Assault is casting a shadow gain day into the university. A controversy surrounding Campaign Finance reform. As big money gears up to the 2016 president ial election. Great to have you with us i. S. I. L. Claims to have executed a second japanese hostage. Kenji goto jogo had been held captive. I. S. I. L. Fighters released an online video that you will not see here proving that the correspondent had been beheaded. A deadline to free kenji goto jogo and a jordanian pilot passed two days ago. The japanese pilot is calling the death an inhumane act of terrorism. More from Wayne Simmonds kenji goto jogo a freelance journalist was caught up in what might have been a human trade off, lead toing his death instead. The visibly shaken Prime Minister of japan had this reaction. Translation we are deeply saddened by the despicable and horrendous act of terrorism. We denounce it in the wrongest terms. To the terrorist, we will never forgive you for this act. Since the act was given, well coordinat
The chinese consulate because he had been hearing voices in chinese. The documents say phang placed three containers filled with gasoline near the consulate entrance last wednesday night, then ignited them with a lighter. There are no indications at that time to suggest it was motivated by terrorism, politics or civil rights issues. Reporter a spokesperson for the chinese consulate reacted to the arrest by issuing a statement saying in part, quote, we urge the u. S. Side to learn lessons from this incident, take effective measures to ensure the safety, security and dignity of chinese diplomatic and Missions Staff in the u. S. And prevent the recurrence of similar incidents, unquote. Tonight, police appear to be doing just that as they continue to stand guard outside the consulate. The 24hour presence will remain until were absolutely positive that this is what it appears to be, and thats an isolated incident. Reporter and youre looking at some of the charred damage that remains outside
Pete yorestingyou worked . Pete yes, i did. As steve said all eyes on capitol hill as nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer calling on President Trump to testify in front of house impeachment investigators . Ainsley thats right it. Comes as week two of public impeachment hearings is getting underway. Steve Griff Jenkins joins us live from washington. Griff, when is the president going to sit down with nancy and chuck . That sounds great, right . Griff dont hold your breath. Here comes another week of hearings as the president is fighting back on twitter brassing the inquiry. The crazed do nothing democrats are turning impeachment into partisan weapon. Its very bad for our country and not what the founders had in mind. One witness not scheduled is the president , though Speaker Pelosi is extending that invitation. The president could come right before the committee and talk, speak all the truth that he wants if he wants to. You dont expect him to do that. If he wants to take the oath of office
troubling. can he survive? so far he seems to have the support of republican leadership, i actually think it s interesting that pell pelosi and other democratic leaders haven t asked for him to step down. republicans have come off this really successful midterm elections, they want to show that they can govern and focus on issues that americans care about. this is a huge distraction and also plays into the stereotype of some people in washington that this is a party that can t reach out so to minorityies. i quickly want to say what john boehner was referring to earlier, john boehner today said i know steve to be a man of high integrity and good character. he has my full confidence as our whip and he will continue to do great and important work for all americans. first of all, the calculation for speaker boehner, but as julie was pointing out as
and time will tell. this late breaking development comes as a new report out today reveals that murders of police officers, like the assassinations we saw in new york are on the rise across the nation. correspondent peter doocey breaks down the stats for us tonight. reporter: the number one way police officers were killed in 2014 ambush attacks resulting in 15 deaths, compared to 5 in 2013. in all 126 law enforcement officers were killed on the job this year, an increase of 24%. there are some weak minded individuals in our society that have been influenced by the anti-cop, anti-government rhetoric. and they re going out and they have targeted police officers. now in new york, amid safety concerns in the week and a half following the assassination of two police officers, there s been a dramatic 66% drop off in arrests. and a 94% decline in citations for minor crimes. these numbers were confirmed to fox by the nypd and first reported by the new york post. this aftern