Tonights lead, fullcourt press. Like an army being attacked from all sides, this white house is increasingly surrounded in this very news week. Democrats fired what looks like the opening shot of a growing impeachment battle, as expected on thursday, the House Judiciary Committee formally voted to pursue an impeachment inquiry, but remaining dissent from under half of House Democrats around the i word is giving the Administration Creative ways to protect the president. The attorney general william barr insisting friday that secret grand jury materials from the special counsels investigation remain off limits to congress because democrats have not clarified that an actual impeachment investigation has taken place. House judiciary chair jerry nadler cleared that up last night with my colleague, lawrence odonnell. We are, in fact, conducting an investigation, preparing to decide whether to recommend articles of impeachment. But while more than half of House Democrats are on board for impe
December 2nd, now that congress is back from vacation democrats are ready for phase 2 of impeachment. Rob white house is making it clear they wont be participating in the socalled circus they are calling it, live in washington with what comes next. Also deadly winter storm on the northeast and ready to wreak havoc for thousands of people. Janice dean on what you need to know before you hit the skies, as Winter Weather sweep it is country, one city says snow more fun allowed. Rob Fox Friends First continues right now. Rob thatll wake you up in the morning. Good morning, youre watching Fox Friends First this monday morning, im rob schmitt. Carley im carley shimkus, thank you for starting your day with us. Right now a deadly winter storm hammering the northeast, snow, sleet and rain moving up the coast after pummeling several states leading to 7 people dead. Yeah, rough time for people trying to get back, hundreds of Flights Canceled, there have been thousands delayed. Carley slick roads
Vice president joe bidens son, which the president has admitted to in addition to encouraging china to do the same. It caps the second week of the impeachment inquiry, a week in which the president seemed to melt down in public as closest advisers where revealed to have been at least at the very least adjacent to his july phone call to the president of the ukraine. Among them, secretary of state mike pompeo, who failed to meet a house subpoena after admitting he was on that call. But pompeo is only one piece of an investigation that now includes subpoenas to the white house, the president s lawyer, rudy giuliani, and Vice President mike pence. And theres that other smoking gun, those explosive Text Messages between u. S. Diplomats involved in executing the president s request to pressure ukraine. Joining me now is democratic strategist lori watkins, former adviser to president obama who served as floridas policy director in 2012 during his Reelection Campaign, and currently is the poli
Criminal inquiry. Fox news was told on october 8 by Senior Administration officials that durham was expanding the scope of his investigation based on what he had been finding adding staff and extending the timeline. He had been looking to events since the creation of the Trump Campaign up until election day. Now hes looking into the spring of 2017 after the president took office and up to the firing of james comey. The president this morning on his way to South Carolina weighing in on the news that the investigation is now criminal in its nature. Listen here. Investigate the investigators. Whether its strzok and page, whether its clapper and whether its comey and all of these people, because terrible things went on for our country. And we have a great attorney general, highly prestigious man, an honorable man and theyve been looking at it for a long time. I cant tell you what is happening. I will tell you this. I think youre going to see a lot of bad things. This indeed is a Significan
Salt Lake City Police chief mike brown today confirmed this investigation is far from over. No arrests have been made. However, the owner of the residence where we served the warrant last night is a person of interest. Its still a missing persons its a missing persons investigation. Harris the details coming out were jarring. Claudia cowan life for us in Salt Lake City. Claudia . Harris, they would not identify this person of interest publicly by name but they say that he is a Salt Lake City homeowner who gave away a mattress and a boxspring last week and obviously police are letting us know that these could be potential key pieces of evidence in mackenzie luecks disappearance. This picture of the mattress came to police as 1 of hundreds of tips they have been following up on since i got this case a week ago today. It isnt clear if the homeowners sold it or give it away, but police are asking whoever picked it up to call them so they can analyze it and run it through forensic testing.