following tibbetts while she was jogging and said he blacked out in the next thing he remembered was finding her bloodied body in his trunk. Authorities at he entered the country illegally some four to seven years ago and had been working at Yarrabee Farms near where tibbetts went missing. Originally the owner said that they had used the everify system which allows employers to confirm their Eligibility Status of employees to work in the u. S. But earlier today, one of the farm owners had to walk that back. What we learned in the last 24 hours is that our employee was not who he said he was. And just within the last four hours, we have come to learn that the Social Security Administration Employment Verification Service is not the same as everify. Law enforcement Officials Say in fact rivera used fake documentation to obtain work at the farm and he had zero immigration status in this country. The story now ratcheting up the Immigration Debate just ahead of the midterm elections. With democrats charging that by focusing on individual criminal cases, republicans are restoring the idea that integrates are more prone to violent crime. President trump the point is rivera never should have been in the country in the first place. Mollie tibbetts, an incredible young woman, is now permanently separated from her family. A person came in from mexico illegally and killed her. We need the wall. We need our Immigration Laws changed. Now, rivera is currently being held on a 5 million cash bond. His. Preliminary hearing set for august 31, and shannon, there will be cameras in the court room. We will all be watching that. Shannon anita, thank you very much. Mollie tibbetts death has reignited a political firestorm over Immigration Reform in this country. Some say politics should not be part of this tragedy at all. Tonights panel. Former Ohio Senate Minority leader capri cafaro and senior columnist at townhall. Com, kurt schlichter. Welcome to both. At the end of the news report, he saw the video the white house put out with the president talked about Mollie Tibbetts case and same with gotti at the wall. Weve got to reform our law. In, being victims of crime because of illegal aliens. Illegal aliens in large part are not committing other crimes besides breaking into the country. But a certain number of them are, and if we dont enforce our laws, we are going to continue to see kate steinles, and molly tibbetts. The numbers keep rising. We have to enforce the laws that our legislators passed. Shannon these are laws, whether you hate them are like them, they were duly passed by congress. A lot of people say they are not being enforced. The system is broken and Congress Seems to be unable to get anything done. Obviously there are significant issues when it comes to our Immigration Laws. Part of that is because we have gridlock in the United States congress and neither democrats nor republicans are willing to come together and find something between build a wall and abolish i. C. E. There is a consensus place in the middle of all this that we absolutely have to address in order to move the nation forward. We do need to enforce laws but take this tragic circumstance in iowa. You have an employer that at least it sounded like in good faith trying to verify this individuals immigration status. The system failed them. So how are you even supposed to enforce the law this individual when he couldnt even figure out whether or not he was legally in the country. Shannon there are reports, the family that owns this farm is saying this guy is not who we thought he was. There was one report in the Washington Post that he was using a stolen i. D. How do you fix it . Well, that happens all the time, shannon. If you or i were using a stolen i. D. , we would go to jail. If an illegal alien doesnt, we have an establishment that wants to excuse it. The fact is he got into this country. He shouldnt have. We should be able to secure our borders. Thats the most basic these are the most basic drops of any government. To secure a countrys borders, protect its people. We are feeling that thats a choice of a significant number of the members of our establishment. A choice not to enforce these laws because many of them want illegal immigration. Shannon is that fair, capri . I think its a little bit overstated. Heres why. I think there is an underlying narrative the democrats want to flood the country with Illegal Immigrants because so