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FOXNEWSW Shepard Smith Reporting May 25, 2017

Advisers. Senate investigators meeting this hour. And breaking in the last hour, the president s travel ban shot down again. Lets get to it. We begin with another major pillow to President Trumps push for a travel ban. A federal Appeals Court in virginia upholding an injunction against the revised ban targeting six muslim countries. In other words, it keeps the blocking of the ban in place. Heres what makes this really a big loss for the Trump Administration. This particular court is historically more conservative. So the thinking going in was if the Trump Administration was going to win an appeal somewhere, anywhere, it would be in virginia. But no. Doug mckelway with live with more. Hi, shep, this 103 ruling by the Fourth Circuit court comes as a surprise to almost no one. When the case was argued on may 8, most of the judges appointed by democratic president s focussed on comments that candidate trump made in his campaign, comments that were believed to convey the president s prejudice for a muslim ban. In todays opinion, the Fourth Circuit wrote that the executive order speaks with vague words of National Security but in context drifts with religious intoll intollerance. In his dissent, judge niemeyer said the real losers are thele many are the millions of americans that rely on the president for security. That dissenting opinion goes to the heart of the administrations case. President trump has long maintained that the president has Sole Authority to set immigration law. The Supreme Court said back in 1950 that the execution of aliens is a fundamental act of sovereignty inherent in executive power. In 1952, congress codified that into law which allowed the president to deny any class of aliens considered to be detrimental to the interests of the United States. The administration has vowed to appeal this case to the Supreme Court. It may wait until the ninth circus court rules in a similar case. Back to you. Shepard thanks, doug. Now the britts keeping the United States out of the loop as they investigate and keeping track on a terror cell that is connected to the Suicide Attack in manchester. The Associated Press citing a british official that says police in manchester have decided not to share information with the United States because of leaked information that came from u. S. Officials. Our Sister Network sky news is reporting that british investigators will be keeping a lid on their findings until the United States assures them the leaks will stop. We just showed you the british Prime Minister theresa may said she would make clear to President Trump that intelligence must remain secure. The white house this morning issuing a statement from the president that reads in part the two leaders meeting at the nato summit in brussels. No word yet on what came out of the conversation. At the same summit, President Trump saying the Manchester Bombing was a barbaric and vicious attack on our civilization. The president calling on our allies in the efforts to track down the losers, as he puts it. All people that cherish life must unite in finding, exposing and removing these killers and extremists. Yes, losers. They are losers. Shepard more on the nato summit later on. On the issue of the leaks, the New York Times is defending crime seen photos and one that appears to show a detonator and what is left of a backpack. Officials say the United States leaked the photos but its not clear at this moment how they got them. All that as we have now learned that the search for potential terrorists has expanded again. Now to continue nine tall europe. German newspapers first reported that salman abedi flew through dusseldorf four days before the bombing. The police say he spent a short time of that time in the airports transit area. A turkish official tells the Associated Press, abedi traveled through istanbul. Seems like he connected in dusseldorf. The official would not say where the flight originated before turkey. And focus reports that abedi twice flew from a german airport and he was not on a watch list. The other team from frankfurt to great britain. Not only that, but this magazine claims that British Police a said that suspect went through paramilitary training in syria. Now officials are trying to determine if he had contact with islamic extremists in germany before making his way to manchester. In libya, Security Forces picked up Salman Abedis younger brother and father. On the left, hassem. On the right, the father, ramadan. A spokesman for libyas malitia says that hassem confessed to helping salman prepare for the attack. Its not clear why they arrested the father. He allegedly used to be part of a group that alquaida backed. He told the Associated Press, that wasnt true and he said his sons are innocent. Rick leventhal has more. Shep, many of the nuggets were learn ing are coming from abedis family. If its true his younger brother confessed to knowledge of the plot, he may have information about other suspects. As you know, Manchester Police are carrying out aggressive raids, making eight arrests since tuesday morning. They call the arrests significant to the case and say that items recovered during the raids are very important to the investigation. These searches will take several days to complete. So as you would expect there will be some localized disruptions in and around the premises. However, it is vitally important that we continue those searches and do it very, very thoroughly. A u. K. Security source tells sky news the bomb itself contained Hydrogen Peroxide and may not have been as sophisticated as originally reported. Shepard anything more on the leaks . Welling to be clear, were told that there has not been a freeze on all intelligence sharing between the u. S. And the u. K. Just on information relating to the investigation between Manchester Police and the u. S. Authorities and a british official tells fox, the Prime Minister plans to reinforce to the president that information shared between our Law Enforcement agencies must be secure and that were pleased that the u. S. Authorities have launched an investigation into breaches. The britts say they recognize that the u. S. Their closest and most trusted partner but the leaks have shaken the trust, shep. Shepard rick leventhal. More on the investigation into the Manchester Attacks and the leaks that have both sides on the pond all fired up. Thats coming up on this thursday afternoon. Plus, the body slam in big sky country. The reporter that witnessed it joins us live. Umbrellas you need one of these. You wouldnt put up with an umbrella that covers you part way, so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day . Aleve, live whole not part. Tell you what, ill give it to you for half off. Shepard continuing coverage open the manchester terror attack. Alex isen is here. Reporter for politico. This leak is big news over there. Its really an interesting situation. Because you actually have a situation where now donald trump is vowing to investigate some of these leaks that are coming out of apparently u. S. Intelligence about some disclosures relating to the manchester investigation. So its interesting situation. Youre right, its taken center stage at least for today for the time being. Shepard do we have a sense a lot of people got the leaks. It was all over the news, on cable, all over the newspapers that night. That sort of information seems to get out more in the u. S. Than in the u. K. Right. Theres a little difference here between the way journalists are viewed in the u. K. And the way theyre viewed in the u. S. The u. S. Journalists have more freedom to roam than in the u. K. The interesting thing, the u. K. Is clearly upset about the leaks and the attacks on their soil. First, you had the situation where the alleged attackers name came out in the u. S. Press. Then you had these really horrific horrifying pictures of the attackers nap sack and pieces of the bomb and pieces of shrapnel that appeared on the New York Times yesterday. Both the disclosures the u. K. Felt compromised their investigation. At the time theyre worried theres an active cell around europe and the u. K. Looking to strike again. Shepard how is it that the publishing of the leftovers of the backpack and the detonator, how is it that would obstruct the investigation . Well, thats a good question. But you know, you definitely had a situation where the u. K. Was upset about the disclosure of the name of this alleged attacker, which came before they were ready to announce it. Look, you can see it from their position. Theyre out there trying to figure out who else might be in this cell. Maybe by giving out the persons name, youre tipping off other people that they could be in the hunt for. Shepard do we know of any real breakthroughs . Theyre throwing a wide net over this thing. You know, they are. It looks like theyre looking at sort of this everexpanding network of people that may have been close to this man. This is clearly what really worried officials in europe, which is that you have this active cell or indications this there may be perhaps an active cell looking to strike again. Youve seen this before in other attacks that happened in europe. In the paris aftermath, there was this wide drag net put out across europe for officials looking to strike again. Thats why the u. K. Has set their threat level to the highest level possible. Thanks very much, alex. Appreciate it. Thank you. Shepard ahead, the plot to influence our president. A new report that the kremlin discussed how best to shake then candidate trumps opinions during the campaign. It all apparently revolves around getting close to two men who were very close to donald trump. I accept i take easier trails than i used to. I even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. But no matter what path i take, i go for my best. So if theres Something Better than warfarin, ill go for that too. Eliquis. Eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus had less major bleeding than warfarin. Eliquis had both. 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The New York Times reports that the conversation among the russians focussed on Paul Manafort, the Campaign Chairman and the retired general, michael flynn, who was at the time advising trump. Both men had indirect ties to russian officials. The russians appeared confident they could use Paul Manafort and general flynn to shape trumps views on russia. Manafort denied helping russia in the election. One democratic senator said in the report is true, that could be problematic for President Trump. Obviously these press reports indicate there a lot of shoes may be dropping. As i understand it, the president may have hired counsel. If these press reports are right, those lawyers may have a full closet to deal with. One republican senator said the focus should be less on what the russians tried to do and more on how the americans responded. The elections tried to influence our election. Nobody is shocked. Yet what they have done is to show that any american was trying to reach out to the russians to say yes, we want to help. Thats very different than the russians trying to reach towards us. Shepard we dont know which it was, not yet. Thats what the investigation is partly about. President trump said his campaign did nothing to help russian influence on the election in his favor. Peter doocy has more. You spoke with the top democratic about this New York Times report. And the ranking member, senator mark warner said if the reports are right, what the New York Times says, what the russians were talking about and lawmakers on the committee need to know why. The question is what kind of conversations took place. Was it an attempt to influence, some indication of that the russians had this damaging information on clinton, did they share that . Its way too early to say. This New York Times story is news today because of a leak. Senator warner says leaks like this must be pursued and the leakers prosecuted. Thats something that marco rubio is just talking about here in the hallway. Violation of u. S. Law, even if theyre not accurate. Its still someone using their position to get into the press. Again, violates the u. S. Law now. What rubio said there is key if the leaks are accurate. Its a reminder from senators that weve been getting on both sides that not everything you read attributed to a u. S. Official or former news official is guaranteed to be right right away, shep. Shepard theres a New Washington report that involves james comey. Right. A document that he apparently relied on heavily in making his decision to go public around the doj with his problems about the Clinton Campaign and their use of a private email server. The problem with the document, it lists conversations and people that dont know each other and say the conversations never happened. The former fbi director relied on what he believed to be this russian document filled with allegations including that former attorney general Loretta Lynch told a Clinton Campaign staffer that the email investigation wont go too deeply and this report alleged thats why comey went around doj and decided on his own to outline the case against clinton in public. The fbi was never able to confirm all of the details in that document and allege still that comey used it making a decision that potentially shapes the course of the election. Shep . Shepard thanks, peter. Kelsie snell is here, a congressional reporter for the post. A pretty serious charge. Yeah. One of the things that is really important to keep in mind here is that were seeing a lot of news coming out of these leaks. Were seeing teams seems like its every day. One thing to keep in mind, these are being vetted closely be the reporters. Lawmakers are hesitant to make any comments about whether theyre true or not. Thats why they have the investigations going on. We have one going on in the house intel, senate intel, one at the fbi and now this separate investigation being done by bob mueller. So theres a lot of factfinding happening right now. People are reserving judgment until they can figure out what is going on. Shepard it seems we do know from the reporting of your own paper that somehow this dubious russian document ended up in the Decision Making levels of the government. Thats really stunning. Yeah, my colleagues found that this document was known to be dubious for some time before former fbi director comey used it as justification for coming out and outlining his investigation into the Clinton Campaign. It is still being used within the fbi. Theres a lot of questions that raises about how good the intelligence was, what kind of intelligence theyre using and how this investigation goes forward. We know a lot of this circles around Paul Manafort, general flynn. How is the process of attempting to compel them for more cooperation progress ing . A lot of that process is behind closed doors. What we do know the house and Senate Committees are willing to use subpoenas to testify. We know general flynn plans to plead the fifth in some areas. Folks on the hill dont believe that that gives him blanket immunity. That is something that is very much still in flux. The open question is, how far will the subpoenas go and how many people will be subpoenaed. Well see more resolution to that early in june. Shepard i felt like once this special counselor came in, some of this information in the public might dry up. Is it your sense for a motivation behind these leaks, is it just to keep the public informed or what is it . I personally dont know what the motivation is. I know that oftentimes people have varying motivations. Some people say to understand when something is going on. Some people leak because they see wrong doing. Some people leak because they want to be in the papers. I have no idea what these people were thinking when they chose t

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