heather. and some of us are here just out of respect for a young woman who lost her life defending the rights of people. i would like for us to carry her legacy on by doing the same thing, respecting the rights of everyone. the family is humbled and deeply grateful for the outreach and outpouring of love for the community and generosity. we especially need to thank the paramount,vices, the the space downtown, and the police department who has kept us all secure today. at this time, heather's grandfather is going to share some remembrances. >> i like to repeat that we thank you for coming. at this outpouring and affection. let me say that i'm here to speak of heather's childhood. i knew her quite well. she lived in our home for some years. i have rocked her to sleep many times and sometimes we went to sleep together in the chair. i sang to her. i made up little songs at times. i wish i had some of them recorded, they were truly silly, but it did matter to heather. she loved them. i read to her

heather. and some of us are just here out of respect for a young woman who lost her life defending the .ights of people i would like for us to carry her legacy on by doing the same thing. protecting the rights of everyone. the family is humbled and deeply , theful for the outreach outpouring of love from the community, and the generosity. we need to thank the funeral services, the paramount, the limousines and the police department who have kept a secure today. , heather'se grandfather will share some remembrances. repeat thatike to we thank you for coming. me say that i am here to speak of heather's childhood, i knew her quite well. she lived in our home for some years, her younger years. i rocked her to sleep many times, and sometimes we went to sleep together in the chair. her, i made up little songs at times. i wish i had some of those recorded. that it didn't matter to her, she loved them. her many, many, times and i've assisted to his with her. we were close. she, like her brother, loved

heathers. one tomally speak in front of people but today i felt like i owed it to heather. .he was a wonderful person she was not just a coworker, she was a friend. i just wanted to share a few moments that we had together. i worked in the office with that knows everyone her knows she is not a morning person. morningd come in in the and good morning heather, mind you, she comes in at 10:00. she goes straight to get her coffee. we all wanted heather to have her coffee. she would get to work and say after and come in on the weekends. we admired her commitment to her job. person.a real she cursed like a sailor sometimes. in my office was right outside , she would say -- she and the printer, it was an everyday thing. to haveall continue sleepless nights a pain that will eventually fade away, of memories of heather will live on. that was a little something i wanted to share. heather, that it ended this way, that terrible saturday, that phone call we did not want to believe was true. mistake,t have b

heather. and some of us are just here out of respect for a young woman who lost her life defending the rights of people. and i would like for us to carry her legacy on by doing the same thing -- respecting the rights of everyone. the family is humbled and deeply grateful for the outreach and the outpouring of love from the community, and generosity. we especially need to rank the jf bell funeral services, the ,aramount, the space downtown the limousine company, and the police department have kept us all secure today. time, elwood schrader, heather's grandfather, is going to share some remembrances. elwood: i would like to repeat that we thank you for coming. we are absolutely in all at this outpouring of affection. awe of this outpouring of affection. i am to speak of heather's childhood, for i knew her quite well. she lived in our home for some years, her younger years. i have rocked her to sleep times, andmany sometimes, we went to sleep together in the chair. i sang to her. i made up little

rob, heather. rob on okay. heather: thank you, kelly. rob: talk about the big discussion over the weekend was whether or not the president's initial statement went far enough. he didn't make any mention of kkk, far-right groups and groups like that, let's take a look at what the white house came back and filled in the blanks that the media and the left say there were. the president said strongly in statement yesterday that he condemns all forms of violence, bigotry, hatred, of course that includes white supremacists, kkk, neglecto-nazis and that's the clarification from the white house on the president's response. heather: but the question was there a need for clarification, he said that he condemned in the strongest of terms, but then i think the problem was he said that there's been violence from all sides so he wasn't specifically talking about the white supremacists. rob: he made a blanket statement in general. heather: will anything be enough and apparently for people like maxine parties it was not, she put on twitter this statement

heather and rob.p is starting the morning back in the white house the anticipation is rising for the major announcement tonight concerning the war in afghanistan. rob: griff jenkins live on what could be the president's new approach to this conflict that has now stretched almost 16 years, hey, griff. >> hey, rob and heather, that's right the president is going to announce path forward in america's longest war, he will address the nation tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern from fort myer in what are -- arlingtonton, virginia, the president tweeted on saturday important day spent at camp david with talented generals and military leaders, many decisions made including on afghanistan, the white house is offering no indication of whether the president plans to send in more troops or if he plans to withdraw. the u.s. currently has 8400 troops on the ground whose primary role is to advise and assist and the pentagon was awaiting decision on a proposal to add roughly 4,000 additional troops but whatever the decision

heather.ther: we've heard on sanctions before on north korea, why are these different? >> first of all, there's the myth that there was nothing else to sanction in north korea and nikki haley and president trump and rex tillerson, secretary of state prove that had wrong. this is a major foreign policy for the trump administration because thighs are massive sweeping sanctions and we got everybody on board in un security council, that's a big deal. it's going to squeeze the north korean regime as much as third of export revenue that is they make. the key is if china is going to enforce sanctions. heather: we will talk a little bit more on china. let look specifically at the sanctions which have been approved, 15-0 unanimously across the board, supposedly will ban coal and other experts worth a billion dollars, other experts in addition to coal. you were referencing china and i know specifically in terms of the sanctions that have been place before on north korea, coal specifically was one that c

heather: thanks, casey. lot of people on social media, family members from way far away seeking help for family members who were stuck. >> a lot of them don't have television and don't know what's going on. president trump headed to texas to take a look at the damage from what's been called the worst natural disaster in state history. >> fema is going to be there for years, sir, this disaster recovery, this disaster is going to be a landmark event. we are setting up and gearing up for the next couple of years. heather: so how is the president handling his first natural disaster as commander in chief? why our next guest says that he's taking steps in the right direction [brother] any last words? [boy] karma, danny... ...karma! [vo] progress is seizing the moment. your summer moment awaits you, now that the summer of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the summer of audi sales event. ah, my poor mouth breather. allergies? stuffy nose? can't sleep?

heather: will sean somber?sbytery made his decision about dancing with the stars, we have the answer up next. ♪ heather: donald trump out of the swamp and back with his base in west virginia. how did his message resonate with voters, put the president of the dial test, to pull out some specific parts of the speech last night. let's begin first with the president talking about democrats saying they have no message, agenda or vision. >> the reason why democrats only talk about the totally made up russia story is because they have no message. no agenda and no vision. >> republicans gave it a b plus, independence the sea and democrats after. if you saw the spike when he said they have no message, no vision no agenda republicans completely agree with that and even independents came with it. they don't like he was just focusing on russia last night and it wasn't as good as some of the things he is going to do. heather: people taking back their country, donald trump says the prosecutor should look at hillary's deleted

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heather: appreciate it. rally in phoenix with a call to unite as patriots and americans. a powerful move according -- johnny joey jones joins us live. an honor to have you with us. we were just discussing our thoughts about the president's speech, i love it when he is so patriotic and tries to pull all people together, don't know how anyone can feel that way. >> by the end of the speech you feel a sense of unity through believing in this country. i get so excited when i talk about this country because so passionate about it. i don't know if anyone knows how much i love this country, back to where i come today, if anybody can live and the speech last night with mitch mcconnell, donald trump knows more than anyone what he is trying to accomplish. i think he did it. he was speaking to his base. in doing so he was speaking to the rest of the country as well. heather: you thought he went off message a little bit. >> if i'm completely honest i am sitting there trying to watch it objectively as a veteran wanting to

heather: we will follow that story.n the new york area will of this because chito's is opening a pop up restaurant in new york city, not just a riffraff restaurant, celebrity chef and morel is behind this. look at these menu items like flaming hot chatter chito's and crusted chicken. it found fancy food for people on social media. maybe we should get some food savers going. check out the chito's food. rob: thanks. let's see what is coming up. >> what is the address of that chito's restaurant? thank you very much. carly was talking about reaction around the world to the passing of glen campbell. one of his good friends to remember glenn. we have a team of military experts to react to escalating tensions with north korea. what is going on over there? the secretary of health and human services doctor tom price joining us to talk about the opioid crisis, deputy assistant to donald trump, doctor sebastian gorka from the north lawn of the white house. a busy 3 hours kicks off on the channel you trust. "fox and friends" first

heather: welcome back.ion to pull a commentator named robert leave from calling this weekend at uva football game has some viewers changing the channel. here to weigh in on the growing outrage, new york jets reverend michael faulkner, thank you for joining us. we have a huge response from our viewers yesterday. i thought this was a joke when i heard the story but to find out it was true, what do you think? >> it is crazy, pc run amok. i am thinking about robert lee and i have a couple lawyers, civil rights lawyers i want to introduce him to because this is a clear violation of his civil rights. it is his name. it is not his job performance or what he did, not the content of his character, it is his name and it is associated with confederate general 150 years ago. nobody is concerned about robert e lee at a football game i can assure you. i played uva many times and they are worried about their opponents. espn's thoughts in this and our thoughts as americans have grown so out of bounds with where we are and

. >> heather: and i am heather childress joining you once agai again. president trump speaking at a contentious news conference, if you can call it that, and more. he mentioned his plan for an infrastructure project, but that message was lost as the president fielded questions from reporters on charlottesville, of course, and suggested that the "alt left" was just as response will as whites from assist groups for the chaotic clash that left one young woman dead and more than a dozen others injured this past weekend. >> i think there is blame on both sides. you look at both sides, i think there is blame on both sides and i have no doubt about it and you don't have any doubt about it either. and if you reported it accurately, you would see it. >> heather: david lee miller's life arose from trump tower and new york city with more. we're still talking about this today. >> that's right, heather and just moments ago, the president sent out a tweet addressing the subject of charlottesville specifically, the young woman who is killed, the tweet reads "memorial

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heather: september a busy month. rob: taxes, healthcare, national security, when you go to these, i was just in kentucky and people don't talk about monuments or statues, they talk about those issues sarah huckabee sanders mentioned. heather: we would like to hear more. sarah huckabee sanders will be live on "fox and friends" at 7:30 a.m. this morning, lots of questions for her. in the meantime, they found the bodies of two sailors killed when the uss john mccain crashed into an oil tanker, identified as 22-year-old kenneth smith and 26-year-old dustin dorian, electronics technicians. eight remain missing, more divers and agreement overnight helping with that search inside flooding compartments on the destroyer. the us trying -- a new isis propaganda video speaking fluent english and claiming he is an american. introduces himself and says he moved to syria two years ago with his mother, claims his father is a us soldier but for me with intelligence official says the boy's story doesn't match up. rob: terrorists stand

heather: why not? get money to that area and the good news is a lot of people are sending their support so the heck with his shoe nonsense. >> some people were actually focused on the real issue, helping people in that flood zone and hashtag help for houston became a top trending topic across social media. here are the best, inspiring tweets. the mayor of boston marty walsh posted a photo donating clothes, houston, we in boston are here for you and promised to step up help however we can through the darkest hour and look at this tweet from chris, he sent a powerful picture with the caption a reminder of what real heroes look like and a young girl named sammy gave a shout out to her uncle saying he is among scores of people in houston helping out. there are thousands and thousands of these tweets all over social media. amazing and inspiring to see our country always come together in a time of such tragedy. rob: one guy who wasn't on the united train. >> we talked about this guy, university of tampa prof

heather heyer. and we've been praying, we've comfort for her family and her friends.s and we are also praying that in america, we will not allow the few to divide the many. the strength of the united states ofç america is always strongest as the president has said so eloquently, we are united. around our shared values and so we will always be. let me say, it's about the strength of the united states of america that the president sent me here to latin america. and as we prepare to end our trip a little bit early tomorrow after we stop in panama, i leave your greatly encouraged that across south america and central america, with the united states and canada, this isç a new era here, chilly as shiningq.-ç exe of a nation that shows economic freedom decades ago and now is experiencing vibrant democracy. it is inspiring nations across latin america who have followed their lead. i return from this trip more encouraged than ever, thaten not only will our commerce grow, strengthening jobs and opportuniti

heather: more political correctness to deal with.x and friends," you don't need any antiaging cream. >> coming up on "fox and friends" in a dozen minutes, newt gingrich will stop by to talk about the controversy around the president's comments regarding charlottesville and rob o'neill who killed usama bin laden, the chairman of the rnc and the mayor of miami-dade, carlos jimenez, a busy 3 hours kicks off on the channel you trust for your morning news, "fox and friends" first returns in two minutes. real cheese people get it. that post lunch, post dinner, i need something sweet craving. sargento sweet balanced breaks, natural cheese on one side, and sweetness on the other. sargento sweet balanced breaks, find it in our cheese section. ...with pantene 3 minute miracle daily conditioner.s... a super concentrated pro-v formula makes hair stronger* in just 3 minutes. so it's smoother every day. because strong is beautiful. for years, centurylink has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of rea

heather: a startling site and one woman's backyard. heather: u.s. navy working round-the-clock to save harvey victims. a former seal says moments like these bring us together as americans. rob: remember when kathy griffin apologized for her assassination stunned? >> the whole outrage got so blown out of proportion and i lost everybody, i had chelsea clinton tweeting against me. rob: apparently she didn't really mean it. ♪ practice what you preach ♪ ♪ my bladder leakage was making me feel like i couldn't spend time with my grandson. now depend fit-flex has their fastest absorbing material inside, so it keeps me dry and protected. go to depend.com - get a coupon and try them for yourself. heather: rob: the u.s. navy working through the night to rescue thousands of people stranded by rising floodwaters in texas. >> 5 helicopters helping out as they send ships into assist. joining us to talk about rescue operations, a team of external affairs, thank you for joining us this morning. a short time ago when we were watching griff jenkins on the scene we cou

. >> heather: and i'm heather childress. also looming, a possible government shutdown. the president making that threat this week as he tries to get congress to fund his border wall, but mr. trump who also called for national unity at a speech in reno yesterday, some people saying spending a whole different message than he did the day before in arizona. >> we have no division to deep for us to heal and there is no enemy to strong for us to overcome. because in america, we never lose faith. we never forget who we are, and we never stop striving for a better future. together, we cannot fail, we will not fail, we will make america great again. >> heather: chief white house correspondent john roberts joins us with more. >> it's one of those beautiful days where we have sunshine and the humidity is down, heather, picture-perfect in washington today. the president expects a lot from congress this fall and to make sure that they are in line with him, he set a series of meetings that we congress gets back. the most notable is with mitch mcconnell. the last time the two leaders

this is just the beginning of heather's legacy, this is not the end of heather's legacy.ou need to find in your heart that small spark of accountability. what is there that i can do to make the world a better place? what injustice do i see and want to turn away, i don't really want to get involved in that, i'll speak up, they'll be annoyed with me, my boss might think less of me. i don't care, you have poked that finger at yourself like heather would have done and you make it happen. you take that extra step. you find a way to make a difference in the world. my child had a high school education, my child was no saint, she was hard to raise because everything was a negotiation. my kid. but you know what? she was a firm believer in whatever she believed and let's do that. let's find that spark of conviction, let's find in ourselves that action. let's spread this. let's have the uncomfortable dialogue. it ain't easy sitting down and saying, well, why are you upset? it ain't easy sitting down, going, yeah, well, i think this way and i don't agree with you, but i'm going to re

there was a moment of silence for heather heyer. more than 1000 people gathered to honor her legacy of standing up for what is right which her mother said would live on. >> we don't all have to die. we don't all have to sacrifice our lives. they tried to kill my child to shut her up. you just magnified her. >> donald trump paid his respects tweeting memorial service for beautiful and incredible heather heyer, truly special young woman. she will be long remembered by all. the president continues to face backlash from members of both parties were his response to the violence in charlottesville including republican senator lindsey graham who said in a statement donald trump took a step backward by suggesting there is moral equivalency between whites promises, neo-nazis and kkk members who attended the charlottesville rally and people like heather heyer. i do not endorse this moral equivalency. mike pence traveling a class in latin america said in chile he stands by what donald trump has said. >> what happened in charlottesville was a t

heather childers. the president calling white supremacist and neo-nazis "repugnant." this comes after the president was criticized for not directly condemning those groups in his initial comments after the attack. he is back at the white house, he has now met with attorney general jeff sessions and fbi director christopher wray on the investigation. here is the president just a short time ago. >> to anyone who acted criminally and this weekend's racist violence, you will be held fully accountable. justice will be delivered. as i said on saturday, we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence. it has no place in america. and as i have said many times before, no matter the color of our skin, we all live under the same laws. we all salute the same great flag and we are all made by the same almighty god. >> jon: the man accused in the deadly vehicle attack in charlottesville is now charged with murder, appearing at a bond hearing. we begin with matt finn

. >> heather: i am heather childers. they are resting a fourth suspect is the manhunt intensifies to the driver of a van who mowed down as many innocent people as he could on a busy barcelona promenade. 14 people killed, as jon just mentioned, and seven teen others injured. isis claim responsibility for attack and the spanish now believe that the attacks are plan some time ago. president trump -- >> >> isis has taken credit for this barbaric attack, but anyone response will should know that the united states of america, together with our allies will find and punish those responsible and drive the evil of radical islamic terror from the face of the earth. >> jon: hours later and 80 miles away from barcelona, terrorists used a car to stage an attack in the seaside town of cambrils, one person was killed, at least five hours hurt, the police shot and killed five suspects wearing fake bomb belts. these attacks unnerving the nation. >> i heard this crashing noise, i heard screams. i turned around and looked. i was expecting l

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. people in the coastal community are bracing for the strongest storm to hit the community in 12 years. hurricane harvey could slam into texas late tonight and the problem as it could linger for days. >> my concern is the flood, the water is rising, trying to get some sandbags to seal my house and my father's house so we can prevent anyone water going in but i don't know if it's going to be enough. >> jon: tracking it all in the fox extreme weather center, what's the latest? >> heather just mentioned coastal areas, coastal areas will obviously research even though strongest storm surge but this is not just a coastal event, this is kind of an eastern texas event and it's going to be with us until wednesday or thursday of next week. category two coat right here, likely to strengthen up to a category three storm. i want to point out this, this is tomorrow night. this forecast right here is at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow local time and we still have a hurricane. we are going to be so close, the stor

heather: we will check with you later today.ice i dealing with the latest disturbing terror trend, turning every day trucks and vans into killing machines. rob: killing hundred people across europe in a matter of months. what us intelligence new about barcelona. >> reporter: more than a dozen people left dead in the streets of barcelona, cold-blooded terrorists turning a van into a weapon again, the latest attack echoing several high-profile truck massacres across europe, a disturbing idea first highlighted by al qaeda several years ago. a terrorist rammed a truck through crowd celebrating bastille day in east france killing 86 people including three americans. month later a driver plowed through a christmas market in berlin claiming 11 lives. weeks ago three attackers crashed into people on the london bridge before launching a deadly stabbing masker killing eight people. lieutenant colonel michael walsh says these attacks are hard to see coming. >> terrorists have found the perfect weapon that requires no training. we can't sto

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. forecasters warned it could bring 3 feet of rain, 129 mile-per-hour winds, and 12-foot storm surges. millions of americans line a path with almost one-third of the nation's oil refineries. president trump pledging federal help for texas. >> my wife and i, we joke about it because every time and say it's going to be real big, it goes in the opposite direction. but i'm taking extra precautions just in case because i don't want to get stuck. >> leland: casey stegall lie from galveston, texas, with the latest on the storm. >> the conditions are constantly changing as we will know what these tropical systems. it's really quiet now. it's hardly raining, there is not really any wind to speak of, but boy have there been times this morning where was completely opposite. you could hardly see, there was so much rain. and the winds gusting to 50 even 60 miles per hour where we are right here on the gulf of mexic mexico. if there is any indicator of what's to come despite what we are seeing now, y

>> heather: another one. >> jon: good morning to you, i'm jon scott. >> heather: i'm heather childers. he did not hold back at all. in the interview, he discussed some plans to "neutralize his rivals in government, he also said the u.s. faces an economic war with china and he contradicted the president's threat of possible military action against north korea saying "there is no military option on north korea. when asked if he still had confidence in steve bannon, president trump said this. >> i like him, he's a good man, he's not a racist, i can tell you that. he is a good person. he actually gets very unfair press in that regard, but we'll see what happens with mr. bannon, but he is a good person and i think the press treats and frankly very unfairly. >> heather: and his interview, he also attacked the far right, adding "ethanol nationalism and its losers is a strange element. i think the media plays it up too much and we have to cope crush it more." bryan's life for us in bridgewater new jersey. what is the latest? >> the latest right now is the balance of the president's tweets. he

heather long of the "washington post" with us. let's start with the influence of the chamber of commerce, particularly when it comes to this tax reform issue. how much weight can the chamber bring to bear here? how big of stick can they yield in the priorities that mr. bradley going through now? heather well, i think it's a : huge amount of influence. obviously they're willing to spend possibly millions of dollars on tv ad campaigns around the country to try and galvanized support on the ground for this. nowink what we have seen is that this eeo counsel has been disbanded after trump's comment on charlottesville there is a real need for the white house and congress to find ways to interact with the. you can see that he is was really trying to almost downplay those and sort of say that the door is still open. they're still talking. i think the chamber becomes more important voice at the table. they represent so many of those businesses now those ceo's aren't going to go as often themselves. they don't want to be seen standing along

. >> heather: and i'm heather childress. thank you so much for sticking around and joining us. not really a welcome return home for the president as protesters greeted the president at trump tower last night hours after he spoke out again on the events in virginia after widespread criticism that he did not directly condemn white supremacist groups in his initial remarks. >> we condemn and the strongest possible terms, this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence. it has no place in america. as i have said multiple times before, no matter the color of our skin, we all live under the same laws. we all salute the same great flag and we are all made by the same almighty god. we must love each other, show affection for each other, and unite together and condemnation of hatred, bigotry, and violenc violence. we must rediscover the bonds of love and loyalty that bring us together as americans. >> jon: we have doug mckelway live in charlottesville. first, we go to david lee miller live in new york city. >> good morning, jon. it is relatively quiet here at trump tower. there

i just wish heather was here. i wish she was here so she could talk and be in front of you today and spread her message but we're going to do it for her. >> that's what she needs for you to do now. if she cared about that message, she wants to see it carried on. and you know the big political, i guess -- it's not really political, but this discussion that's going on about what happened president said and what he didn't say. he is expected to come out again today. does it matter to you if the president of the united states says this was white supremacists that did this down there? i don't want anything to do with them and the ranks of people who believe in me and i want to call them out as something that is hateful in this country? >> he needs to call out the hate in this country. but he won't because that's what he ran his platform on. he ran his platform on hate and he won't denounce white supremacy or racism because he's scared that he's going to lose his followers. he needs to be worried about the united states

heather: the medal of honor.ite house, vietnam veteran jim mccool became the first person to receive the medal of honor from donald trump. take a listen to this. >> he gave it is all and kept giving. jim fought with all the love and courage in his cell. his brothers in arms could live there is. >> social media responding. i agree with you. becky saying thank you for your heroism and other service to the usa and claudia said what a brave human being. >> on the show yesterday we need more ceremonies to honor these men and women. switching gears quite rapidly. to rock and roll, this looks like gene simmons, every time they try to take a picture he sticks his tongue out. they name the cat jeannie and gene simmons with an official twitter account said this is real folks, born in texas ranch and looks exactly like kiss rocker gene simmons. how funny. that is unbelievable. >> needs to come on the plasma. city of ducey, on friday. >> the crazy mars rover on the plan is a today. you saw this video. and airport stepmom sha

how do you want us all to remember heather?t happened to heather and the others to be in vain. it cannot be okay to be a racist behind your own doors, it cannot be okay toment could out right and be a racist in public and i feel that's what the presidency was done. it has made it okay to a public bigot. >> thank you for your candor, and thank you for sharing your memories of heather. i wish we all could have met her. she sounds like a remarkable woman. thank you, felicia. >> thank you for having me. >> chris? >>> it is election day in alabama. president trump has thrown his support behind a candidate he wants to replace jeff sessions in the senate. will voters agree? we have a live report from alabama, next. ♪ ♪ hey, is this our turn? honey...our turn? yeah, we go left right here. (woman vo) great adventures are still out there. we'll find them in our subaru outback. (avo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. get 0% apr financing for 63 months on all new 2017 subaru outback models. now through august 31. >>> alabama voters

and then the search for heather began. and we did not find out, nobody knew where heather was. i had to start asking around the hospital. asking around the hospital coming into than a detective told me that it was her. it is still so unreal. i could not go to sleep last night. it was hate. >> fields is charged with second-degree murder, malicious wounding, and hit-and-run. he could face more charges, doj and fbi have opened a civil rights investigation into this attack. >> jon: allison barber at a very sad charlottesville, virginia. thank you. >> heather: let's switch gears for a moment as we await the presidents meeting with the attorney general, lawmakers on their august break. and to this headline in "politico" touts our attention. protecting brutal september, and goes on to say senior officials have described the coming months as brutal, bad, or really tough. because of the confluence of complicated issues. they also say it is provable to get the presidency back on course. joining me now is david catton's, the senior politics writer. let's talk about this list. it is a long

welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i am jon scott. >> heather: i'm heather childers. it comes as the president is still getting criticism for his response of the violence in charlottesville. president trump directly condemning hate groups in a statement from washington yesterday after facing backlash from both parties over the weekend, but today he is shifting that focus to that big campaign issue which he spoke about last thursday. >> i want a very big infrastructure bill where we are working on that very hard already and we can do that and we may even get bipartisan on infrastructure but we want to have it. >> heather: kevin corke aside from washington with more. >> the president as you know campaigned on a platform of jobs, jobs, and jobs and that is obviously one of the key principles behind this idea of a major makeover of the nation's infrastructure, something the president will talk about once again today. for perspective, i want to share some numbers just to show you the funding gap between where we are today and where we might be by 2025, this graphic is actu

heather: thank you for joining us. rob: we will see you later. heather: bi.e ♪ slowly make you lose your mind steve: live from the big town in new york city. not so fast in that lane, avenue of the americas right now. pete: right now not so fast because the president is here and the traffic is. steve: one block over that's absolutely right. abby: lots of protesters.

heather. >> heather: i'm trying to keep track, i think you need to add one more. i'm just kidding. thank you very much, we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> jon: we have just learned that harvey is now a hurricane. the storm expected to slam into the texas gulf coast as a major hurricane, bringing nearly 2 feet of rain in some spots, hurricane warnings in effect as harvey gains strength before a projected landfall late tomorrow night or possibly early saturday morning. chief meteorologist is live in the fox extreme weather center. rick. >> hey, yeah i just updated to a hurricane the storm right now, winds up to 80 miles an hour, the storm is really strengthening quickly, and there is no reason to think that it will not continue to rapidly intensify, conditions are certainly all good fort at this point, i will show you in a second, this is the initial path, somewhere to the west of houston, keep in mind that these storms are not just little points, they are very big storms going in towards the landmass. it is also very warm, and that is the fuel that we need here, so there is no rea

heather: thank you.cret service needs drones to protect the president was according to white house documents the agency will test a small unmanned aircraft during the president's visit to his golf club in new jersey this month. it is part of their effort to find new ways to provide necessary protection to the president. >> republicans racing to go, raising $75 million and donald trump's for 6 months in office. the republican national committee fundraising numbers double the amount democrats raised during barack obama's for 6 months according to abc. the rnc attribute in the numbers to the president's appeal with his base. the left is losing money they are preparing for 2018 by scrambling to come up with an obamacare fix after republicans failed to pass a skinny repeal of obamacare, democrats sharing some of their proposals in september, the health committee will start hearing about how to fix the failing health care system. we are not done with it yet. >> they are still dealing with the 2016 election, in

heather: we have not said that. calls forent contribute to national sick -- international peace and security. that.are some gaps in that is a concern of ours because it does not take into account the destabilizing activities of iran. of the work that they are doing in that region of the world to cause additional unrest, killings, attacks and things of this nature. i'm not going to debate you. thatu want to talk about more another time, i am happy to. sorry, go ahead. >> on iraq and iran -- heather: may i say that it is great to see you back. you look well rested. [laughter] >> thank you. an iraqi shia militia claimed the u.s. attacked it on the border. it was on the border of iraq and syria. that it killed dozens of its fighters come including members of the revolutionary guard. -- the. has denied pentagon at least. can you explain what happened there? heather: we don't know exactly what happened, but i can tell you this p.m. the reports you referenced are false. the united states had nothing to do with this. the un

that's what heather was basically standing up gueagains.to give everyone a fair chance and understand all of us are equal. heather wanted individuals to know that she believed that we are all here equally and that we all should have the same opportunities in life. when heather came to work with us, one of the things she was so humble and always second-guessed herself about, how valuable she is, and used to tell me, alfred i'm just a high school graduate. i said no you're more than that. you're a woman with a voice. somebody that individuals will listen to and wanted to talk to. >> well that voice -- >> that's something i really enjoyed about heather. is her voice. >> that voice is going to echo through your memories today at the memorial and what everybody else has been saying and what was in her heart that hopefully will remain in yours. alfred, thank you very much for joining us. and again, i'm sorry to have to meet you under these circumstances but hopefully something bigger than just her death will come out of that memorial today. >> ye

. >> heather: apparently he found about 40 minutes ago, some new details continue to emerge as we determine what is going to happen next. >> jon: normally friday afternoons are the time when you make big personnel changes in washington, this one came relatively early. kevin corke is at the white house for us. all right, i'm sorry. he is in bedminster new jersey, the operating white house while the president is there. kevin, tell us about the departure of steve bannon. >> we are very close to camp david, we've been following the president sort of bounced aroun around, we are in suburban maryland here not far from camp david, frankly not very far from the nation's capital where once again the center of the political world is focused. steve bannon is out, we have heard rumblings, you may have seen yesterday in that wide-ranging interview he really seemed to take some shots at not only some administration officials but certainly seem to depart from what the president was saying about north korea. we are not suggesting that that in and of itself was enough to move him out of the job but make no

heather: it really is scary stuff. rob: coming up, nikki haley will join us live in the studio talking how the us is dealing with the threat from north korea. in the wake of sanctions slapped on north korea, doctor sebastian gorka says the type of thing would never have happened before donald trump. >> this is not the obama white house and there's a very different man today as commander-in-chief, they should not test donald trump. >> think about all the people who not just underestimated but criticized this president. what did we achieve through the office of nikki haley, secretary tillerson, we have a 15-0 vote in the us council. >> attorney general jeff sessions firing back slamming the city of chicago for filing a lawsuit against justice department policy on sanctuary cities. san francisco is reaffirming it sanctuary stands as well paying an illegal immigrant $200,000. kelly right live in studio with those details. >> reporter: we are watching a lot unfolding this story. jeff sessions characterizes chicago's lawsuit

. >> the charlottesville woman killed in that crash was heather heyer who worked as a paralegal. the other vics were virginia state troopers who died when their helicopter crashed as they were looking to get to the scene. mourners have been gathered in charlottesville to remember those victims and to call for peace going forward. abc abc's emily rau joins us with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the city of charlottesville is still in a state of emergency. the streets though are quiet this morning after a night of vigils bolton here and across the country. the alleged driver behind the wheel of this car mowing down a crowd of people protesting against a white nationalists rally now charged with murder. [ chanting ] >> reporter: 20-year-old james fields drove from ohio to virginia for the really chanting a message of white supremacy. >> i thought it had something to do with trump. i mean, he had an african-american friend. >> fields' mother saying she didn't know about her son's view but a former teacher say they date back to his days in high school. >> he had this idea that

but i do want to go back to susan bro, heather heyer's mother, because i do think that if heather heyer had survived this, we would all want to hear from her tonight. but we can't. i want to hear more from heather heyer's mother, susan bro, and what she said about her daughter. >> i'm extremely proud of my daughter. i'm extremely proud that she stood for what she believed in, that she not only gave mouth to it, but she gave heart to it. she gave soul to it. and now she's given her life to it. and the day she passed away was the day of the meteor showers that we used to go out and watch every year when she was a little girl. so my child is now flying with the meteors, and i love her, and i miss her so, so much. but i'm going to make her death worth something. no mother should have to give up her 32-year-old child, and i know people die every day. i'm not special that way. but if my child's death was for a cause, i'm going to speak for that cause, and i'm going to make that cause important. >> nancy, we have plenty of time for the political debate that has already emerged on this. but wha

heather definitely stood against him. she basically wanted to see us as a country come together and wanted to see minorities get their opportunity to see life being treated as equals. >> there you are in charlottesville after this awful weekend you just endured. what's it like there now, do you feel safe? >> no, i don't. i have three children myself. it's one of those things i feel a little more nervous about. i came to the charlottesville area because i wanted to give a better place for my family. charlottesville is a beautiful town, a spre diverse town. it's a place that basically allows intellectual individuals. this is not charlottesville. charlottesville people are very diverse, educated people and people who love their community and love what's going on in our country as far as just the ability to grow. but what you see, this is not charlottesville. those people are coming from out of the charlottesville area. we have people like heather -- yes, sir. >> go ahead. finish your thought, please. >> no, just saying we ha