We start off with john roberts. The president s southern swing to the fences. Good evening. Day 20 of the partial Government Shutdown a President Trump, he is even more duggan than ever in his demands for some money to build some kind of a barrier along our southern border. He took his argument to the front line in the fight to control illegal crossborder traffic. Just a few yards from the rio grande within sight of mexico, President Trump repeated his threat that he is willing to declare a National Emergency to build the wall at the border. We can declare a National Emergency. We shouldnt have to. The president insists he would hundred has the authority to declare a National Emergency. While he says he wants to give more time to the possibility of negotiating an end to the herschel shut down, you could almost see his thinking evolving in real time. I have the right to declare a National Emergency. The lawyers have advised me. Im not prepared to do that yet. If i have to, i will before his tour of President Trump took in a briefing from the Border Patrol at the mcallen station. In the room, drugs, money and drugs seized from criminals. Joining the group, the brother of the California Police officer who was gunned down the day after christmas by an illegal immigrant. Looking at that 5monthold baby, looking for his dad. No one should ever go through that on christmas day. The mother of popular, a patrol agent killed by two Illegal Immigrants in 2014. No family should suffer the loss of a child. A parent should not have to bury the child. We need the wall. Speak with the texas trip, President Trump is trying to reinforce his case that there is a crisis on the border. Humanitarian and national security, it urgently needs addressing. Aiming to put pressure on democrats to come to the table and negotiate. Democrats have refused to listen to the Border Agents. They say this is a manufactured crisis, what is manufactured is the use of the word manufactured. It is manufactured by them. Nancy pelosi and says President Trump is being petulant and his approach to Border Security and they shut down. Pointing to his walk out yesterdays situation room meeting. Balderdash said President Trump today. I didnt raise my voice. That was a lie. What you should do is give them pinocchio. The president did raise a few eyebrows tonight. Mexico will pay for the wall. After making it his mantra during the 2016 campaign, mexico would pay for the wall, he insisted, i never said they would actually give me the money. To think it will write a check for 20 billion or 5 billion . No. They are paying for the wall and a great trade deal. During the time of the campaign there was no usmca, all those Campaign Rallies and President Trump never said that mexico would pay through enhanced revenue from a new trade deal. The president did point out a potential looming problem building south of the border saying the two new caravans have formed in honduras. One of them reported to be a strength of 15,000 people. The biggest caravan so far. Bret there are reports the president could tap the army corps of engineers for 13. 9 billion in disaster relie relief. To build more than 300 miles of this wall. Ive seen those reports, clearly if the president or to make a declaration he would have to get money from somewhere. The military construction but budget. I checked with the official couple of moments ago who told me, those reports are false. We will keep running it on for you. Bret john roberts, thank you. President trump will not attend the World Economic forum later this month in switzerland. He is blaming what he calls the democrats and transcend on Border Security. Steven mnuchin and other cabinet members are still scheduled to attend the annual event. Meantime sent democrats are refusing to consider bills that have passed through the house to close some agencies. At least one democrat seems to be seeing things the president s way. Mike emanuel is on capitol hill. Senate republicans were trying to craft a way out of this shutdown by pairing Border Security money with some immigration measures, democrats would support that. Fox has learned President Trump killed it with negotiations apparently. Democrats tried bringing forth individual funding bills, the majority leader shut them down. At the last thing we need to do right now is to trade, pointless, absolutely pointless show boats back and forth across the aisle. That hit a nerve with the maryland democrat. This is not a showboat issue. People are being denied their paycheck. Democrats made two more attempts at funding agencies not involved in Border Security. Agriculture and transportation housing. He has had those will also be on arrival of the senates. The adapter President Trumps white house meeting with the top eight congressional leaders, nancy pelosi said the president prefers a soap opera over serious negotiation. Not only was the president come on president ial, surprise. In his behavior. The meeting was a set up so we could walk out. I will say just that. The Senate Republican blames the speaker. I dont think she wants a resolution. She is much too intelligent and talented and has been in too many negotiations to be behaving the way that she has. They say it President Trump personally killed an effort by Lindsey Graham to craft a grand bargain. Ive never been more depressed about moving forward then right now. I dont see a pathway forward. She says it is about to get real when constituents was a paycheck tomorrow. Speak with prison guards, we have people i am very concerned about. Let the People Living paycheck to paycheck. That will put additional pressure on everybody. A minnesota House Democrat from the rural district says has constituents want more Border Security. They are still hanging with the president. Today we got 67 calls for building the wall. We have five against. That sounds to me like he is pretty popular. Senator graham is out with a statement encouraging the president to use his Emergency Powers to fund the wall with legal repercussions, he hopes it works. Moments ago, the senate by voice approved back pay for furloughed workers. Bret mike emanuel, thank you. Breaking late this afternoon the president s former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen will testify in public before the House Oversight committee. That is not on by democrats. Catherine herridge is here with details. The testimony is scheduled for february 7th, exactly a must before he must report to prison for Campaign Finance violations, tax evasion and lying to congress but a moscow trump project that never materialized. In a statement he says that he accepted the invitation, elijah cummings. In furtherance of my commitment to provide the American People with answers, i look forward to having the privilege of being afforded a platform with which to give a full incredible account of the events which have transpired. He said his team is consulting with special Counsel Robert Mueller too much for the public testimony would not interfere with the ongoing probe. Endless point out he headed off the case to the new York Attorney months ago. He is appearing voluntarily after pleading guilty last year to Campaign Finance violations which included payments to silence a former playboy pll and adult film actress. The president had a question on the develop meant. Reporter what you think of that . Im not worried about that. His personal attorney Rudy Giuliani told fox they today that he is a thoroughly discredited liar come democrats may be overplaying their hand by opening a congressional investigation before the report is final. Bret thank you. A scathing rebuke tonight of obama middle east policy, mike pompeo used unusually harsh language to rip into a strategy he calls misguided, wishful, naive and timid. It led to selfinflicted american shame. Trey yingst takes a look from our middle east newsroom. Secretary of state mike pompeo came to Cairo University to mark a turn in the u. S. Middle east policy. Nearly ten years earlier, president obama came to the same place to share his vision. Mike pompeo started by bashing president obama and his 2009 a speech calling out the former president for statements about 9 11 and the muslim world. He told you that 9 11 let my country to abandon its ideals. He told you that the United States and the muslim world needed a new beginning. In his remarks he laid out the trumpet ministrations plan for countering around influence in the middle east, talking what the u. S. Sanctions campaign against the Iranian Regime in support of the iranian people. While the former cia director did not announce a new beginning for the administration in the middle east, he did lay out a shift in u. S. Policy by leaving open the door to future rebuilding assistance for syrias regime. This on the condition that iranian and iranian backed forces leave the country and until the u. S. Sees irreversible progress towards a resolution. The United States plans to withdraw all 2,000 troops from syria. It will continue to be involved in the fight against isis. He added the new u. S. Policy requires a more involved role for regional allies. Before his remarks, he met with egyptian president. He will travel from saudi arabia and four other gulf countries to discuss the u. S. Fight against terrorism. Is the fighting continues we will continue to assist our partners and efforts to guard borders, prosecute terrorists, screen travelers, assist refugees and more. Assist is the key phrase, we ask every peaceloving nation in the middle east to shoulder the responsibilities for defeating islamic extremism. His speech covered other topics including the civil war in yemen. The israelipalestinian peace plant and the militant group. He failed to acknowledge that in each of these conflicts United States has not produced any results bringing the region closer to peace. Bret thank you. Back in this country there is growing controversy within the Democratic Party about catholicism. Many progressives have been publicly critical of the faith and at least one democrat has had enough. Doug mckelway shows us tonight. Im not the catholic candidate for president. I am the Democratic Partys candidate for president. John f. Kennedy change the trajectory of catholicism, critics status spreading again. The latest target they say is u. S. District court now many bishop was catholic and prolife. I do not field assured that you will be able to put aside your personal feelings. And your ideological propensities. I will absolutely enforce and apply roe vs. Wade. He is 1 of 1. 9 million members of the knights of columbus, the largest catholic charitable organization. In a followup question to his confirmation hearing, they peppered him over whether he will end his membership or recruits himself in relevant cases. The grilling proved too much for democratic congressman, this week she called out him and other democrats who have weaponized religion for their own selfish gain. She cited the constitutions, there shall be no religious test for those seeking public office. They refused the request for an interview but said a statement, it is unfortunate that congresswoman based her misguided opinion on the far right wing manipulation. They are not alone. California democratic senator Dianne Feinstein growth other nominee about her prolife catholicism. The dogma lives loudly within you. Nucor check and Brett Kavanaugh faced a similar imposition from democrats and their allies, both attended catholic prep schools. It was recently skewered and a vanity fair piece, inside Georgetown Prep culture. That is a mafia phrase four, code of silence. Next week confirmation hearings get underway for william barr, he too is a member of the knights of columbus and is a catholic, the republican see is right for courting. In washington. Bret thank you. The air you breathe was dirtier now than it has been for a while, that is the conclusion of new independent research, some democrats are using to justify a new push towards green energy. Here is dan springer in seattle. In a report on Carbon Emissions projects the u. S. Release 3. 4 more co2 in the air in 2018 than the previous year. The second biggest annual jump and two decades. The author status due to the effects of a redhot economy. More trucking, manufacturing and higher demand for electricity. We are in a boom cycle economy. Many democrats are seizing on the report is an indictment of a President Trump that has Environmental Policies and patting emissions. Even though none have actually taken effect. It is a disaster. We have a president was a policy of denying what is happening. The jump and omissions coincided with the closure of a new Record Number of call generators replaced by cleaner natural gas, environmental assay that does not good enough. The country needs a green new deal. An idea being championed by democratic punishment, alexandria osasiocortez. And then to gas vehicles ended all Renewable Power grid. It will cost billions of dollars that is a cheaper investment than doing nothing. Doing nothing is the most costly strategy we have. Green new deal is creeping into the new president ial race. Elizabeth warren and cory booker have both supported it. We have a climate denier in the white house. Clearly we need the federal government to join washington and the work we are doing. Publicans dont see Carbon Emissions as a winning issue for democrats. Middleclass incomes are going up and as they go up they will fly more, they will drive more, they will buy more merchandise which is great for the economy. Climate change ranks low on the issues for voters, and a poll taken before lesters mid term only 2 said it was the most important issue. The crowded field of democrats in 2020, expect carbon to be king for some and we will have to hope the voters will follow. Bret thank you. Up next, it may be the most expensive divorce and history. We will have the Staggering Number is at stake for amazons founder and his estranged wife. First, here is what some of our affiliates are covering. In orlando, 277 guests and crew members aboard the Royal Caribbean oasis of the sea cruise ship had been struck by an outbreak of virus. The vessel is returning to port on saturday, one day early. Passengers have gone to social media tweeting they were forced to stay on board after docking in jamaica, it was supposed to be a day of excursions. Fox five and new york with testimony from a former i. T. Expert for acute drug kingpin, a notorious seller is a facing huge charges. This i. T. Expert is considered a major witness in the prosecutions case. He spoke today about his instructions for setting up surveillance and other systems. This is a laugh look at Salt Lake City from our affiliate, fox 13. Craft breweries in the states are facing a crisis as a partial Government Shutdown prevents regulators from approving labels on bottles and cans before they can be sold. One executive says even if the regulators returned to work, some brewers would have to jump on sold beer down the drain. 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Bret a classified briefing on capitol hill, Steven Mnuchin defended his recent decision to lift sanctions on companies linked to a russian oligarch, ally vladimir putin. He said the companies had made major changes and committed to what he called, an unprecedented level of transparency. Nancy pelosi was very critical of the briefing a few minutes ago and called it one of the worst classified briefing