break the law. regarding hush money payments to them and threatening to go public about alleged affairs. president telling fox news today, the prosecution of his former attorney michael cohen his chest designed to make them look bad. chief white house correspondent john robert starts us off. >> a lot of talk in washington today about whether or not the president faces increasing legal exposure after the michael cohen sentencing yesterday. according to president trump, he is a sort of person who would say anything even if it is a life to try to save his hide. president trump broke his self-imposed silence yesterday on the cohen sentencing on twitter and in an interview with harris faulkner today. he insisted that he did nothing wrong. >> i never directed him to do anything wrong. whatever he did come he did on his own. he is a lawyer. the lawyer represents a client is supposed to do the right thing, that is what you pay them a lot of money. >> president trump also said that the payments made to stormy daniels and karen mcdougall were not illegal. despite near prosecutor said, michael cohen pleaded guilty, or what media company ami admitted it did. >> if it were even a campaign contribution, it is legal. look at stores one after another, they are legal. lawyers are saying, there is nothing illegal. >> the president gets back up from an op-ed in the heritage foundation daily signal, he wrote, the payments were a private transaction. not subject to campaign finance law. >> it had nothing to do with the campaign. they weren't dependent on the campaign, therefore, there was no violation of federal law on these payments were made. >> has argument centers on a statute that states campaign expansions expenses do not fulfill an obligation that would exist irrespective of the candidates for election campaign. in other words, he claims they likely would have come forward regardless of whether donald trump was running for president. >> the whole question comes down to whether hush money payments made to these women -- whether that is a campaign related expense as opposed to a personal expense. it is very clear from prior actions of the justice department and the federal election commission, this is not a campaign related expense. >> president trump told fox news that he only pled guilty because prosecutors were trying to embarrass him. >> he made a deal. >> in order to embarrass me. >> he played down his significance in the trump organization saying, he only hired him after cohen supported his bid to fill trump tower new york at a condominium committee meeting. >> why did you need him? >> he was on a committee, he was so responsive and so good. i said, he is a nice guy. i shouldn't have done it. >> another investigation looming, "the wall street journal" reports today that federal prosecutors in new york city are looking to spend the inaugural committee come according to the journal the prosecutors want to know if some of that money was misspent and whether donors were giving a lot of money to try and buy into the administration. >> bret: we will unpack all of that on the panel. thank you. we are waiting to information about the special counsel from the special counsel about a federal interview with out a lawyer present, a key figure in the rush of collusion investigation. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge fills us in. >> filed late wednesday night, the order for mike from federal judge gives aubert muller's team less than 48 hours to provide on record that underlying notes and the fbi's january 2017 interview a former national security advisor mike flynn in the white house situation room. in court papers this week, his attorney claims that fbi director andrew mccabe fired for lying to federal investigators over media leaks, called him on short notice and then sent two agents including peter strzok who sent trump tax to the interview. the filing also claims that he discouraged him from having a lawyer presence. by contrast, his legal team set other witnesses were warned of the probes the serious nature. over the weekend, he said he was directly involved. he believed flynn's statements about his russia contact with the vice president conflicted with fbi evidence. >> i sent them. something i probably wouldn't have done or gotten away with in a more organized investigation. a more organized administration. in the george busch administration of the obama administration. >> lester little republican house investigators that the fbi agents reported no signs of deception from the flynn interview. despite the guilty plea, the president commented on him told fox he believes the former aide was pressured. >> they convinced him he did life and he make some kind of a deal. now they are recommending no time. you know why? they are embarrassed. >> sullivan has a track record for calling out prosecutor makes contact commas order puts the special counsel team on a tight timeline, the sentencing is sentenced for tuesday. >> bret: and other development, the alleged russian spy, she entered the guilty plea to conspiracy charges today. we found out a little bit more. what can you tell us? >> she pled guilty to one charge of conspiracy to act as an agent to a foreign country, she understood the nature of the charge against her. she was acting up her own free will when she entered the plea. prosecutors plan that she did her contacts with the rifle association to develop relationships with politicians and gather intelligence for russia. she faces a maximum sentence of five years, it is important to note her case is separate from the mueller pro. >> bret: the senate is making its harshest statement yet against the leadership of saudi arabia. senators are pointing the finger of blame for the death of the journalist directly at the crown prince. they are trying to end u.s. involvement in the yemeni civil war. correspondent peter doocy is live on capitol hill tonight. >> tonight, the congress condemned the kingdom after classified intelligence briefing from top administration officials showed that the conference may have had his fingerprints on plans to kill a journalist. >> the defense secretary did his talking in a classified setting, democrats were not satisfied with his presentation about the death of jamal khasoggi. >> i spent the time watching the cable news. >> the trump administration is trying to keep congress from jeopardizing ties to a strategic ally. >> the importance of our relationship with saudi arabia. >> first, proving a measure that pulls u.s. support from fighters and yemen civil war, they also said with saudi arabia. >> we will not continue to have our military dictated by a despotic, murderous regime. >> the united nations is trying to ensure a truth and yemen also. >> we have agreed to. establishments, the governor. >> the defense minded senators preview sanctions against saudi arabia which could have so much support, they couldn't be vetoed. >> i don't like this approach. i hope others will come together on a bipartisan deal that will get a veto approved. >> the senate decided to go on the record today with the resolution that says, the senate believed crown prince will is responsible for the murder of jim okeechobee. >> it is an unambiguous message about how we feel about what happened to this journalist. >> for many lawmakers this resolution was a long time coming. bob corker took a long time to bring up. >> we were going to have 10 minutes. we have had two boats and 54 minutes. can we not just vote? >> the administration is still living over to mike open the possibility that the crown prince was not responsible for the journalist murder, lawmakers who saw the same intel decided anyway, they were going to flex their muscles at a separate but equal branch of government and they are promising more pressure on saudi arabia. >> bret: peter doocy, thank you. the house and senate have passed a bill to overhaul the process for handling sexual assault and harassment claims in congress. the bill holds lawmakers including those who leave office financially liable for settlements resulting in harassment and retaliation. it also limits mandatory counseling and mediation for victims, it gets rid of a cooling-off period that they are now required to observe before filing a lawsuit or requesting a hearing. the legislation now heads to president trump was expected to sign it. the american public is not sold on congressional leadership, that is not a surprise but it is the conclusion of the latest fox news poll. registered voters disapproved of nancy pelosi, republican leader mitch mcconnell, democratic leader chuck schumer and soon to be top republican in the house, kevin mccarthy. you can see the numbers there. he does better among republican voters and is up nine-point since august. nancy pelosi get stronger marks from democratic voters, she is up 11 since august. the clock is ticking and tempers are flaring tonight over the president's demand for a border wall. is it to make it a fence or wal wall? will it fight over semantics shut on the government, even partially. >> we need a wall in certain parts, not in all parts, but in certain parts of a 2,000-mile border. >> with the president means by wall is confusing and part of the problem. >> we think a wall is a bad strategy! >> many sections of the border are already lined by more than 100 miles of steal fencing, what trump calls, a wall. our administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders more, since 1990 lawmakers from both parties approved and built some 650 miles of border fence, various designs. congress approved a 700 miles of double fencing in 2006. the majority of senate democrats including chuck schumer, clinton and obama voting for it. >> the bill before us will do some good. it will authorize some badly needing funding. >> president trump so far replaced 31 miles of barrier. that money will pay for an additional 93 miles, but the president wants more. >> if we got $5 billion we could do a tremendous chunk of wall. >> 5 billion will buy another 215 miles in san diego, el centro, yuma, el paso and the rio grande valley. unless congress objects. >> there is no moral difference between a fence and a wall. it makes no sense. the only argument to deny trump you all this because they hate trump. >> so for the white house has not clarified that new money would be used to replace old fence or extend the existing fence. for how much of the 5 billion pays for more manpower, judges, cameras, drones, which are likely part of the border security negotiation. >> bret: thank you. businesses and schools across the u.s. were evacuated today because of a bomb threat hoax. officials in atlanta, new orleans and anchorage, alaska, say business has received emails bomb threats that were part of what they believed was a nationwide hoax. the fbi released a statement late today saying we are aware of the recent bomb threats made and cities around the country and we remain in touch with our law enforcement partners to provide assistance as always. we encourage the public to remain vigilant and to promptly report suspicious activity. there are new concerns about iran's efforts to get personal information about top american officials and retaliation for increased sanctions on that country. correspondent ellison barber tells us what we are learning tonight. >> is president trump moves to and the nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions, tied to iran allegedly trying to break into the personal email of american officials, responsible for enforcing those sanctions. that according to an exclusive report by the associated press. he was government is focused on iran and cyber activity for decades, experts say this recent hacking attempt could be an escalation of a long-standing problem. >> it is hard to put this in context without knowing what their and motivation is. is it espionage? they have a long history of doing that. is it in the second category of using cyber attacks? >> has emailed us reportedly one of the targets, he works as a senior director for cyber security policy under both president obama and president trump. the hackers are said to be part of the group known as charming kitten. >> they are known for being a little sloppy and a little loud. >> one of the headless became public after the hackers accidentally left a server open to the internet. a london-based firm extracted a list of 77 addresses and turn them over to the ap. the ap says the list includes private accounts of high-profile defenders, detractors and enforcers of the nuclear deal. strip between washington and iran. more than a dozen u.s. treasury officials. the department of treasury wouldn't get into specifics but a spokesperson told fox news, homeland security issued an alert on november 1st, private industries related to the iranian sanctions and the person says by default, that security alert applied to federal agencies including the department of treasury. >> bret: thank you. up next, how republican candidate for congress got the most votes on the midterm election and still lost? we will explain. first, what some of our affiliates are covering. box nine in the twin cities, five people are convicted and alleged brain that sold thai women for sex in the u.s. attorneys called it a case of modern-day sex slavery, defense attorneys defend they were willful participants. officials say this is the largest sex trafficking ring ever discovered. austin, texas, apple announces it will build a billion-dollar campus in austin. the tech giants are the new facility will open with 5,000 positions, it will have the capacity to eventually accommodate 15,000 new employees in fields ranging from engineering to research and development, to sales and support. this is a live look at los angeles from fox 11, roughly at therapy one of the big stores are tonight, california regulators are considering a plan to charge a fee for text messaging on mobile phones. the revenue would help support programs to make phone service accessible to the poor. the proposal is scheduled for a vote next month by the state public utilities commission. tax on tax. that is tonight's live look outside, from "special report," we will be right back. ♪ ♪ the greatest wish of all... is one that brings us together. the lincoln wish list event is here. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with $0 down, $0 due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. only at your lincoln dealer. place, the xfinity xfi gateway. and it's strengthened by xfi pods, which plug in to extend the wifi even farther, past anything that stands in its way. ...well almost anything. leave no room behind with xfi pods. simple. easy. awesome. click or visit a retail store today. ♪ >> bret: virgin galactic's tour and spaceship by more than 50 miles high above california's desert today, reaching for the first time with the company considers the boundary of space. the ship reached an altitude of 51 miles before beginning a gliding dissent in a safe landing on a runway. the flight takes a big step closer to turning the commercial space tourism into reality. they amputate paying customers onto a rocket, more than 600 people have committed up to $250,000 already for rides that include several minutes of weightlessness, a few of the far below back to you, the democrats who won a race for congress in maine say a judge and its ruling dismissing a challenge as a vindication. the controversy involves maine's system of determining a victor come a system that turn the g.o.p. candidates from a winner into a loser. we get details tonight from correspondent douglas kinsey. >> after election day, you had more than 2,000 more votes than your closest opponents. >> that is correct. i won on election day. >> is when was the first choice of more voters, his bid for reelection and maine's second house district. >> unfortunately for you, you are not their second choice. >> this is crazy. >> crazy he says because his democratic opponent has been declared the winner. on thursday morning, u.s. district court judge lance walker throughout his lawsuit, challenging that result. >> his loss is the first test of maine's new election tabulation process, called ranked choice voting. voters can prioritize a crowded field of candidates from favorite to least favorite. >> if no candidate wins the majority as with happened with him, they illuminate the last place finisher. they take his or her second choice pick and distribute them among the remaining candidates. that process is then repeated until someone gets over 50% of the votes. adam freeman is pushing a proposal in massachusetts. >> with ranked choice voting, you got to vote honestly rather than strategically. >> he explains in crowded field with a 2016 presidential primar primary, the promise 2020 primary, a candidate can easily win with less than 40% of the vote. he says voters often won't vote for the candidate they would like the best, they are afraid the candidate they like the least may be elected. >> what about congress? he got the most first choice vote, he ends up losing. is that fair? >> it actually is fair. frank choice voting entrance the winner has a majority of the district support. >> supporters have ranked choice voting and see what happened to you was bare because you are not the consensus candidate and didn't get half the vote. >> for 200 years we have had one person have one vote. it is not complicated. it is not controversial. in washington, d.c., fox news. >> up next, china ratchets up pressure on canada and its three weight tech dispute with the u.s. first, beyond our borders tonight. a paris prosecutor says the man killed in a shoot-out with police and strasburg is the main suspect in the christmas market killings. in other officials as a suspect open fire on police and officers fired back, killing him. he is believed to be an islamic extremist, three people died and 13 were injured in tuesday's attack which is being claimed by isis terrorists. an early morning fire in congo's capital destroyed thousands of voting machines ten days before the presidential election there. officials say the blaze appears to be criminal in nature. they are bowing it will not disrupt the vote. australian media are being prevented from reporting on the conviction of cardinal george pell from molesting to australian choirboys in the 1990s. 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there is a lot of accounting on how money goes through inauguration committees. there's all kind of money flowing around. this one had a hundred and $70 million. there is allegations now being investigated. >> there they are often removem the president-elect himself. it is not uncommon for people to make contributions expecting a photograph, nothing is wrong with that. if there were decisions made by officials in the white house, the president or anyone under him has a quid pro quo for some of these enormous contributions to what they're looking at. this started in april when the u.s. attorneys in manhattan, the same ones that were present yesterday when michael cohen was sentenced. they rated michael cohen's office and hotel room at the same time. that office was a couple doors down from donald trump's when he ran the trump organization. they probably discovered some documents in there that reflected what they believed were quick pro pro. michael cohen's m.o. has been, you want access to the president? pay me and i will get it for you. i'm not suggesting that the payments went to him. could trip this money and you will get this access. >> bret: he made more than $4 million in postelection time per inauguration time doing just that. talking to companies, individual saying, i can get you what you need. >> didn't he also run by saying, i know how politics work. there is a fee for access and transactions. he is proving the point. >> and "the wall street journal" report, there is apparently a recording between michael cohen and someone from the transition and that is part of this investigation started. shows you that this thing is just a field of different turns. >> bret: we have seen the recordings. >> the other thing i would say but that is at the transition responded, they haven't been asked for anything else. take a breath away to see how this plays out. we don't know. >> bret: there is a lot of take a breath. the president is pushing back on the campaign finance violation. he is pointing to experts here it is. he did not violate campaign finance law, neither did the presidents. he writes, feca. it specifically says that camping related expenses do not include any expenditures used to fulfill any commitment or obligation or expensive that would exist irrespective of the candidates election campaign. given trump's celebrity status and potential liability to these women existed, we respect the campaign, it is important how can michael cohen or anyone else involved be charged with a knowing and willful violation of the law by facilitating these payments were numerous campaign finance lawyers, federal election committees and commission itself have all said such payments do not violate the law the first place. it seems pretty clear that the federal election campaign act wasn't meant to cover what he has pleaded guilty to which is why the edward prosecution failed. john edwards he is talking about. judge, you disagree. >> he is has the foremost authority. if you make an honest mistake, if you receive more money from a percent on the law permits, if you make an expenditure and filter reported, you can return the money and correct the mistake. if you engage in sophisticated, deceptive substituted to hide the pavement, to make it look like it was a payment to a vendor rather than payments or someone who will say something negative that might impact the campaign, that turns it into criminal. if two people involved in the payments. both of whom say under oath, this was done in conjunction with president trump. this was done specifically to prevent an explosion in the campaign. one in august of 2016, it was already the nominee. one in october and 2016 come on the billy bush tape. it doesn't seem to be any question in the minds of the prosecutors, the federal judge that these payments were made to help the campaign that weren't reported. they came from corporations, they were far beyond what individual contribution could be. there is a least three crimes there. >> bret: not to ignore the seriousness of any of this. prosecutors have laid out the case. there is pushback. the president is tapping into that. >> at this point, i don't have the legal mastery here, my understanding is that the justice department cannot -- there can be a trying sitting presidents. it is a political matter. if the democrats believe this is impeachable, please go ahead. a look in view, it will be deliciously ironic because of course many democrats defended bill clinton when he was impeached for lying about sex. the echo here is too much. i think it also puts republicans in the same hot seat for hypocrisy. i don't think this will be what you can impeach him for. for two years we were talking about collusion with russia, this is not that and i think it will be very difficult to meet the political case, beyond that. >> bret: to your point, the cnn has a poll, should he be impeached? should not come at 50%, that has increased from september. look at independence which is interesting, it increases even more 255% should not be impeached. based on what we know now. polls are polls. speak out you democrats say? democrats want the president impeached. this is a pretext for impeachment, you have the mueller investigation. he produces this report, that will generate another push for impeachment. to his point, it is a political matter because unless you can get the votes to remove and convict in the senate which will not happen, unless there is mass affections, this is going to be an exercise in politics. >> bret: it seems that there is more to go in the mueller stuff. for all the folks who said it was wrapping up, doesn't feel like it. >> he keeps getting more evidence and more rapid holes to run down. some of the evidence he keeps for himself and develops his case against people whose names we can probably suggest, somebody passes to new york. the crowd -- for the prosecutors and new york are not political appointees, our full-time career professional prosecutors have seen far more aggressive in their pursuit of the presidents. they are the ones who reveal to a federal judge that they were investigating and that they had evidence and the orchestrated and paid for cohen's acts. they didn't have to reveal it. why did they? 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we are pulling out of x, y, and z. >> in some ways, yes. when you have a situation like we have with saudi arabia where you have an extra additional killing in a foreign country in the embassy. that is so out-of-bounds that i think it did require an extraordinary response. i don't think it requires blowing up the u.s. saudi alliance and that is a question that really wasn't debated in the senate. i think it was dodged in the senates. that has been largely what the president and his cabinet have been arguing. >> look, it is a bit of a black eye for the president to see -- to have the senate's break with him in this way given how this has played out in the trump administration has sort of left the door open that the crown prince might not have been involved. this doesn't change anything. he is still driving foreign policy. it is still his belief that this is an important relationship that must be preserved. to your point, the heinous acts are occurring all over the world every single day. we could not be to them and realigning our entire global strategy based on that. the study relationship is too important and shall continue to drive policy that way. >> i am thrilled when i see bernie sanders and likely to gather agreeing on something. it is usually some constitutional principle, libertarians and progressives. >> bret: he is fighting. >> these resolutions were utterly toothless, as they slaughter jamal khasoggi, teacher heinous act as the use of american troops as advisors and american weaponry and yemen to kill a massive numbers of innocence. i wish that instead of the sense of the senate, it was legislation that restrained the president from putting troops there and restrained american armed dealers from getting their equipment they are. you didn't get that accent. >> would it be better and yemen if the u.s. was not advised? >> we have zero national security interests and slaughtering innocents in the country. >> no one wants to slaughter and a sense but you also don't want iran to control the board. >> bret: 217 iranian missiles were fired. >> let the congress declare war which they will never do. >> i agree, they need to assert their authority. there are a lot of other places they have to start first, like syria. >> bret: when we come back, the first lady bring some christmas cheer to some deserving children. ♪ ♪ voice-command navigation with waze wifi wireless charging 104 cubic feet of cargo room and seating for 8. now that's a sleigh. ford expedition. built for the holidays. and for a limited time, get zero percent financing plus twelve hundred and fifty dollars ford credit bonus cash on ford expedition. ♪ spread a little love today ♪ spread a little love my-y way ♪ ♪ spread a little something to remember ♪ philadelphia cream cheese. made with fresh milk and real cream makes your recipes their holiday favourites. the holidays are made with philly. but when i started seeing things, i didn't know what was happening... so i kept it in. he started believing things that weren't true. i knew something was wrong... but i didn't say a word. during the course of their disease around 50% of people with parkinson's may experience hallucinations or delusions. but now, doctors are prescribing nuplazid. the only fda approved medicine... proven to significantly reduce hallucinations and delusions related to parkinson's. don't take nuplazid if you are allergic to its ingredients. nuplazid can increase the risk of death in elderly people with dementia-related psychosis and is not for treating symptoms unrelated to parkinson's disease. nuplazid can cause changes in heart rhythm and should not be taken if you have certain abnormal heart rhythms or take other drugs that are known to cause changes in heart rhythm. tell your doctor about any changes in medicines you're taking. the most common side effects are swelling of the arms and legs and confusion. we spoke up and it made all the difference. ask your parkinson's specialist about nuplazid. ♪ >> bret: it is at time of year, melania trump made a christmas visit today. >> are you feeling the christmas spirit more than ever? knowing how much the family and friends love him and how much he loves them and return. >> bret: it reading their two kids earlier today, mrs. trump visited the children's national hospital here in washington. i know that place pretty well. she met with families and read to children, tradition to visit children's national christmas time actually dates back 60 years starting with first lady, beth truman. thank you to the first lady for swinging by. that is it for "special report," fair balanced and unafraid. >> breaking tonight, is the president doing a face on the shut down and what about reports today that he is considering jared kushner as chief of staff? white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders answers those questions and just a moment's. first, let's look back a bit. he has long wanted to call congress on a showdown. >> i am proud to shutdown the government for border security. >> if we don't get border security, a possible shutdown.

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