We brief the president a couple times, we will continue to keep them updated. We are confident that we can take a set of actions that can restore deterrent toes, which is our mission. As President Trump has said clearly, he doesnt want to go to war. At the same time weve made very clear that does he have legal authorization for the strike on iran . We always have the authorization to defend american interests. Harris with news that is breaking now, the state department, rich edson, bring us up to speed. Good afternoon, harris. Officials officials here say the administration will maintain its pressure, a series of campaigns that pressure and sanction iran. This, as the situation in the region deteriorates. Leaders in both parties in congress say the u. S. Should avoid a war. I think they are doing exec the right thing and squeezing the radiance through these sanctions. Its clearly having an impact, which is why they are striking out. The president is not trying to start a war. He made i
Its been going on for a long time. The whole epstein episode. This is way too convenient. This makes no sense. He is one of the most prominent prisoners in america at that point. In one of the most premier federal facilities in the country come it belongs to the Justice Department, how on earth did they miss this . Why were they understaffed in such a highprofile area . Weve asked this question of the bureau prison. We want an investigation into why this happened. There was a ton of reaction on the story today lets start here in new york with brad yunus on this. Scrutiny increasing this morning for the Correctional Center in manhattan. The jail managed to hold el Chapo Khalil Smith post notorious drug lord a known escape yard for over two years but could not can keep convicted sex offenders before a live for little over a month. Attorney general william barr is taking direct action, temporarily replacing the warden and placing the two guards assigned to watch over epstein on administra
Good morning, everyone, im sandra smith. And im jon scott, and for bill hemmer. He claims that he killed him in selfdefense while on vacation. He insisted he would do it all over again to protect his family. Here he is speaking out for the first time on the ordeal. This is my First Experience with any kind of legal matters. So im nervous because i just dont have experience, but i know that i was a victim. My family was a victim here. I think that the truth will come out. Sandra new report saying that he is worried he will not get a fair trial there. David lee miller is following it all for us. Freed on 74,000 bill. Accused of manslaughter on the caribbean island of anguilla. He says that Hotel Maintenance worker Kenny Mitchell showed up to his room, armed with a knife, demanded money. The two men fought, and when it was over, he was dead. Returning for a procedural hearing today. Giving them more time to prepare. He told the New York Post he was surprised by his arrest, telling the new
These individuals that were running the department of justice. Harris chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge life for us in d. C. More to the story today . Thats right, harris. Good afternoon. Andrew mccabe is one step closer to criminal prosecution after a source close to his legal team confirmed to fox news that the Justice Department had rejected this lastminute appeal, and this morning weve confirmed his legal team made three separate attempts to shut down charges. Mccabes team recently met with the u. S. Attorney for washington, d. C. , and made a personal appeal for her office not to move forward with prosecution. Then they met with Deputy Attorney general Jeffrey Rosen to make the same arguments. Then the mccabes team sent an extensive letter to rosen laying out their legal arguments, and it was still rejected by the Deputy Attorney general. The u. S. Attorney is recommending charges against mccabe based on the findings of a 2018 Inspector General report. He found m
Along with the emergency that is going on, it requires the agency, the department to reprogram funding. It is a common thing to happen. If you dont have bed space for adults, they will wait in custody for too long, or they get released like their families do, and that would effectively give you an opening order. The department of Homeland Security notified congress about its plans last month he is a 30 day notification. Back is set to end on sunday. They say that they intend to reprogram and transfer 116 million to fund i. C. E. Single adult attention beth, and millions of dollars to establish and operate temporary hearing facilities along the southwest border. Thats 271 million in all. 155 million coming from fema Disaster Relief funds. This is a major storm heads towards puerto rico, still dealing with the damage from hurricane maria. They claim that this is necessary. They say more single adults are crossing the border, and without additional funding for transportation and bets, i.