Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Shepard Smith Reporting 20170220 :

Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Shepard Smith Reporting 20170220

Against a new york time report that the member of the president s inner circle could be drafting a secret peace deal between the ukraine and russia. The proposal would reportedly lift u. S. Sanctions against moscow for innovating crimea. In exchanging the kremlin would withdraw troops from Eastern Ukraine but would be allowed to lease the land for up to 100 years. A Government Official slammed this proposal at the time saying the ukrainian lawmaker has no right to be pushing and alternative peace plan. President trump has said he would like to have a Good Relationship with Vladimir Putin. The report of a possible peace plan comes after former National Security advisor Michael Flynns resignation for misleading Vice President pence about discussing sanctions with russias ambassador before the inauguration. The white house is pushing back against a Washington Post report. The paper reports the head of Homeland Security has drafted new guidelines to aggressively detain and deport immigrants living here illegally. The plans are not final and still working out details. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts live outside the white house. So tell us about this new National Security advisor we just learned about, john. General h. R. Mcmaster is a career military officer. He spent his entire life doing this. Hes in charge of the Army Capabilities integration center. Hes a veteran of the gulf war iraqi freedom. He has a chest full of medals. Enough to double most people over with its weight. Hes a very solid guy who knows the inner workings of the military and security and the president that President Trump thinks will serve aptally as the National Security advisor. The very first choice was robert harwood, a decorated navy seal, the second in command at centcom. For family reasons, he didnt want to take the job. He got out in the private sector. Spent 40 years setting the table as it were and now its time to eat from the private sector. He said he didnt want the job, didnt fit with his family life. So general mcmasters decided he wants to take the job. He will be at the white house very soon and will be the new National Security advisor. What about the New York Times report on the reported russiaukraine peace dueal . The white house is shooting it down and sources are, as well. Im being told, what happens was, the president s attorney took a phone call with the member of the ukraine parliament. A quick meeting for coffee arranged by a friend. They spent about ten minutes talking mostly about President Trumps big win because i think ardemenko fashions himself as a potential president ial candidate. He handed him an envelope that was supposed to contain a peace deal signed off by russian officials and ukrainian initials. The white house says the peace plan, unlike what is being reported, never made it to the desk of the National Security advisor Michael Flynn, never logged in in any outside documents to come to the white house and they have to be logged in. Im told that Michael Cohen never spoke to the president about this. While the New York Times is standing by their reporting that this envelope with the peace plan did make to it the desk of Michael Flynn, that it did not. Theres also reporting about this folks of immigrant officials that will round up the illegals. What do you think about that . Its not a security force. Its bolstering existing forces what is being looked at right now, a couple of implementation memoranda that came in friday. This is the plan for dhs and ice and Border Protection to put in place the provisions of the executive orders that the president signed on the 25th of january. They would include the president talked about this at least in the election campaign. Adding an additional 10,000 immigrations and Custom Enforcement agents and 5,000 Border Patrol agents and prioritize the removal of criminal illegal aliens, this is one of the executive orders the president signed on the 25th. It would prioritize the removal of people convicted of criminal offense, have been charged with a criminal offense, have abused Public Benefit programs. Thats interesting. That could be controversial. Or people subject to a removal order by still in the country. It would increase participation in the 287 g program. This integrates local Law Enforcement with immigrations and Custom Enforcement and Border Patrol. Allows you to beef up troop levels, if you will, on the border. A draft memo that was erroneous that was circulated friday. The Associated Press wrote about it. Its part of the 287 g expansion bringing in National Guard troops from the border states and states contiguous. That plan is not part of this. That plan never made to it the secretarys desk and wasnt signed off by him and nobody took that seriously. The president made some comments about sweden over the weekend and taken some heat for that now hes responding. What do you know about that, john . Swedish officials were scratching their head. The president seemed to indicate there was some sort of immigrationassociated incident the night before in sweden. Listen to what he said. Weve got to keep our country safe. Look at what is happening in germany. Look at what is happening last night in sweden. Sweden, who would believe this . Sweden, they took in large numbers, theyre having problems like they never thought possible. When sweden reacted with puzzlement to what the president said, turns out what he was talking about was an interview that Tucker Carlson had didnt friday night with a film maker that has been documented swedens experience with the number of refugees they allowed into the country with the generous social programs that they bestow. Horowitz said there has been a rise of crime in sweden. Heres what the president tweeted out. He said my statement of what is happening in sweden is a story that was broadcast on fox news concerning immigrants in sweden. He also tweeting out. Give the public a break. The fake media is saying that the immigration in sweden is working out beautifully. Sweden says their crime rate is going down despite letting in 100,000 refugees. So a difference of opinion on that front, john. John roberts covering ground there from the white house. Thank you. More on President Trumps new National Security advisor. Lets bring in betsy woodruff. This guy has shown that hes willing to shake things up a bit. Without a did it and willing to question the way things have played out in the past. One of the best things hes known for is a book where he examined the problem with the way the vietnam war was handled. It was a critical look at the way leaders made decisions about the war and one of the major conclusions is that the military works best when they have specific military goals. When theres a specific project for them to work on that is clearly delineated. My guess is he will take that mindset to the white house when hes inviting President Trump on how to deal with isis. The isis problem is hard to draw a line around. What exactly does the military need to do . How do we define what to do on the ground, what does that look like for the folks in the military . The fact that mcmaster wrote the book on what went wrong in vietnam will give him perspective will. And theres speculation about other candidates wanting the job, wanting to put their own people with them, bringing them in. It appears general Keith Kellogg will serve as his chief of staff. You have to wonder now, is that President Trumps idea or is it general mcmasters idea . Its unclear. Something that remains to be seen. That said, one thing we know about mcmaster is that he brings an interesting perspective on russia as well. Many of these candidates are looking at ways to push back against some of trumps rhetoric. Mcmaster in practice, one of the things hes been working on was figuring out a new way for the u. S. Army to prepare for growing russian aggression in eastern europe. That is something that trumps rhetoric in the campaign trail and twitter and the white house doesnt suggest would be his top pretty. Hes been part of this panel figuring out how the march my should gear up for that eventuality, suggests that him being the new National Security at visor could raise some Blood Pressure in moscow. Lets talk about Homeland Security. There was this draft report that the department of Homeland Security was going to authorize National Guard agents, thousands of them to round up immigrants. Any truth to that . Its true that that report at one point did exist. Its true the report got authored based on my reporting. Its most likely it was written by somebody on the trump transition team. If you read the First Program of the draft, it refers to an executive order that the president signed on immigration on january 20th. That was Inauguration Day. President trump didnt sign any immigration executive orders that day. Looking at the face of the memo, this was a document that was old. Based on dhs folks, this memo circulated but never taken seriously as was previously mentioned. Secretary kelly did not sign off on it. Its interesting the idea floated and that it got shot down by dhs. As of now, theres no reason to believe that the department of Homeland Security is going to move to try to get governors to let their National Guard troops do immigration enforcement. Theres no evidence that that is likely to happen. Looks like were getting a new travel ban from the same seven countries that were affected by the original travel ban, the one that was shot down. Its likely well have a new travel ban by the end of the week. Probably closer to the end of the week because secretary kelly is traveling. It would be odd if the president released that before kelly were back in washington. One thing were expecting from the ban, it will include a carve out for green card holders. Those are folks that have a right to list in the easy permanently. One of the reasons there was so much chaos on the first ban, folks that were lawful residents in the u. S. , who had green cards, were detained hours and hours. Those people have clear rights to be in the United States and it was a major concern for the courts. So we can expect that to change. Betsy woodruff, daily beast. Thank you. Sure. Fox news speaking includesiveincludesiv includesiveincludesiv includesiveincludesiv includesively exclusively to the people who drafted the peace deal with russia and the ukraine. That story here next. T saving f. Then we asked some older people when they actually did start saving. This gap between when we should start saving and when we actually do is one of the reasons why too many of us arent prepared for retirement. Just start as early as you can. Its going to pay off in the future. If we all start saving a little more today, well all be better prepared tomorrow. Prudential. Bring your challenges. Companies across the state are york sgrowing the economy,otion. 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You can see him there with donald trump in a photograph on the right. He said he embarked in the peace deal because what can be wrong with helping stop a war and achieve peace . I thought promoting peace is a good thing. Its a war. People are getting called. For the allegations that russia tried to sway the election to help President Trump, the president and the white house. Mr. Sotter says i was absolutely not a link between the Trump Campaign and the russian government. I have no contact with anyone in the russian government. I have no idea. I dont have the foggiest notion of what the russians were or were not doing. I have no business interests in russia or the ukraine. I hope it could help stop a war. I didnt do anything wrong. He also says the press refers to me as a russian business man. I came to here when i was 7 years old. Im an American Business man of russian descent who happens to have been born in russia. The mentions of a 1998 guilty plea in a stock scheme and serving time for a bar slashing fight. But he did help federal prosecutors for a deck kate. Loretta lynch wrote this letter saying in part about sotter this. That he provided sotter told me today that he feels horrible and terrible to be dragged through the mud for no what whatsoever. He says hes not been contacted by Law Enforcement so far for any reason. John . Eric shawn with that exclusive report. Thank you. Russias ambassador to the u. N. Died today here in new york. Thats according to russias foreign ministry. It is not giving out many details. His deputy said he get sick in his office and died in the hospital. He was known for his witty banter with the United States. Tomorrow would have been his 65th birthday. President trumps first few weeks in office have been plagued by reports of leaks inside his administration. Coming up, the republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says he thinks he knows who is leaking the info and the fbi should take action. Be in good hands . Like finding new ways to be taken care of. Home, car, Life Insurance obviously, ohhh. But with added touches you cant get everywhere else, like claim free rewards. Or safe driving bonus checks. Oh yes. Even a claim satisfaction guaranteeeeeeeeeee in means Protection Plus unique extras only from an expert allstate agent. Its good to be in, good hands. Republican congressman devin nunez says the leftover officials from the Obama Administration have a problem with trump. The fbi should investigate we have people in the last administration, people that have dug in throughout the government, who clearly are leaking to the press. It is against the law. Major laws have been broken. If you believe the Washington Post story, there are nine people that said this. These people broke the law. This comes after a series of reports of the leaks. The reports have led to the firing of the president s first National Security advisor, Michael Flynn. According to the report of the Washington Post newspaper, flynn lied to mike pence and top staffers and said he didnt talk with sanctions about russians ambassador. Last week the president said the leaks are absolutely real. The news is fake. He ordered the Justice Department to order a criminal investigation in the leaks. Sarah westwood is the White House Correspondent for the washington examiner. The president is steamed about the leaking. Every administration has leaks. Are they worse this time around, sarah . I mean, clearly the leaks have gotten to a point that theyre forcing the president to take action. If he had his own way, mike flynn would still be his National Security advisor. The leaks caused trump to force his hand. When the leaks undermine his ability to deliver on his agenda, then obviously he will take them more seriously than if this is just loose chatter that were seeing out of every administration. That being said, its a little unusual to see a sitting president direct the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into a party that has hurt him politically. So from that perspective, it ha

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