and his wife are now en route to texas and during our next hour of happening now, they will be meeting with survivors and survey the damage where harvey first made landfall less than a week ago. the vice president to land at corpus christi international airport just minutes from now. we love team fox coverage with meteorologist janice dean, but first to matt finn and texas. we are getting some conflicting information right now, most important a where trying to determine just how dangerous the chemicals might be two people in this area. the arkema chemical company says there is an active fire on property right now. they say they close the property last week in anticipation of hurricane harvey. they brought in some backup generators and those flooded, then they brought in liquid nitrogen and that failed, so basically right now, these chemical compounds don t have refrigeration and are combusting. the share of heroes says the chemicals in the air are like breathing and fire smoke my
campaign style rally in phoenix. we have team fox coverage. mike emanuel with the news in phoenix ahead of the president s arrival there. we begin with allison barber. we re listening for secretary tillerson and a new development that has just come in. we re trying to learn more on this. but word that some of the first fighting forces leaving for afghanistan could arrive later this week, early next week. that s the only line we have. we ll work the story. now to you. reporter: welsh shortly after president trump gave his speech last night, secretary of state rex tillerson released a statement of his own, saying with this new strategy in part, it is a good thing in part. he said, quote, we are making clear to the taliban that they will not win on the battlefield. taliban has political legitimately through a negotiated political settlement to end the war. tillerson went on to say the u.s. is ready to support peace talks between the taliban and
want to test his fortitude and commitment to those things when they see him there tonight. all of this happening this evening against a back drop of protests and some security concerns given what s been going on in the country. of course you go back during 2016. remember this scene that was one of the last time arizona watime thepresident was in ariz. today earlier the president was in yuma, arizona. he toured a customs and border patrol facility there. shining a spotlight on one of the administration s policy s achievement that illegal border crossings have plummeted during his time since the inauguration. we have got team fox coverage for you tonight on the ground in phoenix. jonathan hunt outside the convention center. mike emanuel is inside the arena where the president is set to speak. good evening, mike. martha, good evening, the folks filing in to this
six minutes away, new and horrific details in the hunt for suspects in spain. we have team fox coverage and indepth analysis and a possible terrorist attack in finland. and the president s handling of the terrorist attack and charlottesville ahead. bill: the trump team is continuing the roll back in obama legislation. they have a message for judgings. that doug mcelway is following today. it is no secret that president obama or president trump made cracking down on
staff and john kelly takes the reins in the west wing. a new day and a brand-new hour of america s newsroom in new york. i m shannon bream. bill: hello. monday we re waking up. i m bill hemmer. good morning. on the hill the focus is on tax reform as republicans shift gears after their failure on obamacare. last hour here in america s newsroom the chairman of the house ways and means committee kevin brady, the man leading this charge on tax reform, says it has been a long time coming. august is about making the direct case and listening to the american people, not only in our town halls and round tables but we ll go to the reagan ranch mid-month. 31 years since president reagan delivered on tax reform. we ll make the case back home and across the country. bill: we have team fox coverage. david bossie standing by with reaction at the white house but we begin with mike emanuel back