plotting to attack july 4th celebrations in cleveland. an undercover fbi agent caught him taking photos of a potential target in downtown cleveland. on top of that, in chicago, there s an increased security presence at major transportation hubs as well as up to 50 new high definition cameras that have been put in place in those transit hubs. trace? bryan llenas live for us in lower manhattan. thank you. nearly 60 major wild fires are burning across the west destroying homes, forces thousands to evacuate and cancelling fourth of july celebratio celebrations. maryann rafferty has more. the hot temperatures are not helping firefighters at all. south of denver a raging fire has destroyed more than 100 homes in the colorado mountains. families were planning to
many people planning outside activities for the forth. the wildfires have burned 3,200 square miles in the u.s. fire crews are facing an uphill battle with the hot temperatures and the dry windy conditions. a break in the weather would help things but doesn t look like that will happen any time soon. and the real fire season has not even started. so the fall and stuff. it could be a long, hot summer. thanks, maryann. thank you. trace: we have a fox news weather alert. folks in houston can t catch a break. heavy raining causing flooding and making it difficult to get around. forecasters say 2-4 inches of rain fell earlier today. the city is still recovering from hurricane harvey which cost more than $150 billion in damage last summer. houston is under a flash flood watch for at least another hour. could go longer. keep your eyes open if you re
roy moore. tweeting that his democratic opponent is a bit of nancy pelosi. in the present sting and odds of most republican leaders that are calling on roy moore to quit the race. amid sexual misconduct allegations. but others in the gop said the decision lies with the voters. this is south dakota similar john thune on fox news sunday today.prices far as i m concerned the president to the degree he wants to use his influence in this race could i think help everybody out by doing what he can to try and get roy moore to step aside which is what we believe is in the best interest again. certainly the country, certainly the presidents agenda and i would argue for the people of alabama although like i said, it is a decision that they make and they do not care what washington d.c. things. maryann rafferty is live with more. hello arthel! just before our bar and pulled up a big when against the
november 16 when reporters on hand were told they could not ask questions about the allegations. thank you maryann rafferty. reporters who cover the state department and many inside the department that have never seen a secretary of state with less of a public profile than rex tillerson. now the new york times reports efforts by the secretary to trim the ranks of career diplomats and foreign service officers. it is hurting morale among the diplomatic corps in their blaming rex tillerson and the president. neither firm has been shining into picking the department as a bloated bureaucracy these people either do not believe the us should be a world leader their utterly incompetent. as a former ambassador cutter piercing either way having 70 vacancies in essential places is a disaster waiting to happen. but a spokesman for secretary tillerson disputed all that telling the times quote - there are qualified people who are not delivering on america s diplomatic mission. it is insulting to
president trump has been briefed on situation. and france preparing to welcome a new president, 39-year-old emmanuel macron will be sworn in tomorrow in paris. macron, a centrist, was a relative newcomer to politics. he ll serve a five-year term as he replaced outgoing president francois hollande. and president trump saying a new fbi director could be named within the coming week, possibly friday. eight candidates were interviewed at the justice department today, and they re now being vetted for the post. they ll replace james comey who was fired this past tuesday. i m maryann rafferty, now back to the greg gutfeld show. for your latest headlines, log on to foxnews.com. greg: it s now as regular as your bowels after a bowl of beans. [laughter] another week, another batch of videos of airline passengers slugging the crap out of each other. [laughter] i know this because of all the clever puns made by our friends