Fox News’ Shep Smith fact-checks Trump address

Fox News host Shepard Smith fact-checked President Trump’s prime-time address on border security shortly after it ended on Tuesday night.

Smith pushed back on some of the president's claims following his 10-minute speech, including statistics about violent crime and murder rates committed by undocumented immigrants.

“Government statistics show that there is less violent crime by the undocumented immigrant population than by the general population,” Smith said.

The Fox News host also touched on the president’s repeated warnings about drugs crossing into the country illegally.

“But government statistics show much of the heroin actually comes not over the unguarded border but through ports of call,” Smith said.

The president said that the border wall would be paid for “indirectly” through a new trade deal with Mexico but Smith also pointed out that the deal is “not yet complete.”

Trump said during his address that law enforcement officials have request $5.7 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border but it was the president who made that demand, Smith pointed out.

“It’s he who requested it and he who said he would own the shutdown,” Smith said of Trump. “Nevertheless he’s making the case to keep his base together on this matter.”

Trump’s speech reiterated several of his talking points on the border wall since the partial government shutdown was triggered on Dec. 22 over its funding.

“This is a humanitarian crisis — a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul,” Trump said.

The president’s address was met by a response from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) who accused of him of trying to “stoke fear."

"Sadly, much of what we have heard from President Trump throughout this senseless shutdown has been full of misinformation and even malice," Pelosi said. The president has chosen fear. We want to start with the facts."

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Wyoming cat infected with bubonic plague

The health department recommended people avoid areas with rodents and use repellant when in areas with fleas.

A cat in Wyoming with plague is the third feline in the state in six months to contract the disease, according to health officials.

A Johnson County cat, known to wander outside near its home in Kaycee, was infected with bubonic plague, according to lab results from the University of Wyoming. The other two infected cats were in Sheridan and Campbell counties.

The cat recovered, according to a spokeswoman for the Wyoming Department of Health.

The last time a human in Wyoming contracted the plague was in 2008, one of six cases since 1978, a health department statement said. Animals and fleas from animals can pass the plague on to humans, according to the department of health. About seven humans a year get the plague in the U.S.

“Plague is a serious bacterial infection that can be deadly for pets and people if not treated as soon as possible with antibiotics,” Dr. Alexia Harrist, a state health officer, said in the health department's statement. “We are letting people know of the potential threat in the cat’s home area as well as across the state.”

The health department recommended people avoid areas with rodents and use repellant when in areas with fleas.

Plague symptoms in pets can include enlarged lymph glands, swelling, fever, chills, tiredness, coughing, vomiting, diarrhea, and dehydration, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In people, plague symptoms include fever, swollen and tender lymph glands, extreme exhaustion, headache, chills, coughing, difficulty breathing, abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea, according to the CDC.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/third-cat-wyoming-contracts-plague-n956141