This week, the secretary of defense rescinded the plea deal that would have spared the nine over 11 plotters the death penalty. President biden asked him to do that. This was a decision made by the secretary of defense. It was an independent decision by him, certainly within his authorities, as in the chain of command at the defense department. Well, the administration had a hard time defending it this week. I want to play for you some sound here. We re going to talk to one of the families of the victims coming up here in 30 minutes. As as you can best assume. Yeah they are not happy. No, of course not. And i certainly we, you know, we recognize and understand the concerns that they ve expressed. Our hearts go out to the families who love, who lost a loved one. We are determined to make sure that they get justice. These families get justice. So is the president willing to let these terrorists escape the harshest penalty in this system of justice, and let that be part of his legacy? aga
New twist is kamala harris prepares to announce her running mate and donald trump was on the attack. Harris is a most ultra leftwing agenda of any presidential candidate ever in history. You have noticed donald trump is soon resorting to some wild lies about my record. And some of what he in his running mate are saying is just plain weird precode trump campaign to work to the break of the media and fundraising blitz over harris and who she may pick for vp ahead of next week s a battleground to work. Then president biden takes a victory lap over at landmark prisoner swap with russia. Cocook seven how does it feel to finally be home? [laughter] middle east tensions had a breaking point we will discuss white house national security communications advisor john kirby what the president s a lame duck status means for america s role in the world. Get reaction from senator lindsey graham democrat chris murphy a member of senate foreign. Plus shannon sits down exclusively with justice neil nl g
Eric: israel bracing for attack of retaliation from iran parade this is protesters are erupting across the middle east after the assassination of the hamas leader in tehran last week. The top general in charge of the u. S. Forces in the region has headed there as the pentagon has reinforced our military assets to be able to shoot down any iranian ballistic missiles fires of the jewish state. Hello everyone welcome to a brandnew hour of f fox news live by eric shawn. Hi arthel. Hi eric hello everyone i am arthel neville. Threats on multiple fronts prime minister benjamin netanyahu s of the country is ready for any attack by iran or its proxies. Meantime pentagon is sending more warships and fighter jets to boost israel s defenses. Senator mark mullin of the armed services committee says that u. S. Needs to be strong and tough toward ironic. It has already been escalated up at this point what they need to know is it s not peace to appeasement its peace through strength. There should be n
Their way home to the us expected to arrive in the next couple of hours. They are wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich on the left, and on the right, former us marine paul whelan, and radio free europe journalist alsu kurmasheva. This photo shows them on a phone call with presidentjoe biden after their release. In addition, vladimir kara murza, the russian british journalist who holds a us green card, was freed in the deal. In an address to the nation after news of the deal was made public, president biden said the deal was the result of difficult, complex negotiations. He said that the us will continue to work to free americans who are detained abroad. The president and the vice president, kamala harris, are scheduled to welcome the freed americans on the tarmac ofjoint base andrews in maryland. This is expected to happen in a little more than two hours from now, at 11:30pm local time. With more now on the prisoner swap, here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. He was ou
Their way home to the us, expected to arrive in the next couple of hours. They are wall streetjournal reporter, evan gershkovich, on the left, and on the right, former us marine paul whelan, and radio free europe journalist alsu kurmasheva. This photo shows them on a phone call with presidentjoe biden after their release. In addition, vladimir kara murza, the russian british journalist who holds a us green card, was freed in the deal. In an address to the nation after news of the deal was made public, president biden said the deal was the result of difficult, complex negotiations. He said that the us will continue to work to free americans who are detained abroad. The president and the vice president, kamala harris, are scheduled to welcome the freed americans on the tarmac ofjoint base andrews in maryland. This is expected to happen in a little more than an hour from now, at 11:30pm local time. Let s go live tojoint base andrews, our correspondent will grant is standing by. And if the