here s kim jong-un s message. our respective leader, kim jong-un, with the broad smile on his face, told officials, scientists, and technicians, that the u.s. would be unhappy to witness north korea s strategic option on its independence day, and calling on them to frequently send big and small gift packages to the american ambassadors. > john: those gifts apparently references to missiles. north korea s missile test came hours before july 4th celebrations here in the u.s. experts say the weapon marks a major milestone for the regime, using a new kind of ballistic missile engine. it s not a pair of soviet engines together, it s the real thing. most experts say north korea is still several years away from developing a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on the end of a long-range missile. we have team fox coverage of the north korean launch.
the senate intelligence committee. the firing of former f.b.i. director james comey and russia. bill: team fox coverage this morning. john roberts live at the white house and james lankford is here in a moment. first catherine herridge begins our coverage back in the hearing room on capitol hill. catherine, what will happen today? good morning. our expectation is that the attorney general jeff sessions will address at least two key issues that were raised during last week s testimony from the fired f.b.i. director james comey. the first takes us back to mid-february of this year and this discussion between comey and president trump about former national security advisor mike flynn. you ll recall based on that meeting comey testified that the president told him he hoped he would let go of the flynn investigation. mr. trump has disputed the characterization of comey s testimony. in any event comey said he did not take the matter to his boss, the attorney general, because comey had ei
this morning saying this. a couple of things. with all the illegal acts that took place in the clinton campaign and the obama administration there was never a special counsel appointed. bill: we have team fox coverage. our team throughout the city of washington and new york. kevin corke standing by at the white house there. steven hayes has analysis but we start with catherine herridge. those who worked for robert mueller tell fox news he is an independent leader not afraid to take on politically charged assignments. over the course of the next decade from 9/11 he changed it to a counter intelligence bureau with agents globally. the new assignment he will have broad power to investigate and prosecute. bipartisan support for the selection. i think he has a long
investigation was on his mind when he decided to fire comey. the move has sparked a back and forth between the president and people close to comey over conversations president trump and the fbi director had in the weeks after the inauguration. more on that lawyer. secretary of state rex tillerson said yet, folks in the rest of the world do not have time to worry about american domestic issues. we have team fox coverage. benjamin hall is live in the saudi capitol of riyadh. first to rich edson live at the state department. rich, administration officials say these controversies will not follow the president overseas. jon, that s what they re maintaining. they re down playing what s happening here in the united states will follow the president on his first trip. he will be speaking and addressing and negotiates with muslims, israelis, nato and the pope. while officials maintain he s leaving these controversies here, he s bringing a large contingent of the family over.
go far enough to protect patients. we have team fox coverage. peter doocy has more on the fate of the plan in the senate. john roberts is live at the u.s.s. intrepid where the president will have an event tonight. first, mike emanuel on capitol hill. critics say changes to medicaid could hurt millions of americans. you re right. that s a reference to the congressional budget office which looked at the initial bill and said millions could lose medicaid coverage if this were to become law. a key supporter of trump and the legislation says he doesn t buy that analysis. they re making an assumption i don t agree with. states like new york would end their medicaid expansion. for one, there s 31 states that signed on to the medicaid expansion. they re making a presumption