Think that it is all right think about what i am saying todd a little Stevie Wonder to kick off your tuesday morning. Look at what is out there. Jillian our building looks bright like there are a lot of lights but it is pretty empty. Todd the lights are on but nobody is home. Good morning, hopefully all lights are on in your home, watching fox and friends first on tuesday morning. Jillian thank you for starting the day with us. In a few hours donald trump is heading to kenosha, wisconsin where he is expected to deliver along and order message amid the unrest in the city. Todd joe biden blaming the president for the uptick in violence nationwide. Jillian good morning, griffin. Jillian reporter donald from going to kenosha to praise Law Enforcement response to last weeks despite governor either is urging him to reconsider. He made that very clear in an exclusive interview with laura ingraham. I am a tremendous fan of Law Enforcement and i want to thank Law Enforcement, they have done a g
15 minutes after that trump caravan had left the downtown area. Victim has not yet been publicly identified and the shooter as far as we know remains at large. The mayor of portland, ted wheeler, who serves that citys Police Commissioner is set to speak at the top of the 4 00 p. M. Eastern or of 1 00 p. M. Pacific time hour, just under 60 minutes from now. We will bring that to you live as it happens. First, lets go to Christina Coleman live in los angeles with more details on the tragic and shocking turn on the streets of portland last night. Reporter this is the third consecutive weekend of tension escalating between competing groups of protesters in portland. A caravan of Trump Supporters with 600 vehicles was making its way through Downtown Portland when protesters attempted to stop them by standing in the street. Some protesters fired paint ball pellets and bear spray at counter protesters and they threw things at the Trump Supporters. Supporters. Police havent released details on
His trump to kenosha, trump said police were under siege because they occasionally make mistakes and compare them to golfers who choke while trying to sink a threefoot putt. Im saying people choke. And people are bad people. You have both. You have some bad people and they choke. Reporter in the same interview, he flouted a conspiracy when he said people in dark shadows were controlling joe bidens campaign, a statement that even seemed to alarm his fox news interviewer. What does that mean . That sounds like conspiracy theory. People that you havent heard of. We had people get on a plane from a certain city this weekend. And in the plane it was almost completely loaded with thugs wearing these dark uniforms, black uniforms with gear and this and that. Theyre on a plane. Where are they . Ill tell you sometime, but its under investigation right now. Reporter given the chance to explain what he meant today, the president declined. And what happened is the entire plane filled up with the l
Describe him as a good man. He was not a radical, not a racist and he was not a fascist. He was not an insider or instigator. He was a freedom loving american who died expressing his beliefs. A right guaranteed to all of us through the constitution. Sandra the scene outside of mayor wheelers home last night turned destructive for protestors setting fires in the street prompting police to declare a riot. More on the developing situation in portland in just a moment. But first later today President Trump will be visiting kenosha, wisconsin, large protests are expected and more than 1,000 National Guard troops are standing by. The president is planning to meet with Law Enforcement on the ground there after last weeks riots. Despite growing requests from state and city leaders to cancel his visit. Good morning, im sandra smith. Hello, trace. Good morning. Im trace gallagher. The wisconsin governor urged President Trump to not take his trip. But the president wants to thank officers in keno
Shannon Marianne Rafferty live in los angeles have dozens of fires recap across the state. What is the latest . Reporter one of the biggest wildfire seasons on record in california getting worse by the minute, three firefighters hurt, a dozen injured as they played the dolan fire doubling in size overnight tuesday and in Sierra National forest hundreds airlifted to safety out of the path of the creek fire, 150 people were evacuated tuesday. Right now there are 25 major wildfires burning across the stand with santa ana winds forecast firefighters are bracing for a tougher battle. The man suspected of setting the dolan fire, ivan gomez, was arrested and is being held on 2 million bail. 90 of the fires we experience are manmade fires. We are up to this challenge and we are committed and resolve not only to deal with the situation but to sustainably address these issues. A record 2. 3 million acres have burned in california so far this year compared to 118,000 this time last year. 100,000