here in uvalde. they are heroes. they did heroic things yesterday, and they are always very humble, but they are truly humbled heroes. yesterday we lost two teachers. these two teachers i would say are the corner stone of that campus to some great degree. they were two beautiful souls. they had taught on that campus for many years. they have kids in our district, and they poured their heart and soul into what they did in educating our kids in uvalde. 19 students, 19 precious students who came to school yesterday to enjoy the day, to enjoy the awards assembly, and as i look at their pictures, you can just tell by their angelic smile that they were loved, that they loved coming to school, and they were just precious individuals. this is a difficult time for everybody. we are hurting. we have been cut deep here in our community. we will move forward. it s going to take some time moving forward. our faith has been shaken. we ask you to continue to pray for these families, these k
john: fox team coverage from across the country. bill will begin things for us on the ground in uvalde, texas for us. our coverage continues. bill. bill: sandra, a lot of conflicting reporting whether or not there was a school police officer on campus when the shooting took place. texas d.p.s. tells me there was a school officer on campus who exchanged gunfire with this gunman. i m told that the officer was shot and injured and that is when the shooter ran inside the school, got into a classroom, barricaded himself and started shooting in discrimnatly, shows the 18-year-old local resident armed with the rifle going into the school. he shot his grandmother in the face a short time before this, then drove to the school, crashed his car, got out, apparently engaged in gunfire with the school officer, hurt him, went inside, then committed this heinous shooting. take a listen to the 911 dispatch audio. all units stand by. bill: if you look at video of children evacuated
Reporter well, the u. S. Over the weekend mounted a show of force with south korea, and other regional allies, the u. S. Flying two bombers from guam to meet up with fighter jets from japan and south korea. They did a low pass over the Osan Air Base before the bombers returned to guam. All meant as a strong message to the regime in pyongyang, as well, there was a successful test of the thaad Missile Defense system. We also see diplomacy ramping up. President trump made a phone call today to his japanese counterpart, shinzo abe. There was a degree of nervousness about this over the weekend with south korea confirming that it was going to boost its Missile Defenses. Japan saying it would consider it and pressure increasing on china to wade in to make that vital, final step to try to rein in the north. Frances . Thank you. All right, now lets turn to matt bradley, covering the latest between u. S. And russia. What is the impact of putin expelling those 750 diplomats and their families out
Street. 170 points shy of the 22,000 mark. Its likely that the dow will pass that milestone any day now. Those are some of our top my parents wedding anniversary today. How many year has it been . 41 years. Very nice. Thats a big year. Every year after like two is a big year when it comes to weddings. Happy anniversary to the macedos. We start with the alleged terror plot in australia. The plan was to use poison gas to take down an airliner. The alecleged plot involved smuggling a device. Reporter investigators scrambling to examine evidence to bring down an airliner. Some wearing gas masks, raiding homes across sydney, australia. Four men arrested. We believe it is islamicinspired terrorism. Reporter describing the plot as credible. Sources tell abc news that american officials are closely monitoring the case because of suspected communications between the alleged plotters and isis. Also, chilling new details from the newspaper, the australian. The suspects allegedly constructed const
We do say good morning, everybody, on this monday. Big changes and new challenges for the Trump White House this morning. Retired general john kelly is officially taking over as white house chief of staff today as President Trump tries to hit the reset button going into another busy week. Abc news Kenneth Moton has the latest from washington. Kenneth, good morning. Reporter good morning. After that surprise announcement on twitter, President Trumps new chief of staff will be sworn in today and his to do list is already long. Today general john kelly will take the reigns of Trump White House. John kelly will do a fantastic job. Reporter the Homeland Security secretary replacing chief of staff reince priebus, hoping to bring order off six months in office for trump. He brought kelly in for the same reason he brings in successful businessmen and generals. Reporter this week set to be a busy one for the new chief of staff. Two u. S. Bombers flew over the korean peninsula. Japan and south K