our national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. jennifer?ence sources say they have tracked iranian shipments of advanced weaponry to hezbollah, deliveries that include gps components to make previously unguided rockets to precision-guided missiles increasing the threat to israel. one of the flight as arrived in help none three days ago. the number qfz-9950 departed tehran international airport tuesday at 9:33 a.m. local. according to flight data obtained by fox news. later in the day, the boeing 747 touched down in damascus before continuing on to beirut. on wednesday, the cargo plane departed for qatar arriving at 12:47 a.m. and just last month at the u.n. general assembly, israel's prime minister netanyahu said follows of three hezbollah sites near bare route, locations where he said the gps components from tehran were being assembled to turn the rockets into precision-guided missiles, shep. >> shepard: what is the pentagon saying about this? >> publicly, nothing. privately i'm told they're monitoring the situation. i spoke to the former

counter susan sol kins who cast deciding vote has raised more than $3 million, in washington, jennifer griffins. heather: she can no longer call herself a women's champion, she decided who those who disbelief and even mocked survivers, the republican says that's wrong. >> i have never disregarded or mocked survivors, planned parenthood opposed three pro-choice justices just because they were nominated by republican presidents. heather: planned parenthood honored senator collins last fall for being a women's right champion. president trump and secretary of state mike pompeo lauding the latest meeting with kim jong un saying that talks of denuclearization and second summit are very real possibility what does this mean for future negotiations, thank you very much for joining us as always we appreciate it. >> good morning, heather. heather: sounds like a lot of work being done in positive direction, we have secretary of state mike pompeo calling it, quote, productive and north korea saying productive and wonderful, what do you make of all this? >> those are pretty nice words but i agree this has b

jennifer griffin is at the pentagon.this is devastating for the military. >> reporter: it really is, dana. the air force is still assessing the damage to its f-22 fleet. roofs were ripped off hangers that were designed to sustain 130 mile winds. the problem is, the winds from hurricane michael were 155 miles per hour. tyndall was in the eye of the storm as it passed through panama city. all the planes that couldn't be moved because they were being repaired and couldn't fly. the air force base is home to a large fleet of more than 50 state of the art stealth fighter f-22 jets each costing more than $150 million apiece. officials here at the pentagon tell me 17 could not leave the base when the air force relocated the rest of the jets to ohio. a few were severely damaged. what has been true about the f-22 for some time is that about half of the fleet cannot fly due to maintenance issues. you'll remember at the height of the counter terrorism fight, robert gates convinced congress to shut down the f-22 production line. in f

in washington, jennifer griffin, fox news. jon: jennifer, thanks.h mcconnell predicts supreme court justice brett kavanaugh's controversial confirmation will ignite the republican base leading into the november election. how will this play out over the next month? let's bring in steven nelson, a white house reporter for the washington examiner. democrats apparently believe that by riling up their base and by protesting brett kavanaugh at every opportunity, they would be able to defeat republican candidates. mitch mcconnell says the opposite seems to have happened. is there any way to figure out which of those is true, steve? >> well, it's still early. the cook political report has found that the senate races are trending toward republicans, and there's a recent -- there's recent polling that suggests an enthusiasm bump for republicans. that's significant, of course, because democrats did have to lead. they were very excited to get out and vote against president trump. there's also the chance that this kavanaugh confirmation undermines the narrative

jennifer griffin has obtained information about iran's latest effort to provide sophisticated weapons to hezbollah terrorists. israel as you can imagine is not happy about it at all. jennifer griffin from the pentagon. >> western intelligence sources believe iran is increasing its shaments of advanced weaponry to hezbollah, including gps components to make previously unguided rockets into precision guided missiles increasing the threat to israel. one of the iranian flights arrived in lebanon three days ago, officials tell fox news. iran's air flight number qfc9950 departed tehran international airport on tuesday, later in the day the boeing 747 jet touched down in syria's capital,ca mass cuss, before continuing on to beirut. on wednesday, the iranian cargo plane departed for qatar and returned to iran's capital thursday evening. just last month, at the u.n. general assembly, israel's prime minister netanyahu shared photos of what he said were three hezbollah secret sites near beirut's airport, where he allegation the gps components were assembled. in an exclusive interview with fox ne

jennifer griffin has more.orter: in the wake of the narrow senate vote that allowed president trump to deliver on one of his key campaign promises, to fill vacancies in the supreme court, with a second conservative justice changing the balance of the court for a generation, the swing of justice brett kavanaugh by chief justice john roberts last night, may give republicans a boost in lagging energy heading into the midterm elections next month. according to republican strategists. the democrats have doubled down on resist and obstruct the past two years but this has brought all of that to the forefront. i think republicans have woken up and said listen, it's a clear choice. do you want resist, obstruct, delay? this week they are also likely to contribute to republican momentum heading into the midterms. with unemployment figures at 3.7 percent. 45 year historical low. donations from small donors to the rnc are also up this august. the number donations from low dollar donors up 175 percent. the amount of money ra

jennifer griffin has her story from the pentagon. >> the white house took another small step towardsating any military branch, the first time he pentagon has done so since 1947. space force will have a four-star commander equal to the army, navy marine and air force chief. a seat in the joint chief. it would also create a space national guard and a space force reserve. >> the last administration too often failed to meet the growing security threats and space, president trump stated forcefully it is a war fighting domain just like the land, air and sea. >> a meeting of the national space council, the vice president explained how russia and china who already have their own space commands are pursuing weapons to jam, blind to disable american satellites used for communication and navigation. >> our adversaries have been working to create a new weapons of war into space itself. from antisatellite weapons to lasers and orbit activities, and invasive hypersonic missile. >> by law only congress can vote to create a new military branch. the president helps to have his new space force reflect

the national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon.aking preparations? >> the secretary said he spoke to jim mattis about sending troops to the border. there's no formal requests from the white house suggesting it's not a serious proposal but was made for political purposes. the president is very frustrating not having received money from congress to build the wall and having these caravans of thousands of migrants coming up from honduras. here's a tweet "in addition to stopping all payments to these countries, which seem to have no control over their population, i must in the strongest of terms ask mexico to stop this onslaught. if unable to do so, i will call up the u.s. military and close our southern border. last spring 2,100 national guard were sent to the mexican border after the president and secretary mattis agreed up to 4,000 troops would be sent. the problem is, none can carry weapons due to legal restrictions on the role the military can play on u.s. soil, shep. >> shepard: what are the legal constraints on even sending troo

and jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. nuclear arms and the rest. so they are talking about some fight that may be to come while the russians are without question attacking us right now. >> well, putin reportedly told national security advisor john bolton that he would work with the -- with the u.s. on disarmament. but, bolton kept to his hard line after meeting for the past two days with his russian counterparts in addition to putin. he did not agree to talk with russia about saving the intermedial range nuclear forces treat were or inf signed as you mentioned by reagan and gorbachev in 1987. >> it is the american position that russia is in violation. it is russia's position that they are not in violation. so one has to ask how do you convince the russians to come back into compliance with obligations they don't think they are violating? >> in other words, this does not appear to be an attempt by the president to negotiate a broader treaty with russia using the nafta model for negotiations, pull out and then work to make

jennifer griffin is on it from the pentagon. >> reporter: a senior u.s. troops are already flowing to the southern border. today, 800, i'm told, have arrived. another 200 are set to arrive tomorrow. this video provided by dod shows members of the 89th military police brigade out of ft. worth, texas, we are told, 70 troops will be in position along the border. 200 active duty troops will be sent to the border with mexico between now and december 15th. they are expected to be mostly in place by next week. that number could rise. the order signed by defense secretary mattis on friday authorizes helicopters to provide strategic lift. all in all, the troops sent will include ground personnel, military planners, troops with engineering capability, medical personnel. they will set up three unified command centers, temporary shelters for up to 24 husband customs and border patrol personnel, riot gear for 500 cbp agents. right now, the rules of engagement for these active duty u.s. troops have not been established. the order that mattis signed friday outlines that

national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight with the details.ood evening. >> sources tell me the shooter was a bodyguard for the governor, the top u.s. general in afghanistan took command last month was just leaving the governor's mansion when the body guard opened. general scott miller escaped unharmed. he and a group of americans were taking part in a high-security meeting ahead of elections on saturday. two americans, one civilian or military were rooted in the cross fire outside of the mansion. a third contactor was also injured. they were evacuated by helicopter. the target of the attack, one of the most powerful u.s. allies in afghanistan. he was killed along with the head of the intelligence, according to a senior advisor to the afghan president. >> unfortunately we lost a brief commander. there is no doubt, that they try their best to not let the people participate in the election. >> the general had survived thousands of assassination attempts by the tele- band in past decade. he was plucked from >> reporter: security by the u.s. milita

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jennifer griffin joins us live from the pentagon with what pointed investigators to this sailor. >> u.sofficials have now determined the package sent to president trump, defense secretary mattis and others did not contain ricin. dana white issued the following statement, according to our preliminary analysis, the substance was caster seeds from which ricin is derived. the fbi is still investigating. the two envelopes initially tested positive for the band of lethal agent and appeared to be a crude attempt to harm the president and others. they were sent to fbi laboratories monday. u.s. officials tell me based on the return address on one of the envelopes, authorities suspect a former u.s. navy sailor is responsible for sending them including one to senator ted cruz's texas office. the centers for disease control said it would take a significant amount of ricin to kill someone. late yesterday the pentagon took reporters to see the facility where the letters were found. the photos you see here are actually what employees in the pentagon's mail room every day. one package was addressed to

jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. jennifer?is really being designed to send a message of deterrence. a senior official tells me that in addition to the 5200 troops headed to the border, additional active troops are ready to deploy status. they are on stand by if needed. the first troops arrived started yesterday. >> our concept of operations is to fly in our military assets with the priority to build up southern texas, then arizona, then california. we'll reinforce our priority points of entry so as to enhance the ability to secure the border. >> reporter: they will be engineered, for the most part, the u.s. air force plans to air lift 400 additional border patrol personnel as well. there will be three staging areas the troops are coming from ft. bragg, joint base lewis mccord, ft. stewart, ft. campbell and ft. riley. they will set up shelter for up to 5200 border personnel. riot gear will be provided for 500 agents. rules of engagement have not been established but the order mattis signed friday outlines the dhs wants the pers

jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. trick is not the right word. it was designed for what? it was accrued attempt to frighten if not harm the defense secretary. dana white, spokesperson for jim mattis says this suspicious substance found in envelopes sent to the pentagon monday contained castor seeds, but not the toxin ricin, which is derived castor beans. the suspicious envelopes were sent to fbi laboratories for testing. they were addressed to mattis and john richardson. they tested positive at a pentagon mail screening facility yesterday. the pentagon took reporters to see the mail facility where the letters were found. the photos is what employees in the mail room where every day. a third package was sent to the white house and addressed to president trump and another was sent to ted cruz's texas office. the expected ricin letters never entered the pentagon or the white house. investigators say they have reason to suspect a former sunia i have sailor sent them based on the returned a dress found on one of the envelopes that is according to a u.s. senior official. the pe

jennifer griffin joins us from the scene on capitol hill. what's it like there, jennifer?orter: well, shannon, we have been speaking to senator as they left the senate floor. we're here in the basement of the russell senate office building. we just spoke to senator patrick heleahy who questioned why the rush to confirm justice kavanaugh. he said if republicans have nothing to hide, then why rush. the mood among democrats resigned i would say. i spoke to senator tim mccain. he spoke about looking forward to the november elections. if you look at the senate floor, our long-time reporter, chad, said he has never seen so many disruptions during a senate vote. there were an us precedented number of protesters in the gallery, in those 121 seats. when senator flake stood up, you heard one protester shout "coward." it matched the mood outside on the capital steps. 200 protesters broke through a barricade, made their way to the capital steps, some of them were arrested. there was a lot of anger particularly among women voters. they are looking at the women in the senate, 23 women s

jennifer griffin has the latest from the pentagon. >> the you air force general in charge of overseeingroop deployment to the border spoke to the pentagon. he said the 5,239 u.s. troops that have been ordered to the border is not the top line number. he said there will be additional forces sent. he pushed back however on reports that 14,000 u.s. troops were being sent to the border and he said 1,000 u.s. troops have arrived in texas. that number will rise to 1800 by tomorrow and he said that so far none of those troops have arrived at the border. they are still at lackland airbase in san antonio. the pentagon, not dhs will pay for this deployment of troops and the comptroller is working on this. it's illegal to simply reprogram the defense budget without going to congress. in the past dhs has reimbursed the pentagon when troops were sent to the border but bottom line, is it expensive, when the pentagon sent u.s. troops to the border it cost $185 billion. a senior u.s. official tells me that in addition to the 5200 or so troops order to the border, an additional 2,000 active-duty u.s. tr

the nationals correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. >> u.s.arly that these active-duty troops will not be building camps for migrants, that's not part of their assignment. the arm army engineers being sent will build temporary camps for the 2400 border patrol agents being mobilized. the u.s. air force will provide airlift for 400 additional border patrol as well. for some perspective, the 5200 troops deploying to the border is double the number currently on the ground in syria battling isis. dhs requested that dod personnel to be "in direct contact with migrants and protesters," but that would be illegal under the 1878 act. the deployment order for the u.s. troops going to the southern border expires on the 15th. the caravan that remains hundreds of miles away and southern mexico and may not reach the u.s. border before then. senior defense officials won't say why active-duty troops are being used now when national guard has been used in the past. the bottom line is they needed to deploy fast to send a message of deterrence. >> shepard: they n

. >>> let's go to jennifer griffin from the pentagon with the latest. jennifer?> reporter: charles, we just heard from the commissioner of custom and border patrol. he summed up the point of this mission is to deter future care acaravans of migrants crossing. that's the point of asking the d.o.d. to come in. we have just learned that 800 u.s. active duty personnel are already down along the border. they have been moved there in the last 24 hours. another 200 expected to arrive tomorrow. a total of 5200 u.s. troops who will eventually be deployed to the border in the next week or so. into we learned from general o'shaughnessy, who is leading the effort for u.s. northern command. he will be overseeing the effort for the pentagon. what is important to point out, these u.s. troops, while they may be armed, they are there in support of customs and border patrol. they are going to be building camps. they are not supposed to be coming into contact with migrants and protesters. they are not there in a law enforcement capacity. they are engineers and medical personnel. th

let's turn to jennifer griffin for details. what happened?sed to be actor, girouard butler, pronouncing his new movie about submarines. the questions immediately turned to why he and the rest of the cast had canceled their upcoming opening in saudi arabia. he said he was supposed to meet with the saudi crown prince, mbs. he explained why he canceled that trip. >> when i woke up in the morning before we were supposed to go to saudi arabia, we were informed of what was happening and it just didn't feel like a good time to be getting involved with that. it felt incredibly insensitive to go to saudi arabia. >> somewhat surreal to hear those words from a hollywood actor at the pentagon podium. u.s. officials are trying to decide whether they should go forward and go to saudi arabia in the wake of the dispeerns of jamal khashoggi in the wake that the crown prince may have ordered his murder. this is 30 years after "the hunt for red october." girard butler explained what it was like to go on a real submarine out near pearl harbor, how they filmed on

: let me bring a little new information to the discussion and this comes from our colleague, jennifer griffinon the side. the urgent request for assistance from dhs last night, homeland security but a least a hundred troops should be at the border is by october 30th. that is early next week we be dealing with something like this. the pentagon is drawing up plans. talks are underway with lawyers and betting request before secretary jim mattis would sign off on this if it's expected later today. >> very hopeful from jennifer. the conversation is like what we're talking about now. it's an old law but it's still in force. the military and the united states of america may not be used to enforce domestic law. law that applies in the country. connell: it would not eat infantry combat troops. it would be a combination of reserves inactive duty working in engineers, lawyers and medical. >> there you go. if the president does it that way he will not be violating the law. he will not have u.s. army standing there with m-16s in their enhancing train challenge me. they can go into mexico. they have to sta

jennifer griffin is following the story and live from the pentagon this morning. >> u.s.ls say it was the white house that tipped off the pentagon about the ricin letters after the first letter was discovered by the secret service monday. that letter we've now learned was addressed to president trump. late yesterday the pentagon took reporters to see the mail facility where the letters were found. u.s. officials tell me based on the return address of one of the envelopes, authorities suspect a former u.s. navy sailor is responsible. investigators believe the packages sent to the white house, pentagon and senator ted cruz's texas office monday were part of a coordinated effort. officials say the two packages sent to the pentagon initially tested positive for ricin but are now in the hands of the f.b.i. for further testing. the centers for disease control says it would take a significant amount of ricin to kill someone. the photos you see here are actually what employees in the pentagon's mail room wear everyday. it is offsite but on the pentagon complex. one package was ad

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national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us live from the pentagon with more. >> sourcess a bodyguard for the governor of kandahar, one of the most volatile regions in afghanistan. the birthplace of the taliban. the top u.s. general in afghanistan, army general scott miller, who took command last month, was just leaving the governor's mansion when the bodyguard opened fire. miller escaped unharmed. he was taking part in a high-level security meeting. we've learned three americans were wounded in the crossfire outside the mansion and evacuated by helicopter. the kandahar police chief, one of the most powerful u.s. allies in afghanistan, was killed according to well-placed sources. the provincial governor and intelligence chief were shot an there have -- the afghan general was tapped to fight the taliban but he has been accused of drug -- he is fiercely lawyer to his u.s. handlers who plucked him out of obscurity. he was an enemy of the taliban. this was timed before the elections on saturday. >> bill: former f.b.i. attorney james baker testifying for a second time about ro

pete: jennifer griffin is live in washington with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, pete.t the ballot box in november. house minority leader nancy pelosi questioned the fbi investigation, quote: therefore, i am announcing that i will file a freedom of information act request so that the public can see the fbi report. represent thes of the underlying -- transcripts of the underlying interviews, instructions sent to fbi from the white house and any communications from senate republicans regarding the scope of the investigation. >> the left would block anything donald trump did. they could send up mother teresa, and the left would say, oh, my gosh, she's catholic, so they would block her. >> [inaudible] >> why are they rushing it? i hope for the sake of the court and the senate that more things don't come out. >> reporter: last night lawyers for kavanaugh's accuser, christine blasey ford, provided shannon bream with a signed affidavit from a friend who says he was told before kavanaugh was nominated to supreme court that he had attacked ford 36 years ago. he was never intervi