Now Shepard Smith reporting live from the fox news deck. First from the deck the state departments point man in americas new war says were making progress against the Islamic State but told a House Committee this is a multiyear plan. Lawmakers from both parties took shots at the administration for not doing enough to defeat the militants but the official defendeds the white house pointing to more than 1200 air strikes in the past few months in iraq and in syria. He says those strikes have stopped the militants offensive but he also says the fight is still in its earliest phases. Meantime another deadly day in iraq. Officials there say more than a dozen people died in a series of attacks around baghdad. So far nobodys claimed responsibility, but the locals say Islamic State fighters have been constantly attacking parts of that area. Foxs top story and Jennifer Griffin is on it live at the pentagon. What are we hearing about syria today . Free syrian Army Commanders quoted in reports fro
And damage President Donald Trump, that its tonights opening monologue. So the Democratic Party and their liberal allies are plotting, planning, scheming to slow down, stop, and even destroy President Donald Trump and the agenda that you voted him to be president for. The Washington Free beacon is now reporting on the tactics, weve not independently verified this but according to the free beacon leftwing agitator david brock founder of media matters hosted a private getaway at a risky resort last month, over 100 rich liberal donors were there. The free beacon obtained a copy of the confidential outline year to year and their plan to take down President Trump. The document details how to expand media matters mission, File Lawsuits against the president , and even describes ways to impeach donald trump. We reached out for media matters for comment on the Washington Free beacon report and instead of being truthful and honest, media matters, they did what they always do, they dont answer o
Hear from Republican Leaders paul ryan and Mitch Mcconnell, likely facing tough questions over trumps first days as president. Were covering all this with cnns sarah murray at the white house and manu raju. Sara, i want to start with you. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Donald trump has a busy day ahead. It comes from moving forward with the plan to build and wall and now he says have mexico reimburse us. Is heightening tensions between the u. S. And mexico. We saw mexican president pena nieto come out and address the nation saying hes not going to pay for the wall, but not scrapping the plan to meet with donald trump next week. Now trump has taken to twitter apparently to up the ante. Here is what he tweeted just now. The u. S. Has a 60 billion trade deficit with mexico. It has been a onesided deal from the beginning with nafta with massive numbers of jobs and companies lost. If mexico is unable to pay for the badly needed wall, it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting.
Lies for donald trump. In nine hours of questioning at the house intelligence committee. It was clear that the white house did not want initially hope hicks to testify about anything after the campaign. Adopted the same position as with steve bannon. She wont invoking privilege. She wasnt answering questions with regard to her time in the white house or in the transition. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york. An emotional and kocourageous d for thousands of students returning to campus today just two weeks after the shooting that forever changed their lives. There are no classes this week, just time each morning for students and teachers to talk and try to deal with their grief. Those gatherings ended a short time ago. We want to take to you parkland and talk to a history teacher. Its good to see you. I know this has been good to see you. How did today go . Today was a roller coaster. I thought it would be a roller coaster. Depending on each class, each one has its own personality,
Pressure from nancy pelosi. Rob aboutface on comments many called antisemitic. Garth brooks in the big leagues. Jillian fox and friends first continues right now. Aint going down to listen comes down till you get enough in a pickup truck things dont go down till the sun comes up jillian i love this song, i could listen to it all the time. It takes me back. Rob baseball apparently. Jillian we will have more later. You are watching fox and friends first tuesday morning. Rob lets get to a fox news alert. An agreement reached in principle to avoid a second Government Shutdown as donald trump faces National Security message, the strength on the southern border. Walls save lives. My administration put forward a compromise. It is compassionate and it will solve our problem. Jillian the clock is ticking for lawmakers to hammer out the details before fridays deadline. What is in it and does it match the president s vision . Griff jenkins has breaking developments. Reporter in principle is not t