Has found when the boxes came back from north korea. A very meaningful, important moment for that Mcdaniel Family and for all americans its an honor to show it to you. Thanks for joining us, everyone. Im dana perino. Up next, shep smith. Shepard its noon on the west coast. 3 00 here in New York City where republican congressman is facing a judge on charges of Insider Trading. The lawmaker denies he did anything wrong. Were live at the courthouse. President trumps lawyers making what they are calling a Counter Offer for an interview with the special counsel Robert Mueller. Ahead, the details on what they call the last chance to avoid a possible subpoena of the president. And the star witness on the defense at the trial of President Trumps former Campaign Chairman. But rick gates says he has a very good reason to tell the truth about everything Paul Manafort did. Lets get to it. Shepard smith reporting live from the Fox News Deck. And first from the Fox News Deck this afternoon a sitting u. S. Congressman in Federal Court right now on charges of Insider Trading. We just learned the hearing has just ended. Prosecutors say republican Chris Collins of new york cheated our markets and our Justice System by passing along a secret tip about stocks and then lying about it. The congressmans lawyers say he did nothing wrong. The charges stem from the lawmakers work on the board at the australian an australian drug company last year. Prosecutors say he was also the companys largest shareholder. When the Chief Executive learned a test of its main drug had been a total failure. They say that the congressman gave his son a heads up on those test results, before the public had any idea. And that the son passed information to his fiancee and father and others. If true, theres big trouble. Prosecutors say several of them sold stock in the
the courthouse in new york. Brian. All three men wells his sons fiances father they were here set 500,000 is bail set for each of the men. They have all been ordered to hand over their Travel Documents including Congressman Collins who has been ordered to hand over his diplomatic passport. Now, this all began in june of 2017. According to the indictment, that is when Chris Collins was at a congressional picnic at the white house. He received an email you from the ceo of this australian Pharmaceutical Company called innate. And in that email the ceo informed the Board Of Directors that the new drug the company was banking on to treat a form of multiple sclerosis failed in its drug trials. So prosecutors say collins immediately, within minutes, called his son to give him this Insider Information illegally before that info went public. Congressman collins
lawyers say they are concerned about questions that could raise red flags. Mueller is looking into moscows meddling in the 2016 president ial election and the possibility of collusion with members of the Trump Campaign and whether the president obstructed justice. President trump has repeatedly said there was no collusion and there was no obstructions. In this case the special counsel has indicated that he might want to ask President Trump face to face what he was thinking when he fired fbi director comey. Because, if the firing was to affect the ongoing russia investigation, that could be a crime. Remember, the president told ntsbs lester holt the russia investigation was on his mind. Or, maybe, about the Trump Tower Meetings with the russians. The president says it was about Opposition Research on hillary clinton. If anyone solicited that thing of value from a foreign agent, that, too, could be a crime. So the headline here, no agreement from team trump to give the special counsel an interview that he wants. Instead a request for conditions on what can and
cant be discussed. Our chief White House Correspondent john roberts is live on the north lawn. John . Shep, good afternoon to you. There is no question this has been going on for months. It was way back in march that muellers team ding dictated the questions to the president s legal team and they have been going around and around about this ever since. The latest response to the muellers team shortly afternoon today in response to the Letter Mueller sent last week laying out his parameters for an interview. In a statement Rudy Giuliani saying quote millions of pages of documents along with testimony from dozens of witnesses have been provided. We are restating what we have been saying for months. It is time for the offers of special counsel to conclude its inquiry without further delay. Statement from jay sekulow the president s other lead attorney. We have responded in writing to the latest proposal from the Office Of Special Counsel regarding its request to interview the president. It is not appropriate at this time to comment publicly about the content of that response. In a telePhone Conversationsubpoena you. The president will be able to say look, i wanted to testify. It was mueller who turned me down. Giuliani acknowledged in the a Phone Conversation with me earlier that mueller certainly could try subpoena the president if an agreement for an interview cant be worked out. Dershowitz suggested though that a court battle over a subpoena, which is what the president s attorneys have promised, would likely drag on for months and would probably end in a draw. Giuliani told me this morning that Robert Mueller now has two decisions to make. How much does he really want to interview the president and does he realize that this is his last best chance to do it giuliani also told me there is no reason why Robert Mueller shouldnt have the interview process all wrapped up by september the 1st. But let it drag on longer than that you this could be go on to influencing the midterm elections. Do you really want to do that . Robert mueller has shown so far, shep, he is not willing to abide by anybodys timetable but his own. Shep . Shepard john roberts live on the north lawn. For context. Congressman Chris Collins investigation, which came forward with indictments today took longer than the russia investigation has. In fact, it took a year and a half. Were not nearly there yet on this president ial investigation. Attorneys for President Trumps former Campaign Chairman is going after the governments star witness again today. Attacking his credibility and explaining his crimes. Paul manaforts lawyers accusing his former business associate rick gates of leading a secret life. Including four Extramarital Affairs. That was new today. Gates has admitted that he had one affair, Hiding Millions of dollars from the feds and stealing from manafort. But, of the question of four Extramarital Affairs produced an objection and then a side bar and the Defense Attorneys didnt actually ask it again. Gates cut a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller and pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi while getting immunity from any other crimes in exchange for the testimony against his former boss. Gates also served on President Trumps campaign as manaforts deputy, in other words, the number two. Manafort pleaded not guilty to all charges against him, including bank fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy. If convicted, he would spend he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. Peter doocy is live at the courthouse, alexandria virginia out of washington. Hey, peter. Shep, rick gates testified that he told the fbi about Paul Manaforts Bank Accounts in cyprus, all these fraud and tax charges revolve around back in 2014 when the feds came calling because they wanted to talk to gates and manafort voluntarily to help with an investigation they were doing about a former manafort client, former ukrainian president Victor Yank Covic they needed these accounts because ukrainian clients preferred to pay them in cypress instead of the u. S. Manafort told gates to be open with the fbi at the
A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. Insider trading, among other things. His lawyers have led us to believe that they will come to the microphone and give us more details about their planned defense. Well go live there should that happen. Thats coming up. Good bacteria. Get fourinone symptom defense. I wok Harmonica Interrupts ld. And told people about geico. Harmonica Interrupts how they could save 15 or more by. Harmonica Interrupts . By just calling or going online to geico. Com. Harmonica Interrupts sighs and chuckles sorry, are you gonna. Harmonica Interrupts everytime. Geico. 15 minutes could save you 15 or more on car insurance. Special election. And though a recount is still possible. President trumps pick for Congress Troy Balderson has a raise are score thin lead over his democratic owe opponent danny oconnor. Republicans have held that house seat since the 1980s. Going in they had a 7 point advantage in the district. In kansas last minute endorsement from President Trump is said to have appeared to give him a boost to his preferred candidate in the g. O. P. Primary for governor. Whether that will be enough to push him over the line we dont yet know. Some other key witness races are settled. Combat veteran g. O. P. For senate. He will face off against the sitting democratic senator debbie stabenow. Also in michigan a progressive candidate backed by Bernie Sanders lost and divisively so in the democratic primary for governor. In missouri, the stage is set for another Crucial Senate showdown. The republican Secretary Of State is to challenge the democratic senator Claire Mccaskill coming up in november. More now on those two cliff
hangers from last night in kansas and ohio. We have team fox coverage. Dan springer live in topeka, first to Kristin Fisher who is live in columbus. Hello, kristin. Hey, shep, these two candidates are 1700 votes apart. Thousands of provisional votes that need to be counted. If that margin shrinks to half a Percentage Point or less that would trigger an automatic recount in the state. Now, the republicans that i have spoken to in ohio. They say that they think that this will not happen that a recount will not happen. They think balderson will win it outright but barely. They believe President Trumps support is what pushed him Over The Edge. President trump come in. He did a rally in Delaware County which was the key county last night. It put Troy BaldersonOver The Edge and we won last night in that all important district. Still a strong showing from democrat danny oconnor. He is within striking distance of winning a
district no democrat was won in 38 years. Even if he ends up losing the special, he will likely have another chance in just three months. Shep, these two candidates are going to be facing off again this november. Shepard Kristin Fisher in columbus. Enough to the too close to call republican primary for governor in kansas. Kris kobach says is he not waiting for the results and starting the campaign right now. At last check the Associated Press reported he leads the race by fewer than 200 votes and that it could take days to count the absentee ballots. President trump went against the advice of his own party leader and endorsed kobach the rival of the sitting republican governor. Kobach has been a long supporter of the president but also one of the least popular politicians in all of kansas. Analysts santa fe kobach wins the primary, democrats have a better chance of winning the general election come november. Dan springer live in topeka. Dan . Shep with a tiny 191 vote lead, kris kobach knows that he cannot declare victor tri today there are still
between 10,000 and 2,000 provisional and mailin ballots yet to be counted and they will change the final vote totals. At News Conference earlier today kobach admitted the swing votes could swing over to his opponent. They must turn the voyeur fuss of the general election so he will begin campaigning. Governor colyer says the state is too close to call. Canvassing begins next week. The big question is when the canvassing begins next week will the loser ask for a recount. They certainly can and that would prolong this race even longer. Shepard getting a new report about what President Trump and Vladimir Putin talked about in the closed door meetings in helsinki. But, guess where we are getting the report from . Details and response tout white house coming. We havent seen russia do this since the cold war. The Atlantic Ocean teeming with subs as the news rolls on on a wednesday afternoon. vo this is not a video game. This is not a screensaver. This is the destruction of a cancer cell by the bodys own immune system, thanks to medicine that didnt exist until now. And today can save your life. Motorcycle revving Motorcycle RevvingMotorcycle Revving no matter who rides point, there are over 10,000 allstate agents riding sweep. And just like tyrone taylor,
they know what it takes to help keep you protected. Are you in good hands . Its the ultimate wifi experience. Xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. Shepard russian submarines are filling up the atlantic at a rate we havent seen since the cold war. Thats according to a top u. S. Navy admiral who claimed that there is more activity below the oceans surface than there has been in 25 years. Expert on russia told fox news the bear is back. U. S. S. Officials are concerned moscow may try to use their subs to tamper with under sea cables that connect the two con fin comments. The navy is expected to step up the presence in the atlantic because of this threat. Reporters asked the defense secretary james mattis about the increased Submarine Activity yesterday. He said hes not concerned and that we always keep an eye on submarines at sea. Russian president Vladimir Putin talked to president
trump about Controlling Nuclear weapons and banning weapons in space at their private summit in finland last month how do we know that . White house . No politico cry citing a released russian document because the white house wont say much of anything. The russian document reports that the white house refused to comment except to say that President Trump did not receive any actual paperwork. Of course, the white house cant tell us what the president and President Putin talked about at the meeting only the two leaders and their interpreters were in that room and the Secretary Of State mike pompeo told congress the president s conversations with his cabinet about the summit should be kept private. Trace gallagher with the news. Is he live for us this afternoon. Hey, trace. Hey, shep, politico reviewed the translations of the document and what Presidenpresident Putin ConveyeoPresident Trump. Surprisingly normal. In other words, despite rising tension over events in syria and ukraine, along with russias meddling in
the 2016 election, the document shows that putin is willing to extend a series of landmark Nuclear Treaties and separately work towards agreeing on new ways to limit nuclear weapons. A source told politico that putin is in essence saying, quote we want to get out of The Dog House and engage on a broad range of