as long as office gossip travels fast, you can count on geico saving folks money. craig and sheila broke up! what!? fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> a fox news alert per the president doubling down on his defense in a series of tweets today pushing back against the reported claims of his former attorney michael cohen. and also stepping up his feud with attorney general, jeff sessions over his recusal in the russia probe and the handling of the justice department. hello everyone and welcome to a brand-new hour inside "americas news headquarters". i am molly. >> hi molly! >> i am happy to see you. >> mike emanuel. and a plea deal with federal prosecutors this week in a separate case. the president again reiterating that there was no collusion and slamming recent reports that michael cohen was raised to

tell special counsel he was aware of a trump care meeting that campaign officials had with a russian lawyer. the president think what the attorney does not know if they knew about the meeting. i did which came nothing. the answer is that i did not know about the meeting. just another phony story by the fake news media. molly: garrett tenney is live at the white house with the latest. molly: the president has said all along he has no advanced knowledge of the infamous trump tower meeting. but last month a number of media outlets reported michael cohen was prepared to testify the opposite and same mr. trump did know that the meeting had of time.those reports cited anonymous sources and this week, michael cummins attorney, davis admitted he was one of those sources who confirmed the story even though he did not know whether or not it was true. in a statement to the new york post this week, davis said, i

regret i was not clear enough to the post. i should have been more clear. i could not independently confirm the information and the cnn story. i'm sorry i left that impression. i was not at the meeting. the only person that can confirm the information is my client. today, the president again publicly attacked his attorney general. you will remember that later, back and forth between the two started when the president told fox and friends jeff sessions never took control of the justice department when he became ag. that part of jeff sessions to release a statement saying in part, i took control of the department of justice the day i was sworn in. while i'm the attorney general the actions of the department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political consideration. the president has repeatedly tweeted jeff sessions over the statement and did so again this morning saying jeff sessions said he will not allow politics to influence him only because he doesn't understand what is happening underneath his command position. how the conflicted robert mueller and his gang of 17

angry democrats are having a field day as real corruption goes untouched. no collusion. president trump followed up the tweet tweeting a quote - from lindsey graham saying every president deserves to have an attorney general that he is confident in and what makes that more notable is that lindsey graham is one of the handful of lawmakers on capitol hill this week for suggesting that president trump could replace jeff sessions after the midterms. molly: will be something people will be watching. thank you very much. reporter: you got it. mike: for more on this the spring andrew mccarthy, former united states attorney and fox news contributor. good to have you, sir. >> hi mike, how are you? mike: great! if this was the cleanup guy and michael cohen pleads guilty does it mean candidate trump did anything illegal, sir? >> i do not think so. and it is mainly because the campaign finance laws work differently depending on what your status is good for example, as a candidate,

president trump did not have any dollar limit on what he was able to spend on the campaign. they are very technical laws the campaign finance laws and the president is not a lawyer. michael cohen is a lawyer. it can be very difficult for prosecutors to establish criminal state of mind for the president. mike: how big is the burden of proof for government prosecutors? >> well, this particular statute, all of the criminal provisions of the campaign finance laws require the government to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant acted willfully. willfulness is the highest mental standard of proof in the criminal law. it really almost defies the old adage that it is no excuse. i think it would be very difficult when you're dealing with somebody again, who is not a lawyer, who did not need to be thinking about dollar limits

on contributions and who had other reasons to enter into a hush money arrangement that did not have anything to do with the campaign. mike: you bring up an interesting point. what's the difference between the role of candidate versus contributor in these cases? >> well, one big difference is the dollar limit. when you're dealing with a $2700 limit which is not a huge amount of money, versus somebody does not have to think about a limit at all because it is a candidate, i think is a pretty big redline difference between the status of one and the other. mike: i want to play a comment free from alan dershowitz from today. the owner will ask more reaction. >> the real issues could be that are being investigated, the office giving immunity to the executives of the corporations and other people. and so, i think any vulnerabilities that the trump organization or the campaign has willed to be the southern

district of new york and not in the robert mueller investigation. mike: your thoughts on that, andrew? >> i think if alan is talking about criminal liability, he is right about that. i think the president's first concern is not criminal liability. the justice department guidance for the sitting president is never going to be indicted. with respect to the president, the concern is impeachment, not indictment. but with respect to others including the organization, the trump organization, if there's any criminal liability, i think alan dershowitz is correct. that is the center of gravity right now not this molar investigation. mike: you expect the president some point to face criminal campaign finance charges? >> i don't. i do not think it will be -- if we just assume everything we know now is everything that we will know and it doesn't get any worse than this, that i don't think a prosecutor could prove intent beyond a reasonable doubt. these are very hard cases.

and i think the case against president trump would be weaker than the case against john edwards and remember, about five or six years ago when he was charged with the campaign finance offenses, governments case did not go very well. they had an acquittal on one count and ultimately, the jury hung and the justice department decided to hang up the white flag. mike: how big of a factor do you think embarrassment played into the actions here for the president and his family? >> i had to think it would be a huge factor. i know if it was me it would be a huge factor. your common sense says that it's a big deal. mike: andrew mccarthy, fascinating times. thank you for your time and expertise, sir. >> thank you. molly: a fox news alert. hurricane lane now downgraded to a tropical storm and it has really slowed down. let's look at where it is right now. there still lots of heavy showers, that is one of the chief threats here as far as

massive flooding potentially be concerned. we have fox team coverage. we have adam klotz and extreme weather sent to tracking the storms path. but first escort to steve harrigan on the ground in honolulu. reporter: molly, they were real fears here in honolulu that this could be a major storm that might make a direct hit. instead it does not seem that way at all. we've seen remarkable degradation of the storm over the past 48 hours or from a category five, major hurricane not just a tropical storm. it is really a rain event at this point. but some of the state getting hit hard by that rain. the big island more than 40 inches falling in some places. more than 30 over parts of the island as well. it has caused some flash flooding, landslides, major roads blocked off and some home rescues as well. the governor says the state is still not out of the woods yet. >> i would just like to emphasize that there still is the potential for flash flooding and rain damage due to

lane, there still is a lot of moisture in the air. the partnership, and emergency responders will still remain on the job monitoring the status of the storm and keeping everyone safe. reporter: in addition to problems from the storm, the island of maui is battling several brushfires as well. one, more than 3000 acres causing hundreds of people to evacuate their homes. very difficult conditions for firefighters trying to battle the flames and those hurricane conditions. some tough times there. some people in a shelter from the hurricane actually had to be moved from the shelter because of the fires. really battling to natural disasters at once. here in the capital, everything was shut down yesterday. including many of the airports. most things now including all of the stores are back up and running. people were told her to pack supplies. food and water for 14 days but all they got was a drizzle here

in honolulu. back to you. molly: steve harrigan, hopefully the storm was little faster. another slow-moving storms can really cause problems when it comes to rain and flooding. thank you. from the track of land let's get to meteorologist, adam klotz and the fox extreme weather center. adam: you talk about this being a slow-moving storm and it certainly is the case. moving northwest currently at three miles an hour. very slow moving wind now down to 60 miles an hour. at one point we were up to 150 mile an hour wind. it has really weakened in the last 48 hours or so. it will continue to fall apart as we track very slowly moving but it will not help with the rain. i think the heaviest rain has moved up there still plenty of scattered showers from the big island moving down the island chain. often on showers likely the rest of this salad as we continue to see moisture move across the island. we will see this moving again. again, moving slowly but this is moving back out to sea. in the next day, this will be totally out of the woods. you're talking about continuing

the weekend and it's eventually going back to a low pressure system as it tracks well away from the island the next couple of days. rainfall, 30 to 40 inches. we we have reports of the 45 inches there in the big island of hawaii. that is the big story there. back on the mainland, i do want to leave you this. we've almost been ignoring this but there are plenty of spots where wildfire continues to be a danger here across and out to the west. please they really need the rain, this is the next seven days. you can see total rainfall in the entire area, completely bone dry. there is a lot going on. molly: certainly concern for the folks on the west. when the fires take hold. adam, thank you very much. mike: summer news from the family of arizona senator john mccain. the vietnam war hero and longtime republican lawmaker is no longer seeking medical treatment for an aggressive

number of brain cancer that he has been battling for more than a year. we are live in phoenix with more. >> senator john mccain, known as a fighter in every respect, family and friends have been seen arriving at the ranch in northern arizona. this morning his wife tweeted her gratitude writing quote - the entire mccain family is overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support from around the world, thank you. senator mccain was diagnosed with glioblastoma brain cancer last july. his last vote was december 7. upon news that he is ending the cancer treatment, the arizona governor said in a statement quote - john mccain is an american hero. always putting country before self. from vietnam to the halls of the u.s. senate. the spirit of service and stability has guided his life stands as a model for all americans. regardless of political affiliation. senator jeff flake offered this on the family.

>> what a sweet family he has. he has had great caregivers as cindy mentioned. but cindy mccain has been a rock. all throughout this ordeal. it has been a long one with the focus of the nation on him for so long. she has handled herself so well. as have the whole family. reporter: mccain has represented arizona and washington since 1982. first as a two-term congressman than a six time senator. according to longtime arizona political watchers, he is so much more. >> some time ago, we stopped thinking of him as our guy and we started realizing we are sharing him with the rest of the country. even the world. reporter: and so many from around the world offering their support to the family right now. mike: our thoughts are with him and his family during this time. molly: the president family

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>> we hear about a blue wave. i say where is her blue wave? doing better with jobs are there more people working than in any time ever in the history of our country. i do not think there will be a blue wave. i hope there is a red wave. they keep saying whoever is president, they do not when the midterms. but no president has ever had this economy. mike: the present speaking of the ohio gop state dinner in columbus ohio. summing up the state of play in the midterms and predicting a strong showing by the republicans with the help of a strong economy. we have more from washington. reporter: what are the prospects for a red wave in congress, november? it is the president's help for the midterm elections.

here is his bold prediction from the ohio republican state party dinner last night. >> we have the strongest economy in history of our nation. i hereby blew a vanessa why is there blue wave? we're doing better now with jobs. today there are more people working than at any time ever in history of our country. [applause] i don't think there will be a blue wave hope there's a red way. >> the conventional wisdom says the party that controls the white house moves in and the election. democrats will have to flip through 23 seats but there within striking distance of doing that. and there may be an enthusiast -- recent poll shows voters at back to the clinton are more likely than donald trumps voters to be extremely interested in the 2018 races. >> will call the democrats soft favorites. which means that if you have a blue wave, we don't think at the current time it will be one of these tsunamis that will win 40, 50 or 60 seats.

it looks to us with democrats needing 23, more like they are just over that number right now. maybe it will grow before november or maybe it will pop back. but right now there are soft favorites to take over the house by some modest margin. >> the sin is another matter. even though gop controller is narrower, democrats have more seats to defend this year. some states the president carried. it is likely republicans could retain the majority. mike: doug, thank you. molly: for more on this let's bring in christopher, a conservative analyst and author of a book divided we stand. the search for america's soul and construction and re-articulation of race in a post-racial america. and jason nichols, liberal commentator and professor. gentlemen, thank you for being here. we appreciate it.>> thank you, molly. >> my pleasure. molly: the president has been holding rallies and he is not shy about feeling good about his victories.

essentially running again he plans to win again. during the course of his campaign, he had all of that confidence and was exuding it and constantly beating the competition. so when not believe him now? that this potentially could go a republicans favor? >> well, i think that the one thing that is a big concern and you may see him confident in some respect if you read the tweets every morning, he seems very shaky. about the whole robert mueller probe which i think is energizing a lot of people on the left. i think he has a lot of troubles, we know that they are showing strong signs in tennessee and the senate race. we've all work within striking distance in texas. we see that republicans who have tried to go to measures of voter suppression in georgia have been challenged by the courts. and so, that shows good sign for stacy abrams. we really have a lot of things to be very confident about. i think there would definitely

be a blue wave but i do not like to talk about waves because waves begin and demand. you want something that will carry through the 2020. molly: christopher, it seems it really both sides are cautiously optimistic. and the republicans seem to be, feeling a little better. at first it was a lot of talk it could be bad. now this seems to be more talk about how potentially it may not be as bad. and the president say why not? maybe there is potential for a red wave. >> me to say republicans, we are not cautiously optimistic. we are optimistic! so a couple of things. first of all, the whole conversation about this blue wave is really fascinating to me. it is fascinating because the blue wave has simply ãit will simply crash up against the redwall and it will be the end of that. from the perspective of americans, americans do not care. i keep hearing this and i just heard a moment ago. about the concern about the mueller investigation.

block,blah blah blah . americans want to know if we can feed our families come over to the economy look like? >> some can't feed their families retina. from my perspective really, we're looking at if we are better off than we have been under the failed policies of the last, the answer is yes. thus, there really is nothing to be cautious about. we are optimistic. republicans retain both the house and the senate. molly: jason, as we look across the map they were seats held by republicans. they held eight out of none of the seats in the special election this forces 2016. however, democrats, these were very close races in places that the president had these wide margins. we just saw republicans managed to hold on in ohio.

in that special election but by a tiny margin, the democrats came very close. is that some of where the help from democrats is coming in? even the republicans have managed to hold the seats for the most part and have their win. a win is a win. it seems that there is some enthusiasm. >> absolute peace with the balderson situation he should've won the race far and away but we see that it was razor thin. i think he won by about 1600 votes.it's a very thin margin. it is something that has been held for 35 years by republicans. and complete republican dominance. the fact that we are even in play in places like that should be very scary for a lot of republicans. this talk of a redwall, the redwall will get demolished by this blue wave coming up.

i like it confidence, i hope he stays confident. i think that kind of confidence is what keeps republican voters at home. i think you should think twice about that. and try to motivate his people and tell them about a blue wave rather than saying no, leave nothing to worry about. molly: christopher, bring you back in, only talk about what we seen on the map. 8/9, greater republicans for the one seat they got the democratic victory, the upset was in their corner, southwest pennsylvania where conner lamb, were actually during the course of his campaign agree with some of the donald trump policy, especially on tariffs. is that will be looking at here?if you can find the candidates that really match their district, be it democrat or republican. especially in the areas where the fight is so hardware the president was making statements about the economy. is that part of what we are watching? that economy? >> it is in fact part of what we are watching with the issues. but to the extent of the kind of conversation and the kind of confidence that we have as

republicans is what's going to keep our voters at home. nonsense. in fact, it is what is going to motivate our voters. and, the left, although they are very shaky to talk about it, is secretly talking about impeachment behind closed doors. that is the kind of stuff that gets us motivated. so good luck with that. >> i don't know if it is so much of a secret but we shall see! [laughter] jason nichols and christopher metzler, thank you for joining us today. mike: the president not accuse the fbi failing to examine most of hillary clinton's emails and also threatening that he may get involved. we will discuss all of this with the policy senator of the washington examiner.plus, pope francis and ireland addressing the church new scandals. up next, his message to the world catholics.

molly: president trump again blessing the fbi handling of the email investigation. appearing to reference a story from an investigation providing that investigators examined just over 3600 94,000 clinton's emails from classified information for the present treating úbig story out of the fbi ignored tens of thousands of crooked hillary emails. many of which are really there. also gave false election info. i think we also get to the bottom of all this corruption. at some point i may have to get involved! let's bring it in a politics editor for the washington examiner.jim, thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. molly: i want to gain insight into what the president might mean by that? what do you think he means? >> it is an open question whether it means anything given that he is decided to tweet

about a lot of these things. he could be giving orders to his attorney general, it could be declassify information related to the investigation. but if you take the tweets at face value, he seems to be implying that he would like the hillary clinton email investigation to be reopened by the fbi and justice department. and there was that inspector general report that was highly critical of the fbi and conduct during the investigation. he stopped short of alleging bias. that report made a little bit difficult i think to argue for reopening the probe. but maybe this report if true, that they missed a lot of emails, did not really directly examined very many of them, maybe that could be reopening the investigation. molly: the article is interesting it essentially talks about, at mann time you wonder how they managed to read that many emails. and the sex crimes investigation of anthony weiner. it was attributed to as james

comey told congress, they said the wizardry of our technology. a lot of folks thought that this was a lot of ground to cover in a short period of time and talked a lot about that. could that potentially to the reopening of the investigation? >> certainly, it is unlikely all of these emails were about yoga lessons.if it is a case it seems it would be a need for more answers as to why they were able to reach conclusions that they reached if they did in fact, only examine a small percentage of emails. i know there are some on capitol hill i would like to see a special counsel, maybe robert mueller, expand his orbit a little bit. or maybe a separate special counsel that would investigate what went on in this investigation. maybe that senator lindsey graham and others called for that. maybe this report will make that a little bit more work because this to be more support. the president clearly has used this as part of his feud with

jeff sessions but i think the general impression the president has is that the tribe scandals are taken much more seriously by the federal government than clinton scandals. i think this is another opening for him to make the argument. molly: seems to be one of the key complaints of the president that he made repeatedly. i want to take a listen to, this is an interview. with the president just last week to take a listen and i'm glad to get your thoughts. >> at the right time i think will have to do the documents. i did not want to. but i think i will have to. there is such corruption. before i got here, it is from before i got here. it is the obama administration. you look at what happened, they surveilled my campaign. it's very simple. the fisa report. molly: and that aired broadly over the course of this weekend. we got a chance to listen to a lot of what the president had

to say. what about those particular issues? what are those thoughts? >> i think the president, that is one of the things a lot of people have been wondering about. there has been his demand, particularly in the house for more of these documents pertaining to the trump/rush investigation to be released. the justice department in them and under the trump administration has been slowly walking to the release of these documents. except in heavily redacted form. the president does have the power to declassify these documents himself. the question has always been why doesn't he do it? is it because they don't say what he wants us to believe they say? or is he trying to maintain an image of impartiality and reluctant to get involved in that basis? if it is allowed at celtic is beginning to assist patients and he may be more inclined to get involved. >> it will be fascinating.

as a reporter i rather enjoyed being able to look at documents myself so we'll see what happens. jim antle, we appreciate you joining us today. thank you. >> thank you. mike: pope francis arriving in ireland for a landmark visit marking the first papal visit to the country in nearly 4 decades. the pope addressing the abuse scandal that has rocked the catholic church. kitty logan has details from london. >> there are mixed feelings from some people in ireland about the historical abuses but the pope is of course given a very warm welcome. he was invited to meet dignitaries at the castle and that is where he had the strong words from the irish prime minister. >> industrial schools, illegal adoptions, child abuse. they are stains on our states, our society and also the church. people kept in dark corners behind closed doors. cries for help went unheard. and these are still open. there is much to be done to

bring about justice and truth and healing for the victims and survivors. >> now some of those victims were in the audience and they said they were disappointed that the pontiff did not offer more assurance while acknowledging the abuses pope francis stopped short of full authority. >> with regard to the most vulnerable, i cannot say that -- are members of the church. charged with responsibility for their protection and education. >> the pope then met families at the cathedral. in many recent years people have turned away from church guidance. with gay marriage, and abortion laws. though few people have welcome the pope than previously. some protests are planned. around 500,000 people or attending the mass in dublin on sunday before the pope returns

to rome. back to you. mike: kitty logan, thank you very much. let's take a live look of we can at ireland. the pope in ireland. a huge crowd turning out to see the holy father in ireland on this historic visit to dublin and throughout the country of ireland. getting a warm reception as you would imagine. some babies being held out to get blessings from the holy father. always a special time for the faithful when they see the pope in person. a very moving experience for many people of faith. >> the present canceling secretary state mike pompeo 's visit to north korea. suggestion kim jong-un is not making good on his promise to denuclearize. who the president is partially blaming for the failed efforts. each of us is different. and each cancer is different. how it reacts, how it evades and adapts. and how we attack it.

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surprise announcement of the secretary of state mike pompeo 's planned trip to north korea. after endorsing north korea's pledge to denuclearize. the present tweeting quote - i have a secretary state, mike pompeo, not to go to north korea at this time. because i feel we are not making sufficient progress with respect to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. gillian turner is live from washington with the latest on this. reporter: the secretary of state was supposed to depart this morning for his trip to pyongyang where he was slated to meet with kim jong-un and work towards denuclearize in the korean peninsula. the present cancel the trip as a 24 hours after the secretary said this. >> using diplomacy to resolve the north korean threat once and role remains one of the presidents greatest priorities. reporter: the president announced the reversal via twitter after having a meeting

with foreign policy team. they said they have not made sufficient progress since the singapore summit in june. he's not closing the door entirely adding via tweet quote - secretary pompeo will go to north korea in the near future. most likely after our relationship with china is resolved. in the meantime i would like to send my warmest regards with respect to chairman ken. i look forward to seeing him soon. now, the decision comes several days after the iaea released a report expressing alarm the north korea is continuing to develop the nuclear program. barring inspectors from accessing key nuclear sites and setting satellite images that shown her destruction. the report concludes quote - clear violations of relevant un security council resolutions are deeply regrettable. the president is not just reversing his north korean foreign policy this week though. on thursday told fox news china has been a big help on north korea. only to claim the opposite yesterday. he tweeted china it has not

helped with north korea as much as they were earlier in the year. molly: gillian turner, thank you very much. mike: joining offer more in this we have jim wash, to national security expert at mit security studies program. jim, great to have you. the president says he is not satisfied with progress with north korea. now what? >> now, i think there has been reports that the secretary pompeo has had difficulties when he visited pyongyang. they've not been able to make much progress. i think we can all agree on that. the question is what is the cause? this seems to be two possibilities. one is, as north koreans have done in the past, admitting they are slow playing. maybe the president needs this deal more than they do. and they will take their time. and so, pompeo comes to pyongyang but does make progress because at the end of the day, the north koreans know it's about mr. trump. if that's the case it could be

a good tactic. he has used it before you may remember just before the summit in singapore. we pulled back and canceled it then they added it again. if that is a because i think it might be useful. but if the cause of this slow progress is that the u.s. is making proposals that are simply unacceptable to the north koreans, then this tactic is not going to change the fundamentals there. both sides have to make it where both sides act. you do something and i do something. that is the nature of negotiation. at this point we really do not know what the cause is. >> the president spoke this week in west virginia about his relationship with chairman kim. let's play the sound and i'll get you to react. >> i got along very well with kim jong-un. really. good chemistry. but i can tell you, there has been no missile launches, there has been no rocket launches, there has been no nuclear tests. and they say what is taking so long? i've been three months, i have a good relationship with chairman kim.

mike: to be fair to the present, during this time of trying to figure out what the north koreans are doing, there have been no nuclear test, no more bad behavior. is that a bonus, jim? >> absolutely! i've said all along, week after week that it is a win. if they are not testing missiles than their missiles are not getting better. i would add to that that we have our american detainees back. that was a win. mike: sure. >> was of serious negotiation to do. that was simply a declaration now we have two get down to the real hard negotiations. but i think that it has all been to the benefit. and i know it is jarring for people to hear the president say those things about kim jong-un. but you know, actually, even though it is hard to take, i think is a good thing. i think he's keeping this, he's not letting the problems in the negotiation seep into the relationship so that -- and i think keeping separate will make it easier to have

successful negotiations.but they have to negotiate. there still a lot of hard work ahead of us. mike: what about china and all of this? the u.s. is battling with china over trade issues. there is concern about china doing more to do with the north korean nuclear issue. what about china? >> this is where i was little concerned about what the president suggested. i've never liked the idea of tying the north korean issue and the trade relationship with china together. the president has done in different ways over time. it seems to me these are different issues. and it is mice and elephants. if you asked me which is more critical national security issue i would say it is north korea's nuclear program. i think it's a bad idea to tie them together. and if the proposition is that well, once we get all of this stuff solved then we will have north korea you know we will deal with north korea, that does not sound like a good plan to me. it could take a really, really long time.

anything is better to keep these things separate. it is in china's self-interest to make sure north korea behaves. let's work together cooperatively on that and then keep our fight over trade separate. that is what i would say anyway. mike: what is your take on secretary pompeo naming a new special representative for north korea? >> mike, it is great news. i have been pressing for that for a while. as talented as he is he cannot be everywhere at once. at some point he has to stop going to pyongyang and have delegated staff members have responsibilities to go continue to carry the ball forward. i like that made the appointment. word on the street is that it's a serious guy. i welcome that and so, hopefully he can get in the saddle and again to have a real hard negotiations. north koreans want some things. they want an end to the korean war, peace treaty, we want some things. we want to see a list of all of the nuclear facilities and the way to go forward is to create those. mike: jim walsh from mit, great

to have your analysis, sir. >> thank you! molly: days after the present cut $200 million in foreign aid used to help stabilize areas in syria, the ministration announced in the u.s. will also withdraw over $200 million in aid for palestinian areas. this, following a review of the funding for projects in the west bank and gaza. the trumpet ministration says it also took into account the challenges of providing assistance in gaza which is controlled by the radical islamic terror group, hamas. >> a fox news alert. we're getting rid of a collision between a semitruck and a commuter train in texas. there are reports of at least one death and dozens of injuries. we are working our sources on this developing story and we will have more details after the break. plus, president trump ramping up his fight with the nfl over protests as he also calls out television networks for refusing to air our nations national anthem.that is next. i don't keep track of regrets.

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hospitals. they say the investigation is ongoing. will continue to monitor the developing story and bring you updates as we get them. molly: president trump again stepping into controversy over nfl players national anthem protest. the president at a speech in ohio slamming espn and cbs for saying that they will not broadcast the anthem. bryan llenas is live in our new york newsroom with the latest. reporter: fact of the matter is in the past it has been common practice to not air the national anthem. before every nfl game. in fact the first time we really started to see the anthem air before games during the regular season was a for last two years were more and more players began to kneel during the anthem to protest police shootings of unarmed black men. this year, espn says it will continue to not air the anthem before games unless news warrants. such as if players began to kneel down. cbssports tells usa today that there following the lead of espn quote - consistent with past practices we do not plan

to show the anthem live. will be prepared to cover any stories that is newsworthy. they suggest that they were unpatriotic for not hearing the anthem. >> cbs i just heard, they just joined the crew. and espn has decided not to broadcast so, they don't -- can you imagine? they will not broadcast. cbs and espn. how do you like that? what the hell is the nfl doing? what are they doing? do they not have a clue? spieth a recent poll shows 43 percent of the public has an unfavorable view of the nfl. molly: and the season is just barely getting underway! thank you. or... you could just trust duracell. little things can be a big deal.

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