gillian turner's here to explain it. >> good evening shannon. the trump administration is having the inaugural terrorism strategy as a nation's first articulated terror strategy since 2011. the statement reads in part "as your president i'm committed to protect the united states and its interest from abroad and the threat of terrorism. under my leadership the u.s. has accelerated efforts to be terrorist. we've decimated isis and syria and iraq in the u.s. participation in the horrible i run deal." for weeks now the entire national security team has been returning to one central team. a renewed commitment what they call, foreign policy. everyone from the mike pompeo to nikki haley to the president himself has reinforced the central killer of the campaign. john bolton kicked it out a few weeks ago with his speech at the federal society and today he said this. >> we will deny terrorists the freedom to travel and communicate across international borders. this strategy stresses better integration of national power, both military and nonmilitary. to c

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gillian turner with us now as this is the intersection between the u.s. saudi relationship, u.s. turkish relationship in the middle east. hi, gillian. >> hi, leland. president trump did admit to cbs in an interview that saudi arabia could be to blame for the disappearance and alleged murder of journalist jamal should be. emphasizing soap by the saudis deny any responsibility. an investigation ultimately proves their guilt. the u.s. would inflict their punishment. the option of sanctioning the royal family off the table. >> i actually think we would be punishing ourselves if we did that. >> a multi-arms still making it clear his priority is to protect hard-won u.s. profit. >> if they don't fire from us they're going to buy it from russia or they're going to buy from china or other countries. >> so far, saudi arabia has maintained a hard-line on this issue, deny, deny, deny without providing any substantiated evidence. yesterday they took the opportunity to ask a president trump's reasoning about the global economy the saudi state tv reported the kingdom affirms is targeted with any

it is a complicated question so we have asked to talk to our favorite correspondent, gillian turner, mbers.s.om gillian, what is the answer here? >> for months, all the d.c. pollsters have been telling us that democrats have been revved up for november midterms, and now a whole slew of new pollsco this week are turning that conventional wisdom on its head. the give isn't the mueller investigation or tax cuts for reform, party leaders say it's brett kavanaugh. >> the defining issue in 2018 has changed.r it's about this. >> a marist poll shows the enthusiasm gap between republicans and democrats shrinking by the day. just two months ago, there was a ten-point gap between the democrat and republican interest in the midterms, but that playing field has leveled off. now the number of republicans who say they feel extremely interested in the election is up by two points in arizona,be nine points in indiana, eight points in missouri and north t dakota, and up 11 points in tennessee.e meanwhile, the new round of fox news battleground poll shows a fight for republicans, but they kavanaugh show

gillian turner has more. the secretary of defense is hot on the trail of the murder of jamal khashoggi this weekend. he confirmed to reporters his meeting with the saudi foreign minister in bahrain and reiterated the trump administration's decision to get answers from the government. >> the murder of jamal khashoggi in a diplomatic facility must concern us all greatly. the united states does not tolerate this kind of ruthless action. reporter: general mattis said they both agree on the need for transparency in the investigation moving forward. a promising sign considering saudi arabia denied the turks access to consulate in istanbul for two weeks after khashoggi was murdered. >> agreement from the foreign minister bear no reservations at all, and we need to know what happened. reporter: the saudi government altered version of october 2nd events multiple times. most recently thursday when they admitted khashoggi's killing was premeditated. as of yesterday, strategy is to put as much distance as possible betwee

eric: gillian turner has more on this disturbing story from washington. reporter: president trump admitted in an interview that saudi arabia could be to blame for the disappearance and alleged murder of journalist, jamal khashoggi pizza so far the saudis deny any involvement. but he says he took sanctioning off the royal family off the table. >> i actually think we would be punishing ourselves if we did that. reporter: when asked why he said there was an arms deal with them. he says a priority is to protect profits. >> if they do not buy from us they will buy from russia or china. reporter: so far saudi arabia has maintained a hard line on the issue deny, deny, deny. with ever substantiating evidence. yes they took the opportunity to echo the president's reasoning about the global economy. saudi state t.v. reported the kingdom of firms is targeted with any action, it will respond with greater action. the kingdoms economy has an influential and vital role in the global economy and the kingdoms economy is affected only by the impact of the global economy. o

gillian turner has more. reporter: president trump's is the u.s. a treaty with russia. it's been a place for 30 years. he told reporters yesterday, he started playing by the rules. >> the agreement, russia has not unfortunately, honor the agreement. so we will terminate the agreement. we will pull out. reporter: he says he's prepared to relaunch an arms race. >> we were to menace amount of money to play with in the military. 700 billion +716 billion. we will terminate the agreement and we're going to develop the weapons. reporter: present reagan and gorbachev signed on to the treaty in december 1987. a landmark move intended to force both countries to eliminate missiles from the nuclear arsenal. since then, the u.s. has accused the russian government of multiple breaches. most recently in 2014 when president obama cited russian testing of a ground launched cruise missile. at the time, he chose not to withdraw from the treaty. due to heavy foreign pressure. european leaders all believe the u.s. withdrawal would immediately kickstart an arms race. so

. >> bret: looking with gillian turner in just a minute, "the new york times" ran a story intelligencefficials expressing concern about the president cell phone use. as a security risk, there may be chinese and russian spies were listening in. what is the president on the white house saying about that? >> the story in "the new york times" said that the president is using an unencrypted cell phone, and whatever he does, russia and china are likely listening in. the president denied, and around this past some sources and found out that in the early days of the administration and the president was using his personal unencrypted cell phone, but after coming under pressure from the authorities at the white house because of national security concerns, he very early in the administration modeled the personal phone and used and encrypted one, he uses one iphone, uses it only for cell phone calls and to send out tweets, he prefers to use land lines whenever possible. >> bret: those tweets definitely hit the airwaves. john, thanks. as was mentioned, the american troops head south to the border,

gillian turner is here live from washington. >> millions of americans have visited campaign websites're being tracked. doesn't matter whether they signed up to volunteer, made donations, or simply tried to learn more about political candidates, about 90% of them had their data captured by trackers. online cyber tools used to collect information about american voters. cyber experts call it a sophisticated way to understand individuals and their political habits. >> they can discern what age group are you in, demographic issues, ethnicity, likely household income, political affiliations, and voting patterns. purchasing history. >> online ad blocker ghost reassessed more than 1,000 house and senate websites, found virtually all contain trackers. google with trackers on 75% of web pages. facebook with trackers on 53%. and twitter with trackers on 30%. these companies are at the center of ongoing debate in washington over political ads and user privacy. the primary purpose of web tracking cools is to collect information to be used to focus political ads at different groups. the study also

gillian turner is live at the white house. white house worked very hard to see this result. >> the white house has been working incredibly hard across the national security council, all across the west wing here for weeks on this issue. once it is 100% officially done with it is going to be a tremendous victory for president trump. but also a tremendous opportunity to reset the u.s./turkish relationship. it has been on a difficult path lately. the word on the street here inside the white house right now, though, is it is not mission accomplished yet. nobody is going to breathe a sigh of relief until pastor brunson is safely back on american soil. nothing is being taken for granted here. they are well aware that this gentleman's life still hangs in the balance until he is back here at home in the united states. no word yet on where he is headed next from turkey. no word on how he will be transported. we'll keep you updated with that information as soon as we have it. >> sandra: you go back from a twitter post in august from the

howie: joining us is fox news correspondent, gillian turner. some people on the right said the media were overplaying this because it was a columnist, one of their own. now that cnn is the pipe bomb target you are not hearing that as much. gillian: i think what the media was reacting to is that the president did not come straight out and condemn the saudis and the royal family. it's not just when it comes to saudi arabia. when they feel he's not being forceful enough in condemning america's enemies. how report saudis were telling a ludicrous story. last week we lad bret bairms interview with the foreign minister who was peddling the fist fight story. were the media right to keep pushing on this? gillian: the president came out on the right side. i guess he was waiting for whatever his own reasons were. it was obvious to everybody. howie: he said it was a fistfight. gillian: as a member of the media and the american public, what the saudis were peddling was offensive. >> how do reporters cover a regime that in this case blatantly lied again and

howie: joining us is fox news correspondent, gillian turner.ople on the right said the media were overplaying this because it was a columnist, one of their own. now that cnn is the pipe bomb target you are not hearing that as much. gillian: i think what the media was reacting to is that the president did not come straight out and condemn the saudis and the royal family. it's not just when it comes to saudi arabia. when they feel he's not being forceful enough in condemning america's enemies. how report saudis were telling a ludicrous story. last week we lad bret bairms interview with the foreign minister who was peddling the fist fight story. were the media right to keep pushing on this? gillian: the president came out on the right side. i guess he was waiting for whatever his own reasons were. it was obvious to everybody. howie: he said it was a fistfight. gillian: as a member of the media and the american public, what the saudis were peddling was offensive. >> how do reporters cover a regime that in this case blatantly lied again and again. i

we have gillian turner, what else can you tell us?> tonight all eyes remain laser focused on the key republican swing vote. collins, murkowski and flake. so far they spoke positively about the fbi report but murkowski says she needs more time, something in short supply for the pressure cooker that is capitol hill tonight. >> this process has been ruled by fear and anger, and underhanded gamesmanship for too long. it's time for us to stand up to this kind of thing. >> this is about hijacking our democracy. i am angry and i own it. eco-a new ranch in the plans, senator steve daines of montana said he wouldn't be available on saturday at any point, even if there was a vote for kavanaugh who he strongly supports. he is said to be in montana, walking his daughter down the aisle. recently told fox news that with the fluid timing of the fbi release they couldn't avoid a potential schedule conflict. but fox news can confirm that he spoke directly tonight with cavanaugh. he made arrangements to get him there and across the finish line as neede

gillian turner has more on all this from washington. >> afternoon, eric or the secretary of defense ison the trail of the murder this weekend. the foreign minister adel al-jubeir and with great determination to get answers out of the saudi government. >> the murder of jamal khashoggi at diplomatic facility must concern us all. the united states does not tolerate this ruthless action is president trump noted we are going to get to the bottom of it. reporter: jeremiah said they both read on the investigation going forward. they did not deter access to the consulate for two weeks. >> full agreement with no reservations at all. and it was very collaborative. >> the saudi government altered its version of october 2nd event multiple times. most recently thursday they admitted the killing was premeditated though as of yesterday's strategy is as much distance as possible between murderers and the royal family. >> the issue of how this was brought about in that this reflects the involvement of saudi arabia, we are trying to uncover what happened. we know people exceeded their authority and were

correspondent gillian turner takes a look at what it means to you. >> is $69 billion merger between cvsnsurance giant aetna is poised to change how, where and when millions of american patients received medical care. not all of it will be for the good of patients, though, according to some financial analysts who specialize in health care. >> it could lead to fewer options for patients who are looking to buy insurance. >> how? other than my part of this merger is the entrance of data. prescription records for the many 5 million americans or visit the stores each day, a data gold mine for a large health insurer like aetna. aetna will gain a more detailed picture of specific communities in which cvs currently operates and will use it to decide whether or not to offer those communities insurance plans. statement from the company's reaffirmed their major goals and designed to technology, data and l analytics and will help predict and prevent potential health problems before they occur. that will allow the companies to make so-called predictions about people's health. >> they will newly gain

the latest and where we stand we are joined now by gillian turner and julian, what else can you callon laser focus on the key republican swing vote. that is collins murkowski and flake. so far collins has said positively about the fbi report but she says she needs more time. something in short supply that is capitol hill tonight. >> this process has been ruined by fear and anger and underhanded gamesmanship for too long. it is time for us to stand up for this kind of thing. >> this is about hijacking our democracy. i am angry. i own it. >> laura: earlier tonight, a new ranch in the plan. senators received that they wouldn't be available at any point. even if there was a vote for brett kavanaugh who strongly supports. he is in montana locking his daughter down the aisle. originally his office told fox news with the timing of the fbi report they couldn't avoid a potential schedule conflict. fox news can confirm we spoke tonight directly with brett kavanaugh. his office as he has made arrangements to be there and to get him across the finish line as needed. without dance on the hill for

. >> i'm gillian turner. we are now 30 days after the midterms. president trump gave us a preview of republicans closing arguments. last night at a rally in kansas to claim victory in sight of the confirmation is just another in a long, long list of promises made and kept. the president is at his golf cart now. we are at the white house keeping tabs on everything. reporter: good afternoon to you. there is some people call in the civic or a lap last night for the president. others saying it was a well-timed celebration. by any definition this is an opportunity by the president to revel in the recent confirmation of supreme court justice, brett kavanaugh. sounds strange to say it but in fact it is true. last night in front of a raucous make america great rally, crowd of 11,000 in topeka, kansas, the president talked about justice kavanagh. it's true the confirmation was not the only subject broached by the president, but he was most certainly front and center. >> i stand before you today on the heels of a tremendous big jerry for our nation, our peo

gillian turner is more the development from washington. reporter: afternoon, eric.nt trump said they they we make with what's been in place for 30 years. he told reporters yesterday he's tired of playing by the rules. >> we are the ones who stayed in the agreement that would've honored the agreement for russia has not appeared unfortunately honor the agreement. we are going to terminate the agreement. we're going to pull out. traded his repair to relaunch an arms race. >> so we have a tremendous amount of money to play with our military 700 billion. so we are going to terminate the agreement and we are going to develop the weapons. >> president reagan and gorbachev signed on to the imf in december 1987. a landmark move intended to force both countries to eliminate ground launch ballistic and cruise missiles from their arms missile. since then the u.s. has accused the russian government of multiple breaches. most recently in 2014 president of undecided russian test in every cruise missile. at the time he chose not to withdraw from the treaty due to heavy foreign pres

let's go first to gillian turner

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>>jon: gillian turner has the latest. >>reporter: president trump admitted to cbs in an interview that has yet to air that saudi arabia be to blame for the disappearance and alleged murder of journalist jamaal - - but hedging his bets, he emphasized that so far, the saudi's deny any responsibility. if an investigation ultimately proves their guilt, the president is the thing that would inflict severe punishment. that took the option of sanctioning the vogelfamily off the table. >> i think we be punishing ourselves if we did that . >>reporter: when asked why, he said it a multimillion dollar arms deal with the saudi's. making it clear his priorities to protect u.s. profits. >> if they don't buy from us they will buyfrom russia or china . >>reporter: so far, saudi arabia has maintained a hard line on this issue. deny and deny without providing any substantiating evidence. yesterday, they took the opportunity to echo president trump's reasoning about the global economy. saudi state tv reporting, the - - says if targeted with

i'm leland vittert. >> good morning, i'm gillian turner. we're hearing reports from our afail yachts that the shooter did open fire during the prayer service. let's take this straight out to jacqui heinrich, she has the latest on the story. >> i've been pouring through the reports of local media and listening to updates from police there. here is what we can tell you. it happened in the squirrel hill neighborhood, a largely jewish community. it happened at the tree of life synagogue. the largest conservative congregation in that area, actually formed more than 150 years ago and in 2010 two pittsburgh congregations americaed to form the tree of life congregation. so this is a huge congregation. it happened during the 9:45 a.m. shubot, it's the most attended service of the entire week. we also know from up to local media reports, up to 12 people were shot, eight confirmed dead. three officers were also shot and hearing that some officers who were responding to the scene were forced to even use their vehicles as a shield. we're hearing that th

mueller continues his investigation into the russian interference in 2016 presidential election, gillian turnerhe first official federal charges against russia for interfering in the 2016 elections were revealed yesterday in four documents unsealed by the justice department. they show criminal complaint filed against russian woman who prosecutors say was part of conspiracy to use social media to interfere. she worked for the same social media troll farm indicted by special counsel robert mueller earlier this year. a statement reads in part, quote, the strategic goal of alleged conspiracy which continues to this day is to so discord the u.s. political system and undermine faith in democratic institution. the department of homeland security, though, insists moving forward the outlook is rosier for the upcoming midterms in 2020, but they do admit the challenge is far from over. >> we continue to see russians and increasingly iranian and other chinese actors continue to use social media to influence the american public to -- discord and increase divisiveness, that's something that's probably just a

gillian turner is live in washington with the latest. >> i'm back here in the senate office building for much of today, this is been ground zero for both pro and anti-kavanaugh protest. right now, standing on a bridge right outside of senator murkowski's office. you can see behind me here, there's about 50 or so alaskans who have gathered here in hopes of getting a word with a senator today. we are told many if not all of them have flown in from the state specifically to be here to register their discontent with judge kavanaugh and his nomination. in these crucial hours before tomorrow's vote, many of them are hoping for some face time. they believe of the senator has any last outs, they can help convince her of their perspective here. i spent the last hours high senator jeff flake's office, here is what two women had to say. >> when i started hearing these accusations and seeing his testimony and it became clear to me that he was being dishonest, i felt like i had to do more then sit at home. >> i wanted to come to support brett kavanaugh. he is not been proven guilty, it's all fals

gillian turner is here with that story.ifferent approaches. >> two different approaches, widely divergent tracks today for president trump's maximum pressure campaigns against two u.s. adversaries, iran and north korea. the national security team upping the ante and its ongoing battle with tehran but remaining optimistic when it comes to pyongyang. >> fresh on the heels of announcing u.s. withdrawal from a decade old pack with a run called the treaty of amity, the trump administration is taking on tehran with no holds barred. >> iran is a rogue regime. it has been a threat throughout the middle east. it's hostile and aggressive military behavior in the region today is a breach of international peace and security. so i don't take what they say seriously at all. >> earlier in the day the secretary of state said the u.s. should have pulled out decades ago and also went on record officially blaming the regime for recent attacks against american compounds in iraq. >> are intelligent in this regard is solid. if we can see the han

ed: gillian turner has reaction from the white house. is expected to touch four hours from now right around noon. he spent the evening flying transatlanticly. he stopped off in germany last night. had a full physical. given a clean bill of health as far as we know right now it's completely clean bill of health. he is on his way here. he will land at joint base andrews and head over to the oval office to the white house to sit down face to face with president trump stay tuned. bring you all of that stuff live later. i spent yesterday at the white house and it was very obvious from early on in the day tirelessly the entire national security team has been working the last few weeks to secure this outcome here is what president trump himself said last night. >> there was no deal made at all. there was no deal. but, we are very happy to have him. and have him in good shape. i hear he is in very good shape. >> so, this is important, guys. because it was just a few weeks ago that the turkish president erdogan assured the trump team personally a

gillian turner is live in the hart building. protestors starting to trickle in there?rious, the longer we wait, the more there are. the crowd size gathered here today is ground zero for the believed survivors movement. smaller group than yesterday. take a look. a few dozen, maybe 100 people so far. we spoke to organizers saying it's early morning yet. they still expect thousands of people to arrive here today. it is a really diverse crowd so far. men, women, young, old, huge mix of ethnicities and nationalities. i have to tell you, they seem pretty organized. we listened a while ago as organizers convened the crowd and gave them the prep session for the day. a heavy emphasis on remaining respectful of the senators they encounter, not making anybody feel physically threatened or intimidated. they stopped twice during the prep session to ask two people from the crowd to not raise their voices. >> sandra: we see the pictures and the people. they are coming. what are you expecting to see there later? >> so we don't know exactly when the leaders will -- when the leaders wil

gillian turner is a look at the difficulty finding a trusted government workforce. administration is taking a hard look at how individuals are given top secret access to the nation's most sensitive secrets on the heels of president trump revoking clearances for multiple senior officials including john brennan, sources tell fox news the white house has more candidates on the chopping block. >> president trump: security clearances are very important to me, very, very important and i've had a tremendous response for having done that. >> the administration is not going it alone. they're working with congress to overhaul the entire security system soup to nuts. the vice chair of the senate intel commission says he is working on a new policy. >> as bad as the problem is on people who serve in the government, as frankly most of you know, it is even worse on the contractor side as you move from one contract to another, filled with ndhf it is taking 120, 150 days. that is not fair to the contractor. it is frankly not fair to the taxpayer. >> the white house and congress agre

gillian turner is live in washington with the president's response.you. >> good morning, ed. secretary of state pompeo returned to washington from saudi arabia late last night with no comment on the sawedy's latest explanation which is that jamal khashoggi got killed in impromptu brawl inside the turkish consulate. referred all journalists to the white house which put out a statement that reads in part quote we will continue to closely follow the international investigations into this tragic incident and advocate for justice that is timely, transparent and in accordance with all due process. now, lawmakers have roundly criticized the administration over the past 18 days since khashoggi was killed. the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee reacting with a statement of his own last night saying the stories the saudis have told about jamal khashoggi's disappearance continues to change with each passing day. so we should not assume their latest story holds water. they can undergo their own investigation but the u.s. administration must make i

i thought it was very telling that gillian turner earlier today said that she did not see a single protester judge kavanaugh today. not one. they're all out there yesterday and the day prior, andrew, but not today. >> well, i just think this is a-- it's a sad reflection of what the court has become and what it is not supposed to be in this society, which is the place where we go to decide the way that we live. this is the place that we go to make the decisions that a democratic society is supposed to make through its elected representatives, and it's a measure of how vicious this process is that what we're looking at is a court that actually fulfills a role that is not what's meant for the court to fulfill, and when you have demonstrations outside the court like that, and you have demonstrations about a supreme court justice like that, what you're essentially saying is, we want the court to be responsive to political pressure when the court is actually there to resolve-- the court's job is hard enough as it is. it is to resolve the difficult legal issues that have to be resolved. it's not to

gillian turner joins us live in the details.ton has been with the russians before and his feelings about them but those are intense meetings. >> i would anticipate of it if i were them i be nervous but meanwhile the first official federal charges against russia were interfering in the 2016 election were revealed yesterday in court documents. they show a complaint filed against russian woman brusque you are safe as part of a conspiracy to use social media to a beer. she worked for the same social media farm indicted by special counsel robert mueller earlier this year. statement reads in part -- the department of homeland security insists moving forward the outlook is much rosier for the upcoming midterms in 2020. they also admit the challenge is far from over. >> we continue to the russians and increase the iranian and other chinese actors continue to use social media to influence the american public and to sow discord and increase divisiveness. that something that is probably a tool of the trade for them right now. we continue t

let's go first to gillian turner who's waiting for the pats to have's arrival -- pastor's arrival at andrews. >> reporter: i'm here, we have been stationed just across the street from joint base andrews, counting down to pastor brunson's arrival since five a.m. he is expected to touch down any moment. it'll be the first time his feet touched american soil since he was taken into captivity in turkey two years ago. he did spend the night flying over the atlantic with a quick stop in germany where he and his wife were greeted by the american ambassador. he put out a statement -- i've got to pull it up on my phone -- it reads: this is the day our family has been praying for. i am delighted to be on my way home to the united states. my my entire family thanks the president, the administration and congress for their unwavering support. so another thing that happened that's very important today is president trump tweeted just a short while ago: there was no deal made with turkey for the release and return of pastor andrew brunson. i don't make deals for hostages. there was, however, great a

you'll find our gillian turner.rowds to the prediction are beefing up today. >> since the last time i speak to you about an hour ago, thousands more protesters have descended hereupon capitol hill. i'm standing right across the street from the supreme court. you can see the protesters there over my shoulder. i have to tell you, i have encountered every type of protester so far this morning, men, women, old, young people, conservatives, liberals, lots of families. i've fun into at least 100 families, some with children and babies, some with dogs, that have come here to gather to protest judge kavanaugh. what i can tell you, neil, i've been here since 5:00 in the morning, six hours, i've net to encounter a single pro kavanaugh protester today. i encountered them yesterday, but not a single one. i was talking to a protester a few moments ago and i want you to listen to what he had to say. >> to me, that investigation is representing a sham. there's no access to look through the results of the investigation, not suffici

leland vittert and gillian turner takes it from here. >> and a fox news alert as we look at images fromrgh, pennsylvania. the suburb there where police now say there are multiple fatalities after a shooter opened fire at a synagogue and police say they now have within suspect in custody. this unfolding over the past couple of hours on shubot, the jewish holy day at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. 9:45 a.m. eastern is when services were set to begin there and shortly thereafter we started hearing initial reports of the shots being fired. continuing fox news coverage here from washington,