Of military force, well, thats a whole another thing as they weigh whether the u. S. Should join the fight. Chief intelligence correspondent Katherine Harris is live on capitol hill. What are we learning from that briefing . Gregg, i was just over at the site of that lasified briefing a half hour ago. What we saw is about 70, 75 members, a handful of senators at that meeting. They were briefed by senior deputies from the defense community, the state department as well as the National Security council. Those numbers were briefed on the four pillars of this intelligence assessment. Number one, what kind of chemical agent was used. Number two, the Delivery System, in this case rockets. Number three, what they call the chain of custody. So who controlled the chemical agents and the rockets. And number four, who was the one who made the decision to launch this attack. As they went into the briefing, lawmakers telling reporters theyre wanting to hear more. Were in a terrible situation. Ive b
American being held by isis, jordan still reeling from the horrific execution of a captured pilot. Vowing to wipe the terror group off the face of the earth. Jordans air force meantime carrying out a large number of isis targets in both syria and now iraq as well. Connor powell is live in amman, jordan. Are we getting any word on the fate of Kayla Mueller . Reporter well, its been 4 hours since isis made this claim that mueller was in fact killed by a Jordanian Air strike in syria. There has been no evidence, theres been no proof to verify that statement and in both washington and here in amman, theres a lot of skepticism about whether or not thats true. Both the cia and the state Department Said theyre working to verify the claims and investigate and here in amman theyre calling this claim that it was jordanian planes that killed mueller a simple criminal propaganda. A lot of skepticism in both places, however, it is being taken very serious because she has been a hostage held by isis
Contempt citation in arizona. That could land him behind bars for six months. The president seemed to telegraph that a pardon could be in the offing or something nice. You might be asking yourself arizo arizona, did the sheriff get a chance to see the president last night . Hear what he had to say with me exclusively on fox business. I was not invited, but my gut told me not to show up. This will be the first time that i did not show up for his rallies. I didnt think it was feasible because of the possible danger. I didnt want to cause be the cause of any demonstrations, riots and that type of thing. I missed not going. I have been to all of his rallies. But safety was more important to me right now. Public safety. Neil be to be clear, sheriff, it doesnt sound like anyone at the white house told you not to come. You made that decision. No one yes, no one told me not to come. No one said i was invited either. So it was it was my decision not to go, but i missed it. It was a great evenin
Chiefs chair says about americas military capabilities. Thats all this hour. We begin with breaking news. Im Harris Faulkner in for shepard smith. A live look now at the white house where President Trump is expected to sign an executive action on chinas trade practices at any moment. Worth mentioning real quickly, he wants to look closely at alleged theft of American Intellectual property. Well show you the event live once it gets underway. The timing of this, just three hours ago, the president condemned the deadly protests in charlottesville, virginia over the weekend specifically calling out the kkk, neonazis and White Supremacists among growing pressure from both sides of the political aisle. Racism is illegal. Those that cause violence are criminals and thugs. Including kkk, White Supremacists and neonazis. Harris the attack happened over the weekend after the removal of a statue of general robert e. Lee. James fields,jr. , mowed down counter protesters with his car killing 32year
Tremendous. Always underappreciated the military families, the greatest people on earth. Rich edson is live right now in west palm beach, florida. Rich, the president spending time with family today . Yes. A very publicly quiet day for President Trump and first family. Havent seen much of him today. Also a quiet day on twitter for the president. Fairly unusual for him. Though this morning he did tweet out a christmas video message from himself and the first lady. Our fellow americans, melania and i have delighted to wish america and the entire world a very Merry Christmas. At this time of year we see the best of america and the soul of the American People. The president and mrs. Trump spent time at a religious service last evening at the nearby bethesda by the sea. Its episcopal church. Thats also where they were married 12 years ago. Penny . Also some Serious Business for the president today. Thats right there was Suicide Attack in afghanistan earlier today. Aides says the president b