Shannon we are live on the ground in philadelphia with the latest. They were viciously attacked and doused in water and now new York City Police officers being pelted with tins of chinese food. The latest attacks on the badge and the autopsy is out, the final cause of death for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and what we just learned where his final words. Fox and friends first starts right now. Good morning once again, good evening on the west coast and joining us, youre watching fox and friends first on thursday. Thank you for starting or ending your day with us, it has been a busy one overnight. Breaking overnight a gunman surrendering with his hands up as an 8 hour standoff comes to a end in philadelphia. 6 Police Officers injured in the tents shootout as the heavily armed suspect barricaded himself inside a home with several hostages. How suspect eventually got that suspect to surrender. It was a long night. Use it was. A big ordeal, a long 8 to 9 hours as this played out and
Jewish people. What about greenland . Cant make it up. Welcome to wednesday. One of the moorheadspinning days of this headspinning presidency. And it begs the question can anything at all that comes out of this white house actually be trusted. Plus, the parkland plan sick of waiting on congress unveil a very aggressive proposal to combat gun violence. Well unveil it here. What a wednesday. What a hump day. Welcome to meet the press daily. Im tt here in washington. And welcome to a day when we do feel compelled that what is now the norm in washington is not normal and in many ways its very unamerican. I cant believe i have to say it but it is not normal, nor is it american to call jewishamericans dislochlal. Greenland after saying the trip to denmark i know you got to keep track of your denials. It is not normal to deny a kax cut is on the table then confirm a tax cut is on the table then deny it and expect any of us take you seriously. It is not normal that we cant take the president s
Antiisrael. I think its disgraceful the things theyve said. You have lists of this is not just a one line mistakes. What theyve said about israel and jewish people is a horrible thing and theyve become the face of the democrat party. The things that theyve said, omar, tlaib, what theyve said is disgraceful so i cant imagine why israel would let them in but if they want to let the men, they can but i cant imagine why they would do it. Sandra following the story from jerusalem. Good morning. After denying access to israel for both congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and congresswoman ilhan omar, the Israeli Government is going to allow for a humanitarian visit for representative tlaib. The approval came after a political firestorm yesterday that erupted following the interior ministry of israel informing the freshman congresswoman that they wouldnt be allowed to enter. The decision was made based on an obscure 2017 law that gives the government the ability to deny visas to those who support the
And good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. This was day 939 of the trump administration, and here are two more numbers for you on this friday night. This is the president s 222nd day at a trump golf venue, his 290th day at a trumpbranded property since being sworn in as our president. Tonight finds our president at his Trump Golf Club in new jersey. Its been a week, and for this president , it brought the first really indications that he economy he is running on may be running into real trouble. Financial markets signaling that a recession is a real possibility and that his trade war is taking a toll. The dow posting an 800point drop, the largest this year. Trump blamed his own Federal Reserve chairman, who he referred to as, quote, clueless jay powell, citing his actions on interest rates. Jay powell should be cutting rates because every country all over the world is cutting them. He raised them too fast. While falsely saying china would pay tariffs a
Thats too big a statement. But china is doing very, very poorly. I just saw a report, they had the worst year they have had in 27 years because of what i have done, and they want to come to the negotiating table. Kevin . Reporter to hear the president tell it, recession fears are completely unwarranted. That said, he also told reporters before making his way back to washington, if there was an economic hiccup, the u. S. A. With weather it would weather it just fine. President trump or doing tremendously well. Our consumers are rich. I gave a tremendous tax cut. I saw the walmart numbers, they were through the roof. Its better than any poll or economist. As we take a look inside the numbers, we saw the markets all over the place down on monday and wednesday. Including the 800point drop midweek. And surrounding out the week strongly with a 307 bump. All that ahead of a week where well have a chance to hear from the chairman of the federal reserve, jerome powell. Also to measure his impac