will those words translate to bipartisanship on capitol hill? plus, president trump reacting to reports that robert mueller is pursuing an obstruction of justice investigation. and this is seen of protesters beaten in our nation s capital sparked shock and outrage. now charges for some, it is all happening now . we begin with this fox news alert, republicans and democrats appealing for unity after yesterday s horrifying shooting at a ballpark. after so many partisan battles, how long might it last? welcome to the second hour of happening now, i am jon scott. heather: i m heather childers. u.s. congressman steve scalise is hospitalized in critical condition. a gunman opened fire on republican lawmakers practicing for tonight s charity baseball game, that is all they were doing. president trump, the first lady and vice president pence have all visited congressman scalise in the hospital as well as the police officer who was also shocked. all of this happening as mr. tr
heather: donald trump is poised to issue the first veto of his presidency after a dozen republicans lend the left hand in blocking his border declaration. rob: we are live in washington were democrats are gearing up to shut the president down again. beto o rourke throws his hat in the ring for 2020. jillian: here s heating things up with his colorful take on climate change. fox and friends first continues right now. rob: you are watching fox and friends first on friday morning. jillian: thank you for starting the day with us, a lot to get to including that fox news alert, one of new zealand s bloodiest days, dozens of force for his gun down in two mosques. rob: police charging with one man with murder as the prime minister condemns the shootings calling a well coordinated terror attack. kitty logan is live with what we know so far. reporter: police in new zealand confirmed 49 people are known to have died in the shooting and many of those targeted were migrants and refu
earlier today robert mueller delivered the final russian report to attorney general william barr at the justice department. the attorney general sent a formal letter of notification to the congressional committees which direct oversight, house judiciary and senate judiciary. he told the committee s there s a possibility he will be able to provide a full explanation as early as this weekend. what we expect is that would include the decision to prosecute and the declination. those are cases they did not pursue in the criminal courts. now william barr will meet with robert mueller and rod rosenstein to further consider based on regulations and justice department practices what can further be released to congress and the public. what was shared today with reporters was from a senior justice department official who confirmed special counsel robert mueller recommending against further criminal indictments in this matter, recommending against rather indictments. that is effectivel
death penalty. fox and friends first continues right now. [applause] rob: you are watching fox and friends first on tuesday morning. jillian: thanks for starting the day with us. let s get to the fox news alert, three american servicemembers and government contractor killed in a taliban bombing. rob: one of those killed a new york firefighter. the ied attack targeted the largest us military base in afghanistan. reporter: we understand those who died were in a convoy heading towards the bagram airbase when their car hit an improvised explosive device. nato s resident support mission in afghanistan conforming those details in a statement yesterday. bagger mayor base supports the largest us airbase in afghanistan. nato confirming as well as those who lost their lives three americans were also injured in the afghan sources confirming others heard in the blast. the taliban responsibility for this, we have achieved that with caution of course. they say they send suicide bom
gop senate is likely to pass. let s start with senior capitol hill producer chad program live on capitol hill with latebreaking news. tell us about this news regarding the former special counsel. blockbuster night on capitol hill s, starting with robert mueller. this subpoena was issued to robert mueller to appear in open session, joint session between the house intelligence committee and judiciary committee on july 17th. we are told he will come but this was the condition, robert mueller told the committee s he would not unless they formally issued a subpoena and that he would stick to the 4 corners of his report. if your member his statement and he released a report some time ago he said he wasn t going to go beyond what was in the report, the report spoke for itself. here is part of the statement from adam schiff, chair of the intelligence committee and jerry nadler, chair of the judiciary committee, quote, americans demanded to hear directly from the special counsel so