Ibanez in for jillian mele. Rob happy monday, thanks for getting up with us, fox news alert, special operations helicopter crashing in iraq, several u. S. Service members on board are reportedly injured this according to newsweek. Return to go base after small raid, military officials telling this week crash likely happened after some type of mechanical malfunction, we will keep an eye for you. Rob absolutely. 149 hostages abducted by the taliban in ambush but Officials Say insurgents are Still Holding people hostage at this time. The ambush comes despite announcement from afghan officials of fourday cease fire with Taliban Group and secretary pompeo praising cease fire. We remain ready to support, facilitate and participate in direct negotiations between Afghan Government and the taliban. Meantime National Security john bolton says hes open to the idea of america privatizing our longest war in afghanistan. Theres always discussion, im always open to new idea but i will not comment on
Warnings for south florida, anderson, which is good news, which means the system is moving northward now. The center is about 95 miles just to the west of ft. Myers, which has been inundated with heavy rainfall. The pressure has been dropping, which means its getting stronger, and the winds have kicked up from 50 miles an hour to 60. It needs to get to 74 to be declared a hurricane. The question is how much time and space does it have to general that it raitt that strength. Its moving at a pretty good clip. You can see the warnings a are from near new orleans to the east to the border of florida and alabama. Were still looking at a landfall roughly 10 00 p. M. Or 11 00 p. M. Tomorrow night as a category 1 hurricane. And what about the possibility of storm surge . Well, the storm surge is probably the biggest threat with this, because such a vulnerable area. But we may have an area of 3 to 5 feet. Now thats significant. Now, it does not include downtown new orleans where there are volun
Hurricane florence. It is a storm like no other. Mr. President , we have a long road ahead. Shepard lets get to it. Good wednesday afternoon from the fox news deck. Judge Brett Kavanaughs accuser says she wants the fbi to investigate her Sexual Assault allegations before she talks to lawmakers. Republicans say theres no reason to delay mondays hearing. Some democrats are accusing the gop to try to rush the confirmation process. Dr. Christine blasey fords attorney writes the 51yearold processer wants to cooperate but an investigation should be the first step in addressing the allegations. Her lawyer states that since dr. Ford came forward, shes gotten Death Threats and had to relocate her family. The Senate Judiciary committee chairman, Chuck Grassley of iowa, has responded with a letter of his own. Hes offering to make mondays hearing public or private and our Shannon Bream reports Committee Staffers are willing to travel to california where professor ford lives for an interview. Presi
Against daca. The Obama Era Program protects can you tell me the story again . Nearly 700,000 socalled dreamers who were brought into the United States illegally as every family has their own unique story. Children. For many, the u. S. Is the only give your family the chance to discover theirs home theyve ever known. This holiday season, daca allows them to legally work with ancestry. And avoid deportation. President trump tried to end the program but lower courts blocked him. To help every veteran refinance their mortgage this holiday season, now the case has reached the highest court in the land. At these near record low rates. The Trump Administration has one call can save you 2000 every year. Argued daca is unconstitutional because president obama bypassed congress and created a program with an executive order. Lets bring in shannon bream, chief Legal Correspondent and anchor of fox news at night life outside the supreme court, a little cold out there. You get a sense sitting in th
Syria. Retaliation for those rocket attacks that killed an American Contractor and wounded four of our soldiers in northern iraq. In her good, sandra. People in the u. S. Embassy said there is no evacuation despite reported claims from iraqi officials, but there are thousands of protesters there. Many from iran backed militias into baghdad heavily guarded green zone where the u. S. Has its largest diplomatic facility in the world. They report they smashed a main door and set fire to a reception area. The protest began after Prayer Services for two dozen i ran back to militia fighters killed in u. S. Air strikes over the weekend. President trump tweeting iran kills an American Contractor and wounding many. Now iran is orchestrating an attack on the u. S. Efficacy in iraq. They will be held fully responsible in addition we expect iraq to use its forces to protect the embassy and so notified. The american air strikes in syria and iraq struck an iranian backed militia. The Trump Administra