Intersection just to catch the creature. The ugly. A not so grand slam. A Minor League Baseball player hits it out of the park into, yes, his own truck shattering the windshield. Good news is, his team won. Fox friends starts right now. Have a good day. Bye. Good morning to you and to your family. Tuesday, august 23rd, im ainsley earhardt. We start with a fox news alert. An investigation Just Launched as a potentially isis inspired stabbing attack right here at home. We have the breaking details and potential terror ties. Meanwhile, brand new trouble for Hillary Clinton this morning but she laughs it off on late night tv. My emails are so boring. Mine are. Im embarrassed about that. Theyre so boring. So weve already released, i dont know, 30,000 plus, so whats a few more. Whats a few tens of thousands more. Should she really be joking
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The country recover and certainly weather the economic disruption its causing. The president s state of Emergency Declaration frees up 50 billion to battle the epidemic. Most visits to Nursing Homes will be suspended. The president also announced a total freeze on Interest Payments on the nations 1. 5 trillion in federal student loans. No more payments for a while. He said the government will purchase billions of barrels of oil for the Strategic Petroleum reserve. Were going to fill it to the top, he said. Then, in response to inadequate testing across the country something thats gotten quite a bit of attention he announced a new initiative to open drivethru testing facilities. The goal is for individuals to be able to drive up and be swabbed without having to leave your car. Tucker we will have more on the problems with testing for the virus in just a minute. The president s announcement today seemed to calm markets a bit after dropping 10 points yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial av
Protestors facing off against armed Law Enforcement officers just across the street from are the white house as the president addressed the country from the the rose garden. The president said that he invoked the insurrection act. That could allow him to deploy active duty u. S. Troops to respond to cities across the country. And william barr took a walk through the protestors in Lafayette Park. Right across the street from the the white house. He was booed as he walked through that area. This is coming on the heels of a week of intense protests over the death of george floit. Most of those protests were peaceful. Others did give way to violence. In washington, d. C. , fires were lit and Police Clashed with propress tors despite a curfew. Its been exactly one week since george floyd was killed while in Police Custody in minneapolis. Had a vigil at the site where he died. His brother issuing a moment of peace, saying violent protests will not bring his brother back. I understand you are
President trump calling on state governors to maintain order. I have strongly recommended to every governor to deploy the National Guard if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then i will deplot United States military. Steve this. Brian unbelievable. Steve as looting leaves major cities reeling. Massive crowds taking to the streets despite citywide curfews. Take a look at that even the iconic macys flagship in new york city hit by looters. That the miracle on 34th street macys. Thats the one where everybody drives their floats by on thanksgiving. We have Team Coverage this morning. Griff jenkins is live in our Nations Capital with the president s call for peace and how he is going to back that up with power. Aishah hasnie on the streets of new york city where the looting. Aishah, the sun is up. Has the looting stopped . The looting has stopped. We havent seen anyone for about an hour. We saw a couple of youn
U. S. This year. Irma strengthening to a category 4 hurricane. Harveys death toll continues to rise. When the residents come back, the sun comes up today, they will once again come to this west houston neighborhood and see that it is still swamped with water. Texas, we will rebuild and we will come back stronger than ever. Brian i think we have to stop wearing white pants. Abby no. Its the type of white pants. Still wear the fabric winter go creamy white. Brian go creamy white not pure white. Steve glad i came back from vacation for that. Brian its labor day. People in gear ready to go. Steve back to school. All the kids in the new york city area back today officially. Brian my kids will be back tomorrow. Dont rush out of bed because mr. Doocy told you to. Steve the kids in jersey are back today. Its that cross state rivalry thing. Brian there you go. Thats why jersey is so much smarter. Steve our kids go back one day earlier. Brian teachers have to be in school today in new york. I wi