Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Special Report With Bret Baier 2017

Characterizing as a humanitarian crisis. Steve here again starts us off from naples. Good evening, steve. Bret, the trees are down. The power is out. Naples dodged deadly flooding. We got a heck of a storm. More than 24 hours after Hurricane Irma madeley involved as a category 4 storm, nearly 6 million homes and businesses are without power. Thats half the state. Communities littered with downed trees, power lines, standing water. Naples, feeling the brunt of the storm, record gusts of 142 miles per hour. This is got to be the wall eye. Over 100 now. Also weathering the storm, deanna. Irma ripping the roof off her store. Everyone is safe. Irmas impact is far from over. Jacksonville dealing with historic flooding. The st. Johns river rising and turning downtown roads into streams. The water levels exceeding an alltime record set in 1964 from hurricane door. Floridas Army National guard members are assisting with high water rescue. Its bad now. Its going to get worse. This dire tweet from the sheriff urging people along evacuation zones to get out now. This advice from the mayor. If you need to get out, please put what represents a white flag, anything white somewhere on your house that can be seen from outside. The keys were first to feel the wrath. Cudjoe key, 135 miles per hour. Daylight revealing the damage. Siding peeled off homes, boats tossed around like rag dolls. Spigot was very windy, and the waves were coming in the living room of the downstairs. Officials are concerned about possible humanitarian crisis facing the 10,000 people who decided to ride out the storm in the keys. Food and water is scarce, and the cell service is sketchy. The only road in and out closed until further notice. Governor rick scott assessing the damage from the air today. Its horrible what we saw. In miami, they are gearing up for a massive cleanup effort and unfortunately the storm brought out the worst in some people. Numerous reports of looting around south florida. I am a police shaming suspects on social media. And chaos reported in parts of the caribbean in irmas wake. French and dutch authorities discussing the goat dispatching troops. As residents wait in long lines for food and fuel. No electricity or phone service. But no deaths either. Bret steve harrigan, thank you. Meteorologist Rick Reichmuth is here to tell us whats left of irma. I want to show you the last six days of the storm. Its a spectacular storm, stronger than any other storm anywhere on the planet ever for such a long time. 37 hours of wins in at 185 miles an hour. Friday night, made landfall as a cat 5 storm in cuba. The amount of time it spent here, almost 24 hours, right along the coast, certainly we can the storm and made what could have been a worse catastrophe lessened a bit. Didnt have a chance to get its act back together in the way it had been. Thats great news. We see the damage done all the way up and down florida, even across parts of South Carolina and the georgia coastline, had it been worse, you can imagine what that wouldve looked like. We are dealing with the impacts across north georgia. Wins have been gusting into the 60s across areas as far north as north georgia. Rainfall totals have been extreme. We are going to see it continuing to pull north. Tomorrow evening we will mostly be done. Bret hopefully you will get a break. Nice job. Now to our other major story, the 16th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. Today was President Trumps turn to guide the nation through the memories. Here is john roberts. For the first time in his presidency, as his predecessors have done for 15 years prior, President Trump led a moment of silence at the white house today for the victims of 9 11. From the white house to the pentagon to wear 184 people died. We know not a single day goes by when you dont think about the loved ones stolen from your life. The president , who has launched a newly aggressive policy against terrorism, insisted 9 11 will stand as a beacon in the fight against extremists. We are making plane to these savage killers that theres no dark corner beyond our reach. No sanctuary beyond our grasp and nowhere to hide anywhere on this very large earth. The solemn anniversary comes as millions of people in the south are dealing with the second major hurricane to hit the u. S. In as many weeks. White House Homeland Security advisor tom bossert with the update this afternoon saying the news for the florida keys is not good. The keys are going to take a while. We have not assessed the Structural Integrity of the bridges. I would expect the keys are not fit for reentry for weeks. I talked to the fema administrator and he is not certain that weve had a good assessment of where people might be. Neither of us would be surprised if lives were lost. Steve bannon continues to make news in his interview with 60 minutes predicting the battle over what to do about daca will ignite a civil war in the republican party. I am worried about losing the house because of daca. Bannon appearing to acknowledge he was against firing fbi director james comey and that the president doing so, was a grave mistake. Because i dont think theres any doubt that if james comey had not been fired, we would not have a special counsel. Someone said to me you describe the firing of james comey. You are a student of history. As the biggest mistake in political history. That would probably be too bombastic even for me but modern political history. That met at a sharp response sanders. Since the directors firing, weve learned new information about his conduct that provided further justification for the firing, including giving false testimony, licking privileged information to journalists. He went outside the chain of command and politicized an investigation into a president ial candidate. Speak i asked the press secretary about her claim that james comey gave false testimony. Does she believe he perjured himself before congress or misled congress. She said thats a matter for the department of justice to decide. Shes not an attorney. Bret thank you. The names of those killed on 9 11 16 years ago or read this morning in a ceremony that has become a solemn tradition. Senior correspondent eric shawn is in Lower Manhattan tonight. 16 years have passed but it seems as if not one day has gone by. Once again, family members and officials gathered for this somber and solemn remembrance for those who perished. There were four moments of silence, one each for when the planes hit the twin towers and when the buildings crumbled. The methodical reading of the names, 2,753 souls. Emotional and deeply personal attributes. We love you. We miss you. You are always in our hearts. The toll continues. More than 1,001st responders, volunteers and others have died from cancer and other diseases. In shanksville, pennsylvania, a tribute was paid to the passengers of united flight 93 who fought back against the hijackers and crashed in a field. Invisibly emotional Vice President mike pence, indiana congressman at the time, recalled standing at the u. S. Capitol. I and others were able to go home that day to hug our families because of the courage and selflessness of the heroes of flight 93. For me, its personal. In new york, personal too for so many. Its important for everybody to remember. Its also a reminder for us that we have to continue to be vigilant. Tonight the lights will illuminate the night sky. Two twin spotlight beams that evoke the twin towers, a reminder of what was lost and the threat that remains. Bret eric, thank you. I sat down with cia director mike pompeo for an exclusive interview this afternoon. I started by asking him if al qaeda is stronger or weaker today 16 years after the 9 11 attacks. It is weaker than it was. The u. S. Government and our allies have done really good work to take out their Senior Leaders. But the threat from radical islamic terrorism remains. Whether its isis or any of the other couple dozen groups out to do harm, the threat remains and we must remain ever vigilant so Something Like what happened 16 years ago today can never happen again. Today is not only the 16th anniversary of the attacks in new york and shanksville and washington but the fifth anniversary of officers being killed in benghazi, libya, along with a state department official. We have to remember the enemy gets a choice about whether this is over. Today they have not concluded they are defeated. Bret al qaeda was 16 years ago, the big player. These splinter groups have multiplied and expanded. Thats a fair statement. I never want to underestimate al qaeda itself. There are still Senior Leaders. There is still some of the old guys from the bad old days out there. Lots of other places, other folks with a common theme of mission to execute jihad against the west and the United States. Bret hunting the Senior Leaders has always been important. Is there a hunt on the way for bin ladens son. Daily, every day. My team is working diligently to bring them to justice. Bret any positive signs . If i were them, i would count my days. Bret barack obama ran for reelection on al qaeda on the run. He called isis to the u. S. Intelligence assessments support the claims as they were making them . No, the estimate of isis has always been they posed a serious threat. Its never been the case that this was a secondtier threat. In fact, there have never been as many foreign fighters in any one place as there are in syria today. In the heyday of al qaeda, they werent as many foreign fighters. There is still a lot of work to do. Bret the territory is less for isis but the strength or its lethality is stronger. The capacity to do a complex attack in the United States is diminished as a result of the pressure we put on them. But we see this around the world. We see it in europe, the threat here in the United States of these localized actors inspired by or working alongside isis figures still remain. Bret we spent a lot of time at special report covering a passion of documents captured in the raid of Osama Bin Laden. They said in intel was a treasure trove. The documents that virtually untouched. Intel bureaucracies fought over access. Have released fewer than 600 of them. Bret youve worked to have the documents released. When will the American People see them . Very soon, very soon. We will release all but there is some pornography, copyrighted material, and everything other than those items will be released in the weeks ahead. Bret everything from those documents. Correct. I want to get the documents out. Once we are sure there is not classified material and that there is not things we cant release, i want to make sure the world gets to see them. Bret how would you describe irans relationship with al qaeda . They have always made a devils bargain with al qaeda to protect them. That protection was offered contingent on a deal which steadily protect you, you wont attack us here in tehran. It bret different from how it was described in the obama administration. Thats a characterization i think the Intelligence Community has consistently held. Bret when you were commerce and, we asked you about the iran nuclear deal. Is there anything that is good about the deal . I cant think of a thing that split america in a better position as a result of this deal. Bret now the president has this decision whether to reauthorize the iran nuclear deal. My role as a bit different. This is what i would say. The president has made clear his view that he doesnt think the deal was worth a darn. Thats not proprietary. He has tweeted it. Most of the members of the Administration Share that view. The aunt the missile tests, the activity of that she and shia militia. The activity around the world has dramatically increased since the deal was struck. Bret how would you describe irans relationship with north korea with respect to missile technology, nuclear fuel, weaponization. I prefer to stay out of the intelligence. Bret is there some relationship . Its fair to say the North Koreans have a long history of being proofreaders. Sharing their knowledge, technology, capacities around the world. As they continue to improve its ability to do longerrange missiles and put Nuclear Weapons on those missiles, its very unlikely that if they get the capability they wouldnt share it with lots of folks and iran would be someone willing to pay them. Bret do you have a good window into the capabilities and intent of north korea . Capabilities, yes. The intent is proven and incredibly difficult intelligence problem. We think we have an understanding. We think kim jong un wants these weapons for protecting his regime and ultimately the reunification of the peninsula. There is still a lot the Intelligence Community needs to learn. Bret has china been doing more to reign in north korea . Yes, they have been doing more. But we know theres more they could do. 80 of the hard currency trade with north korea. I believe the chinese know they can do more and i hope they will come alongside us. Bret there is a lot thats been written about how President Trump operates. You brief them. How does he get intel . Whats his preferred method and how does he react to it . Thats probably one of the biggest fallacies thats emerged from the story line at the white house. How the president doesnt like the intel community. I hear it all the time from mostly folks in the media. My team knows its different. We have asked for more authority, we had been given it. When we ask for more resources, we get it. The cia director nearly every day is in the white house, sharing with the president the truth as best we know it. The president is attentive, he listens. We have a schedule for 25 minutes. It usually goes over that. Hes asking hard questions. He was a pompeo, thats not what you told me three weeks ago. This is the kind of consumer of intelligence our agency loves. Bret for all thats been written about the deep state, whats your thought is the head of one of the agencies thats said to be part of the deep state . The leaks and everything else. Speak with the leaks tragic and they are wrong. They are not only unlawful, they are immoral. I am working diligently to ensure they are not coming from the people who work for the Central Intelligence agency. My team understands its mission. Its mission is to tell truth every day as best we know it. Bret if you are asked what keeps you up at night, is it a lot of things . Yeah, its a busy world. I worry first and foremost about the threat from north korea in the sense that we have a place thats now on the cusp of having the capacity we hoped they had d never have. Theres lots of things we are very focused on at cia. Bret mr. Director, thanks for the time. When we come back, north korea issues new threats against the u. S. , and the u. N. Considers tough new sanctions. Breaking news after the bret this is a fox news alert. United Nations Security Council has moments ago unanimously approved new sanctions against north korea. The North Koreans are threatening the u. S. With severe retaliation already. Correspondent David Lee Miller is at the u. N. Tonight. Good evening. Bret, the meeting of the Security Council in session. You can see the u. N. Ambassador from japan speaking. The vote was unanimous on the u. N. Sponsored resolution calling for more sanctions against north korea unless it halted its Nuclear Program. This is the eighth round of sanctions. The u. N. Ambassador said that previous resolutions, north korea exports are curtailed some 90 . She said the resolution would not have passed if not for the close relationship with between President Trump and the chinese president. She also said the u. S. Is not looking for war. Here is more what the u. S. U. N. Ambassador had to say. Today we are saying the world will never accept a Nuclear Armed north korea. And today the Security Council is saying that if the north korean regime does not halt its Nuclear Program we will act to stop it ourselves. This resolution is a significantly watereddown version of an earlier draft. That draft called for freezing the assets and a travel ban on kim jong un. It also called for halting all the oil sales north korea. Thats now out. The new version restricts how much refined oil and crude Member States consult north korea. The resolution targets pyongyangs pocketbook, halting the export of all textiles. This weekend kim jong un held a banquet to honor those who helped make his country and nuclear power. Today the countrys Foreign Ministry issued a statement lashing out at the u. S. For sponsoring the latest resolution saying in case the u. S. Eventually does rig up the illegal and unlawful resolution on harsher sanctions, the dprk, democratic peoples republic of korea, shall make absolutely sure that the u. S. Pays a due price. The foreign minister weighing in today, accusing the north of following a reckless path following the six nuclear test blasts. Tomorrow u. S. Marines are expected to hold a joint Live Fire Exercise with south korean military. Bret David Lee Miller live outside the u. N. U. S. Officials say no sanctions watereddown in part to keep china and russia on board. More on this with the panel. White house chief of staff john kelly responding to a House Democrat who called him a disgrace to the uniform over President Trumps decision to end a Controversial Program that showed young Hurricane Irma<\/a> madeley involved as a category 4 storm, nearly 6 million homes and businesses are without power. Thats half the state. Communities littered with downed trees, power lines, standing water. Naples, feeling the brunt of the storm, record gusts of 142 miles per hour. This is got to be the wall eye. Over 100 now. Also weathering the storm, deanna. Irma ripping the roof off her store. Everyone is safe. Irmas impact is far from over. Jacksonville dealing with historic flooding. The st. Johns river rising and turning downtown roads into streams. The water levels exceeding an alltime record set in 1964 from hurricane door. Floridas Army National<\/a> guard members are assisting with high water rescue. Its bad now. Its going to get worse. This dire tweet from the sheriff urging people along evacuation zones to get out now. This advice from the mayor. If you need to get out, please put what represents a white flag, anything white somewhere on your house that can be seen from outside. The keys were first to feel the wrath. Cudjoe key, 135 miles per hour. Daylight revealing the damage. Siding peeled off homes, boats tossed around like rag dolls. Spigot was very windy, and the waves were coming in the living room of the downstairs. Officials are concerned about possible humanitarian crisis facing the 10,000 people who decided to ride out the storm in the keys. Food and water is scarce, and the cell service is sketchy. The only road in and out closed until further notice. Governor rick scott assessing the damage from the air today. Its horrible what we saw. In miami, they are gearing up for a massive cleanup effort and unfortunately the storm brought out the worst in some people. Numerous reports of looting around south florida. I am a police shaming suspects on social media. And chaos reported in parts of the caribbean in irmas wake. French and dutch authorities discussing the goat dispatching troops. As residents wait in long lines for food and fuel. No electricity or phone service. But no deaths either. Bret steve harrigan, thank you. Meteorologist Rick Reichmuth<\/a> is here to tell us whats left of irma. I want to show you the last six days of the storm. Its a spectacular storm, stronger than any other storm anywhere on the planet ever for such a long time. 37 hours of wins in at 185 miles an hour. Friday night, made landfall as a cat 5 storm in cuba. The amount of time it spent here, almost 24 hours, right along the coast, certainly we can the storm and made what could have been a worse catastrophe lessened a bit. Didnt have a chance to get its act back together in the way it had been. Thats great news. We see the damage done all the way up and down florida, even across parts of South Carolina<\/a> and the georgia coastline, had it been worse, you can imagine what that wouldve looked like. We are dealing with the impacts across north georgia. Wins have been gusting into the 60s across areas as far north as north georgia. Rainfall totals have been extreme. We are going to see it continuing to pull north. Tomorrow evening we will mostly be done. Bret hopefully you will get a break. Nice job. Now to our other major story, the 16th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. Today was President Trump<\/a>s turn to guide the nation through the memories. Here is john roberts. For the first time in his presidency, as his predecessors have done for 15 years prior, President Trump<\/a> led a moment of silence at the white house today for the victims of 9 11. From the white house to the pentagon to wear 184 people died. We know not a single day goes by when you dont think about the loved ones stolen from your life. The president , who has launched a newly aggressive policy against terrorism, insisted 9 11 will stand as a beacon in the fight against extremists. We are making plane to these savage killers that theres no dark corner beyond our reach. No sanctuary beyond our grasp and nowhere to hide anywhere on this very large earth. The solemn anniversary comes as millions of people in the south are dealing with the second major hurricane to hit the u. S. In as many weeks. White House Homeland Security<\/a> advisor tom bossert with the update this afternoon saying the news for the florida keys is not good. The keys are going to take a while. We have not assessed the Structural Integrity<\/a> of the bridges. I would expect the keys are not fit for reentry for weeks. I talked to the fema administrator and he is not certain that weve had a good assessment of where people might be. Neither of us would be surprised if lives were lost. Steve bannon continues to make news in his interview with 60 minutes predicting the battle over what to do about daca will ignite a civil war in the republican party. I am worried about losing the house because of daca. Bannon appearing to acknowledge he was against firing fbi director james comey and that the president doing so, was a grave mistake. Because i dont think theres any doubt that if james comey had not been fired, we would not have a special counsel. Someone said to me you describe the firing of james comey. You are a student of history. As the biggest mistake in political history. That would probably be too bombastic even for me but modern political history. That met at a sharp response sanders. Since the directors firing, weve learned new information about his conduct that provided further justification for the firing, including giving false testimony, licking privileged information to journalists. He went outside the chain of command and politicized an investigation into a president ial candidate. Speak i asked the press secretary about her claim that james comey gave false testimony. Does she believe he perjured himself before congress or misled congress. She said thats a matter for the department of justice to decide. Shes not an attorney. Bret thank you. The names of those killed on 9 11 16 years ago or read this morning in a ceremony that has become a solemn tradition. Senior correspondent eric shawn is in Lower Manhattan<\/a> tonight. 16 years have passed but it seems as if not one day has gone by. Once again, family members and officials gathered for this somber and solemn remembrance for those who perished. There were four moments of silence, one each for when the planes hit the twin towers and when the buildings crumbled. The methodical reading of the names, 2,753 souls. Emotional and deeply personal attributes. We love you. We miss you. You are always in our hearts. The toll continues. More than 1,001st responders, volunteers and others have died from cancer and other diseases. In shanksville, pennsylvania, a tribute was paid to the passengers of united flight 93 who fought back against the hijackers and crashed in a field. Invisibly emotional Vice President<\/a> mike pence, indiana congressman at the time, recalled standing at the u. S. Capitol. I and others were able to go home that day to hug our families because of the courage and selflessness of the heroes of flight 93. For me, its personal. In new york, personal too for so many. Its important for everybody to remember. Its also a reminder for us that we have to continue to be vigilant. Tonight the lights will illuminate the night sky. Two twin spotlight beams that evoke the twin towers, a reminder of what was lost and the threat that remains. Bret eric, thank you. I sat down with cia director mike pompeo for an exclusive interview this afternoon. I started by asking him if al qaeda is stronger or weaker today 16 years after the 9 11 attacks. It is weaker than it was. The u. S. Government and our allies have done really good work to take out their Senior Leaders<\/a>. But the threat from radical islamic terrorism remains. Whether its isis or any of the other couple dozen groups out to do harm, the threat remains and we must remain ever vigilant so Something Like<\/a> what happened 16 years ago today can never happen again. Today is not only the 16th anniversary of the attacks in new york and shanksville and washington but the fifth anniversary of officers being killed in benghazi, libya, along with a state department official. We have to remember the enemy gets a choice about whether this is over. Today they have not concluded they are defeated. Bret al qaeda was 16 years ago, the big player. These splinter groups have multiplied and expanded. Thats a fair statement. I never want to underestimate al qaeda itself. There are still Senior Leaders<\/a>. There is still some of the old guys from the bad old days out there. Lots of other places, other folks with a common theme of mission to execute jihad against the west and the United States<\/a>. Bret hunting the Senior Leaders<\/a> has always been important. Is there a hunt on the way for bin ladens son. Daily, every day. My team is working diligently to bring them to justice. Bret any positive signs . If i were them, i would count my days. Bret barack obama ran for reelection on al qaeda on the run. He called isis to the u. S. Intelligence assessments support the claims as they were making them . No, the estimate of isis has always been they posed a serious threat. Its never been the case that this was a secondtier threat. In fact, there have never been as many foreign fighters in any one place as there are in syria today. In the heyday of al qaeda, they werent as many foreign fighters. There is still a lot of work to do. Bret the territory is less for isis but the strength or its lethality is stronger. The capacity to do a complex attack in the United States<\/a> is diminished as a result of the pressure we put on them. But we see this around the world. We see it in europe, the threat here in the United States<\/a> of these localized actors inspired by or working alongside isis figures still remain. Bret we spent a lot of time at special report covering a passion of documents captured in the raid of Osama Bin Laden<\/a>. They said in intel was a treasure trove. The documents that virtually untouched. Intel bureaucracies fought over access. Have released fewer than 600 of them. Bret youve worked to have the documents released. When will the American People<\/a> see them . Very soon, very soon. We will release all but there is some pornography, copyrighted material, and everything other than those items will be released in the weeks ahead. Bret everything from those documents. Correct. I want to get the documents out. Once we are sure there is not classified material and that there is not things we cant release, i want to make sure the world gets to see them. Bret how would you describe irans relationship with al qaeda . They have always made a devils bargain with al qaeda to protect them. That protection was offered contingent on a deal which steadily protect you, you wont attack us here in tehran. It bret different from how it was described in the obama administration. Thats a characterization i think the Intelligence Community<\/a> has consistently held. Bret when you were commerce and, we asked you about the iran nuclear deal. Is there anything that is good about the deal . I cant think of a thing that split america in a better position as a result of this deal. Bret now the president has this decision whether to reauthorize the iran nuclear deal. My role as a bit different. This is what i would say. The president has made clear his view that he doesnt think the deal was worth a darn. Thats not proprietary. He has tweeted it. Most of the members of the Administration Share<\/a> that view. The aunt the missile tests, the activity of that she and shia militia. The activity around the world has dramatically increased since the deal was struck. Bret how would you describe irans relationship with north korea with respect to missile technology, nuclear fuel, weaponization. I prefer to stay out of the intelligence. Bret is there some relationship . Its fair to say the North Koreans<\/a> have a long history of being proofreaders. Sharing their knowledge, technology, capacities around the world. As they continue to improve its ability to do longerrange missiles and put Nuclear Weapons<\/a> on those missiles, its very unlikely that if they get the capability they wouldnt share it with lots of folks and iran would be someone willing to pay them. Bret do you have a good window into the capabilities and intent of north korea . Capabilities, yes. The intent is proven and incredibly difficult intelligence problem. We think we have an understanding. We think kim jong un wants these weapons for protecting his regime and ultimately the reunification of the peninsula. There is still a lot the Intelligence Community<\/a> needs to learn. Bret has china been doing more to reign in north korea . Yes, they have been doing more. But we know theres more they could do. 80 of the hard currency trade with north korea. I believe the chinese know they can do more and i hope they will come alongside us. Bret there is a lot thats been written about how President Trump<\/a> operates. You brief them. How does he get intel . Whats his preferred method and how does he react to it . Thats probably one of the biggest fallacies thats emerged from the story line at the white house. How the president doesnt like the intel community. I hear it all the time from mostly folks in the media. My team knows its different. We have asked for more authority, we had been given it. When we ask for more resources, we get it. The cia director nearly every day is in the white house, sharing with the president the truth as best we know it. The president is attentive, he listens. We have a schedule for 25 minutes. It usually goes over that. Hes asking hard questions. He was a pompeo, thats not what you told me three weeks ago. This is the kind of consumer of intelligence our agency loves. Bret for all thats been written about the deep state, whats your thought is the head of one of the agencies thats said to be part of the deep state . The leaks and everything else. Speak with the leaks tragic and they are wrong. They are not only unlawful, they are immoral. I am working diligently to ensure they are not coming from the people who work for the Central Intelligence<\/a> agency. My team understands its mission. Its mission is to tell truth every day as best we know it. Bret if you are asked what keeps you up at night, is it a lot of things . Yeah, its a busy world. I worry first and foremost about the threat from north korea in the sense that we have a place thats now on the cusp of having the capacity we hoped they had d never have. Theres lots of things we are very focused on at cia. Bret mr. Director, thanks for the time. When we come back, north korea issues new threats against the u. S. , and the u. N. Considers tough new sanctions. Breaking news after the bret this is a fox news alert. United Nations Security Council<\/a> has moments ago unanimously approved new sanctions against north korea. The North Koreans<\/a> are threatening the u. S. With severe retaliation already. Correspondent David Lee Miller<\/a> is at the u. N. Tonight. Good evening. Bret, the meeting of the Security Council<\/a> in session. You can see the u. N. Ambassador from japan speaking. The vote was unanimous on the u. N. Sponsored resolution calling for more sanctions against north korea unless it halted its Nuclear Program<\/a>. This is the eighth round of sanctions. The u. N. Ambassador said that previous resolutions, north korea exports are curtailed some 90 . She said the resolution would not have passed if not for the close relationship with between President Trump<\/a> and the chinese president. She also said the u. S. Is not looking for war. Here is more what the u. S. U. N. Ambassador had to say. Today we are saying the world will never accept a Nuclear Armed<\/a> north korea. And today the Security Council<\/a> is saying that if the north korean regime does not halt its Nuclear Program<\/a> we will act to stop it ourselves. This resolution is a significantly watereddown version of an earlier draft. That draft called for freezing the assets and a travel ban on kim jong un. It also called for halting all the oil sales north korea. Thats now out. The new version restricts how much refined oil and crude Member States<\/a> consult north korea. The resolution targets pyongyangs pocketbook, halting the export of all textiles. This weekend kim jong un held a banquet to honor those who helped make his country and nuclear power. Today the countrys Foreign Ministry<\/a> issued a statement lashing out at the u. S. For sponsoring the latest resolution saying in case the u. S. Eventually does rig up the illegal and unlawful resolution on harsher sanctions, the dprk, democratic peoples republic of korea, shall make absolutely sure that the u. S. Pays a due price. The foreign minister weighing in today, accusing the north of following a reckless path following the six nuclear test blasts. Tomorrow u. S. Marines are expected to hold a joint Live Fire Exercise<\/a> with south korean military. Bret David Lee Miller<\/a> live outside the u. N. U. S. Officials say no sanctions watereddown in part to keep china and russia on board. More on this with the panel. White house chief of staff john kelly responding to a House Democrat<\/a> who called him a disgrace to the uniform over President Trump<\/a>s decision to end a Controversial Program<\/a> that showed young Illegal Immigrants<\/a> from deportation. Illinois congressman Luis Gutierrez<\/a> said that the retired marine has no honor and should be drummed out of the white house. In an email to fox news sunday, kelly wrote congress did not help socalled dreamers when they had the chance. Supreme Court Justice<\/a> Anthony Kennedy<\/a> has issued a temporary order allowing President Trump<\/a>s travel ban to remain in effect. A Lower Court Ruling<\/a> issued last week wouldve allowed up to 2400 refugees to enter the country starting tomorrow. Justice kennedy told opponents of the ban to file there were response to his order to stay. Stocks were up. Experts believe on the betterthanexpected news and fallout of irma. The dow gained 260. S p 500 finished had 27. Nasdaq surged 72. Up next, we will check in with bill hemmer for a look at hurricane normal recovery and a look at whats happening on the ground in florida bret back to the coverage of Hurricane Irma<\/a>, now Tropical Storm<\/a> armand going through the u. S. Were getting a look today at the devastation left by the hurricane in florida. My colleague bill hemmer is in orlando. Good evening, bill. Quite a weekend. Yeah, quite a weekend indeed. Good evening to you. The governor told more than 6 Million People<\/a> to get on the move, and the state followed his order. The state is about to get on the move yet again and theyre going to need gasoline. Thats one of the big concerns throughout the state. Do they have enough fuel stocked and supplied . They say it might take as long as a week to get enough gas in here. When they return home, many will find scenes, bret, like this. Look at this old oak tree. Went into the back of the church, the Salvation Army<\/a> along colonial avenue. This must be 50 years old. It survived wilma and gene and francis and charlie. But did not survive irma. Strong winds ripping through the area overnight. Five totality is reported. A couple here in florida, two and georgia. When you think in the overall scheme of the preparedness of this state, you have to think they got pretty lucky. Bret what do you know about the governors tour assessing the damage . I thought that was one of the more interesting things we heard all day. He flew down the west coast and said the damage in areas like naples and marco island were not as expensive as he expected. He said around the key is, he used the word devastating. She described boats and trailer parks and homes and anonymous amount of damage up and down the florida keys. Weve been seeing a few of the images from that part of the estate. On the flip side, the remarkable thing, florida is going to reopen for business. The curfew ended 30 minutes ago. The roads for the first time in foreign half days, theyve got traffic. Tomorrow Universal Studios<\/a> and disney world will reopen here in orlando. Mickey will be back in business. Bret bill hemmer in orlando. Great job this weekend. Federal Emergency Response<\/a> managers have their hands full tonight just two weeks after Hurricane Harvey<\/a> devastated south texas. Hurricane irma has done a lot, as you saw, to florida. Lets get the latest on the recovery effort from chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge<\/a>. Fema faces the extraordinary task of handling 20 disasters from irma to harvey in texas. Brock long is confident his team can handle the demands. We have a management staff and the capability to begin helping those impacted by harvey with a bridge to recovery. We are laser focused on the lifesaving Response Mission<\/a> of irma not only in florida. Its going to be georgia and alabama. Looking at South Carolina<\/a> as well. Before speed 21 hit the florida keys, fema had more than a million liters of water, 1 million meals, 20,000 tarp than sevenday generators en route to texas along with 900 search and rescue personnel. Major disaster declarations, federal support extends to the u. S. Virgin islands and puerto rico. Irma can be felt in five states. Fema deploying federal assets from florida to alabama, georgia, north and South Carolina<\/a>. In the short term, long says Power Outages<\/a> will complicate the efforts. Almost 6 Million People<\/a> without power. Its going to be out for days if not weeks. Thats why weve been asking people to prepare. Having learned hard lessons from katrina in 2005 where the hurricane and floods killed more than 1200 people, experts said fema is a more nimble agency. The signup process for emergency aid is streamlined and there are new systems to reduce fraud and abuse which ran as high as 20 after katrina. I know we are ready and we are responding. I dont have any doubt in my mind we can afford. National alliance of volunteer groups tells fox news about 80 of recovery happens because of nonprofits and the vast majority are faithbased. Bret Catherine Herridge<\/a> live. Thank you. Where were you 16 years ago today . We will talk about the anniversary of the 9 11 attacks in a fight against terrorism today when you wont see these folks at the post office. They have businesses to run. They have passions to pursue. How do they avoid trips to the post office . Stamps. Com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. Get a 4 week trial, plus 100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. Go to stamps. Com tv and never go to the post office again. I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. We are making plain to the savage killers that there is no dark corner beyond our reach, no sanctuary beyond our grasp and nowhere to hide anywhere. [reading names] [bell tolling] bret the terrorist threat, the threat overall has evolved, but it is still out there. We talked about it tonight with this cia director mike pompeo. Lets talk about this with the panel. Brit hume, fox news senior political analyst. Stephen hayes editorinchief of the weekly standard. Mollie hemingway Senior Editor<\/a> at the federalist and Michael Crowley<\/a> Senior Foreign Affairs<\/a> correspondent for politico. Steve, a lot of bullet points from pompeo that were newsworthy. Yeah, i would say that was a neat t interview without public official who doesnt give many interviews. Among the things that struck me were his news that we would be seeing the rest of the documents captured in the raid on the Osama Bin Laden<\/a> compound in may of 2011. That something, as you pointed out, weve been talking about it, and covering it. There i think theres going to be interesting documents here. Even the 576 weve seen so far, weve learned a lot about al qaeda, its relationships, weve learned about its work with state sponsors. Weve learned about relationships between al qaeda Senior Leaders<\/a>hip and the taliban. What is the dawning that little glimpse of documents is give us an understanding of the enemy we are fighting and that weve been fighting for the past 16 years. I think these documents will provide a much deeper look at that. It will allow not only intelligence analysts but the American Public<\/a> to better appreciate and understand how they have adapted to the fight weve been engaged in. Bret i asked about north korea and i asked him about the u. N. Vote, the sanctions vote. Here is director pompeo. I think its excellent news to see the world united against north korea and the threat it poses. Its not just a threat to the United States<\/a>. Its a threat to japan and south korea and china and russia. To see the chinese and the russians having gathered around this, the u. N. Security council resolution, its a good thing. I hope they will enforce it. I hope the chinese and the russians will do what they have committed to do in this resolution. Bret the resolution when water down a bit to try to get china and russia on board. Your thoughts. We dont think we are near the full range of sanctions that could be imposed, even if they were all enforced. But we seem to me moving in that direction and its obviously encouraging. That china and russia are willing to go along to some extent with these sanctions. The question at the end of the day is will north korea buckle under sanctions . They are about the most sanctioned country on earth and they continue their forward march toward a nuclear arsenal. The question arises, can that be stopped with sanctions . We dont really know because the full range of sanctions has yet to be imposed. Its an indispensable first step before you try to consider what else he would do. When you stop talking about sanctions, the other options are narrow. Its an important step. Weve been covering the same story, it feels like groundhog day now, for several years. The North Koreans<\/a> test a weapon. The Security Council<\/a> convenes, there is turn rhetoric and a declaration. Their behavior never seems to change. Its an ominous pattern you have to do this but the North Koreans<\/a> are showing they are survivors. Theyre willing to persevere. Someone said the other day theyre willing to eat grass if thats what it takes to keep the Nuclear Program<\/a> going. The key question on the further horizon is whether we are going to have a use of military force. The nearterm question is will the u. S. , may be some allies, start to sanction chinese financial entities that do business with north korea and risk some kind of rupture with our very important economic relationship with china which can reverberate at all kinds of dangerous rays for our economy in the world economy. The more we see of the u. N. Votes that dont change north korean behavior, the closer we get to the tricky scenario. Bret wouldnt say it directly about interaction between north korea and iran but then rephrased kind of said it would make sense that iran and north korea would be working together on technology and north korea could be selling things to buyers, including iran. That might explain why the attempted denuclearization is still in play. The idea that you cant contain north korea. Why not admit it and move on . Partly because they will not be able to be contained. They will share this information with north korea which is why sanctions need to be stepped up. Its very good to have this deal that brings along the russians and chinese. The chinese in particular who do so much trading with north korea but in order for sanctions dork they have to hurt him north korea is very effective at predicting the hurt of sanctions and stopping up in response. Unless we target well, its not going to be very effective. So this is a good first step. The pressure needs to keep being applied lest we go to war. Bret we are going to post all of it on the website. American hostages around the world, specifically tell a man and a network in afghanistan, pakistan. There are apparently five american hostages. Any update . I dont have anything i can share with you today. I briefed the president on intelligence matters. I came here straight from the white house. We talked about this a lot, and the president is very focused on securing the release of all the hostages that are being held in different places, not just in pakistan but in syria and iran and other places around the world. Bret we dont cover that side enough, how Many Americans<\/a> being held around the world. Its an interesting dilemma and i think the reality will likely complicate the u. S. Approach to afghanistan. One of the things weve heard from Rex Tillerson<\/a> repeatedly since the president made his speech on afghanistan was the end goal of the administrations approach to afghanistan would be negotiations with the taliban. I think we are going to learn in part because we will see more of these bin laden documents that its virtually impossible to separate senior taliban leadership and the network and others from al qaeda, from the al qaeda weve been fighting. Which makes it a much, much more difficult task i think, and a possible one, to sit down with the taliban and try to separate them. I was sitting basically where you are sitting right now throughout much of the day doing the washington end of the news anchoring. It was one of those days. You saw the second plane hit and you knew the first one was no accident. The second one obviously not as well. Things were not going to be the same in america. The world we woke up to had changed, we knew it then. 16 years on, we are still engaged in the struggle. Its a long way from over but its notable, as you pointed out, that the threat has evolved. Its evolved because in many respects its weekend. They have not succeeded in mounting the kind of big operation against our country that the terrorists succeeded mounting that day. There been smaller attacks and attacks in other parts of the world but we have heard and ourselves as a target in many meaningful ways. As we remember those who died on that hideous day. Bret next up, hurricane bret next up, Hurricane Irma<\/a> and steve b whoooo. I enjoy the fresher things in life. Fresh towels. Fresh soaps. And of course, tripadvisors freshest, lowest. Prices. So if youre anything like me. Youll want to check tripadvisor. We now instantly compare prices. From over 200 booking sites. To find you the lowest price. On the hotel you want. Go on, try something fresh. Tripadvisor. The latest reviews. The lowest prices. Speak out just because the storm passes, we have power lines down, we have debris all over the state. We are going to rescue everyone, try to get everything back to normal as quickly as possible. It does not mean that it is not a dangerous storm. It is going to be painful, slightly frustrating, if not very frustrating. We are marshaling the full resources of the federal government to help our fellow americans, when americans are in need, americans pulled together. Well, Recovery Efforts<\/a> from irma are underway. Of florida is just recovering tonight, just starting to, there is a consensus that so far, the interaction between state and local governments is going well, bill nelson from florida called it seamless. Bret seamless operation. We are back with our panel. It seems like they are getting good marks. They are getting good marks. We have to wait for the water to subside and they dusted to settle so to speak before we can fully evaluate and not to minimize the human tragedy, but you talk about it in political terms for a minute, i do think that President Trump<\/a> dodged a bullet, i think a lot of his critics in particular were anticipating a big management failure reminiscent of george w. Bush and katrina, that was really me knock out the moment of george w. Bush, who is really just kind of hanging on in the polls. Katrina came along and his poll numbers never recovered, it was perceived that he could not competently manage the government. Trump is running an incredibly chaotic government, he has not had that sort of a moment. The general responses that he has been doing pretty good. People say thats a basic competence is a low bar, but so far, he seems to have cleared. Well, it is early on in hurricane season, we may see some more things happen. Things are going well, but a lot of problems with Disaster Recovery<\/a> happen later on. That is where a lot of the mismanagement comes into play. So yes, i agree that things have gone very well for the feds right now, they are working well within the state and local governments, they should really be working to see that we dont see that waste of fund that seems to go with the huge spending bills for relief and recovery. Bret there is a bit of a political storm fort steve bannon, he is talking about the comey firing. I do not think that there is any doubt that if he had not been fired, there would not be a special counsel. Some people say that you describe the firing of james comey as the biggest mistake in political history. That would probably be too big even for me, but maybe in modern history. The firing of a james comey was the biggest mistake in modern political history. If you are saying that that is associated with me, then maybe. Bret and the white house responded. The president wasnt right in firing director comey, we have learned new information about his conduct. It only provided further justification for that firing, including giving false testimony, licking privileged information to journalist, he went outside of the shame of command, he put an investigation into a candidate. Your thoughts . It did not work out very well in the sense that they didnt bring on the independent prosecutor. The special counsel, which continues to plague the president and his administration. The reason that Sarah Sanders<\/a> gives they are arguable, but in some respects they are compelling, it is unfortunate for the president to that he did not list them in that form when he carried out to the act. Had he done so, perhaps it would have gone better, but it was clumsily handled, so i would like to amend mr. Bannons comments by saying that it was among the bigger blunders and, substantively, i think he can make up for it. I think it is about going after republicans. Establishment republicans. They said boy, i wish they would go after republican dominic democrats instead. I think there ought to be a war, we have seen this coming for a long time, we have seen him taking on republicans regularly, you have had him endorsing steve bannon more than a month ago, saying that he was going to go after Republican Leadership<\/a> in congress. And now you have him saying, steve bannon has said apparently that he is going to be targeting republican senators and primaries. This is the president turning towards an independent, he is challenging republicans in a way that i dont think it is a terribly surprising. I just want to say about the bannon firing i am sorry, the comey firing, it did not happen on day one. This is a man who was known to be manipulative, he exonerated hillary clinton, even though she broke the law and her handling of classified information, he was leaking to the press, and this idea that it was a mistake in that he lets it keep on going, but i think we need to make sure that we understand the circumstances there, and this idea thats because intelligence agencies were able to go after him, that is a statement against intelligence agencies, not against the firing. Bret when we come back it, the constipated . Trust 1 doctor recommended dulcolax. Use dulcolax tablets for gentle dependable relief. Suppositories for relief in minutes. And dulcoease for comfortable relief of hard stools. Dulcolax. Designed for dependable relief. Bret finally tonight, did you see it Shepard Smith<\/a> last night, it was pretty amazing. Our last report tonight comes from some young correspondents in jacksonville, florida,. Hey, everybody. I am going to bring you the latest updates on her cane arm. I am here as the marketplace. People are preparing as the hurricane is so strong. Bret she says that her daughters were inspired by all of the reporters out in the field it during the hurricane, so she grabbed a camera, and pg tv was born, she said that she was shocked that they paid that much attention to the news, the eye of the storm, now the duo is lending interviews, covering the latest. We wish you well, future reporters. Finally, our condolences to those who lost loved ones 16 days ago. This day is incredibly painful every year, to those who lost loved ones fighting tears overseas since then, thank you for your service and sacrifice. Thank you for inviting us into your home tonight, that is it for the special report. Fair, balanced, and still unafraid. Bret hosted by a Martha Maccallum<\/a> it is tuesday, september 12th. This is a fox news alert. Picking up the pieces. A first look at the florida keys where in just hours residents will be returning. As irma swamps the southeast cutting off more coastal communities. Heather President Trump<\/a> ready to visit the floodravaged state of florida but, first, tax reform. We are in washington ahead of his big bipartisan dinner tonight. The terrorists who attacked us thought they could insight fea incite fear be could not be intimidated. Todd america honors those lost on 9 11. Fox friends starts right now. Heather good morning to you. You are watching Fox Friends First<\/a> on this tuesday morning. Im heather childers. Todd im todd piro in t for rob schmitt. Thank you for starting your day with us. The florida keys will partially reopen this morning as families anxiously await to see whats left of their home. Heather millions still without power as the state picks up the pieces from whats left behind from irmas deadly wrath. Todd griff, good morning. Good morning todd and heather. For much of florida here in naples and surrounding area its a big cleanup removing the hundreds of thousands of trees like the ones you see behind me and restoring power. In the keys a very different story and maybe a humanitarian crisis unfolding as the tens of thousands of 10,000 residents, committee, that stayed behind are dealing with the unbelievable damage that wrecked the keys, particularly the southern keys. Irma coming on and the residents who cant get in very angry, very upset. And the only way in is that highway 1. One way in, one way out. Officials not letting people in until this morning. At 7 00 a. M. 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