The storm. Were doing whatever we can to help. Shepard lets get to it. Good friday afternoon from the Fox News Deck. Were tracking Hurricane Irma. Floridas governor says the window to escape the path of the storm is closing. With each updated forecast, the chance of a direct hit on some part of South Florida and then up the peninsula of florida are increasing. This as the head of fema says i dont know anybody in florida has experienced what were about to get. The florida says we should expect life threatening conditions from coasttocoast. He says this is a catastrophic storm like our state has never seen. Over 500,000 people there from mandatory Evacuation Orders, including miami, miami beach, the keys. Rick scott telling people to be
patient when dealing with crowded highways. He says more troopers are on the road to help with the flow of the traffic. He says the state has sent school buses to get residents out of dangerous areas. Some gas stations have long lines. Others have no fuel
A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. Levelling at Robert Mueller. Its much more personal than it has been in the past. The president used to sort of question the genesis of the Mueller Investigation, suggested there were a lot of conflicts of interest among his team. Now hes really going after mueller. This is of a piece with a decision that were told will be coming very soon in which the president and his legal team are likely to say and theres always a chance it could be different but were told they are likely to say that there will be no interview with Robert Mueller. The president has got the final say, but theres pretty much unaminomt. There was question that i was going to ask at the Press Conference had i been called on. The two people that were called on did not bring it up. Theres reasons why, a multitude of reasons why the president s attorneys believe that he should not sit down with him. First and foremost, they believe
that Robert Muell
A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. So an engineer has stabilized the dam for now. You heard them state their plan. Claire stagers with us from the university of lynchburg. Good to take to you, claire. Good to talk to you. How are you doing today . Shepard good. Might have been frightening when they said 125 houses could be under 17 feet of water. Yes, sir. Im not part of that but im close to it. It would turn my tenminute commute to 30 minutes if i had to reroute. Shepard i guess three inches of rain in an hour, thats a lot for anybody, even your part of the world. Yes, sir, a lot of water. Came into our basement as well last night. Shepard thanks, claire. I know theyve been trying to shore it up. They have taken a 3 x 3 foot area, a spillway, to relieve the pressure. The problem is theres rain on the way. Lets get to Rick Reichmuth live
in the extreme weather center. How are they looking in lynchburg . We have one bad batch of storms but things g
A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. Mandate was originally and whether or not there was any collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia to try to influence the election. In his response letter, mueller said, no, i want to talk about the issues that go to obstruction as well. Im not sure where that leaves things right now. I know that the president s attorneys are formulating a response. Theyll likely have that next week. They dont want to let the president sit down with mueller and talk oneonone about these issues of obstruction. They might be willing to submit some written answers on the question. Mueller has said he would accept written answers in person also. What is interesting as well today about the Press Briefing, President Trump has talked about there being no credibility of this russian investigation, calling it a witch hunt, talking about malign actors at the fbi. Chris wray was asked why we should believe what hes saying about protec
Has found when the boxes came back from north korea. A very meaningful, important moment for that Mcdaniel Family and for all americans its an honor to show it to you. Thanks for joining us, everyone. Im dana perino. Up next, shep smith. Shepard its noon on the west coast. 3 00 here in New York City where republican congressman is facing a judge on charges of Insider Trading. The lawmaker denies he did anything wrong. Were live at the courthouse. President trumps lawyers making what they are calling a Counter Offer for an interview with the special counsel Robert Mueller. Ahead, the details on what they call the last chance to avoid a possible subpoena of the president. And the star witness on the defense at the trial of President Trumps former Campaign Chairman. But rick gates says he has a very good reason to tell the truth about everything Paul Manafort did. Lets get to it. Shepard smith reporting live from the Fox News Deck. And first from the Fox News Deck this afternoon a sitting