Jury in washington d. C. Today approved the first charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller. This is according to sources briefed on the matter. The charges are still sealed under order from a federal judge at this hour. And plans are being prepared for anyone charged to be taken into custody, perhaps as soon as this monday, the sources told us. Its unclear what the charges are, anderson. As i said, the indictments are still under seal. A spokesman for the special counsels office declined to comment for our story. But as you know, mueller was appointed in may to lead this investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 u. S. Election. And on friday, top lawyers who are helping to lead the mueller probe, including veteran prosecutor andrew weissmann, were seen entering the courtroom at the d. C. Federal court where the grand jury meets, according to our producer laura robinson, they were there to hear testimony in the russia investigation, and the reporters, inc
Clinton calls it a sham. A lot to cover and well see what gets traction. Lets get to it. First from the fox news deck this friday afternoon, President Trump set to meet with the republican congressional leaders at camp david right now. Hes apparently trying to change the subject after attacking the controversial new book about his administration, which came out this morning. Heres what the president told reporters while leaving the white house this afternoon. Hi, everybody. Im going over with the senators. Were going to camp david. We have a lot of things to work on, a lot of things to accomplish. The stock market is up very big today. Weve set new records and i think they will be continued to be set. The tax cuts are really kicking in far beyond what anyone thought. Shepard the president ignored shouted questions about the book. More on his camp david meeting in just a moment. The books author, Michael Wolff, says he had inside access to the white house. He says he conducted interview
Wing. Two staffers out after past domestic violence. John kelly, President Trump reiterating his offensive meant of sexual misuse and conduct. The Vice President hinting at a shift in u. S. Foreign policy, saying there could be direct talks between washington and north korea without preconditions. What the talks could be like and what prompted the change of heart. This week is kicking off on capitol hill as congress has the president s budget. It is hot off the presses. Immigration overhaul. He says the administration rolls out the trillion dollar infrastructure plan. Everyone wants to repair roads and bridges, but no one knows how to pay for it. Jeff is at the white house. Its been six days since rob porter resigned. This monday morning, we are still talking about that because we have not been able to get a clear, coherent and consistent version of events from the white house. What is the latest you can tell us . Reporter as you point out, day six of the rob porter saga and theres not
Secretary of states office. According to those final readouts, it looks as though the republican nominee for governor has a lead of about. 41 over gillum, the democratic nominee. That would be enough to trigger the automatic recount. In the race for u. S. Senate, thats even tighter. The Current Governor rick scott has a lead over bill nelson of only. 14 . That too would be enough to trigger that automatic machine recount. If that does happen, and were expecting it any minute from the secretary of state, we have a process of up until next thursday when that machine recount has to take place. Theyll then look at the numbers another time and if the margins show a gap of less than a quarter of a percent, theyll begin a hand recount of just the undervotes and overvotes. So this is just the beginning of what will likely be a very lengthy process, fred. As we await word from the secretary of state of florida, it seems we are very likely headed to what could be an historic recount here in the
President s closest advisers, maybe the closest that isnt a family member, is leaving. As for that family, they are staying and questions of conflict of trs growing. The New York Times reports the president s soninlaw and Senior Adviser, Jared Kushner, met with two finance executives inside the white house, then later his businesses received more than 500 million in loans from their companies. Does that cross a legal line or just a swampy one . In a few hours, the president will be in the white house near the attorney general less than 24 hours ago he called Jeff Sessions disgraceful. Where will that go today given new reporting that the special counsel has a keen interest in how the president has treated the attorney general. Big picture you might ask, why does stability in the white house matter . Vladimir putin announced this morning russia has an invincible new missile that will render nato defenses completely useless. So theres that. A years worth of news to fit into one hour, we