clear legal basis to expel the national security agency leaker ed snowden and that it is asking the country to do so without delay. and that s the fox report s top five. and on this day in 1950, communist north korea launched a surprise attack on neighboring south korea and that sparked the korean war. at the time, the u.s. had a small unit of troops stationed in the south. but after the invasion, then president harry truman sent a massive contingent of american forces to defend south korea. china got involved soon after backing the communist north. the combat raged for three bloody years, tens of thousands of troops died on each side, including some 55,000 americans. to this day, the war is not officially over. the fighting ended in a cease-fire, not a peace treaty. but a brutal conflict began 63 years ago today. and now you know the news for this tuesday, june the
the former nightclub dancer known to one and all as aruba the heart stealer. prosecutors berlusconi paid for sex when she was just 17 and used his power to try to cover it all up. each denies they had sex. she has said she went to several of those bunga bunga parties back in 2010 and that berlusconi paid $40,000 after each night. three women judges today decided his fate and he can still appeal the verdict. the fox report s correspondent jonathan hunt is with n. with us tonight berlusconi doesn t seem to be too pleased with his verdict. surprisingly. he didn t bother to show up in court to hear the verdict. when it was read out. but he later took to his facebook page to criticize the judges who made this verdict. returning to the theme that he has often spoken about that this was, in his view, a politically motivated witch-hunt. his facebook statement went on, quote: but i, once again, intend to resist
shepard: i m shepard smith. this is the fox report. it s the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. and after 12 years of war in afghanistan, the u.s. is set to start direct talks with the taliban. the hard line group is opening an office in cut qatar. the taliban gave usama bin laden protection, security, and a place to live and allowed al qaeda to use its bases in afghanistan to launch the attacks of 9/11. now we are starting peace talks. administration officials say they will try push the taliban to break ties with al qaeda and end the violence in afghanistan. the announcement came just hours after the afghan government forces formally too many over responsibility for national security from nato. the fox report s correspondent jonathan hunt is in our new york city newsroom with more on this. u.s. officials admit this
nations reports nearly 93,000 people have died since the fighting is syria began. that includes thousands of children. and officials say the number is a conservative estimate. the fox report s correspondent jonathan hunt is with us now. this has apparently changed the president s calculus. it has been a long time coming in the eyes of many, shep. although the deputy national security advisor ben rhodes said in a conference call tonight, quote: there has been an urgency for two years. mr. rhodes also said that establishing a pipeline of aide to the rebels is not an has not been simple. and there has also been the difficulty of identifying the moderate rebel groups, listen. it s been important to work through them while aiming to isolate the more extremist elements of the opposition such as al nasra. we have those relationships and pipeline flowing. we have seen material get into syria including to the
once. tea party gave emotiona testimony to a panel today how the irs asked them inappropriate questions after they applied for tax exempt status and that s the fox report s top five. on this day in 1976. the iconic british punk band sex pistols took the stage for a concert that became known as the gig that changed the world. at the time punk r was still largely underground thing. in fact the sex pistols had only been together seven months. as the story gross goes and it did grow. manchester, england in that small crowd were several future punk and post punk stars who went on to inspire thousands of bands in every corner of our the sex pistols fell apart 18 months later. they helped plant the seeds of a musical revolution 37 years ago today. and now you know the news for this tuesday, june the