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FOXNEWSW Shepard Smith Reporting September 20, 2019

After a horrible bus crash. Happened on a state highway in the southern part of the state near bryce canyon city. Still waiting for video to come in. Its about 200 miles south of salt lake city. Highway patrol confirms multiple critical injuries and Officials Say they dispatched multiple air ambulances and rescue crews. Additional investigators on the way. More as it comes in to the fox newsroom. Topping the news today, President Trump responding to reports that the urgent whistleblower complaint reportedly about him apparently involves ukraine. At least ukraine. Thats what sources tell the Washington Post and the new york times. The post has reported that the president made a promise to a world leader during a phone call a promise so concerning that a whistleblower reported it. The times has since reported there are multiple instances detailed in a complaint. Fox news has not confirmed either. Heres what we do know. On july 25, the white house says the president talked with a newly elected president over the phone from the ukraine to congratulate him. A report from the Ukrainian Government reads in party, donald trump is convinced that the new Ukrainian Government will be able to quickly improve images of ukraine, complete investigation of Corruption Cases which inhibited the interaction between the ukraine and the u. S. A. Corruption cases. More on that in a moment, a few days later, july 28, the former director of National Intelligence dan coates announced his resignation. In august, his personal lawyer, rudy guliani met with a top representative for the ukraine president , who was a comedian before taking office. During an interview yesterday, on cnn, a quite extraordinary one, rudy guliani was asked whether he talked to ukrainian officials about looking into business dealings by the former Vice President , joe bidens son in that country. First he said no. And then he said well, listen to this exchange with chris cuomo on cnn. Did you ask the ukraine to investigate joe biden . No. Actually i didnt. I asked the ukraine to investigate the allegations that there was interference in the election never anything about hunter biden . The only thing i asked about joe biden is to get to the bottom of how lusinco to dismiss the case so did you did ask ukraine to look into joe biden. You just said you didnt. Shepard and the subject matter about which they were speaking is a debunked conspiracy theory. In august, President Trump asked his National Security team to review the 250 million in military aid for the ukraine. And on september 9, top House Democrats released a joint statement announcing a rideranging investigation into what they called the trumpguliani ukraine scheme writing later that same week, the Trump Administration lifted its hold on the military aid for ukraine. Yesterday the Inspector General for our spy agencies held a private briefing with members of congress behind closed doors. Atkinson deemed the whist whistleblower complaint credible and urgent. He declined to reveal to the lawmakers the substance of the complaint. The president has said hes done nothing wrong. But hes not said the complaint should go to congress for investigation. Today the president said the whistleblower is partisan, but then said he doesnt know who it is. John roberts reporting live from the white house. John . Good afternoon, shep. The president insists that this is all a political hack job as you pointed out saying the whistleblower is partisan. The president was talking with scott morrison, the australian Prime Minister in the oval office about this. The president insisted that all of his conversations with World Leaders are completely appropriate. Listen here. The partisan whistleblower. Shouldnt even have information. I had conversations with many leaders, always appropriate. Anything i do i fight for this country. I fight so strongly for this country. Its just another political hack job. Thats all. The House Speaker nancy pelosi released a statement on this a short time ago curious that she was careful to stay away in that statement from any reference to ukraine. Also saying that the reports raise grave urgent concerns for our National Security. Pelosi adding if the president has done what has been alleged, then hes stepping into a dangerous minefield with serious repercussions for his administration and our diplomacy. Pelosi adds that the whistleblower should be affordle all protections under law so he or she can come forward. In the oval office, the president said he didnt know who the whistleblower is or what has been alleged or which phone conversation the whistleblower was referring to. The president did seem to reference that july 25 call with the ukrainian president when he said that the conversation was completely appropriate. Listen here. I can say that it was a totally appropriate conversation. It was actually a beautiful conversation. [question inaudible] i dont want to talk about any conversation other than to say great conversation, totally appropriate conversation. Couldnt have been better. In that oval office question and answer, the president did not deny that he talked to biden. He didnt want to talk about it. Now we get down to the part of you decide, we report. Whoever the whistleblower was is one of many people on the phone conversation with the president when he was talking to selenski or some other world leader or had access to transcripts that would have been circulated afterwards. How is it that one person who had access to those phone conversations or the transcripts decided it was serious enough to come forward. Michael atkinson that was appointed by President Trump as you pointout at the top here found the information to be urgent and credible, serious enough to bring it to the attention of congress. The exact substance has not been disclosed to congress. One of the interesting side note here, Matt Whitaker was on fox news earlier today. He believes that enough people know the substance of this complaint that by monday we will all know what was in it. Shepard i wouldnt be surprised at all. John roberts at the white house. Thanks. Alex little now, criminal defense attorney, former assistant u. S. Attorney and former cia analyst. Good of you to be here again. Thank you. Good afternoon. Shepard rather than leaking say to a newspaper or someone else, this whistleblower goes through what is deemed the proper channels. The next step is the Inspector General says a, its credible, b its urgent. The next step is to send it to congress. That hasnt happened. Is that legal . Its not what the law says should happen. Heres a hole. Apparently if the whistleblower is making accusations about the president of the United States which appears to be the case, the administration is taking the position that its outside of the purview of the Inspector General because the president is not part of the intelligence community. Its an argument that has logical sense to it. It raises the question of when someone in the administration finds evidence or believes the president has acted in a manner contrary to u. S. Interests and potentially illegally, who is he supposed to tell . Shepard but hes supposed to do as prescribed by the law as put into effect after 911, this is how its supposed to work, isnt it . Absolutely. This is where the law is clear. After seven days, the director of National Intelligence is supposed to report this to congress. So this is you get to the limits of what the law says and how you affectate the law. People break the law all the time. Somebody has to force the issue. Here congress has to force the issue. If the Inspector General says its urgent, to me that means its a matter that needs attention right away, urgent. Then could the Inspector General do something on his own, could the whistleblower act in some other way besides going through the proper channels and still be within the boundaries of the law . Thats what they have to argument. The Inspector General is in a terrible position. This is not the normal practice. He tells congress theres a complaint. He doesnt Tell Congress the substance of the complaint. Thats not normally how it happens. Normally he says im going to send information to congress and sends it to congress. So hes trying to get protected, so are the whistleblowers trying to get protected. I suspect what will happen is that eventually the information will go to a member of congress. Once its in the hands of congress, they have a lot of more options what they can do with it. Shepard thanks, alex. Thank you. Shepard in addition to the president s comments on the whistleblower matter today, he made some additional note worthy statements. The president says china is hurting badly from the trade war, but that the United States has not been affected. Though the trade war is escalating next month, he said it will not affect the 2020 election. The president threatened to release thousands of isis prisoners to europe. Discovering the military, he said before the trump presidency, our nuclear was tired, but that its now in tippy top shape. And that before he was elected, the military did not have any ammunition. Updating the breaking news. Still just a map. Theres no video yet. Our first images from that deadly bus crash are in. These are photographs. You can see this thing is horrible. This is brice canyon. Troopers say this was a tour bus, hit a guardrail, flipped over. Four dead. Reports as many as 30 hurt. Multiple critical injuries. You can see the roof of the bus peeled back like a sardine can. More on this as it comes in. Ahead, the hero her Football Player that risked his life to save strangers from a flood. He jumped into the action and to rescue a woman and her toddler. Next he will be with us live as reporting continues on a friday afternoon. Fact is, every Insurance Company hopes you drive safely. But allstate helps you. With drivewise. Feedback that helps you drive safer. And that can lower your cost now that you know the truth. Are you in good hands . This is the family who wanted to connect. To go where they could explore and experience adventure in unexpected places. Who were inspired by different cultures and found that the past can create new memories. Leading them to discover were woven together by the moments we share. For everywhere you go, expedia has everything you need, all in one place. The amount of Student Loan Debt i have im embarrassed to even say i felt like i was going to spend my whole adult life paying this off thanks to sofi, i can see the light at the end of the tunnel as of 12pm today, i am debt free not owing anyone anything is the best feeling in the world, i cannot stop smiling about it shepard from high school Football Player to hero, the teen in texas saving a young woman and her daughter after their s. U. V. Went into a ditch full of water. That s. U. V. Eventually sank. You can see the top of it here. See here above the banner. 16yearold jayden payne said he reacted when he saw them and felt like their lives were more precious than his and worth the risk. He says by the time he reached them, the little girls head was completely under water and the mother was struggling. The mother called him her guardian angel. Parts of Southeast Texas are under water and the scenes are incredible after days of nonstop rain from what is left of Tropical Storm imelda. Three people have been killed. Hundreds rescued. One report of more than 1,000. The National Weather service now estimates more than 40 inches of rain fell in some localized areas. With us now from houston is jayden payne, the High School Hero student and his mother, cynthia. Good to see you both. Hello. Her life and the childs life was more precious than yours. Thats pretty incredible. What was going through your mind . That i i dont know. I just had to rush to action. I thought their life would be more precious an more valuable than mine. I havent i know that im 16 and still young, but i felt like they need to live their life more than i experienced. I feel like they should experience more. Shepard so you said i saw it and i reacted. Yes, sir. Shepard so you didnt think oh, this is dangerous. Maybe i shouldnt do this. You just jumped in. Shepard no, nothing was going through my mind except for saving them. So as youre going to them what are you hearing and seeing . The lady, she said get my baby, get my baby. I looked. She took her baby. Thats when i jumped in. Shepard and where did you see the baby and describe where the baby was and the condition and such. So i know she told me her baby was in the back of her car. And her seat, the little baby seat. And when i seen her get the baby she picked the baby from underneath the water and put her on like her shoulder. She had one arm to swim with. And then i seen the baby, she looked fine. I could tell that water went in her mouth. She was panicking. Shepard what was in your mind when this was over and you realized theyre going to live, that was crazy . I was like, did something that most people wouldnt do. I was like i felt like i saved two of gods children. Shepard oh, my god. Cynthia, you just mind be brimming with pride over there. Yeah. I get emotional when we talk about this. Because i had to watch him literally take off running. I watched him just dive into the water. I was like please just watch over him while he does that. Because i cant replace him if anything happens. Hes it. Im very proud. Lets me know that my teachings have paid off. Shepard i understand cynthia that you and jayden and the two people that he saved are about to all get together in a few minutes. Tell me about that. Yes, sir. I got a phone call from the station. They said how the grandfather was seeing his granddaughters picture all over the news. He wanted to meet jayden. So theyre reuniting the mom and the daughter with jayden. The funny thing is she lives in our condos. So were neighbors. Shepard a small world. Theyll be loving on yeah forever. Because of the banner, im not sure the audience can see. Jaydens tshirt says respect all, fear known. Is that how you rolled today . Yeah. Thats my thats the aldean football team. We fear nobody. Shepard its all working. Nice to meet you, jayden. Cynthia, all the best. Nice to meet you. Shepard well let you know how the reunion goes. In an hour, President Trump is expected to receive a list of potential targets that he could potentially hit in iran. This is not to say were about to go to war with iran. The pentagon comes up with things. Possibilities for the president. The president makes decisions. That is just after he said hes slapping iran with the thoroughist, the toughest sanctions ever on any country. Iranian leaders have threats of their own. Thats next. Told to begin my aspirin regimen, and i just didnt listen. Until i almost lost my life. My doctors again ordered me to take aspirin, and i do. Be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. Listen to the doctor. Take it seriously. Billions of problems. Morning breath . Garlic breath . Stinky breath . Theres a therabreath for you. 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As of right now, the United States seems to analysts to be taking a diplomatic approach. President trump announced new sanctions against irans national bank, which he called the toughest sanctions ever imposed on the country. This means iran has no access to the u. S. Banking systems and neither do any of irans leaders. Iran has denied the role in the attack and promising allout war if the United States or any other nation responds with military action. Rich edson has more. More sanctions and soon President Trump will be consulting with his National Security team to figure out how or if to go further on this. The president did said that the thing that does show strength would be showing a little bit of restraint. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin responding to the sanctions saying theyre designed to cut off funding for the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps in iran. Were continuing the maximum pressure campaign. 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