Of the United States. And it comes as he returns from a working vacation that was mostly work and during which he struggled with a tragic day in charlottesville that reignited the racial divide. So, in just a moment, we will be joined by retired four star general jack keane but first we go to chief White House Correspondent john roberts who is live in fort meyers, virginia tonight a few hours from here where the president will speak in a couple hours. Good evening to you. Martha, good evening to you. You can see behind me a few hundred yards away filing in for the president s speech to occur in just under two hours now. What the president will say tonight is far different from than what he was saying just a couple years ago. Maybe back as far as 2013. In regards to afghanistan. Where he thought that the United States should not be there. That we should pull out and we should focus on efforts on rebuilding the United States and spending the money that were spending in afghanistan here s
The address gives President Trump a chance to reset after one of the most difficult weeks of his presidency. We have fox team coverage. Catherine herridge will tell us with the intelligence is saying. We start off with chief White House Correspondent john roberts at fort meyer in virginia. Good evening. The troops behind me are gathering in anticipation of going into witness the speech. The president has said repeatedly that the war in afghanistan is going nowhere and is in urgent need of a new strategy. What is expected tonight differs vastly from what hes advocated in the past. At the president s only public appearance today, watching the clips, he said nothing about tonights address although he is expected to announce more u. S. Troops will be headed to afghanistan. I think we are going to see him on general nicholsons request for more troops. About 4,000, to train the Afghan National army and police and the governance of my afghanistan. In 2013, donald trump was a fierce advocate o
for an assassination attempt on moammar qaddafi. this video showing the aftermath of that strike. there is a lot to cover in that region. we hope you had a great easter weekend. how you doing, alisyn? alisyn: doing well. i m in for march ma maccallum. his whereabouts are now unknown. bill: conor powell streaming live in benghazi, libya. reporter: nato isn t officially calling this an assassination attempt. but a moammar qaddafi spokesman are calling this a direct assassination attempt on him and an attack on his regime. we don t no if colonel qaddafi was in this compound at the time. but the strike hit what was a large library and other residential parts of this compound. 45 people were injured including 15 that were seriously injured. nato picked up the pace their air strikes in tripoli. this comes as relationship cans like lindsey graham have called for nato to do more to break this stale meat on the ground in libya. pro qaddafi forces continue to shell and attack civilia