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gillian: president trump confirming this morning isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi is dead saying in an address to the nation he was killed in overnight u.s.-led raid in northern syria. welcome back to america's news headquarters, live in washington this afternoon. leland: al-baghdadi killed himself with two of his wives, we are told all americans are back on friendly territory, jennifer griffin has been talking to sources literally all night, what do you have? >> the president praised by name new chairman mike milly who watched the entire operation in the situation room, the operation began 5:00 a.m. eastern, the flight in and out of syria was the most --
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military helicopters, they flew low and fast for an hour and ten minutes and came under fire as they approached the target but not from the russians who controlled that air space and were given advanced warning about the appropriation through deconfliction line up to 70 operation forces and the president described abu bakr al-baghdadi's last moments. >> he died after running in dead-end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way, he reached the end of the tunnel as our dogs chased him down. he ignited his vest killing himself and the 3 children. >> the president said u.s. forces were on the ground in the compound for over 2 hours and collected, quote, highly sensitive information on future isis operations, large number of isis fighters were killed, some were captured
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alive, two of al-baghdadi's wore suicide vests but killed before they could detonate. >> his body was mutilated by the blast, the tunnel had caved in on it in addition, but test results gave certain immediate and totally positive identification. it was him. >> facial recognition was used when they left syria, the operators brought back dna more than they liked according to the president, home to many al-qaeda factions who are rivals of isis, al-baghdadi went there to try to reestablish isis, no u.s. operators were killed, however a u.s. bombed sniffing dog was injured after hunting al-baghdadi in the tunnel which proved
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to be dead end. leland: take get away nothing from bravery and remarkable nature of the raid, any thought of why it took so long, 2014 was when al-baghdadi walked up for mosques, for years he ran the caliphate and why now? >> it shows how difficult it is when you are hunting for one individual, one leader, it took years to get bin laden, there are -- it is very difficult and i think what it really shows is that if you are not in the region, if you don't have bases and intelligence sharing like the kurds and fdf, the turks, others, it is very difficult to find these individuals. leland: yeah. gillian: are you hearing from any of your sources here or overseas when it comes to the operational element here, any details jump out at you surprising or unexpected about how this is carried out itself? >> i think perhaps what's most --
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>> i have watched a number of these raids go down and be reported on and be announced from the white house and from various podiums. i've never seen a commander in chief give so much detail about a raid. leland: all right, jen, great reporting, at some point you will get some sleep, there's more to do today. >> thank you. gillian: what president trump says a year-long hunt to find one of the world east most wanted terrorist in the world. more reaction from his sources there, kevin, what can you tell us. >> i can tell you that first the caliphate was dismantled by this administration according to the president himself and now the man behind it terror leader -- i'm sorry, i keep saying his name incorrectly, abu bakr al-baghdadi is now dead and we heard the
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president making an announcement as he sort of talked about hunt for al-baghdadi, chase that led him down a tunnel and ultimately to his dead, we also learned in listening to the president that he was able to watch all of this happened in what he apparently described as realtime inside the information room. but while he extended an advanced operational intelligence to some congressional lawmakers we find it that he bypassed others including nancy pelosi. >> we notified some, others are being notified now as i speak, we were going to notify them last night but we decided not to do that because washington leaks like i've never seen before, there's no country in the world that leaks like we do. and washington is a leaking machine and i told my people, we will not notify them until the -- our great people are out, not just in but out. >> as you can imagine, gillian that didn't go
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terribly well for some on the hill who took that they couldn't maintain national security. american salute the heroism, dedication, skill of military and intelligence professionals and acknowledge the work of our partners in the region, she goes onto say we are relieved that no u.s. personnel died in this daring raid, the death of al-baghdadi is significant but the death of isis leader does not mean the death of isis. scores of isis fighters remain under uncertain conditions in syrian prisons and countless others in the region and committing acts of terror. by all definitions, this is a major victory in the war on terror in particular for the administration, heavily criticized for policies in syria, gillian. gillian: great context as always, thank you so
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much. >> you bet. gillian: for more on this, tennessee republican congressman mark green, he currently serves on the house homeland security and oversight committee, homeland committee and oversight committees previously served on the mission that captured saddam hussein, what were your first thoughts when you heard the news? >> the biggest thing that came to my mind was pride for the unit and for the men that -- the men and women who flew in that mission and went on the ground, on the target, i mean, this is a very, very complex thing, when you talk about the planning and the synchronizing of all assets at that point in time, it's pretty impressive that they do this, it's great, you know, statement about our country but it's really very, very special, those people who do that mission. gillian: how long does it take up to physically practically speaking stand this up? meaning when folks get the call to go, how long does it take everybody to kind of get on board
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and get this rolling, the mission? >> i remember the raid to capture, you know, sudan hussein and we got the intel and half an hour we were in the air. i assume that the capability is as robust as that and perhaps even better now. gillian: half an hour, that's an incredible statistic. >> yeah. gillian: i want to ask you, when you're following the coverage of all of this, is there anything that jumps out at you as particularly difficult or particularly risky, we keep hearing over and over how dangerous this operation was, can you point us to what specifically made it so dangerous? >> you know, the flight through the territory with so many different, you know, militaries there, you have the russians, you've got turkey, you've got the kurdish fighters, you have all of the militias from the jihadists, all of those different elements added into this, you know, brew or
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stew if you will, makes flying through the air space incredible by challenging and the pilots have been to game on the entire flight and it's -- it's critical, that's where the most casualties can happen, i mean, if you shoot down one of 8 aircraft, that -- that's horrible. if the guys are going through the breech and you get one or two injuries there but when an aircraft gets shot down, that's tens -- potentially tens of wound and dead. gillian: so this being an undeniably big victory not just for president trump but for the whole country, but does it make special forces, special operation folks jobs any easier going forward? >> you know, these guys, this is their life, okay, they accept this, their families accept this, you know, we also have to think about those folks that are sitting at home watching the news, the stress that is on the families can never forget that but this is all just
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part of everyday work in this organization and these organizations that come together to do these kinds of missions. this is what they do and they are the best at it on the planet, in fact, no nation in history has ever been able to project power like this and i just commend them, of course, i commend the president, i mean, we got one bad-ass president to make this kind of decision and a statement this moment this morning was awesome. gillian: he made this decision and made decision to withdraw u.s. forces from the very same region from the turkey-syria border, do you think that decision complicated the overnight mission at all? >> i don't think so. i think -- who knows, maybe it led us to get the intel, i don't know, i don't have the inside information on that, only the president and mark esper, my west point class mate, they have all the details. i'm confident they made the best decision.
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gillian: congressman, thank you so much for your service and for taking time out to talk with us today, we appreciate it. >> glad to be with you, gillian. gillian: leland. leland: we bring in democratic side, california congressman, good to see you, sir, appreciate it. >> good morning. leland: you have to hand it on a bipartisan way to the president, don't you? >> oh, absolutely, this is a great day for america and the world that we've taken out one of the biggest terrorists in the world, i'd like to thank our military, our special forces, the men and women of the intel services and also our allies in the region, i think it's very clear after what we saw today how important it is for us to have a strong military and also to work closely with our allies. leland: one wonders how closely you can work with the turks at least. this is what the -- what the president's -- key advisers and key supporters had to say about things in the region right now, take a listen. >> i want to complement the president for coming up with a model in syria that we probably should
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have done in iraq, this is a game-changer with the killing of al-baghdadi and a moment that we should be proud of american intelligence and american community, this is a moment where president trump's worst critics should say, well done, mr. president. leland: fair analysis? >> not even sure what lindsey graham is saying there because just last week he and other members to have senate and the house both republican and democrat in virtually unison have taken exception on how the president has pulled out of syria and turned it over to turkey, i'm not sure that this is the right blueprint to conduct foreign relations and military operations in the future. leland: interesting point and graham was undeniably critical. when he came back now in the past couple of days he's been a little bit more positive in terms of putting u.s. troops to secure the oil fields, et cetera, take
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away message from this raid you think to the world? >> i think we've got to separate what has happened last few weeks with our withdrawal from syria and what's occurred today or yesterday, which again is a fantastic outcome in the ongoing battle against terrorism and we, again, should applaud those that were on the front lines, the hard-working men and women of our military and special forces as well as key allies in the region and thank president trump for giving the go-ahead for this operation to move forward and ultimately succeed. leland: when you say separate, i'm guessing you don't have the same feelings towards his policy of a couple of weeks ago? >> agreed, yes, i think we all want to see our brave young men and women come home and the way it was done with the withdrawal from syria and the turkey quickly moving in, i think clearly both sides of the i'll agree that was not the right way to do it, not the right way to
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treat our allies and there should have been a lot more fore thought and process placed into service and executing the plan. leland: all right, congressman, we appreciate it, thank you so much for joining us, safe travels back to dc, all the best. >> thank you. gillian: president trump says last night's raid was daring and dangerous, ended up killing abu bakr al-baghdadi, 2020 democratic presidential candidates are starting to react out on the campaign trail, kristin fisher from durham, north carolina, kristin, what are they saying? >> hey, gillian, joe biden just put out a statement congratulating u.s. special forces and the intelligence community for delivering justice to al-baghdadi but notably biden does not congratulate president trump and use the statement to criticize president trump's recent decision to pull u.s. troops out of northern syria, biden says, quote, isis remains a threat to the
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american people and our allies and we must keep up the pressure, that task is particularly important as the chaos of the past few weeks in northern syria has jeopardized years of hard work and sacrificed by american and kurdish troops to evict isis from its strongholds in syria. now, the two other democratic candidates to talk about this today so far at least were a bit more generous in their congratulatory remarks, andrew yang said congratulations to special ops team that executed the mission and everyone in the chain of command, great accomplishment for america and the world and mayor pete buttigieg said this. >> clearly this is a real blow against isis and positive step in the fight against terrorism and credit should go to all who were involved. >> now, mayor pete is campaigning in south carolina today along with elizabeth warren, tulsi gabbard and julian castro who will be speaking at the same
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criminal justice forum that 7 other democratic candidates spoke at yesterday and here in north carolina, we are waiting for former vice president joe biden, he's going to be speaking at the high school right behind me? just a few hours, his first campaign stop in north carolina this cycle. gillian. gillian: we love seeing you out on campaign trail but we miss you. leland: great work out there so what does al-baghdadi's death mean, we will break down the raid when we come back. she wanted a roommate to help with the cooking. but she wanted someone who loves cats. so, we got griswalda. dinner's almost ready.
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leland: fox news alert, learning more details of the raid that killed leader of isis overnight, one big question moving forward how u.s. military may shift of the death of leader. good to see you, sir. >> yeah. leland: let's start looking forward, does his death really change anything in terms of how the u.s. needs to deal with -- >> i think it does, it's important to separate these two great events, the bin laden killing was all about retribution, this killing is really more
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about strategy because al-baghdadi's death occurred in serious point, why was he in western syria, reconstitute isis and build coalition with other terrorist groups in the region in the hopes of restarting his campaign when the perception was that the americans were pulling out. this clearly halts that for the short-term but now we have a problem, now that we've created an increasingly large black hole in the region for intelligence, are we going to be able to exploit this inflection point or will isis be able to regain its footing? leland: we put up the map of where this happened in far western syria, northwest syria, that's a long way where isis is quote, unquote, caliphate was, it's also right under the nose of the russians, the syrians, the iranians.
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any reason to think that they perhaps were turning a blind eye to the guy who was just chilling there? >> no, i don't think so, i think isis changed strategy, i think we are seeing with what happened last night. so to try to tie isis to a piece of ground, for that matter to tie it to a foe, whether it's the turks, the russians, syrians is meaningless today. i really believe that al-baghdadi's global view was to transition from a regional terrorist threat to global terrorist threat particularly in western europe in the united states to take prisoners that may well escape soon and reposition them in the west to sort of jump-start or energize his global terrorist campaign. leland: you say this is about strategy rather than democracy, all retribution, there were a number of americans killed by isis, the president mentioned a couple of him in his speech including james foley, steven among
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others, is the killing of al-baghdadi, this raid in any way deterrence of those who want to do the same thing to americans? >> i don't think so, i think isis is so ideaically focused, probable write more than al-qaeda on achieving this regeneration of the global caliphate that there may be some psychological impact in the sense that they've lost their iconic leader, this sort of symbolic leader but the mechanism of isis, the command in control and all the rest of the things that they've been trying to regenerate lately still intact, still a threat and many ways may actually be a bigger threat now that they are looking outside the region to places to hit that are perhaps on other continents. leland: jennifer griffin made an interesting point that the jihadists on that part of the world often times change jerseys and that's how we saw the rise of isis, syrian nationals islamists who changed jerseys and joined isis.
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what is the next to follow the analogy? >> we've taken down so many terrorist groups that they're fractured, al-baghdadi was in western syria primarily to regenerate the team, come up with a single jersey for everybody to wear now, that's been interrupted, that's good news, the question we have for the future is what happens next, will we get ahead of these guys, will we be able to interrupt ability to consolidate or able to regenerate, only time will tell. leland: how much is like the greek methodology, the multiheaded snake, you chop the head and there's 2 more? >> it's always like that, terrorism is generational, the idea of a victory march down in new york is just not going to happen. leland: in order to stop the continued growth of the new heads, do you have to keep forces on the ground? >> absolutely, there are simply no other options.
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remember great britain had forces in the northwest frontier fighting terrorists for 200 years. leland: long time, great history lesson. thank you very much. gillian: as we continue to learn more details about last night's raid that killed abu bakr al-baghdadi world leaders now starting to weigh in, we will tell you what they're saying and what their message to president trump is. i'm daniel. i'm casey. i'm julio. only chevy has earned j.d. power dependability awards across cars, trucks and suvs. four years in a row. my mom washes the dishes... ...before she puts them in the dishwasher. so what does the dishwasher do?
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conducted this operation. the president says the u.s. informed them they were coming, though not exactly what they were doing. >> they did not know what. >> was any other -- >> we did tell them, we think you're going to be very happy because, you know, again, they hate isis as much as we do. you know what isis has done to russia. so, no, we did not tell -- they did not know the mission, but they knew we were going over an area that they had a lot of firepower. >> reporter: the president also mentioned the kurds for giving u.s. information that he says turned out to be helpful in this operation. the kurds and the commander of the syrian democratic forces tweeted, quote: successful and historical operation due to joint work with the united states of america. these are the same kurdish allies turkey has recently attack as the u.s. military has withdrawn from northern syria. the united states has built a coalition of more than 80
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countries to beat isis, resettle refugees and to rebuild areas isis once occupied. in a statement the, secretary of state mike pompeo says baghdadi's demise is further evidence for all to see that the united states will not stop in the pursuit of bringing evil to justice and delivering on our promise to do everything in our power to keep america safe and to bring this scourge to its knees. as isis has lost control of cities in the middle east, officials have worried about attacks beyond the region. this summer state department officials warned that the isis brand lives on around the world. president trump acknowledged secretary of state pompeo's work as the secretary was in kansas during the operation. leland? leland: all right, rich. as we go back to what happened with turkey in terms of president trump's statement, then you had the president of turkey's tweet that linked isis and even some kurdish groups in the same category. how do you look forward to erdogan coming to washington? is this a point that president trump says, look, you've got to
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stop cozying up ott russian ares, or do you think -- up to the russians? >> reporter: yeah. this relationship has been a difficult one, gotten only more difficult in the last couple of weeks. but if you look at the history here, certainly erdogan was not pleased with the united states partnering with the kurds who were a very reliable ally in that region. but then on top of that, there are a host of other issues going on between the two countries. the turkish government buying russian military equipment even though they're a nato ally, one of the times that erdogan was here during the trump administration where there was that brawl at a diplomatic compound here in washington d.c. so there's a long list of issues that those in the foreign policy sphere would like the united states and the president to bring up with the turkish president. leland: he's been hesitant to bring up things like that with other autocrats in the past. we'll see if that changes come november. you'll be there to cover it. thanks, rich. gillian: for more on this, we turn to fox national security and foreign affairs analyst, also the co-secretary general of
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the transatlantic parliamentary group on counterterrorism, dr. walid phares. thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me today. gillian: want to ask you first, on isis as an organization, how easy is it going to be for them to regenerate without baghdadi, how quickly are they going to bounce back? >> nationally, they're going to try to do so because there's no way to revert back to a territorial caliphate. the president and many leaders are right that that territorial caliphate is gone, so what they can do is go forward which means going underground. now, one of the options they have is to merge with other jihadi organizations, including in syria but also possibly in libya, afghanistan and other parts of the world. so isis is going more into a network than into a regime on the ground as we've known them. gillian: do you think that that has anything to do with why al-baghdadi was there in the
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first place? >> the minute i heard where he was targeted -- and i know many experts have had the same reaction -- the big question was how can it be that while he was based in eastern syria and western iraq, he had a competition with those jihadists, al-nusra and others in syria. plus the fact there are many muslim brotherhood militias who do not like him. how was it possible for him to go this without protection or without a deal he was working on. so this could connect with the talking points i've developed that it is possible he was negotiating for a merge with another organization. gillian: now, if he was there to talk about a merger, do you think that prospect dies with him, or do you think this is still something that isis could feasibly do? >> very important question because what this organization or the two organizations are going to lose is the capacity of abu bakr of being -- he had credibility. now, any successor won't have
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that credibility and would need years to form this credibility for leading this union. so that's going to be more difficult for the post-abu bakr al-baghdadi jihadists. gillian: it sounds like you're saying the death of baghdadi is a far cry from the death of the group, but it does definitely complicate things for them, it may make it harder for them to reconstitute in areas where they've been decimated. but what about their online propaganda? you know, their ideology? does it make it any harder for them to spread this? >> there is a difference, and i like the fact you use the term "complicated." it will actually delay it in time, because even if it's complicated, at the end of the day they're going to emerge as jihad its, but he was the one who would have unified these forces. online capacity, as you know well, is going to help them because on line is quick, online is free and online is young. so online will go faster than in reality.
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gillian: does it surprise you -- or put it this way, the kurds, the turks, the iraqis all saying publicly today that they gave the united states information that helped with this raid, that helped with the mission. does that strike you as likely, that all three countries were involved? >> it's likely that all these national leadership are going to show the international community what is it that they've done. in the case of iraq, certainly, they have information. the kurds, of course, the launching pad where we started the operation. turkey may have information, actually it could have a lot of information. i don't know how much they gave us. and, of course, russians as well possibly. but the real information was conducted by our, you know, intelligence community at the end of the day. we collect from everybody including from partners, close partners and far partners. gillian: so you think america gets the bulk of the credit here. >> oh, absolutely. our intelligence community, military and our president have complete credit for this
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operation. gillian: thanks so much, we always love hearing your perspective. >> thank you so much for having me. leland: all right. the washington nationals looking to win game five here in d.c. before heading back for the rest of the world series. howie kurtz catches up with fox sports lead play-by-play announcer joe buck, when we come back. it's either testing an array of advanced safety systems. or it isn't. it's either the peace of mind of a standard unlimited mileage warranty. or it isn't. for those who never settle, it's either mercedes-benz certified pre-owned. or it isn't. the mercedes-benz certified pre-owned sales event. now through october 31st. only at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. being detected was if i was recognized the whole operation was blown. the element of surprise was imperative. wow. he won't even recognize you.
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♪ ♪ gillian: well, the world series is now even at two games apiece between the houston astros and washington nats. howie kurtz had a chance to keach up with fox sports lead -- catch up with fox sports' joe buck. >> beltway journalists openly rooting for the nationals, i headed down to talk to veteran sportscaster joe buck who's calling the world series. joe buck, welcome. >> thank you. >> much of the country hates official washington, hates the
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swampy washington. what do the people out there think when all of these dignified pundits get on and air say let's go nationals? >> i think it's good. i think the atmosphere here's great. for those around the country that may be seeing a nationals game for the first time at home, i think they're seeing an atmosphere you don't typically see in ballparks. >> is this media bias? all the people are going crazy? >> no. i, honestly, it's just there's something about this place. and i always said it when they kept year after year, it felt like, not getting -- >> forever, yeah. >> and i kept thinking, you know, if they ever get a world series, the place is just going to be crazy. and for me as a play-by-play guy, it makes my job so much easier, because you with don't have to -- you don't feel like you have to fill every minute, every second with talk because the crowd is just carlying it. it's great. >> i was going to ask you about that because you always do the nfl and, obviously, there's more action in football. what is the challenge of calling
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a baseball game, even in the world series, when it's a slower and more strategic game? >> some of that's good, some of that's fun because i enjoy the strategy of the game, and there's a little bit more room in there for us and, in this case, john smotle and i talk -- smoltz to talk strategy. you can talk about this being the first world series in d.c. since 19 33 and, you know, roll the clock back. you can take it really anywhere you want to go. but again, i mean, when the crowd's going crazy, that's not a time to talk. i mean, i feel like that's where you trample all over it, and you ruin some really cool moments. >> right. you let the scene and the noise speak for itself. >> yeah. >> now, i don't have to tell you 33 years we all had to trek up to baltimore to watch the os, and the nats were terrible for so long and all the joking. can a winning team unite even a politically polarized city? >> i think so. i mean, if you check my twitter feed, you find that you've got all the nationals fans thinking
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that i'm rooting for the astros and all the astros thinking i'm rooting for the nationals. that's just kind of the way it goes. >> so you've led me into the more sensitive part of the interview, and i'll start with this astros fan at yankees stadium who showed this t-shirt. joe buck sucks. >> right, yeah. >> you must be used to this sort of thing. i guess there are some people who feel you're biased or you don't get excited enough. >> yeah, no. i mean, you can't win. it's like whack-a-mole. if you go on and try to make everybody happy, you'd be constantly chasing it. but i -- really it's a function of being the national announcer that's not this to root for either tale. and all year long fans are used to their own team announcers doing everything from their perspective -- >> go crazy when -- >> they'll go crazy and then they get sad when -- >> right. >> and, you know, it's, like, well, where are my local guys? i haven't heard this guy get excited for the other team members, so this guy doesn't like my team.
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i mean, it's -- my dad experienced that, vin scully experienced that back in the day. but back then you had to write a letter. >> there was no twitter. have you stayed off twitter at times? >> stayed off it? yeah. i avoid it like the bubonic plague. [laughter] if i didn't and i worried about that kind of stuff, i'd never open my mouth. but i think the thing i need to remind myself -- >> yeah. >> -- is that if it's not me, it's going to be the next guy. and if it's not, you know, the next guy, it'll be the perp after that. it's just a thing. it's us against the world, and i'm part of the world, except i'm part of the world for both sides, so you hear it -- i've heard it for 22 years. >> right. well, since you've done so many series, is there something about the fact that this city, you know, which is basically known for politicses and in-fighting, actually hosting a world series here -- >> you know, i think on a, you know, some level it's good, you know? for me, living in the middle of
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the country in st. louis, missouri, you know, anytime they check in with washington it's like, oh, god, here we go, and it's going to be more of the same. >> well, does that put you in a difficult position in terms of the cardinals since you are from missouri? >> yeah, but they're not here -- [laughter] i've moved on. i didn't do the nlcs. i somehow people, i'm sure, in washington found a way to blame me if the cardinals ever got a hit, but they got about two -- >> okay. so that was a non-issue. >> it was a non-issue. but i've done world series where the cardinals are in, i've done playoff series. and, you know, people in st. louis think i don't like the cardinals because i get excited for the other -- >> no wonder you stay off twitter. joe, you've been doing this since you were in the first grade, you mentioned your father, jack buck, big league announcer. this is your 22nd world series. does it ever get old? do you ever get, you know, it's like punching the clock -- >> i literally can't wait to get in there tonight and see what happens. it's fun.
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i guess, you know, everybody says the minute it's not fun anymore, i'll walk away or that'll be it. i can't imagine that being the case. this is how i grew up. i was with my dad in every national league city by the time i was 12. i saw the joy it brought him, even when he was at his sickest at the end of his life, he couldn't wait to get to the ballpark, and i i feel the same way. i'm 50, and i've been doing this a long time, and i hope to keep doing it for a long time. >> or one of these? >> see, now, if i'm seen with this -- >> yes. >> then for all your viewers, i have to just drop that and say -- >> america, he did not fall into the trap. >> no, i'm smarter than that. >> appreciate you joining us here at the ballpark. >> all right, thanks. >> his 22nd world series. and tension building here in d.c. ahead of tonight's game five on fox with the astros having tied the series two games apiece. back to you guys. gillian: thanks for that that, howie.
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you can catch the opening pitch tonight on fox at 8:07 p.m. eastern. leland: firefighters in california still battling the kincaide fire. right now 180,000 people are out of their homes. dan springer on the ground. hi, dan. >> reporter: and, leland, with back to back deadly fires the last two years, it seems like most people are heeding those warnings to get out. that story coming up. ♪ ♪ ty trades? um ah, i'll look into it. lisa jones! hey carl, what are you charging me for online equity trades? laughs/umm.. and do i get my fees back if i'm not happy? like a satisfaction guarantee? ugh. schwab! oh right, i'm calling schwab. thanks carl! wait, lisa! lisa... are you getting commission free trades and a satisfaction guarantee? if not, talk to schwab. a modern approach to wealth management.
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leland: manhunt underway right now in tr the gunman who killed two and injured 14 in an off-campus homecoming party near the commerce campus of texas a&m university. three people injured are in critical condition. the suspect has not been identified yet publicly by police as they continue to search for him. ♪ ♪ gillian: 180,000 people now being forced to evacuate their homes in california as several wildfires burn across the state. dan springer is there in the middle of everything. he's in the middle of these communities impacted by the blazes. what can you tell us, dan? >> reporter: yeah, gillian, authorities just wrapped up a news conference a short time ago, and all things considered,
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the news is not that bad. the acreage did jump up to 30,000, but that's not that much more than from last night when they had a news conference at 26,000 last night, so a little bit more acreage and about the same number of structures and homes burned. the big story here, of course, the strong wind. a red flag warning is in effect all day today until 11:00 tomorrow morning, and it was a sleepless night for many. >> firefighters made aggressive attacks on the fire, defending structures as well as contending with downed trees and downed power lines. at the same time that the fire fight was going on last night and continues today, we have the incident commanders at the command post throughout the entire night evaluating the need for additional evacuations. >> reporter: at around i 4:30 this morning, the mandatory evacuation area was, indeed, expanded to include parts of santa rosa. so now, as you said, 180,000 people have been ordered out of their homes, making it the
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largest evacuation ever in sonoma county. and with the 2017 fire that killed 22 people in santa rosa still fresh in people's minds, most appear to be pack up and getting out. one gust was clocked at 3:00 this morning at 90 miles an hour. the other big angle is the massive blackout taken as a precaution. pg&e has cut power to 2.3 million californians in 36 counties. the utility was blamed for last year's fire in paradise, california, that killed 866 people and destroyed 15,000 -- 86 people, and so now it's being more proactive in strong wind events, and yet pg&e is still being attacked for not being more nimble and targeted with their outages. >> these are difficult calls, professionals need to make them. but a society as industrious and innovative as ours should not have to face a choice between public safety and public
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blackouts. >> reporter: there is another destructive fire going on right now in los angeles county, but they're getting a better handle on that one, that's at 65% contained. this is a massive effort on this fire here in northern california with nearly 3,000 personnel on it. the really good news, gillian, is that to this point there's been no loss of life. but californians here are weary from these fires. this is the third year in a row with a major wildfire in this area. gillian: no loss of life is the best possible news, dan. stay safe out there. thanks. leland: 8 p.m. eastern, six hours from now, fox's harris faulkner is going to be hosting a town hall america, police emergency. it's going to be a candid conversation focusing on the dangers law enforcement officers face every day. 8 p.m. eastern right here on fox news. gillian: well, thousands of runners p pounding the pavement right here in the nation's capital. we'll bring you highlightses from this year's marine corps
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marathon next. ♪ i am royalty of racing, i am alfa romeo. [ music: instrumental which ♪ continues throughout spot. ] ♪ ♪
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gillian: and it's pouring. leland: our congratulations to griff jenkins who has his medal and, hopefully, a celebratory beer as well. "fox news sunday" is next. >> last night the united states brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice. abu bakr al-baghdadi is dead. chris: breaking news, president trump announcing today the isis leader, al-baghdadi, has been killed in a raid by the u.s. military in syria. the president spoke earlier today from the white house. i'm chris wallace, and hello again from fox news in washington. baghdadi is perhaps the world's most wanted man with a $25 million bounty on his head, responsible for overseeing the global jihad that created a caliphate across syria and iraq and inspired terror

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