>> we need to make sure the police and security services have all the powers they need. if that means increasing the length of sentences, apparently less serious offenses, that is what we'll do.

>> more raids have taken place in east london. that follows arrests in that same area on sunday. at this hour, at least 11 people are now in custody. some of the detained were women wearing and one was men. isis has taken responsibility for the attack but there is nothing so far to suggest that they offered any type of material support to the perpetrators. it is possible that the attackers, bill, were simply inspired by isis and now the terror group is trying to exploit this tragedy for its own ends. underscoring how serious this investigation is, bill, behind me is a major artery in central london not far from where the attacks took place. the security perimeter we mains in place. >> bill: >> bill: thank you.

>> shannon: for more on president trump's reaction on the attack in london. john roberts is standing by. >> president trump offering his full support to theresa may in the wake of the london and manchester attack. that attack in london several weeks ago as well. last night at the ford theater the president reaffirming his commitment. >> president trump: this blood shed must end, this bloodshed will end. as president i will do what is necessary to prevent this threat from spreading to our shores and work every single day to protect the safety and security of our country. our communities and our people. >> the president cited the london attack as the reason why the supreme court just

reinstate his travel ban quickly. he said, quote, the justice department should ask for an expedited hearing of the watered down travel ban before the supreme court and seek a tougher version. people, the lawyers, and the courts can call it whatever they want. ifm -- ifm owe calling it what it is, a travel ban. the president also reiterated the department of justice should have stuck with the original travel ban that he issued just after becoming president instead of the reissued watered down one and trying to better screen people coming into the united states. if he has that travel ban in place, it puts extra leverage on countries of origin to get with the program and better vet people who arthe united states. >> shannon: as all these things go on the white house wants to focus on positive things. what will they announce on air

traffic control? >> he is kicking off a week of infrac stuck trur issues. talking about the air traffic control system. a public/private partnership and take responsibility for air traffic control out of the hands of the faa and put it into a hands of a non-profit corporation. during the campaign you might remember the president lamented the slow proper jest of the implementation of the traffic control program moving from a ground-based radar system to a gps system insisting that it will speed up that process. however, it's not going to happen overnight. there is a three year horizon for switching the air traffic control system from the faa to this none profit corporation. they have the support of just about everybody involved including the unions and airlines. >> bill: some of the headlines now on some of the major newspapers after london strike

a similar them. "new york times" asks against terror has london tried enough? jihad returns to britain. is broader support starting to build for a stronger stance against terror? a former c.i.a. officer joins me. you have a lot to say, buck. we talk tough repeatedly after we experience events like these. is this one different or not? >> there is a sense of momentum here for the bad guys that the terrorists have been accelerating the pace of the plotting and when -- i think there was one very important point in may's speech yesterday that didn't get enough attention. five disrupted plots. ongoing efforts all time by security services in the u.k., here in the u.s. and with all of our allies to stop these kinds of terrorist attacks from happening. that is oning and not something people know about. it is at a critical phase now.

people should go about their lives and remain vigilant. policy level there needs to be changes. they need to look at whether they can do more of what has been done at this point successfully to prevent attacks like this. >> bill: an excellent point. 12 days ago in manchester there is no connection between this killer in manchester and the three involved on saturday night. these are different groups operating in different cells inspired by perhaps the same call to kill anyone they can. >> same ideology. these could be different forms of attack. we'll find out soon. we don't know their names in the london attack might have been self-radicalized and may have had no connection officially. >> bill: that is more worrying when you can't track it. in manchester there was a network. that network is thriving now. >> you're addressing networks,

specific cells of jihadists and individuals who have been able to come to the same conclusion that they should engage in violence on behalf of jihad. which is why when may brought up looking at social media platforms i can understand it but that's very complicated. you can have places like facebook and twitter and have self-policing. when government gets involved it's parse to know where they draw the lines what gets shut down online. even if they try and come up with a workable agreement as prime minister may would like to, there are the additional difficulties of any ways of sharing information the government won't necessarily be up on. that's a huge problem. >> bill: are we doing something dramatically different than what england is doing today? >> no. we're looking at this problem from many of the same vantage points. theresa may and donald trump are closer on this issue in

terms of dealing with the islamist ideology than a lot of people realize. i think that's the case. they may need to look at stiffer sentences for terror-related offenseens. material support will get you decades in prison. the u.k. less. that may be a place -- >> bill: sometimes the sniff in this country will put you in jail. >> for quite a long time. >> bill: talk to you soon. what else is coming up today? >> shannon: we have a powerful lineup still to come on "america's newsroom." congressman peter king will tell us how to keep the attacks like the ones in london from happening here at home. former police chief ed davis here to weigh in on that. senior political analyst brit hume on former f.b.i. director james comey. thursday a big day as he goes before the senate intelligence committee. what will we hear and what won't he talk about? we know some of that testimony has been vetted with the special counsel. we'll see. >> bill: must-see tv.

look for the content, the context, the tone and all that as we go forward. britain now coming to grips with a third attack now in the span of just three months in england. >> what we need to do today is recognize we have not stopped radicalization taking place in our schools, our prisons and our mosques. i don't think you can deal with the problem until first you come clean about what you've got wrong. >> bill: the british prime minister with strong words over the past 48 hours. will it translate into a crackdown for her people? but is this too little too late? a deeper analysis on all that in a moment. plus there is this today. ♪ >> shannon: powerful display of resolve and unity. some of pop music's joining

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>> shannon: we're following reports of a shooting in the orlando area. we're told sheriffs have responded to a shooting near a campus of a university in orlando. a small college in the area. we're getting tweets out from the orange county sheriffs office in florida. their twitter account says they're working a shooting scene that has been stabilized. multiple fatalities. the situation is contained. we'll keep you informed. >> his decisions have been highly questionable. we'll see why he was prepared for that meeting the way he was. said he had a round of mortar board questions before he went to see the president. >> bill: senator roy blunt on james comey and his private conversations with president trump. it is making headlines. comey hearing consumes washington republican senator john barrasso here to talk with me

about this. thank you for your time. breaking news going on. if we get interrupted, please understand. what do you think this hearing will do to clarify some of the reporting of a story we know to date, sir? >> it is important. i think it will be clarifying. people want to hear the tone and the context of not just what the former f.b.i. director has to say but also what he tells us that the president had to say in their meeting in the oval office. that's just one of the hearings this week by this select committee on intelligence. they will also meet with the director of national intelligence with the acting director of the f.b.i. on wednesday. i think it's an important week on this matter. >> bill: mark warner, democrat, will have a big role this week. he was asked whether or not there is a fingerprint on all this. this is what he said just sunday. >> i think if there are inappropriate indication of financial ties, we would look at those. we haven't seen those to date. there is a lot of smoke.

we have no smoking gun. every week there is more smoke that appears and we have to sort through it. >> bill: no smoking gun. what can you add? >> that's why the hearings are important. as you say it is a bipartisan hearing. you have 100 u.s. senators committed to make sure that the united states remains safe and secure and strong. we're looking for answers. but this hearing alone won't consume congress. there are a lot of things we need to do. i was at home in wyoming and people expect results from this congress. the issues of the week, infrastructure. healthcare, tax reform, regulatory reform. the things we need to do to make sure we have a strong and healthy economy. that's what the polls tell you and what i hear at home is the most important thing on people's minds. >> bill: the question about why samantha power would request the unmasking of certain names. she was the ambassador of the u.n. the former a.g. was asked about that on sunday.

how he characterized this and give us an explanation. here. >> could as part of the intelligence community unmask names. it was part of his. susan rice is stranger. usually the national security advisor doesn't get involved at that level. samantha power, that's totally unheard of. >> bill: totally unheard of. is there an explanation for this, do you know, senator? >> not that i have seen yet. to me the reason the obama administration would make this information available to samantha powers, i don't have an explanation or understanding of that. that's why i think these hearings we're having will be so informative because they may find things that the obama administration has done that candidate clinton had done. so americans want answers to this but this cannot be all consuming. we have a country where people want to get to work, want to put food on the table. want to get their kids off to school and want to move forward. >> bill: give us a sense of

listening to the context and the tone and how important that is when the former director characterizes his conversation with the president. how are we to understand that? >> well, i think that's very important and why i think people will be watching that. but also the context of how this was said so we'll be watching what the former director has to say and what he tells us about what the president said. but people ultimately want to get to the truth. mark warner has pointed out there is no smoking gun, there is no evidence here. we want to know exactly what's happening but we do know the russians tried to influence the elections not just in the united states, but in france, in england, in germany. they're trying to undermine democracy around the world. that's what vladimir putin's efforts are. anything he can do to weaken the united states plays to him. and what he said is he wants to

get rid of nato and he wants to restore the former soviet union and whatever techniques he has to use, we see that he is learning with each election. they're getting better with their techniques, which is to reason to me to be focused on russia, their involvement but also making sure america is strong. >> bill: comey is on thursday and you point out the hearing that precedes it on wednesday two big moments for the hill. thank you, sir. john barrasso the republican from wyoming. back now to breaking news. >> shannon: awaiting an update from orange county sheriff's department in florida. they're reporting their twitter feed there are multiple fatalities after a shooting in orlando. you're looking live at the scene. we understand the sheriff will brief the media shortly. they say they're waiting to gather accurate info. as soon as they take us that we'll take you. >> the northeastern part of orlando and there is this coming up today.

a peaceful rally descending into chaos. trump supporters on one side. opponents on the other. what set this off in a moment.

>> bill: it is 25 minutes past the hour. 9:00 in orlando, florida. this is a scene that we do not want to wake up to on any day including this day after all the news over the weekend we're awaiting an update from police and sheriff's department. multiple deaths in orlando reported this hour after a shooting near forsythe in the area of full sale university in north east orlando. multiple fatalities. situation contained. the sheriff will brief in a moment here. that's the tweet that was sent

out from the sheriff's department a short time ago. we're keeping an eye on this and certainly hoping and praying for the best there today in central florida. we'll be back on that story in a moment here. >> shannon: fox news alert a pro-trump free speech rally in downtown portland oregon. dan springer is live in portland. break it down for us. how much violence was there at these competing rallies? >> hi, shannon. a lot of tense moments in this park and up the block in the next park when it looked like there might be a full scale riot between anarchists dressed in black and bandanas. the portland p.d. and state and federal cops here lining the

area did an amazing job showing great restraints. counter protestors threw bricks and bottles at police who formed a wall between them and the trump supporters. cops deployed frash bangs and pepper spray moving the fascist group back. police made 14 arrests and confiscated a bunch of potential weapons, knives, bats, sticks, road flares, chains, brass knuckles. but with all that, there were no arrests. no -- assaults and very little property damage. >> for this number of protests we've seen here in the last several months it was active and vocal but things worked out pretty well. >> with all the practice portland police have had recently this went textbook yesterday in their response. >> shannon: why was the portland mayor trying to stop the rallies? we heard so much of that in advance. >> the mayor was very scared of

a lot of violence in this park and some asked the pro trump folks to cancel their permit. he wanted them to not have their rally here in the park. when they said no he then appealed to the federal government, which held the permit for the rally and asked them to pull that permit. but the federal government decided to say no. there were people from california here who clashed with counter protestors in berkeley. many are agitators comfortable sparring with the far left. this had added tension of coming a week after two men were stabbed to death. jeremy christian had been verbally assaulting two women he believed were muslims. the stabbing victims intervened and had their throats cut. the trump supporters disavow any connection to jeremy christian and kicked him out of a rally in portland a couple of months ago. >> shannon: he was supporting

other political candidates, not trump. we'll see. thank you very much. >> bill: get back to a major story of the day. new concerns here at home. are we too focused on being too p.c. >> the political correctness that we experience here in america prevents us from holding the muslim community responsible for allowing this festering to take place in their midst. they are the ones who should be offended by it and standing up. >> bill: this issue today to be debated in a moment fair and balanced on that coming up. >> shannon: new backlash from the left over president trump's decision to pull out of the paris climate deal. but are democrats overstateing things? we'll ask former new hampshire governor john sununu. >> i was elected to represent the citizens of pittsburgh, not paris. when it's time to move to underwear

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>> bill: we'll get a briefing from the sheriff's department in orlando, florida, orange county. multiple deaths after a shooting near a university in the northeastern part of the city there. shooting scene has been stabilized we're told. there are multiple fatalities. situation contained. that's according to the sheriff's department. the information it's putting out for the moment. they're setting up for this briefing. when that happens and it begins we'll bring it to you live. we're working on this right now. stay tuned for more on that. >> shannon: police conducting more raids and making more arrests as the london terror investigation unfolds. the police chief says the three alleged attackers have been identified but names aren't being made public. there are reports at least one of them was known to police. isis claimed responsibility. theresa may saying britain must do, quote, much more to combat

islamic extremism. president trump speaking out as well. he said we need to stop being so politically correct as he tweets about the travel ban being blocked by federal courts. he says the justice department should ask for an expedited hearing of the watered-down travel ban before the supreme court and seek a much tougher version. katie pavlich is a fox news contributor. mary anne marsh a former senior advisor to john kerry. welcome to you both. katie, it's arrived at the supreme court as the president promised. so far he has gotten skunked in the lower courts. >> a big risk they're taking. the first big step and test at the supreme court for tad ministration. based on what the administration justice department is arguing. they're saying the lower courts are taking into account the statements that the president made on the campaign trail which are irrelevant to the principles of the travel ban. they argue he has the executive authority and power to protect

the united states under u.s. code from any foreign threat. that's exactly what he is arguing he is doing. they're arguing they're failed states and make sure terrorists aren't coming to the united states from these countries where isis has been harboring fighters and training people. they want to make sure those people aren't going to europe or united states and they argue it's because of failed states not based on religion. >> shannon: he tweeted about political correctness. much of the opposition to the travel ban is about that. time to get rid of that or things will get worse. interesting interview on fox and friends with dr. james mitchell who interindicated mohammed linked to 9/11. they look at us they think the u.s. is worried about how they're thought about in the world and how they use their own freedoms against us. >> under the guys of political freedom people who want to destroy us can come to our country, they can set up

mosques. they can spread their jihadi message and they can recruit people all without committing any crimes and when you push back against that, they claim that you are violating their religious freedom. the hard work of radicalization is already done before we do -- before a crime is committed. >> shannon: where do we draw the line with political correctness in a situation like this where it's life and death? >> in this case, shannon, this has nothing to do with political correctness and everything to do with politics. by the way, it is unconstitutional what donald trump has proposed. he has offered no evidence whatsoever a travel ban would succeed. this is the religion ban period. it is by his logic the fact is if you take it at face value we should be banning everyone from the united kingdom and france coming here because they've had all the terror attacks of late. that's what it would do. that's not what trump is doing. he is playing to his political base.

the only evidence he has shown here was throughout the campaign by his demagoguery of religion muslim and he continues to do it in words, deeds and tweets and he has offered all the evidence in the world it has everything to do with religion and nothing to do with our national security. last point. he has failed to appoint anybody to the actual agencies who are in charge of protecting us. department of justice, department of state department. f.b.i., dhs. like home alone there. the people who are supposed to be protecting us aren't and this ban doesn't do that and it won't pass constitutional muster in the courts which he has also denigrated judges, the judiciary and the foundation of our democracy by doing just that. >> shannon: a lot to unpack which i'll let katie do. there are a lot of appointments that need to be made. many have been but still a lot of empty slots. those have to be filled. there is nothing in the text of this travel ban one or two that says anything about religious

animus. people are asking about justice ruth bader ginsberg has negative things to say about this president saying if you look at his statements should you also look at hers and ask whether she is the right person to be weighing in on this ban, katie. >> she decided the get political in a position she should not be getting political in considering she is now judging some of these cases that the president is bringing to the supreme court. i do want to say one more time. we've been through it so many times on this show. this travel ban has nothing to do with islam. there are a number of christians in places like syria and iraq previously under the first ban who are under genocide who can't come to the united states. to act like it's about muslim does a disservice in terms of the people who are really suffering in those countries. on the other issue the manchester suicide bomber's father came to the u.k. from libya seeking asylum. he was arrested after the suicide bombing because he was

in libya accused of being part of al qaeda there. so his son traveled back and forth to that country. the travel ban has legitimacy. president obama is the one who originally came up with the seven countries in the original travel ban the trump administration put forward. this is not about religion but being pro-active and not allowing the united states to become a place like the united kingdom where they've seen three terror attacks in three months that could have been prevented by not being overly tolerant of extremist viewpoints and blaming themselves rather than the problem, islamic extremism inside their communities. >> shannon: marianne. the geography is helping us. he said they're relentless trying to get here and why europe is getting more than we are now but he pointed to geography. the easier it is to let people

flow here the harder it is to combat. >> that's exactly the point. >> that's a false choice. we don't have to pick between our security and constitution. it is linked. the constitution was set up for this very reason. so donald trump can't be king george iii. we are a country of laws and nobody is above the law. and stopping people from coming in here by looking at who they are, looking at the -- it's not -- look, that's a false choice. the fact is >> let everyone in for >> we followed the law and making sure we do that and that's what we should continue to do. >> shannon: the choice is now up to the supreme court. we'll see which one they make. good to see both of you katie and mary anne. thanks for your time. >> bill: the british prime minister saying enough is enough. vowing to ramp up the fight

against terror. >> despite the progress we've made in recent years and successes we've enjoyed, we must do more to respond to the changing threat to our country and our way of life. >> bill: she has some ideas and a government's first responsibility is the security of its own people. our experts take that on next. >> shannon: a frightening scene for thousands of sports fans rushing out of a city square after what they thought was another terror attack. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. garden weeds are scoundrels. with roundup precision gel®, you can banish them without harming plants nearby. so draw the line. give the stick one click, touch the leaves and the gel stays put killing garden weeds to the root.

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that feeds into what terrorists hope to accomplish. the sense of panic. >> bill: the concert that took place in manchester yesterday, the lines were -- they went for hours trying to clear security and on and on it goes. that from italy. a scare. everything is okay. back to london right now. 15 minutes before the hour. theresa may said this. >> since the emergence of the threat from islamist inspired terrorism, our country has made significant progress in disrupting plots and protecting the public. but it is time to say enough is enough. >> bill: ?e is saying all the right things. what about action? that comes next. or does it? the attack that began on london bridge leaving seven dead, dozens injured. details from eyewitnesses are horrific. jillian turner, robin simcox. good morning to both of you. action next, robin, what is it?

>> well, one of the things that i was somewhat encouraged by by theresa may's words. we have to make sure they aren't just words. tony blair used to talk tough on terrorism and didn't do much about it. theresa may talked about some of the embarrassing and honest conversations that people needed to have. i'm hoping that is a sign and her encouraging the muslim communities in the u.k. to look at the roots of some of these terrorists. look how people operate like this in their communities. again challenge some of the ideological and theological roots behind these attacks. i hope that's the next step. >> bill: there is an election on thursday. they're back to campaigning today and we'll see whether or not the events of this weekend have an effect on the vote. the most telling thing she said yesterday was the embarrassing conversations that are bound to happen. what did you make of her comments? >> what she means by that is

really that she thinks the muslim community inside britain needs to rally to its own defense. she thinks that we're missing -- i say we because the united states to a certain degree shares this problem. a sort of self-policing mechanism which will help us ultimately to rid the world of terrorism. this is a good idea. >> bill: we've been talking about that for some time, right? >> a lot of good ideas. but what i fear here is that what the prime minister said yesterday in front of 10 downing street and what she said two weeks ago in the wake of manchester was appealing to most people worldwide, not just britain, because it's easy to share the sentiment we're tired of this, enough is enough. we don't want this assault on our way of life to continue. but for politicians and heads of government, that is the -- getting the rhetoric and the sentiment right is the easy part of the equation. the hard part is designing and implementing policies to forge

a solution. this is where she so far has failed. i'm taking into account her six years on record as the home secretary for her nation. she does share a degree of culpability. >> bill: nigel farage said this. >> when they were pushed by people like me a couple of years ago said they would use the power to stop people who had fought in syria from coming back into our country, over 400 known jihadi fighters from syria have come back into britain and we've only stopped one. >> bill: that has to be not only intimidating but down right scary for those living in england. when you consider, robin, there appears to be no direct personal connection between each of these attacks. they are just doing their own thing when they want to do it. >> this is the problem, the size and scale of the threat

facing the u.k. there are 3,000 core terror suspects they're concerned about but beyond that there is a broader core of 23,000 on the radar at some point. and you see people like the person who carried out in the attacks in westminster and the security services thought they didn't need to worry about as a threat. of course, this isn't a science, it's an art who are the ones who were -- and, of course, the security senses aren't going to get it right at the time and why they need legal support. the rest of people coming back from syria. it is not always easy for british citizens coming back into a country. sometimes we can take their

passport away if they're nationals but there are restrictions to what we can do sometimes. >> bill: you can't watch somebody 24 hours a day if you have 23,000 to watch. 23,000. jillian, last word on this. >> almost 1,000 native britains at this point that we know of have traveled to iraq and syria to train with isis and over half of them have returned to the united kingdom. those people present a clear security threat to that country and the entire western world. the point i'm trying to make is that it's incorrect for certain analysts to say this isn't a native program. radical ideology is externally imposed on the west. that's not the case and britain is the best example on that. >> bill: thank you to both of you for coming on today. >> shannon: we're awaiting an update from the orange county sheriff's department in florida. the orlando area a shooting

with multiple fatalities. the f.b.i. is on the way to the scene. we caution the f.b.i. often responds to these kind of active shooting fatality call and doesn't necessarily mean there is any link to terrorism at this time. she gives us that caution. there are multiple deaths confirmed in orlando. as soon as we get that update we'll take you there.

♪ >> shannon: ariana grande with an emotional tribute to the city of manchester as she closed her three hour plus benefit concert. the show raised $13 million for victims of the deadly bombing at her manchester concert. miley cyrus and justin bieber.

sharing emotional words of encouragement. >> bill: it went for a while and truly heart felt. another emotional moment this 12-year-old girl overwhelmed while singing on stage with a children's chorus took the stage. she was part of that. and this, too. the crowd loving an appearance by liam gallagher from manchester. katy perry later encouraging everyone to embrace love, reject hate as she came on stage yesterday. >> shannon: that message spread outside the stadium. check it out. local cop there dancing with fans. a much-needed light moment. some 50,000 people inside that stadium. millions more watched the concert live as it was streamed online. >> bill: important moment for that city just to see this come together and the way it did. very important and to put that many people back in the same place again when you know so

many are traumatized in the events of two weeks ago. >> shannon: they're so young. to see the emotional 12-year-old girl. a lot to digest when their innocence is gone over this. >> bill: more from manchester, more from london. and more from here at home including this question. how do we prevent the terror attacks like we've watched in england? we'll talk to new york congressman peter king standing by live. the house homeland security committee coming up in a moment here. a growing group of arab nations cutting ties to a specific country over its support for iran and terrorism. how this could impact our fight against isis and more. important story coming up next. , i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want. booking.com gets it. and with their price match, i know i'm getting the best price every time. now i can start relaxing even before the vacation begins.

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>> shannon: this is a fox news alert. we're awaiting a statement from police in orlando. the orange county sheriff's department confirming multiple deaths after a shooting in an industrial area. sheriff's office said the

situation is contained. we expect to have a life update very soon. you see the microphones. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. six arab nations now also cutting diplomatic relations with the state of qatar accusing them of supporting terrorism and extremist groups backed by iran. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom" on this monday morning. i'm shannon bream. good morning. >> bill: i'm good morning at home as well. the diplomatic crisis bound to cause many issues for many in the area including the united states. already some of the biggest airlines in the middle east suspending flights to qatar as the coalition moves to isolate that nation's links to the outside world. our secretary of state rex tillerson weighing in on this a short time ago. >> what we're witnessing is a growing list of some irritants in the region that have been there for some time.

we certainly would encourage the parties to sit down together and address these differences. >> shannon: one of the first questions that people have this morning was about how this could cause problems for the u.s.-led fight against isis? >> when you look at what the u.s. strategy is, part of it is to get these gulf countries to have better cooperation and further intensify efforts against isis. this potentially makes that more difficult. if you look at the ties the u.s. has across the region as u.s. military assets across the countries. the coalition is using a key air base in qatar. it's unclear how the gulf countries will use that air base when they've cut diplomatic ties with qatar. they host the central command there. intended cooperation between these countries was on display a few weeks ago when president trump traveled to saudi arabia. he focused much of his speech on combating extremism.

the alliance is frac touring as they turn against qatar and suspend ties. that is why secretary rex tillerson traveling in australia says he wants these countries to work out these issues. >> they have now bubbled up to a level that countries decided they needed to take action in order to have the differences addressed. we certainly would encourage the parties to sit down together and address these differences. if there is any role that we can play in terms of helping them address those, we think it is important that the gcc remain unified. >> yet the saudi government is calling for all brotherly countries and companies to server diplomatic ties with qatar. longstanding regional power issues. a perception of qatar that

perhaps it's supporting iran, the arch rival of saudi arabia. the united arab emirates released a statements on it severing ties with qatar. we're taking these measures because their hosting of terror groups, islamic brotherhood and sustained endeavors to promote the ideologies. >> shannon: rich is live for us at the state department. >> bill: significant story. another fox news alert. back to london. new video of counter terrorism officers storming two new locations today and taking several people in for questioning. there is a massive investigation after the saturday night attacks. coming as the british prime minister says she will push harder against extremism in her country. >> nothing is more important

than keeping our country safe. stepping up, facing up, doing what's right for britain. that will always be my approach. >> bill: british investigators saying they know the identities of saturday's attackers. the identity has not been made public. new reports show one of the suspects was well-known to police. seven people killed in the attacks on london bridge and the market. 50 others injured many fighting for their lives this morning. team fox coverage this hour. congressman peter king to talk about preventing attacks here at home. we begin with greg palkot live near the scene of saturday's attacks with the latest on the investigation there. greg. >> bill, we're just outside of a police cordon of the terror site where a forensic investigation is continuing. this as raids are happening in two different locations away from here today. raids yesterday all totaled

they have 11 people in custody. those raids tied to where the attackers apparently lived. it is a sign they know who these guys are. already there is criticism of the authorities, however, surrounding one of the attackers. he is said to have been known to police. said to have been reported regarding extremist tendencies on two occasions. maybe he was even recruiting children. isis claiming responsibility for the attack and there was, in fact, a recommendation to isis supporters by the organization a few days prior to commit such an attack. very similar, very erie, bill. >> bill: what are we hearing about the victims, greg? >> stories like this and we cover them a lot unfortunately. just horrible to hear about these victims. again we are learning about the identity of one of the dead victims, that is 30-year-old christine archibald. she moved here from canada to be with her fiance here.

she died in his arms on that london bridge after having been slammed by the van of the attackers. all told 36 we're told remain in the hospital. 18 in critical condition fighting for their lives. there are british victims, of course, as well as other nationalities. u.s. embassy not confirming to us. some reports there could be an american hurt as well. >> bill: young attackers going after young people like we saw in paris. greg palkot live on the scene there. >> shannon: saturday's attack the third in the u.k. this year. deputy assistant talking about the challenges of preventing terrorism. >> this is a global phenomena. islamic radical terrorism isn't just something confined to the middle east. they wish to have world domination. they wish to incite violence on the land of what they see as the infidel and isis is either

controlling these attacks, training people or inspiring them. >> shannon: peter king is on the house homeland security and intelligence committee joins us live. good to see you, congressman. so i talked with secretary kelly saturday night and he said to me that one of the things that still is a very major threat is the issue of aviation. he talked about geography and one of the protecting barriers for us now. when it comes to the issue of aviation they're relentless, his words. what do you see as the biggest threats in the u.s. >> first of all secretary kelly is doing an outstanding job. he is right about aviation. i don't know how much we can say publicly but he is taking the measures that he feels are essential. we have to always stay one step ahead of isis and al qaeda. once they get the upper hand it will be very, very dangerous for us. secretary kelly is on top of that. as far as what we face here is the threat from within. they could either be lone wolves or people working small networks similar to what we saw

in manchester and london. i think it's essential that the f.b.i. and the police have coordinated efforts similar to what was done with the mob. you have infiltration and constant surveillance. you can all the security in the world. if that security shows up after the fact the lives have already been lost. to head off the attack you have to have intelligence. you only get intelligence by people cooperating or by having informers and undercovers working in those communities with constant surveillance. if that involves going into mosques, so be it. we know the threat is coming from within the muslim community. that's where we have to focus on. but again, there is a myriad of things we have to do. if you have ask me one it's to get surveillance, intelligence and stop these attacks before they happen. >> shannon: you know when you say that we need to be inside mosques and surveilling from within, that sends up a lot of red flags to a lot of people who have civil liberties concerns and other monitoring concerns. you know that reaction is going

to come. how do we walk the line making sure we don't offend a community that can be helpful to rooting out the offenders within their midst and being able to get to the information that we need if those folks are themselves too threatened or frightened to step forward? >> people in the community should welcome the fact police are working to stop them. it's that community that gets affected the most. when they went after the mafia f.b.i. infiltrated the italian american communities. the westies the irish. that's the way it has to be done. i don't know why anyone in the community who wants to stop terrorism would be opposed to this. the nypd has run this for years. the fact is they stopped 15, 16 different attacks against new york. we're not talking about breaking and entering or talking about doing anything without warrants.

again, we're at war. that's the reality here. we can do it within the constitution, we have to do it within the constitution but again it's time to put political correctness aside and i was so pleased yesterday when prime minister may used the word islamic extremism. that's where the threat is coming from. another day it could come from a different group. right now that's where it's coming from. >> shannon: our law enforcement agencies here and europe are they overwhelmed. we have one of the attackers in london, both said they had gone to law enforcement one was worried about his friend getting radicalized by watching youtube videos and a woman was a neighbor and she said he was trying to radicalize kids in the park. is it possible for law enforcement? >> it's difficult in england. they have a larger number than

we do percentage-wise. here in the united states with san bernardino and orlando where we know law enforcement got tips but they're required to close down their investigations after six months. the f.b.i. was. boston we know the f.b.i. had information and didn't share it with local police with the brothers before the boston marathon. it is tough to do. that's why you need people on the ground. you need people monitoring this. you can't have a police officer following that guy every day when you get a tip on him. but if someone living in the community or belongs to the organization he does, he or she can monitor that person and get back to the police. >> shannon: secretary kelly had great praise for the men and women of law enforcement and dhs in the u.s. he said we have no idea what they're facing every day and how successful they've been. peter king, good to see you. >> thank you, general kelly is doing an outstanding job. great american. >> bill: we have so much more

to learn from london in light of the latest attack. president trump renewing his calls for courts to move on the travel ban calling it vital in keeping the u.s. safe. >> president trump: we're also taking decisive action to improve our vetting procedures. the courts are not helping us, i have to be honest with you. it's ridiculous. to keep criminals and terrorists the hell out of our country. >> bill: that was from march. today we have a number of messages from the president by way of twitter why he is now pushing the justice department to take action on that travel order. >> shannon: and it's going to be must-see tv. james comey getting ready to testify on capitol hill this week. brit hume explains what it could mean for the russia investigation. >> here is what i worry about. he will just focus on his conversation with the president and not answer any other questions because of the investigation. that would be a hit job on president trump and i hope that

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"america's newsroom." >> you have former director comey and the acting director, both have said there have been no impediments, no political influence. it is pretty hard for them to come back now and say there was political influence by the president who when they previously testified under oath there wasn't. >> shannon: comey's first public testimony since the time he was fired by president trump. talk with brit hume. shall we get our hopes up for any blockbuster statements or do you think it will be a little muted on thursday? >> i think it will be a media ex -- they don't quite live up to the billing they receive. everybody will be watching. remember a few things about this. first of all, comey will be

under whatever strictures robert mueller placed on him about discussions of the on going investigation and can't testify about classified information. this investigation he was leading was primarily and has been described as such as a counter intelligence investigation. its intent was to find out what russia tried to do to influence the election. part of that, of course, was the question of whether there was collusion between the russians and the trump campaign. so far no evidence has come to the surface at least of that. and so we're going to get down to the if he of what was said in that between the president and mr. comey which was only two people in the room. and comey has said, shannon, that the president asked him if he could ease up on michael flynn. which sounds pretty bad. bust -- but in order to be

obstruction of justice it would have to be something done with a corrupt intent. corruptly influencing the investigation. if that were the case, we would have heard about it from comey before. and we haven't. >> shannon: it does raise the question if it was so egregious why we didn't hear about it at the time. the f.b.i. has not -- they've declined to release comey memos if they exist. not from mr. comey himself but from close associates and reports that allegedly he did put a lot of things into memoranda after the conversations. senator collins, who is a republican says she wants to know the tone, the exact words and the context of these conversations because that's so important. do you think the former f.b.i. director will get into those kinds of details? >> i think he is pretty free to talk about the meeting with the president. i don't see any impediment to that. that might be part of the ongoing investigation but we aren't sure it is.

the ongoing investigation is what the russians did. once he has talked about it, there is no reason why he can't answer questions about tone of voice, exact words and the rest of it. we'll get a full sense of it. you have the feeling based on the fact that he didn't react to what trump told him by doing anything with regard to the investigation or threatening to quit which he has done in the past in certain situations, that he will say look, i took it as his asking if i could see my way clear to easing up on flynn. he felt bad about firing him. inappropriate but not obstruction of justice and not that big a deal. we'll see. >> shannon: i want to ask you about the travel ban case pending before the supreme court. a lot made. the lower court decisions were based on the president's comments during campaign and a lot of people have talked about

justice ginsberg about comments she made. talking about if donald trump was to become president saying i can't imagine what that place would be and the country would be with donald trump as our president. for the country it could be four years. for the court it could be -- i don't want to contemplate that. that's one of many conversations and interviews she had around that time period last july. i note that you've made note of that as well because that case now sits before her. >> that comment was pretty strong medicine but not the harshest thing she said. she said worse things about donald trump which does raise the question of whether it's appropriate for her, having expressed these opinions about him as president to then be sitting on a case in which he is the plaintiff or i guess the appellant. what i would say about that is the supreme court's strictures that had to do with recusals are not as strong as they are for certain other judges. she is free to sit on the case as she wants to. it doesn't look good. my guess is she'll sit on it

anyway because, you know, that's where we are. whether it's proper or not is another question. >> shannon: have to leave it there. thank you so much. >> bill: four days since the paris climate withdrawal. are democrats losing their minds? al gore is next.

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>> we have seen a decline in emissions on a global basis for the first time they've stabilized and started to decline. so some of the responses of the last 10 years have helped. but unfortunately and regrettably a lot of serious damage has been done. >> bill: there is al gore blasting president trump's move getting out of the paris climate deal. chris wallace's question was interesting. john sununu here to talk about this. good day to you.

chris wallace said didn't you warn in 2006 we would be facing drastic measures, the world would reach a point of no return within 10 years. wallace says it's been 11 years. the former vice president's answer is that globally we have reduced emissions and that could explain why we've gotten a break. what did you think of that whole exchange, governor? >> the apocalyptic predictions started in the mid to late 80s. we've been 10 years away from disaster since 1985, 86, 87, 88. it hasn't happened. it is amazing to me that all the fluff that we are -- fluff-up we're looking at now is coming from people like gore, like john kerry. by the way, the predecessor to the paris accords way the kyoto protocol when it had a chance to be voted on as a treaty in the senate it lost 95-0 and

senator kerry was one that opposed it. this is all hypocrisy. even beyond whether you want to fight about what is happening or not happening, this treaty was a non-treaty because the president didn't want to bring it to congress but when you look at the details of it, even those that supported it said it wouldn't have any impacts. >> kyoto was slightly different but went down 95-0 in the u.s. senate. you invoked john kerry's name a couple of times. this is what he said on sunday. >> when donald trump says to the world well, we're going to negotiate a better deal, i mean, you know, he will go out and find a better deal? that's like o.j. simpson saying he will find the real killer. >> bill: how about that comparison? >> kerry was one of the ones that voted against kyoto. let's look at the details of the deal that trump did walk us

out of. it was a deal that had restrictions on a voluntary basis. it even exempted china and india from even the voluntary restrictions that they would impose on themselves for 20 years. and then the key component that nobody has been talking about is it would require the united states and a few of the other developed countries to send $100 billion a year to the undeveloped countries. that was the sweet ener they put in there to buy the vote of the undeveloped countries to support this. it was a dumb piece of international accommodation and donald trump put the reality to it that it should not continue. >> bill: we just focused on john kerry and al gore. were you surprised at the reaction and frankly the reporting after the decision of last thursday? >> well, i'm never surprised at the reporting of the left

anymore. let's take some of the reaction, the elon musk. this is the elon musk that the "los angeles times" pointed out has built his business empire on $5 billion worth of subsidies from the u.s. government on programs that are related to the alarmism of climate change. it came from leonardo decapprio who flew a jet to get an economic award. they love the opportunity that comes from alarmism on climate. >> bill: thank you for your time. john sununu. a lot of reaction to it. it continues. thank you, governor. >> shannon: saturday night's attacks in london sparking fears about a terror network operating in that country. >> they've all been trained so well and could get there so quickly is very reassuring. you have to think this is a new

normal now. >> shannon: authorities are focusing their investigation, and what they're telling us about the attackers. >> bill: what a statement. president trump will make a big announcement one hour from now. his plans for reforming the way we fly in america. that's next. >> this is something that impacts real lives. you don't hear about it because it is not in a tweet or not a snark that people on other networks can put against the president.

>> shannon: this is a fox news alert. we're awaiting a statement from authorities in orlando, florida. the orange county sheriff's department confirms multiple deaths after a shooting in an industrial area. the sheriff's office saying the situation is contained. they will bring us a live update expected within just minutes. we'll take you there as soon as we get more information. >> bill: president trump speaking out repeatedly today about the weekend's deadly terror attacks in london vowing to do whatever it takes to

prevent anything like that from happening here. this from last night. >> president trump: this bloodshed must end. this bloodshed will end. [applause] as president, i will do what is necessary to prevent this threat from spreading to our shores and work every single day to protect the safety and security of our country. our communities, and our people. >> bill: that from last night in washington this from london today. investigators raiding two new london locations today in a massive hunt for any possible terror networks in that city. seven people killed. dozens injured on saturday night. the police chief saying they now know who carried out the brutal attacks. they won't release the suspect's names as of this hour. one of the attackers reportedly known to police before the attack. and the prime minister saying it's time to take tougher

action today against terrorists. >> as the threat evolves our response must do so, too. we cannot go on as we are. enough is enough. we must do more -- much more -- to take on and defeat the evil ideology of islamist extremism. >> bill: former boston police commissioner and thank you for your time. police responded and killed all three within eight minutes. they have changed their posture. how much so? is it enough? >> they truly have. prior to 9/11, i visited london, worked with the london police and they were the epitome of community police officers, famously unarmed dealing with all sorts of urban crime but without access to weapons. since 9/11, the numbers of armed officers have increased. it is still only 10% of the force. but especially in the

westminster and downtown area, they are prepared for anything. you can see with this response eight minutes taking all three of these guys out in a very controlled manner. there was one other person injured but no one else from the gunfire and over 50 rounds were fired. the other thing that happened that night was a young police officer, only two years on the job, kind of wading into this situation against three armed suspects with what appeared to be explosive devices strapped to them. he only had a baton and did an incredible job of fighting with them, saving other people from being stabbed. he was stabbed himself. he is in the hospital now. there has been some really incredible police work in the last few days. >> bill: thousands and thousands in every major city w. my take is that these

terrorists went after people their own age. at night, having a good time, hanging out in the pub. much like we saw in paris from a year earlier. judith miller writes this as fox news.com. this type of low-tech but lethal terrorism is likely to happen again. what counts when an attack occurs how quickly the police respond and how quickly the brits return to normal, the new normal. the police responded superbly. it was sent out late saturday night and it was run, hide, tell. the tell aspect is tell police by calling when it is safe to do so. do we do this or is our system different, sir? >> no, this is a take-off on the system that was developed here at the department of homeland security. our system is run, hide, and fight. we train corporate companies with this mantra from dhs.

the great part of that is that people have an understanding that it's best to get away from an incident first. if they can't get away from it they should secret themselves and try to hide. in the last possible scenario, if it's impossible to hide, you take a message from the marines and you charge the target. you fight. and sometimes tragically that's the only way out. we saw that happen in these attacks. >> bill: when you teach this to others how do they respond to that message? >> they are relieved. i have had clients tell me that they were really confused as to what to do. but after our training, they actually understand what they should do if they are in a mall, for instance, or in a workplace environment, exactly how to respond to the sound of gunfire, to a situation developing. save yourself, get yourself away from there. hide if you can and fight if ultimately that's the only

thing you can do. >> bill: thank you for your time out of boston today. good to have you back on our program. thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> shannon: a big announcement in the next hour. president trump unveiling plans to reform the nation's air traffic control system. kellyanne conway calling it part of the president's plan to revitalize the nation's infrastructure. >> bill: >> he made clear his commitment to build infrastructure. our roads and bridges are in disrepair. people will literally see the fruits of those promises beginning today. >> shannon: it calls for privatizing the system to speed up the introduction of new technology without getting bogged down by federal bureaucracy. >> bill: president trump returning to another campaign promise. remember this? >> president trump: the time is

overdo to develop a new screening test for the threats we face today. i call it extreme vetting. >> bill: that was from august of last year and what he is now saying today about his push for a temporary travel ban. the judge andrew napolitano has that. >> shannon: the orange county sheriff's department should be updating us momentarily on a deadly shooting spree in the orlando area. multiple fatalities have been reported. details coming up.

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ask for an expedited hearing before the watered down travel ban but the supreme court and seek a much tougher version. let's talk about it with judge napolitano. good to see you always. >> i'm smiling because the version before the supreme court is his second executive order which he signed and rescinded the first one. the first one had too many references to religion in it and how it should be taken into account and should be exempted. it is not like it's a statute that he reluctantly signed. >> shannon: he dropped a rock as well taking it from seven countries to six. >> we have a case in the ninth circuit not yet ruled on. we have a case in the fourth circuit which went against the president. that's the one they appealed to the supreme court. the supreme court won't do anything until they hear from the ninth circuit and might not do anything even then.

these are preliminary restraints, not decisions made by judges and juries or judges after taking testimony. and as you know, the supreme court doesn't like to rule until the cases below it are completed. it is a procedural mismatch. what the president wants -- he doesn't care how long the trials below take. he just wants his order to be in place during the pendency of all that litigation. >> shannon: we are talking about 90 and 120 days and the ban would be over when the trial would be over. >> it would be over now. he signed it more than 120 days ago. so we really don't know which way the court is going to go on this. my own view the court won't

change its view on this. it is interesting he start evidence to call it a travel ban. his critics called it that and taken up the mantra. >> shannon: when we had obamacare and then it was accepted that it was obamacare. we know next week the court has asked the parties who oppose the request for the court to rule on this next monday they have to file their briefs. in the meantime we talked with brit hume earlier about this today, the fact that justice ginsberg had a lot to say during the campaign about president trump and what would happen if she was elected. she expressed what many determine as great apprehension and displeasure. can they take into account what she said? no one can recuse a supreme court justice except the justice themselves. >> brit made that point nicely and it is really unfair. the rules that the supreme

court imposes on all other federal judges doesn't impose on itself. if justice ginsberg were a federal trial judge or circuit court of appeals judge and had said about the president what she did, she would be compelled by a higher court not to sit on a case in which the president was personally involved. not so with the supreme court. i mean, if she sits in the case and her animus towards him is manifest in the questioning or in the decision of the case that will damage the reputation of the court. but she will still be able to sit on the case and exercise her views about him. hopefully she can put -- hopefully she can put aside what she said about him and rule just on the merits of the case, which would be can the president do this under the constitution and under the statutes? >> shannon: you don't think the supreme court will weigh in before we get activity with the lower courts.

>> i agree. it's the standard thinking today. on the other hand there is a political mechanism going on here. the president and drj had to file the appeal and keep rowing the boat. can't look like they're giving up the ghost. i don't begrudge them for filing the appeal even though i think they filed it way too early. >> shannon: we'll wait to hear from the supreme. >> bill: thank you, the media has had a few days. numerous apologies. howie kurtz has been watching all of it and live next in a moment to tell you what you need to know.

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plan to update america's infrastructure. how air traffic control plays a part. clashes over president trump erupt in poland and multiple fatalities on a shooting in orlando. the latest in the investigation when melissa francis joins me for "happening now" at the top of the hour. >> bill: thank you. in the meantime rebutter claims that a reporter staged a shot to be sympathetic to muslims during the coverage of the london terror attacks. howard kurtz, good morning to you. a bill maher apology he made on air and reza aslan sent out a tweet and forced to apologize. here is what he said. what do we make of this, howie?

>> that's a very half hearted apology because not only in the original tweet did he call the president of the united states a piece of -- using a four letter word but an embarrassment to human kind. he hosts a show on cnn which doesn't take any action. he isn't really an employee, kathy griffin appears once a year and never appropriate to use this kind of language. we're seeing the normalizing of extreme rhetoric from media commentators against this president. >> bill: the normalizing. >> kathy griffin holding up the severed head. she apologized and attacked the trump family and said she was the victim here for something she had done. a language here by reza aslan and other. i find myself writing and talking about this virtually every week. by the way, you know, it's fine for the media to criticize,

critique, be aggressive about what donald trump does as president, his policies, his statements, his tweets. that's all fair game. when you get into some of this vicious personal stuff, embarrassment to humankind you wonder how these people can pretend to be objective or even fair if they're commentators. >> this involved a cnn reporter in london. the way i understand it is these reporters had a police line and several protestors invited to come on the other side of the police line and they were shown on camera saying that love london, etc. you've watched this video, howard. how do you see this? >> i'm inclined to buy cnn's explanation. the police was letting these protestors into a media area. you want shots of protestors with signs. i didn't see anything that cnn correspondent or crew members were encouraging the protestors to do anything or say anything.

so i think on this one it doesn't get my outrage meter going like some of the extreme rhetoric. >> bill: you talk about bill maher over the weekend? >> he didn't call anybody the n word. he talked about himself. that word is completely and totally unacceptable and i'm glad he apologized. hbo gives its artists a lot of freedom. i don't see as much of a backlash. if any of this was directed at let's say barack obama using some of the language that reza aslan used there would be a media uproar and i doubt that person would still be employed. >> bill: "the new york times" had a piece defending bill maher. he have will keep his jo, right? >> the apology said it was a moment of banter. he went too far.

sometimes they go too far but there seems to be an epidemic of this right now, bill. >> bill: howard kurtz watching that. we need two of you. >> shannon: well, the news is coming in several people are dead following a shooting spree in orlando. we'll hear from the sheriff's department in just a minute. we'll give you that update live when it starts.

>> shannon: any minute now, they are going to start the press conference prior to the orange county sheriff's department in orlando, florida. we have been monitoring this all morning. they have confirmed multiple fatalities in the area, the shooting in the industrial area in orlando. we await the sheriff himself, he has been on the sea and gathering the information. >> bill: happen about 8:00 this morning. three hours ago, and they say that they want to get all the facts in order before they start breaking reporters and the public. there's a lot of anticipation trying to figure out what

happened after 8:00 this morning. there is one thing on the associated press, a woman inside the industrial park saying "my boss is dead. my boss is dead." we know the situation is contained, multiple fatalities, we will see what the police say in a matter of moments. have a good monday, take care, everyone. >> jon: a fox news alert, set one on this monday morning. as you just heard, orlando, the area of orlando, now the scene of yet another multiple shooting, we are awaiting authority as they are to give us an update on what happen inside that industrial park that you see in the background scream left. there are multiple fatalities as we understand. sheriff is expected to brief the media, appears that he and his team are in position to do that. let's listen in. >> we will provide your briefing on the tragedy that has enfolded here today. he is