Congressman earl bblumenauer. Saying we live in a democracy not a banana republic. Welcome, everyone to the 6 00 a. M. Hour of fox friends, joined today by Jason Chaffetz in for pete. Griff jenkins back better than ever. Including what is going on in portland. Uptick in portland continues. A lot of clashes when it comes to politicians whether they want federal authorities in their cities to calm things down or do not. Griff . Griff portland will be a big story because you have lawlessness for seven weeks. The streets of portland are out of control yet the local leaders from the governor, the senator, the mayor, are refusing federal assistance while the feds come under fire. Much has been made about the video on social media of agents apprehending a suspect in the street, putting him in unmarked van. Yet the feds say that is necessary tactic to protect officers. That that individual, that you see on the social media tape was suspected of damaging federal property, which is why they were
Y number two of kate and william differently this time around. Newsroom starts now. Thank you for joining me. Im fredericka whitfield. We begin with dramatic video that could have been the latest Police Shooting but the officer did not pull the trigger. On using deadly force. It only would have taken one shot for the story to take a terrible turn and we likely would be having a very different conversation right now. I wanted to be absolutely sure before i used deadly force. New Richmond Ohio Police officer knows this confrontation could have taken a deadly turn. The man seen running towards him is a suspect in a double murder, according to wlwt. Kidder tells the affiliate the man was trying to commit suicide by cop. Kept repeating, shoot me. He said shoot me or ill shoot you. Kidder doesnt pull the trigger. My eyes are watching that hand, nothing else. Stop stop right there. Im not going to shoot you. Kidder back pedals and eventually loses his footing. But he keeps his cool and his si
Controversy. A prominent naacp leader accused of lying about being black. Minority leader pelosi told the floor she would vote down taa to stop fast track. While im a big supporter of taa, if taa slows down the fast track, im prepared to vote against taa because then its defeat, sad to say, is the only way that we will be able to slow down the fast track. Taa went down with 302 votes. Both bills were necessary for the president s trade package to advance. The white house went all out to woo democrats this week including pelosi. The president made a surprise visit to the annual Congressional Ball game with beer for the winning team. The president criticized for ducking out of opportunities for being with members of congress shook hands with both dug outs. Moments before the critical trade vote he joined a House Democrat meeting to drum up last minute support. They called the maneuver insulting. The president tried to both guilt people and then impugn their integrity. I dont think it was
For signs of richard matt and david sweat. There was a Major Development tonight, police say the men left behind a pair of boots in a cabin, they say this could mean at least one of the men is fleeing barefoot. The terrain is rugged and unforgiving, youre going to see it in a moment. Swamps and steep cliffs litter the area. Also breaking at this hour a source just now telling cnn that Joyce Mitchell thats the prison employee under arrest for helping sweat, shes confessed to putting hacksaw blades into frozen chunks of ham burger meet. She passed it on to a correction officer who gave it to richard matt and didnt mutt it through a metal detector well have much more on this reporting, including the fact that she tried to convince other employees to move the two killers cells so they were side by side. Mitchells husband today speaking out for the first time despite all these reports, his wife says she did not have sex with the two men. Did you ask her . She wore on her sons life i never e
Wall and breaking out of a manhole a block away. Many say the plot is reminiscent of the shawshank redemption, a popular movie, and they also left a note reading, have a nice day. Governor cuomo said the men definitely had help. I dont believe they could have acquired the equipment they needed to do this without help and we have a separate investigation thats going through exactly that question. You have three types of employees at a prison. You have the guards you have civilian employees, and then you have private contractors who come in to do work and were going through the civilian employees and the private contractors first. Nbc john yang joins me now in new york which this morning is on a virtual lockdown there. I know youve been there all morning long. Tell us about the search thats happening in that area even though now were being told theyre looking at canada and possibly even mexico. Reporter tamron, as you say, they dont know where they are. They dont know if theyre still hol