president of the screen actors guild, fran drescher, will join us in moments. welcome to the lead, i am jake tapper. we re going to start with our law and justice lead and the hunt for a serial killer. any moment, state and federal investigators in long island, new york, will update the public on the first arrest in their dede-long investigation into the gilgo beach murders. this is a case tied to at least ten sets of human remains discovered since 2010 along the shore in suburban long island. earlier this afternoon, a married father of two and a new york city architect named rex huerman was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. he s connected to the serial murders of three women and is the prime suspect in a fourth. those three women were part of a group known to law enforcement as the gilgo four. their bodies were found near each other, wrapped in burlap, discovered within 2010. they were all in their 20s and offered sex services on craigslist. as details emerge showing hum
Fox news deck this hour. Im eric shawn in for Shepard Smith. President trump wrapped up his first round of g7 meetings in italy. Hes be negotiating on terrorism, trade, Climate Change and more. The president was meeting with heads of state from britain, france, japan and other g7 countries on the Beautiful Island of sicily in south italy. He held the talks with nato meetings in brussels. The president tweeting this just arrived in italy for the g7 trip. Has been very successful. He saved the billions billions of dollars and millions of jobs. The latest leg of the president s first foreign tour. The g7 used to be the g8 but they did kick out russia after they invaded crimea in 2014. John roberts is live in sicily and has the very latest. John, a Top White House official speaking about the u. S. Financial sanctions against russia. An important point considering the ongoing investigations here at home. Very important point. Particularly since russia is a big deal to the g7 countries. They
Tell, were going to confirm this with one of the reporters who broke this story in just a moment, but i think what we just learned tonight actually started on friday night. On friday night, the Washington Post broke two important pieces of news. First they reported that the fbi investigation into the trumprussia affair was focused in on money, on potential Financial Crimes committed by people close to the president. And, you know, before that was posted in the times on friday night, that point was sort of surmisable from some other things we had seen reported, like for example grand jury subpoenas for Business Records for security records from mike flynn, also from the treasurys Financial Crime unit. We had some indications that money was becoming central to the fbis investigation. Or at least to some of these investigations. But that Washington Post report on fday night was the first direct, clear reporting we had that Financial Crimes are the point or at least a point of focus for th
If hypothetically someone comes to the door and knocks tonight, oh, heck, lets just say the fbi rings the doorbell tonight its like, whose there . Elaine chao . Who else is around . As soon as wheels were up to start this foreign trip, the New York Times reported this story. According to the times reporting, and the white house does not dispute it, the official white house record of the president hosting the Russian Foreign minister and the Russian Ambassador in the Oval Office Last week, the official white house record not disputed by the white house includes direct quotes from the president telling these russian officials that thank god the pressure on him about russia is lifted now because he fired the fbi director. Quote, i just fired the head of the fbi. I faced great pressure because of russia. Thats taken off. Lots of subsequent headlines about this story and discussion about this story today have been focusing on the fact that the president is also quoted in this official white
Hello. Im eric shawn in for shepard smith. The words of President Trump today as he gave his first memorial day address as president. During a solemn and emotional ceremony at Arlington National cemetery in virginia today. The president honoring the americans that spent what he called their quote last moments on earth defending our country. We honor the noblest among us, the men and women that paid the ultimate price for victory and for freedom. We pay tribute to those brave souls that race into gun fire and roar into battle and ran into hell to face down evil. And then in a quiet homage, the president paid tribute to the son of john kelly killed in afghanistan in 2010. Robert kelly was 29 years old. Todays ceremony comes as possible major changes in the white house staff. The Associated Press reporting that President Trump is considering adding lawyers and Public Relation staffers to try to help deal with the controversy over russia. The president defending his soninlaw, Jared Kushner