The gulf coast. Our business has just tanked. Axelrod and we remember ross perot, a selfmade billionaire and president ial candidate who called them as he saw them. There will be a giant sucking sound going south. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. And this is our western edition. The calls are growing louder labor secretary alex acosta to resign over his handling of the secret plea deal that gave the wealthy investor Jeffrey Epstein an uncommonly light sentence in a sex trafficking case 11 years ago. Acosta was a federal prosecutor in south florida at the time. Today President Trump weighed in saying acostas very good at his job, but mr. Trump did add he will take a closer look at the case. And in the oval office, paula reid had a chance to ask the president about his relationship with epstein. Reporter President Trump once considered Jeffrey Epstein a friend, but today he distanced himself from the convicted sex offender. I was not a fan of his, that i can tell you. Reporter but m
To commemorate the 18th anniversary of september 11th. Its somber and beautiful driving into the city this morning. A reminder of what the city has gone through. And a reminder to remember what happened. Never forget. Well said. Welcome back to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. Its thursday, september 12th. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. The white house taking a step to curb the vaping epidemic. The Trump Administration looking to ban flavored ecigarettes with specifics expected in coming weeks. Teens are smoking less tobacco, doing less drugs and drinking less alcohol but vaping is a concern. Federal Health Officials find a quarter, 28 of all High School Students use ecigarettes. Staggering number, nearly doubled from 2017 to 2018. Vaping has become a big business, as i understand it. A giant business in a short period of time. But e cant allow people to get sick. And we cant have our youth be so affected. We simply have to remove the attractive items from the marketplace
Resolute desk reading her own emails. Fox and friends first starts right now. Good morning. A live look at new york city, the 9 11 tribute in light. It represents where the twin towers once stood. People all across the country pausing to remember all those lives lost. You are watching fox and friends first thursday morning. Thank you for starting the day with us. A major win for the Trump Administration, the Supreme Court reinstating asylum restrictions after a surprising aboutface from the ninth circuit. Griff jenkins joins us from washington with reaction from democrats and justices with dissenting opinions. A big deal, the High Court Given the green light to enforce restrictions on asylumseekers trying to enter the us by traveling through every country such as mexico without seeking protection. The president claiming victory tweeting big win for the border on asylum. The ruling follows the us district judge locking the administrations than earlier this summer followed by the ninth C
The Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman is having an All-Star season at age 33 and there are many reasons why he deserves to be at the Mid-Summer Classic in July.