The us State Department. That wouldnt normally be headline news. But lets talk to Barbara Plett usher and she can explain, hi barbara, that this is an event of note. Yes, its the first briefing that the State Department has had in six weeks. We used to get them every single day. Even in between transition administrations, theres been a hiatus of a few days. The place was packed. As you can imagine, there were questions about why the State Department had been silent for so long. The Spokesman Mark Toner put it up to the administration finding its sea legs, he said. Presumably that means that the Secretary Of State was coming up to speed with the department and coming up to speed with the white house. Mr toner said he contacted white house regularly and was building relationships with his foreign counterparts etc, so he was busy. He didnt really address the glaring lack of public diplomacy. Even more so, there were a lot of questions about the State Department budget, because mr trump wa
The us State Department. That wouldnt normally be headline news. But lets talk to Barbara Plett usher and she can explain, hi barbara, that this is an event of note. Yes, its the first briefing that the State Department has had in six weeks. We used to get them every single day. Even in between transition administrations, theres been a hiatus of a few days. The place was packed. As you can imagine, there were questions about why the State Department had been silent for so long. The Spokesman Mark Toner put it up to the administration finding its sea legs, he said. Presumably that means that the Secretary Of State was coming up to speed with the department and coming up to speed with the white house. Mr toner said he contacted white house regularly and was building relationships with his foreign counterparts etc, so he was busy. He didnt really address the glaring lack of public diplomacy. Even more so, there were a lot of questions about the State Department budget, because mr trump wa
They their windows. The hail makes it look like a strin spring snowstorm. Hello everybody. Severe weather pummelling portions of the country yesterday and today. In the carolinas and mexico and western parts of texas we could be looking at more large hail and strong winds and tornadoes in these areas. Thunderstorms are firing up this afternoon and evening hours. As we head into the afternoon the first half of the weekend we have a Holiday Weekend and across texas and mexico we could be seeing strong to severe thunderstorms. Heads up if you live in san angelo and lubbock, texas. You could be looking at Severe Weather on saturday and sunday. It could be a very slow moving Weather Pattern out here across the plains states. We are expecting areas of heavy rain. Locally more than 46 inches of
rain is possible in texas, oklahoma, also parts of missouri. Flash flooding could be an issue into the weekend and anna and ainsley take a look at the temperatures for today heating up across parts of
I love the studio. Melissa almost like the studio you are in later. Almost the position. Dagen im on the five first time tomorrow. Look out. Im jealous. Harris . Harris we will begin with the fox news alert awaiting the start of the White House Press Briefing Amid questions looming about Robert Muellers russia investigation and whether we are closer to a potential sit down between the special counsel and President Trump. Its being talked about. We are covering it as we go outnumbered overtime. Im harris faulkner. Moments from now, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders will step up to the lectern to the left of the screen inside the White House Briefing room. The Mueller Probe expected to be a hot topic. Sources telling fox news that they responded to a letter from the legal team about the scope of a potential interview. Are they pulling parameters
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And every night to the show that is the sworn enemy of of lying, pomposity, smugness and group think. Have a great night tonight. Sean hannity is next. Sean great show. Good to sigh. Hang. Fix your button. All right. [laughing]. Welcome to hannity. Busy news night. Zero evidence of trump and russian collusion, 442 days into the mueller and partisan witch hunt. The Corrupt Media is searching for a new crisis every second of every day. Focusing on their favorite topic themselves. And the antitrump fake journalist at cnn is so openly concerned that the president s
rhetoric with endanger members. Media. But Sarah Sanders decimated this person. That in a minute. We will help remind the antitrump fake news cnn network why so Many Americans chant at you that you suck. The president s poll numbers are going higher and higher. That comes as the administration is combating russia Election Meddling something some obama failed to do. He said this cant happen in this country. Trump needs to focus o