benjamin hall has been covering it all and joins us live from windsor next.lus you'll never guess where this kangaroo is stopping traffic? here is a hint. it is not in the land down under. >> julie: here is something you don't see every day. a kangaroo hopping along a highway right here in the u.s. the man spotted the animal near the georgia/south carolina state line tuesday. responding officers posted a picture to the department's facebook page saying i thought dispatch was joking. the kangaroo was captured and returned to its owner, a licensed exotic animal farmer. >> jon: the royal wedding will be taking place less than 48 hours from now but the festivities were overshaded by tabloid reports about meghan markle's father. now he will not attend the wedding because of health problems. benjamin hall with more on all of that. >> you can feel the excitement in windsor. the flags are out and processions are starting. a billion people expected to watch it on television. big news breaking today meghan's father will not be able to come. there was some controversy o

benjamin hall has more in jerusalem. benjamin? >> hi, shep. we just came back from the border what we saw today are scenes of chaos. if i can paint the scene for you. we were there about a kilometer away from the border. you can see the thick black smoke which the palestinians light tires to mask themselves from the snipers. then we can see this massing towards the border. chaotic scene there's and tear gas being dropped from above. we would hear long extended bursts of gun fire. after that, you would have reports of the death toll mounting. 2,300 wounded at least and that makes it the deadliest day since the war there in 2014. the reason they were so forceful, they said there were a number of coordinated attempts on the part of the palestinians to breach the fence coming into israel. if that happened, it's a five-minute run to certain villages and they cannot let that happen. that's a policy of theirs. they said we frankly had to do it to protect our own people. you know, what was fascinating, they said if there was any escalation, they would

we have team coverage, benjamin hall in jerusalem with iran and we begin with john roberts on the majorovement of north korea. good evening. >> as he was boarding air force one on his way to a campaign rally this afternoon, president trump predicted that his pending settlement with north korean leader kim jong un would be a "great success." the chances of it actually happening were greatly enhanced by the fact that north korea released the three remaining american prisoners that they were holding. it was just after 3:00 in the morning that the three americans did obtain north korea touched down in joint base andrews, the vice president, president trump, and the first lady were all on home to welcome them home. >> congratulations on being in this country. >> the goodwill gesture was enough to seal the deal on a trump-kim summit. the presidents weeding the highly anticipated meeting between kim jong un and myself will take place in singapore on june 12th, we will both try to make it a very special moment for world peace. the date carries historic significance bridge june 12th 1987 that ro

i am benjamin hall in london. coming up. >>> >> the giant stick on the cubs. saturday.leared of wrongdoing follow -- state trooper is cleared of wrongdoing following accusations he sexually assaulted a woman he arrested her over the weekend. she was pulled over and arrested for dui. following the incident she took to social media to say that the trooper threatened and sexually assaulted her. these accusations went viral and the law enforcement officer suffered major backlash but when police released his body cam video, it proved the woman lied. the woman, 37-year-old shah rita dixon has not spoken to the media but yesterday her lawyer posted an apology on facebook. >>> it's been nearly four years since the start of an investigation into what happened to malaysia airlines jet that has been believed-- or that was believed to have been struck down by a missile flying over ukraine. investigators are asking for the public's help to bring their work to an end. reporter benjamin hall reports. >> reporter: a team of investigators confirms a missile owned by a russian military u

>> harris: benjamin hall is live from jerusalem. benjamin? >> hi, harris. five days left until president trump has to make a decision whether to recertify the deal. and pressure is mounting across the world. iranians are coming out saying that the u.s. would pay a heavy price if they didn't do just that. but there was a slightly more mild tone with them today with president rouhani coming out saying iran would consider not abandoning the deal if the u.s. did indeed pull out. that is only as long as the european union could offer guarantees that iran would continue to benefit from the accord. that is in contrast to the other pressure campaign at the moment that highlight the threat posed by iran and this nuclear deal which president trump called insane. that was benjamin netanyahu's prinnation last week highlight -- presentation last week highlighting how iran lied about the extent of the program. of course, the pressure from across the pond. first emmanuel macron an then angela merkel. today, boris johnson also in d.c. meeting with the ambassador bolton and

benjamin hall joins us live on an early friday morning in jerusalem. hello, benjamin. >> hi, shannon. it may be calm now but this was a major event, shock waves are still being felt. this was the first time that iranian forces have attacked israeli forces in the golan heights in this way. it was then the largest air operation since 1973 by the israeli air force. that was the yom kippur war. this started when the iranian forces fired around 20 rockets of the israeli ministry in the golan heights. those rockets were either intercepted or fell short but nevertheless, this is a major population by iran. a few hours later, israel responded and in a big way. the countries air force destroying nearly all of iran's military in syria in a massive operation taking out 50 different sites, 28 people reported killed. the targets range from iranian intelligence heights, logistics, military headquarters, ammo dumps, rocket launchers. clear warning to iran that israel will respond forcefully to any aggression. israel has always said that it would never allow iran to se

>> shannon: benjamin hall live in jerusalem. pushing for president trump to get the nobel peace prize for his efforts on the korean peninsula. there is a debate underway on capitol hill over whether resident trump should get any credit for bringing home the three american hostages. looking live as we await their arrival. as we have been reporting, they are on their way, set to arrive soon. we are tracking them and will take you there when it happens. >> the only reason this is happening is because president trump believes in the maximum pressure doctrine. this would not have happened under strategic patient's doctrine. >> i want the american citizens to come home. but i look at the deal with north korea, it seems to me that all of what started with president trump, started with president moon. >> >> shannon: what does he thik about the emerging trump doctrine? jon meacham joins us. great to have you with us tonight. >> thanks, shannon. >> shannon: everyone is looking around to see who should and shouldn't get credit, and in addi

benjamin hall live in jerusalem. reaction amid reports of new air strikes in syria, what's going on there? we will check in on that and we began with chief national correspondent ed henry with this major global story. good evening, ed. >> the president is declaring this is not just about ripping key points of the obama platform apart, it's about sending a message to the world that the oak entire obama doctrine of not following through on issues like the red line in syria officially over as the president declared america's enemies like iran now know the u.s. keeps its word. presidents democratic critics declaring he sent a much different signal today. undermining key allies like french president emmanuel macron who was just in washington lobbying to save the deal and also emboldening iran president who said he will negotiate with them on his own. if that doesn't work they will start enriching uranium more than ever before. the president fires back that if they go down that road it will face bigger problems than it's e

with more on this from jerusalem, is benjamin hall. hi, benjamin. reporter: hi, david.s was the worst day of violence in jerusalem or israel has seen since the war in 2014. airstrikes carried out on hamas positions inside of gaza. sniper fire and as you say dozens killed. so a very bloody day here today. 53 miles south of jerusalem, these clashes started early in the morning. some 40,000 palestinians staged demonstrations along the border with israel. 52 were killed. more than 2300 were wounded. idf say they foiled several coordinated attempts to defeat the fence push being them back with live fire. they carried out hamas camps warning the palestinians in advance by dropping leaflets n jerusalem, 53 miles to the north. there was a joyous occasion. a campaign promise was fulfilled with great fanfare 25 years after the u.s. first pledged to do so. among them ivan -- ivanka trump, jared kushner and steve mnuchin. he said the united states will always be a friend of israel. the palestinians said this would make peace even harder and walked away from the negotiating table. n

benjamin hall, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> facebook says apps may have misused data. resulting from the investigation into all apps that have access to large amounts of information before it changes policies in 2014. those changes significantly reduce the amount of data that apps have access. if it's found the apps did misuse data, they will be band. >>> hundreds of patients have been advised -- advised that they are victims of a data breach. personal information of some 900 patients at zuckerberg san francisco general exits last november and december. it happened after former employee at one of the hospital's vendors got unauthorized access to the data. it included details of their medical condition. the justice department investigated and said the information did not appear to be used or sold and that the data has been recovered. >> police may help with the art station reducing the amount of open injection of drugs at the station. the chronicle says san francisco mayor mark farrell asked the police department to come up with options. which he called unacceptable. se

. >> benjamin hall is live in jerusalem with more. benjamin? >> what an incredibly busy week it has been near and middle east. possible president trump out of the iran deal just a few days later was iranian rockets fired at the north of israel and then just hours after that we saw the israeli response taking out almost all of iran's filtering facilities. now we related to tuesday. the big day went the us embassy will be in jerusalem. this will be great cause for celebration. officials say thousands of officers will be deployed to secure the perimeter and protect visiting american officials. -- they will all be attending. resident trump tweet is facing a big week next week when the american embassy in israel will be moved to jerusalem. congratulations to all. he will not be here in person but he will give a speech via video with us ceremony for this week is politically significant. not only is the us with the embassy but israel elevates 51 uses jerusalem's reunification and 70 years as a founding is israel. all of this is the framework of the gr

benjamin hall, thank you very much. bring in the anchor of "special report" and the executive editor of "special report." bret baier, start there if we can. that information was potentially israel. what does this do in the process now if iran is threatening us? >> well, it is their public response to this getting out of the deal. we will see where it goes. they are also saying at the same time that they are going to continue to work with europe and perhaps strike a deal with the allies. that will be interesting to see if the u.s. is not in deal. imagine what company, multinational company especially is going to take the risk of being tied to or in iran as heavy sanctions from the u.s. set in. the hope, according to the treasury secretary who was on the show last night is that iran is pressured, squeezed to come to the table and deal with a legitimate in the eyes of the trump administration deal that touches all of the things that they needed to touch on. >> harris: you know, you talk about that side dealing that iran re

bret. >> bret: benjamin hall in london. thank you. the trump administration is outlining the terms of a proposed new nuclear deal with iran. america's top to them that is threatening what he calls the strongest sanctions in history if iran does not comply. iran is predictably dismissive. rich edson has specifics from the state department tonight. >> the united states will implement an aggressive campaign to economically isolate and punish iran. >> these will end up being the strongest sanctions in history when we are complete. >> borrowing a tactic and even a name from the administration's north korea policy, secretary of state mike pompeo promises and historic pressure campaign against iran. state department officials say they will work with allies to create a global coalition to counter iran. secretary pompeo also warned companies from allied countries conducting business with iran that the united states would penalize them if they continued working with iran. all part of what the administration says is a robust strategy to address

benjamin hall joins us live at 2:00 a.m. jerusalem time for the latest. good evening, ben. >> what a 24 hours. a major event here. the shock waves are still being felt. this was the first time that iran has directly attacked israel from across the border and it was the largest ever or since 73 the largest israeli air operation. there's a peace settling over israel right now. an uneasy peace. military reinforcements have moved up. the iron dome missile system is ready in case. president rouhani said he doesn't want escalation either. not right now. this started when iranian forces fired 20 rockets at the israeli military. they were intercepted or fell short. nevertheless, this was a major escalation by iran. hours later israel responded and in a big way. they destroyed nearly all of iran's military infrastructure in syria, taking out all 50 seats on their head list. 28 people were reportedly killed, 18 non-syrians. among the targeting were a logistic headquarters, military compounds and munitions warehouses. israel has said they would never allow iran to s

>> bret: benjamin hall in jerusalem. benjamin, thank you.dent trump is raising eye bras tonight with a move to reverse course on a tough set of penalties against a major chinese business. some see it as a step to ease trade tensions. others regard the move as a potential threat to u.s. national security. late this afternoon, we received news of a different sort concerning the health of the first lady. chief white house correspondent john roberts leads us off tonight with that. good evening, john. >> bret, good evening. first thing we can tell you is the first lady is okay. she wonder went a catheterization earlier today to treat a nonlife threatening condition in one of her kidneys. the white house kept it very, hush hush until she was out of the or. in a statement the first lady's office said melania trump under went elm bowlism to treat a bee nine kidney condition. the procedure was successful and there were no complications. mrs. trump is at walter reed national military medical center and will likely remain there for the duration of the

correspondent benjamin hall has the latest tonight from london. >> people have traveled from across theld to have their say in referendum ha has divided a nation. the vote today will decide whether to repeal a part of the a irish constitution known as the eighth amendment which effectively bans abortions in the country. it's a controversial subject in this very catholic country. >> i think life is sacred and for that reason i have to vote no. >> prime minister center right government backs lifting the ban and allowing abortion on request up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. >> quietly confident been good turn out so far across the country and -- >> more than 100,000 extra people have signed up to the voting register ahead of the vote, taking the total to 3.2 million. the divisive referendum is the result of a decades long debate and be the country's sixth vote on the issue. >> i feel like i have waited all of my adult life to have a chance to have a say on this. >> 19835 referendum in ireland made abortion illegal and all circumstances with a 67% majority. today, abortion is only allow when you

benjamin hall has more. benjamin? >> hi, trace.t follows years of painstaking research, looking at social media intercepts and television intercepts and they said today that they can confirm this is a russian missile that shot down the plane killing 289 on board. investigators in holland where 2/3s of victims came from said after studying videos and photos of a military photo that crossed from russian and draking the serial numbers that the missile belonged and came from a specific anti-aircraft military unit. >> jit has concluded that the flight shot down is from the aircraft missile brigade. >> the crash left bodies and debris strewn ovall over the ground. prosecutors have given their findings to russia, moscow. they have denied all knowledge of this affair. trace? >> benjamin, what do investigators say is the next step in this process? >> trace: one of the reasons they made this announce meant today is a few years ago, they said they had hundreds of suspects. they have narrows that down to a few dozen and they want to proceed wi

here now with more on this from jerusalem is benjamin hall. benjamin?ter: there has been continued, very often polarizing views on president trump's announcement since he made it. on the other hand, people say this is a courageous move, it puts iran back in the box. people say this makes peace in the middle east far harder to get and don't approve at all. leading approval is prime minister benjamin netanyahu on, a visit to moscow to visit vladimir putin. he along with others in the region including saudi arabia, bahrain and the emirates have spoken in great support of president trump's decision. president putin has spoken of his hope to prevent the conflict to continuing talks with iran. as for iran. yesterday president rouhani said his president was preparing to restart uranium enrichment in case the deal collapsed, and today iranian politicians burned american flags in parliament to screams of death to america. while the supreme leader himself addressed president trump, calling for him to go to hell. >> this man will die, and his body will turn into a

benjamin hall is in engineer je.dent trump has kept his promises especially about drug prices. oto balancendidate for governor the state budgetarties together while making record investments in local classrooms and creating new career training programs. antonio villaraigosa for governor. that violent crime went up 18% in san francisco. in la, mayor antonio villaraigosa put more police on the streets and cut violent crime in half. california's police chiefs trust antonio for governor. >>> all right, the president made good on a campaign promise to bring down drug prices that are high are in this country than other countries. the president said i'll do something about this. here is the weird thing. the drug stocks moved up after hearing about that. we have johnson here to talk about these things. >> at the end of the day even though the pertain is good it won't change that much for the form suit calpharmaceutical com. that's why we saw them trade higher. let's look at some of the details. we have three of the companies

with more from jerusalem, benjamin hall. hi, benjamin. hi, david, it has been a very busy few days, today there is sense of calm. in the wider country sense there is a shift, pushback against iran who have been encroaching on israel's borders a long time. we saw that in a big way with military strikes, coordinated strikes carried out by israel against iranian targets. the defense minister said they destroyed almost all of iran's military facilities in the country, 70 different strikes targeting 50 military sites. u.s. an russia were notified of he have offensive, hitting iranian military sites and rocket launchers. those were retaliation of iranian rocket fire into the golan heights. iran responded with fiery rhetoric. the supreme leader khatami, with chants of "death to america" and death to israel, warned that tel aviv and haifa will be destroyed if israel acts foolishly moving forward. israel facing major protests at gaza border where thousands of palestinians gathered. they have done every friday for six weeks, leading up to this tues

benjamin hall is there where this all went down today. , benjamin. >> this was a major campaign promise and it was fulfilled today with great fanfare. 25 years after the u.s. promised to do this, president trump kept the promise. there was a sizable delegation. among them, ivanka trump, jared kushner and steve mnuchin. the president was not in attendance but he sent a video message saying the united states would be a great friend of israel and a partner in peace. raj shah also spoke. >> shepard: what today is about is following through on what the president promised and believes and also recognition of reality. i think we've for decades, you know, walked on eggshells pretending that jerusalem isn't the capitol of israel when it obviously is. this is a recognition of reality. >> 53 miles south of jerusalem, there were violent clashes. the move inflaming the protests in gaza. 40,000 palestinians staged demonstrations leading to deadly clashes. 55 have been killed today. more than 2,300 wounded. that number is expected to rise. the defense sa

benjamin hall is live as tensions flare but we begin with chief national correspondent and henry as donald trump allows the us will not be locked into another iran deal. >> confirming the summit will be in singapore on june 12th, inside is telling us the key reason for that location is singapore is hosting a major international security conference with american and asian officials, that could set the table for success building and the victory the pres. had in the middle of the night when he personally welcomed home three americans previously incarcerated by the north korean dictator. democrat chuck schumer objected to the pres. giving kim jong un credit for the release and attack the pres. for pulling out of the iran nuclear deal. the pres. tweeted sen. schumer fought hard against the bad iran deal even though he voted against it. now he says i should not have terminated the deal but doesn't really believe that. they was comey, thought he was terrible until i fired him. the pres. said more at the rally tonight. >> remember everybody in the fake news saying he is going to get us into a nucl

benjamin hall on the ground in jerusalem for us. coverage throughout the week. judge jeanine, 9:00 p.m. eastern. she is in jerusalem ahead of the embassy's official opening there. don't miss it. >>elizabeth: coming up, - - and fellow comrades saying goodbye to aid in iraq war veteran killed in an alleged road rage incident back home in missouri. plus, several states go to the polls. we will break down those top contest and what they may say about the move of the country this election year. we are just a week away from the foil wedding between prince harry and his american fiancce, megan markle. we would get all of the details of the wedding, coming up. >> it's really exciting so i'm here with my parents today. they've never been to england so it's exciting to see the wedding and all of them.it will be pretty cool. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only

meanwhile benjamin hall is live inside the castle walls. amin, what a sight we all seeing here. >> sandra, there are a lot of beautiful places to watch this wedding from. surely we have the best spot. we are inside windsor castle. we were just inside castle where the wedding will take place an hour from now. watching a-list celebrities. oprah early to come. james beckham. james cordon. george clooney as you say. i'm expecting some of the spice girls as well. not just about the a list celebrities. this is also about the people and harry and meghan very much wanted this to be a wedding for everyone. which is why they invited 2700 guests. you can see them behind me as well. people from local schools and charities that the couple has worked with. england, ireland, scott land and wales. feels like inclusive wedding here. chapel itself i gorges chapel. numerous royal weddings there. 15 in fact. this will be the 16th royal wedding taking place in the chapel behind me. a number of monarchs who have been buried there. most famous he henry the 8th. a

benjamin hall live in jerusalem. israeli and saudi reaction with reports of new airstrikes in syria, we will check on that and chief national correspondent at henry with a major global story. >> the pres. declaring it is not just about ripping the obama platform apart but sending a message to the world the entire obama doctrine not following through on issues like the redline in syria is officially over as the president declared america's enemies like iran now know the us keeps his word. the presence's democratic lyrics clearing a sentiment signal to the world today, the new york times saying the president is undermining key allies like french pres. emmanuel macroand it was just lobbying to save the deal and emboldening the iranian president who said he would now negotiate with america's european allies on his own. if that doesn't work terrible will start enriching uranium more than ever before. the pres. fired back if iran goes down that road it will face bigger problems than ever dealt with warning of the potential

we start with benjamin hall in jerusalem with what iran and cosigners of the deal saying tonight. >> iran deal has been international tug of war for years. it is very dangerous. there are others who say putting it out now will be more dangerous. tomorrow we'll hear from president trump about his decision and that could have wide reaching implications. iran's president issued a warning today saying the u.s. will pay a heavy price if it pulls out of the nuclear deal. he added his voice to others. in this issue, americans would be the loser. we would continue our -- >> iran has benefited greatly from recent european trade. today the president said, iran would consider staying in. even if the u.s. pulled out. providing the european union guarantees. they can continue benefiting from the accord. this evening president trump tweeted saying he will be announcing his decision tomorrow from the white house at 2:00 p.m. washington is guided over the issue withtop republicans warning president trump walking away from the agreement. >> i'm not opposed to sticking with this deal forever. you need

joining me is benjamin hall. what is the mood like today in jerusalem? >> hi, kennedy. well, you know, today of course it with us a tale of two different cities in jerusalem. we had a great fanfare, the opening of the embassy which was a campaign pledge of president trump, one of which 25 years of american presidents have not followed there with. and in the sow south we have protests in gaza. a mixed message over here and a mixed bag. there was a sizable u.s. delegation who came to the opening of the u.s. embassy, ivanka trump, jared kushner, steve mnuchin and various congressmen. this afternoon benjamin netanyahu also spoke out. >> what a gorgeous day. remember this moment. this is history. president trump, by recognizing history, you have made history. >> but 53 miles south of jerusalem there were violent clashes going on all day. the move to move the embassy inflamed the protests in gaza. some 40,000 palestinians staged demonstrations along the border of israel leading to deadly clashes. 55 people were killed, more than 2500 were wounded. now the israeli defense forc

benjamin hall is in fox's top story live in jerusalem tonight. what is the mood there on the ground tonight in israel, benjamin? >> hi, shep. a calm has fallen over this country and children were back at school today but waiting to see what might happen tonight. make no mistake, this was a major event. as you say, this is the first time i ran had directly attacked israel from across the border in syria. it was the largest air operation carried out sink the 1973 war. this is a clear sign to iran that they cannot encroach on the borders of israel anymore. we've seen it happen the last few years. they have moved some troops and set up some sort of bases in syria. last night we saw them react to that. we saw israel react in a big way. israel has said for some time that they expected an iranian attack. we've seen israel move people up to the heights. that's because these cross-border raids by israel have supposedly been going on for some time, taking out, picking out iranian targets there. this is the escalation. iran has said if it rains in our countr

benjamin hall, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the time is 8:26.is still in the hospital this morning recovering from what the white house says was a surgery to treat a kidney condition. the president tweeted our great first lead eis doing really well. will be leaving hospital in two or three days. thank you for so much love and support. the white house says the kidney problem is benign but she needed medical attention. a spokesperson says the surgery was successful with no complications. >>> how much dell is expect today pay for allegedly paying female workers less than men. >>> and a staffing shortage at the san francisco police department. what the mayor and police chief are expected to do today to get more officers on the streets. >>> still a little slow on some of these commutes. although things are improving. for example, on the richmond bridge approach, we have a nice looking drive. we will take a look at that and all of the other commutes in the east bay coming up. >>> well, our mid may cooldown continue. in fact today might be the coolest

benjamin hall is live from the gaza strip with the latest on this. benjamin, i would say that they dropped the leaflets to warn palestinians to stay away from the border predawn. as the sun sets, this has been a very long day of violence. >> it has, indeed. they had hoped they wouldn't come out in the numbers they did but they did. in fact, this was the most violent day we have seen here on the border since the war of 2014. we are just 90 minutes south of you but it does feel like a different world. all day we heard gunfire, long volleys of gunfire. we saw airstrikes taking place in gaza. we saw thick black smoke where they were burning the tires and we saw tear gas dropped on the protesters trying to disburse them. but it didn't work. it has quieted down now but earlier there were tens of thousands of protesters up and down the boarder in a variety of places -- down the border in a variety of places. they tell us in a number of different places they tried to breach the fence to get into israel and they had to be pushed back. they say once you have cr

it's something he promised and something he's fulfillinfulfill >> harris: and now benjamin hall liverom jerusalem. give us the latest. >> hi, harris. there's a relative calm here in israel at the moment. a real sense now that a shift is taking place. this sense of pushing iran back after it spent some years encroaching on israel's borders and what we're seeing in particular is more about yesterday's strike. we're learning about those, those extensive coordinated strikes carried out by israel and syria against iranian targeting. the defense minister saying they destroyed all of iran's or almost all of iran's military facilities in the country with 70 different strikes targeting 50 military strikes. the u.s. and russia were notified ahead of the offensive, which saw the israelis hit iranian sites and logistics, ammo dumps and rocket launchers. today iran responded and in fiery rhetoric. the supreme leader talked about death to america and death to israel. warned that tel aviv will be destroyed if israel acts foolishly. israel is facing major protests at the gaza border where thousands

benjamin hall is on the border with more. >> reporter: we stand with our friends and allies and above all else, we have shown that the united states of america will do what is right and so we have. president trump had a speech at the white house officially recognizing israel as the nation's capital. the president tweeted "big day for video. " >> congratulations, it has been a long time coming. >> the moves sparked deadly protests. by midafternoon, doesn't were killed and more than 500 wounded. still, the white house says the move will ultimately help with the peace process. >> he is doing this because this is the right thing to do. this is the capital. >> reporter: they are making the case as to why jerusalem is the only appropriate capital. >> jesus went to the temple on the temple mount. he was not going to some buddhist temple in the him elias, he was coming here. this is israel and jerusalem and this is the place of the prophets of the jewish people. >> reporter: u. s. allies have said they will leave it up to them. >>> the man accused of being the 'golden state killer' is due bac

benjamin hall is live with the latest. >> this is the deadliest day for journalists around the worldce attacks in 2015. it was not the only attack in afghanistan. an american soldier was also killed. this is a reminder of the increasing pace of attacks being carried out by the taliban and isis in that country. the first aattack happened at 8:00 a.m. 25 are dead, 45 wounded. nine journalists among them. it happened in a heavily fortified district near nato and embassies and a reminder of the lack of security in the afghan capitol and afghanistan himself. the first bomber blew himself up. the second dressed and posing as a camera man waited until journalists aarrived and blew himself up and targeting them. also yesterday in eastern afghanistan, a u.s. soldier he was killed in a combat operation along with several afghan troops. little else is known about that case. in kandahar, eight romanian soldiers were killed in a car bomb that left 11 children dead at a school. and a bbc reporter was also shot and killed. u.s. and afghanistan forces have ramped up attacks. just last week, the tali

and for that let's turn to benjamin hall tracking the story from our middle east newsroom tonight. benjamin? >> hi, shep. as you can imagine the response and reaction to president trump's announcement has been varied and continuous and also very polarizing. on the one hand have you people say this is courageous decision puts iran back in the box. then you have people say this is the worst thing for peace in the middle east and a bad decision. nevertheless, here in the region, praise for the decision is being led by benjamin netanyahu prime minister of israel. who is actually visiting president putin at the moment. quite a significant visit there. he as well as his allies, ba bahrain and united emirates have come out strongly in favor. russia has said they are going to stick with the deal. they want to see how they can move forward in this. we are hearing that china, according to regional reports out of asia also looking at ways to possibly continue. now when president trump first signed this deal, european allies took no time at all in responding and responding in unison. they came

benjamin hall is in the london bureau. benjamin? >> hi, dana. sadly, this is one of many deadly attacks that took place in afghanistan yesterday, including one which left an american soldier dead. we have very few details about that at the moment but it's a sign, reminder of the increasing pace of the attacks carried out by the taliban and isis. we have seen it ramping up in recent weeks. the first major attack in kabul left 25 dead including nine journalists as you say. some of them were working for major international agencies. this happened in a heavily fortified district near nato headquarters and it's a reminder also of the look of security in the capital as well as the country. that first bomber blew himself up at the headquarters of the afghan intelligence services. the second dressed and posing as a cameraman waiting until journalists arrived on the scene. walked amongst them and blew himself up targeting them specifically. yesterday in eastern afghanistan, one u.s. soldier was killed. that was along with several other afghan troops in a

. >> harris: we learned from our correspondent benjamin hall yesterday on this program, the details of what president trump may have been looking at when he initially said a few weeks ago i'm going to look at pulling the u.s. forces out of syria. people went wait a minute, then they had the chemical attack against citizens and things changed. what we learned is there were iranian forces on the ground doing exactly what you just described killing u.s. troops. >> absolutely. the kuds forces, this is an organization that has, has their hands in the pie all over that region. anywhere they are, you can bet they are fomenting instability at a strategic level and they are targeting american, western, and stabilizing forces. and they do this very well. but when you combine that with this open act of war, against the state of israel, i think to me it sends a very clear message that israel accounted exactly how they need to. and it represents what the united states is going to have to do to reassert a pragmatic responsible role in the region. it has to happen. >> harris: the prime minister of is

. >> kennedy, from benjamin hall in jerusalem yesterday, part of the reason the president was lookingt pulling our troops out of syria before the chemical weapons attack was because of the boots on the ground by iran and the growing numbers. when israel hit those targets, military targets, apparently they took out 8 or so of those troops with iran. and there are iranians on the ground. there wasn't wide reporting or knowledge about that. >> no. but -- >> it's interesting. and important. >> as the day goes on we will learn more. and we have to remember that israel is surrounded by people, who not only consider israel an enemy but want to destroy israel. they do have a right to defend themselves. but i want to go back to something. as dagen is talking about hezbollah, the millions of dollars that the iranian government is going to see now, that's where it goes. there's no mechanism to keep them from funding hezbollah. >> but the nuclear weapon, is that better or worse than the status quo. that's the problem here. >> an essentially armed hezbollah is more of a threat than the nuclear wea

fox news correspondents, benjamin hall who lives over here and jillian turner. some of the rehearsals. i've felt bad for meghan. leave them out of it. it's tough. >> she confirmed after a week of speculation that he will not be attending the wedding and walking her down the aisle. it's a devastating. >> and ben, i heard you volunteered. >> yes, absolutely. as a token britt. yes, they've -- >> shepard: you're going to walk her down? >> if only. we don't know who yet. we think it might be her mother. we'll see a few breaks in tradition in this. but they're going out of the way to say this is a small wedding. for small wedding, it has big, big numbers. 600 guests, up to three billion people will be watching. >> shepard: wow. three billion? people need a hobby. >> $300,000 on flowers. >> shepard: thanks for the lay-up. a fox news first. i've been here 22 years since before fluff was born. we've never had flowers on a set. not live ones. scott wilder found a florist to the royals and say cnn has flowers, so we obviously need more flowers because we're us. so we have

rick levinthal at the united nations but we start with benjamin hall along the israeli-gaza border. what is it like tonight, benjamin? >> good evening from the israeli-gaza border. we were expecting a lot more violence today. today was supposed to be the day the six-week protest came to an end. this is nakba day, the day they mourn creation of the israeli state. we didn't see what we expected to see. i was dialed down after the violence of yesterday. we saw a few hundred protesters at the border, tires were burning and tear gas was fired. we heard shots as well. compared to yesterday, there was very little action indeed. now one of the reasons for that is there were so many funerals taking place inside gaza. many of the dead now numbering 60 have been buried and the funerals are taking place. we have learned among the dead was an 8-month-old baby who had inhaled tear gas at the riots. another reason some people are saying is that the hospitals in gaza are simply full. 2,700 people injured yesterday and the health department in gaza saying they can't take any more wounded. egypt also

rick levinthal at the united nations but we start with benjamin hall along the israeli-gaza border.tonight, benjamin? >> good evening from the israeli-gaza border. we were expecting a lot more violence today.

benjamin hall joins us from jerusalem. how significant is the exchange of fire? is significant on two points. this is the first time that iran directly attacked israeli troops from inside syria. secondly, the israeli response is the largest air operation they carried out since if 1973 yom kippur war. this is when they fired rockets at the israeli military in the golan heights that were all intercepted or fell short, but nevertheless, this was a major escalation by iran. just hours later israel responded and in a big way. by thursday morning the country's air force destroyed nearly all of iran's military structure and taking out 50 sites of the hit list. 28 were reportedly killed and 18 non-syrian. among the target were iranian intelligence sites, military compound and munition storage warehouses. this is a clear warning to iran that israel will respond to any aggression. the defense minister said as much, if it rains in our country it will pour in yours." it's interesting to note that the syrian government tried to distance itself from iran's action because they

but we began with benjamin hall live in jerusalem tonight with the very latest as it begins at sunrise over. benjamin. >> good morning from jerusalem. you really had a tale of two cities in israel today. in jerusalem you had a grand celebration, the opening of the new u.s. embassy, widely celebrated by many people in israel and then just an hour and a half south of here where we were, there were these clashes in gaza which saw palestinians trying to cross the fence into israel. that flared up in a big way. first of all to the embassy opening. there was a large u.s. delegation that came. it was a campaign promise finally fulfilled by president trump. 25 years after america first pledged to do so. and that delegation contained ivanka trump, jared kushner, steven mnuchin and numerous members of congress. although the president was not in attendance, he sent a video message. >> congratulations. it's been a long time coming. the united states will always be a great friend of israel and a partner in the cause of freedom and peace. >> glorious day. remember this moment. this is history. presi

benjamin hall is live in windsor, england. good to see you. >> good to see you, harris.his is really becoming a major event here. every minute you feel the excitement growing. as you said, that big news today is that megan harkle's father -- markle's father can't make it because of his health. who will walk her down the aisle? that remains to be seen. we did get a small dplimps of the row hersal, we know what is to come in terms of the parade. the soldiers, the bands, the horses, and we saw the all-important carriage which came down the carriage route. so, still, a lot of things that we don't know. not only, whether the mother will be walking her down the aisle and what their title will be. that's going to be a question. he will be made a duke, she will be made a duchess. that's one of the major questions. fans coming from across the world, for two days people camping out alongside the parade route. 4 1/2 days some of them will have been waiting, sleeping on the sidewalks and the sleeping bags. that is true commitment. thousands coming here, we have well over a billion e

benjamin hall is at the gaza strip this morning. prime minister and atore author of a ne member memoir, ek is here. palestinian leaders were warning the embassy move would hurt peace efforts. where do the peace efforts stand today? >> the peace efforts are not exactly on the table. it might take time. we have to see the president's plan and then to wait for the responses of both sides. but the events were planned in advance, some six weeks and probably would have happened anynow because of the 15th of may which is the celebration of the establishment of israel which the palestinians call the disaster. it would have been anyhow on ma. >> maria: why was the opening of the embassy in jerusalem so important? >> it's important for the apparent reasons. it's our capital. i would have expected it to happen 70 years ago, america recognized israel or at least 25 years ago when congress passed a bubipartisan resolution to do i. it took president trump to put it into action. it was delayed 100 times and now they made it. it's important. we exp

benjamin hall is live for us in london. what are they likely to talk about at tomorrow's meeting? >> it's likely to be a wide ranging conversation but the main crux will be looking at the sincerity of the north koreans leading into this major trump/kim summit we expect next month. the summit is hanging by a thread with so many uncertainties and changes in recent weeks. president moon is en route to washington as we speak and he will meet with president trump tomorrow at the white house ahead of that planned summit in singapore next month. the trump/kim summit looks less certain at pyongyang's surprise move to break off a high-level meeting with seoul because of recent military drills and threatened to cancel the summit with president trump who today tweeted china must continue to be strong and tight on the border of north korea until a deal is made. the word is that recently that border has become much more porous and more has been filtering in. i want this to happen, trump said. north korea to be very successful but only a

benjamin hall is live in london for us this morning. >> sadly this is one of many attacks which tookce in afghanistan yesterday including one which left an american soldier dead and it is a reminder of the increased pace of attacks we're seeing at the moment in the country from the taliban and isis. this one major attack took place in the morning yesterday around 8:00 a.m. in kabul. as you say it left 25 dead and 45 wounded nine journalists among them some working for international news agencies. it happened in a heavily for the notified district near nato headquarters and a reminder of the lack of security in the capital. the first bomber blew himself up at the afghan intelligence services. the second dressed and posing as a cameraman waited until journalists arrived on the scene and blowing himself up and targeting them. yesterday in eastern afghanistan one u.s. soldier was killed in a combat operation along with several afghan troops. at this point little else is known about that operation. in kandahar eight romanian soldiers were killed in a car bomb that left 11 children dead at

benjamin hall with more on this. >> we've been seeing a number of threats in the iranians over the lastying the u.s. would pay a heavy price if they decided to pull out of the iran deal. but today there was a slightly more moderate tone from the president of iran who said iran would consider not abandoning the deal even if the u.s. pulled out. he went on to say it was as long as the european union guarantees iran would -- president trump has called the deal insane, including benjamin netanyahu's presentation last week which highlighted how iran lied about the extent of its program and we're getting a lot more pressure from international leaders, president macron of france and merkel and today we have the foreign secretary of britain boris johnson in d.c. talking to mike pompeo and ambassador bolton about it. everyone's eyes turning to trump. >> bill: what is this report about iran possibly striking israel? what are you hearing? >> just today israeli newspaper saying intelligence sources suggest iran wants to strike inside against israel because of air strikes by israel inside syria rece

benjamin hall joins us with the latest details. many that we're learning today, right, benjamin? this was the highly speculated upon detail of this wedding. >> unusual that we would learn so late so close to the wedding. we had the issue with meghan's father. he had health issues saying he couldn't make it. we thought it might be meghan's mother. that hasn't been the case. it will be prince charles himself. she will arrive at the church alone and people are saying this is a big sign of feminism on her part. she wants to make a stance on that. interesting fact. we're learning another piece of news today about the cake. we hadn't been told very much about it. >> sandra: very important details. this is not a traditional royal wedding cake. >> it isn't a traditional royal wedding. it won't be a traditional cake. they used elder flower from the queen's estate making it at buckingham palace. she said it is only a cake, what could go wrong? rather tempting fate, i feel. >> sandra: it can go so wrong. hundred to 200,000 people they expect to be in windsor tomorrow to get a glimpse of the

let's bring in benjamin hall. we understand there is breaking news regarding meghan markle's father coming out of the palace this morning. what have we learned? >> if you haven't felt the excitement before you got here you're feeling it now. the major uncertainty was her father, thomas, was or wasn't he coming? we heard saying he will not making. photos were taken, had he set them up for the paparazzi. there was a heart condition. he can't make it for his health. they said sadly, my father will nobt attending our wedding. i've always cared for my father and hope he can be given the space he needs to focus on his health. she said how much harry and her were looking forward. >> she wrote that herself and put it out from her perspective but moving on to the big day she said she and prince harry are so much looking forward to that. since we've come to the streets of windsor, they're filled with people. i spoke to people who are locals, people who came in from connecticut all over the states. they are lining the street