Of Laquan Mcdonald shot 16 times. Plus, putting his rubber stamp on the race, ted cruz says theres no republican war against Birth Control. Proof . Condom vending machines. Good afternoon, welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Dramatic, new mission in the u. S. Led war against isis. Ash carter making the announcement hours ago, send elite troops to battle isis jihadys in iraq, rescuing hostages, gathering muchneeded intelligence on the terrorist group. Right to Barbara Starr at the pentagon. The pentagon not saying how many troops will be ai part of the mission or when deployed. Reporter very much so. Perhaps a surprise was that defense secretary ash carter put it all out in public. There is a sense around the pentagon that he wanted to offer this up in part to show u. S. Muscle against isis. Reporter hundreds of u. S. Special operations and support forces heading to dangerous ground in iraq and syria. These special operators will, over time, be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gat
The upcoming south korean war games could further inflame the rogue nation. Fears grow with the wall street journal and offering this grim and offer assessment. History says pyongyang will back down. Experts worry this time is different. Neither side has any attempt to make the first concession. Trace gallagher has more. Trace . Not only do you have a stalemate that could last for weeks, look at the chess board. Theres upcoming moves that could serve as flash points. In two weeks, the u. S. And south korea will have their joint exercises. These are military drills that in the past have infuriated north korea. Kim jongun believes theyre preparations for an invasion. China has called on the u. S. And south korea to cancel the drills to lower the tension. On top of that, in the coming days, the general in charge of north koreas missiles is schedule to present kim jongun a plan to simultaneously launch four missiles towards guam. Experts say missiles landing anywhere near guam would be an
We have many options now for venezuela. By the way, im not going to rule out a military option. I think general kelly has done a fantastic job. Chief, i call him chief. We should have had healthcare proved. I was not impressed. You have republicans who are trying to pass legislation. You have what i call rinos. Republicans in name only. They stabbed the American People in the back. So wake me up when its all over and im wiser and im older all this time. Is that a real bear . That will wake you up. Guess what, guys, welcome to the fox friends on this saturday morning. We have a Bowling Alley outside on our plaza this morning. What in the world is going on. National bowling day. Pete last year we had it jerry rigged set up in the other studio. This year full deal. Abby this is Bass Pro Shop is here which we always love. Clayton i have been saying this for years if you have been following me, that i mark my seasons by when bass pro is on. Im excited for fall. Fall means football. Fall mea
Years trying to get information from the fbi only to be, no other word for it, stonewalled in case after case. Today, johnson released former fbi director jim comeys draft statement on the Hillary Clinton email probe. The draft makes it Crystal Clear that the document was edited in a way that considerably watered down the bureaus findings to clintons benefit. The question is, who made those edits . The fbi will not say. Many suspect it is peter strzok. Strzok of course has since been exposed as a fierce partisan who detested the president , loved Hillary Clinton, and thought the fbi needed insurance against a trump win. Comeys letter is far from the only evidence of fbibi heel dragging. It has repeatedly ignored congressional requests for information related to a whole bunch of things, including the boston bombing attack, the attempted shooting in garland, texas, that an undercover fbi agent helped provoke. The bureau has even now imposed a nondisclosure agreement on another government