greg: you're happy, i'm happy they got half of the "outnumbered" team away. i'm greg gutfeld. i love you, america. . >> hello. i'm rick leventhal in for eric shawn. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's news headquarters." arthel: i'm arthel neville. search for seven american sail sors over after divers make the grim discovery of bodies inside the "u.s.s. fitzgerald." eric: a raging wildfire rips through a forest trapping victims in their cars as they tried to escape. dozens are now dead. arthel: georgia becoming the center of the political universe with record-setting special election now only two days away. both candidates pulling out all the stops in a race that's too close to call.

"america's news headquarters" starts right now.. >> and we begin with president trump returning to the white house after spending the weekend at camp david. first visit to the presidential retreat, and it included a good dose of twitter, touting agenda and lashing out at the russia investigation. kristin fisher is live at the white house with the latest. >> reporter: rick, for the fourth time in four dates, president trump is calling the investigation led by his own justice department a witch-hunt. he said today on twitter, quote, -- well, meanwhile, a member of president trump's legal team hit the sunday shows today to explain for the very first time in person the tweet that

president trump made on friday where he seemed to imply that he was the target of an investigation. here's jay sekulow on "fox news sunday." >> the president has not been notified by anyone he's under investigation. that tweet, chris, was in response to the "washington post" story that alleged that five unnamed sources, anonymous sources leaked to the "washington post" that the president was, in fact under investigation. >> reporter: but less than a minute later, sekulow seemed to contradict his own clarification by saying this. >> so he's being investigated for taking the action that the attorney general, deputy attorney general recommended him to take by the agency who recommended the termination. >> what's the question? you stated some facts. first of all, you said he is getting investigated after you said he didn't. >> no. no he's not being investigated. >> you just said. >> reporter: president trump is returning to a lot of questions here in washington after spending father's day weekend

with his family at camp david. and when asked what he thought about it after landing at the white house, he said it was an incredible and beautiful first trip to the historic presidential retreat. rick? >> thank you, kristin, at the white house. arthel: congress tried to get some work done ahead of the 4th of july recess. a health care bill is first on the agenda with a list of other big-ticket items on its heels. and while democrats could hold up the process, republicans are working to get their own party members on the same page. elson barber has more from washington. >> reporter: congress has a hefty to-do list, and one of the big items is health care. senate republicans say they'd like to vote before july 4th. the legislation is not done. democrats say for starters, they need to see it. >> the american people would really like to see us work together on health care and there are plenty of changes we need to make to the affordable care act, but doing this behind closed doors is actually not

what we did with the affordable care act. >> reporter: senate republicans hold the majority but just barely, and not every republican is a definitive yes. according to the hill last week, senator rand paul told a group of reporters, quote, i'm more than willing to vote for partial repeal, if i can't get a complete repeal, but i'm not willing to vote for new republican entitlement programs. in addition to health care, there's tax reform, immigration, and now with changes to the obama era cuba policy, republican senator jeff flake is calling on senate leadership to allow a vote on his legislation to lift restrictions that prohibit americans from traveling freely to cuba. some republicans say regardless of the issue, right now, the senate is too slow. >> it's the senate. it's that simple. they are slow and need to get off of their tails and pass something. >> reporter: fox news learned democrats are planning to give speeches on health care. they're expected to take shifts.

we're told they could go well into the night and last weeks. arthel? arthel: ellison barber, thanks, ellison. >> and a fox news alert, a terror attack on a popular tourist destination in mali. u.n. security official says terrorists with guns stormed a luxury resort in a town near the capital. reuters reports at least two people killed but the u.n. official has yet to kfrment number of dead and injured. there are reports of hostages unconfirmed. this area is popular with westerners. the european union and the u.n. were in the region this weekend. today's attack comes days after the u.s. state department warned of possible attacks on western diplomatic missions in this area. attacks have become more frequent around the capital as french troops and the u.n. peacekeeping force have battled jihadists. we will continue to follow the developments and bring you the latest. arthel: the search for seven

missing american sailors taking a tragic turn. the u.s. navy calling off rescue efforts after divers find bodies inside the "u.s.s. fitzgerald". the grim discovery coming just one day after the navy destroyer collided with the container ship off the coast of japan. lea gabriel is live in the new york city newsroom with more. >> reporter: the navy is in the process of notifying family members of the seven sailors presumed dead. the crew had to fight to save the ship and took 16 hours to get back to home port in yokosuka. three had be airlifted after the collision, that included the commanding officer who was in a state room which was destroyed. take a listen to how the navy commander described the damage. >> it was a significant impact to the side of the ship. and you can't see most of the damage, the damage is mostly underneath the water line, a

large gash. and near the keel of the ship. so the water flow was tremendous, and so there wasn't a lot of time in those spaces that were open to the sea. >> reporter: the collision between the fitzgerald and the ship about four times its size happened 60 miles off the coast of japan. early morning saturday when most of the crew was sleeping. the "u.s.s. fitzgerald" collision is the third mishap involving navy warships since february. in that month, u.s.s. antietam damaged propellers off the coast of japan. and just last month u.s.s. lake champlain hit a korean fishing boat. yesterday morning president trump tweeted thoughts and prayers with the sailors of "u.s.s. fitzgerald" and families, thank you to our japanese allies for their assistance. the u.s. navy's seventh fleet commander doesn't know how much

warning the crew had and that should come out in the investigation. the navy isn't saying how many bodies were recovered in the families have been notified. arthel? arthel: lea gabriel, thanks. heavy fighting in afghanistan today as taliban fighters square off south of kabul. started with a car bomb outside a police base and several gunmen storming the compound. conor powell has more from our middle east bureau in jerusalem. >> reporter: it took almost the entire day to repel the attacks and kill all of the insurgents. taliban fighters first detonated a car bomb outside the front gate of the fleet base and six militants rushed in. several of the taliban were killed quickly by security forces but a few barricaded themselves in a kitchen on the compound and continued the attack for hours, ultimately all the insurgents were taken out.

in addition to the six police officers that were killed, dozens of others including civilians were injured. today's attack comes after seven u.s. troops were wounded on saturday by an afghan soldier in apparent green on blue attack in mornafghanistan. these are a few of the many violent incidents taking place in recent weeks. pentagon is expected to send 4000 extra u.s. troops to afghanistan to stem the security training situation. most are going to detain the security forces, others are going to battle the afghan troops. secretary of defense jim mattis said the extra troops going to afghanistan will help reduce the threat to the afghan government to a zero level. arthel? arthel: conor powell, thank you so much. new details about the london high-rise fire that left dozens of people dead. the danger hidden in plain sight that experts say may have caused it.

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. rick: time for a quick check of the headlines. at least 60 people dead from a massive forest fire in portugal. authorities expect that number to rise as they continue searching burned-out houses. many of the victims trapped in their cars trying to escape the flames. investigators suspect exterior paneling may be to blame for a massive fire in a london high-rise that killed at least 58 people wednesday. made of material banned under uk safety regulations. and a police shooting on a driver on the san francisco bay bridge after a cadillac barrelled at officers responding to an accident. that driver reportedly in stable condition, the incident closing eastbound lanes on the bridge for at least five hours.

arthel: congress looking to get unfinished business wrapped up before summer break, which means the clock is ticking for senate republicans currently working on replacement for obamacare. gop lawmakers trying get a deal done by the end of the month, and so far senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is keeping the bill closely guarded. his colleagues weighing in on on today's sundays talk shows. >> doing this behind closed doors is actually not what we did with the affordable care act, so i'm hopeful that this would be an opportunity, given what we're seeing across the country with the prices of prescription drugs where we could work on that together. >> even if it passes the senate, it has to go back to the house for them to debate it and look at it. people are pretending like it's going to go from back room in the senate right to the president's desk. there's a lot that's going to happen in between. people will know everything that's in it. arthel: joining me now is katie

glick, senior political correspondent, and co-host of the mcclatchy's beyond the bubble podcast. great to have you here. >> great to be here. thank you for having me. arthel: what are you reporting on how? how do senate republicans plan to make this happen? >> congress has long been in the habit of setting deadlines and blowing right past them, it is certainly possible that we may see that again as it relates to health care bill at issue here. you know, as you noted earlier on the program, republican leaders would like to see this move ahead of that july 4th recess but the closer we get to the deadline, the more daunting a task that looks. arthel: why do you think they're putting this hard to beat deadline in front of them? >> so i actually just got back from south carolina, where the tuesday special election there and spent quite a bit of time talking with conservative

activists, as well as other republican candidate for congress ralph norman there. there is certainly a feeling that we elected a republican house, a republican senate or republican white house, we would like to see results, that is a strong feeling with the grassroots. i spoke with mr. norman, he's certainly up on tuesday for election, he said that's something he's hearing quite a bit from the conservative base. republicans are under big pressure to land achievements, this is a legislative promise they've been make for years, so they would like to be able to see movement and claim a victory on that before moving onto other promises. arthel: as you heard senator marco rubio say let's not race this thing, not rush it. talk to us, katie, about the hurtles, both what's in the bill, according to speculation on the hill at this point since it's on lockdown right now, and hurtles within the gop, plus you've got the roadblocks from the democrats. >> sure, you hit the nail on

the head as you noted, the process here, and, of course, senator klobuchar, a lot of criticism on both sides of the aisle, the feeling that this has been too closely held, members would like to see text before they're able to take a firm position on the bill for starters. of course, other republican leaders say we've been debating this issue for years and everyone knows what the key issues are. starting with that process, that's already contentious, and you take a look at other hot-button issues whether it relates to the approach to rolling back elements of medicaid expansion, you look at the always hot-button issue of abortion, planned parenthood funding, a lot of sticking points there and more fundamentally the challenges. how do you create a bill that obviously deals with a huge section of the economy, that's not going to have democratic support? so how do you create a bill that's going to have conservative support from members like senator ted cruz of texas and susan collins of

maine, for example, very much a contentious issue that does affect so much of the economy. arthel: several points of contention remaining in place. so reportedly, a baker's dozen of senators working on the bill in secrecy. what's that strategy? >> well, you know, the argument you hear this pushback, you hear when you hear criticism of maybe that secrecy, the fact it has been so closely held is we'll show you the language when there is, in fact, something to show, and negotiations between different senators and conversations as it relates to for example that the approach to medicaid expansion rollback. so there does seem to be effort to figure out some of the sticking points before there is a broader bill presented but certainly a few hurtles there. arthel: that makes sense, so many issues that are batted around inside the party, the republican party and on the

other side of the aisle with the democrats, so it seems that the 13 reportedly 13 senators who have their hands on it right now want to hammer it out to get a cohesive presentation for that to be disseminated and then, you know, chopped to pieces, i'm sure. >> exactly, but no question that there may be a robust debate once we see what the full language looks like and goes back to the question of when, but no question that certainly conservative activists would like to see movement on this, for sure. arthel: i say chopped to piece for sure because of the back and forth going on thus far. katie, nice to see you. >> nice to be with you. thank you so much. arthel: very good. rick: promising prognosis for house majority whip steve scalise, doctors giving us an update on his condition. plus another insider attack on afghanistan with the taliban penetrating the afghan army as

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. rick: and this fox news alert, a u.s. navy f-18 shot down a syrian fighter jet over raqaa after the syrian jet dropped bombs over u.s. backed fighters in the region. it acted in collective self-defense of the partner forces, less than two weeks after a jet fighter shot down a drone after it fired on u.s. backed forces. arthel: a positive development for congressman steve scalise as he recovers from a gunshot wound. doctors upgrading his condition from critical to serious. the house majority whip underwent another surge we yesterday and said to be more responsive. this, after the shooting wednesday targeting republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball team practice in virginia.

outside the hospital in washington, molly henninberg. >>p. >> reporter: he has a long way to go. steve scalise is showing, quote, signs of improvement. as you said upgraded from critical to serious condition, he was able to watch lsu baseball last night in his hospital bed. that's according to his twitter account. congressman scalise san lsu alum. all of the people shot by the gunman wednesday are alive. one member of congress at the baseball practice who was not shot spoke today about something that fell out of his gym bag a day after the shooting. >> this is a piece of shrapnel from a madman who came to politically kill innocent people. this is the reminder that all of us have that we have to take a step back in this country. we have to tone down this rhetoric and come together as a nation, as americans and say enough is enough. >> reporter: it was scalise's

armed capitol police detail that shot and killed the gunman before he could do more damage. the gunman was reportedly targeting republicans. the charity baseball game between republicans and democrats was played the next night. here's how one democratic senator described it. >> i was there with the 25,000 people that joined in. all four leaders were out on the field looking like they liked each other. at the end when the democrats won the game, they gave the trophy to the republicans and asked them to put it in representative scalise's office. we need to take that spirit and go from two teams to one team for america. >> reporter: the gunman had been a volunteer on democratic socialist bernie sanders' presidential campaign which sanders said today was, quote, distressing and wished congressman scalise a very, very quick recovery. arthel: we wish the congressman a very full recovery, and go tigers.

geaux, tigers. thanks, molly. rick: the so-called green on blue insider attack is the second time in a week that an afghan soldier opened fire on american troops. this, as the administration prepares to send thousands more troops to battle the resurgent taliban in afghanistan. joining us for more fox news contributor rick grunel, former u.n. ambassador. rick: how disturbing is it to see them turn the weapons on them. >> i think it's more than unnerving, unacceptable. we here in the u.s. must do something different. we cannot to know have this problem. it's a clear vetting process problem. you have to be able to trust who you're dealing with. one problem i think, too, is that afghanistan is a country that has massively relied on

foreign aid, and that has to stop. over the last ten years or so, the country has been given more than $100 billion in foreign aid. afghanistan relies on foreign aid. they don't have a very good system in place to develop their gdp and take care of their people. so we really do have a problem in afghanistan with the leadership there. it's still a very corrupt, very poor country, and until we can get the afghans to step up and improve their country, improve the vetting process here, they're not going to be able to have the help because other countries are going to think that they can't trust the vetting process and therefore don't want to put their troops next to afghan troops that have not been properly vetted. rick: clearly, it's very difficult to properly vet these afghan recruits. >> well, i think that we have

to have a zero tolerance policy. we need to be able to look at the afghans and say you must assure us that everyone there is fighting for afghanistan, and if you can't be assured that this person is committed to helping your country and acting in the military nobly, then i think they're going to have to have less troops. they're going to have to go down in their force. they can't just add people to the force if they haven't been able to trust them. so i think it's a numbers game. they're going to have to bring the numbers down and that's a problem in and of itself because they need the help in fighting the taliban. rick: the numbers are coming down. the afghan army lost 5,000 men because the taliban is wing. general mattis said the same thing. where would the replacements come from? if you have less replacements, where are they coming from? >> they have fewer replacements now, back to the problem of the foreign aid.

this is a country that relies on others to pay the bills, so they have to develop their own system internally, otherwise we can't continue to prop up a country that over the last 15 years hasn't been able to take the hundred billion dollar plus foreign aid it received and improve the country. they are still one of the most corrupt countries in the world. though we've made improvements in education, the education system is still not up to world standards. rick: no. >> they have to be able to prove they can take the money and do something with it, otherwise we are wasting our money. rick: a lot of people think we are. in the meantime, we're sending nearly 4,000 more u.s. troops to afghanistan. i guess the big question is, will this make a difference? >> i think that the u.s. troop situation that we're sending more troops, we have to be assured, if we're going to be side-by-side with afghan troops that those afghan troops have been properly vetted, and if

not, we shouldn't be serving side-by-side with them. we maybe limit the number of afghans that are a part of the united states troop contingency. however, what that means is, is that we also can't commit to patrolling everywhere and doing everything. that means things are going to go undone, and we're not going to be able to do everything that the afghans want us to do. but it's a choice they have to make. they have to improve their own country with the money they're sent by the world. rick: as long as the americans are working side-by-side with the armed afghans and as long as the vetting process isn't sufficient, it seemed there's no way to prevent these kinds of green on blue attacks or the next question is -- >> that's unacceptable, though, i don't think we should have troops there that say, well, it's just a risk and the risk is going to be something that we're going to have to deal with. rick: okay, so is it time to walk away? is it time to walk away, ric in your opinion? >> i think there's a middle

ground. way to say we can do some things but can't do everything so we can prioritize with the number of troops that we have there. rick: when we left iraq, isis filled the void, and all the games were gone. it isn't clear we've gained anything in afghanistan at this point? >> to me, iraq is a different question, because certainly iraq such more strategic to the u.s. national security than afghanistan. we should have had a base in iraq. we should have been able to have u.s. troops there, not patrolling but on a safe base there to make sure that the country wouldn't delve into the problems that it is currently having, so i think we pulled out way too quickly out of iraq. iraq was extremely strategic for us. should have had a base, should have had u.s. troops, small presence there that were able to step in, in an emergency. we now see that we didn't have sufficient troops there. we didn't have kind of the

backstop, if you will, and look what's happened to iraq. rick: a long road ahead in afghanistan as well. ric, appreciate your time today. >> thanks, rick, good to see you. arthel: rick, congress is jumping into the possible investigation of president trump. lawmakers demanding documents from the administration, but the president's lawyers insisting there is no investigation, at least not of president trump. but first, the special congressional election in georgia two days away. it has already made a mark in the history books. with the two candidates neck-and-neck, some are saying the results could be a sign of things to come. ...it's how well you mow fast! they're not just words to mow by, they're words to live by. the john deere ztrak z345r. tech: when you schedule with safelite autoglass, you get a text when we're on our way. you can see exactly when we'll arrive. i'm micah with safelite. customer: thanks for coming, it's right over here. tech: giving you a few more minutes for what matters most.

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been home to some 600 people. 120 apartments in the building. it was ravaged in wednesday's inferno. other photos showing the apartment was reduced to rubble and white ash as you can see. 58 people confirmed or presumed dead in the fire. officials believe the death toll will continue to rise. two british ministers saying today that the new exterior coating that was used in a renovation on grenfell tower may have been banned under uk building regulations. police continue to investigate this. rick: back here at home. two days from the end of a tight race for the open congressional seat in georgia. and polls show democrat jon ossoff ahead of republican karen handel, but just barely. the race has already broken campaign spending records and many analysts say it could be a sign of what to expect in next year's midterm elections.

mary ann rafferty is live in los angeles with more. >> reporter: hi, rick, jon ossoff, the democrat in the race has raised more than $23 million. most of it coming from outside the district. in fact, spending for both candidates has eclipsed previous records. winner the fill the seat vacated by health and human services secretary tom price. at a rally saturday for karen handel, he was joined by former governor and agriculture secretary sonny perdue. calling into question the authenticity of ossoff's candidacy. >> take this young man, charismatic, articulate and taught him a few republican buzz words to come into the sixth district and put all the money behind him so they think he can fool you. it's not going to happen, is it? no turning back. >> reporter: meanwhile, ossoff campaigning saturday in atlanta with iconic civil rights leader

john lewis who represents a nearby district. ossoff hoping to pull off a big upset ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. >> it's important to make your voice heard. whether or not you support me, you got to participate in the democratic process because this is an opportunity for georgia to elect fresh leadership and focus on delivering results for the folks at home. focus on washington. >> reporter: leading karen handel by a slight margin of two points and eight figure investments for both candidates, both are in it to win. you can expect it is going to be riveting with a race tighter than ever before the special election. rick: thank you, mary ann, welcome your husband a happy father's day. arthel: last month president trump sparked a political firestorm by suggesting he had tape ofs his conversations with

former fbi director james comey. the house intelligence committee demanded the administration either hand over those tapes or reveal that they don't exist. and the deadline for meeting that request is this friday. the top democrat on the committee saying it's time for an answer one way or the other, or the white house could get a subpoena. >> i would certainly hope by the date that we set in our bypass letter, the white house will respond that, yes, they have tapes, yes, they will preserve them as we have urged and required, and, yes, they'll turn them over, or that no, in fact, there are no tapes, it was an idle threat. one way or another, we need an answer. if we can't get an answer, i think we need to -- ultimately need to subpoena those potential documents to make sure we have them. arthel: let's bring in legal panel, mercedes colwin and alex little, a defense attorney and former u.s. assistant attorney.

want to start with you, mercedes, that perhaps they could subpoena the white house for any sort of recordings? >> they can. in fact, the courts have held that even if you try to impose, the executive branch wants to impose executive privilege, the courts can subpoena the white house. and seek those documents, the documents seek the tapes, if they do exist. they can do all of that. arthel: what if president trump says i was messing with comey. no tapes, nothing to hand over. would that be the end? >> premably could be the end, president trump said he's willing to come forward and testify. so i'll come forward and testify if that's what needs to be done. so frankly, it's not going to stop necessarily what might be presented by the executive branch, it can go beyond and seek his testimony. arthel: alex, if president trump does have a recording of the conversation, but he

doesn't want to hand it over, what stops the president from saying, no really, there are no tapes. how old members of the house intelligence committee even know? >> they wouldn't know, but what you're suggesting is a president would lie to congress directly. and i think the thing that stops that are his lawyers, are the other people in the white house who would have to keep up that lie for president trump. i think that would be an extreme step. it's much more likely he was bluffing and somebody is going to have to come forward and say he said this, it wasn't true. arthel: and mercedes, if there are the tapes or the recordings to be handed over, then what happens after that information is handed over? >> it's amazing, if you hear the description of what mueller is amassing, his team, called the investigative body he has to support the investigation, he says he needs 50 to 100 lawyers and investigators. that's unbelievable. we're talking this investigation contain an unbelievable amount of time. the last time we had an investigatory body of this size

was 9/11. before then, watergate. we're talking this massive investigation, the special counsel mueller is attempting to, on taxpayer dollars, is amassing, it could be years before we know what happened. arthel: alex, is this worth it? is this a witch-hunt as called by the president. >> hard to know if it's a witch-hunt. as we know from the revelations in the press, talking about the most serious form of treason take place. and if that's an investigation to determine whether or not it's happened, of course it's worth it. and need to spend every dollar to uncover the truth and make sure the american people know what happened in the election. arthel: alex, i'll stay with you, though president trump is tweeting that i am being investigated, his attorney says the president is not confirming he's being investigated. the president was tweeting about the report that says he's being investigated. does that reasoning fly? >> no, it doesn't.

and really brings to head two different issues that president trump has in this investigation. one is his hubris and inability to follow lawyers' directives. no doubt in my mind that his lawyers are telling him not to talk about this, not to tweet about this but he keeps doing it. he's going to step into mines, the minefield in this sort of investigation is extremely dangerous. it doesn't convince anybody that he's not under investigation or his lawyers going out and saying that aren't helping his cause. >> except that we had the testimony by comey that he said repeatedly to the president he was not -- he himself personally was not under investigation. >> that's changed, clearly changed. >> whether he is or not, the fbi may not necessarily tell us. >> absolutely. >> this is the tip of the iceberg, arthel. so much to be had her in terms of the investigation. the fact that mueller is amassing the group he needs and

had a handful of appointments thus far. talking about up to 100 people going to assist him in the investigation. we're nowhere near the investigation, the breadth of it. who's the focus, what's going to be done? there are too many shifty issues right now, and we're not going to know for a long time. arthel: alex, do you see a straight and narrow path or a long and winding road to get to the end? . >> every week there's a new revelation, a new change. what's going to happen, as events occur, it's going to change the course of this. absolutely going to be twisting and unfortunate for the american people we have to go through this. arthel: well, any final thoughts, quick, mercedes, 20 seconds i can give you. >> frankly, have to wait and see what's going to happen. a lot of patients, this is just like i said the beginning of a very long and expensive process for the american people. arthel: okay, we leave it there. mercedes colwin, alex little, i'm not sure if you're a father, if you are happy father's day, if you are not,

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. rick: u.s. navy sailor robert templeton laid to rest today, 75 years after he gave his life for his country. the somber ceremony a long overdue tribute to his sacrifice. he went missing in action after the attack on pearl harbor in 1941. his family tried for decades to find out what happened to him, and thanks to a dna match by the navy. they finally have closure. arthel: meantime, a world war ii veteran from connecticut just received his medals for the second time. >> i really appreciate that because i never thought they would see them. so thank you very much. arthel: and thank you, sergeant joe. he was honored first more than 70 years ago when he served our country, while stationed in africa and italy during the second world war, but those

five medals were stolen about two decades later when someone broke into the sergeant's house while he was on vacation. rick: severe storms getting in the way of father's day plans for thousands of households in missouri. the national weather service said it got reports of winds topping 65 miles per hour in the kansas city area as well as heavy rain, hail and lightning. the storms downing trees and power lines, leaving 30,000 people in the dark. meteorologist adam klotz is here with the rest of the forecast. >> the system shifts farther off to the east, affecting folks for father's day plans. this is the area we're paying attention thomp the conditions are there, we could see severe weather stretching from new england back to portions of oklahoma and texas. that probably coming a little later. but we have seen at least some severe weather already this afternoon. this is right along that line,

tons of showers and storms, but some of them getting to the severe level. through the cleveland area up towards the buffalo area, across portions of new york down into areas of pennsylvania as well. every time you see a polygon, that is a severe warning storm. winds up to 60 miles an hour, hail, very heavy rainfall. we see isolated areas there. farther south along the same line of storms, a history of a couple isolated tornadoes in portions of western tennessee, the leading edge to the nashville area stretching to the north. this is a slow moving line that we're tracking throughout the entire overnight hours. there is future radar, taking interview very early-morning hours, thunderstorms continue but i think by the time we get going early tomorrow morning, the severe portions of this system going to fall to the south. that's where we're looking at areas of texas and oklahoma by early tomorrow morning. the other thing i want to point out. this is important for us.

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>> we want to wish all the dads out there a happy father's day. with that in mine, showing pictures of our own dad, my dad art. and i want to tell my good friend here rick leventhal, happy father's day to you. >> those are my daughters, those are candy cigarettes, setting a fine example. >> i love that photo. >> my father, and sister and brother. >> i am younger. >> your dad's name. >> alan. >> dr. alan. >> dr. alan leventhal. a better look there he is. that is my dad. thank you for teaching me how to use power tools, a great influence it my life. >absolutely,

we appreciate you watching. >> happy father's day, enjoy your evening. stick around for the "fox report," rob schmidt is in. >> thanks. >> we begin with a fox news alert, u.s. if 18 hornet shooting down a syrian fighter jet near raqqa in syria, this dropped bombs near the city, this attack is as fighting rages around this isis strong hold in syria, it could bring more tension between u.s. and russia, which backs the syrian regime. more on this story as it comes in. >> rite right now, calls for political unity amid discussion of investigation into trump team contact with russia.