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Steve: very sad news. congressman elijah cummings dead at the age of 68. brian: the president initially got along with him. they talked about doing something on healthcare together. they had the famous war of words, war of social media. but he is i think he is extremely well-respected on both sides of the aisle. i think you will see that as the day comes out and people reflect on his career and person he was. meanwhile something much less important but impactful because it effects politics in washington and effects our overseas policy, as well as if anything is going to get done in the next month in the congressional session. yesterday the first time since taking a two-week break this fall, it was time for leadership to get back together and see what they re capable of getting together on. this session. so with the leadership together it didn t take long for president trump and the speaker of the house to get into a clash and both sides run to their respective corners and complain ab ....
Thousands of more u.s. troops are preparing for deployment to saudi arabia, another country in the middle east. brian, ainsley, steve? brian: yeah, trey, that is odd. we don t know exactly what they are doing there. steve: we don t. but they are trying to figure it out. 22 minutes now before the top of the hour. jillian, good morning. jillian: good morning. we have news that you guys talked about at the top of the hour. just joining us. this is a fox news alert. stung and sad news out of d.c. this morning. elijah cummings has died. cummings office says he passed away at john hopkins hospital overnight due to ongoing health complications. secretary of state mike pompeo tweeting just moments ago saying, quote: saddened by the news that representative cummings, a dedicated public servant, has passed away. our prayers are with his family and friends at this difficult time. cummings has been representing maryland s seventh congressional district sips 1996. 19 since 1996. he leaves behind ....
So much goes into who i am and hope to be. ask your doctor if starting hiv treatment with dovato is right for you. brian: to a fox news alert. it s not good news. it s sad and stunning. it s out of washington this morning. maryland congressman and house oversight chairman elijah cummings has passed away. ainsley: cummings passed away overnight after ongoing health complications. steve: mark meredith is outside the white house with reaction and new information. mark? steve, good morning. that s right, the congressman s office says he passed away as a hospice care facility early this morning. his death is likely to have a major impact here in washington he was the chairman of the power line house and oversight and reform committee. he was also one of the more outspoken members of congress where his comments would often lead the news. the congressman was born and raised in baltimore. he was also a graduate of howard university, where he served also in maryland ....
Military as turkey continues their invasion into northern syria. these developments do come just hours after fox news obtained a letter written by president trump to turkish president erdogan on the day the offensive began. in the letter trump writes that erdogan doesn t want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people. today erdogan said he threw that letter in the trash. and already dozens of civilians have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. in washington yesterday, president trump made a number of statements about the unfolding violence that started after he made a decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria. we have a situation where turkey is taking land from syria. syria is not happy about it. let them work it out. we shouldn t be over there. it doesn t appear the president is letting them work it out alone as his delegation did just arrive in ankara. overnight president trump tweeted he was the only person who could bring u.s. troops home from the midd ....
Their censor shop their anti-democratic values and ultimately their control when it comes to more important things 5 g networks and wireless networks of the future. these are threats to our security that i think americans are waking up to. it s important for the american government, i think, to see that threat as well. brian: in big towns and in large. this isn t a washington issue. think about this. you are not just screaming from the mountain top to get people over zealous to go with an american company. if they are trying to use leverage of a streaming tv deal and sneakers over the most powerful league in the world for basketball players, what could they have control over our communications? and that s part of the reason why yesterday i said look, if this is the leverage that china is willing to use over things like basketball and flag emojis and the like, just imagine if we have 5 g networks that power all of our industries that work for our military? what kind of leverage the ch ....