eric: this is a fox news alert. president trump set to address the nation tomorrow night about the administration's new plans for afghanistan. this as he prepares for a return to the white house from his working vacation later tonight. makes some major announcements about the trump agenda. i'm eric shawn. this is america's news headquarters. arthel: i'm arthel neville. along with discussing america's longest war, the president will also be hitting the road this week for a campaign style rally in phoenix. rich edson is live in bridgewater new jersey near the president's golf club. he's prepping for a major announcement. what can you tell us? >> he is. and the president will talk about the u.s. commitment and

future commitment in afghanistan. the president will leave bedminster a short while from now, return to the white house and tomorrow night make the trip to arlington virginia for a 9:00 p.m. address which the white house has billed as an update on the path forward for america's engagement in afghanistan and south asia. traveling to jordan, secretary of defense james mattis speaking on this today. he says the president has settled on a policy on afghanistan after what he called a sufficiently rigorous strategic process. the president convened his national security council at camp david friday to discuss afghanistan, a possible roughly 4,000 troop increase for the u.s. military, whether contractors should play a larger role and whether the u.s. should further pressure pakistan to pursue extremist sanctuaries within its borders. arthel? arthel: then the president is off to phoenix the next day. give us those details. >> he is. the president will go to phoenix, arizona. that's a city whose mayor, a

democrat has asked the president not to visit. the president is also had his differences with some republican politicians in that state, in particular the two senators. there is arizona senator john mccain. he's had his differences especially on his vote a couple of weeks ago, not to advance a healthcare bill in the united states senate. then there's senator jeff flake, criticized the president, wrote a book that questioned the president's conservativism, recently wrote a piece about the president and immigration, differing with him on some of the points there. this month the president tweeted that flake was weak on borders, crime, and a nonfactor in the senate. he went on to call him -- he also talked up flake's primary challenger. in the 2016 election, president trump beat hilary clinton by 4 percentage points in arizona. arthel? arthel: rich edson, thank you very much. eric: fox news alert on the loss of a legend. the world tonight mourning the

death of comedy icon and humanitarian giant jerry lewis. you know he was world famous as the comedian. also an acclaimed filmmaker an of course a tireless fund-raiser for generations of children who suffer from muscular dystrophy. remember the telethons for jerry's kids. he died peacefully this morning of natural causes at his los angeles home -- las vegas home. he was with his family by his side. he was 91 years old. will carr has more from los angeles on a giant of an american show biz era that kind of has been vanishing. hi, will. >> he was called the mozart of humor, a tremendously gifted funny and at times controversial comedian. he shot to fame initially when he teamed up with dean martin for a comedy and music act back in the 40s and 50s. he went on to a successful solo career starring in the original

nutty professor and bellboy. he was known for being difficult to work with and in recent years became politically outspoken and made movies up to 2016. but younger generations may remember him best for being a humanitarian hosting the jerry lewis muscular dystrophy association telethon every labor day weekend from 66 to 2010. over that span, he helped raise 2.6 billion dollars. the mda chairman releasing a statement which in part reads jerry's passion and brilliance are woven throughout this organization which he helped build from the ground up. lewis's manager adding the world has lost one of the most significant human beings of the 20th century. comedian rob schneider, jerry lewis just died another comic legend has left us. martin and lewis were the beatles of comedy. nobody was ever bigger. he was 91 years old. eric? eric: he was a great dramatic actor. remember the king of comedy, the

martin scorsese film, he will be missed. >> absolutely. tv personality and former talk show host is joining us on phone. i'm happy to talk to you, it is a sad day but i would like you to start though by sharing your fond memories of jerry lewis. >> i got to know jerry and was lucky that way because when i was a kid, the biggest explosion it seemed was not necessarily the first atomic bomb, but when jerry lewis exploded spectacularly on to the -- into the world of comedy. there had never been anything quite like it. it appeared on the harvard seismograph, i think. i liked him from the first i met him which in fact was in my little office on the tonight show when he hosted for two weeks and he came in, didn't know me, and started talking about himself and dean martin, and he sounded more like an associate professor than a

comedian. i couldn't believe it. i thought this is a terrific difference. is this the man who made me spit a mouth full of popcorn on the back of the guy in front of me in movie theaters when i was a kid? arthel: right. >> jerry had a very serious side. he liked to improve himself. he would have loved to have had an education. it was kind of touching once i used a word that he didn't know, and he took out a little notebook that he kept for improving his vocabulary and wrote it in. he was a born comic genius. that's a fact, not an opinion, with a mount everest sized talent. that can make your life very difficult to live with, but his accomplishments were stunning, and it's as if the gods were casting him, he got about five possibly lethal diseases in his

life. jerry should have written a book called how to keep going, miraculous on his part. arthel: absolutely. you know, yes, we know that jerry lewis dropped out of high school after the 10th grade, but as you pointed out, he was definitely a student of life and so much to learn and so much that he taught us. and i would like to find out -- i know you were definitely impacted by the fact that he was such a student and wanted to get everything right, and he taught -- he taught a lot of people who came after him so many things about comedy, about acting, about hollywood, about the business of show. when was the last time you spoke with mr. lewis? >> as you say, there are a lot of comics around who wouldn't be around if it weren't for jerry lewis. and my favorite moment was one night he got himself on to a sober panel, a very deadly boring heavy subject, when it was his turn to speak, he got up

and said i'm pleased to be here. this is very interesting evening but -- and i just want to say -- he exploded with his goofy face instantly snapped back into talking seriously, and it put me on the floor. [laughter] arthel: nice, very nice. well, i love that. it's making both of us here on the set laugh. i think you can hear eric next to me chuckling. and mr. dick cavett it is a pleasure talking to you as well because you are a legend in your own right as well, sir, so nice to talk to you. >> people asked me what could i write for jerry lewis, you know he goes -- i wrote that. >> okay? was that a joke? >> i did it on the ed sullivan show. >> i love it. i remember that show too. listen, thank you very much. i appreciate your time, and again, we wanted to -- of course we should end on laughter as we remember the comic legend of jerry lewis, mr. dick cavett,

thank you very much for joining us, sir. >> you are welcome. >> dick cavett and jerry lewis still making us laugh. police identifying three more victims from thursday's terrorist attack there in barcelona, including now a 7-year-old boy. he was killed when that van rammed through the crowd of pedestrians on the beautiful walkway in the heart of barcelona. authorities say they located three rental vans that were linked to this man, a suspected driver. they were believed to have been rented originally the first time to use them as car bombs but that fell through. benjamin hall live tonight from barcelona spain at las ramblas, where it is after midnight, and as you can see, the tourists are still there. people are still remembering life continues. hello, benjamin. >> it does, absolutely continue, eric. in fact, less than 24 hours after that attack, this street where the white van barrelled

down on thursday was reopened. police say they have fully dismantled the cell that carried this out. four people have been arrested. five were killed in the shoot-out on friday. they also say the cell consisted of 12 people which does mean that three are still at large. until those three are found, people won't be able to be quite at these. we're learning more about their plans. in the rubble of that building, which they believe was blown up when the terrorists were building that bomb, they found 120 gas canisters and it's believed that they were going to be used to create numerous car bombs which would have targeted various tourist sites in barcelona. so just a reminder of how much bigger they hoped this attack would be. today there was a large memorial mass in the city, during which the cardinal called for people to come together and unite in the face of terror. that was attended by king phillip of spain and also the prime minister. it was at a big cathedral here. this cathedral is one of the great symbols of barcelona, also one of the main targets for the

terror cell who were hoping to blow it up. but mass here this morning reminded everyone that the people here will not be afraid. that being said, the city remains on high alert. >> this is not the end. >> we feel afraid, but we come because the situation now is under control. >> it may be under control, but still the driver of that white van is missing, 22 years old. he's thought to have been the possible leader of this 12-man cell. of course we have to talk about the victims still. 13 from las ramblas. one at the shoot-out. a 3-year-old boy, a 7-year-old, a 74-year-old grandmother from countries all over the world, france, italy, belgium, the u.k., canada and of course that american, 62-year-old jared tucker from san francisco. he was here celebrating his first wedding anniversary. now also the focus of the

investigation has moved to the suspect who has been connected to other attacks. he was present in brussels back in february 2016 when that attack took place. that suspect being desperately searched. three people are still on the loose. until they are found, their city will remain on edge. eric? >> benjamin, thank you very much. arthel: meanwhile, eric, now threats from north korea as the u.s. gears up for annual joint military drills with south korea. the rogue regime again warning it could strike the u.s. mainland with its missiles and that the u.s. would be unable to quote dodge the merciless strike. william la jeunesse is live in guam which has been the target of north korea's recent missile threats. william? >> arthel, so much for toning down the rhetoric, that is. you know, north korea has been warning that this military

exercise, which the u.s. has been doing for two decades now could lead to a nuclear war. hyperbole is nothing new from the kingdom but now it has a longer range, possibly nuclear missile, so people are taking his colorful threats a lot more serious. let me show you what kim jong-un is concerned about. it is operation -- the u.s. military has been doing it with south korea for years. several thousand troops involved. the u.s. insists this is purely defensive. kim claims, however, the exercise threatens his regime and is now trying to leverage his nuclear capability to force the u.s. off the korean peninsula. >> don't do some of these provocative things north korea says and not step towards to getting a dialogue going. the other side of the debate here is if you give them an inch, they are going to take it a mile. >> now, in the past, kim could only express his opposition to the operation by firing errant

missiles that would land in the ocean. now, however, he can strike the u.s. territory of guam. now, last week he postponed that, but did not rule it out in the future. now, many congress say, you know, that the road to stopping kim runs through china. >> what it means is we have to have a different strategy with china. china can turn the screws on north korea to a point where north korea has no choice but to negotiate a change path in regards to their nuclear program. >> now, in pyongyang, there are now posters going up around town of u.s. capital in ruins to protest the u.s.-led u.n. sanctions, which will reduce north korea's export revenue by about a third. now, this is already a very poor country. about half the population is undernourished, according to the u.n. it is highly unlikely that north korea can right now hit the u.s. mainland and most experts believe that any launch by north korea will be taken out by u.s.

antimissile defense, either trying to hit guam or the u.s. nevertheless, six congressmen in china, korea, and japan over this week, and they are going to basically discuss this freeze proposal by russia and china that the u.s. would freeze military maneuvers on the peninsula in exchange, korea would freeze its missile and nuclear program. that's where, arthel, a lot of people say this would be a fool's errand because of course history tells us that north korea can't be trusted. back to you. >> live there in guam, william la jeunesse, thank you, william. eric: back here at home, some 40,000 demonstrators, see them, yesterday in boston flooding the streets of that city marching against the touted free speech rally that was held by conservative activists. coming up a congressman is here on the state of race relations in our country, the demonstrations we have been seeing and the tensions that continue.

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arthel: a vastly different scene in boston yesterday than in charlottesville virginia last week as tens of thousands of people marched through the city streets in a counterprotest to a free speech rally held by far right activists. the peaceful exercise of their 1st amendment rights earning

praise from city officials. >> 99.9% of the people here were here for the right reasons and that's to fight bigotry and hate for the most part here today. we knew we were going to have some people who were going to cause problems and we had to make -- the latest is 27 arrests so far today. most of them disorderly. a couple assault and batteries on police officers and other charges. >> joining me now is republican congressman from north carolina, robert pittenger, nice to have you here. we're going to get to some of those topics in a moment. i want to start here because i understand that this morning you returned from a national security trip to the middle east with the chairman of homeland security, the foreign affairs and financial services as well. tell us more about your work there, sir. >> yes, ma'am. we returned this morning from israel, meeting for a week with israeli officials including

prime minister netanyahu. i can tell you, they are grateful for this president. they are grateful that president trump understands the threats that they are addressing every single day from hamas and hezbollah and of course iran. the president has made it clear that he is going to be fully committed to israel. so we had many discussions over the course of the week. they understand that we're going to be with them. and they understand that america has many vast concerns all over the world, but we do have a president who has a clear understanding how to turn our ship around inside the united states, dealing with our economy, fair trade, our borders, healthcare. the american people support this president. and particularly they support the national security concerns that he's addressing right now. arthel: okay. and congressman, you're also here to promote unity, if you would tell us more about your relationship with congressman keith ellison of minnesota, the initiatives in legislation that you both have worked on. >> sure. keith ellison and i are vastly

different in terms of our political perspectives. certainly keith would say that he's more on the socialist tradition. i'm a conservative. we have looked for common ground. we are doing a bill together to help those individuals who don't have good credit and don't have good credit scores because of maybe some failures in the past, and they can use their rental payments, their utility payments, car payments and other things to increase their credit capabilities. so yes, we do look for common ground. we are different. i would say to you that there's many good relationships on capitol hill across the aisle. the ranking member of the foreign affairs committee was on the trip also with the chairman of the foreign relations, and he is a wonderful person, that we had very very good discussions with him the entire time. the chairman and the ranking member worked together very closely on foreign affairs.

arthel: that's good to hear. i think that americans need to hear that there are still some, you know, good relationships there in d.c. because that's what it takes to forge policies that will be for the betterment of the country. i want to get back to the president -- >> the media likes -- i guess they sell advertising, telling a different story, some media do. we are trying to work together. certainly the leadership tries to make account of our differences, but there's a lot of good folks trying to do the right thing. arthel: very good. very good. want to get back to the president. you know, of course you know the president's planning to hold this rally in phoenix on tuesday. you've already have sung the praises of the president. do you feel any respectful advice you would like to give to mr. trump at this time considering the state the nation is in? >> certainly the nation has enormous concerns and there are differences, but i think at the heart of president trump's agenda is to try to meet the

needs and give hope and opportunity to individuals who have not seen any hope. when you look at the last administration, the eight years of their economic policies, there has never been a period of time where the low income people moved up less on the economic ladder than the last eight years. it was an economy that was overly burdened with regulation and with taxes and it never grew. we need to grow a bigger pie. the president is concerned that in our inner cities, they are very much dilapidated. there's no hope there, and we can do better. but we can do better when we create opportunity for everybody, and that's what the president's agenda is all about. we want to expand the economy. we want to build a better america for everyone. and i think at the end of the day, they are going to see that. they are going to see an economy that grows, not a pathetic 2% economic growth. you know, the last eight years

in the growth of our economy is the only time since world war ii that we never even reached 3% economic growth. and that was an administration that wanted to direct efforts helping low income people. frankly their policies failed. president trump's policies for a strong growing economy, much like other presidents, like president reagan, will lift the boat for all people, and that's what we're about. we want to change the present course. since 1965, we spent 20 trillion dollars on welfare in this country, and it's hurt so many people. they have not found the ability to build their own lives, and government has displaced the ability for people to find that real hope for themselves, and i think the policies we're trying to enact in the house of representatives and with the president, we're working conservatively with him to make sure that we can expand this economy. arthel: okay.

well, many accomplishments in our country over the past eight years, and we look forward to many more over the next four years. congressman robert pitenger, thank you very much. >> have a good day. >> you too, sir. speaking of that agenda, in just over 24 hours, the president will lay out his plans for afghanistan. he is set to address the nation. but troop deployment is only one of various policy issues facing the administration. there's tax reform, infrastructure, the budget. up next, we will have the status report on the agenda.

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arthel: fox news alert, as we look back at the life and career of jerry lewis, the comedy legend died peacefully this morning in his las vegas home at the age of 91, according to his publicist. his career spanning more than a half century of comic genius and decades of fund-raising for

children with muscular dystrophy who came to be known as jerry's kids. >> everyone else calls for the bellboy. >> he was the bellboy, the caddie, the lady's man, and the original nutty professor. >> we're just about ready, jennifer. >> in a career spanning over half a century, jerry lewis became america's king of comedy. >> remember they are only people. >> born in 1926, his father made his new york stage debut at the tender age of 5 but enjoyed only limited success. ♪ >> that all changed in 1946 when he teamed up with the man from ohio. >> dean martin was 28.

jerry was 20. together the comedy team of martin and lewis quickly became the hottest nightclub act on the eastern seaboard. >> i like it. i like it. >> i thought so. >> having conquered new york, the pair went hollywood. >> what are you doing back there? sleeping? >> i'm standing back here like a horse working like a dog. >> their first picture, 1949, was box-office gold and led to a string of 16 martin and lewis hits. >> there they go! >> but after a decade of non-stop movies, recording sessions, television and nightclub appearances, history's most successful comedy duo called it quits. years later, lewis would write the difference between the magic of martin and lewis and other acts was that most comedy teams involved two men. theirs, lewis said, involved a handsome man and a -- >> we will pick up right where we left off.

you've already hit me. i'm down here. >> did i hurt you? >> no. >> following the breakup, lewis hit the ground running. he wrote, starred, and sometimes directed a series of paramount hits that have gone on to become comedy classics. one, the nutty professor was remade by murphy in 96, introducing a whole new generation to lewis's comic genius. in 1966, lewis first hosted the muscular dystrophy labor day telethon. truly his labor of love, lewis's annual 21 1/2 hour telethon raised well over a billion dollars for muscular dystrophy research projects and jerry's kids. the 2011 show was the first without lewis who had an unexplained falling out with organizers. though lewis received many honors and awards during his long career, it was a simple

plaque given him by president john kennedy that most mirrored his philosophy and touched his heart. it reads there are only three things that are real, god, human folly and laughter. since the first two are beyond our comprehension, we must do the best with the third. to the end, jerry lewis did laughter best. in los angeles, jonathan serrie, fox news. >> jerry lewis, a true american giant. well, with the fallout over charlottesville and racial relations in the country dominating the headlines recently, president trump's policy agenda seems to be taking a bit of a backseat to all the recent breaking news. those items include, infrastructure, tax reform, not to mention the ongoing effort to overhaul healthcare. first up tomorrow night, the president will address the nation on the administration's plans going forward in afghanistan. let's start with that. jeff mason joining us tonight, white house correspondent for

reuters and a former president of the white house correspondents association. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> let me start with the president's speech tomorrow night. what do you expect he will say? there are reports he could announce the u.s. will be deploying up to 5,000 more troops to afghanistan. i mean, we had the reports that eric prince was lobbying to privatize the war, what do you think he will say? >> i don't have confirmation of what he's going to say. i think he will address the u.s. presence in afghanistan and my suspicion is that he will announce there will be at least some troops staying there or some additional ones going there. again, i don't have confirmation on that, and i think what will be interesting to watch, is a, what he says about that and how he sells it because this was a president who has been critical of foreign wars that the united states has been a part of and so his -- this is his first time as president of the united states to put his stamp on it, and that will be significant regardless of what he says. eric: you talk about selling it. i mean, that's the other issue.

he's start with infrastructure. i mean, there's been a lot of talk but not much done, yet, and that committee of businessmen fell apart the other day. what does the administration do about that? >> that's a good question. i think it will continue to be a priority of president trump's, but it is going to be tricky. it will be tricky for a few different reasons. one, he will need to get a democratic and republican support for any kind of infrastructure overhaul and his relationships particularly with democrats but also with members of his own party on capitol hill right now are definitely strained. so we will have to see how they progress with that, and i don't think that it will come an infrastructure push on a significant basis until after tax reform, which has been an even bigger priority. eric: how does he achieve or have any -- how can he put up wins on the board when he's got a strained relation? he's attacking mitch mcconnell. when this gets up to the hill, does congress say we will do it,

it will be our plan and try to snatch it away from president? >> i don't think it is about snatching away. i mean a lot of those things, tax reform and infrastructure are policy items that republicans want, whether they have a good relationship with president trump or not. and certainly there will be people in the white house who will continue to work on that. there's a lot of speculation last week about whether or not the top economic advisor to president trump would leave. look, one of the reasons he's there is for tax reform. so i think that he will continue to push for that and work with republicans on that. but you are right, it's trickier when the relationship between capitol hill and the white house is strained, and it certainly is. eric: tax reform that would be a big homer for them if they can get that passed. does that look like it's more achievable certainly more than healthcare? >> well, it's -- it would be a huge accomplishment, and i think one of the reasons why traders and others involved in the markets, the stock markets have been pushing up markets since really since president trump was elected and took office is because they expect some kind of

major reform on taxes, but, you know, i spoke to a white house -- former white house and administration official last week who said, look, if you thought it was difficult to get democrats on board for healthcare, imagine how hard it will be to get them on board for anything now after charlottesville, and you would need some democratic support for infrastructure and for tax reform to go through. eric: and speaking of wall street and the stock market, let me read what barron is saying about this, they say quote, the president's party historically loses seats in the midterm elections of its first term, but the size of the loss correlates with his approval rating all of which makes congressional republicans desperate to score a legislative victory before facing voters next year especially given their desire to put distance between them and the white house. so with that in mind, do you see that they will have some type of progress because the midterms are looming? >> i think the midterms are a big part of any official who is running for reelection,

particularly in the house of representatives and certainly in the senate as well, so yes, they will want to have some wins on the board that they can talk about when they go home to their home districts. and that's a reason to push forward on these agenda items, even if they are not happy with what the president is saying or what the president has been doing. but again, they will need some democratic support and it will just be really interesting to see if that's even p possible at this point. -- even possible at this point. >> first agenda item starts tomorrow night with the speech on afghanistan. we will see what he lays out tomorrow evening. jeff mason, thank you for joining us. arthel? arthel: a u.s. warship torpedoed back in 45 during world war ii sinking in a matter of minutes and lost since then at the bottom of the sea. coming up, the stunning development when a team of experts decided it was time to honor those lost and find the wreckage. plus the countdown is on for the first total solar eclipse in the u.s. in nearly 40 years.

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the planets. we are getting to see first-hand the majesty of what happens when our sun and earth interacts. like the transcontinental railroad with the passage of the sun in 90 minutes away the country. haven't had anything like this since 1918 really so it's a historic moment. the important thing to know is this is where we have fun with -- physics -- physics. we can experience something that is relatively unique. we can watch the sun sort of disappear and in the path of totality, it will go away and day will go tonight and nearby we will feel a duskiness in the atmosphere. if you have your glasses we will be able to watch the event from our parent star. we live with that star, that sun, that's how really a lot of the effects of our weather is controlled. so this is a time to wake up and feel the fun with physics. arthel: so you mentioned the weather. what else do scientists learn from this? >> so we can learn not only about of course the sun and it's very important to study the sun because it produces its own kind

of weather. we call that space weather. and those energetic particles from the sun that hit our planet hours after they erupt from the sun can disrupt gps, phone communications, even power grids, but we also watch how our own planet adapts to these fairly infrequent and short-term phenomena, all across the united states, there will be a 70 mile swath where day goes tonight. and temperatures will change. and a network of citizen scientists and people using phone apps will be able to report those measurements in an integrated network. it is fun to watch how our atmosphere responds to the effects of something as large as our parent star, our sun. arthel: i see you have your special solar eclipse glasses in your hand. why is it so important to only look at it while wearing those special glasses? >> well, because we use -- women and men are not designed to stare at the intense radiation of the sun. it's not how we were built. so we design glasses, which have

over 100,000 times the light blocking power of our sunglasses that we would wear on a pretty summer day. we use that so we can see these crazy events from the sun, coming from that outer solar atmosphere that's so amazingly hot, a million degrees fahrenheit. you can watch those things happen from across the whole u.s. if you have these glasses or if you look at it indirectly. arthel: what question do you get asked most about the solar eclipse? >> well, one question i get asked is why do people go nuts? you know, historically this is evoked passions, fear, fright, you know, and it's really because of the not knowing. and 100 years ago, right after einstein's great theories came out, we used the eclipse, scientists did, to prove his theories of general relativity. now, we can go so much further. in the 21st century, we can watch the sun in action from satellites around that we have deployed by nasa and our partners to airplanes and balloons to take stock of this kind of phenomena.

it is a special phenomena because these planet transits are how we detect planets around nearby stars. arthel: so many sources to collect all this data, so i'm sure you will be studying this for years to come. before we go, though, i want to ask you, is this a big deal to you personally? do you have any plans to camp out to see it? >> well, it is a big deal to me, because as i said, this is the dance of physics. i don't have any special plans except that i will be working tomorrow at nasa to do our thing. it's personal to all of us because it's reminds us of our place in space. we live in an interaction with the sun affecting climate, weather, how we live, how our planets evolve, and that's the way we need to get to know this universe. we are lucky to be alive to see this. arthel: amen to that. doctor, thank you very much. it was fascinating talking to you and i can't wait to find out what data you collect as a result of this total solar eclipse. thank you very much.

>> thanks, again. thanks, arthel. arthel: take care. eric: that makes me excited for it tomorrow. i like the way he put that, the dance of the stars and the planets. lost at sea during world war ii, now it's been found after 72 years. coming up, we will have the incredible discovery and recovery of the uss indianapolis and how a high-tech billionaire helped make this happen. >> in a case of a crew that made the ultimate sacrifice, what they did needs to be remembered and not just getting torpedoed that sunk, they were heroes.

a tragic and mysterious chapter of world war ii history finally closed. the wreckage of the uss indianapolis found on the floor of the pacific ocean 18,000 feet below the surface, 72 years after it was torpedoed by a japanese submarine in the final days of the war. ellison barber has more from washington. >> two torpedos from a japanese submarine hit the uss indianapolis on july 30th, 1945. as it headed from guam to the philippines. naval historians say it only

took 12 minutes for the warship to sink. 12 minutes for a ship that was 610 feet long, 1,196 sailors and marines were aboard the uss indianapolis. officials say around 800 survived initially, because the warship went down so quickly, the crew couldn't send out calls for help. it took days for anyone to find them. historians say hundreds of the initial survivors died from dehydration, drowning, or shark attacks. only 316 survived. and for 72 years, the ocean kept the ship. no one laid eyes on it until paul allen, the co founder of microsoft brought together a search team. >> we try to do these both as really exciting examples of under water archaeology and tributes to the brave men that went down in these ships. >> the team searched for the uss

ips for two years and -- uss indianapolis for two years and found the wreckage of a warship that earned battle stars during world war ii, handing the greatest generation a little more closure. >> in the case of the crew that made the ultimate sacrifice, what they did needs to be remembered and not just for getting torpedoed and sunk, they were heroes. >> the uss indianapolis is staying where it is, it is a war gra grave. the expedition team says they did not disturb the site but will continue to search for more wreckage. ellison barber, fox news. >> god bless the drew of the indianapolis. a high-stakes competition, a winner could wind up at the white house.

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cleanliness. >> a few more months to pick it out. good luck to them. >> thank you for joining us, i'm arthel neville, he's eric shawn. >> rob schmitt up next with the "fox report," maybe they use an artificial tree. it's a big one. >> major announcement on the future of the war in afghanistan, president trump making strategic decision in preparing to address the nation. hi, everybody, i'm rob schmitt, this is "fox report." president trump is wrapping up his two-week vacation in new jersey and heading to the white house and from there go to fort myner arlington, virginia where he will announce the path forward in the longest running conflict, the nearly 16 year war in afghanistan. this after the president huddled with top advisers friday to talk strategy. defense secretary james mattis confirming the commander in chief has made a final determination. >> the president had to make strategic