but the news with jennifer griffin, she's live at the pentagon as we learn the details here, jennifer. what exactly do we know about this at this point? >> sandra, what we know is from the official news agency tas, says a private plane carrying ten people on board and among those people, the head of the wagner group who attempted a coup over a month ago, the plane crashed, northwest of moscow, en route to st. petersburg. there is some video evidence on telegram and twitter suggesting a russian air defense system may have shot down the private jet and that he was on board. nobody expected him to survive very long after attempting that coup against vladimir putin, in some ways it's surprising he lived as long as he did. if these reports are proven to be true, state services are now reporting the head of the wagner group was killed in a plane crash outside moscow. sandra. >> sandra: jennifer griffin, we'll get back to you with more details from the news, thank you very much. john. >> john: for more on this, let's bring in michael waltz, a member of the house armed services and foreign af

jennifer griffin has the latest from the pentagon. jennifer? >> hi, charles.tion has given a green light for south cree to unfree $6 billion of iranian assets that were frozen under sanctions in exchange for five americans that were held as pawns by tehran. essentially hostages of the iranian government. we've been following the stories of these five americans for more than six years. some were nabbed by the regime while visiting family in iran. the deal to get these americans home includes releasing some iranians held in the u.s. for breaking sanctions. a former army ranger that worked under the trump administration conducting hostage negotiations for the state department and had success of getting release of americans light brittney griner, some republicans are saying after they releases, there will be more hostage taking. any money that is in the hands of the ayatollahs could be used for iran's nuclear program. israel's position is known according to which a rangements that do not dismantle iran i nuclear structure will not stop their nuclear program and wi

jennifer griffin at the pentagon. does this have anything to do with the u.s.$6 billion prisoner swap deal? >> well, it's all inter-related, i think, stu, if you look at piracy taking place in the straight and the possibility of negotiations about the nuclear deal. what we know is that the biden administration has given a green light for south korea to free $6 billion of iranian assets that south korea froze under international sanctions in exchange for five americans that have been held as pawns by teheran in the nerve nucleus tourist yous prison -- notorious prison and we've been following the tragic stories of these five americans for more than six years and some nabbed byes regime visiting family members in iran. the deal to get these americans home includes releasing some iranians held in the u.s. for breaking sanctions and the lead negotiator, a former army ranger that worked under the trump administration conducting hostage negotiations for the state department and had success arranging the release for americans like brittney griner, some republicans hav

>> neil: thanks, jennifer griffin. to lieutenant colonel bob maginnis. what do you think?d. putin does not forget or forgive. i'm reminded of a saying that revenge is a dish best served cold. in this case, he waited until the second anniversary, monthly anniversary of the mutiny by prigozhin. of course, the firing of the general that she just mentioned. really, you know, to send a very clear message to those in moscow and elsewhere that putin is in power. he's not going to be humiliated by the likes of prigozhin. so, you know, this is something that will certainly send chills up the backs of oligarchs and the general's staff and others. so he is clearly in charge and has every intention of doing what he has on his mind. >> neil: he's been going around and looking at this tragedy like hands off of this guy. he came close to toppling vladimir putin. think about it, putin at the time was running to st. petersburg when this was going on and looked like a man on the run. now just the opposite. so for vladimir putin, what does this mean? >> yeah, you know, putin is a very savvy

>> bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you. panel with the latest on illegal issues confronting president trump and former president trump. greek authorities reinforce fire fighting crews in the northeastern party of that country where a massive deadly wildfire has been burning for 10 straight days. no signs of abaiting there. fire near the turkish border is blamed for 20 deaths in greece last week. and this is a live look at jerusalem. one of the big stories there tonight israeli prime minister ben i can't minute netanyahu meets with members of sweden's new government. the previous regime had a rocky relationship with israel after recognizing a minutian state in 2014. sweden's new right center government took office last october. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ e farmer's dog, the effects can seem like magic. but there's no magic involved. (dog bark) it's just smarter, healthier pet food. it's amazing what real food can do. (fisher investments) in this market, you'll find fishe

security correspondent jennifer griffin is here at the pentagon and has that story. >> this is a storyn girl who is now four years old and at the center of an emotional adoption case here in the u.s. court documents call her baby doe, her parents and five siblings were killed in a u.s. military raid in september 2019, the baby survived in the rubble of the blast and was rescued by the u.s. army rangers treated in bagram, and reunite by the next of kin, found a cousin and his wife, both educated and in their 20s agreed to raise the child. but a u.s. marine, major mast and his wife saw it as their christian duty to save the child, beginning a complicated court trial, they allege deception saying they were lured to the u.s. and then took the baby from the afghan couple when they arrived at fort picket. after they took her, our tears never stopped, the young afghan woman told the associated press. right now, we are just dead bodies, our hearts are broken. all parties are under a judge's gag order. a new judge reversed the adoption order in major but now the baby is with major mast, their w

let's go live to fox news's chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon. u.s.-china relations? >> reporter: liz, all of this is coming at a dangerous time and a dangerous confrontation earlier this week in the south china sea as chinese coast guardianships attempted to block two philippine supply ships on a resupply mission delivering food and other products to filipino military forces guarding the contested thomas scholl island chain claimed by china and philippines. they were blocked by at least four chinese coast guardianships for five hours tuesday as a u.s. navy surveillance plane circled over head. the philippine coast guard attempted to communicate with the chinese ships. >> we are proceeding according to our plan. -- [inaudible]. in accordance with the sea regulations over. >> in response to the illegal activities of philippines chinese coast guard taken necessary law enforcement measures in act occurred dance to the laws. we urge the philippines that would take any measures that further complicated the situation. >> reporter: china sent dozens of

>> bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon, thanks.p two members of the house select china committee. we'll discuss bipartisan efforts to combat the growing threat from that country. up next, the panel on the new book about president biden and the latest concerns from democrats. first, beyond our borders tonight, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says his country has developed a weapon that hit a target 400 miles away. it's an apparent reference to wednesday's strike on an airport in western russia. the airport was forced to clothes after that attack but it reopened today. a fire ripped through a rundown apartment building in johannes busouth africa. it was homeless people and squatters. officials there say some of them threw babies out of third story windows in a desperate attempt to save them. and this is a live look at london. one of the big stories there tonight, one of british prime minister liberally sunak's staunchest cabinet allies has been named defense secretary. the appointment begins a cab reshuffle ahead of a general

jennifer griffin is at the pentagon.rries about kamikaze drones, explain. >> that's right, david. it was a surprising announcement at the brick summit in south africa last week when iran became one of six countries invited to become a member joining brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa in this economic and political alternative to nato and the eu. the group of emerging economies sames to counter act western dominance in the world order adding iran, saudi arabia, ethiopia and uae to get the decisions jailed in teheran home and promising not to lift sanctions as new revelations emerge about iran cooperating to expand russia's drone program and change the course of modern ware far with -- w warfare with new kamikaze drones that can fly 1,000 mice. >> we will continue to enforce all of our sanctions, we will continue to push back resolutely against iran's destabilizing activities in the re-on and beyond, including now in supplying russia with the drones of war of aggression against ukraine. >> a new unclassified in

>> bret: all right, jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you.king live now newark airport as you see the former president of the united states coming down the stairs there returning to bedminster his home in new jersey after facing his third indictment being arraigned today, pleading not guilty. the next hearing august 28th to determine when that trial will be. up next doug burr graham gam president. ♪ is ♪ it takes two to make it outta sight ♪ ♪ one, two, get loose now ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a... ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a... ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a... ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a... ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a... ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a... ♪ stay two nights and get a $ 50 best western gift card. book now at bestwestern.com. the chase ink business premier card is made for people like sam, who make- everyday products, designed smarter. like a smart coffee grinder, that orders fresh beans for you. oh, genius! for more breakthroughs like that- i need a breakthrough card. like ours! with 2.5% cash back on purchases of $5,000 or more. plus unli

>> bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you.unched large scale drone strikes against kyiv overnight. they say all 10 drones fired at the capital city were intercepted. debris from the drones hit three districts of kyiv damaging a nonresidential building there. up next, we talk with republican presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy about his campaign and the effect of the latest trump indictment. first, beyond our borders tonight. china's capital reports heaviest rainfall in 140 years. the remnants of a typhoon have deluged beijing with 30 inches of rain since saturday that has resulted in severe flooding and power loss. that storm is responsible for at least 21 deaths so far. four nationals line up outside an airport in niger's capital to wait for a french evacuation flight. this comes after the military coup there. france, italy and spain have announced evacuations for their citizens and europeans in the capital city of niger. this is a live look at port call. pope francis challenges europe to retake its role as a peacemaker an

>> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you.he latest with hunter biden in that investigation. plus hillary clinton weighs in this week. first, beyond our borders tonight, an indian government official says relentless rain in the himalayan region has resulted in at least 72 deaths this week alone. a heavy monsoon trigger aring landslides and flash floods that have submerged roads, washed away buildings and left a lot of residents scrambling for safety. amazing pictures coming out of there. a small aircraft meantime loses control and crashes on a highway in malaysia. authorities say all 8 people on board were killed along two on the ground. those victims had been operating a car and a motorcycle when that plane went down on that road. and this is a live look at jerusalem. one of the big stories there tonight, israel's defense ministry says it has secured its largest ever defense deal. it is selling a sophisticated missile defense system to germany for $3.5 billion after the united states approved the deal. just some of the other

here is national chief security correspondent jennifer griffin.ion the man who embarrassed putin, dropped like a stone, twisting as it fell, missing a wing. >> our initial assessment is that it's likely prition was prs killed. surface to air missile took down the plane. we assess that information to be inaccurate. >> which suggests a mid-air explosion. perhaps the result of a bomb. it's not unusual for russia to put out conflicting scenarios to add to the mystery surrounding the attacks against high profile russians. the attempted murder of alexi navalny, the poisoning of exspy sergei and alexander. putin spoke of prigozhin past tense. >> i knew prigozhin since the early 1990s. he was a man a complex destiny and made serious mistakes in life. he achieved the results he needed both for himself and when i asked him for the common cause as in these last months. he was a talented person. a talented businessman. >> six of prigozhin's deputies were also killed. dmitry, a he radio tired special forces officer and founder of the wagner group and the head

government, sandra. >> sandra: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon, thank you.ris, representing three afghan soldiers, and i'm sure your clients are extremely frustrated with the process. what's the mindset, are they hopeful, frustrated with the united states, how are they feeling? >> thank you for having me here today and giving us the opportunity to talk about these heroes. they are incredibly frustrated. we put together a legal task force that represents them and we immediately put together asylum applications and filed those on those behalf. those applications have been sitting with the u.s. department of homeland security, u.s. citizen and immigration services and as jennifer mentioned earlier, only 12 of those applications have been granted out of the 43. so this have been a very frustrating process for them and they are in wait for more permanent legal status in the united states. >> rich: what's the explanation the government gives here, why is this taking so long? >> they haven't gotten an explanation from the u.s. government. the u.s. government came o

>> bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon.ple were killed. dozens injured during russian shelling in eastern ukraine overnight. ukraine overnight. moscoe has launched more than 1100 missiles, weapons and other weapons into ukraine in the last two days. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is in kyiv tonight. >> horror in ukraine at the hand of russia. targeted overnight by one cruise missile and then a short time later another. nine killed, more than 80 injured. first responders, police, civilians, young and old. >> first impact came. we were not here. then suddenly the window fell on me. >> russia claimed it was hitting a military target injured locals say otherwise. >> the russian criminals committed another awful crime. >> this as ukraine summer counteroffensive against russia grinds on. kyiv is getting more creative in its attacks on russia, including recent naval drone strikes on russian ships. >> if russia continues to dominate the black sea, ukraine will do the same. >> u.s. continues to back ukraine. anothe

chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin is following the story from the pentagon. od evening, jennifer. >> good evening, bret. russian state media was the first to report that prey goes. the news came as little surprise. >> a man known as valentine's day putin's chef because of the billion dollars contracts he obtained catering to the russian military and later set up the vicious mercenary group carried out putin's wishes was killed in a fiery plane crash north of moscow sent his forces on the road to moscow challenging putin's authority and embarrassing the russian leader. the private plane on which prition and nine others were manifested was shot out of the sky by apparent the 62-year-old wagner chief was seen in that video a day earlier recruiting mercenaries to fight in africa. >> we are working, the temperature is 50 degrees celsius above zero. everything is how we like it. wagner is continuing reconnaissance and activities making russia even greater on our continent. we are recruiting real strong men shortly after news of the crash putin commemorating the worl

jennifer griffin shares how it's contributing to saving lives in our sun special. front lines, # 80% of the wounds are traumatic brain injuries or amputations. on this day in june, dr. nick lie had just completed his third surgery when the air raid sirens went off. >> the air raid siren, do you need to go to the basement? >> i'm in safe place. >> reporter: every war with leads to innovation, especially in battlefield medicine. a young american nurse named florence nightingale cut her teeth during the 19th century crimean war. dr. north carolina lie's hospital is one of five in ukraine using a technology born in a north carolina medical lab, a new infection-resistant artery not approved by the fda. >> this is a good size to the repair most of the arteries in your body. >> reporter: laura nicholson discovered this new technology. >> we've implanted hundreds of patients in the u.s. and outside the u.s., and we've never had a single episode of rejection. >> reporter: perfect for a war. >> the surgeon can just pull out of the fridge, literally, and restore blood flow im

jennifer griffin shares how it's contributed to saving lives in our sunday special. >> ukraine's front80 percent of the wounds are dramatic brain entries or amputations. on this day in june doctor nikolai had just completed his third surgery when the air raid sirens went off. >> the air raid siren to need to go to the basement? >> i'm in a safe place. >> every war leads to innovation. especially in battlefield medicine. young american nurse named florence anna gail cut her teeth during the 19th century crimean war. doctor nikolai's hospital is one of 5 in ukraine using a technology born in a north carolina medical lab. a new infection resistant artery not yet approved by the fda. >> this is a good size to repair most of the arteries in your body. >> laura nicholson is a head of humus height. i discovered this new technology. >> with implanted hundreds of patients in the us and outside the us and we've never had a single episode of rejection. >> perfect for war zone. >> the surgeon can pull out of the fridge literally restore blood flow immediately. that's a game changer. it means a lot

>> bret: okay, jennifer griffin, live at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you.itical rival of vladimir putin was killed in plane crash last week the kremlin has denied involvement. prigozhin challenged putin's authority in a brief armed rebellion in june. putin branded him a trader. up next the panel. new challenge to president biden's border policy as a terror network attempts to enter the human smuggling business. first, beyond our borders tonight. a pakistani appeals court suspends the corruption conviction and three-year prison term of former prime minister emran caen. the 70 years will be able to run for office in elections currently set for november, only if his conviction is set aside. the court will make that determination at a later date. ♪ india's moon river confirms the presence of sulfur and detects several other elements near the lunar south pole, the rover is. the machine is searching for signs of frozen water nearly a week after it's historic moon landing. britain's top diplomat is scheduled to visit china wednesday. the trip by james cleverly is

jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon and jennifer, i would say i'm surprised but i've heard storiesohn, the cia prides itself on keeping secrets but now an increasing number of women as you mentioned who work at the spy agency who say they have been discouraged from bringing forth accusations of sexual harassment and assault are coming out of the shadows. this is a secret they say they are no longer willing to keep. this wednesday a judge in fairfax county, virginia, courthouse, convicted a former navy intelligence officer serving as a cia officer trainee of a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery after a female colleague said he wrapped a scarf around her neck in a cia stairwell and tried to kiss her. the attorney representing the victim pro bono. >> it's a widespread problem, i get contacted by women in the agency the victim of sexual assault and rape. they are fighting it with a garden hose, it's an five alarm fire. >> friends with the co-worker was joking, says we believe the jury will more carefully scrutinize the inconsistent allegations and give greater consideration to h

dan hoffman will join us in a moment, but first chief national security correspondent jennifer griffinhe pentagon. what are the sources saying about this? >> pentagon officials are dismissive of the intelligence report being quoted by the "washington post," which suggests that the counteroffensive is in fact failing. they admit, of course, that it is slow going. that's because the russians had four months to dig in, digging rows of trenches along the 650 mile front line that looked like out of world war i and mined every inch, making it difficult for the ukrainian forces despite armored personnel carriers to move quickly. the other problem that has stopped progress to breaking the land bridge is the fact the ukrainians were taught combined arms but then not given the air power needed to succeed. here is what general milley told the "washington post." the russians are in rough shape, huge casualties, bad morale, poor logistics. i said the offensive was going to be long, it's going to be bloody, it's going to be slow and that's exactly what it is, long, bloody and slow and a difficult fi

he said quoting today to jennifer griffin, i trust the army, navy and marine corps did the best theyould in briefing the families that had loved ones killed at abbey gate. i believe the briefers gave every piece of information that they could. do you believe that all the forks was there or do you agree with other families that it wasn't about the information. it was about the warnings that were ignored? >> me personally, he did not -- the brief report was not correct. they changed my son's location a couple of times. they were trying to accommodate his wounds that were not in the right spot of his body according to the autopsy report. he did not -- the brief report is nothing what we were actually told. i don't believe that they had any -- it was made up. i feel it was made-up stories that they were trying to cover up the wounds. >> trace: yeah. is it frustrating for you? i'm going to play sound from admiral john kirby. the pentagon spokesman at the time. is it frustrating that they continue to maintain what admiral kirby said on august 17? watch. >> pulling out of afghanistan was th

. >> sandra: thank you for covering that, jennifer griffin at the pentagon. set your dvr, never miss "america reports." thank you so much for joining us. i'm sandra smith. >> john: and i'm john roberts. you are on for neil in an hour's time. we will see you then. and i'll see you again tomorrow. meantime, "the story" with martha starts right now. >> good afternoon everybody. i martha maccallum. it's been almost two years since the u.s. carried out a chaotic and very tragic withdrawal from afghanistan after 20 years of war there. during that period, on aug august 26th, 2021, just hours before the airport would be shut down, people at the abbey gate, desperately trying to leave. during that period, and isis suicide bomber attacked, and he took the lives of 13 american service members. army staff sergeant -- lance corporal -- corporal -- lance corporal -- [announcing names of fallen service members] success. >> president biden: the extraordinary success of this mission is due to the incredible skill and selfless courage of the united states military. >> today, t

. >> sandra: jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with the latest there. >> dangerous confrontationsthe south china sea as chinese coast guard ships attempted to block two philippine supply ships on a resupply mission delivering food and other products to filipino military forces guarding the contested second thomas shoal, island claimed by china and the philippines. two philippine vessels, they were blocked five hours tuesday as a u.s. navy surveillance plane was overhead. they attempted to communicate with the chinese ships, the coast guard did. >> response to the legal activities of the philippines, the chinese coast guard have taken necessary law enforcement necessary measures in accordance with the law and urge the philippines to stop taking any measures that would further complicate the situation. >> china has sent dozens of military aircraft and navy vessels around taiwan with one harbin z9 helicopter crossing into the air identification zone. in response, taiwan launched its own fighter jets from bases across the island to deter beijing. taiwan's president was on kinman islan

. >> powerful and lengthy statement, jennifer griffin sent this over to me and basically writes in this that he doesn't like what happened in afghanistan, and that the families deserve transparency and accountability. so, take a look. he says the, i trust the army, navy and marine corps did the best they could in briefing the families who had loved ones killed at abbey gate. if there were issues, we need to take action that is necessary. but he underlines the fact he does not think that he didn't like what happened in afghanistan. now, this is a big deal. comes after cory mills fired articles of impeachment against lloyd austin, and wondering why it's happening now, two years later, a lot has happened in the last couple weeks. we obviously heard from the gold star families, they have been waiting patiently for answers. now they are fed up and they are speaking out. and house republicans feel they are getting a clearer picture of what happened by piecing together testimony from the families, testimony from the marines who were injured, and new documents they have obtained from the state

we are honored to have today jennifer griffin with us to moderate this distinguished panel. nnifer is the chief national security correspondent for fox news at the pentagon. she will be joined by ambassador idella roche who served as the last ambassador from afghanistan to the united states. also on the panel is mary, former commander of the cultural support team program for the u.s. military and also the founder of sisters of service. we also have a former commander of the female task -- former commander of the fema title platoon. and last but certainly not least we have a legislative director from with honor and also a u.s. marine corps veteran. i'm going to welcome the panel up now. [applause] thank you so much for that introduction and i want to thank amanda for doing such a beautiful job of teeing up the discussion thus far and i would like to jump right in and pick up on some of the themes she was drawing out from the previous panel because of these are really important themes. one thing i would like to start with is this issue of training. and before we get started, i