Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Special Report With Bret Baier 2019

FOXNEWSW Special Report With Bret Baier February 22, 2019

Underage girl. We begin with r. Kelly, has been the subject of two recent Tv Documentaries alleging serious. 29 grams. Todays charges come out of chicago, where kelly is based, and where correspondent matt finn. We just heard from cook county states attorney kim foxx who announced charges against r. Kelly. Ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. They involve four different women, three of whom are under age. Todays indictment gives graphic detail about the alleged sexual abuse spanning from 1998 to 2010. These charges, as our kelly documentary that recently aired on tv profiled many underage girls who allege he sexually abused them. Here is mongrel who claims kelly coerced her into the abuse i was young. However, now that im adult, i feel hurt by what he did to me. When i was only 16 years old and under the influence of alcohol and marijuana which was provided to me at this after party. Of convicted, r. Kelly faces up to three to seven counts for each account. His lawyer tells fox news he is preparing to surrender to Law Enforcement before his hearing tomorrow. His attorney said they wanted to hear the charges were before responding. A statement might come this evening. Celebrity Attorney Michael Avenatti claims that he is representing one of the underage girls in this indictment and he also says he has a video that depicts r. Kelly involved in a act with a 14yearold girl. Bret chicago has been busy. Tomorrow our kelly is scheduled to appear in the same bond court where Actor Jussie Smollett also just stood before a judge. Thats right. Jussie smollett as problems are getting worse. His character was just was enough empire. They wrote in a statement that smollett was considered family with the last few weeks have been extremely emotional, saying, we are also aware of the effects of this process on the cast and crew members who work on our show and to avoid further disruption onset, we decided to remove the role after mall from the final two seasons of episos of the season. Writing in part, we witnessed and organized to organized lawenforcement spectacle that has no place in the american legal system. The presumption of innocence, a bedrock in the search for justice, was trampled upon at the expense of mr. Smollett. Smollett is set to appear in Court Next Month on the charges of filing a false police report, if convicted, he faces up to three years in prison. Bret . Bret matt finn live in chicago. Thank you. The most Successful Team owner in the countrys most successful Sports League is in trouble tonight. Willing new England Patriots owner robert kraft is charged with misdemeanor solicitation of prostituion in florida. Police and jupiter say they have videotape of him paying for two sex accident site and elicit illicit massage parlor. Authorities say he has not been arrested. A warrant will be rested and his attorneys were told will be notified. This afternoon, President Trump was asked about the situation in the oval office. Its very sad. I was very surprised to see it. Hes proclaimed his innocence, totally, and im very surprised to see it. Bret a charge against kraft comes amid a widespread crackdown on sex trafficking in that area surrounding palm beach county. About 200 arrest warrants have been issued in recent days and more are expected according to authorities. A spokesperson for kraft says he denies engaging in any illegal activity. Now when i update on the Sexual Assault allegations against virginias democratic g. It appears republicans in the state legislature are laying the groundwork for a major investigation. Correspondent Gillian Turner tells us what she is hearing tonight. Good evening. Good evening, bret. Its been over two weeks since two women came forward to detail the Sexual Assault allegations against virginias Lieutenant Governor, Justin Fairfax by the states republicans to stay until today, they have been crickets from democrats. We try to work diligently, but the colleagues across the aisle, a partisan way to investigate. It was declined. In a breakout move today, republicans from estates house of delegates said times up and announced a hearing today. We will invite dr. Tyson, miss watson to testify. We will also be inviting Lieutenant Governor fairfax to testify. This will give all parties a chance to be heard. Meredith watsons attorney accepted immediately, saying, she looks forward to testifying at the forum. Echoing a theme familiar from masters confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee brett kavanaugh, added, it is our understanding that the hearing will be public and televised and be subject to the same rules and requirements including our right to present witnesses and cooperators. Watson claims fairfax raped her while they were undergraduate students at duke university. Vanessa tyson, professor at Scripps College in california, claims fairfax sexually assaulted her in boston during the Democratic National convention of 2004. Both these women have called for fairfax to resign and have publicly indicated their desire to testify against him. The big question now is when. Republicans in the alleged victims are eager to get the ball rolling in this years General Assembly session ends tomorrow. However, virginias constitution wont allow lawmakers to return at a special date especially to hold a hearing if that is what they want to do. Bret . Bret Governor Northam still has his problems. Thank you. The Trump Administration says it is looking into a judges conclusion that current labor secretary alex acosta helped arrange a plea deal with a wealthy financier accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls. The judge ruled the agreement for Jeffrey Epstein violated the rights of the victims. Acosta was the u. S. Attorney who oversaw that deal. Senior correspondent Rick Leventhal has details. One seen as a rising star in the Trump Administration, labor secretary alex acosta is on the defensive after a federal judge ruled prosecutors under his control broke the law back in 2008 when acosta was u. S. Attorney in miami. The case in question involves will be financier Jeffrey Epstein, who faced up to life is he sexually molested dozens of underage girls at his palm beach mansion after they were hired to give him massages. Epstein never went to trial. His lawyers reached with the miami herald called the deal of a lot of time with the cost is prosecutors. A judge found they failed to discuss the arrangement with more than 30 young victims. The resident was asked about acosta in the oval office this afternoon. I really dont know too much about it. I know hes done a great job as labor secretary, and that seems like a long time ago. Epsteins deal allowed him to plead guilty to just two state prostitution charges and registered sex offender status. He had to pay restitution to some of the victims, who were kept out of the loop during negotiations. Florida federal court judge kenneth morrow wrote thursday, particularly problematic was the governments decision to conceal the existence of the agreement and mislead the victims to believe that federal prosecution was still a possibility while the government spent untold hours negotiating the terms and implications of the agreement with epsteins attorneys. Scant information was shared with victims. The judge did not overturn the plea deal. Instead, he gave federal prosecutors 15 days to confer with the victims and their attorneys to come up with a settlement. It is still possible the case could be reopened and epstein and others could be criminally charged. Bret . Bret thank you. Moments ago, florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman schultz called for acostas resignation. She said he is unworthy of their responsibility required for Public Service because of this developing story. President trump says he expects to have a trade summit with his chinese counterpart very soon that could herald a breakthrough in the months long standoff over chinese trade policies. The president has deemed unacceptable. Correspondent kevin corke is at the white house to tell us what is the president is saying after this latest meeting at the oval office. Is it more likely that a deal happens or doesnt happen . Speaking for the United States, i would say it is probably more likely that a deal does happen. And perhaps his most optimistic readings of the talks President Trump is afternoon signal that the ongoing trade dispute could soon be nearing an end. We want to make this a deal that could last for many, many years and a deal that will be good for both countries. But we want to make it meaningful. Meaningful. Trumps outlook was echoed by chinese vice premier, he said a deal is very likely, and treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin who announced the chinese negotiators who had been here in washington for several days would extend their visit to build on progress that has been made this week. The Oval Office Meeting today comes as the president prepares to meet the leader of north korea. Mike, kim jong un, whose historic singapore gathering with the president last year produced a joint statement. The sides agreed to peaceful relations, the recovery of u. S. Troops remained, followup talks, and the denuclearizatin of the korean peninsula. While the latter remains an elusive but ultimate goal, the president has hailed progress, including the sensation of muscle testing by pyongyang. But the news has not been all positive. The recently released worldwide threat assessment declare that north korea is unlikely to completely give up its Nuclear Weapons and production capabilities. Its leaders ultimately view Nuclear Weapons is critical to regime survival. Codes is not alone in his skepticism of the north. Cia director gina gina haspel d that they could pose a direct threat to United States. The stark language from the presidency Senior Intelligence cadre brings into sharp focus the state of the upcoming assignment, particular for the partners in the region like japan and south korea. We now have a situation where their relationships are good, where there is no nuclear testing, no missiles, no rockets, we got our hostages back. A possible meeting coming up in march between the president and xi jinping. By the way, bret, we just received word by way of twitter that the president has nominated kelly kraft, the current ambassador to canada, to become his new u. N. Ambassador for the u. S. She would be replacing nikki haley. Of course we remember our former colleague Heather Nauert was also among those in consideration. Kelly kraft, the new u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. , nominated and announced by way of twitter this afternoon. Bret . Bret shall go through senate confirmation. Kevin corke come alive on the north lawn. Thanks. The dow surged pass over the 26,000 mark, mostly on the china news. The s p 500 gained 18, the nasdaq rose 68 today. For the week, the dow and the s p both gained about six tenths of a percentage point by the nasdaq was up three quarters. The dow and the nasdaq have nine week winning streaks right now. The s p has been up 8 of the last nine weeks. Deadly violence tonight along the border between venezuela and brazil over venezuelas humanitarian crisis. At least two people were killed and about a dozen injured today. The clashes, as a show down awaits over efforts to bring and badly needed supplies and the ruling regimes determination to stop them. The u. S. Has blown more humanitarian aid into columbia along the border with venezuela. Opposition leader, who is now seen as the true president by much of the world, juan y doe, plans to bring aiden to venezuela tomorrow to find disputed president nicolas maduro. A short time ago, he appeared at a benefit concert in columbia, despite a travel ban preventing that. Because Officials Say israeli gunfire killed a palestinian teenager at a protest along the gazaisrael border fence today. It came as thousands in contested jerusalem descended on a section of a flash point holy site that has been closed by Israeli Court order for more than a decade. A Fox News Group was told to move back because of the danger today. This was correspondent trey yingst earlier. Major concern here is that the violent demonstrations here along the border with ieds, grenades being promoted you israeli troops could lead to what you just heard right now, another explosion from a grenade or an ied. You can see in a distance, that plume of smoke that is coming up from the ground, and right under that plume of smoke, you can see one of the idf military vehicles, and right now, we have a number of idf troops that are asking our group to leave this area. There is concern of not only shooters along the border, but also snipers from hamas positions inside the gaza strip that could be firing at our crew right here. Im going to toss it back to you. Bret fox news correspondent trey yingst along the israelgaza border. President trump will keep hundreds of u. S. Troops in syria after demanding the complete withdrawal of all forces last year. This comes as isis fighters eradicated from syria are now escaping into iraq. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has details from the pentagon. Im not reversing course. The announcement came in the form of a one line statement from the white house last night. A small peacekeeping group of about 200 will remain in syria for a period of time. We will leave a small force along with others in the forest, whether it is eight oh troops ot doesnt start up again. U. S. Defense officials tell fox news the number is closer to 400 american troops staying in syria to contain isis. Split between the northern border of turkey and a small garrison near jordan firm at u. S. Troops can monitor iranian forces. If wed have kept troops in iraq, we would have never had isis. Out of the caliphate is destroyed, and it really has been destroyed, congratulations, mr. President , on making that happen. Britain and france said they would pull out of the u. S. Do not stay. Acting different secretary Patrick Shanahan and general joe dunford posted their truckers counterparts at the cat mike pentagon to discuss protection for u. S. Backed kurdish allies who led the fight against isis. We saw some Good Progress yesterday, and todays meeting, really is about talking next to steps are you talking with a . Yes. U. S. Just continue to pound what is left of the socalled caliphate. Now less than a square mile in eastern syria. Not enough to do peacekeeping. Not in the mess that is syria, at the token, a place to be in syria with the specially the kurds because our main task right now is to keep the turks from going after the kurds. More than 1,000 isis fighters have slipped across the border into iraq according to u. S. And iraqi officials. They are carrying out kidnappings or Northern Iraq using the same intimidation they did to consolidate power six years ago. Bret . Bret Jennifer Griffin at the pentagon. Thank you. Up next, will the popes call for accountability from catholic bishops make a difference in the clergys sex abuse scandal . Will bring you to rome. First, heres what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering. Fox 11 in los angeles there is a california cat couple pleaded guilty to torturing their kids and socalled house of horrors case. David and Louise Turpin shackled to some of their 13 children to beds and start them. They had previously pleaded not guilty to dozens of felony counts including torture, willful child cruelty, and false imprisonment. Fox 5 in new york, the Manhattan District Attorneys Office is declining to comment on a bloomberg report that it has put together a criminal case on former tom campion chairman Paul Manafort to use if he is pardoned by President Trump. He is facing the possibility of life in prison after convictions and guilty pleas to a variety of chargers as we await the latest filing in the Paul Manafort case, his sentencing from a special counsel, and where did that mueller will not put his report forward next week. This is a live look at las vegas from fox 5. The big story they are tonight, a storm brings a rare snow to the las vegas trip. Dont see that often. It forces officials to close some schools and delay the opening of others due to the cold weather. After school activities, canceled, after reports of recent conditions and some locations. Not inside the casino spray that his tonights live look outside the beltway from special report. Well be right back. S they customized my Car Insurance, so i only pay for what i need. And as a man. Uh. Or a woman. With very specific needs that i cant tell you about say cheese. Mr. Landry . Oh no. Hi mr. 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