Good evening. Aides to President Trump are rejecting the notion that the commander in chief declared war on north korea while top pentagon officials presenting confidence the u. S. Would handling win any such conflict. In remarks to reporters this morning, north Korean Foreign minister cited a tweet by President Trump from friday as a purported declaration of war. Then went on to invoke the right of selfdefense enjoyed by United Nations member states. Translator since the u. S. Has made a declaration of war, we will have every right to make countermeasures including the right to shoot down the United States strategic bombers even if they do not come into our airspace. The president s provocative tweet posted after 11 00 p. M. Friday said just heard foreign minister of north korea speak at u. N. If he echoes thoughts of little rocket man, they wont be around much longer u. S. Officials insist the american goal is not regime change as the north and interpreted the tweet but to prevent py
Tonight he joins us to answer them. First, our breaking news. Cnn has learned President Trump has begun taking some preliminary steps preparing for a possible interview with the special counsel. Our senior White House Correspondent pamela brown joins us with that. Explain what youve learned. Well, we have learned that the preparations between the president and his legal team have been short and informal and included going over potential topics with the president that Robert Mueller would likely raise in an interview, according to two people familiar with the situation that i have spoken with along with my colleague, gloria borger. While the president has not formally agreed to a sitdown interview with mueller, these preparations under way are a sign that the president s legal team is intensifying deliberations over whether to allow him to come under Robert Muellers questioning, and its the clearest sign yet that trump and his team remain open to the possibility of an interview with mue
What kind of preparations have been made for a smooth visit . Cnns sayrah westwood is at the white house. Heading to a country that is already deeply popular. What is the president hoping for . Everything you just mentioned that the president probably would want to avoid before this trip he has done his comments about a number of hot topics like brexit. Like the royals and the race to replace theresa may. The president has spoken out about all of those. And sets the stage for a potentially controversial visit to the u. K. Even though this is supposed to be a formal state visit. Listen to what he said on the last couple days. Hes been critical of the way may handled negotiations with the European Union. Praised some of the people vying to replace her. If you dont get a fair deal, you walk away, if i were them, i wouldnt pay 50 billion. That socalled divorce bill requested by the European Union President Trump operated Boris Johnson, one of the leading contenders to take the Prime Minist
Meteorologists Rick Reichmuth on how big a punch this hurricane is packing. And phil keating in florida where fears of that category three storm have a lot of folks there bracing. We begin with Rick Reichmuth and the fox weather center. Hi, rick. The radar picture, this comes out of puerto rico. This is their radar. Gives a good sense of what were dealing with. The storm kept jogging to the north and recenters. That spared puerto rico and spared the storm from big mountains that would rip it apart. The storm intact and will stay intact. That means what happens next has now a bigger impact for the mainland u. S. A. The u. S. Territory spared. It will continue to pull to the north and continue to pull away from puerto rico. So still some rain to fall there. That rain isnt going to be anything that will cause huge problems. The eastern side picking up 3 to 6 inches of rain and that will cause flooding because the weekend state is still in after hurricane maria. That is the satellite image
Gripping one of the wealthiest states in the country. Fox friends first continues right now. Im alive, im alive, im alive, im alive, im alive. Im alive, im alive, im alive, im alive. Look at that sky and a beautiful shot of midtown man hat tafnlt looks like its going to be a nice monday morning in new york city. Good morning, youre watching Fox Friends First on this monday morning. Im Carley Shimkus in for jillian mele. 42 and third. Madness. Carley feels like it was just new years eve. Rob im rob schmitt. President trump now in london, kicking off a threeday state visit to the u. K. Carley hell head to Buckingham Palace in a few hours to meet with Queen Elizabeth. Kevin cork joins us live from london. Good morning, kevin. Reporter great to be with you guys. A cool and windy welcome to the u. K. For the president and first lady over in stanstead, but no less of a warm welcome from british officials as they made their way down from air force one. They say it is a state visit and as you