our top story. the white house confirmed this morning the death of hamza bin laden. there had been reports about his death for weeks, about six weeks, plus. do we know why the white house chose to announce it this morning? reporter: arresarthel, we do. the white house released a brief statement. there had been speculation about hamza bin laden s death for the last several weeks. the white house didn t make it sure what led to their decision to announce it. hamza bin laden s death has been speculated on. we noe it was part of a u.s. counter terrorism operation and it happened in th afghanistan ad pakistan region. the u.s.president trump spent tt wednesday at the pentagon, it was the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. it was there he told a crowd the u.s. remains committed to winning the war on terror. if for any reason they come back to our country, we will go
on capitol hill. the bipartisan conference committee where you have lawmakers on the left and right coming together to try to negotiate a border security package by february 15th. a seen i don t remember administration official who actually briefed reporters on the president s plans for his state of the union yo address wouldn t comment when asked specifically whether the president plans to declare a national emergency during the state of the union address. a senate aide told me they think mr. trump will set the table for a declaration but not pull the trigger until after february 18th. the president says in interviews he feels like the negotiations on capitol hill so far are proving to be a waste of time but right now it seems to be a wait and see on what he will decide in terms of a national declaration but increasingly we ve heard the president hint more and more that not only is he prepared to do that, but he s expecting to do it as well. arresarthel. arthel: thank you for the upda
the washington post is reporting under that plan asylum seeking families would be held up to 20 days together. then they would be given a choice, stay together as a family while the immigration case proceeds which could take months or years, or allow the government to take their children to a shelter so other relatives or guardian guardianse custody. the first lady discussed the issue in an interview that aired last night on abc where she had a message for families who are currently seeking asylum. i would tell them to keep strong and that time will come, everything needs to go through the court system. reporter: the first lady also says after her visit to the border, she asked border patrol how she personally can help reunite families. she has been speaking directly with her husband, the president, about what s going on. i saw it on the news and i reacted right away. it was unacceptable for me to see children and parents
gratitude from the pastor for the administration and for the turkish people. he was facing 35 years in prison for crimes he said he didn t commit. he said i love turkey and i love the turkish people. he went on to thank the president, members of the administration and lawmakers for helping secure his release. he told the president he prays for him often and asked if he could pray with him right there in the oval office. here s part of that prayer. lord, god, i ask that you pour out your holy spirit on president trump, that you give him supernatural wisdom to accomplish all the plans you have for this country and for him. i ask that you give him wisdom in how to lead the country into righteousness. reporter: the trump administration has been raging an aggressive pressure campaign against turkey over pastor brandon, including tariffs on a
protecting us. reporter: today president trump and vice president mike pence tweeted happy birthday to the navy. families of veterans replied with photos from as early as world war ii. the navy s birthday is not to be confused with navy day which is celebrated on october 27t 27th. eric: happy birthday and god bless all those in the service in the navy. arthel: reunited with his loved ones one day after being released by a turkish court. details on throng awaited home coming of pastor andrew brunson, coming up on the fox report. stick around for that. what do you mean it s not working out, craig? i just introduced you to my parents. psst! craig and sheila broke up. what, really? craig and shelia broke up!? no, craig!? what happened? i don t know. is she okay?