We are leaving this program to take you live to a briefing with greg abbott. We had an extended briefing. During the briefing, i received a telephone call from the fema administrator as well as the secretary of Homeland Security. Talked, in the phone call, about more ways in which the state of texas will be collaborating with fema and with the federal government. That will be part of the material i cover today. We had a long briefing that i will like to break out in a lot of detail because, as you know, there is a lot going on. I will be discussing what is going on in houston, but also covering the ongoing challenges we are dealing with in other parts of the state. Let me start with the weather. You all probably know at have seen a letter briefings about the weather. One thing we are dealing with is basically a triangle of ongoing rain. This stretches 12 but which would be the corporate mysterious up to Travis County over to Chambers County and then back to Corpus Christi. Parts of tho
Is to see to it that veterans get world cap worldclass health care and they get it in a timely way. However we do that the important thing is to get it done. We had some bumps i have met with some of our private contractors and i appreciate those meetings and their confidence in the job that they can do. They may not have been cooperating before. See to it that the two are working seamlessly and if they cant, they will never work. You have to understand their contracts are not just subject to their performance for the veterans but their willingness to work cooperatively. There are some who do not like the nonhealth care v. A. Provisions anyway. They will have to get used to it. We will make this thing work and we will not put a square peg in a round hole. Today, the hearing is important to your report from the v. A. And contractors and later from the v is so vsos they risked their lives for each and everyone of us to be here today we can expect no less at the get the best health care.
Three Straight Days of some of the highest numbers that we have seen yet. A record 46,000 cases on friday. Almost 43,000 on saturday. And more than 41,000 yesterday. Florida, south carolina, nevada, and georgia all recorded their highest number of cases on saturday, with more than 2. 5 million cases now reported and new infections surging. Health and Human Services secretary alex azar issued this statement this morning. The window is closing. Have to act, and people as individuals have to act responsibly. We need to social distance. We need to wear our face coverings if were in settings where we cant social distance, particularly in these hot zones. And the United States has gathered intelligence that russian Intelligence Officers have offered to pay bounties for taliban fighters who kill americans. Three people have been briefed on the matter, telling nbc news this. The New York Times first broke the story on friday, aspects of which have been matched and independently reported by mul
Heather jumping into action after coast guard member faints on stage. Fox and friends first starts right now. Im on top of the world time for a lockdown breaking silence a rainy start to the day but feels like spring out there in new york city, not the case in other portions of the country. You are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. Appreciate you starting the day with us. Lets begin in virginia. The state of virginia and political turmoil, the embattled Lieutenant Governor lawyering up to fight back against an explosive Sexual Assault claim in virginias attorney general is now under fire for admitting to wearing black face. Todd pyro joins us with new scandals rocking the state. Virginia. Reporter what should will drop today after a whirlwind day and the soap opera of virginia politics, the Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax responded to Sexual Assault allegations writing in part this allegation has been surprising and hurtful i also recognize no one makes charges of
Has deviated from a historic practice and protocol and taken the unnecessary and premature step of authorizing a subpoena to me. The acting attorney general, even though i had agreed to voluntarily appear, such unprecedented action reaches our prior agreement and circumvents the constitutionally required accommodation process. Based upon todays action, it is apparent the committees true intention is not to discuss the great work of the department of justice but to create a public spectacle. Political theater is not the purpose of an oversight hearing, and i will not allow that to be the case. Matthew whitaker says he will not go to that hearing if the chairman nadler will guarantee to withdraw a subpoena. Wow. And around and around we go. Let make it be the backdrop on all this. This is the man, whitaker, that the president of the United States chose as an interim and acting ag. In the senate just moments ago, the Senate Judiciary committee has cleared the man who will take the job per