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This is a rush transcript from "The Story," January 21, 2019. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

ED HENRY, GUEST HOST: Well, it's the viral video setting off a firestorm and lots of finger pointing. First came the image of a Kentucky Catholic high school student in a red Make America Great Again hat, going face to face with a Native American man. Then came the inevitable rush to judgment by what you may call the mainstream media mob.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Students in MAGA gear harassing a Native American elder.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A Native American man was -- you know, had a standoff with students who were -- you know, mocking him.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, it seems like it's an issue of race and white supremacy.

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HENRY: Good evening, everybody. I'm Ed Henry, in again for Martha MacCallum. When last we spoke, the BuzzFeed bombshell went bust live on this program Friday night. Think they've the inevitable elite chin- stroking about how so many mainstream media outlets should not have rushed to judgment about President Trump.

Maybe getting impeached because of the original BuzzFeed story. We were told maybe everybody learned a lesson about fake news. Within hours in this video of the student from Covington Catholic High was posted. And once again, some of the media not only rush to judgment, many on the Left spun the video into some kind of referendum on the president.

One Democratic congressman actually calling for a ban on teenagers wearing MAGA hats despite you know, that thing we call the First Amendment. And one celebrity called those hats "the new white hood".

Well, today is Dr. King Jr. day. He once said, "Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love could do that." So, surely Democrats tonight are building on that positive legacy, right? Think again.

Senator Bernie Sanders is flat-out calling the president, a racist. While a deputy to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today, referred to the president as the grand wizard. We'll get to those nasty comments from Democrats in a few moments.

But first, that viral clip that has many in the mainstream media backpedaling tonight. The entire video tells a very different story than was originally assumed and reported.

Plus, the teen in this video is speaking out, and his school is threatening to sue journalists who got it all wrong. Our correspondent Trace Gallagher is live in a West Coast newsroom with the real story tonight. Good evening, Trace.

Good evening, Ed. This is why context is so critical. The early reporting about these Catholic high school students only focused on certain clips of video that appeared to paint them as instigators. And because of that reporting, lawmakers, Native American leaders, the Diocese of Covington, all quickly criticized the student's behavior.

But the tape is an hour and 47 minutes long and it starts with a group of five or six Black Hebrew Israelites who believe they are descendants of God's chosen people. And it's the Hebrew Israelites who started calling the student's extremely offensive terms that we cannot repeat. And also call them things like crackers and incest children. Listen.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A bunch of insist babies. A bunch of babies made out of incest. White trailer park babies.

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GALLAGHER: So, Nick Sandmann, the MAGA hat-wearing teen who was widely accused of disparaging and inappropriate behavior towards a Native American man, says that he and his fellow students only started chanting and raising their voices to drown out the Black Hebrew men. And that they were not directing their chants toward anyone.

You can see one of the students takes off his shirt and that's when Native American elder and Vietnam veteran, Nathan Phillips, walks up to the group of students with his drum. Moments later, Phillips and Sandmann are face to face.

Some witnesses heard chants of build that wall, but nothing is audible on the video. Though some students are doing tomahawk chops which some consider offensive.

But Nick Sandmann says quoting here, "He looked he locked eyes with me and approached me coming within inches of my face. I believe that by remaining motionless and calm, I was helping defuse the situation." Nathan Phillips still contends he was being mocked, and then he said this. Watch.

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NATHAN PHILLIPS, VETERAN, VIETNAM WAR: I wish I could see that energy of a young master, young man -- you know, to put that energy to -- you know, making the Senate -- this country really, really great.

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GALLAGHER: But after watching the full video and hearing from both sides, many who criticized the Covington Catholic High School students apologized saying they had jumped to conclusions. Ed.

HENRY: Trace, thanks for that. Here now, Jonah Goldberg, National Review senior editor. Yugo Gurdon, editorial director at the Washington Examiner.  And Richard Fowler, syndicated radio host and, of course, a Fox News contributor. Good evening, gentlemen.

HUGO GURDON, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Good evening.

RICHARD FOWLER, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: Good to see you, Ed.

JONAH GOLDBERG, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: Great to be here.

HENRY: Jonah, I'm going to get to some of the celebrities that jumped all in and made fools of themselves yet again. But let start with the media, shouldn't members of the -- of our profession be better than this?

GOLDBERG: Yes, they absolutely should be. I think one of the problems that we have -- I mean that -- these kinds of problems of jumping to conclusions are not exactly new. There's been motivated reasoning and bias in mainstream media for very long time -- and the media for a very long time. We all remember the Dan Rather memos from Memogate under George W. Bush.

But I think, one of the problems that we get into in this moment is that the sort of tribal anti-Trumpism and tribal pro-Trumpism leads people to leap on the slightest bit of provocation and claim that their entire worldview is justified with just a morsel of news that comes out.

HENRY: Yes.

GOLDBERG: And Twitter and these kinds of things accelerate it. They make it worse, they create a mob mentality. And I don't know how you fix it, but the problem is there's more responsibility on the press because they're the people were supposed to be -- they're not getting ahead of the facts.

HENRY: Sure.

GOLDBERG: And instead, what they're doing is they're getting way ahead of the fact.

HENRY: And Twitter certainly accelerates at other social media. As you say quickly, Kathy Griffin had this tweet yesterday, "P.S. the reply from the school was pathetic and impotent. Name these kids," she said. "I want names. Shame them. If you think these bleeping wouldn't dox you and meeting go after you online in a heartbeat, think again."

Richard, is this as was suggested by Jonah, a bit of Trump derangement syndrome?

FOWLER: I wouldn't call it Trump deranges, but here's what it shows to me.  And I've watched this. The short videos which was on Twitter, which could only be about 30 to two minutes, and I've watched a two-hour video, and here's what I realized. The America has a heart problem. It's not a democratic problem or a Republican problem.

It's not a pro-wall problem or anti-wall problem. But what this video shows is where we have a heart problem. We don't see each other as people.  We see each other by the labels that we carry or he has a MAGA hat or he happens to be Native American.

Instead of seeing each other as Americans, one country coming together to form a more perfect union. And I think we've got to figure this thing out very quickly or we'll see more videos like this and more tribalism. And this is not what our founders wanted at all.

HENRY: Hugo, when you look at what are supposed to be responsible media organizations like The Washington Post. Look at this headline. After this whole contours, they have a story that "Catholic Church's shameful history of Native American abuses."

So, let's take a story that's already wrong and has been misunderstood and misused, and let's pile on the Catholic Church somehow?

GURDON: Right. You know that was a disgraceful op-ed. And equating -- essentially equating missionary evangelism with imperialism. And the thing about the boys at this school is that they check off all the boxes or, at least, some of the biggest boxes to trigger left-wing bigotry. They're white, they're male, they're supporters of Donald Trump, and to boot, they're Catholic, that makes -- that those are four of the things that will set off the bigots on the left. And so, people on the left, and I'm afraid a lot of people in the news media want to believe any calumny that is leveled against them.

So, when the lies were told about -- you know, then surrounding this Native American and this elder, and mocking him, that's what people wanted to believe because they triggered all these boxes.

HENRY: Sure. And Jonah, moment ago, you said, I'm not sure there's too much we can do about this. But the school is talking about -- you know, collecting names of journalists and calling -- not just calling them out, but maybe suing them for whether it's libel, or whatever. Should there be some sort of accountability instead of all of us just saying, "Oh this is horrible, let's move on."

GOLDBERG: Well, look, it's very hard. And within 24 hours, there's going to be another viral video or some other controversy that we all obsess over. How you go about suing these newspapers under the First Amendment?  Suing celebrities who are just giving their opinions on Twitter? It's a very difficult thing to figure out. A public policy solution to a lot of people who are just giving over to hysteria, and in some cases, bigotry.  And there -- and the confirmation bias that says, "Aha, this proves that the people I disagree with aren't just wrong, they're evil."

HENRY: Yes.

GOLDBERG: Which is rampant on both sides of the aisle.

HENRY: Richard, Hugo made a point earlier about the wearing of the red hats and they, they appeared to be Trump supporters and what not. Richard, were these white students racially profiled?

FOWLER: Listen, and this goes -- this goes far beyond racial profiling. I think John has got it right. Because bigotry exists on both sides of the aisle, right? And so, this profiling. But what we've got at -- what we have here is not a left or right problem. I guess at the beginning of the sudden, we have a heart problem in America and we've got to deal with it ASAP.

Because if we really want to make, if we really want to "make America great again," it's not going to happen by one group of people excelling another group, not excelling is all of us working together. And what this video shows is one people are willing to jump on the bandwagon.

HENRY: Yes. Sure.

FOWLER: And this is just not who we are as Americans.

HENRY: Hugo, I got less than 30 seconds. Final thought.

GURDON: Yes, Ed. I think, the really important thing here is that -- as I said, they checked off the boxes, but it wasn't only the media that got this wrong. One -- I mean the media needs to be more careful, but the truth is that a pack of lies were told about what was being portrayed. It was said that the boys surrounded the elder. The truth is he confronted them. It's not -- it's not just the -- it's the school, the church, everybody was fooled by this because people want them sell lies about it.

HENRY: Yes, absolutely. Lies are lies, whether it is against Liberals or Conservatives, you should be called out, and people should be held accountable. Gentlemen, I appreciate all of you coming in.

GURDON: Right.

GOLDBERG: Thank you.

FOWLER: Thank you. See you, Ed.

HENRY: All right. Up next, shocking new details about an official at the DOJ whose warnings about anti-Trump political bias may have been intentionally ignored. House Intel, committee ranking member, Devin Nunes here exclusively with new details on what Bruce Ohr is revealing about that anti-Trump dossier. That is next.

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HENRY: Well, you heard it here first on "The Story" Friday night. The Special Counsel debunking BuzzFeed's initial report that President Trump instructed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. But false facts are apparently not stopping the current House Intel Chairman Adam Schiff from threatening Cohen with a subpoena if necessary to dig deeper on this story.

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REP. ADAM SCHIFF, D-CALIF.: We've given Michael Cohen a date that we'd like him to come in either voluntarily or if necessary by subpoena.

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HENRY: Here now exclusively is the House Intel committee ranking Republican Devin Nunes who of course was the former chairman. Thank you, sir, for coming in.

REP. DEVIN NUNES, R-CALIF.: Great to be with you, Ed.

HENRY: What kind of a start is this for Adam Schiff as Chairman of the House Intelligence committee that a story comes out, many Democrats, many mainstream media jump on the initial BuzzFeed report says this is going to lead to impeachment. If true, if true, it's now shot down by the Special Counsel and Adam Schiff says I want to investigate more.

NUNES: Well, I think it's important for the viewers to know, Ed, that BuzzFeed is a critical player in this. BuzzFeed was the first news outlet to print the dossier. This was the Clinton paid for dirt gleaned from the Russian activists or some type of Russian officers intelligence people given to Christopher Steele and BuzzFeed published this information. OK.  So BuzzFeed along with dozens and dozens of actors of news media people have staked their entire careers on this Russian gambit.

And so they are desperate. So every week we have something new, something comes up that this is the end-all be-all and it just so happens that last week BuzzFeed you know, I think was looking for a Hail Mary pass and it just didn't work.

HENRY: But so -- is Michael Cohen though at this point he was already supposed to be going in early February to the House Oversight Committee to talk more broadly about what he allegedly knows, but he's already been you know, pled guilty to lying to Congress. So how credible could he be on this story anyway?

NUNES: Well, you look, I don't know how credibly is. He already was -- he did lie to Congress as you just said. But something also important to note about the so-called Trump Tower meeting. This is the meeting that actually fusion GPS met with the people before and after that meeting. Fusion GPS once again was a Clinton campaign paid for operations out. So they were clearly involved in the setup of the Trump Tower meeting. So if they want to bring Cohen in and talk to him, that's great. We'll participate.

But likely, if the truth -- if you really want to get to the truth behind the Trump Tower meeting, Fusion GPS and the Clinton campaign are all over it, probably behind it.

HENRY: And if you want to talk about the Clinton campaign and Fusing GPS, you have to talk about Bruce Ohr at the Justice Department his wife of course work for Fusion GPS and I find it interesting that a moment ago you were saying many in the media week after week will jump on any anonymous source story that they think fits a narrative against the President. But then you have an on the record a transcript of House Republicans bringing Bruce Ohr in a couple months back and among other things.

This is from Kim Strassel in The Wall Street Journal on Friday. Mister Ohr told this team the information in the dossier came from the Clinton camp and warned that it was likely biased, certainly unproven. When I provided, he said, the Steele information in the FBI, I tried to be clear that this is source info, he testified. I don't know how reliable it is. You're going to have to check it out and be aware. These guys were hired by somebody relating to the Clinton campaign and be aware. It sounds to me like he told Republicans in private that he was trying to sound the alarm about the dossier being biased and others at Justice and the FBI did not listen.

NUNES: So why is this important? This is important because if you remember about a year ago, we put out a memo to the American public that was declassified. We want to make sure the American public knew that the Clinton campaign had paid for this dirt. It had not been presented to the FISA Court at all. And we knew that that top people within the DOJ and FBI knew about it.

Now, they -- we spent a year they see a year and a half fighting over this information but now we know for certain and now the American people are beginning to find out that not only did top officials know at the FBI, top officials also knew at the Department of Justice including four people that were on the Mueller team. Two have now been fired, one is now the leader of the Mueller team, the so-called attack dog. And so these people have a lot of questions that need to be answered that we in the House, because our investigation continues even though we don't have subpoena power, we will continue to investigate this and bring this information out to the public so the truth gets out.

HENRY: Quick last question. Based on what I just read, is Bruce Ohr a good actor. So many Republicans initially have painted him as a villain.  Is he -- was he being honest Republican or was he just covering his tracks because he's in deep as well?

NUNES: Well, look, I believe that he's telling the truth in his testimony.  I have no reason to not believe that because it actually lines up with a lot of additional information that we know about. So you know, look, the fact that that he -- you know, Bruce Ohr has his own problem because he did not tell the government that his wife was being paid and working for essentially a Clinton campaign operative. But look, there's so much more on these transcripts. They need to all come out. They need to all be made public and there's still additional information that needs to be declassified so the American public has a true understanding of what happened.

HENRY: All right, Devin Nunez, that information is still coming out. We appreciate you coming in exclusively tonight.

NUNES: Thank you.

HENRY: Joining me now Byron York, Chief Political Correspondent for the Washington Examiner, a Fox News Contributor who's been on top of THE STORY for a very long time. Good to see you, Byron.

BYRON YORK, FOX NEWS CHANNEL CONTRIBUTOR: Thank you, Ed.

HENRY: What do you make about the latest we've heard from this Bruce Ohr testimony?

YORK: Well, it's important because for a long time we've had a question about the dossier and the question was who knew about it and when did they know about it. And I think what the Bruce Ohr testimony confirmed was that knowledge about it went up higher in the FBI and the Justice Department than we knew and it was earlier than we knew --

HENRY: Back in the Obama administration. Yes, back in the summer of 2016, the campaign is going on July 30th. Bruce Ohr has breakfast with Christopher Steele, the British author of the dossier. It's at the Mayflower Hotel here in Washington. He very quickly goes and tells Andrew McCabe who at that time was number two at the FBI, tells him what he has learned from Christopher Steele.

And remember at this time, Steele and the ones who know about this are very, very excited about this story of President Trump allegedly in a Moscow hotel room with prostitutes are just buzzing about that. And then we learn Bruce Ohr did go to the Justice Department and he told among other people Andrew Weissmann who is now the top deputy of Robert Mueller, sometimes known as Mueller's pitbull.

HENRY: Sure. Well, I want to show a tweet from Adam Schiff because when you connect the dots and all these stories, I just mentioned to the congressman that in the case of BuzzFeed, anonymous sources right or wrong, correct or incorrect, you've got all kinds of people in Congress and elsewhere running with it and the Ohr story has it got a lot of attention.  Look at Adam Schiff, what he tweeted on Thursday. We checked. It's still up there.

The allegation from BuzzFeed that the President United States may have suborned perjury before our committee in an effort to curtail the investigation and cover-up his business dealings with Russia is among the most serious to date. We will do what's necessary to find out if it's true. So here you have Adam Schiff, he's still digging on this story about BuzzFeed whether it's true or not.

YORK: Well, we've been told by the Mueller investigation in an extraordinary move that this thing is not true. Now, there's a school of thought that says well maybe Mueller was just quibbling with a few details of this, but we've had actual reporting in the New York Times, the in the Washington Post to the -- to the effect that no this story was fundamental --

HENRY: Shooting down the whole thing.

YORK: Well, what if it is? And we've had reports that Bob Mueller is maybe winding down his investigation, maybe there's no big new bombshells to come. What do you do if you're in Congress in the House, you now have the reins of the House Intelligence Committee, the House Oversight Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and this investigation that you had been relying on, the Mueller investigation which you don't control may not give you what you want?

HENRY: So what do you think? They're going to create a special committee?  Are they going to keep digging?

YORK: You have the power -- you have the power to do it yourself in these committees. These are powerful chairman. They can -- they can issue subpoenas anytime they want unilaterally, don't need Republican control.  They can keep an investigation going even if nothing --

HENRY: So the Russia probe we thought may be ending soon may drag on and on and on with regards to what happened.

YORK: Up to them.

HENRY: Byron York, I appreciate you coming in. Donald Trump Jr. will be talking about the BuzzFeed bombshell that went bust on " The Ingraham Angle" tonight. That's at 10:00 p.m. Eastern exclusively tonight. Up next, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. hijacked today by Democrats. Some labeling President Trump a racist. Karl Rove and Marie Harf are here on that next.

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REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES, D-N.Y.: We have a hater in the White House.  The Birther in Chief of the grand wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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HENRY: His legacy, of course, is one of compassion and love, but on this day commemorating what would have been the 90th birthday of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Democrats are turning that message a little upside-down today in an attempt to brandish the President of the United States a racist.

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JEFFRIES: We have a hater in the White House. The Birther in Chief of the grand wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. One of the things that we've learned is that while Jim Crow may be dead, he still got some nieces and nephews that are alive and well.

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS, I-VT.: It gives me no pleasure to tell you that we now have a President of the United States who is a racist.

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HENRY: Here now Karl Rove, former deputy chief of staff of course for President George W. Bush, a Fox News contributor and Marie Harf co-host of "Benson and Harf" radio show and a Fox News analyst as well. Good to see you both.

MARIE HARF, FOX NEWS CHANNEL ANALYST: Hey, Ed.

KARL ROVE, FOX NEWS CHANNEL CONTRIBUTOR: Good evening.

HENRY: Karl, you've been through a lot of tough political battles in your day, but to flat out call the President a racist and to call him the Grand Wizard, is that going to work for Democrats?

ROVE: Well, I see two things wrong with it. First of all, this ought to be a day where politics is momentarily set aside in a country honors the legacy of a great man in his vision and the holding political events on this day.

And particularly, Hakeem Jeffries referring to him as the President of United States as a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and portraying him as an advocate of Jim Crow, the vicious anti-black racist attitudes of the latter part of the 19th and the early part of the 20th century.

It just seems to me to be so over the top and so reprehensible. And then we've got Bernie Sanders who took a cheap shot at the president in front of the NAACP.

HENRY: Yes.

ROVE: This was a moment that he could have left for a later time. And also, I have to say, Kamala Harris using the state to announce her candidacy for the presidency.

HENRY: Yes.

ROVE: Saying that she was fighting for truth, justice, decency, equality and freedom and democracy, it sounded like a bad promo for a Marvel movie. But it just wouldn't this be a day that we could set partisan politics aside --

HENRY: Yes.

ROVE: -- and focus on the man, his legacy, and the challenge that all Americans face and not engage in this kind of stuff.

HENRY: Marie, what about that? I mean, I covered Bernie Sanders in 2016 and not a lot of Democrats like him because they thought, you know, he was too far left. And now his policy seems to be where part of the mainstream of the party is, but he was like a happy warrior. Now he is out there calling the president a racist.

As Karl said, Kamala Harris choosing this day of all days to launch a campaign. Is this really smart for Democrats?

HARF: I have no idea why anyone would find Kamala Harris announcing for presidency today offensive. That is so I just don't even know where that comes from.

Look, the person who most politicized Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was Vice President Mike Pence when he used it to compare Donald Trump to MLK, which is the most offensive thing I've heard in a year full of already a bunch of crazy things. Here's the problem, Ed.

HENRY: Yes.

HARF: Well, here's the problem though. And let me just answer for Democrats right now.

HENRY: Go ahead. I'll let you answer. Yes.

HARF: I don't know what's in Donald Trump's heart. None of us do. I don't know what he believes. The problem has always been that there are people in this country who are avowed racist and bigots and they think the president is on their side and he has not done enough after Charlottesville, in so many situations to disabuse them of that notion when he put.

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HENRY: OK. So, challenge him on his policies, Marie. Come out there and attack his policies.

HARF: I think they are.

HENRY: Well, it sounded like personal insults to me, number one. But number two, I want to answer what you said about Kamala Harris and I'll let Karl jump in in a moment. I thought when you say, who would be offended by that? This is a day for Martin Luther King, Jr., not for me, you or Kamala Harris or anyone. It's honoring a civil rights hero.

HARF: I didn't know there were rules for Martin Luther King Day, did I miss them? Were they posted somewhere?

HENRY: It doesn't have to be a rule, but why not just respect the man and his legacy, Karl?

HARF: I think -- I think the first black woman running for president in the modern era who is actual legitimate contender is honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. in a way that most other people couldn't.

HENRY: Karl, final word.

ROVE: Well, look, you can't explain what it ought to be if you can't accept what it ought to be. Today ought to be a day not for politics. Does every day have to be about politics? Should we on the anniversary of the death of JFK have announcements for presidents in public office on, you know, -- is every day got to be about a political ambition and about a political message and about excoriating the president of the United States?

And the logic that simply because some bigots like applaud President Trump, there are a lot of anti-Semites who were part of the women's movement. Should that, should we then paint with a broad-brush stroke and say that every Democrat who applauds the women's movement, the Women's March is somehow tied with these anti-Semitic figures?

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HENRY: We saw that this weekend.

ROVE: We have some vicious --

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HARF: Karl, what about that's missing tone of word here?

ROVE: We've had -- we've had some --

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HARF: It's just not going to work.

ROVE: We've had some very -- we've had some anti-Semitic forces inside the Democratic Party. Should be blame with who applied what Democrats are doing to stop the United States from supporting Israel?

HENRY: OK, Marie, last point.

ROVE: Should we paint everybody with that broad-brush stroke?

HARF: I know the whataboutism is an easy place to go when you don't have much else, but you should take on this issue inside the Republican Party on its face. And by the way, Donald Trump was on Twitter --

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ROVE: Don't lecture me. Don't lecture me, Marie Harf.

HARF: Donald Trump --

ROVE: Do not lecture me on standing for moral inclusive, bigger Republican Party a big tent. Don't lecture me, Marie, with all due respect.

HARF: Donald Trump --

ROVE: Go back and look at my -- don't look at back the man that I for and the record.

HENRY: Yes. OK. You didn't answer the question, Marie. He asked you about the Democratic Party and anti-Semitism and then you attacked Karl. Please answer his question.

HARF: He answered a question about race in the Republican Party on Martin Luther King Day by attacking Democrats.

HENRY: OK, so answer him.

HARF: My point is, Donald Trump -- Donald Trump spent all day tweeting insults to Democrats and playing politics. So, if we want to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to be a day totally without politics, we should call on everyone in public service --

HENRY: All right.

ROVE: I agree.

HARF: -- to say only nice thing.

ROVE: I agree. Let's end --

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HARF: And I have also condemned --

ROVE: Let's end on a note of agreement.

HARF: Let me finish, Karl.

HENRY: All right.

HARF: Go ahead.

ROVE: Let's end on a note of agreement.

HENRY: They agree. All right. Thank you, Marie and Karl. I appreciate it.

HARF: It sounds good.

HENRY: All right. Up next, an update on the illegal immigrant being held in a Nevada prison at this hour now facing murder charges in a string of killings.

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HENRY: Tonight, an illegal immigrant is in custody suspected of carrying out the killing spree in the State of Nevada, where four people are now dead.

National correspondent William la Jeunesse has that story for us.

WILLIAM LA JEUNESSE, FOX NEWS CHANNEL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Ed, last year the border patrol apprehended some 16,000 criminal aliens at the border, ICE arrested about 150,000 in the U.S. interior. One who apparently avoided both was Wilber Martinez-Guzman wanted for a crime spree in Reno, Nevada.

Now, initially please thought they had a single burglary and murder, then three days later came another of a 76-year-old woman. Then a third last Wednesday, an 81-year-old couple robbed and shot.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's unnerving. So, it just makes you more vigilant about being aware of what's your surroundings are. And I want to look at the moon tonight, I used to go wandering out in the dark and now I'm a little more afraid.

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LA JEUNESSE: After a tip, police begin following Guzman, they had no physical evidence but what they ran his name with ICE, the 19-year-old Guzman it turns out he'd been living in the U.S. at least for a year illegally. Evidence in his apartment and car connected him to all three crimes and the D.A. expects to file murder charges this week.

Now so far police have not revealed exactly what connects Guzman to the victims. Now unlike California, Nevada is not a sanctuary state. So police can cooperate with ICE. And in this case, they used his illegal status to hold him until they obtain a search warrant to get to have additional evidence. Ed?

HENRY: Thank you, William. Up next, with abortion rates on the rise, one Hollywood actress takes on a role to expose the truth behind Planned Parenthood and discovers her own transformation in the process.

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HENRY: Tonight, Planned Parenthood is out with its annual report. It shows abortions are up by 11,000 last year. That's the highest number on record since 2011 to 2012.

It's also an issue that take center stage in the upcoming film, "Unplanned" that chronicles a transformation of former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson who helped facilitate more than 20,000 abortions while working at the clinic until a life-changing event turn her into a staunched pro-life advocate.

Martha recently sat down with the film's lead actress, Ashley Bratcher. Take a look.

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ASHLEY BRATCHER, ACTRESS: Let me tell you what's going to happen if you go in that door. The first they are going to do is give you an ultrasound, but they're not going to let you see it.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why not?

BRATCHER: Because they don't want you to see your baby.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I mean, why did they do the ultrasound?

BRATCHER: Because the ultrasound determines the size of the fetus. And the size of the fetus, the skull, in particular is what determines the price they are going to charge you.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why are you telling me this?

BRATCHER: Because I understand better than anyone, that inside that building they don't offer solutions, they only offer abortions. And if you go through that door you will not come out the same person.

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MARTHA MACCALLUM, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: So, this is the woman that you play who, you know, was very dedicated to this cause. She said growing up she didn't think all that much about it. She wanted to help women and she thought Planned Parenthood was a good way to do that. What cause this transformation that had her talking to people through the gate and trying to get them to leave?

BRATCHER: I think it was the undeniable revelation that she had when she stepped in to assist on a procedure and she saw for the very first time what actually happens during an abortion procedure.

I mean, the general public is completely blind to what the procedure entails and seeing that she knew for the first time that there really was life inside the womb.

MACCALLUM: And what about for you as an actress? What was this like and how did it challenge you and how did it impact your own feelings about abortion?

BRATCHER: Well, I never took this to be an issue as my platform. OK. I had shades of grey in my opinion like I've mentioned before that after hearing Abby's testimony and listening to a firsthand account of what was going on behind the scenes and understanding everything that was happening, it just really opened my eyes to know that this isn't OK for me in any situation.

And understanding though, Abby's pro-choice position because this is a woman who was a very strong feminist and pro-choice advocate to begin with. So any time that anyone has this moment in their lives that they completely do a 180, that's such a compelling thing that you want to look no matter which side of the argument you stand on.

MACCALLUM: Yes, I read her account and she said that she, I mean, she felt like the baby was fighting back.

BRATCHER: Right.

MACCALLUM: And that that was a real turning point for her. You have talked to your mom when he took this role and it sort of opened a whole story of your mom's that you never knew. Can you share that with us?

BRATCHER: Right. I had been on set for four days already before I spoke to my mother, she called me and I was out in Oklahoma and I thought OK, maybe I should tell my mom that hey, I'm in Oklahoma. I'm a couple thousand miles away from home.

And my mom had shared with me that when she was younger she had an abortion and that when she became pregnant with me at 19, she knew she could never have another one. That was all that I ever knew of the story.

And on that day that I was on set when she called me, she had no idea what I was filming. And so, when I went to tell her all about Abby story, I wanted to be gentle and respectful of her feelings because I didn't want her to feel judged.

And in explaining Abby's story my mother just broke down completely. And she said, I need to tell you something that I never told you before and I said OK. And she was weeping to the phone. And she said, you don't know this but I was actually on the table, a pregnant nurse came in to examine me and that was when I got up and decided to keep you.

And I get emotional every time I tell the story because I don't know that it's ever going to go away when you look at your life and you think that everything that you've experienced almost never happened.

Just within a few seconds, a few minutes and I think it was a really courageous thing for my mom not only to have me. Those are the stories I feel like we really should celebrate this woman. She chose the struggle and empower herself to have me and to tell me, it took a lot of grace for her to tell me this.

MACCALLUM: It absolutely did and it also it just makes you feel like you were put in this place for a reason.

BRATCHER: Definitely.

MACCALLUM: To tell the story and that you would never be in that place to tell your story --

BRATCHER: Yes.

MACCALLUM: -- had your mom not chosen life for you.

BRATCHER: Right.

MACCALLUM: It's an incredible story and I just think Abby's journey -- you know, sometimes the people who are the closest to these institutions are the ones who can see it the most clearly ultimately.

You know, do you feel like you're part -- there's a number of films coming out now that there is an effort to kind of open young people's eyes to the whole story so that they can make more informed decisions?

BRATCHER: Of course. I think that this film is really about educating people and creating awareness. Because so many people have no idea what's really happening. And in my generation specifically, I feel like we are asking more questions. You know, we might be divided on issues, but we want to be educated and that's what this film does because we look at the pro- choice side and we look at the pro-life side and its unbiased true story.

MACCALLUM: Yes. I mean, I think anybody who approaches this any thinking person needs to just understand what the facts are in order to make their own decision on all of this.

Ashley, thank you very much for sharing your story with us and being here tonight and best of luck with the film. It comes out --

BRATCHER: March 29th.

MACCALLUM: March 29th. And we will look forward to that. Thank you very much.

BRATCHER: Thank you.

MACCALLUM: Good to see you tonight.

BRATCHER: Thank you.

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HENRY: Wow, what a remarkable, personal story. Coming up, he's successfully negotiated the release for three Americans from prison in North Korea. Well, now President Trump is being called the do so again, this time in Syria.

Where tonight, an American citizen who traveled to the country after the death of a relative, he's still there, he never returned home. A story exclusive, you do not want to miss is next.

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HENRY: Welcome back to "The Story."

Nearly two years ago, an American therapist and father of five traveled to Syria to visit relatives after the death of his father-in-law. One day into the trip he simply vanished, never heard from again.

Tonight, the son of Majd Kamalmaz is breaking his silence in hopes of enlisting President Trump's help to bring him home. We'll speak to the son in a moment but first, Trace Gallagher with the back story. Trace?

TRACE GALLAGHER, FOX NEWS CHANNEL CORRESPONDENT: Ed, the last known location of Majd Kamalmaz was on February 2017 where he was stopped in a taxicab at a government checkpoint in Damascus. The cab driver was later released but there was no sign of Kamalmaz.

Now in the nearly two years since he went missing the family has quietly worked with the State Department and the FBI to uncover any clues or proof that he is still alive. A Czech ambassador initially confirmed that Majd Kamalmaz was being held in a jail, then the diplomat went silent and the Syrian government denied the claim.

Now the family is asking President Trump to help save his life, sending a letter to the president that reads in part, quote, "Mr. President, you are the only power that is able to bring him safely home to his wife, children, grandchildren, mother, siblings and friends. We have seen your tremendous effort and success in returning American citizens wrongfully detained abroad and write this letter to bring your attention to our father."

The family believes the president can help because Kamalmaz is one of just a small number of Americans believed to be held by the Syrian government or its allies. Though their hopes were dashed a bit by a recent report out of Syria that claims Layla Shweikani, a 26-year-old Illinois woman was executed by the Syrian government for her pro-democracy work.

Though, the Kamalmaz family points out Majd is not an activist. He's a therapist who set up several clinics in Lebanon to help Syrian refugees deal with their trauma. In fact, Kamalmaz is well known for his volunteering time and skills to those in need all over the world.

The family says time is also critical because Majd Kamalmaz is diabetic and his health is thought to be in decline. Ed?

HENRY: Wow. Trace, thanks for that. Here now in a story exclusive, Majd's son, Khalid Kamalmaz. Khalid, it's good to have you tonight. I'm sorry that it's under these circumstances. What's your message to President Trump tonight?

KHALID KAMALMAZ, MAJD KAMALMAZ'S SON: Thank you very much for having me.

Our message is simple. President Trump has been able to bring back Syria -- American citizens from that were hostages abroad. And he was able to bring them back home to their families. And we want to ask him to do the same for our American father. He's been a patriot. He loves America. He's been here all his life and he just wants -- we just want to bring him back home to his friends and his family.

HENRY: Well, you're right. The president has been able to bring back American citizens from North Korea to Turkey to China as probably know better than anyone, I'm sure you've been chronical in all of that.

KAMALMAZ: Yes.

HENRY: What's it been like first of all to be without your dad?

KAMALMAZ: It's been very tough. I mean, I'm a new father. I had one son about three years ago who he met just a few times. But I had another son who was born just about two weeks before my father disappeared. So, he's never met my second son which is something that really hurts me because I've seen how he's played with my others -- my sister's grandchildren and my sister's children.

He is the type that rolls on the ground and plays with them and cares for them and sits down and talks to them and looks them in the eye. And I couldn't wait to have my own children so he could do the same with my own children.

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HENRY: So, he's a dad.

KAMALMAZ: And honestly, I haven't had that opportunity yet.

HENRY: He is a dad and granddad as you say.

KAMALMAZ: Yes.

HENRY: Tell us what gives you hope tonight about being reunited with him?

KAMALMAZ: Honestly, what gives us hope is President Donald Trump's success in his past attempts to bring back American citizens from abroad. So, we hope that he would be able to do the same for our father. He has very strong negotiation skills. And he has very strong powers anywhere he went. So, we hope that he'd be able to bring that back, bring our father back home.

HENRY: Well, Khalid, as you know, it's a desperate situation in Syria. The president dealing with a lot of big issues, but our hearts certainly go out to you tonight. We appreciate you bringing us this exclusive so we can hear your family's story and we certainly wish you well in the days ahead.

KAMALMAZ: Definitely. Thank you very much for having me.

HENRY: All right. Thank you. That is "The Story" on this Monday night. Martha is back here tomorrow night at 7. Then on Wednesday, don't miss her exclusive with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. That will be on Wednesday evening, 7 p.m. Eastern. I'm Ed Henry in Washington. 
 
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