Ian lee is following the story from jerusalem. What is the latest . Fred recan, this appears fredricka, this appears to be the deadliest terrorist attack to hit egypt, at least in the sinai, when the militants attacked the mosque, when worshipers were going for midday prayer, with were hearing from state media that at least two explosions went off. When people fled the mosque thats when militants also opened fire. As you said, when ambulances were coming to ferry the injured and dead away, they ambushed the ambulances as well and that death toll weve been watching it, its been rising over the course of the day. Were expecting it to rise further. Now egypts president , abdul fatah el sisi convened his Security Council to discuss this attack. Were expecting him to make a statement later. Those injured were taken to local area hospitals as well as cairo. Among the dead were women and children, fredricka. Ian lee, thank you so much. Keep us posted. Cnn has confirmed now that attorneys for
Killed so many people. A Police Dash Cam here giving a glimpse of the firefighting scene on the ground. White house drone cameras reveal the devastation from above. House after house obliterated. Plus, for the first time, our cameras go inside a navy lab where teams are trying to solve a dangerous problem for pilots. Its a big news day. Lets get to it. First from the fox news deck this afternoon, President Trump says its frankly disgusting that the press can write whatever it wants. The president was responding to a report from nbc news that he called for a nearly ten fold increase in the u. S. Nuclear arsenal. He reportedly made the comment during a meeting with Top National Security leaders last summer. Nbc news cites not one but three officials that were in the room telling the story to nbc news. During a meeting with the canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last hour, the president denied the claims and accused the media. No, i never discussed increasing it. That was fake news by
Surrounding what happened, especially to him, barbara. What are your sources telling you . Well, good morning, brooke. Perhaps the most important thing to say right off the top here is we do know that the Johnson Family has been briefed by the u. S. Military on this development. This would not be being reported if the family did not know about it. Its such a sensitive matter. What we know now is additional remains of Sergeant La David Johnson were discovered in niger at the site of where he his body was recovered when u. S. Military and fbi investigators went to the area in early november. They went there as part of the Ongoing Investigation to gather evidence to talk to people on the ground and see what they could learn about what had happened. We are told it was at that time they discovered remains which they are not publicly identifying what the remains are, brought them back and it was an Armed Forces Medical examiner that was able to say these were remains from sergeant johnson. W
Much. It is 11 00 a. M. Out west and 2 00 p. M. In washington where we are watching two big stories right now. First, at the white house, President Trump has called off what would have been a historic meeting with north Koreas Kim Jong jongun. Our other big story is unfolding on the hill where intel officials are briefing the bipartisan gang of eight this hour on the fbi informant who aided the russia investigation. And we just learned from a doj official that white house lawyer emmitt flood, one of the president s attorneys, came to the doj for the meeting. But this official who talked to us did not know how much, if any, of the meeting flood was able to attend. More on that in a minute. But we are going to start with that breaking news on north korea, since ss touch big breaking news. President trump is walking away from the planned june 12th meeting with kim jongun, at least for now. He sent a letter blaming the cancellation on the tremendous anger and open hostility in a recent sta
Trump making that statement during a speech at the Naval Academy earlier today. For we are witnessing the great reawakening of the american spirit and of american might. We have rediscovered our identity, regained our stride, and were proud again. Our country has regained the respect that we used to have long ago abroad. Yes, theyre respecting us again. Yes, america is back. Earlier this morning, President Trump said the north korean summit might be back on. He told reporters the u. S. Was still talking to north korea and that when it comes to negotiations everybody plays games. Mr. President , is the summit still on . Were requesting to see what happens. Were talking to them now. It was a very nice statement they put out. Well see what happens. The possibility at all or is that. No, no, well see what happens. It could even be the 12th. Were talking to them now. They very much want to do it. Were going to see what happens. Everybody plays games. You know that. Nbc news reported that tr