Specifically right now . The ones on the move it will take time to get them into place, but right now, we have confirmed, dane oak with intelligent sources the intelligence that cost the u. S. To issue this morning to a ran came from a friendly allied government. Israels channel 13 reporter is reporting the intelligence to provide by the side to john bolton two weeks ago and was nonspecific in nature. The u. S. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike group was already in the mediterranean for exercises. We have learned it has now been given accelerated order to head to the suez canal. It was on route to the persian gulf. And, mason from the strike Group Already heading to the persian gulf in addition to Amphibious Assault ship with 1,000 marines on board and dozens of helicopters and jets. The u. S. Also announced it is sending bombers like these b52s back to the middle east. They will withdraw as antiisis syrian operations wind down and National Security advisor john bolton added the United St
Robert mueller under oath. He is set to testify publicly about his investigation into russias attack on the 2016 election here in the United States and allegations of obstruction by the president. Im wolf blitzer. And im jake tapper. It is a doubleheader, of course. Hell before the Judiciary Committee. Democrats there would like mueller to say whether President Trump would have been charged if he was not a sitting president. But mule har has made it clear he wants to stick to the 448page report and not deviate from it in any way. The judiciary hearing is expected to last about three hours and then the intelligence comittee will focus in on russias election influence. This could potentially be a do or die moment f. For republican, on the other hand, it could be a chance to close the book. For President Trump the stakeerize huge. He has stepped up attacks. Lets turn to cnn justice correspondent Jessica Schneider right now standing by at the Justice Department. Jessica, whats the latest t
Attorney general william barr in contempt over access to the full special counsel report and the underlying evidence. Chairman nadler says there is overwhelming evidence of obstruction and his investigators need all the data considering next steps including possible impeachment. The failure to comply with the subpoena, after extensive accommodation efforts, leaves us no choice but to initiate contempt proceedings in order to enforce a subpoena and access the full, unredacted report. But his statement does not address the fact of the special Counsel Robert Mueller did not decide the issue. Leaving obstruction to the attorney general. He said the evidence does not meet the Legal Standard for corrupt intent. On fox this morning, a former independent counsel said that barrs hands are tied without a court order. He cant hand over grand jury material, because he would be in violation of criminal law if you did that. They are asking them to commit a federal crime. The president has taken a co
The end about russian attacks on americas democratic process then and now. And remember, the then part included kushner, donald trump, jr. , Paul Manafort and a pack of russians offering dirt on Hillary Clinton at a meeting everyone then proceeded to mislead the public about. So with all that in mind, axios asked a very reasonable question, one that should not be necessary to ask, but seems to be given the times, would he do it again . Heres what he said about that and about 2016. The email that i got in my iphone at the time basically said show up at 4 00. I didnt scroll down. I never would have thought about that. Line. Literally get thousands of emails a day. It said show up at 4 00. Would you do it again . The reality is we were not given anything that was salacious. Now, he could have answered, no, i would report it. But he didnt and its staggering that he didnt given what the Mueller Investigation concluded. Heres what mr. Mueller said last wednesday. I will close by reiterating
Bucking the backlash conservative commentator ben shapiro takes the stage at boston university. How members of the audience shutdown students triggered by his speech. And this years awards all about the women, allfemale performance, the nights biggest awards. Fox and friends first starts now. A fitting song to begin the day. It was a jungle on capitol hill yesterday. We will have much more. You are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning, thank you for starting or ending your day with us. We begin with the jungle, fox news alert, donald trump vowing to release his first call with ukraine today following the fire restart to public impeachment hearings. I dont know the identity of the whistleblower and im determined to make sure the identity is protected. Ambassador taylor and mister kent, i want to welcome you to russia hoax has ended and you have been cast in the lowrent ukrainian sql. Tell you what i heard from people and in this case it was what i heard from ambassador son