joel waldman has the story. >>reporter: president donald trump quick to react to thursday terror attack in barcelona, pledging to help spanish authorities bring the attackers to justice tweeting the united states condemns the attack in barcelona and will do whatever is necessary to help. we love you. that response coming as the president continues to be criticized for his initially slow and ultimately combative comments on the racial violence at a white supremacist rally last weekend in virginia. >> you can say what you want but that's the way it is. >>reporter:'s unpredictable behavior seems to be wearing on his republican allies. republican senator bob corker of tennessee saying president trump has had to appropriately address the company on charlottesville. questioning his ability to deal with the crisis.>> the president has not been able to demonstrate the stability and confidence that he needs to demonstrate to be successful. >>reporter: the supporters however are coming to the president's defense, making t

reporter joel waldman is live in charlottesville, virginia with the latest. joel? >> reporter: ken and alyana, good evening to you. there are literally hundreds of people at a vigil and a rally here, a memorial service downtown charlottesville. of course it was for the victim who died in yesterday's deadly crash as well as the other victims who were injured. all of this as the residents of charlottesville and the people from far beyond tried to wrap their head over what happened. >> reporter: 32-year-old heather heyer was declared dead upon arrival at the university of va hospital after being run down bay car during protests in downtown charlottesville. >> i was ten feet away from them. all of a sudden you heard the impact of a person being thrown over a car. >> reporter: the incident occurred after violent crashes between white nationalists and counter protesters ahead of a rally in response to the removal of a confederate robert e. lee statue. police arrested 20-year-old james fields jr. who allegedly plowed the silver dodge charger through a crowd of pedestrians

joel waldman live with the very latest for us. joel? >> reporter: ken and alyana, all is quiet right now. this is the memorial site for the woman, the 32-year-old woman heather heyer who was killed in that deadly crash yesterday. there was a vigil earlier for her with hundreds and hundreds of people. as they were praying, crying, asking for peace, protests began to break out across other parts of the country even as the people here continue to mourn. a white nationalist clashing with police. just one day after similar scenes played out in the streets of downtown charlottesville. those protests were leaving one woman dead and dozens of others injured after a man plowed through a crowd gathered in the streets. those rallies in seattle, they were also turning to chaos. the other was called solidarity against hate. >> let us in. >> reporter: in new york anti- trump protesters rallied in front of trump tower criticizing president trump for his response to the events in virginia saturday. governor terry mcauliffe who was holding a prayer and

fox's joel waldman breaks down what he said. >>> for the past several months, the trump administrationas been at odds over how to move forward on afghanistan. but tonight president president trump and laid out his strategy to eventually recommend our nation's longer running war of the. >> the american people are weary of war without victory. >> reporter: president trump addressing the nation and us troops at the army base next to arlington national cemetery. the final resting place for many service members who made the ultimate sacrifice in iraq and afghanistan. >> today the afghan war claimed more than 2,000 american lives and cost the us billions of dollars but 16 years after the 9/11 terrorist attack -- there's still no end in sight as al-qaida the taliban and isis you will continue to gain strength in the war torn nation. >> the vacuum we created by leaving too soon gave safe haven for isis to spread. >> now president trump says his administration has a plan to move forward. >> i'm a problem safer. in the end we will win. > reporter: president trump's speech coming on the heels of

in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >>> ♪ now let's check on your fox 29 weather authority.s we take a look at wilmington, delaware. >> a few afternoon showers just passing on through but been a beautiful summer day. meteorologist kathy orr with a first check of your forecast. >> yeah, the clouds are here. they're going to stick around for a little while. a few passing showers as you mentioned and we're tracking them right now on ultimate doppler. you can see this is our 150-mile radius with spotty showers extending from burlington county through gloucester county into salem county and even on the pennsylvania side in delaware county and philadelphia even chester county and new castle county, delaware, in some spotty showers much it's not a lot of the rain it's more than of a nuisance than anything else and it will continue into the evening. some rain cooled temperatures after a highs in the 80 today's. philadelphia at 79. the same in wilmington. 75 in pottstown. and right now allentown checking in at about 76 degrees. down the shore, temperatures in the 70s. it's going to c

. >> let's get to joel waldman on the outrage happening across the country. good evening, joel. >> reporter: good evening to you. this is the site of a growing memorial here downtown charlottesville. earlier there was a vigil held here with literally hundreds of people. as they were calling for peace, protests began breaking out across the country all in reaction to the deadly violence here. all of this as people in this community continue to mourn. on the other side of the country in the streets of seattle scenes of white nationalists and counter protesters clashing with police. similar scenes played out downtown charlottesville. those protests leaving one person dead and a dozen injured after a man plowed through a crowd gathered in the streets. those dueling rallies in seattle also turning to chaos. one built a patriot rally, the other was called solidarity against hate. in new york anti-trump protesters rallied in front of trump tower criticizing president trump for his response to the events in virginia on saturday. this latest unrest here in charlottesvi

joel waldman has the up tick in rhetoric.>>reporter: good evening. that is going on, there has been amped up rhetoric over this entire week and pyongyang has called the united states a lump that they can beat into jelly and as you alluded to this comes as a new report surfaced there has been back channel diplomacy going on between the u.s. in north korea. >> we will either be successful quickly or we will be successful in a different way.>>reporter: the associated press reporting diplomats from both countries discussed deteriorating relations and heightened fears in military confrontation. as north korea continues to threaten guam, pentagon officials continue to say our forces are ready. >> if he does anything with respect to guam or anyplace else that's an american territory or an american ally he will truly regret it.>>reporter: some in washington criticizing the president's comments saying the rhetoric could needlessly escalate the situation and also on the plate is how to handle a thinly veiled threat from chinese state media saying the communist

that was joel waldman. thank you. >>> we have new details about an employee at a well-known berkeley restaurant, that worker was fired from his job. >> now the restaurant said that's not so. rod barajas -- rob roth. >>reporter: top dog seems busy, especially at lunch and they say the employee at the center of the controversy was not fired he quit. the lunch crowd was heavy here at top dog on to rent avenue -- durrant avenue. a message from the management says as of saturday cool and might no longer works for top dog and the company does not support the actions in charlottesville. we found a customers had white often took his order.>> i didn't get bad vibes are hear him say anything. >>reporter: he was participating in a rally the left one person dead and many injured.>> the most dangerous things about people who have issues of race or strong hateful feelings, they just hide in plain sight and you never understand who it is and in this case it was a man was working here serving hot dogs. >>reporter: when his

joel waldman ktvu fox 2 news. >> our political analyst, what's the president trying to do? >>reporter: his world started in arizona and that's where he is going to back to say thank you and we will talk about the wall. i guess. the timing is interesting, coming on the heels of the afghan discussion, he gave a good speech and it seems like when he gives a great speech or a good speech the next day or two days later it seems to be undone by trump rhetoric that ends up occurring in this town hall. >> this will most likely be unscripted. this is familiar and friendly territory. do you think his visit will highlight the hurdles the president has and that's making promises on the campaign trail and the difficulties in fulfilling them? >> what did he say in the speech? i had a certain opinion coming in, but when you sit behind the oval office desk other factors come into play. i'd love to see a change in the rhetoric and more reality around thinking about building a wall. it's not so easy in a political environment. i'm not sure that we will see that. >> he's going in to arizona,

joel waldman fox news.>>> we have the professor of politics to talk about this threat.hank you for joining us. what do you make of the options that are available to president donald trump, short of military action? the sanctions are moving forward will that be enough to change north korea's behavior?>> unlike a number of foreign policy international issues, the world is united. we have a lot of allies in this including unanimous votes in the security council for sanctions and they were recognize that the central threat opposed by the regime, at the same time they've given the trauma and that's the maser -- major reason. he needs to take a strong stance, even if we assume that there nuclear program is about deterrence. you don't want to take any risk or you want to minimize the risk of a nuclear iced north korea and do it in a way that will make it clear that they can't continue but yet not provoke them to do something crazy. >> we are just getting word that north korea has threatened to attack guam. that is an american territory in the pacific and it's the home of a u.s

joel waldman tells us the united nations is hitting north korea with a new sanctions but it's not clear what impact it will have.>> it depends on what he does, if he still tests he will watches hard currency go down. >>reporter: nikki haley cautioning that the sanctions against north korea could be just the beginning as the road communist regime vows retaliation and threatens action, all this as u.s. spy agencies detect two missiles being loaded onto a patrol boat. the president via twitter cautioning that reaction to dangers posed must be tough and decisive. >> we don't run scared. this had to happen. we had to go after his hard currency and stop him. he will have to think what is the endgame.>>reporter: rex tillerson stopping in thailand to continue to precious southeast asia countries to cut funding streams from north korea. this as the world commemorates the 72nd anniversary of the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki this week. >> we've had 30 years of watching north korea pursue this objective of deliverable nuclear weapons. they are tantalizingly close and they aren't going

joel waldman is in washington with more. >>reporter: the presidents plan calls for sending more troops to the war-torn nation and while how many more still remains in question, deployments could begin in just days.>> we believe we can turn the tide of what has been a losing battle. >>reporter: rex tillerson announcing the u.s. will rely on india and pakistan to execute the presidents plan to eventually end the war in afghanistan and stop terrorism in south asia. his remarks come one day after the president outlined his strategy for ending this stalemate in the united states longest-running war. >> pakistan can play an important role, certainly in delivering the taliban to the negotiating table.>>reporter: he said the plan is to deploy troops, the number remains unknown and the trump administration points to plans outlined in june by the pentagon to send 3900 service members. defense secretary james mattis making an unannounced visit to baghdad, also declining to give a number but warning that isis 's days are numbered. >> i'

joel waldman is live in charlottesville.arlier tonight we had seen a bunch of people gathered behind you it looked like an i am prompt tu vigil there. what is happening on the streets. >>reporter: good evening to you and everyone in your audience. this vigil actually kind of was, in fact i am prompt you. we got word about 6:00 this afternoon that t vigils in fear of the ought right protestors who were set to be protesting although it never happened would clash with counter protestors so all the potential protests were off, but then people did come here to the site of yesterday's car crash and at one point there were literally hups and hundreds of people. now that number has trickled down as we're getting into the later evening hours. people were singing, saying prayers, hugging each other. obviously tears were blowing, a very sad site here in downtown charlottesville. we are learn ing more about the victim, 32 year old heather heyer. she is a parallel from charlottesville. and it turns out she was actually a victim's rights

. >> fox news correspondent joel waldman is in washington with a look at what to expect from the president reporter: tonight's speech will be the president's first formal address to the nation since his speech to the joint session of congress in february. and while a presidential address may be rare, you saw today it's not as rare as some other thin things. president trump taking a break at the white house to join the first family in watching the eclipse cross over the united states. the first coast to coast total solar eclipse in 99 years capturing the attention of millions of americans just hours before the president plans to capture the attention of many of these same observers this evening in his first nationally televised address since february. >> the topic, afghanistan. >> we will see this evening everyone together. we'll learn what the president is going to do. what his decisions as commander in chief are. and that -- that's the most important job he has. >> reporter: america's longest war in afghanistan to date spanning 16 years. costing the united states billions of dollars and t

. >> fox's joel waldman is there and has the latest. >> reporter: dozens people are being treated at local hospitals after violent clashes here in charlottesville and after a car plowed into pedestrians here on water street. >> silver dodge challenger smashed knotted car then backed up barreling through the crowd. video shows the incident as people were hurled into the air and others rushed to safety. >> there was just a state of shock and panic. we couldn't believe that actually happened. >> reporter: authorities now have the driver in custody. the violence erupting saturday afternoon between white national lifts and counter protesters ahead of a rally in response to the plan removal of con federal robert e. lee statue. streets with police in riot gear arriving on seen to diss purse the crowds. dozens were injured. virginia state police investigate a helicopter crash just outside of charlottesville. two confirmed dead in that accident. meantime officials are condemning the chaotic events. >> i have a message to all the white supremacists and the natzis who came into charlotte charlo

fox's joel waldman breaks down what he said. >>> for the past several months, the trump administrationve forward on afghanistan. but tonight president president trump and laid out his strategy to eventually recommend our nation's longer running war of the. >> the american people are weary of war without victory. >> reporter: president trump addressing the nation and us troops at the army base next to arlington national cemetery. the final resting place for many service members who made the ultimate sacrifice in iraq and afghanistan. >> today the afghan war claimed more than 2,000 american lives and cost the us billions of dollars but 16 years after the 9/11 terrorist attk

joel waldman is in washington with more. >>reporter: the president is heading to phoenix despite please from the city's mayor not to come because of the recent unrest in charlottesville. the president is speaking about afghanistan and his strategy. some say it's no strategy at all. the white house initially said they would send 4000 troops, the president backtracked and the only thing that is certain is that the deployments are coming in days.>> we believe we can turn the tide of what has been a losing battle. >>reporter: rex tillerson announced the u.s. will rely on india and pakistan to execute the president's plan to eventually end the war in afghanistan and stop terrorism in south asia. his remarks come one day after the president outlined his strategy for ending the stalemate of the united states longest running more.>> pakistan in particular can play an important role, certainly and delivering the taliban to the negotiation table. >>reporter: he went to state the plan is to deploy troops but just how many remains unkno

in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >> we have breaking news back here at home. to south philadelphia, where someone tied up an 84-year-old woman with belts in her home. then robbed her. it happened just before 2:00 on the 700 block of south front street. witnesses say she was able to break free started yelling fire. that caught their attention. story is of course still breaking as we said we'll go live to south phil until just a few. >>> double homicide in south philadelphia had police officials left with questions. it was around 11:45 last night when police were called to a home on federal street. there they found two people murdered. police have identified the victims as gonzales and caitlin jay jay. they don't have suspect. they don't have a motive but they've got lot of questions. fox 29's jeff cole has more tonight from south philadelphia. jeff? >> reporter: lucy, all those questions are right and of course police certainly know what this is about. they certainly know that they have got a murder on their hands. what's important to point out, though, is ther

. >> fox's joel waldman in washington with what the president said at this afterno afternoon's briefingnew jersey. >> reporter: president trump holding a major briefing on a major problem. the opioid epidemic. >> during my campaign i promised to fight this battle. >> reporter: president trump along with first lady melania trump and health and human services secretary tom price lead ago white house panel on our nation's growing opioid epidemic. >> more than one third of u.s. adults were prescribed the medications in two to us 15 and many misused the drugs according to recent government study. but still the president says the number of deaths have been severely underreported. >> nobody is safe from this epidemic that threatens young and old, rich and poor, urban and rural communities. everybody is threaten. >> reporter: overdose death rates are highest for people ages 25 to 64 in the rust belt, appalachian and western states with yet another study suggesting over two and a half million children are now living with a relative other than their parents because of the massive problem. last we

in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >>> members of a penn state fraternity were back in court today facing charges in a deadly hazing ritual. prosecutors played video shot inside the house. it showed 19 year timothy piazza stumbling unsteady about three hours before he was found unconscious. today by the way is the fourth day of the preliminary hearing. it will determine whether 16 former fraternity members will stand trial in peaces is that sos death. the hearing continues tomorrow. >>> more legal problems for pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane. appeals court has reinstated a defamation lawsuit against her. five former officials claim kane released information about pornographic videos and images in their state e-mail accounts. they say it was to tarnish the reputations because they had criticized her publicly. kane's defense says it is reviewing the pin. >>> summer thursday. you know what that means. time for orr down the shore. live look at ocean city. what a great day to hit the water and i think smack dab in the middle of that picture, can you see her thomas. >> i see

joel waldman, fox news. >> it is clear that president trump did not hold back. but did he score any political points? >> at times he seems to be energized by the crowd cheering. he stopped his speech to revel in the support. i spoke with a political analyst who said that rally was a boost to his ego after a really tough week, and it week, and it serves to feed his political base. >> he loves a live audience as long as it is supporters. and the open question is how long will people tolerate things not getting done in washington? >> the president called on supporters to apply clinical pressure on republicans, he took aim at the airport - - he took aim at jeff flake, and john mccain. >> one vote away! i will not mention any names! !! very presidential!! ! nobody wants me to talk about your other senator, who is weak on borders and week on crime!!! >> he has to understand that the congressional portion of the government, and the senate, they are very important to his success. you do not make friends by knocking someone over the head and then calling them up a day la

. >> fox's joel waldman has all the details for us from washington tonight. >> reporter: he was president trump's top adviser and his chief strategist. but now steve bannon is out of a job. >> the news coming just as president trump was touching down in maryland this afternoon on his way to camp david to huddle with his national security team about afghanistan strategy. but new york just three days ago, president trump speaking glowingly about bannon. >> he's a goodman. he is not a racist but we'll see what happens with mr. bannon. >> reporter: but one day later, in an interview with american prospect, bannon contradicting president trump when asked about north korea saying there was quote no military solution here. they've got us. bannon is the eighth high profile departure in less than eight months of the trump presidency. >> steve bannon has been very controversial figure from the start, and as the president pointed out the other day, he wasn't with him all the way. >> reporter: most recently white house director of communications anthony scaramucci who feudally publicly with bannon wa

fox's joel waldman is in washington. >> reporter: just one day after president trump made that ominous remarks we're hearing from both the state and defense departments as well as residents of guam the latest targets of threats from the north. >> he can't do anything. you can't run and hide from nuclear bomb or threat. we're basically going to be wiped out. >> reporter: frightened residents the tiny pacific island of guam are afraid being caught in the middle of escalating tensions between the us and north korea after pyongyang announced it might attack the strategically important american territory. defense secretary james mad dog matos warning of his own telling the north to cease any thoughts of possible actions that would be to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. secretary matos salvo coming just as u.s. navy bombers taking off from anderson air force became in guam heading near the korean penn nine sewell l state department pushing back against claims that president trump and's remarks came as a surprise to those outside his immediate team. >> the united state

in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >>> nancy pelosi responded to the speech by saying she needs to know more. her statement is said to what extent is there a comprehensive strategy including an exit strategy for finally bringing america's heroes on? congress looks forward to a comprehensive reaping. the president's speech left many questions and is already sparked a strong reaction from his own political base. jenna conseil joins us now. she watched this evening's speech with the dean of uc berkeley's golden school of public's -- policy. >> reporter: the president's supporters on the far right have come out criticizing him for flip-flopping. the president never mentioned how many additional troops he plans to send to afghanistan, a previous pentagon report suggested 4000 were needed. and regrading comedy night uc berkeley, said those details and the criteria for pulling out are critical for the country to understand whether this is a new policy or just a slight tweak of the status quo. >> how many troops? exactly how much is he going to give commanders in the field authority to do

joel waldman says at the same time, there was some talk of diplomacy today. >> the president tripling down, continuing his sharp words toward north korea, warning that an attack of any sort would not be tolerated. >> he is calling the sanctions a very high level. nobody loves a peaceful solution more than president trump. >> he called the united states more than a lump. and a new report suggests the united states and north korea are engaging in back channel diplomacy. trump addressed threats directly, saying he is skeptical the statement is coming from kim jong-un himself. >> i want to hear him say it rectally. he is not saying it. he hasn't said - - he has not been saying much. i want to hear him say it. to the president went on to say the white house is not ruling out military options with venezuela. >> venezuela is not very far away. people are suffering and dying. >> the president plans to interrupt his 17 day vacation to make a daytrip back to washington on monday, which he says will be a big press conference. >> the university of california is paying employees $1 million in back

fox 29 joel waldman is live in charlottesville with the latest. joel? >> reporter: lucy and iain good evening, that's a question that the governor of the state of virginia asking as well as the mayor here in charlottesville. both telling the all right member, the so-called at right to go home and not come back. that's sparking protest. as people here in the city of charlottesville continue to mourn. on the other side of the country in the streets of seattle, scenes of white nationalityist and counter protesters clashing with police, coming one day after similar scenes played out in the streets of downington charlottesville. those protests leaving one woman dead and dozens of others injured after a man plowed through a crowd gathered in the streets. those doing rallies in seattle also turning to chaos, one build the patriotic rally, the other called solidarity against hate. in new york, anti-trump protesters rallied in front of trump tower, criticizing for his response to the events in virginia saturday. >> this latest unrest just by vigils and memorials

reporting from charlottesville, joel waldman fox news. >>> tense words between president. trump and mitch mcconnell. but the president and mcconnell have voiced frustration with the other. it stems from the failure to pass-- failure to pass a repeal and replace bill but a number of senators are standing up for mitch mcconnell which could hurt their reelection campaigns because they believe the base will side with the president. >>> we are talking repeal and replace and it didn't happen.>> i think excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the democratic process. >>> congress is expected to reconvene in about three weeks. >>> nearly 14,000 employees will be receiving back pay as part of a settlement with the us department of labor requiring the university to pay nearly 14,000 employees more than $746,000 in back wages and $616,000 in damages. the university must also inform thousands of current and former employees that they were under paid for overtime from january 14 through december 2016. >>> advocates gathered on the steps in support of a recently approve

.>> joel waldman has more on the president's remarks.>>reporter: good evening. the president is taking criticism but strong words today, he returned to washington from his 70 day working vacation in new jersey and those comments were decline -- decrying the violence. >> we are a nation founded on the truth that all of us are created equal. >>reporter: the president traveling to the white house from is working vacation in new jersey. speaking from the reception room, he said the department of justice is investigating the car crash which killed the woman on saturday.>> racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name or criminals and thugs. including the kkk, neo-nazi's, white supremacist's .>>reporter: the words come after he faced criticism for not denouncing white nationalists in the aftermath. heather heyer was killed when a car ran into a crowd of counter protesters demonstrating against a white nationalists rally . many other suffered injuries and the community in charlottesville is trying to heal from the violence. >> we are saddened. we lost a young

.>> joel waldman has more on the president's remarks.>>reporter: good evening. president is taking criticism but strong words today, he returned to washington from his 70 day working vacation in new jersey and those comments were decline -- decrying the violence. >> we are a nation founded on the truth that all of us are created equal. >>reporter: the president traveling to the white house from is working vacation in new jersey. speaking from the reception room, he said the department of justice is investigating the car crash which killed the woman on saturday.>> racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name or criminals and thugs.

. >> that was joel waldman in washington and joining us as our analyst brian sobel. how dangerous is the situation? >> it's extremely dangerous. if there is a miscalculation something good happen. what are the chances, we don't know. it will work out diplomatically, the people are in most danger are the south koreans. whether or not missiles could hit guam is questionable.>> soul is 10 million people.>> let's talk about president donald trump and the tone that he is taken and the words that he is using, is he trying to pick a fight? >> not so much as he is trying to send back the same rhetoric or lanes ridge -- language, is that wise? we don't know if it matters. diplomatically, there is a lot going on and that's where we hope it gets fixed.>> some people are saying it's unpresidential and others say he is finally saying what everyone is thinking, stand up to this guy and tell him we will let this happen. we have been trying diplomatic solutions for years and it hasn't gotten us anywhere. >> no and all we have done for years is kick the can down the road. we knew the

joel waldman. >>> some 600 people are missing today as the death toll continues to rise from massive mudslides. survivors and volunteers dug through the mud and debris at times with their bare hands and a desperate search to find their missing relatives. some were trapped under tons of mud as they slept. >>> let's check in with steve paulson. stepped outside, saw sun here in oakland. >> not bad. much better than yesterday which was a very cool day. many locations still under that blanket of fog. still some holding on. give it credit. temperatures are quite cool here for many. we are seeing more sun inland. yesterday was one that we haven't seen in a long time. since about june 12th or 13th when temperatures were that cool. 75, 79 in antioch. haven't seen that in a long time. livermore 72. that's 16 degrees below average. today running a little warmer. two to five degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. still a lot of fog and chilly temperatures in the city. 62 the forecast high. average is 68. what are the temperatures like in oakland? 65 but in san francisco it's 55, 56, 57, 57,

here's joel waldman with more. >> reporter: 32-year-old heather heyer was declared dead upon arrival at the university of virginia hospital after being run down by car during a protest in downington charlottesville. >> i was ten feet away from them. and all of a sudden, you heard the impact of a person being thrown over a car. >> reporter: the incident occurred after violent clashes between night nationalists and counter protesters ahead of a rally in response to the planned p>> 20-year-old allegedly plowe the silver dodge charger through a crowd of pedestrians. his mother reacting from her unknown ohio. >> i just knew he was going to a rally. i mean, you know, i try to stay out of his political views. we don't, you know, i don't really get too involved. i didn't know it was white supremist. i thought it had something to do with trump. >> reporter: organizers holding a press conference today condemning saturday's events but blaming the violence on the opposition. >> the hate that you hear around you, that is the anti-white hate. >> reporter: his statement coming to an abrupt end when

he'll be asking congress for and that is permission to send [ no audio ] >> unfortunately, we lost joel waldman. hopefully we'll have more coming up on the president. we will have more coming up on the president's address later on tonight on ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00. >>> now to the solar eclipse. it literally turned day in to night. millions of americans across the country watched the total eclipse, seen exclusively in the u.s. since 1776, the eclipse was first seen in oregon at 10:16, our time. it then quickly crossed the country ending in south carolina just 90 minutes later. [ cheers and applause ] here in california, unfortunately only a partial eclipse but still a total thrill for all these folks at oakland's chabot's science center. the crowd thinned just a bit for a few minutes, exposing the outline of a crescent sun in the sky. >> it was like wow! kind of like the moon! >> yeah, but it was the sun. >> yeah, it's almost like a closed eye like, when you get, kind of like an angle. >> that's exciting. >> really exciting. >> volunteer educators were on hand to explain what was going on, also

. >>> in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >>> we reported to you about a week and a half ago about a man who fell in a sink hole and in the strawberry mansion neighborhood. local government officials had been working on it they were making progress but ten days later a community still reeling and looking for answers. fox 29's joyce evans has more tonight from strawberry mansion. joyce? >> reporter: well, iain, several entities city and more told us all of the work that has been done here. they explained it to us. it's all underground, though. you can't see it. but what you can see here on top of the ground is what has neighbors and one familiar until particular who still does not have water fuming. >> right after the rain, that's what happened right there. >> reporter: it's like a recurring nightmare on norris street for eugene clark still getting around using a walker. >> you're not going near it. >> no. >> reporter: not after the ground gave way ten days ago and mr. clark ended up about 10 feet below. >> i had debris falling on me, and water deep and it was -- i just drank mud an

fox news correspondent joe waldman in washington tonight with more on what we can expect. joel? >> reporter: julie good evening to you. this speech ready to kick off in just about an hour's time. and tonight, will be the president's first address to the nation since his joint address to congress back in february. and while these primetime speeches are in fact rare, they're not quite as rare as other things. president trump taking a break at the white house to join the first family in watching the eclipse cross over the united states. the first coast to coast total solar eclipse in 99 years capturing the attention of millions of americas, hours before the president plans to capture the attention of millions of observers this evening, in the first televised address since february. the topic? afghanistan. >> we will see this evening everyone together, we'll learn what the president is going to do his decisions as commander in chief are. and that, that's the most important job he has. >> reporter: america's longest war in afghanistan to date spanning 16 years costing the united stat