griff jenkins joins from us washington more on the big night. this is all about a come back, right, griff? griff: this is celebration time at the white house. the president celebrating victories last night it's also a sigh of relief. here is one of the president's many tweets, brian. big night for the republican party. congratulations to all. and it was a sigh of relief in that race for north carolina's ninth district, it was widely considered to be a bellwether going into 2020. now dan bishop narrowly holding ton a seat been in the g.o.p. hands for nearly 60 years defeating dan mccready by less than 3%. he benefited from the president's last-minute rally in north carolina. here's what he had to say. >> tonight was the first step towards taking back the house of representatives in 2020 to keep this country on a path of prosperity and strength. >> because, under this president, america is great again. >> and in the lesser watched

a deadly storm killing 7-year-old boy as it rips through the bahamas and sister still missing, griff jenkins live there as millions here in the u.s. brace for impact, griff, good morning. >> good morning, todd and carley, we are standing in palm beach, mandatory evacuated is 120 miles due west of the dave station, i spent my entire life in the bahamas, i've been online stuff and serve calling it hands down the worst devastation they've ever seen, let me show you some of the images that here in palm beach are going to wake up and see as it unleash it is worst of the perform storm from catastrophic punishing winds to massive flooding, of course, one life lost that we know of. even tropical storm off the coast of palm beach. you will have beach erosion, perhaps historic levels, now i talked to the sheriff, he's been here with law enforcement for 50 years, he's been through storms but worried what this could potentially bring, listen. >> if this is coming at 185, there's going to be damage, we are not talking about repairing stuff, we are talking about rebuilding. >> you can see, guys, just over

georgia and the carolina coast all preparing for the worst, we have live team coverage for you, griff jenkins and jillian mele, following the monster's storm latest track, good morning, thank you so much for joining us. janice: so our friends in bahamas are still enduring a category 5 hurricane and i liken it to a tornado that's raking across the small islands, these small vulnerable islands with wind gusts in excess of 200 miles per hour, so this storm has slowed down incredibly, we will be dealing with the potential for storm surge, upwards of 23 feet, of course, 30-inches of rainfall and then those relentless category 5 winds across the vulnerable areas, you can see the eye, so clear, this is one of the strongest hurricanes on record when you talk about the wind, alan was number 1, and dorian at 2, number 2 here with wilma, gilbert and labor day hurricane and this is labor day. the storm, the tropical storm forced winds extend about 140 miles from the center of the storm so they are already experiencing tropical storm forced winds along the coast, florida, hurricane warnings now in effect

griff jenkins in an exclusive ride along with police as floodwaters rise. donald trump approving an emergency declaration for north carolina as dorian makes its way up the coast. congressman robert pittenger says his state can't afford to get stuck in government red tape and he joins us as team coverage continues up next. are you a veteran, own a home, and need cash? you should know about the newday va home loan for veterans it lets you borrow up to 100 percent of your home's value. the newday va loan lets you refinance your mortgages, consolidate your credit card debt, put cash in the bank, and lower your payments over $600 a month. call today. and get the financial peace of mind every veteran deserves. heather: you are watching "fox and friends first". hurricane dorian moving up the coast coming dangerously close to florida, georgia, the carolinas where it could make landfall as a category 2 storm leaving devastation behind in the bahamas as rescue crews work around the clock searching for survivors. senior meteorologist janice dean tracking dorian's new

governor, thanks. >> griff jenkins is in florida. he is in palm beach. e in between the outer bands. the governor can't answer really brian's question because you don't know where it is going to hit. take a walk on this beach. you can see they will clearly get from west palm beach all the way up towards jacksonville, large surf by this storm, particularly if it begins to move more west towards our direction. you can see, as jillian was talking about, people here in palm beach, taking a look. they want to come down, take pictures. the police here in the town of palm beach which is under a mandatory evacuation right now, the officer told me he is a little worried as conditions get worse, they are going to at a very minimum be a tropical storm by late afternoon today they worry people will come. they may close the bridge permanently. they're under mandatory evacuation. they're not removing people. as we walk along the surf, the surf will come up, we're a few hours from high tide. beach erosion, storm surge, whipping winds, if it comes in this direction, law

steve: griff jenkins joins us now from port st. lucie in st. lucie county. g to shore, griff. griff: dorian is 116 miles to our east. these are just the outer bands we are beginning to feel. wind app. had a reading of 162 mile-per-hour gust. officials said they are seeing 41. no doubt it's beginning to pick up a little bit. we are on jensen on the sound side. over to hutchinson island there were manned torely evacuated. some left. some did not. as you can see along this sea wall the storm surge picking up. it's just pounding all morning long. we are seeing these explosions. this sort of surge. the indian river is high right now particularly kind of the king tide. there are no reports of significant flooding that the county has gotten per my call about 15 minutes ago. but that could increase as this storm begins to grow. this is just one of the early outer bands and the situation now is that people, officials worry that people will get complacent. they will think they dodged a bullet but, yet, a situation like this causes flooding. people may need to be rescue

. >> griff jenkins goes door-to-door with ice and the largest sanctuary city up next.er: ice getting back to business by concentrating on their main mission, interior enforcement. this makes it extremely difficult. griff jenkins saw it firsthand and joins us with more, thank you for coming back. >> reporter: we are having a national debate over ice tactics and missions but we spent two days in the largest sanctuary county and the county, the challenges they are facing, one of the biggest ones is ice detainer is being denied by local law enforcement. there have been 10,000 detainers issued this fiscal year and only 500 were honored, 5% meaning ice has to find the remaining 95%. we saw firsthand how hard that is. >> we are going to hit 7 targets total. the men and women of ice, go after these criminal, sanctuary jurisdictions. >> come to the door please. >> first turn to invest -- >> people in the apartment kicked him out a month ago, last arrested by a local police department august 8th. we placed a detainer on august 9th, the detainer was released. >> this individual w

we begin with griff jenkins in port st. lucie with the latest.icking up. we are getting a wind gusts of 41 miles an hour. according to officials we talked to we are -- behind me the indian river runs parallel to the barrier islands, hutchison island. in the last 30 minutes, one transformer popped. one of the impacts of tropical storm winds, 116 miles east of freeport unleashing devastating damage on the bahamas but we are getting outer bands, 150 miles out from the center. should attract west, 45 miles from the center that will change the dynamic but what they are worried about is the indian river in king the tide season, the water coming up. water coming over this could cause serious damage. we talked to the spokesman for st. lucie county about his concerns. this is what he had to say. >> picking up tropical storm force windss, if they choose to say there may be a time first responders will not be able to get to them. >> reporter: we have gone out on this. to show you, if this is a sustained storm the remains stalled and brings these types of wi

rob: griff jenkins live in south carolina preparing for a possible landfall. jillian: it looks pretty bad. >> reporter: getting some outer bands here. it is very wet out here. not only high winds, we had a reading a little bit, 61 miles an hour. it will continue because we are 90 miles from the center of the eye but this is a barrier island, we are 50 or 60 miles from the outer wall bands. the storm surge, we expect roadside at 7:00 which means all morning it will build. the combination of 5 to 8 feet of storm surge with these wins and 12 inches. and entire foot of rain. it is going to be difficult for the auto-parts of charleston and surrounding areas where there is mandatory evacuation. we see power for most of the island but people who haven't evacuated, we will stay and keep working on our gear. it is a wet and windy situation. we are at the p a are --pier which flooded in hurricane matthew. along with irma which caused a lot of beach erosion and we will see how things fair. rob: great job with the iphone and we will get back to you. jillian: janice dean i

carley: griff jenkins in daytona beach experiencing the outer bands of that storm.ng windy and rainy and now it has called down. >> reporter: it has. rain bands coming through, the window between 6 am and 10:00 am they expect the worst in daytona beach the big fear is storm surge, flooded bad and hurricane matthew 3 years ago and were cinerama two years ago. we will show you this is the main bridge, the international speedway in daytona beach where they are pounding. the bridge we are on, the water very high. the sheriff shining it is very high and close to flooding. another high tide at 1:00 :00 pm. as it stands they will try to not flood but they will prepare if they have to. once offloading before and is worried he will see it again. >> it has already started to flood during high tide throughout the day. >> twice today it has come over that on the ledge over here to air it is coming up on the palate over here on that part of the tarp, started to flood without any rain. >> reporter: i'm on a tree line but i will tell you the winds are upwards of 50, 60 miles an ho

we've got to begin with griff jenkins in falling beach. griff. >> reporter: hey, dana. how are you? yeah, the winds continue to come. they've been coming all morning long, has the rain. here on folley beach, we are seeing downed power lines. we're seeing plenty on that little side street. let me just show you the tide is what they're looking for here at the folley beach pier. they're worrying about how many storm strong it may bring. the mayor here we were talking at the fire station. he's worried particularly about what this storm may do to beach erosion. you can see here a foot or two taking a real hit on it. he said, the mayor, that he wants to ask for some assistance for replenishment because two years ago, irma hurt this beach with erosion and now it's doing it again with dorian. you can see the beach erosion on the other side. now that we have another situation. just in the last few minutes, dana, one thing officials had to ask for is even though dorian isn't making landfall, it is a dangerous storm. these are dangerous winds, dangerous flooding. but if you look in the distanc

inside of the house waiting for it to arrive and it is just taking a long time and the on t ground, griff jenkins live in port st. lucie, griff. >> we're still here are the outer bands from dorian 116 miles to the east out there. i want to show you here in jenson, this is the intercoastal side. across that bridge is harrison -- hutchinson island where the mandatory evacuations took place. they're feeling the wall. this is what i want to show you, the sea wall, just a few hours ago it was dry. three feet below the water. now storm surge. this is the storm surge that people are talking about. i'll take you back this way and point you back to the mainland. the way the storm is just battering all up and down this sea wall going back. that's jenson beach over there. officials here are dealing with the king tide. that's the highest tide of the summer and it will be met with hours and hours of storm surge coming from dorian. officials and locals here worry it may cause significant flooding. they saw it years ago when matthew came up the coast all the way from southern florida all the way up to ng on con

griff jenkins is on the ground for us. let's go. wow. griff. >> yeah, harris, how are you? it's windy here. we're in one of the barrier islands outside of charleston. the storm downgraded to a 2 you wouldn't know the difference. the water i'm in, the ashley avenue. the main thoroughfare running parallel to the ocean. it is flooding all the way for blocks here. we have a number of trees down. we had some power lines down. if you look down it is typical island structure. just wooden poles, handful of them. power outages on the entire island is not out, only a partial one. the wind gusts keep coming and what is significant is that we're getting closer to 2:00 p.m. that is going to be high tide. it will be another king tide. the flooding you're already getting is the culmination of these high winds that are coming down, the rainfall which is upwards of one foot that may come, along with a storm surge upwards of eight feet. we'll find out how people are faring here. fortunately most people listened to the officials and evacuated this area. but you know, whether or not there are

lauren: griff jenkins is live from washington as we learn the report might actually involve ukraine here. good morning. according to the washington post who broke the story, the secret complaint involves the president of ukraine and a promise to post rights at two and-a-half weeks before the complaint was filed. trump spoke with ukraine's president, a political newcomer who was elected in may. the call is under investigation by house democrats who are examining whether trump and his attorney sought to manipulate the ukrainian government into helping trump's re-election campaign. giuliani appearing last night on cn nsaid democrats ought to look into former vice president biden. >> in the course of investigating that, i found out this incredible story about joe biden, that he bribed the president of the ukraine in order to fire a prosecutor who was investigating his son. that is an astounding scandal of major proportions which all of you have covered up for about five or six months. >> reporter: this after the inspector general for the intel community, michael at kinson, appeared before th

cheryl: griff jenkins is live in washington.called in contempt. >> reporter: it was much watch tv. maybe i'm a policy nerd. it was certainly something to see. the first witness in the house's first official impeachment hearing was uncooperative to say the least. the former campaign manager refusing to bend to democrats' will at times, citing executive privilege which resulted in the chairman's threat of holding a combative lewandowski in contempt. >> i there's a far more troublig level of contempt today and that is president trump's role in your refusal to answer questions. >> reporter: the heated exchanges lasted more than five hours as they hammered him over the mueller report and obstruction of justice. >> you followed instructions and you're doing what they thought you would do. you're a loyal soldier. >> you should be here, telling the truth. the truth will set you free. >> i think that this fake russia collusion narrative is the greatest crime committed against the american people in our generation, if not ever. >> reporte

correspondent griff jenkins is our guide. >> can you come to the door please?ced a detainer on august 9th. that detainer wasn't honored. he was released. >> in those releases of criminal illegal immigrants remain a problem for ice. they say it's extremely hard and dangerous in places like los angeles county, the largest so-called "century jurisdiction" in the nation. >> is definitely danger to the community. had that local law enforcement agency honored argentina, who would have come pick them up and we wouldn't be here now. >> a sentiment echoed today by the acting as director. >> the fact is people are being hurt and victimized every day because of jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with ice. >> democrats were called to abolish i.c.e. disagree. >> all of the research shows that the jurisdictions that have instituted sanctuary policies are actually safer than those that haven't. >> ice says it's issued approximately 10,000 detainer's in l.a. county this fiscal year but only 500, or roughly 5%, were honored. >> it's our fourth stop of the morning and yet ag

we begin with griff jenkins who is live in daytona beach, florida. hey, griff. griff: hey, ainsley, brian and steve, good morning. we are in the window where they are really worried about storm surge and flooding. we were out on the beach earlier and the waves are just pounding it. we are over on the intercoastal side. the halifax river separating the beach from downtown daytodowntowndaytona beach. 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. is prime outer bands pounding us. wind gusts upwards of 60 plus miles per hour. the storm surge expected to be anywhere from 4 to 7 feet. this water you are looking at behind me right here, this is not normally water. this is a grassy park area and the water, you can see just the cop lights behind us that's beach road. that flooded three years ago during matthew. it flooded two years ago badly in irma. the sheriff having to make some deep water rescues about 6 to 10 blocks from here. i want to spin you around one more time. it's dark here and derek just turn my light for me. this pedestrian bridge pointing towards the main international speedwa

griff jenkins takes us along on the ride. >> police, can you come to the door please?ner on august 9th, that detainer wasn't honored, he was released. >> in those releases, criminal illegal immigrants remain a problem for ice. they say it's extremely hard and dangerous in places like los angeles county, the largest so-called sanctuary jurisdiction in the nation. >> is definitely a danger to the community, but had that local law enforcement agency honored our detainer, had they told us that we would have come pick them up we wouldn't be here now. >> a sentiment echoed today by the acting ice director. >> the fact is people are being hurt and victimized every day because of jurisdictions that refused to cooperate with ice. >> democrats who have called to abolish i.c.e. disagree. >> all of the research shows that the jurisdictions that have instituted sanctuary policies are actually safer than those that haven't. >> ice says it said she would approximately 10,000 detainer's in l.a. year. but only 500, or roughly 5%, were honored. >> it's our fourth stop of the morning and

griff jenkins is in one of the barrier islands in south carolina, where the rain is coming down rightle-per-hour wind at charlotte international airport. we're feeling pretty strong winds. you cross over with a cat-1 hurricane with winds over 74 miles per hour. we're taking pretty strong gusts now. it is a combination of all the rain, a foot of rain coming along with the winds hitting us now. quite strong winds. look at the pier. it is the storm surge they're worried about. upwards eight feet of storm surge caused by angry sea of hurricane that reads cat-5 220 mile-per-hour winds, devastating the bahamas, creating large open water waves pushing into the folly beach pier. we're on a barrier island of charleston. we haven't seen but one person on this entire island. seems most people have evacuated. but you know, you just don't know what the sea is going to do. you're looking at an image of low tide. we're just coming out of low tide. several hours to go as this tide is going to build. as it pushes in, it will come up, we saw, when we drove along ashley avenue, which is the main road on

griff jenkins joins us, to run continues to deny involvement despite what some are saying is concrete evidence. >> they are denying any involvement, saying houthi rebels are responsible but saudi officials provided evidence saying it unquestionably was sponsored by iran. mike pompeo firmly backing saudi arabia's right to defend itself after meeting with the crown prince mohammed bin solomon. >> now americans killed in this attack but anytime you have an act of war of this nature there is always, that could happen. >> this after donald trump ordered more sanctions on iran tweeting i've just instructed the secretary of treasury to substantially increase sanctions on the country of iran, the president is wondering whether military strikes could follow. >> there are many options, the ultimate option and options that are a lot less then that. we are in a very powerful position. right now we are in a very powerful position. the ultimate option meaning go in, war. >> to run is warning the attack will be met with immediate response that will be rapid and crushing. the heightened tensions our

griff jenkins joins us from washington dc with what that means for the administration and who can take bolton's place, has people guessing. >> the search is on and the next national security adviser, the fourth and three years will come from a pool serving in the administration, the white house says his policies don't align with the president on issues like afghanistan, iran and north korea. among the names being floated this morning, rick brunel, current ambassador to germany, on his senior advisor to iran, mike pence's national security adviser and the president's point man on north korea. senator lindsey graham says whoever it is they need to get on the same page with the administration. >> what are looking for? someone who can work with the department of defense, stood back up. >> reporter: there is that he said he said matter of how it went down. white house aides said he fired bolton, bolton's forces that he felt blindsided after the president tweeted his version of events saying he told bolton his services were no longer needed, i asked john for his resignation which was given t

griff jenkins is standing by. certainly other waves in the water are picking up there. >> yeah, it is, sandra. these are the outer bands of dorian. we are 116 miles from the center of dorian. we are on the intracoastal side. the tide is very high. just look along the seawall. you see some of the surge coming over, but 150 miles from the center of a hurricane. the hurricane's outer bands. these are just the outer bands, you have to realize. they worry people because they think there is no danger. this is a storm surge that they worry about. just across from the bridge where we are. evacuation. the pulleys not letting anyone on right now. it may persist throughout the entire day. the emergency operation center. what are you hearing? are there flooding situations? they said the majority of calls were getting our people coming into ask us what's going on with dorian. they are also telling them to please heed the storm conditions that are going to happen. perhaps all day long. as bill said, it is choosing to do what it

. >> griff jenkins joins us live this morning from washington as democrats prepared to open and impeachmentnquiry. good morning. >> there are a lot of calls for impeachment including several democrats running for president, harris, booker, warren, booker and buttigieg, but gerrymander made it clear he's not moving in that direction. >> we are concentrating our resources on determining whether to impeach the president. >> that didn't stop his colleague, congresswoman ayanna presley from announcing she will be introducing a resolution today to open an inquiry into impeachment and get a supreme court justice, issuing the statement saying sexual predators do not deserve a seat on the nation's highest court and brett kavanaugh's confirmation process set a dangerous precedent, we must demand justice for survivors an old cavanagh accountable for his actions, but chairman of the judiciary committee opposes it, tweeting bluntly if never isn't willing to go there no one should go there. fellow member of the senate judiciary committee tom tillis had this to say. >> american people are tired of it, eve

we start with griff jenkins in south carolina which could take a direct hit. >> reporter: we are here on the outer barrier island outside charleston, south carolina, we are getting with reports of one wind gust in excess of 60 miles an hour but it is going to be a combination in charleston because the center of the eye wall is just 100 miles from where we are standing to the east but the outermost winds of that i wall are only 50 or 60 miles. it will get very interesting. a lot of high wind. they suffered damage from beach erosion during irma and matthew because of high winds. as we see the winds come in and we had a squall bringing a lot of rain, it will be a combination of the threat. the storm surge 528 feet. waves you see crashing behind me at low tide will be all the way up here. that on top of the rain that is expected, 6 to 12 inches, up to a foot of rain, storm surge, high winds, rainfall, possible life-threatening flooding situation. power is key in these storms. the power is all on but we are just getting started as we look at what is going on. as we were driving out we saw

griff jenkins joins us from washington, the whistleblower could be a cia officer. good morning. >> this is a buzz. who is the whistleblower? the new york times says it is a cia employee detail on assignment to the white house, served on the staff of the national security council, the acting dni joseph maguire testified for 3 hours. we've never seen anything like this. >> this is unprecedented in the unique situation. i want to stress the whistleblower and inspector general have acted in good faith throughout. i have every reason to believe they have done everything by the book and followed the law. >> reporter: the chairman adam schiff pressed maguire to explain his handling of it. >> the subject of the complaint for advice about whether you should provide the complaint to congress. >> it did. has executive privilege. it was not stonewalling. i did not receive direction from anybody, just trying to work through the process and the law the way it is written. >> reporter: republican seized on the acknowledgment this was based on secondhand information. >> much like t

sandra. >> sandra: griff jenkins, be safe. ou soon in just over 100 miles south of where griff is standing savannah, georgia, feeling the effects of dorian. a short time from now we'll speak with the mayor of that city how his community and surrounding areas are doing in the wake of this category 2 hurricane. >> bill: federal government now ready with its response on dorian. u.s. coast guard already stepping in to rescue dozens in the bahamas. what a place that has been devastated now. the storm slammed that island turning its attention to the southeast u.s. coast. white house correspondent john roberts has more from the north lawn there. john, good day. >> good morning. the u.s. military also working in the bahamas to try to clear runways to get relief supplies into the hard-hit areas in great abaco and grand ba hama island. the state governors in charge of the emergency management response to anything that a hurricane does when it comes through. they work in conjunction with local officials and the federal government's job to

katie: griff jenkins joins from us washington with the latest on the fight to protect our borders. esident is hailing this ruling as a big win. the high court is nationwide enforcement on restrictions of asylum seekers traveling through a third country such as mexico to seek protection there instead of the u.s. now, in july. a u.s. district judge john tiger blocked the pole across the country. the liberal leaning ninth circuit of appeals steps in on monday narrowing the judge's order to arizona and california. meaning the ban applied in texas and new mexico. now, the supreme court ruling says it can move forward in all 50 states. two of the nine justices, sonia sotomayor and ruth bader ginsburg dissented and jerry nadler blasted it saying lives will be lost. this rule will result in those fleeing fear and persecution to be turned away at our doorstep will only exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in the region. this as the president is tweeting progress being made knowing that he spoke with the president of mexico yesterday. saying the southern border is becoming very strong despite t

rob: griff jenkins live from washington as joe biden's campaign is launching a new push to silence presidentmp's personal attorney, so much has happened over the weekend, griff. griff: it has just since last night, rob, jillian, good morning, they obtained a letter the whistleblower is under federal protection because they fear for their safety but an attorney for the whistleblower claims they misinterpreted the letter tweeting this. 60 minutes now asserting it has source other than letter our legal team sent because it if doesn't and i know it doesn't then it is literally making stuff up that helps no one especially the whistleblower, the media should always accurately report facts, 60 minutes tweeting in response that they standby their sources in reporting, this is a daily beast and new york times reports that biden campaign is pushing to silence rudy giuliani sending letter asking them to not book him on their air, they write in part, giving rudy giuliani time on air is disservice to audience and disservice to journalism but the president's lawyer was out on full force yesterday. >> supp

lot of reporters to choose from to cover the post game show and together we unanimously chose griff jenkinsgriff, you have been named the reporter to recap the three hour extrafagan zoo texas the university. congratulations. griff: thank you. i accept the honor and take that serious task. about the only thing the 10 candidates agreed upon on the stage last night was the disdain for trump. and division really was about the entire vision for america that you had front and center vice president biden flanked by warren and sanders. the main issue healthcare and, of course, medicare for all. watch. >> my plan for healthcare cost as lot of money, it costs $740 billion. it doesn't cost $30 trillion. >> we pay for it. those at the very top, the richest individuals and the biggest corporations are going to pay more. >> medicare for all is the most cost effective approach to providing healthcare. i wrote the damn bill, if i may say so. >> the push to the left, the progressive push continued throughout the night and also under attack was president obama's legacy. we saw some lesser known candidates el

carley: griff jenkins in port st. lucie where the time to get out is now. i understand this storm is 100 miles east, your feeling its effects. >> reporter: that's right. the winds and outer bands are coming in. st. lucie officials tell me 41 miles an hour but as you can see the indian river, on the other side, that barrier islands, hutchison island, already the storm surge showing signs of flooding. 160 miles to the east is dorian, just stuck there. the number one call to emergency officials is where is this hurricane? there is a mandatory evacuation of the barrier islands. as we get these winds with a stalled hurricane it can be for a long time. the wind out of the north coming south, the indian river already high, creating a bad situation of high wind and a flooding event. homes like this a couple more feet and we have a problem in this could go on for a while. in st. lucie county, here is what he said in terms of residents he is trying to protect. >> crews and partners up to the state level getting ready for whatever supplies we need and when dorian hits

griff jenkins joins us from washington, who is taking john bolton's voice?fourth national security adviser, serving in the administration. they did not align with the president and issues like afghanistan, iran and north korea. the current ambassador to germany, brian houck, senior advisor to iran, keith kellogg, mike pence's national security adviser and stephen dagan, the point man on north korea. lindsey graham says they need to get a page. >> he can work with his partner for interagency, stood back up. >> there is a he said he said matter, the white house says the president fired bolton. bolton says he quit after donald trump tweeted his services were no longer needed and said i asked john for his resignation which was given to me this morning. john, i thank you for his service, i will need a new national security adviser next week. bolton's resignation letter, and a different version saying i offered to resign last night and donald trump said let's talk about it tomorrow. the spat not lost on democrats, elizabeth warren, the american people are better o

griff jenkins joins us from washington with reaction from democrats and justices with dissenting opinions. >> a big deal, the high court given the green light to enforce restrictions on asylum-seekers trying to enter the us by traveling through every country such as mexico without seeking protection. the president claiming victory tweeting big win for the border on asylum. the ruling follows the us district judge locking the administration's than earlier this summer followed by the ninth circuit court of appeals with an injunction to arizona and california meaning the band to be instated in texas and new mexico. now it to move forward in all states, two of the 9 justices, sonya sotomayor andrew. ginsburg dissented, writing once again the executive branch is issued it will that seeks to upend long-standing practices regarding refugees who seek shelter from persecution but the justice department was applauding the decision saying this actual this is the administration and its objectives to bring order to the crisis at the southern border, close loopholes in the immigration system and discou

griff jenkins live in washington as some lawmakers are calling on him to be held in contempt of congressi don't know which was the most fiery part yesterday. it was really something. >> it was must watch tv, the first official impeachment hearing of a former campaign manager of using to ben's to democrats demands citing executive privilege resulting in the committee chairman's threat of holding a combat of lewandowski in contempt. >> there is a far more troubling level of contempt on display here and that is donald trump's role and your refusal to answer questions. >> democrats tried to get him to answer questions related to the mueller report, and obstruction of justice. listen. >> you follow their instructions and you are doing what they thought you would do. you are a loyal soldier. >> the president cannot hide behind you and you should be telling the truth. the truth will set you free. >> this fake russia collusion narrative is the greatest crime committed against the american people in our generation if not ever. >> reporter: republicans defended them saying democrats lack votes to

we begin with griff jenkins live at texas university in houston. >> reporter: what a night to have alldidates on stage, front and center was president obama's legacy. we knew joe biden would embrace his time as vice president but he hugged it as tight as he could, front and center, when bernie sanders was an outlier, now it is in the center of the debate and we saw sanders and warned going head to head with biden how to pay for this medicare for all. >> the senator says she is for bernie. i'm for barack. >> healthcare costs a lot of money, 7 $40 billion. it doesn't cost $30 trillion. the senator on my left is not indicated how she pays for it. >> we pay for it, those at the top, richest individuals are going to pay more and middle class families are going to pay less. >> i wrote the damn bill. intends to eliminate all out-of-pocket expenses. all deductibles. all copayments. >> if you expect daylight between sanders and warren we didn't get that but there was a clash between julian castro, with biden, castro calling out biden as well. watch. >> he wants to take credit for obama's work b

refusal to release a secret whistleblower complaints, donald trump is standing his ground and griff jenkinsoins us from washington as we learn the report may involve ukraine. >> reporter: that is right. according to the washington post who broke the story two days ago the whistleblowers complaint involves the president of ukraine, the post rights to a half weeks before the complaint was filed trump spoke with the ukrainian president who was elected in a landslide in may. that call is under investigation by house democrats examining whether trump and his attorney rudy giuliani sought to manipulate the ukrainian government into helping trump's reelection campaign. giuliani appearing on cnn in a contentious interview so democrats ought to be looking at former vice president biden. >> in the course of investigating that i found out this incredible story about joe biden, that he bribed the president of ukraine to fire a prosecutor who was investigating his son. that is an astounding scandal of major proportions which all of you have covered up for 5 or 6 months. >> reporter: this after the inspe

we've got to begin with griff jenkins in falling beach. griff. >> reporter: hey, dana. how are you?o come. they've been coming all morning long, hashe

jillian: griff jenkins live in texas, the biggest moments and there were a bunch of them. >> reporterioned castro. we saw all ten top democrats on stage last night but the only thing they agreed on was they want to replace donald trump. there was much division in their vision for america. joe biden flanked by elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, the top issue was healthcare. four years ago it was medicare for all, government run insurance was an outlier, notice front and center and biden fought back vigorously. >> the senator says she is for bernie. i'm for iraq. my plan for healthcare costs a lot of money. it doesn't cost $30 trillion. the senator on my left is not indicated how she pays for it. >> how do we pay for it? those at the very top, the richest individuals, the biggest corporations are going to pay more and middle-class families are going to pay less. >> i wrote the damn bill. to eliminate all out-of-pocket expenses. all deductibles. all copayments. >> reporter: among the lesser-known lower polling candidates, julian castro elevated himself in a moment, he was a member of t

rob: griff jenkins joins us with the president's reaction to this. >> reporter: the president calling for transparency in this declassified was a blower complaint. lawmakers have seen it. it has not been made public but it is at the center of the house impeachment inquiry. the president is slamming it. >> the witchhunt continues. they are getting hit hard on this witchhunt because when they look at the information, it is a joke. impeachment for that? >> reporter: all eyes on the nation's top intelligence official, joseph maguire testifying in open session before the house intelligence committee where adam schiff, the chairman called the complaint deeply troubling seeking answers why it was withheld from congress for weeks. >> i think it is a travesty that this complaint was withheld as long as it was because it was an urgent matter, it is an urgent matter and there was no basis to keep this from the committee. >> reporter: soon we will hear what maguire has to say but there are questions about what we will hear from him. how far can they go in open session? what was the role of the dn

griff jenkins live as lawmakers are calling on corey lewandowski to be held in contempt of congress. rare form yesterday. >> reporter: no shortage of exciting moments, the first witness was uncooperative. refusing to ben's to democrats will at times citing executive privilege, resulting in holding corey lewandowski in contempt. >> there is a far more troubling level of contempt and that is donald trump's role in your refusal to answer questions. >> reporter: democrats hammered him over the mueller report and obstruction of justice. >> you follow their instructions and doing what they thought you would do. you are a loyal soldier. >> you should be here to be telling the truth. the truth will set you free. >> the fake russia collusion narrative is the greatest crime committed against the american people in our generation if not ever. >> reporter: republicans defended him calling a show and calling out chairman nadler for not bringing michael horowitz before the committee on his report regarding fisa abuses. >> i asked the chairman when we might have an opportunity to question mister ho

rob: griff jenkins, as tehran continues to deny any involvement despite the trump administration claimingrete evidence at this point. >> reporter: they are denying involvement claiming houthi rebels are responsible for the attack on these oil facilities but officials say it was sponsored by iran. mike pompeo backs iran's right to defend itself at the meeting with crown prince mohammed bin selman. >> there were no americans killed in this attack. anytime you have an act of war this could happen. >> reporter: just instructed the secretary of the treasury to increase sanctions. iran's foreign minister tweeting it's admission the us is deliberately targeting ordinary citizens, economic terrorism, stop war on terror security for all traveling in california. the president weighed in on whether military strikes could follow. >> there are many options, there is the ultimate option and there are options a lot less than that. we are in a very powerful position. we are in a very very powerful position. >> the ultimate option? >> the ultimate option meaning war. >> iran wars any attack will be met wi

griff jenkins, fox news. >>> they are already feeling it in florida. we'll have expanded coverage in just a few minutes. we're going to go live to ray in cocoa beach, florida for an update on the conditions there at 6:00. >> and steve was just saying as we were watching that. that is just the outer band so imagine the real deal. the power of this storm. we'll check in with steve just a moment from now. let's go to sal with a look at traffic. hopefully the commute is off the a better start. behad problems on 24 most of the day. let's go out and take a look at what we do have which is super busy traffic coming in from the central are value low and driverring over the pass which just goes to show you we are back in full operation mode. five is backed up longer than it usually is and that means more traffic is coming in to the valley is going to be delayed. southbound 680 already slowed. southbound 880 is slowing as you approach hayward. 880 north and south. here loo this looks pretty good. when you get to the bay bridge there, is a big back-up. definitely

jillian: griff jenkins joins us with reaction from democrats and dissenting opinions. >> reporter: thereen light to enforce restrictions on asylum-seekers trying to enter the us the record country like mexico without seeking protection there. the president tweeting the united states supreme court win for the border on asylum. the ruling follows a district judge blocking of the band nationwide earlier this summer. the liberal ninth circuit court of appeals narrowed it with an injunction to arizona and california, applying to texas and new mexico. this can move forward and all states, two of the 9 justices, sonja sotomayor and ruth bader ginsburg dissented, writing the executive branch is issued a warning that seeks to append long-standing practices regarding refugees who seek shelter from persecution and justice department applauded the decision saying that will assist the administration its objective to bring order to the crisis at the southern border, close loopholes in the immigration system and discourage claims. richard blumenthal blasted it. >> people covered by this rule barred f

lauren: we have griff jenkins in washington with the latest. ning, griff. >> reporter: good morning. a lot of fast-moving overnight news now. 60 minutes last night tweeted they obtained a letter indicating the whistleblower is under federal prosecution because they fear for their safety. that prompted an attorney for the whistleblower taking issue with 60 minutes, tweeting is 60 minutes asserting another source, because if it doesn't, then it is literally making stuff up. that helps no one, especially the whistleblower. the media should always accurately report the facts. 60 minutes says they stand by their sources and reporting. this as the biden camp is looking to silence rudy giuliani, writing that giving rudy giuliani l valuable time on the a air is a disservice to the audience and disservice to journalism but the president's lawyer was out in full force yesterday. >> if i changed the names of joe biden and hunter biden to donald trump and donald trump junior, 8 million from ukraine, while under investigation, $1.5 billion from china while n

griff jenkins is in port saint lucy, florida with the details. iff. >> reporter: hey, ashley, lauren, good morning. here in the intercoastal water way, this is the indian river, i want to show you the storm surge threat is very real. we're 116 miles east of dorian unleashing hell on the bahamas. the tropical storm winds, the top gusts we've gotten from official here this morning was 41 mites an hour but it's cause -- 41 miles an hour but it's causing the waves to come up and low-lying areas are facing a storm threat with the stalled hurricane, that's only going to increase. hutchinson island is right beyond me. we've seen over there an evacuation, most people have left. some stayed behind. but as winds come out of the north, particularly with this slow-moving hurricane, it's going to continue to just batter this area. so your storm surge with your wind damage is going to increase and as she moves, as she comes closer, that's going to get worse. now, 150 miles out from the center is a tropical storm wind. but 45 miles out from a center is a hurrica

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griff jenkins joins us from washington as democrats push for the justice's impeachment. >> reporter:rning, heather. this is a major correction. you don't see quite this big and certainly not from the new york times, but this morning we've got one and this one is walking back new sexual misconduct allegations against justice brett cavanaugh. the allegations were uninvestigated and the accuser doesn't remember the incident. the new york times said they cob corroborated the story with two individuals. friends say she doesn't recall the episode. quite stunning news. this after the president went after the times earlier in the day for what he said -- here's what the president wrote on twitter, brett kavanaugh should sue people for libel, the lies being told against him are unbelievable. it comes as nearly all of the 2020 democrat candidates issued their calls for impeachment of justice kavanaugh. vice president biden issued this statement. it raises profoundly troubling questions about the integrity of the confirmation process that put him on the supreme court in the first place. other se

. >> griff jenkins joins us live from washington as democrats push for the justice's impeachment. like a total error by the new york times. >> reporter: this is a major correction coming from the new york times, revising its sorry about new sexual misconduct allegations against justice kavanaugh from his time at yale. this surfaces from max steyer. turns out the allegations were uninvestigated and the accuser doesn't remember the incident. the times writing this we corroborated this story with two officials. the female student declined to be interviewed and friends say she doesn't recall the episode, this after the president was vigorously defending his supreme court justice, tweeting brett kavanaugh should start suing people for libel or the justice department should come to his rescue, the lies being told about him are unbelievable false accusations, when does it stop. they are trying to influence his opinions. can't let that happen. the correction comes after nearly all of the 2020 democratic candidates began calling for kavanaugh's impeachment, starting with two of the senator

cheryl: griff jenkins is live in washington with reaction from democrats and the justices and the twoing opinions. >> reporter: of course, cheryl and lauren, good morning. the high court giving a green light to enforce restrictions on asylum seekers. the president claiming victory, tweeting big united states supreme court win for the border on asylum. the ruling follows a u.s. district judge's blocking the administration's ban nationwide earlier this summer. then the ninth circuit court of appeals narrowed it with an injunction to arizona and california, meaning the ban applied only in texas and new mexico. now the ruling said it can move forward in all states. two of the nine justices dissenting. sotomayor said the executive branch issued a rule that seeks to upend long-standing practices regarding ref yo refugees that k justice from percent case. some say it will assist the administration in trying to bring order to the southern border and discourage frivolous claims. richard blumenthal was blasting it. >> the people covered by this rule, barred from seeking asylum here, are similar

lauren: griff jenkins has the latest from washington. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and cheryl. denying any involvement, maintaining houthi rebels are responsible for the attack on saudi oil facilities with saudi officials providing evidence saying it unquestionably was sponsored by iran. mike pompeo backs saudi arabia's right to defend themselves. >> there were no americans killed in this attack. any time you have an act of war of this nature, there's always risks that could happen. >> reporter: this after president trump ordered more sanctions on iran, tweeting i just instructed the secretary of treasury to substantially increase sanctions on the country of iran. the president is wondering whether military strikes could follow. >> there's many options. there's the ultimate options and there are option that's are a lot less than that. we'll see. we're in a h in a very powerful position. >> when you say the ultimate option -- >> ultimate option meaning go in, war. >> reporter: tehran said it would be met with a rapid response that would be crushing. there will be questions over