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Mine for over ten years. Shes someone i have great affection for. I am as mj lee reported the godfather to her son. Shes a single parent. Shes now in the cosmetology business. At this juncture, mr. Mueller has had full access to my emails and therefore he is well aware that theres no evidence whatsoever. Blake Garrett Tenney live now from washington. How does Kristen Davis figure into this investigation . Well, blake, roger stone said in the interview last night that the only reason he can think of for muellers team that would want to speak with her is because of her close ties to him and stone has long been a person of interest in the special counsels investigation in no small part because of his contact during the campaign with the hacking group, which we know now was operated by russian intelligence officers. In an interview with the Washington Post, friday, Kristen Davis describes stone as one of her best friends and called the Mueller Probe a witch hunt saying quote in terms of russian collusion, i know nothing. They seem to be going back with him and picking up people who worked for roger and some people who are disgruntled. Now weve reached out to davis and her attorney for comment, and while the special counsels office also is not commenting on these latest reports, davis would be the latest addition to a long list of folks with ties to roger stone whose muellers team has already spoken to. Blake separate from that, we are also learning more about the recording Michael Cohen made of a conversation a couple years ago with President Trump. What can you tell us about that . Sources familiar with the investigation tells fox news this recording was made in september 2016 just a couple of months before the election. The conversation revolved around a possible payment to former playboy model Karen Mcdougal who claims she had an affair with donald trump back in 2006. Now, cohen allegedly suggested on this recording that he and mr. Trump buy the rights to mcdougals story in order to prevent the allegations from becoming public. The president s current attorney giuliani says no payment was ever made and suggested this recording actually helps the president s case that there were no violations of Campaign Finance laws, telling the New York Times, quote, nothing in that conversation suggests that he had any knowledge of it in advance. In the big scheme of things, it is powerful exculpatory evidence. Cohens attorneys also say there is nothing in the recording that will hurt their client. Sources tell us the fbi is now in possession of that recording, which was obtained in its raid on cohens office back in april. Blake potentially more. Garrett tenney out of washington thanks. Arthel lets bring in the politics editor for the national journal. Josh, lets start there with those recordings. What could this mean for President Trump . Might there be legal jeopardy for him or not . Well, from a political standpoint it suggests that President Trump is getting awfully nervous because he tweeted out just this morning for the first time public criticism of his long time attorney and fixer Michael Cohen. So i think there was an assumption from the white house for quite a while that cohen could be loyal, he might actually stay on trumps team and not work with the feds. But the fact that trump is now publicly attacking one of his longtime allies suggests hes worried about what may be on the tapes the feds seized and worried about what Michael Cohen may tell the feds on this case. Arthel any potential political impact for the president . It threatens to dampen republican enthusiasm for the midterm elections. I mean, it couldnt come at a worst possible time for the white house. Republicans were hoping that once judge kavanaugh was picked as President Trumps Supreme Court nominee, that the republicans would be enthused, would be talking about judges, we would be talking about the Supreme Court, instead were talking about russia and were talking about a possible serious ethical issue. Thats not good news for republicans who are largely staying on President Trumps side on this issue, but theres some signs that some of the softer supporters, some of the softer republicans are not as enthused as they once were. Arthel i had a follow up regarding judge kavanaugh, but i i need to move on. If i have time, i will circle back to that. I want to continue with Michael Cohen. What does this signal about him . How much is he cooperating with investigators, tapes of course nabbed in an fbi sweep of his office, but might Michael Cohen have more to offer . He is in serious legal trouble, and it sounds he gave an interview to abc news a few weeks ago suggesting that hes willing to cooperate with the feds. Hes not defending President Trump any longer. And hes someone who knows the president s deepest secrets. He recorded as we now know about a two minute call that undermines what the white house had been saying, what President Trump had been saying about not knowing anything about these payments to a former model, Karen Mcdougal. So this is big political troubles, big legal trouble for President Trump, and Michael Cohen looks like hes trying to get himself out of his own serious legal issues, and he could ensnare the president or people close to the president as part of the investigation. Arthel what about roger stone . Well the sharks are circling around roger stone as well, as we now know with the indictment against 12 russian intelligence officials, stone was essentially named not named by name but was referenced in that indictment showing that he had communicated with the hacking group, which was someone who was a russian intelligence official. Who knows what roger stones legal jeopardy will end up being, but boy he sure showed a lot of bad judgment in having conversations with people who hacked hilary clinton, the dnc and all the other democratic files, and hes certainly on the fbi and the department of justices target list. Arthel josh, i have to leave it there. We have some breaking news right now. Blake that breaking news is a fox news alert. Lets take you to a press conference at the hospital in branson, missouri. You see one of the survivors from the boating accident speaking now. Lets listen in. A ton of family, praying for me, being behind me. As soon as they found out, they left in the middle of the night to come down. My pastors even come down. I have had my friends come down here to support me. This isnt all the family. This is just some of the family that you see here. I have had tons of family members and friends sending requests and asking how im doing and supporting. So thats the only way im getting through this is through god and through a lot a lot f people here in the city, i have had pastors from the city come and they have prayed for me and said they will keep me in their thoughts and prayers. Thats the best getting through it what about going home . Going home i already know is going to be completely difficult. I dont know how im going to do it. Since ive had a home, its always been filled with little feet and laughter and my husband. I dont know how im going to do it. I just know that i will continue to need the support of my family, my friends, and even my extended family and friends i havent met, i will need that. How were you able to survive . Ive always loved water. I dont know, but ive always loved water. But when that water came over the boat, i didnt know what happened. I had my son right next to me. But when the water filled up the boat, i could no longer see. I couldnt feel anybody. I couldnt see. I just remember i got to get out. I got to get out. And i dont know if somebody pushed me or what happened, but i hit my head on part of the boat, and when i got out into the water, it was ice cold, and i remember as we were going into the water, they said that the lake stays pretty warm, like in the 80s, so i knew since it was being so cold that im close to the bottom. Im not close to the top. I just remember kicking and swimming, swimming up to the top, and as i was swimming up, i was praying, i said lord, please let me get to my babies. Got to get to my babies. I was kicking. The harder i fought to get up to the top, i was getting pulled down. I kept fighting and i kept fighting. And then i said lord, if i cant make it, theres no use in keeping me here. And so i just let go, and i started floating, and as i started floating, i felt the water temperature change, and it got warmer, and as it got warmer, i knew i was to the top, so i stuck my hand out, and i kept swallowing tons of water. The waves were crashing over my face, and every time id get my head a little bit above water, i would scream help help finally i came up to the surface, i saw a great big boat out there, like a river boat, and they were oh my god they were jumping in and saving people. They were throwing life rafts out to everybody. But i couldnt reach it. I couldnt get there in time, and so somehow i managed to get to the boat. Seeing Beautiful People, angels, i dont know who they were, they pulled me up, and when they pulled me up from the boat, i didnt see any of my family. But i believe i survived by god and by good samaritans. [inaudible]. The captain did Say Something about life jackets. She said above you are your life jackets. Theres three sizes. He said im going to show you where they are. But you wont need them. So no need to worry. So we didnt grab them. [inaudible]. I really dont know. Im kind of in and out remembering my new facts, but it was said that there are life jackets, but dont worry. You will not need them and we were never told after that to grab them. [inaudible]. I have no idea. I just know when the water i was getting close to the front, so when the water came up over me, i immediately floated up but i hit my head on something, so thats all i know about that. The last thing i wanted to ask [inaudible]. I have no idea. Again, i cant answer that. I dont know how i got out. I couldnt see anything. Thank you. You are welcome. [inaudible]. It took me maybe a minute to realize. It took me a minute before the boat went under because the water was splashing. It was so high. The water was splashing. But when the big swell came in, thats when i got nervous, and then the next big swell is what i didnt know the boat capsized. I thought it went under. So when that next big swell came in, i did go under. So i dont i dont know how long that was. [inaudible]. The weather before you went out [inaudible]. Sure. Before we left, they just said theres a storm coming so go to the [inaudible] so you can avoid it. Was it cloudy . Not right then it didnt. Even when we first hit the water, it didnt look cloudy. [inaudible]. No. [inaudible]. You are welcome. So sorry [inaudible]. I was wondering, you said you were sitting in the front of the boat, if you could give me an idea from your Vantage Point for what the greatest obstacle for yourself and everybody on the boat the water rushing in . [inaudible]. The one thing that stood out to you. The biggest thing that stood me out to me is no matter what, i felt like if i was able to get a life jacket, i could have saved my baby because they could have at least floated up to the top and somebody could have grabbed him. And i wasnt able to do that. I cant say what the restriction was because when i went up, i thought i hit the ceiling, and i thought i was dead because i didnt know how to get out from im great with directions, but in water, i dont know which way im facing, so when i went up, i didnt know if i was in the ceiling or i figured i was in the ceiling because i wasnt moving. Something just kept pushing me. I kept floating up, and so i dont know if i was coming through a window or if somebody did remove the roof. I have no idea. [inaudible]. Theres some things im not at liberty to say. I have no idea. [inaudible]. Based on what me and my family went through, i dont want to be on any boat ever again in my life, anybodys boat. [inaudible]. I want them to be remembered how they were. I lost nine people. I lost my husband who was he was so loving. He didnt look like he was, but he was loving. To remember my baby, my oldest son, who was on the autism spectrum, but he made every day worth living, and he was the happiest sweetest little boy anybody would ever want to meet. Everybody remember my evan who was 7 who was extremely smart and quick and witty. He loved life, and he was a great brother, a big brother and a little brother. And then my baby, she was only 1, and she had a thousand personalities wrapped up in her one, and she would blow kisses, and she would fight. She was a little fireball, and my only girl, and to remember my uncle ray, he was the oldest. He liked to laugh and have a good time. My fatherinlaw who had a heart of gold. He would give anything for anybody. My motherinlaw who was like a second mom. I never knew i would marry into such great people. I never knew it. She was always there with a supportive word. My sisterinlaw who i call my sister because she was. She was so loving. And shed do anything for her family. For my nephew, the sweetest baby ever. He loved big hugs and warm kisses. And i would ask everybody to remember my family as the Beautiful People they were. [inaudible]. Is there anything you would like to say to the owner of the boat company [inaudible]. I dont have anything to say to the owner. I dont have anything to say to the captain. To the survivors of the boat, i continue to keep you in my prayers. I know what you are going through. To all the lives that were lost, to all the lives that were lost, i just pray that theyre continuing to live on in their familys hearts. [inaudible]. The hotel we were staying at we the kids always loved to swim in the water. We just liked getting in the water. So we all went down to the water, had a good time in the pool, and then i caught myself sneaking off to get in the hot tub, here comes the little bodies coming in there with me. This feels so good, so good. I said get back in the kiddy pool. I will always remember how they always loved to be around family. We end up going out to eat while we were here. I guess i forgot how much food they had. The kids were like can we have this . On vacation you can have whatever you want. I started piling up their plates. They were eating up all this food. They had cotton candy, rainbow sherbet, stuff you probably shouldnt give your kids all the time, thats the kind of parent, i would do stuff like that, you know, occasionally. I enjoyed we had a big van. I enjoyed us being together and laughing at each others stories and just talking to each other. [inaudible]. We did not see shows. In our family, like i said my oldest son is autistic, so a lot of things that quote unquote normal families or people say that normal families do we dont always do, and thats another thing i loved about my family. They would make a situation fit for him. So we had to do stuff that would keep him where he can jump up and be entertained or he likes to ride. So he could ride. That was one thing we knew, he loves water and he likes to ride. We were like that would work out for everybody. We can drive around on the boat and get in the water and it will be a good time. We had planned on going out to eat afterwards. So we did not see any shows. On our family trips, we always tried to cater to the kids. [inaudible]. This is our first time coming to branson. We go as a family we travel to different places. The best one that ive been to for me i will say is michigan. It was all peaceful. The clearest lake i had ever seen. It felt like i had stepped back in time. They dont even have internet. They have dial up. Whats going on . I felt like that was one of my Favorite Places to go. The kids favorite place was south carolina, myrtle beach. Arthel remembering Beautiful Moments and recalling an unthinkable nightmare. A young woman there, tia coleman of indiana lost nine members of her family in that boating accident there in branson, missouri, including her husband and all three of her children, ages 9, 7, and 1. Shes asking for prayers. No doubt she will need them. And there has been a go fund me account set up by the company that owns that boat. Go fund me. Com bransonduckboat survivor. Were going to get the graphic up for you. There it is right there. Go fund me. Com bransonduckboat survivors. So far 71,000 has been raised. Blake, the money will definitely be needed because unfortunately, tia coleman, again a young woman who looks to be somewhere near 38 or 40 something should not be bearing this sort of tragedy in her life at any point and certainly not now. Shes going to need the money because now she has to bury her husband. She has to bury her three children, ages 9, 7 and 1. 17 people all together died in that accident there. And the youngest person who died is a 1yearold girl. Blake the oldest 76 years old. 17 victims in total, ranges from 76 years old to 1yearold. Tia coleman you just heard from there when she asked what stands out to her now, the thought of getting a life jacket to save her babies, her three children, 9 years and younger. There are a lot of questions what could have been done. She talks about the boat captain there. Thats probably a conversation for another day. There are questions about the thunderstorm that moved in, what could have happened, etc. For now, we watch tia coleman and you think about what shes going through, her family, what they are going through and the 17 victims in this case. Arthel three generations lost. Lets go to mike tobin now and see if he has anymore information on that accident. Mike . Theres a couple of parallel investigations taking place right now. Theres the one that we have been talking about with the ntsb and the coast guard. Thats the overarching investigation. We expect to get an update on that particular investigation in less than an hours time. But theres also the local investigation thats being taken up taken up by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Ultimately

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