away. the city is so beautiful now. >> thankfully nobody badly hurt in that attack. thank you for joining us on "america's newsroom." "happening now" starts right no now. >> jon: and we start with a fox news alert on an attempted terror attack in the heart of new york city. an explosion near times square at the height of rush hour this morning. and while the investigation is ongoing, the suspect is in custody. good monday morning to you. i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i melissa francis. new york city police commissioner says the 27-year-old man had accrued pipe bomb strapped to his body. that he detonated in an passageway near times square. that explosion caused smoke to fill the area packed with crowds of morning commuters. fortunately, only three people suffered minor injuries but the suspect identified as was also heard in the associated press is reporting that he was inspired

by isis but didn't have direct contact with the terror group. laura ingle is live in new york city. >> definitely a scene of chaos and confusion here this morning. we are right outside of the port authority terminal. going to step out of the ways you can get a sense of where we are here. it is very active area was quickly evacuated in and around the port authority bus terminal this morning. as you mentioned, the suspect has been identified and now we have a picture that we can show you. if you can put that up on the screen. the 27-year-old who was living in brooklyn believed to be from bangladesh in custody and being treated right now. over 230,000 commuters move through the port authority every week day. explosion that you mentioned happened in an underground passageway between those bus terminal and times square.

though they wouldn't say what he said to them, he has had some things. he has it been identified as a 27-year-old man who lived in brooklyn. all of this was caught on surveillance tape. it was mentioned in today's press conference with city officials, and they talked about seeing the plume of smoke, the chaos that ensued underground to james o'neill, the police commissioner with nypd described the device that went off like a pipe bomb like explosive that was strapped to the man's body with zip ties on velcro straps that may have gone off prematurely and left some serious injury. >> he had burns and wounds to his body. the smell was wearing an improvised low-tech explosive device attached to his body. he intentionally detonated that device. looks like there were three other people in the immediate area also sustained minor injuries but dan is going to

talk about that. the subsector was placed in custody and transported to bellevue hospital. >> we do want to mention three other people were injured in all of this and are also being treated, but those injuries are described as more of a ringing in the ears and headaches after being around the scene of the explosion. some evidence bags being removed from the scene, which is again very active with nypd, fbi counterterrorism teams. some streets and portions of its area and bus terminal have been reopened. the port authority is for the nation's busiest bus terminal, plus the holiday season well underway when extra tourists and travelers. the florida port authority officials are being crowded with helping to bring this guy down and prevent further injury and chaos. but as of right now, we do have a lot of officers still here on the scene. obviously as you can see here behind me, they are still working the investigation. we will bring you more as we get it here from the scene. back to you guys.

>> melissa: thank you. >> jon: meantime, president trump was briefed on the situation in new york city at the white house. while on capitol hill, it is crunch time as republicans work to get the tax bill on the president's desk, mr. trump has a busy week ahead of us tomorrow special election in alabama for the senate seat vacated by attorney general jeff sessions. john roberts live at the white house with the latest from there. >> good morning to you. the president being kept updated on all of the developments in new york and told that everyone here at the white house is working on this. obviously some of the names that you should know, the homeland security advisor, the nsc is working on this. kiersten nelson, the new homeland security secretary obviously heavily involved as well. the president also looking ahead to tax reform. he's going to be making as a speech on wednesday, his clothing sales pitch for this. tentatively scheduled to take

place at the treasury department sometime in the afternoon. the president will be spending the bulk of the week trying to get tax reform across the finish line. listen to what kellyanne conway, the president's senior counsel said about it this morning on "fox & friends" ." >> you see the anticipation and expectation of a massive tax cut for the middle class and for job creators. that is spurring economic anticipation and manufacturing confidence, small business confidence, it's all up there. >> couple of republican house members told me last week they hope to have a bill on the president's desk the afternoon of the 19th. the president will also be talking about keeping government open and funded. the continuing resolution that expires on the 22nd and told by sources here at the white house that probably expect another continuing resolution that will keep the government open during the holidays but they would certainly like to see something a lot more permanent than that. if negotiations continue. >> jon: also waiting for that big a senate election tomorrow, special election in alabama.

of the president during his support over the weekend for roy moore with a global call. >> this is a very big one for the republican party because the margins are tight enough in the senate as they are, 52-48. so doug jones were to prevail in a special election on tuesday, that would narrow the margins even further, particularly if they don't get another vote on tax reform before whoever wins that senate seat were to be seated. so the president going to pensacola, florida, for a campaign style event on friday night that we were told again and again and again was not about one more. listen to what the president said and some ad lib. remarks in pensacola. state of this guy is screaming, we want roy moore. he's right. democrats in congress want open voters, higher taxes, and government run health care that

doesn't work, and we want jobs, jobs, jobs, so get out and vote for roy moore. >> jon: the president also recording a robo call over the week and it's getting coverage over the weekend. it will continue all the way up until tomorrow's election. listen to the global call here. >> high matt, this is president donald trump and i need alabama to go vote for william moore. it is so important. we are already making america great again. i'm going to make america safer and stronger and better than ever before, but we need that seat. we need roy voting for us. >> the president also complaining over the weekend about a number of media reports that have turned out to be false. everything from an email that was purportedly sent to donald trump jr. offering in early look at wikileaks which turned out to be false, also

photographed that was tweeted at the arena with the president was about to be speaking saying it was half-empty. that was hours before the president arrived. the president wrapping it all up with this tweet this morning. with very little discussion about the purposely false and defamatory stories put out this week by the fake news media. they are out of control. correct reporting means nothing to them. major lies written and forced be withdrawn after they were exposed. a stain on america. the president also going on this morning about a "new york times" article suggesting he watches from four to eight hours of television every day. the president saying he doesn't do that, he's too busy running the country. but it's clear, he watches television. >> he does watch tv. we are going to have more of that in our media panel just ahead. john roberts, or chief white house correspondent, thank you. >> melissa: you heard john talk about tax reform now in the home stretch on capitol hill. republicans work to reconcile differences in the house and the senate bill. president trump is set to deliver a feature on tax reform

on wednesday after tweeting this over the weekend. getting closer and closer on the tax cut bill shaping up even better than projected it house and senate working very hard and smart and results be not only important but special. g.o.p. leaders are optimistic that they can get a final bill on the president's desk before the end of the year. >> the house and senate have two different bills, stripped of their pretty similar. they're going to work out those differences, hopefully they can get that done this week. and come back the next week and vote on it. >> melissa: joining me now just as an editor of "the wall street journal" editorial page, james freeman. i wanted to redo this one bite from the post because i thought you would find it really amusing. republicans are moving their tax plan forward toward its passage and a stunning speed, blowing past democrats before they even had time to mobilize against it. i've never seen government work at a stunning speed. to feel like they're blistering right now?

>> finally, finally they move in with some speed. this is a problem we've been talking about for years. trying to make the u.s. more competitive. this is a priority we were hoping would get done here. let's hope finally it lasts, something in government is moving with some speed. we do what you think that final passage looks like? used to present it with your answer when we were talking on the commercial break. >> i think it's going to happen. that tweet was the equivalent of a robo call to congress to say make sure you get it done this week when i think they do get it done and i think probably solve some of these complicated problems we've all been reading about by lowering that top rate on individuals. >> melissa: really? you think that rate that we see right now whether it's 38.5 or 37.5 depending on which plan we are looking at, what you think would be and how much criticism when they get for that? >> they're focusing on growth. that's been a priority and that's what you want to get a corporate rate down to 20%, make sure we are competitive with the rest of the world but you want individuals to have incentives

to. not just when they're working through business but for their own and i think 39.6 current rate is too high. people know that, especially if you're in a state like this one what's more like 50 with all the taxes are in if you live in new york city. so think you're going to see sam move there to make sure that everybody has got a rate cut. everybody's got an incentive to work, save, and invest. >> melissa: that's it, to work, to say, to invest. as a result, the economy grows. they end up collecting more revenue than they did before because you're making more money see her paying more tax. how much do you think that really truly materializes because democrats are saying they're going to give his huge break, sewing going to be for the rich, the economy is not going to grow, how much growth do you think we see? >> people need to remember that all the estimates whether you're talking about the government scorekeepers in the offices that liberals created to make them bigger, even that group, joint

tax cbo, they're acknowledging you're going to get economic growth rate of the white house is saying it will be 2.9% a year for a decade, which is not a crazy estimate. i'm not wildly optimistic but it's what we've been doing a little less than what we've been doing the last couple quarters. so it is going to grow. we're having a debate in the united states about how fast can grow the economy? i think it's was exciting and as we've been talking about, they want to get the yes, it is going to happen. speak to the last word of they're going to overheat and see massive inflation. we don't have time to talk about that. that's good. excellent, thank you. see you next time. >> jon: overeating is not. the investigation into the explosion near new york's times square this morning and what we've learned about the suspect and his possible connection to a terror group. plus, the president and what he likes to call fake news, how he might have some new ammunition and his war with the press. our media panel plays in.

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bob strang, former cochair of new york antiterrorism task force. thanks for joining us. what's jumped out at you so far? >> the attacks in new york are always concerning especially this time of year, especially when you take a look at port authority at 8:00 on a monday morning with millions of people coming into the city. clearly what's coming in right now with this investigation will help us determine whether or not this was part of a conspiracy or just this one individual doing this. but the bomb itself, the explosive, though forensic investigation has its own dna, so the ingredients and how the bomb was made will help investigators determine that. and also, you have to consider that search warrants are being executed now, there's interviews being done. we are working with our partners in other countries to determine whether or not this was part of an overall conspiracy. so there's a lot of things that

are going on right now in the first few hours of this investigation. >> melissa: i was standing on a subway platform over the weekend and looking around and i always do and i think new yorkers are very alert and i was thinking to myself there's nothing to stop anyone from coming down here with a bomb strapped to them. thinking those exact thoughts in here this is what happen. it still doesn't seem like there's anything that anyone could do to stop that from happening. >> you're right, but keep in mind that we've been very fortunate in new york alone, we stopped over 16 attacks since 9/11. our intelligence division within the nypd and fbi is very good at identifying these things before they happen. but unfortunately, there are certain cases like we saw six weeks ago on the west side highway like we saw this morning for an individual who is part of isis and has become radicalized can injure people with very little support, very little money, and very little skill.

>> melissa: any time i'm walking around, i feel like i see counterterrorism officers around the city. i always say thank you for being out here. one thing i feel like i've seen less of this year versus last year's that aren't as many dogs out. the thing around for explosives or one might be out there. are they a key component? >> sure. that's all part of our teams in new york and other cities across the country, the k-9 units are very important. and it breaks down to three areas. you have your intelligence that we talked about which is crucial in key and maybe most important. we have all your enforcement operations, the second part of that equation which includes arrests overseas and arresting people here in the united states and the third area which is just obese work. security work. k-9 teams. different devices in the subway system that can determine whether or not there is a radiological or chemical or any other type of biological attack for instance.

i could hear individuals. >> melissa: what do people learn from the suspect with this farmer back >> we will probably learn whether or not he acted alone or he was part of a conspiracy. unfortunately, there are other people like him out there. unfortunately, we know that we are a target of isis and this is not going to go away. >> melissa: thank you for your time. >> jon: some brand-new numbers for you in the alabama senate race when a new poll tells us the day before voters in alabama had to the polls. >> alabama needs help with more infrastructure dollars. alabama needs help with expanding broadband in the state. alabama needs help for public education in the state. whatever senator is there the democrats are going to work wit with. with no food and no heat they get weaker and more die every day.

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>> jon: some breaking news on the president's ongoing war with the media with mr. trump finding some fresh ammunition. it is after a "washington post" reporter sent out a misleading tweet about the size of the trump rally in pensacola friday night. and cnn had to correct a report on the president's son and wikileaks over the weekend. all of this of course on the heels of abc suspending abc suspending investigative correspondent brian ross after erroneous reporting on a michael flynn. president trump tweeting "very little discussion of all the purposely false and defamatory stories put out this week by the fake news media. they are out of control. correct reporting means nothing

to them. major lies written and forced to be withdrawn after they are exposed. a stain on america. we joining us our media panel. media reported for the hill. judy miller is a pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter, author, and fox news contributor. not a good weekend or maybe week for accuracy. >> it was the worst week for u.s. political media in modern times. and i'm not the only one saying that. glenn greenwald wrote a great piece for the interceptor as well as state and same thing because you just listen to the mountain aggregate. the brian ross abc report that had to be corrected that earned him a four-week suspense end. it was only five days ago, when president trump's bank record supposed to be subpoenaed? that's what it reuters and bloomberg reported, that turned out to be false and obviously that cnn early look at wikileaks email report turned out to be false. so what we have to start asking ourselves here because it wasn't

just cnn, cbs and nbc also confirm that report. how did three news organizations get duped on the same exact wrong information, wrong date, september 4th in terms of when those emails were sent to donald trump jr. how did that happen and should that source or sources now be exposed because it's probably going to before, going to do it again because they purposely misled those news organizations those people or persons need to be exposed now. >> jon: for those who are paying close attention, this was all about the fact that donald trump jr. according to cnn and some of the others received an encrypted key that was going to unlock this stolen material regarding democratic sources well ahead of the public. unfortunately, it was september 14th, not september september 4th. he actually received the email that day after those documents had already been made public and

that's what has the president tsai are going today. >> that's what has the president tsai are going today, tomorrow another mistake. he is, reporters are human. media organizations make mistakes. they make mistakes all the time. the issue is how do you correct a mistake, what do you do to correct the record to back in the case of brian ross, he was suspended. in the case of cnn, every time they have caught a mistake, they have gone on the air almost immediately to announce the mistake. people are human, but i've got to tell you, i really disagree with you. this may be the worst of times in terms of this past week journalism but in many ways the best of times for journalism because journalists have been called upon to report on an administration that doesn't want scrutiny. that is our job, we have to do it. we are going to make some mistakes in terms of doing it, but not having us do that would

be much more problematic for the country. i'm willing to take those from donald trump. >> jon: do you think that some of these reporters go into some of these stories with an agenda? >> i think they go when with a hypothesis or thesis. and i think they go when with an attitude. that too is human. what you have to do is have editors who checked the bias, who say are you sure you checked with the person who disagreed with this report? do you have more than one source on this? is a source confidential? then you may want to get more resources on it, especially in the story affects the president who is known to watch everything we do and pass on every mistake. >> here's the thing, woodward and bernstein were home human as well. they made a couple of mistakes along the way but they took

their time and in the case of cnn on friday, they went ahead with the report based on information that was read to them in "the washington post" did good journalism. they actually got the documents that showed the september 14th day instead of september 4th. there was no reason there for cnn to rush ahead with that report just like it wasn't with abc and brian ross in going ahead with his report on donald trump instructing michael flynn to talk to the russians during the campaign was actually after the election while he was president-elect as national security advisor and the talk about isis. so that's the thing. it's not a matter of we just make some mistakes, it's going to happen. it's a rush to get things first instead of being accurate, and that's a mistake we are seeing over and over again based on the story solely on the name source sources. >> jon: talking about the need for an editor, this "washington post" reporter who tweeted out a photo of a half-empty arena that the president was supposed to appear suggesting that the president didn't draw a big crowd. in fact, it was well before the

event. he did withdraw. he didn't delete that tweet later and apologized to the president for misleading tweet, but again, every reporter needs an editor. >> that's right. and everybody doesn't even with editors, you are still going to make mistakes because people with news organizations are human but once again, let us not make this about us. this is about an administration that is dodging scrutiny and administration in its first year that has bob mueller looking into everything, subpoenaing thousands of documents. it is our obligation to follow that investigation, to follow this president is whether or he likes this reporting on his diet for the way his hair looks or whether or not the russians colluded with members of his administration during the campaign. we have to follow that story. >> would've taken all of 30

seconds to check the florida rally had on friday was packed and it was a rush there as well to get a photo op. if you talk to any trump supporter, here's the complaint over and over again. why isn't there just once a positive story that is done is administration? the reported and just say here's the trump rally that packed the rafters. this is got to be the attitude connected to it as well and that hostility is why so many americans, not only mistrusts the media, the outright mode them. >> jon: the president doing his own tweeting about the economy which is a good news story that he thinks the media are not covering. joe conger, judy miller, our media panel today, thank you both. >> melissa: in less than 24 hours, voters in alabama look at to choose which candidate will go to the u.s. senate but if embattled republican boy more wins, the can the democrats still declare victory? our political panel debates ahead. plus, the california wildfires burning across more than 230,00d santa barbara county and forcing

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>> jon: now to a fox news alert. on the last day of campaigning in alabama for republican boy more and democrat doug jones. >> if i didn't know better, i wouldn't think it was anyone

running because you don't see roy moore out anywhere. we know that roy moore would be a disaster for business in this state and it has been a disaster for the face of alabama already. and we don't need that. >> the republican establishment actually wants jones in there because they think they can beat him in two years without a contest and force the democrats been there for their vote. >> jon: meantime, brand-new fox news polling shows the democrat doug jones holding a double-digit lead now over him in the one of the reddest states in the nation. the poll finding by a six-point margin alabama voters believed the accusations against one more. joining us now are political panel, richard fowler radio talk show hosts fox news contributor. also bree payton, staff writer at the federalist. headline in "politico" over the weekend said this. while democrats win even if they lose in alabama. suggesting that a for moore

loses, he will be a drag on the republican party and if doug jones wins, then obviously he becomes a vote for all things democrat in d.c. what you think about that? >> i think democrats are certainly going to try to spin it this way but even if roy moore loses and democrats -- the other way around, even if democrats lose is still going to be a win for them in the long run up at the end of the day, they're losing their ascendancy and i'm sure they suburban moms in northern virginia are looking at this phrase and i'm sure it's probably spurring a lot of them to go democrat in the next election. that's not what the battleground is. it's in states that voted overwhelmingly for donald trump which alabama did. test is to see if states that voted for donald trump are going to continue to send successors that donald trump has they're going to continue sending them back to washington, d.c. that's whither the test, that's what is going to come down too and we are going to find that out in just a day.

>> jon: doug jones has not typically done well in the polling, but he is sure on fire right now. does that suggest that this race is over? >> we have to wait till tomorrow when the actual poles have been the alabama go to vote. i think pulling in alabama is a very tricky thing to do and it's really hard to get a sort of pulse of where the voters are in a particular state when it comes to this race. really what i think both parties are fighting for something that really doesn't exist to be honest with you. i think both democrats and republicans are searching for the moral high ground. but if you ask me personally, i think that's a mirage because either party holds the moral high ground depending on the outcome of this race because for the republicans, you still have a president of the united states who's been accused by over 13 or 14 women saying that if you look to the democratic party with the resignation of al franken the resignation of john conyers,

they also have issues when it comes to their moral high ground. so a search for a mirage of moral high ground by both parties doesn't make any sense. >> jon: some republicans have tried to stay about as far away from roy moore as they possibly can. the president can obviously endorse luther strange his primary opponent in the early going but now he has come out in full support of him. some have suggested that's going to to be an albatross for the president going forward. no matter what happens to him, how do you see a? >> i don't see it that way. i think that the reason alabama, two statistics are really defining what we're seeing here. 58% of alabama thinks that abortion should be illegal in all or in both cases and doug jones supports abortion up to the second that a baby is born. and he wants to basically repeal, that's really what's happening. and 71% of voters in alabama

also don't believe the allegations and don't believe the media reports about all of these things that roy moore allegedly did. so i think that we are seeing these two statistics play out and i definitely think that richard is completely right that neither of the parties have a moral high ground to stand on and i think it's been interesting to watch democrats try to act like they're the party of manners and politeness by repudiating creepy democrats could easily be replaced by another democrat. i think this this was a tight race for democrats, we would be seeing them defend their person and defend their guy and not repudiating him at all so i definitely agree that both parties are guilty of having creepy people on both sides and definitely, we are all sinners and neither party has a moral high ground. >> jon: speaking of sinners, evangelical christians make up about half of the electorate in alabama. they have shown very little sign of wavering in their support of

roy moore. they also tend to vote. is this going to come down to turn out? >> these voters are going to be very fundamental and what happens in this race but it speaks to a larger question in our country as we are sort of trying to conflate one sin over another sin. so abortion is a bad sin and that outweighs, which is a bad sin. i think that's problematic because the bible says all sins are the same and number two, we have to think about the victims here in the case. but larger than that, i think this race will come down to how people vote or see the issue. sadly, character doesn't matter as much as it used to matter and don't becomes how they vote on the issues. i think the other mistake but i think republicans are making as her trying to paint doug jones as the president has done this as some sort of raging liberal but if you look at does record mr. jones' record, you will see that he falls more conservative on 99.9% of things outside of

abortion than most democrats do. if you were to look at him and take away his party label commute say this is clearly a conservative. >> jon: the voters of alabama will be taking that look on the polls tomorrow. richard fowler in bree, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> melissa: and attempted terror attack in new york city at the height of the morning rush hour. or like coverage continues from times square. plus, new protests against president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. but could this move put peace negotiations on a fast-track? >> we think this is actually going to help us fastball the peace process going forward. honey? can we do this tomorrow? (grunts of effort) can we do this tomorrow? if you have heart failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. but entresto is a medicine that was proven,

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>> melissa: u.n. ambassador nikki haley defended president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital. saying it could fast forward middle east peace talks. as protests in the west bank and around the world grow louder and more violent, joining me now is a retired four-star admiral, robert matter. he is also the former commander of the u.s. please. thank you for joining us. which of those two things is correct do you think? is a move along faster was causing a lot of violence? >> i don't think anybody knows and i think time will have to tell. the reality is over the last 40 to 50 years, we've been trying to solidify the middle east peace without a lot of success.

>> melissa: in fact, nikki haley said something similar to what you just said, let's listen to that. >> for those who want to say this is a bad idea, i'll tell you asking for 510 years from now because i really do think that this is going to move the ball on the peace process. let's just say what's real. in jerusalem is the capital of israel. >> melissa: she does say time will tell one way or another. we will see down the road. what you think of that idea that jerusalem is the capital, seeing what already is true? >> it is an idea and the reality is we have bipartisan idea in the united states congress since 1995. strong bipartisan support for this very issue, succeeding administrations have not the gumption to go and make it happen. hopefully this will probably parties in the middle east to come together. >> melissa: why is that? why is it a good idea politically or whatever to say

that if you are elected, you're going to go ahead and get over to the other side and chickened out? >> there are no bad or good ideas in the middle east. the reality is they've had plenty of ideas. none of them have come to fruition and quite frankly, the international community has not been very supportive of this whole effort anyway. >> melissa: is it fair to say that what we've been doing hasn't worked and almost by definition, we should be doing the opposite of a lot of different things because if you look at the posture that we've taken towards north korea or towards russia or towards almost anyone in the middle east was kind of got the opposite result of what we wanted over the past eight years. >> the reality is that the efforts have not worked to the end that we would like, but the reality also is that it hasn't gone high order out there. so i think we cannot stop with

her efforts to bring peace to the middle east. this is another initiative, another idea. hopefully the work. >> melissa: what you think about the idea that it's gets the ball rolling that by virtue of saying we are removing it, something that couldn't actually happen for five or six years and it almost places something on the table saying here's what we're going to do, it opens the door for the other side to come in saying this is absolutely unacceptable and less and start the process more earnestly. >> any initiative that would bring the parties to the table to sit down seriously and try to come up with some agreement that would bring peace to the middle east should be a great effort that we get behind. i don't know if this is the solution, i don't think anybody does. >> melissa: thank you for your time today, we appreciate it. >> melissa: poll >> thank you. >> jon: our continued coverage of the attack in new york city.

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>> coming up on "outnumbered," a terror attack in the height of morning rush hour. the latest on the suspect who set off a pipe bomb in the subway below times square and who police say he was inspired by the isis terrorist. >> plus only one day now until the to special senate election. in battle g.o.p. candidate roy moore releasing a robo call reported by president trump while some republican lawmakers step up their criticism. would dominic want to win or loss would mean for the president's agenda. all that plus. >> middle top of the hour, will see you then.

>> melissa: fox news alert, the california wildfires still reaching across ventura and santa barbara counties, firefighters have about 15% contained as 30,000 more residents are forced to leave their homes. the fire is fueled by strong stands and wins and there is no rain in the immediate forecast. >> this is unbelievable to me almost living here 25 years, i've never even mentioned this would ever happen to us. >> melissa: live on the ground ground. >> this is really the last active area of the fire and will it's concerning because it's coming down towards homes although it breaks here be on the hillside. this is the fire and backing down the hill, heat rises so it's a burning slowly down the still hill. the idea of the bottom of the hill hit some of the agricultural fields about a mile away from where i'm standing and

i'm were the neighborhoods begin here, city of about 14,000 people did the good news is there's no wind. helicopters are back up, we can hear them in the distance, it's very smoky, ashes coming down like snowflakes right now i'm standing. seeing a lot of ground crews driving up there now to put the battle back on the ground as well. they're hoping it stays like this because if it does, those fields, those soldiers and other agricultural fields that are between where i'm standing with the neighborhood starts in those hillsides are natural fire break. so as long as the wind stays away, those fires will back down the hill slowly, though hit it from the air and have the ground crews to really stop this fire right here. if the wins come back, everything changes of course. so it's really about how much they can get done before and if any winds come back. about 8 miles or so from santa barbara between santa barbara, very high-end location where his liberties at homes at this point, the fire is burning towards us and northwest

towards that location but again, the winds come back, that could change everything. at this hour, with the last major fire burning in california, but it is massive. the fifth largest in state history chewing the property and homes i know for a week, it began last monday evening, at two or burned out homes there. at this aaron area, it's all about the fire. if the wind comes back, it could change everything. >> melissa: thank you. we went and attempted terror attack shocks new york city at the height of the morning commute. the latest just ahead.

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>> recapping our top story, an explosion in the new york subway system at the height of rush hour. please have a suspect in custody. they are combing through video from the scene near times square. here's a photo of the suspect. reportedly, he is 27-year-old

akayed ullah, and there were other reports that he was inspired by isis but did not have direct contact with that to regroup. >> we will stay on that story. >> "outnumbered" starts right now. >> harris: fox news alert, an investigation underway hours after an attempted terror attack in new york city at the height of morning rush hour. that explosion went off just blocks from a busy times square. and it set off panic as you can imagine inside an underground passageway in the subway system. police say the suspect had a pipe bomb strapped to his body when it went off. that explosion temporarily shut down one of the nation's largest transportation hubs and brought the streets above to a standstill. this is "outnumbered." i'm harris faulkner. few today, the host of kennedy on fox business network, kennedy. and fox news contributor lisa boothe. former national security advisor under presidents bush a