Reporter we have new details of that incident about the u. S. Reaper drone that was fired on by the iranians on thursday. A senior u. S. Official tells me just minutes after the first distress call went out from the tanker at 6 12 a. M. Local time, the u. S. Military moved an unmanned mq9 reaper drone over the tanker. The drone alived at 6 20 a. M arrived at 6 20 a. M. Local time. At i 6 45 a. M. Local time, prior to the Second Attack on the second tanker, a missile was fired at the u. S. Drone on station over the au pair. Thats a norwegian flagship. It missed. U. S. Officials have assessed it was a modified sa7 surface to air missile fired from irans mainland. It was fired after the u. S. Drone arrived on station to assist the norwegian tanker. Separately, weve learned from u. S. Officials that an american mq9 drone was also shot down over yemen by Iranianbacked Houthi rebels in recent days. The British Government has issued a statement blaming irans revolutionary guard corps for the
Jillian the Trump Administration is weighing its options against iran though the countrys foreign minister is denying any involvement in those attacks. Donald trump says he has no doubt that iran is to blame. Iran did do it and you know they did it because one of the minds didnt explode and it got iran written all over it and it was them. They didnt want the evidence left behind. Jennifer griffin following this from the dc bureau. New details of an incident we first reported about the us drone fired on by the iranians on thursday. A senior us official tells me just minutes after the first distress call went out at 6 12 am local time the us military moved to an unmanned drone over the out tear. It arrived at 6 20 local time and at 6 45 local time prior to the Second Attack on the second tanker. A missile was fired at the us drone on station over the all tear, a norwegian flagship. It missed, us officials have assessed the missile was a modified surfacetoair missile fired from irans main
Satisfy debate requirements before wednesdays deadline. Ill speak live with senator corey booker who made the cut, about his policies and his plan to gain ground. And we have a deal. The president s tariff threat against mexico is dropped days before they were set to kick in. What else is in the agreement and is it really a win for the white house. And why pride will not fly high at u. S. Embassies this month. But we begin this hour with two big numbers. The two big numbers to keep in mind this hour, 18 and 19. Some 18 days until the first debate in miami and a 19 whopping democratic hopeful are converging on iowa this weekend. Candidates are kicking up campaigns as debate deadlines loom and the race heats up. Later this hour ill be joined live by corey booker. But right now our Team Coverage begins with a group of folks who can break down this makeorbreak weekend for the candidates. First up our road warrior ali vitale in des moines. Reporter kendis, we just hearing from mayor Pete Bu
Live Team Coverage of the visit. Jillian break out the wine for breakfast. Rob i guess it is good news. Fox and friends first continues right now. Jillian good morning to you. The sun coming up in new york city, you are watching fox and friends first on wednesday morning. Rob a fox news alert, dday veterans making their way from south england, survived the normandy invasion preparing to meet donald trump and Queen Elizabeth. Jillian Benjamin Hall is awaiting the president s arrival. How is important is this gathering of World Leaders . Reporter so important to remember the history and shared sacrifices by all these countries and where we are is so many of those Landing Craft set off across the English Channel to face down english armies and just north of here general eisenhower, supreme allied commander, had his headquarters. We are expecting donald trump to arrive in the next 14 minutes and that comes after his two days state visit to london. Everything about the last couple days is a
To say the tariffs would be suspended indefinitely and just from the last couple of hours and then to immediately and large quantities of Agricultural Products and to get into the specifics of this deal from mexico deploying 6000 troops to the southern border waiting for the american asylum process instead of the United States. And also stopping Human Trafficking and smuggling organizations to take more actions although they did not specify those actions last night the foreign minister said they got the better end of the deal. I think it is a fair balance because they have more drastic measures. Will the plan work that not to expect this administration get to involve the treasury secretary says that they do not hold up to their end of the bargain expect those tariffs to be back on the table now the secretary is in japan ahead of the g 20 summit ahead of the month in china is expected to be there and the United States and before all the talk of the mexican tariffs there were the chinese