Heather today is the day to wake up early and watch fox and friends first wednesday. Thank you for joining us. Lets get to that fox news alert. A lot happening overnight. A state of fear, people across texas terrified to go outside as authorities hunt sophisticated and organized serial bomber. The cunning suspect staying one step ahead but hopefully not for long. New Surveillance Video could be the key to ending the reign of terror. Todd pyro is live at the scene of the latest blast, not far from san antonio. Reporter nerves frayed from austin to san antonio after a roller coaster 24 hours and that was before the false alarm that felt like a punch to the gut to this beleaguered region. Someone dropped off a box containing an artillery simulator at an Austin Goodwill at 7 00 last night as an employee tried to get rid of it it detonated injuring that employee and triggering a bomb scare leading to a massive response. First responders have been working around the clock to find this serial
The expected inclusion with the final wording due by this weekend of a question of citizenship. Progressives, states attorneys generals will have a fleury of activity to the Commerce Department to add the question about citizenship to the census. Our colleague Kristin Welker put that question to Sarah Sanders. You heard Sarah Sanders say that she thinks or in the estimation of the Commerce Department, the department of justice that this is the right thing to do, to make sure that resources are properly allocated. The other main focus of todays briefing, of course, was Stormy Daniels. More to the point why the president has been conspicuously silent about Stormy Daniels even as her attorney is seemingly talking to any and everyone about their side of this alleged affair. Sarah sanders when asked basically said one of the reasons why the president hasnt said anything is because he has a country to run even though our reporting suggests that he has asked privately aides and advisers about
U. S. President donald trump is supporting new gun and School Safety proposals nearly a month after a Deadly School shooting in parkland, florida. But he is backing off some of the Strong Language he used just last month when he said he would consider raising the age limit to buy certain guns. You cant buy a handgun at 18, 19, or 20. You have to wait until youre 21. But you can buy the gun, the weapon used in this horrible shooting at 18. You are going to decide. The people in this room pretty much are going to decide. But i would give very serious thought to it. Lets see what the white house is proposing with cnns boris sanchez. Reporter the white house promoting a multipronged effort to try to prevent School Shootings in light of last months shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in parkland, florida. The white house announcing the creation of a new federal task force that is going to be headed by education secretary betsy devos, the purpose of which is to study School Viol
Pentagon officials telling cnn, they didnt know the announcement was coming. This was a president seizing the momenting and goi and going rog. We saw the same dynamic a few hours earlier, when he signed a measure putting a 25 tariff on imported steel and a 10 tariff on imported aluminum. Even though his top economic adviser quit over the tariffs. And then, theres the lawsuit anxiety by Stormy Daniels. President trump said to be furious as Sarah Sanders acknowledged he was a party to the lawsuit. She claimed the arbitration was won in the president s favor. That was before we learned that a woman who previously accused trump of inappropriate sexual contact, was named in the nondisclosure agreement by Stormy Daniels of having information about the alleged affair with donald trump. Paul manafort entered a plea of not guilty to bank fraud and tax crimes. On capitol hill, former campaign manager, cory ley lewandowski refused to answer questions about the trump tower meeting with russians. T
Russian diplomats from the united kingdom. More reports from moscow and england. We are live in atlanta. Im natalie allen. Im George Howell. Newsroom starts right now. Its 4 00 a. M. Here on the east coast. Fired two days before his retirement. Andrew mccabe, the latest to get the ax. Mccabe was let go friday night by the u. S. Attorney general, Jeff Sessions, who acted on a review but the u. S. Department inspector general. He was fired after they determined he lacked candor, reviewing the fbis probe of the clinton foundation. Mccabe denies any wrong doing. Lau Laura Jarrett has more from washington. Reporter President Trump has used mccabe as a political punching bag. Mccabe is firing back. In an interview with cnn, mccabe saying, in part, i am being singled outlet because of the role i played, the actions i took and the events i witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of james comey. Two hours after the firing, a president ial tweet arrived with trump calling it a great day for the