military, too. sandra: are america s fighting forces focused on defending us in war or is it all about going woke now? it is a question many are asking. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two on this tuesday afternoon. john: good to be with you. i m john roberts in washington. military may not be ready for a major conflict, according to a stunning new report. that s all new at 2:00, but we begin with a fox news alert. sandra: there is now a 100% chance of a recession within the next year. that warning coming there bloomberg economic, just 21 days to the midterm elections and democrats are using the final three weeks to focus on abortion. it does not rest with the extremist republicans in congress and finally say, finally say about your right to choose that it rests with you and if you do your part and vote, democratic leaders in congress i promise you will do our part. i ll do my part. john: president biden making a major promise to put abortion right
We track it. Talking to an official down there. Looks like progress is finally being made in congress on two of President Trumps biggest agenda items, that would be tax reform and replacing obamacare. We head live to capitol hill for the latest details on that. We also have fedex, adobe, Bed Bath Beyond reporting earnings after the bell today, a few days sinces weve had bigger earnings to recover. Well bring you instant analysis as soon as the results are released bed, bath down 2 . Fedex getting ready to raise rates. We begin with Hurricane Maria gaining strength yet again heading right toward puerto rico w wtvj meteorologist Steve Mclaughlin with the latest. A couple days ago the storm was what we call 96l, a big storm in the ocean by saturday 5 00 pvm, it was Tropical Storm marine ya, sunday 5 00 p. M. , Hurricane Maria last night at 7 45, category 5 with winds of 160. That is where we are right now the track right across the Virgin Islands especially st. Croix as a major hurricane,
Candidates fired james comey, the department of justice. Welcome to a special edition of americas news headquarters. Behind me the walls of the old city, the same view donald trump will see from his hotel room. Thanks for joining us on this busy saturday. Donald trump on his way back to dc after delivering the commencement speech at Liberty University in lynchburg, virginia, christian universitys president Gerri Falwell junior was a key and early trump support helping deliver evangelical votes, more than 50,000 people on the pool today including kevin kirk who joined us from lynchburg. What a day for the graduating class, think back for a moment to your graduation day. Can you remember who the Commencement Speaker was . If you graduated from Liberty University in 2017 you will not have a problem remembering who spoke at your graduation today, the president of the United States and what a rousing address to the students at least from their perspective. I talked to a few afterwards and t
Fbi. Julie alson barber is live Allison Barber is live from the Justice Department. Reporter we believe there are two left at this point, and one of those two just arrived here at the department of justice, his name is judge michael garcia. Hes a judge from new york. Fox news also learned of one interview added within the last hour, another judge named henry hugman. When we started this morning, we were only expecting four people to come to the department today, people have been added within the last few hours. Now the candidates reportedly interor viewing are hudson, a judge from virginia, garcia, a judge from new york, sitting texas senator john cornyn, alice fisher, a former assistant attorney general and be special agent adam lee. Lee walked out of his interview right by the cameras but did not answer any questions. When fisher arrived early this morning a little bit before 7 45 a. M. , she declined to comment as well. Sources say acting director Andrew Mccabes interview was schedu
They been vetted over their lifetime. They are very well known, highly respected people. Thats what we want for the fbi. Kelly Allison Barber is reporting live from the Justice Department in washington. Allison, we expected the attorney general and Deputy Attorney general to interview for candidates today and that number increased. Is the newest addition to his work. His name is adam lee. Hes a special agent in charge of the division. He is expected to be here for an interview sometime between 1 00 p. M. And 2 00 p. M. There are four other candidates interviewing today. Sources tell fox news that they are allison fisher, former assistant pretty general acting fbi director, andrew mccabe, michael garcia, a judge from new york and sitting texas senator, john cornyn. Alice fisher arrived early this morning, a little before 7 45 a. M. On her way in the reporter asked if she had any comment before the meeting and she shook her head and said, no thank you. Sources are telling fox news that t