It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Well have reports from damascus shortly. First, President Trump ordering National Guard troops to the u. S. mexico border. The security of the United States is in peril after a surge of illegal activity on the southern border. It sun cle it is unclear whene troops would appear at the border. Details are worked out with dhs and department of defense and border states. The National Guard mission is unclear. Federal law bars the military from involvement in immigration enforcement. In the past when obama and bush deployed guards to the border, they worked in training roles. For more, we turn to cnns jeff zeleny at the white house. Reporter dave and rene, the president wants to send troops to the u. S. And mexico border. Part of the effort to increase the strength of the border patrols. This is coming as a fast announcement this week. The president is saying the laws are not Strong Enough and congress has not acted. The question why this is urgent came up on w
Happy wednesday to you. Hump day. And its 11 00 a. M. I always find that funny. 11 00 a. M. Out west and 2 00 p. M. On capitol hill. Where despite his budding bromance with President Trump, french president Emmanuel Macron called the american president out on his isolationist agenda. In a rare address to congress, the socalled trump whisperer spoke pretty loud and pretty clearly on the need for the u. S. To reject the politics of fear and anger. Also on capitol hill, dr. Ronny jackson was supposed to appear today for his confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of veterans affairs. Instead this afternoon the white house physician is facing questions about his ability to lead whether he overprescribed pills, and whether he drank on the job. Thats a big, big problem to the point where some of the white house call him the candy man, he passed out in the room, that there was some folks that needed some help and another person got what they needed out of the medical kit and took care o
Tomorrow. Today, today is the day. Today is the day we want to start this process. The threat is real, as i mentioned. Status its complicated. Facebook now says most users should assume their profiles have been compromised as Ceo Mark Zuckerberg runs damage control in a Conference Call with reporters. We didnt take a broad enough view of what our responsibility is and that was a huge mistake. It was my mistake. And the heat is on. The head of the epa caught offguard when hes grilled on fox news about his ethics scandals. Have you made mistakes . I think this is something that needs to be corrected. It was a mistake by my team so do you take responsibility . Im fixing it. Do you take responsibility . Im fixing the problem. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. President trump has ignited a border battle by ordering the National Guard to the southwest border. The president trying to show his base that hes tough on one of his Signature Campaign issues. This is the secretary of Homel
Chris well ask whether the president will fire his epa chief over ethics violations. And our power player of the week, a member of the obama cabinet goes back to school. There were two scenes in the matthews household, one was education and the other was Public Service. Chris all right now on fox news sunday. No and hello again from fox news in washington. We begin with breaking news. The state department is monitoring reports of a poison gas attack in a rebel held town near syrias capital. Video claims to show victims including children getting hosed down. A Human Rights Group says dozens have been killed in the attack and well stay on top of this story. Now to the faceoff over trade between the u. S. And china which has sent tensing soaring and markets tumbling. In the latest move, President Trump threatened to impose tariffs on another 100 billion in chinese exports, something that nation has vowed to fight. A trade war would have serious consequences for consumers, businesses, and
Joining me now, from the white house, cnns kaitlan collins. I have to believe that Michael Cohens lawyers and the president s lawyer is not happy about this interview this morning. Kaitlan. Certainly not. This is the first time the president has acknowledged that Michael Cohen did represent him with the handling of this Stormy Daniels case, making some stunning comments during that freewheeling 30minute long interview this morning. I should note that when that interview began, the president sounded like he was in a good mood, talking about melania trumps birthday, but things got out of hand when he began talking about james comey, the Justice Department and Michael Cohen. Here is what he said about his long time attorney. Michael is a businessman. Hes got a business. He also practices law. I would say probably the big thing is his business. And theyre looking at something having to do with his business. I have nothing to do with this business. I can tell you. How much of your legal wor