involvement in the election. president trump blasted the investigation calling it a fake excuse from democrats. most people know there were no russians in our campaign. there never were. we didn t win because of russia, we won because of you. that i can tell you. [cheering and applause] we won because we totally out worked the other side. we won because millions of patriotic americans voted to take back their country. we re awaiting a big announcement from attorney general jeff sessions who will hold a news conference two hours from now about a crackdown on leaks within the trump administration. john roberts on the north lawn of the white house with more. hi, john. at that event last night in huntington, west virginia the president didn t mention anything about the fact the
i think, the president president trump having to deal with contents of factions within his own white house and why general kelly was brought in. the doj is focusing very clearly on what we call unauthorized disclosure of classified information. that s what they are looking at and what attorney general sessions is talking about. we aren t talking about it s a separate issue when it comes to the palace intrigue leaks which don t have to deal with classified information. get rid the obama holdovers would be my advice. the president is mad at all the leaks. he is. leland: we ll get cut off. we ll have to continue the conversation later. happy friday. shannon: a day after north korea s record setting missile test the chinese did testing of their own firing their own set of missiles, a test say is a message to the united states. we re standing by at the pentagon with lucas.
blast. an afghan interpreter was injured. afghan officials say the taliban is to blame coming one day after two u.s. soldiers were killed in afghanistan. they have now been identified as sergeant jonathan hunter of indiana and specialist christopher harris of north carolina. a vehicle packed with explosives struck their convoy. they were paratroopers on their first deployment. more on strategy in afghanistan a little later. shannon: coming up more than 40 floors up in flames in one of the world s tallest residential towers. the efforts underway to put this massive fire out for good. critics call it the scandal no one is talking about. the arrest of a dnc staffer with ties to congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, a new op-ed claims some in the media are burying the story. our panel with that next. shannon: president trump
subpoena. he and donald trump junior are supposed to appear sometime in september before the judiciary, there appears at least on the surface, very little concern about the fact that robert mueller is working with a grand jury. we have the new report about a new grand jury. earlier we had heard there was a grand jury to investigate former national security advisor michael flynn. why two issues that are pretty connected? the grand jury looking into flynn was already in place and looking into that before robert mueller was appointed special counsel. that grand jury also is in alexandria. today traffic was good, they know getting from downtown d.c. to alexandria and back on a regular basis can be a arduous task. robert mueller is using a grand jury already sitting so he
we ve seen this president sometimes his own worst enemy when it comes to this russia investigation. he is infuriated by it feels it is an attempt to take him down and he may well be right. certainly trying to weaken him. interesting to see whether kelly is able to keep him under control or within bounds and not making a bad situation even worse. shannon: what will you talk about on sunday? we ll tune in and find out. we ll see you on fox news sunday. thanks, chris. leland. leland: the pentagon now confirming a senior al-shabaab leader is dead. the attack was carried out under new authority from the trump administration to take action against them. it s the most deadly terror group in all of africa. shannon: another big story this week. president trump signing off on a new sanctions bill targeting iran, north korea and russia.