. >> with fox news team coverage, trey yingst is live that would be with ellison barber. >> the presidentsays yes will guarantee freedom of navigation throughout .

ellison barber reporting on the new threats from iran. first, to john roberts, reporting live. >> a delicate balancing act, to be sure. the president is using the same tactics that he used with kim jong un to try to bring iran to the negotiating table for the very first time, targeting the top of the political and religious food chain in iran. early this afternoon, steve mnuchin said that some of these were getting into the works prior to last week. some of them were added in response to it. the president called off-site retaliatory air strike, saying that as many as 150 iranians could die and an attack. to take iranian lives in response to the shootdown of an unmanned drone was not proportional, but he says punitive sanctions against leadership is the appropriate thing to do. the president here. >> these measures represent strong and proportionate response to iran's increasingly provocative actions. we will continue to increase pressure until the regime abandons this dangerous activity and aspirations, including the pursuit of nuclear we

ellison barber reporting live. ellison? >> hi, shepard. iran's president said the latest round of sanctions means failure and defeat for the united states. president hassan rouhani called the latest round of economic sanctions which will hit the supreme leader of iran, idiotic and outrageous and he said president trump has lost his mind. >> how can a person lose their mind so badly and do something so outrageous and idiotic by sanctioning the leader of a country? >> president rouhani has often talked about as one of the more moderate iranian leaders. he's signals on some level in the past publicly that he's open or willing to some sort of talks. that's not something that a lot of iranian leaders do. his criticism today is some of the most pointed. the foreign minister of iran has weighed in on this. he says the sanctions have upended, obliterated any hopes of diplomacy between iran and washington. shepard? >> shepard: thanks very much. ellison barber live in jerusalem. this has just happened. brand new. unscheduled and unexpected. the pres

fox reporter, ellison barber has more from washington, dc. >> we are here to acknowledge the term wrongin history. >> reporter: for the first time ever, lawmakers on capitol hill had a hearing to discuss reparation. senator booker is just one of the many witnesses who testified . >> we have not truly grappled with racism and white soprano see that has tainted the country and those racially qualities continue today. >> reporter: the bill, calls for the establishment of a commission, not checks. the number of presidential hopefuls on the left have said they support some form of it but republicans, by and large, do not . >> no one alive is responsible for what happened then but everyone alive is responsible to do something now. >> wednesday's hearing coincided with juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery. it is the date union soldiers arrived in texas and told them slaver was over. two years after lincoln actually signed the emancipation proclamation . >> let this day, june 19, 2019, be the marker for the commitment for each and every one of you who have come to suppor

ellison barber in chicago. thank you.s in virginia beach are still not publicly spectating on a motive for friday shooting massacre at a municipal building there. 12 people were killed. the gunman who also no indication he was about to undertake his deadly mission. correspondent mark meredith is in virginia beach tonight. >> hundreds of virginia beach resident spent monday visiting a makeshift memorial built on the little people killed in friday's massacre. >> it just makes me sick that you would take such bright people away from us. >> robin johnson fought back tears after seeing 12 white crosses set up, each bearing a victim's name. 11 of the victims were city employees. the 12, a contractor who was in the building filing for a permit. >> terrible. to think about what the families are going through. >> police say the suspect, city engineer for 15 years, emailed his regulation friday morning writing "it's been a pleasure to serve the city but due to personal reasons i must leave my position." >> i don't have the exact nu

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rick: ellison barber in washington, thank you. meanwhile, american allies in the region are also blaming iran for the attack. saudi crown prince says tensions could disrupt the oil market, and the kingdom will not hesitate to act against any threats from tehran. trey yingst has more from jerusalem. reporter: after those attacks last week there's a consensus among u.s. allies including britain and saudi arabia that iran is indeed responsible. one of the countries have provided definitive evidence linking leadership to the explosion and the question now is whether or not there will be a response from the international community, since images collected the day of the attacks do point towards iran. as one of the damages tankers was towed back to port, saudi arabia and the united states grew with the fighter jets over the persian gulf in a show of joint force . this is the saudi crown prince said the kingdom is not looking for war but will continue to protect its interest and the iranian-backed rebels were for the third time in the pas

ellison barber reporting live in jerusalem. ellison?, yeah, big developments with that statement coming from the e.u. iran had talked about this. we just got the statement. as you alluded to, it puts the e.u. at odds with the u.s. the remaining signatories of the deal met in vienna earlier today. officials from france, germany, britain, russia and china all trying to convince iran to stick with the nuclear deal despite the u.s.' withdrawal and implementation of new sanctions. that statement released moments ago, the e.u. said a trade channel with iran aimed at circumventing u.s. economic sanctions is up and running. it's unclear if this system will have large enough transactions to keep iran in the nuclear deal. it's very significant. iran's deputy foreign minister said that there was some progress in vienna today but not enough. >> i can say one step forward compared to the previous meeting we had, but it's still not enough. it's still not enough. >> officials have said iranian officials have said iran's main deal is selling oil before

ellison barber reporting live. ellison? >> shepard, cheers and boos. a lot of different opinions here. supporters discussed hr 40 say the difference of opinion is why this legislation needs to pass so americans can have the discussion in a serious way. supporters of the bill say the critics are misinterpreting what the legislation does. it calls for the establishment of a commission to look at the issue of slavery and reparations. it does not call for reparations and does not have a specific dollar figure. some opponents say while slavery was wrong, the people that supported it and the people impacted by it are no longer alive. supporters say the effects of slavery, the systematic racism kept going long after emancipation. listen to those arguments. >> the people that are owed for slavery are not longer here. we're not entitled to collect on their debts. reparations by definition are given to victims. the moment you give me reparations, you've made me into a victim without my consent. >> the redlining of chicago and the looting of black homeowners, vic

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ellison barber has more.y many democrats are saying the president created this by abandoning the nuclear deal. the president saying look, they were provocative regardless. i'm wondering where they find common ground. >> it's interesting. when you get to the details of how or why we're in this situation now, how or why all of this is happening, you do hear from democrats on the house side and senate side. they point to the i ran nuclear deal and the decision to leave that as being some sort of contributing factor, being something that upset iran or what they see as a lack of our allies being on board with our plans or being on board with us taking some sort of action if it were to get to that. they say they have isolated our allies at the very best by leaving the democrat. the republicans and the president say absolutely not. they're saying iran was provocative long before the president made the decision to withdraw before the iran nuclear agreement. now the question is where do we go from here. we heard from

ellison barber is following the breaking news for us. >> i don't want this to get brushed under the rugn't want to see happen to anyone else. >> from mid-april until late may, four american citizens died while staying at resorts in the dominican republic, two reportedly had drinks from their hotel many bar shortly before dying and relatives of two other americans have now come forward claiming their loved ones died under similar circumstances last year. in a statement provided to fox news, hard rock hotel and casino punta cana said operational protocols were followed to ensure the safety of our guests and that they will be monitoring the facts as they unfold. bahia principe says there's no evidence to suggest violence or any correlation between the deaths at their resort. they say the cause of death was a heart attack and she had a history of heart conditions. the three autopsies list similar causes of death but so far, local authorities in the u.s. embassy said they have not found any connection between them. u.s. officials say the fbi is assisting with toxicology tests. tourism offici

. >> with fox news team coverage, trey yingst is live that would be with ellison barber. >> the presidentsays yes will guarantee freedom of navigation throughout . the u.s. does not want war. listen here. >> we've done what we can to deter this, the iranians should understand very clear that we will continue to take actions that deter iran from engaging this kind of behavior. i've made a number of calls to my colleagues around the world yesterday. i'm confident we will have partners that understand this threat. >> secretary pompeo claims the u.s. has lost -- lots of data of proof. he is not laid up and says soon the world will see much of it. the already released surveillance video that the top administration, military say it shows iranian sailors removing an unexploded mine from one of the tankers attacked in the gulf of oman. the president pointed to the integral "fox and friends" singer reinforces were trying to get rid of evidence because the unexploded mine likely had in his words, iran written all over it. there are conflicting reports japanese owner of the tanker says it was hit by

ellison barber joins us with the very latest from washington. >> reporter: yeah, the japanese owner ofanker attacked says the tanker was hit by some sort of flying projectile. the u.s. says it was an olympic mine attack and released video allegedly showing iranian sailors removing an unexploded mine from the tanker. iran denies involvement, and across the aisle u.s. officials say iran was behind the attack. some republican lawmakers are talking about military action. >> it's unmistakeable what happened here. these were attacks by the islamic republic of iran on commercial shipping on the freedom of navigation with the clear intent to deny transit through the strait. >> if these kinds of attacks continue, there needs to be a military response. and that doesn't mean invading iran, that means taking out their ability to be able to do attack like this in the future. >> unprovoked attacks on commercial shipping warrant a retaliatory military strike. >> reporter: democratic congressman adam schiff says that is not the right move. the house intel chair says there ises no question iran is behi

ellison barber joining us with the latest. >> reporter: yeah.retary of state mike pompeo says this is an international challenge, and he says the u.s. will take action diplomatic or otherwise to insure ships are able to pass through the strait of hormuz. he says what you should assume is we aren't going to guarantee freedom of navigation throughout the strait. that was on "fox news sunday" a little earlier this morning. secretary pompeo claims the u.s. has lots of data and evidence proving iran is behind the attack. he did not lay out that evidence but said eventually the public, the world would be with able to see a lot of it. the u.s. already released surveillance video a couple of days ago. the u.s. says it shows iranian sailor ares removing an unexplored mine from one of the tankers attacked in the gulf of oman. president trump pointed to that video on an interview on "fox & friends" saying iranian forces were trying to get rid of evidence was the unexploded -- because the unexploded mine likely had iran, quote, written all over it. the japa

ellison barber is live in chicago with more. ellison?more light on what happened just before prosecutors decided to drop charges against actor jussie smollett. the documents show cook county state's attorney kim fox reluctantly recused herself from the case but seemingly did it for a different reason than the ones initially given. in a statement fox said quote false rumors circulated that i was related or somehow connected to the smollett family so i removed myself from all aspects of the investigation and prosecution to avoid even the perception of a conflict. but in february, fox's office said that she was stepping aside because she had conversations with a family member of jussie smollett about the incident and their concerns. fox says she spoke to smollett's family when he was still considered a victim. the document showed that fox did not want to recuse herself and according to text messages, she felt the false rumors about being related to smollett were racist. there are 2,000 pages of documents, all of them were released yesterday

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ainsley: ellison barber joins us live from washington as the faa issue as no fly order. >> american registered over the persian gulf and the gulf of oman. fox news has told that united is canceling all flights from newark to mumbai. only american airline with direct flies from the townhouse india. that flight path to mumbai crosses through iranian airspace. the flight scheduled to take off around 8:00 last night did not move and united said it is because of current events in iran. all of this as the "new york times" reports president trump approved military strikes on a handful of iranian targets, planes were reportedly in the air. ships in position when they were told to stand down. the u.s. defense official confirms reporting to fox news telling our pentagon producer lucas tomlinson the strikes were called off around 7:30 last night. targets included the radar install lations and surface-to-air battery used to shoot down the american drone. the official said it is not clear why the strikes were called off. the white house has not commented. according to reuters president trump sent iran a me