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different alleged incidents with two women in 2006 and 2013. jury selection starts tomorrow if he's convicted on all of these charges. >> trace: thanks. i'm trace gallagher. here's bret baier. >> i'm bret baier and our reporting begins with the daughter of the iranian general killed in the air strike is vow ago dark day during a ceremony for qassim soleimani. iran's supreme leader crying over his casket. top generals are now saying they're backing out of the nuclear deal. in the holiest city, iranians raising a red flag to symbolize revenge.
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u.s. officials blame the commander for killing hundreds of american troops in iraq, wounding thousands more and accuse him of plotting new bold attacks against u.s. interests and personnel. just before his death last friday. president trump warning iran if the country retaliates, he has 52 targets already lined up including some iranian cultural sites. that would be prohibited says the security council. the u.s. would strike only lawful targets. democrats say they want to see the information the white house used to justify the deadly strike and the president telling reporters that may just happen. we have fox team coverage from washington to the middle east. we have reporters at the white house, the pentagon and on capitol hill. trey yingst is on the ground in baghdad. first, benjamin hall in jordan.
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>> good evening. yes, ever since soleimani was killed, we've heard nothing but threats from iran. they've been calling for revenge and american blood. we saw the outpouring of grief as hundreds of thousands, the regime says up to a million took to the streets to show their sadness, their grief and their anger at the death of one of their great military commanders. he was no such thing. he was known for terrorism and their aggression in other cultures. they laid out all the threats. they said everly thing from attacking the homeland in the u.s., to attacking the white house, threatened leaders to atalk saudi businesses and ships in the strait of hormuz. they attacked to president trump himself and put a $80 million bounty on his head. they had to ask for dollar donations to reach that amount. we heard from the successor to
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qassim soleimani. he was previously a deputy in the quds force and joined in 1997. he was head of operations in afghanistan. very importantly, he said that he would continue the legacy of qassim soleimani. he was going to continue harnessing proxies abroad to fight their fight and today he spoke to the head of hamas. you can only see that that might be one way that iran might retaliate. certainly in the middle east today, there's a real anxiety, a real doubt about how iran might respond. bret? >> what do we know about iran backing out of what is left of the iran nuclear deal? >> certainly that was one of the big announcements yesterday. iran would no longer abide by the limits set by the 2015 nuclear deal. that includes everything from enrichment capacity to centrifuges. it's been the goal of the iranian regime to get an atomic weapon.
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they see that as securing their regime. it does seem that they'll head straight to that we're hearing estimates that it could be 7 to 11 months that they could get or develop a bomb. but we are also learning more about the strike that killed qassim soleimani. it happened on the road from baghdad airport in to baghdad. it's called route irish. we believe that captain soleimani flew to baghdad on a commercial jet. there was a small opportunity for the reaper drone to take out the vehicle he was in. a matter of minutes only. some people say poetic justice that it happened on that road because it's a road where so many americans had been killed but i rainian ieds. iran has suggested everything about a response. some people think it won't happen until qassim soleimani is buried on tuesday.
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but certainly this whole region is on high alert. bret? >> thanks, benjamin. continuing our team coverage. trey yingst reporting live from baghdad. one of the places that could be targeted. trey? >> bret, good afternoon. you can hear in the distance american apache helicopters. they have fired flaring to avoid the possibility of getting shot down. things are tense next to the green zone after three rockets were fired and landed close to where we're standing right now. you can hear the american forces doing patrols to ensure the u.s. embassy and other personnel in the area are safe. it's important to note today there were political developments, but nothing si significa significant. it had to do with the american troops on the ground in iraq. yesterday iraq's parliament voted to remove american forces from iraq. there's more than 5,000 here
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right now helping iraqi security forces in the fight against the islamic state. the prime minister met with the u.s. ambassador to discuss the situation. there were no major developments out of that other than the prime minister delivering the message to the united states that this is something moving forward the iraqis would like to see the removal of u.s. troops. we did hear from the iranians and those that have taken over some of the duties that soleimani did follow in the killing on early friday morning last week. one of those officials that has been appointed to his position really outlined what the plan is moving forward for the iranians. they're still threatening american forces in the region. benji mentioned this, there's 52 targets the president has said that he would pick out if the iranians did respond against american forces in the region. we've seen this back and forth numbers. the president said we had -- we
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would take out many cultural sites and more responses. the thing to watch here is whether or not there will be responses in the green zone from these iranian backed shiia malitias and u.s. troops across iraq that are on iraqi bases, will they see rocket attacks moving forward. all things to watch in the coming days. bret? >> team coverage continuing with john roberts live on the north lawn. john? >> bret, good afternoon to you. the president speaking with rush limbaugh, defending his decision that take out soleimani. he said that soleimani had it coming and his demise is long past due. listen here. >> he should have been taken out a long time ago. we had a shot at it and we took him out. we're a lot safer now because of it. we'll see what happens. we'll see what the response is if any. you've seen what i said our
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response will be. our country is a lot safer. >> the president insists there was intelligence that soleimani was planning to attack americans. the white house has not publicly disclosed any evidence to back that up. the administration will be giving the classified briefing to the house and senate on wednesday. secretary of state pompeo, the defense secretary, mark esper and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff will brief the house at 1:00 and then the senate. the president reacting to iran's announcement that they will no longer abide by the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, which is still in force with the number of the european allies as well as russia and china. the president tweeting this morning "iran will never have a nuclear weapon." talk of revenge for the killing of soleimani swirls in iran, the president stern and frank about how he will respond and putting congress on notice that he will take action tweeting "these media posts will serve as notification to the united
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states congress that should iran strike any u.s. person or target, the united states will quickly strike back and perhaps in a disproportionate matter. such legal notice is not required but is given nonetheless." the president is in a standoff with congress. congress tried to clip his wings over how much he can do with iran. the president insisting that he has the full force and power of the united states to respond in any way that he deems necessary. bret? >> the president is not backing off the threats to hit targets of cultural importance to iran. >> no. he's doubling down on it. you heard trey yingst say that the united states has identified 52 sites which coincides with a number of american hostages that were taken by iranians in 1979. some have said it would be a war crime. on the way home from west palm
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beach last night, the president telling the pool that was assembled there for a brief gaggle "they're allowed to kill our people, they're allowed to torture, mame our people and use roadside bombs and we cannot touch their cultural sites? it doesn't work that way." the president issuing a warning iraq not to meddle in this. if there's any hostility, they do anything that we think is inappropriate, we'll put big sanctions on iraq. you heard trey yingst say there was a nonbinding resolution calling on u.s. forces to leave iraq. the president says if the iraqis were to follow-through with that, they will get a very big bill for somewhere around $10 billion for the price of the big air base that the united states has build since the iraq war in 2003. john? >> such weighty issues. hard to believe we have an
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impeachment trial pending the senate but now have trump's former national security adviser saying he would testify in impeachment trial if he's subpoenaed. >> yeah. john bolton said in the inquiry that he would testify if a federal judge ruled that a congressional subpoena was valid for a former member of the white house staff. that federal judge who had the case never ruled on. so bolton making a statement. today he made the decision on his own and in a statement saying i intend to resolve the competing issues as best i could. i have concluded in the senate issues a subpoena for any testimony, i am prepared to testify. that statement drawing quick reaction from chuck schumer said momentum for uncovering the truth in a senate trial. mr. bolton has new relevant information to share. if any senate republican opposes issuing subpoenas to the four witnesses and documents, they would make absolutely clear that
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they are participating in a cover-up. there's still no agreement on how to proceed between senator mitch mcconnell and senator chuck schumer. nancy pelosi has not yet sent over the articles of impeachment to the senate. so everything on impeachment other than the statements is in a holding pattern. bret? >> thanks, john. as you heard, the senate democratic leader chuck schumer calling for president trump to also tell americans what he knows about the decisions to go after the iranian general. we'll see what the white house has to say about that. from all the journalists of fox news, this is "fox news reporting." wow!
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administration's plan for iran. >> i think we're all uneasy in congress. this administration has taken its time briefing congress on what threat was posed, why we needed to move forward right now with this attack. we haven't heard the long-term strategy. >> a leading house republican calls this war powers resolution pure politics. >> it's not about war powers act. it's not about congress. this about slapping at the president that they don't like. here's an interesting issue. where was nancy pelosi saying that there was war powers for the drones during the bomb administration? >> senator graham says the last thing the country needs is 535 commanders in chief. bret? >> top democrats, senate democrats are pushing for action on president trump. >> senator chuck schumer tweeted
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about it saying president trump declassify the war powers notification you sent to congress. it's critical that such issues be shared with the american people. there appear to be no legitimate justification for classifying it. the top republican says the briefing he received was compelling. >> it's in a classified space right now. i'll tell you between the national security adviser telling me that it was imminent to general milley who have known for a long time calling it clear, unambiguous intelligence. >> the congress, the american people, the executive, we should all be united before we send men and women in harm's way. it's the most serious decision anybody in elected office can
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possibly make. we've got to make sure we're making that decision based on facts. >> iran likely to be one of the dominant topics here this week on capitol hill. bret? >> you have wednesday, you have the secretaries of state defense, the chairman of the joint chief of staff and the cia director briefing the house and the senate. that shows you what a big deal this is. >> no doubt about it. classified setting. it's not clear what we will hear after those briefings, but those demanding more answers will get them in a closed setting on wednesday from the top players. >> mike, thanks. our european allies are pushing for restraint. the head of the north atlantic treaty organization says a new conflict would be in nobody's interest. nato froze its training missions in iraq over the weekend. the secretary general says they're committed to the fight against isis but the safety of personnel is most important right now. pentagon officials are keeping
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>> bret: pentagon is preparing for a strategy shakeup in the mideast while dealing with a shakeup in their top office. mark esper's chief of staff is leaving at the end of the month. jennifer griffin reporting live from the pentagon. good afternoon, jennifer. >> hi, bret. we learned that defense secretary mark esper's chief of staff is leaving the pentagon in a few weeks. we're told the decision does not have to do with middle east tensions or policy differences. he will be replaced by the minority staff director, jen stewart, who has worked for max
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thornberry for several years. she's the first woman to hold this powerful pentagon position. we've learned as you've been reporting that both the defense secretary and joint chiefs chairman general mark milley will be on capitol hill for those closed-door classified briefings to the house and senate to explain the intelligence behind the qassim soleimani strike. the house plans to vote late wednesday on a war powers resolution act as mike emanuel reported to limit the president's military actions in iran, bret. >> bret: jennifer griffin live. breaking news now. senator mitch mcconnell talking about iran. >> permanent injuries inflicted by his terrorists. in iraq and in syria, and beyond, the region felt his evil tactics. we should welcome his death and complication of tehran's terrorism industrial complex.
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but we must remain vigilant and soberly prepared for further aggression. now, it's completely appropriate this decision would generate interest and questions from this body. we can and we should learn more about the intelligence and thinking that lead to this operation and the plan to defend american personnel and interests in the wake of it. i'm glad the administration will hold an all-senators briefing wednesday. it will be lead by secretary of defense esper, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general milley, secretary of state pompeo and cia director haspel. unfortunately, in this toxic political environment, some of our colleagues rushed to blame our own government before even knowing the facts, rushed to split hairs about intelligence before being briefed on it.
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rushed to down play soleimani's evil while presenting our own president as the villain. soon after the news broke, one of our distinguished colleagues made a public statement that called soleimani a murderer and then amazingly walked the message back when the far left objected to her statement. so far her criticism is directed at our own president. another one of our democratic colleagues is thinking out about policy on social media. mere days before. trump's decision, tore into the white house as what is described as weakness and inaction. no one fears us, he complained. trump has rendered impotent in the middle east. since the strike, a complete 180. that same senator has criticized
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our own president for getting tough ludicrously. he and others have accused the administration of committing an illegal act and equated this removing of a terrorist with our own secretary of defense. here's what one expect had to say about it. jay johnson. president obama's own former pentagon general counsel and secretary of homeland security. here's what he said. "if you believe everything that our government is saying about general soleimani, he was a lawful military objective and the president under his constitutional authority as commander-in-chief had ample domestic legal authority to take him out without, without an additional congressional authorization, whether he was a terrorist or a general in a military force that was engaged in armed attacks against our
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people, he was a lawful military objective. that's the former secretary of homeland security in the obama administration, jay johnson. an expert on these things. our former colleague, joe lieberman that ran for vice president on the democratic ticket in 2000. wrote this morning that in their uniformly skeptical or negative reactions to soleimani's death, democrats are creating the rift that the us will be seen as acting and speaking of less authority abroad at this important time. that's how former democratic senator sees it. look, the senate is supposed to be the chamber where overheated partisan passions give way to sober judgment. can we not at least wait until we know the facts? can we not maintain a shred,
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just a shred of national unity for five minutes, for five minutes before deepening the partisan trenches? must democrats distaste for this president dominate every thought they express and every decision they make? is that really the seriousness that this session deserves? the full senate will be briefed wednesday. i expect the committees of oversight will have hearings and senators will have plenty of opportunities to discuss our interests and policies in the regions so i urge my colleagues to bring a full awareness of the facts, a sober understanding of the threat iran continues to pose. could we at least remember we're
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all americans first and we're all in this together. now meantime at this dangerous time, house democrats continue to play political games with their partisan impeachment of the commander-in-chief. last year house democrats conducted the least thorough, most rushed, most unfair impeachment inquiry in history. for weeks democrats say they couldn't wait for due process. could not conduct a normal or fair inquiry because removing the president from office was so incredibly urgent. urgent. well, the unseriousness was obvious then and should be even more obvious now. because speakers pelosi is now sitting on the articles she
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claimed were so very urgent. she's delayed this so the architects of the failed house process can reach over into the senate and dictate our process as well. democrats have tried to insist the senate deviate from the bipartisan precedent set in the 1999 trial of president clinton and write new rules for president trump. they've tried to precommit the senate to redoing house democrats -- >> bret: mitch mcconnell reiterating now about what he said already about the impeachment process and what is pending as house speaker nancy pelosi continues to hold on to those articles of impeachment. before that, dealing with the strike on the iranian general soleimani and what that means politically. for a look in that, let's go to
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a senior adviser to mike pompeo until last year. she's a visiting fellow at the heritage foundation where she works on foreign policy and national security issues. good afternoon. i want your take on where we stand after the strike and what you've seen from the fallout pledging in iran for more attacks and what it means. >> there's so much to talk about, bret. thanks for having me at this hour. let's start with the europeans. they have -- i think it's and understatement to say they have skin in the game and making it known. we just had a statement a day ago from the heads of government for u.k., franks and germany declaring basically what will be the european nato and e.u. approach. they want the u.s. and the iranians to be part of a nuclear deal. they want restraint by the united states and the iranians. they want the isis campaign to
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continue even though they have put it on pause. there's just a host of things that they have stated that i think suggest in order for president trump to realize thinks objective in iran and the middle east, we're going to have to institute a maximum diplomacy campaign that includes the europeans who have just deep ties to the region. >> bret: you say maximum diplomacy. the secretary of state has been talking about and tweeting out about a deescalation. at the same time, you have the president tweeting out and talking to reporters about retaliation if they strike again on 52 some sites, talks of republicans anxious about the public talk by the president about what comes next. you? >> and yes, bret, you're speaking to the issue that so many americans and others have talked about. that the administration really needs to be better coordinated on its messaging. it's hard to do so in real time
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when i think passions are high, a real concern of an imminent threat and sometimes there's not the opportunity for all of the principles to coordinate their statements. if there's a time, this is it. >> senator tim kaine from virginia is getting ready to introduce and put on the senate floor a resolution for war powers resolution that would call for the aumf, the authorization for the use of military force to be changed so there's a new one, to put handcuffs on the president when it comes to the war with iran. your thoughts on that and what it means politically. >> many of us in the scholar league community have wanted a new aumf because we're living from the one from under 2002 that allowed us to get in the iraq war.
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a new one would not limit the president but clarify the objectives and how long we will be there, what we will do. i don't think it's a bad idea to have an aumf because it will actually help us and help the american public understand exactly what we're doing. i say this in particular regarding iran because we have been in a 40-year twilight war with iran. most americans don't know that. until the past couple weeks, most americans have not heard of hezbollah, the pmf, the umbrella organization for the malitias in iran. this is a big part of the 21st century. everybody knows al-quaida and the sunni challenge that we fought from terrorists. iran is all over the globe. this would bring congress the executive branch and the american public into a common
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conversation on what this potential conflict would look like. >> dr. skipper, appreciate your time. we'll have you back. >> thank you. >> bret: rain arriving in australia. that's good news. officials say it won't be enough to take on the biggers fires there and the country's prime minister warning the flames could burn for months. we're live on the ground in australia after this. s near record lows, newday's proud to announce their fastest and easiest refi ever. one call can save you $2000 a year. pq1drxáiú8àp6 >> man: what's my my truck...is my livelihood. so when my windshield cracked... the experts at safelite autoglass came right to me. >> tech: hi, i'm adrian. >> man: thanks for coming. ...with service i could trust. right, girl? >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ what's going on?
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president trump said is a greater nuclear threat than they have ever been. trump's actions have been disastrous. north korea has more nuclear weapons and by all reports has developed or very close to developing an icbm that can hit the united states mainland. that is the respect of president trump's bumbling. the situation in syria is much worse than before. doing what he did in syria, pulling out the troops made no sense to anybody. even the most hawkish foreign policy people we have. and every time the president seems to deal with putin, putin seems to come out ahead. looking at the president's chaotic and rudderless foreign policy in hot spots around the globe, it's hard to conclude that any of the situations are better off than when the president took office three
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years ago. his policies seem to be characterized by erratic, impulsive and egotistical behavior with little strategy to advance the united states. at times like this, it's essential for congress to provide a check on the president and assert our constitutional matter, our constitutional roll of matters of peace. in my view, president trump does not have authority to go to war with iran. there's several important pieces of legislation that seeks to again assert congress's authority and prerogative on these matters. senator kaine has a war powers resolution that would prevent further escalation with hostilities with iran.
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that resolution will be privileged. so we'll have to come to the floor. my colleagues, we're going to vote on it. senator sanders has introduced a bill that would block funding for the war in iran. i am supportive of the senators efforts and urge the senate to consider both in the coming days. additionally the trump administration must start acting with greater transparency. by law the trump administration must make a notification to congress when it conducts a military operation like the one last friday. that's known as a war powers act notification. unusually the trump administration made the notification saturday after the action occurred. then they did it in a completely classified format. let me be clear. an entirely classified notification in the case of this particular military operation is
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simply not appropriate. there appears to be no legitimate justification for classifying this notification. so ranking member menendez and i sent a letter to the president urging declassification. it's critical that national security matters of such importance, war and peace, the possibility of another "endless war in the middle east", that knowledge of the actions and justification should be shared with the american people in a timely manner. americans will be asked to pay for such a war that occurs. american soldiers that will list their lives. the reason is very simple.
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our founding fathers were afraid of an overreaching executive. they wanted to make sure any act as important as war, war and peace, be discussed in an open manner by the congress so it could be vetted so questions should be -- could be asked? so a small little group in the president's group seems more inskull later. people like mattis and mcmaster that disagree with the president because he's so erratic leave. leaving updates for a bunch of yes people that seem to want to do whatever the president wants. that means having a debate in congress where questions are asked, coming to the american people so people can hear a justification and see if it's actually a valid one is vital.
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the administration still has to answer several really crucial questions about their actions last week. be -- which response to we expect? which responses do we expect? which are the most likely? what do we know about what iran would plan to do in retaliation? and then, what are our plans to counter all of these responses? how effective does our military, does our cia, does our state department think these responses will be? next question. what does this action mean for the long-term stability of iraq? what does it mean towards our presence in iraq? what does it mean to the
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trillions of dollars and thousands of american lives sacrificed there. how does what we're doing now fit into that? >> bret: equal time for the senate minority leader here. senate schumer asks a lot of questions that many administration officials believe will be answered in classified briefings in the house and senate by the secretaries of state, defense, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff on wednesday afternoon. meantime, a fox urgent out of australia. fires are already responsible for killing 25 people could be "burning for months to come." that is from the country's prime minister. rain and cooler temperatures brought a bit of relief to firefighters today. but officials warn the rain won't put out the largest and most dangerous fires. more than 130 of them burning across new south wales, densely populated areas. australia's air force releasing this video of pilots flying through a smokey orange sky to show some of the challenges the
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crews are facing. this video showing firefighters giving a thirsty possum water after rescuing it. the fires have killed nearly a half billion animals since the flames broke out in september. jeff paul live on scene in cajola which is in new south wales. jeff? >> yeah, bret. that shift in weather to the cold rainy temperatures has been a huge relief nor the people that have been so greatly impacted by the bush fires here in australia. that could change in a few days. this is what they're worried about. areas like this. spots that have already been impacted by the fire that are still smoldering. if you take a look at this spot here, you could see a few embers. what could happen with the temperatures as they warm up the next few days. things will dry out more and then the strong winds could make a turn picking up the embers and sending them to other vegetation that has not burned. we take a look at the numbers of
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what has happened so far. so fires started in september. more than 12 million acres have burned. to put that in perspective, that is twice the size than the state of maryland. 2,000 homes destroyed. for many people that have been impacted, they had a few minutes to get out. they couldn't take anything other than their lives. many fortunate that they have their lives. when they come home, what they're finding, absolutely crushing. >> have a community here that is not burnable. it hurts. it hurts to see this. i don't want anyone to go through this again. >> that is one of the many heart breaking stories we're hearing here in australia. we are hearing about help that is on the way especially from
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the united states. several firefighters and other groups that just showed up from the united states and southern california arriving in sydney last night. 100 in total will be here to help out and the prime minister who has been under some fire for the way he has responded to this now saying that he's going to be allocating $1.4 billion to help in the recovery efforts. bret? >> bret: we referenced it in the intro to you. tell us more about the effect this is having on wildlife there. >> yeah, half a billion animals they estimate, this is where they live, out here in the forest. you can imagine animals like kangaroos, koalas, things that are unique to the identity of australia. many are dying or in rough shape. we're seeing people sort of trying to triage those animals back to health. but they have a long road to go. another month left of bush fire season. bret? >> bret: jeff paul early tuesday morning in australia. thanks. movie producer harvey weinstein
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there perpetrators actions, not his victims. and that justice is served. >> the accusations help launch the meat to movement laura reporting live from the courthouse in lower manhattan. >> today makes a significant moment for the dozens of women who have come forward since october 2017 accusing harvey weinstein of sexual misconduct assault and rape. as he mentioned, every weinstein is facing by postal lists of charges. he arrived at criminal court using a walker and appearing you need assistance. he faces five charges here in new york which evolved around different alleged incidents with two women. last hour, prosecutors and los angeles say they will wait for the new york case to run its course before bringing him to try out there on similar
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charges. also involving two other women and 2013. there could have been more charges if it weren't for the timing. >> in all, eight women came forward to report that they were sexually assaulted. three of those alleged crimes took place outside of the statute of limitations. for that reason's we have declined to file charges. >> he has maintained all of his relationships and encounters were consensual. prosecutors in new york want to call several witnesses to show what they say is a pattern of misconduct as dozens of accusers wait to see if weinstein will face the justice they say he has long escaped. >> no matter what lies you tell yourself, you did this. today, lady justice is staring down a predator. you, you brought this upon yourself by hurting so many.
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you have only yourself to blame. >> jury selection begins tomorrow. >> thanks. that does it for me. here is "your world" with neil cavuto next. >> neil: thank you very much. iranians are taking to the streets as demonstrations continue to run today. protesters are demanding death to american troops after the top general was killed by the u.s. air strike. the president is tweeting out that iran will never get his hand nuclear wil weapons. the killing of the iranian general divide in congress. curiously, along party lines. democrats are slamming the move and republicans praising it. joe lieberman says both parties need to come together on this. he will be joining me in a moment.
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