jennifer griffin has more. >> the testimonies that we've heard today are heart breaking in terms of the impact on the health of the families and children of the nation's 1. 2 million service members and represent as major readiness issue. these photos are from mcdill air force base in tampa and lockland air force base in texas. the families testified and blamed birth defects and diseases on the conditions. >> i was there with a cadet as she held her new baby and we stood under a collapsing moldy ceiling in camp lejeune. there were horrible stories about electrical outlets catching fire. >> brain fog, numbness, fatigue, debilitating headaches. even the 4-year-olds complained of the headaches with dizziness. knowing headaches are not normal for a child of that age, i was concerned that may have cancer. >> dana: >> the military and family advisory network ran an online survey that received 16,000 responses from military families across the country finding that 56% of those surveyed found living conditions in base housing was negative or very negative with six contractors mentioned over and

correspondent jennifer griffin take us back to those days.ent kennedy announced america was sending a small number of specialized advisors to a assist the south vietnamese in the war against the communist north. a course of action that would result in the longest and hottest battle of the cold war. by 1964 the number of troops in vietnam was well to 17000. >> we cannot be defeated by a force of arms. we will and in vietnam. reporter: by december 1966 there were almost half a million american forces in vietnam by 1968 the american troop total reached 537,000. even at those levels the war for many reasons is not being one. >> good evening, my fellow americans. reporter: in november 1959 president nixon would take an office that january announced a new policy. >> it is not the easy way but it is the right way. reporter: nixon just withdraw us troops over time and this plan was intended to leave the south vietnamese to fight to win on their own. the last us combat troops left vietnam in 1973. among the bright moments in this time, the return of a

jennifer griffin reporting live from the pentagon.st, gillian turner reporting live outside the courthouse in maryland. gillian? >> i'm here in greenbelt, maryland. just under two hours ago, christopher hasson's hearing came to an end. charles day presided over the hearing. he found that hasson does constitute and imminent danger to the community. the judge caveated that with the onus is on the government, the prosecution, to prove hasson's intentions. the evidence presented today would not constitute enough of a threat to keep the suspect in detention. u.s. attorney robert heard weighed in. here's what he said. >> the sheer number and force of the weapons recovered from mr. hasson's redense in this case, coupled with the disturbing nature of his writings appear to reflect the significant threat to the community and particularly given the position of trust that he had with the united states government. >> during the hearing, hasson's public defender insisted he denies all of the charms brought before him today including a legal posses

jennifer griffin, fox news. >> thank you, jennifer. it is, indeed, a new day in southeast asia where former foes are coming together. ahead, the president and kim jong un get ready to meet. take a page from vietnam's book of reinvention. ♪ check in from afar with remote access, and have professional monitoring backing you up with xfinity home. demo in an xfinity store. call, or go online today. >> the streets of hanoi vietnam, filled it with fanfare, excited for this second summit between president trump and kim jong un. he they didn't always have the best ties but could be a role model in how to improve some once very much difficult relations. we're joined from judith, a pulitzer prizewinning author and journalist. we talked earlier how one could not even expect a year and a half ago president trump and kim jong un would have not just one but two summits actually sitting at the same table together. i suspect if you and i were having this conversation 20, 25-years ago, we wouldn't expect to see the vietnamese committee where it is and

jennifer griffin with that. she's live at the pentagon. jennifer?of the union, president trump appeared to link the killing of 11 jewish americans at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh late last year to what he called iran's anti-semitic rhetoric. >> the radical regime in iran, it is a radical regime, they do bad, bad things. we must never ignore the vile poison of anti-semitism or those that spread its venomous creed. >> the suspect was the shooting was american and had no ties to iran. today's iran's foreign minister responded in a tweet. >> the president did not directly blame iran for the synagogue shooting but left that they were to blame. >> shepard: jennifer, russia made an announcement today. >> sergey lavrov said his country will leave the nuclear treated the after the president put russia on notice for violating the agreement. >> the united states is officially withdrawing from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or inf treaty. perhaps we can negotiate a different agreement adding china and others or perhaps we can't. in whi

national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. that. trump caught the commander off guard when he announced he was pulling troops out of syria. >> that's right, shep. tonight general votel admitted that he was caught off guard by the president. >> general, were you aware of the president's intention to order withdrawal of our troops before it was publicly announced? >> i was not aware of the specific announcement. certainly we're aware that he had expressed a desire and intent to depart iraq -- syria. >> so you weren't consulted before that decision was announced? >> i was not. >> general votel warned lawmakers the fight against isis is not over. >> we should expect them to attack us and continue to regenerate themselves and we will continue to put pressure on them to prevent that. they have the capability of coming back together if we don't. >> he agreed with a new pentagon i.g. report which warns absence sustained pressure, isis could likely resurge in syria in 6 to 12 months and regain limited territory. general votel was asked

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jennifer griffin reporting live at the pentagon. hi, jen. >> hi, shepard. a senior u.s.agon inspector general will be briefing the acting defense secretary patrick shanahan on saturday about its quarterly report on isis and al-quaida. i'm told that that report will then be released publicly on monday. and the report concluded that isis will regain territory in syria in a matter of months if military pressure is not maintained on the group. the report covers the period from october to december and coincides with president trump's abrupt announcement ordering all 2,000 or so u.s. troops out of syria while declaring that isis was defeated. republicans in the senate led by majority leader mitch mcconnell issued a sharp rebutte against president trump's decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria and afghanistan voting 68-23 against the complete withdrawal. >> we have not yet defeated isis. we have not yet defeated al-quaida in afghanistan. civil wars continue to rainfall in iraq and afghanistan. there's still cauldrons of sectarianism and terror. >> in a recent fox news possib

>> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon.under a collapsed apartment building in turkey we have photos of rescuers carrying her to an ambulance ted. her neck in a brace. see there? rescuers say they have pulled out 13 people who were hurt. at least 10 have died. rescuers say they are still hearing sounds, suggesting to them more people may be alive under that pile of cement and metal. nearby surveillance cameras captured the building coming down. look in the distance there investigators say the top floors of that building were built illegally. but they are still trying to figure out exactly why it collapsed. "the washington post" writer jamal khashoggi was the victim of a brutal and premeditated killing. that's what a u.s. investigator now says more than four months after the murder in the saudi consulate in turkey. and the investigator says saudi officials seriously undermined turkey's efforts to investigate khashoggi's death. the columnist was a known critic of the saudi government. and the cia concluded that the crowned pr

jennifer griffin with the news of the pentagon. jennifer? >> harris, the top national security visors just finished meeting here at the pentagon and the tank. that's the secure conference room that is used for the most secret discussions and war planning. we just saw john bolton, secretary of state mike pompeo, leave the meeting. spoke to patrick shanahan, acting secretary. he was very pleased with the presence decision to leave at least 200 american troops on the ground in syria. shanahan receives an ear full from the u.s. allies angry at the sudden decision to pull out. he hosted the belgian defense ministry here at the pentagon yesterday. france and britain had told u.s. officials like senator lindsey graham that if the u.s. pulls out they would, too. graham spoke to the president last night and welcomed the president's about-face. >> i think it's a smart decision by the president. he listened to sound military advice, he adjusted his policy. the goal is to make sure isis doesn't come back. if we had kept troops in iraq, we would have nev

jennifer griffin reporting live from washington. >> shepard: shepard, experts question russian claimsut a new nuclear weapon and underwater drone will be operational this year. the announcement is more aspirational. the president's threat to pull out of the inf treaty is already launches an arms race however. >> the unmanned vehicle with unlimited ran unlimited range. the first nuclear submarine carrying this unmanned vehicle will be launched in the spring. >> after putin's state of the union speech, russia's defense ministry released a brief video showing what they call this drone that can be fired from a submarine and target coastal u.s. cities. it's feasible to produce the weapons but there's do you live over the drone's guidance systems in deep water are advanced and autonomous enough to reach a major target like a u.s. coastal city, shep. >> shepard: vladimir putin hayes made similar threats repeatedly. >> that's right. last year putin introduced this video showing what he claimed to be a hypersonic cruise missile, which could evade missile defenses. recently the pentagon acknowl

>> bret: jennifer griffin of the pentagon. thank you.r believed to be the one shown kissing a woman in times square celebrating the end of world war ii has died. the daughter of george mendoza said he has a seizure sunday at the assisted living facility in rhode island where he lived with his wife of 70 years. he was shown kissing a dental assistant and in a nurse's uniform on august 14th, 1945. that is known as v-j day, when japan surrendered to the u.s. the photo, by alfred eizenstat, made the cover of "life magazine," became one of the most famous photographs of the 20th 20th century. george mendoza was 95. we here at fox are mourning the loss tonight of former fox news contributor pat caddell. colleague of the political pollster tells "the new york times" ," he died saturday as a result of complications from a stroke. among the credits throughout his career in politics, his contributions to former president jimmy carter's campaign. pat caddell was 68. to make you everybody else... ♪ ♪ means to fight the hardest battle, which any huma

>> bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you. up next, will the pope's call for accountability from catholic bishops make a difference in the clergy's sex abuse scandal? will bring you to rome. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering. fox 11 in los angeles there is a california cat couple pleaded guilty to torturing their kids and so-called house of horrors case. david and louise turpin shackled to some of their 13 children to beds and start them. they had previously pleaded not guilty to dozens of felony counts including torture, willful child cruelty, and false imprisonment. fox 5 in new york, the manhattan district attorney's office is declining to comment on a bloomberg report that it has put together a criminal case on former tom campion chairman paul manafort to use if he is pardoned by president trump. he is facing the possibility of life in prison after convictions and guilty pleas to a variety of chargers as we await the latest filing in the paul manafort case, his sentencing from a

>> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. jennifer, thanks. democratic governor gets some unlikely support. we will bring you there first, beyond our borders tonight, iranian president hasan rouhani is blasting president trump over trump's wish to keep u.s. forces in iraq in order to monitor iran. president trump said in the recent interview that he intends to keep a base in iraq to watch tehran. rouhani says the comments have exposed america lies about fighting terrorism. in paris a dispute over loud music may have led to the city's deadliest fire in more than a decade. at least 10 people died tuesday after a 40-year-old woman apparently set fire to the nine story building after fighting with a neighbor about her music. the woman was arrested near the scene and is said to have a history of psychiatric problems. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back to the white house. ♪ ♪ as a fitness junkie, i customize everything - bike, wheels, saddle. that's why i switched to liberty mutual. they customized my insu

jennifer griffin is live for us at the pentagon with more. jennifer? the president's comments could jeopardize the u.s. military's ability to stay in iraq, which the pentagon needs as a base to counter iraq in syria and counter iran. the president made his remarks in a pre-super bowl interview with cbs. >> all i want to do is watch iran. we have an unbelievable and expensive military base built in iraq. we're going to keep watching, and we're going to keep seeing. if there's trouble, if somebody is looking to do nuclear weapons and other things, we'll know it before they do. >> the iraqi president responded today calling the president's suggestion that the u.s. will use the base to monitor iran and strike syria strange. >> iraq's constitution for bids u.s. using iraq as a base to attack neighbors. many shiia are calling for the u.s. to leave iraq, that he needs troops in iraq to counter iran. sensitive talks have been already underway with baghdad to reposition troops coming out of syria so small teams of special operations forces can strike if isis re

i'm jennifer griffin, fox news. >> vietnam is celebrating the historic u.s.with fresh hair styles, ed henry paid attention to barbershop with presidential haircuts. >> so why did you get the kim jong un? >> because i'm fat a little bit, i look like mr. kim jong un. >> why not go with donald trump? >> i think it's not good for my face. >> why do you think you look like donald trump, why do you look more like him? >> i admire him, that's why i want to -- heather: interesting, lots of stuff going on over there. some people in vietnam are even dying their hair to match president trump. there you go. the president's youngest grandchild going viral. adorable way of supporting the commander in chief. watch that. >> hi, grandpa, love you. >> eric trump sharing the sweet moment when 1-year-old luke spotted grandpa on tv and mom laura trump says it happens all of the time. so sweet. the time now is about 10 minutes till the top of the hour, do homeless people need id card, the state that thinks it's such a good idea, they are spending half a million dollars to make it

jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon.eporter: house speaker nancy pelosi plans to call for a vote for a resolution to block the president's declaration of a national emergency at the border, to stop the white house and pentagon from moving appropriated money to build a border wall. a letter signed by national security advisors, mostly democrats, will be added to the congressional record. quote, we are aware of no emergency that remotely justifies such a step. under no plausible assessment of the evidence there is a national emergency that entitles the president to tap into fund for other purposes to build a border wall. the u.s. military is limited by law in what it can do, and the army corps of engineers contracts out any construction which must be tied to protecting u.s. troops. >> so for the border patrol, any place you have people who can vanish, where there is a highway or move into an urban area, that's where we need to erect barriers. reporter: officials said they don't need the approval of congress to shift constr

jennifer griffin has the latest. >> reporter: the details are chilling. federal prosecutors say they arrested an active-duty coast guard lieutenant who allegedly planned to kill top democratic lawmakers and media personalities. he described himself as a white nationalist who wanted to establish a white homeland, i'm dreaming of a way to kill almost every person on earth. it provides shocking details. the defendant intends to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country, he must be detained pending trial. the fbi raided his cramped silver spring, maryland, apartment where they found evidence and he was targeting personalities from msnbc and cnn who he called traders. he had a spreadsheet of targets, those individuals included joey who is most likely joe scarborough of msnbc based on his computer searches, chris hayes from msnbc, senator richard blumenthal, nancy pelosi the senators tim kane, chuck schumer, kirsten gillibrand, elizabeth warren, alexandria oh cause io cortez, cory booker and others. the coast guard lieutenant who they des

jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. so, why does the army need a new recruiting strategy? a little stale? >> reporter: in essence, dana, because 70% of americans age 18-24, the key target age for military recruiters, are not fit enough to serve in the u.s. military. for the first time since 2005, the u.s. army missed its recruiting goal in 2018. most of those who did sign up came from the south and midwest, not from urban coastal cities. so two young army recruiters came up with this hip hop video. ♪ respect, earn more paying a mortgage, honor, integrity ♪ ♪ reporting and serving soaring confidence is pouring the army, king of the jungle glory ♪ >> reporter: the video's called "giving all i got." they asked the army to lift restrictions on using social media platform. they started approaching gamers at conventions instead of using the old recruiting techniques involving cold calls and talking to sports coaches. in cities like los angeles, boston and chicago, the recruiters weren't reaching young people. young people didn't know there are 150 different types of jobs in the

jennifer griffin shows us how some in the army or hitting back, in a creative fashion.>> 70% of americans age 18 to 24, the target age for recruiters, are not fit to serve in the military. for the first time in over a dozen years, the army missed its recruiting goal. most recruits come from the south and midwest, not coastal cities. now two young sergeants are changing the approach, using social media and hip-hop. >> [music] >> sergeants first class jason locke and orlando sutton both served in iraq. that's where sutton first began making rap videos, which has 1.2 million views.>> now we have social media, instagram, facebook, to pass out the army's message. tell a little bit of the army's story and say hey if you give everything you've got, the army will change your life. >> the new recruiting video! that that the army has more than 150 jobs, not just snipers and paratroopers. recruiting is hard when the economy is good. >> i think we used uncle sam for 104 years, i want you. i think that type of deal is played out. we still do the old-school type away, but we are just trying to regain a

jennifer griffin reporting live from the pentagon.f those of military age are not fit to serve. for the first time since 2005, the army missed their recruiting goal last year. most of those that signed up came from the south and midwest, not from coastal cities. so two young army recruiters came up with this hip hop video. ♪ >> they're tar getting gamers at video game conventions at e sports instead of using cold calls and talking to coaches in cities like los angeles, boston, the recruiters weren't reaching young people. this video is the brain child of arlando sutton and jason lock. they wanted to explain how the army changed their lives. >> i think we've used uncle sam for 104 years. i want you! so i think that type of deal has played out. yeah, going to baseball games that is good. we still do that. we still do the old school type of way. we're still trying to regain traction. >> now we have social media, instagram, facebook. we're trying to take over ownership of all of this information to pass out the army's message. turn out an

say they found evidence that he was focusing on prominent politicians and tv personalities per jennifer griffin is like tonight with details on this >> the details in this affidavit is chilling. federal prosecutors said they arrested a active-duty coast guard lieutenant, who allegedly planned to kill top democratic lawmakers and media personalities. he described himself as a white nationalist who wanted to establish a white homeland and said, "i'm dreaming of a kill to kill almost every last person on earth." the affidavit provides shocking details. the a scale rarely seen on this country. he must be detained pending trial. the fbi raided his cramped silver spring, maryland, apartment where they found a cache of guns and evidence targeting prominent politicians from msnbc and cnn who he called traders. he worked at coast guard headquarters since 2016 and conducted searches on his work computer. arrested on federal drug charges last week. had a spreadsheet of targets, those included joey comeau which likely means joe scarborough, chris hayes of msnbc, house speaker nancy pelosi, tim kaine, eliza

jennifer griffin is live from the pentagon for us with the. jennifer?> harris, the speech it is clearly in response to president trump's announcement that the u.s. is pulling out of the 1987 inf treaty. russian president vladimir putin come as you mention, issued a new veiled threat in his annual state of the union address. that's where he announced a number of new state-of-the-art weapons that he says are in the testing phase and could be deployed onboard subs and ships later this year. a timeline many experts questio question. >> translator: i would like to tell you but the hypersonic missile which can travel at about nine times the speed of sound. it has a range of more than a thousand kilometers. it is capable of engaging targets both at sea and on land. it is designed to be launched from naval carriers, surfer ships, and submarines. >> after the speech, russia's defense ministry released a brief video showing a test of the poseidon, a drone that they claim can be fired under water from a submarine and target coastal areas with a nuclear weapon. mil

national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports from the pentagon. >> a new arms race may alreadyof president trump's announcement that the u.s. is withdrawing from the intermediate range nuclear forces or inf treaty. >> while we followed the agreement and the rules to the letter, russia repeatedly violated its terms. >> reaction from russia was swift. russia's foreign minister said moscow will exit the reagan era treaty in six months if the u.s. follows through on its threat. russia's defense minister vowed to develop new intermediate range missiles within two years. >> we have to create a new land based hypersonic long range missile. >> hypersonics can travel up to 20 times the speed of sound making current defensive missile shields obsolete. russia's president appeared to offer an offramp. >> russia won't deploy new short ranged and intermediate range missiles unless american range weapons appear in europe. the decision to pull out of the inf is not just aimed at russia. >> perhaps we can negotiate a different agreement adding china and others. >> china never signed the inf tre

her wife spoke to our colleague jennifer griffin "his only crime is being an american." >> harris: thanklucas, for the information on that. the democrat-controlled houses expected to vote block the emergency declaration. we have been keeping you a present owned by moment if we ie poster. it's expected to sales of the lower chamber and cut a set up a tough vote for some set of republicans. so far, here's the list to say they will block the president. senator susan collins, lisa murkowski, and tom thom tillis say they will vote to block the declaration. meaning, just one more republican yes from them would force the president to have to veto the measure. right now, vice president pence is meeting with senate republicans to shore up support for the president. joining me now, republican congressman jody who sits on the house oversight committee. why do you have to shore up republicans to support a republican president on this? >> that's a good question, harris. i think of the end of the day the issue for many is the separation of powers. which i fully understand. but that is really a differe

jennifer griffin. >> in his final budget hearing before stepping down, the head of u.s.nst isis is not over. >> we should expect they will attempt to attack us and continue to regenerate themselves and we will continue to put pressure on them to prevent that. they have the capability of coming back together if we don't. >> more than a month after the president ordered troops out of syria they pointed to a new i.g. report that warns absent sustained counter terrorism pressure isis could regain territory in syria. he was asked about the president's decision to pull out of syria. >> were you aware of the president's intention to order the withdrawal of our troops from syria before that was publicly announced? >> i was not aware of the specific announcement. certainly we are aware that he has expressed a desire in the past to depart iraq -- depart syria. >> you weren't consulted before that decision was announced >> i was not consulted. >> the general said the u.s. would need to continue paying $4 billion a year to support afghan forces but adds that without u.s. troops on t

jennifer griffin live at the pentagon with that. >> a senior u.s.o brief its quarterly report on isis and al qaeda to acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan in the coming days. the report concludes isis will regain territory in syria in a matter of months if military pressure is not maintained on the group. the report covers the period from october to december and company insides with president trump's abrupt announcement ordering all 2,000 u.s. troops out of syria. while declaring isis was defeated. republicans in the senate led by mitch mcconnell issued a sharp rebuke against president trump's decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria and afghanistan yesterday voting 68-23 against a complete withdrawal. >> we haven't yet defeated isis. we have not yet defeated al qaeda in afghanistan. civil wars continue to rage in both iraq and afghanistan. there are still caldrons of sectarian and extremism and terror. >> few voters believe isis has been defeated in syria and a plurality supports keeping u.s. forces there according to the latest fox news p

last month the colleague jennifer griffin spoke to wong's wife said he is being held unjustly and thatstory nerd. >> bill: thanks from the pentagon. all the players are in place here in hanoi. we'll tell you what's on the line here. when the meeting takes place we've got some details in a moment president trump and kim jong-un. put cash in the bank, and lower your payments by over $600 a month. with automatic authority from the va, newday can help veteran homeowners when other lenders won't. home values are rising. now's the time to use the va home loan benefit you've earned with your service. go to newdayusa.com or call 1-855-newdayusa guys go through a lot to deal with shave irritation. so, we built the new gillette skinguard with a specialized guard designed to reduce it. because we believe all men deserve a razor just for them. the best a man can get. gillette. >> sandra: this teaches that, bill hemmer. from new york city to new york city to hanoi. >> bill: we will see president, chairman can come face-to-face, likely in our program. great show, i will see you tomorrow. from hanoi,

. >> sandra: jennifer griffin is live with the latest on this. >> the president's comments alarmed iraqie u.s. military's ability to stay in iraq to counter isis in syria and iran. the president made his remarks during a pre-super bowl interview with cbs. >> president trump: we want to watch iran. i want to watch. we have an unbelievable and expensive military base built in iraq. we are going to keep watching and we're going to keep seeing and if there is trouble, if somebody is looking to do nuclear weapons or other things we'll know it before they do. >> the president needs large military bases like that air base that he visited in western iraq a day after christmas. it is one of two military bases used by the 5200 u.s. troops currently operating in iraq. now the pro-iranian shia factions in iraq are calling for a u.s. withdrawal in president trump's admission that he need troops to iraq to counter iran. sensitive talks are underway to reposition troops out of syria so small teams of special operations force evers can still strike if isis rears its head. >> president trump: we'll come