latest expose, one senior israeli official reportedly called it an "earthquake" and jerusalem, john huddy, fox news. news.john huddy, fox in jerusalem, intelligence. in jerusalem, john huddy, fox news. tiny mosquiots.concerns with a major outbreak. coming up - the latest fears - about the zika virus. this is a live look - from our rooftop in roanoke county. more snow - expected to disappear this weekend.taylor is back - with a look at the the cold front that sparked some snow in the appalachians friday morning quickly pushed out to sea so the threat for any sort of showers is finished for the next couple of days. the strong northwesterly wind will subside during the overnight moves in. with calmer conditions, mostly clear skies, and snow on the ground, temperatures will fall to the mid teens to mid 20s. once we get through that, we can look forward to a very comfortable weekend especially compared to the past few weeks. the high pressure that calms us down on friday night atlantic on saturday and allow southwesterly winds to send some much warmer direction. other than a few passing clouds

john huddy has more from jerusalem. as iraqi and coalition forces the u-n is documenting the range of human rights abuses by the terror group in the past two years. motta says: "atrocities include ethnic cleansing, murder, kidnapping, rape, sexual violence, wanton destruction of religious and cultural property, destruction of essential infrastructure." the numbers - almost 19-thousand civilians killed, with 36-thousand more wounded... some 35-hundred women and girls forced into sexual slavery... and at least 800 children kidnapped for military indoctrination. the u-n now struggling to provide aid for the millions in need... and they say - the situation is only going to get worse as iraqi forces drive toward mosul.. geddo says: "you know where the mother of all battles is going to be, it's going to be in mosul. mosul was the second city of iraq, again the cradle of the cradle." but critics of the white house's strategy say gains on the ground in syria and iraq are coming at the expense of security lapses... at home and a

john huddy has more from jerusalem. the latest round of talks aimed at ending the war in syria set to kick off this friday in switzerland... but, we're still not sure who will be showing up. france says the opposition group in riyadh should lead the talks... but, this group is casting doubt on whether it will attend... accusing the west of getting too close to iran and russia. meanwhile, russia and turkey are still at odds over the participation of a key kurdish group. lavrov says "..how can you talk about political reforms in syria if you ignore a leading kurdish party, a rather strong power which on that land is actively fighting against terrorism?"davutog lu says "..it is unacceptable to let a terrorist organization join opposition parties and attend negotiation talks." all this as europe continues to bear the brunt of those fleeing the fighting... the flood of migrants seeking asylum now has the e-u scrambling to find funding to prevent a humanitarian crisis. in denmark, a controversial new proposal would see refuge

john huddy has more from jerusalem. another shocking attack by islamic militants in pakistan... gunmen storming into a university near the city of peshawar... killing students, faculty and and setting off an hours-long gunbattle with the military and police. khan says: "we were inside our office. firing was happening all around."jan says: "a militant fired towards us. security personnel told us to run, terrorists had entered the university." this isn't the first time the taliban has targeted students in the area... in 20-14 an attack on a school in peshawar left more than 150 dead - mostly children. pakistani officials now vowing to take the fight to the terrorists... while urging their citizens not to let the fear of another attack disrupt their lives. rasheed says: "we should not give the impression to anyone that pakistan is hostage to terrorists, or that their attack can help them to stop daily life of pakistan. if we should behave like this, this act will give courage to them." the white house condemning the attack and offering support... but experts say the fight won't be

in jerusalem, john huddy, fox news. in afghanistan. cook says: "..earlier today a u-s service member was killed and two u-s service members were injured when they came under fire while conducting a train, advise, and assist mission with their afghan special operations counterparts in marjah, that's in helmand province. it's my understanding that a number of afghan forces were injured as well." u-s special operations forces are helping afghan troops in helmand as the taliban makes a push to re-take parts of the area, the militant group was behind a suicide bombing which killed six american service members near bagram air base late last month. 98-hundred u-s troops are set to remain in afghanistan through most of this year. that number is supposed to drop to 55-hundred by next january. while the president moves to tighten the gun laws here in the u-s-- his administration is also planning to release more terror suspects from guantanamo bay. catherine herridge has more... fox news is told the 17 detainees who are scheduled for release from

jon: john huddy joining us live from our middle east bureau. a ruthless response to this terror attack. will it be enough to unite the country against religious h extremism? we'll talk about kt mcfarland about that. >> he's the master of the art of the deal. he's beholding to no one but we the people. how refreshing. he's perfectly positioned to let you make america great again. are you ready for that, iowa? [cheers and applause] >> no more pussy footing around. our troops deserve the best. heather: former alaska governor sarah palin giving her full-throated endorse to the donald trump. as palin hit the campaign trail with the gop frontrunners the big question is will trump supporters turn out on caucus night. senior national correspondent john roberts is live with us in iowa. that was definitely a lively and spirited introduction. >> it certainly was. we were expecting sarah palin to be here at this event in norwalk. she never appeared. he said she is going on to the big event in tulsa. somewhere along the line there was a scheduling change. b

fox news's john huddy is in jerusalem with the latest. john, the whole area seems to be falling apart. reporter: it is. this is a situation that could certainly have very serious disasterous even repercussions throughout the middle east. we're already seeing some of the repercussions at this point. today, to give you kind of an update what is going on, iran's president rouhani basically charged saudi arabia with the crime of executing the shiite cleric. he was executed along with 46 others in saudi arabia, sparking violence and an attack on saudi embassy in tehran over the weekend. in response, saudi arabia cut ties with iran, expelling iran's ambassador and diplomatic mission. and also now we're seeing other sunni-controlled companies or countries following saudi arabia's lead. bahrain severed ties with iran. u.a.e. downgraded diplomatic relations with iran. kuwait announced it would pull its ambassador from iran as well. they are siding with saudi arabia against shiite-controlled iran. protests are continuing yesterday in tehran, baghdad

john huddy's live in jerusalem with that. john? >> reporter: yeah, jenna, this is being called a significant and disconcerting find, showing in these videos the students literally learning how to make and assemble these fairly sophisticated weapons. take a look again at the video. sky news reports that it obtained the video from the free syrian army. this, of course, is the rebel group that's been fighting the assad government in syria and also isis. it shows groups of these terror trainees, if you will, being taught how to produce a thermal battery for missiles that can lock onto an aircraft, including passenger airliners. and these students are also being taught how to build and operate a driverless car to be useed as a bomb with a video showing the electronic parts of scrapped vehicles to to assemble the remote-controlled vehicles. they can manipulate the steering wheel, brakes and acceleration pedal, and they also use mannequins coated in wire and foil with lasers to simulate the eyes and a thermostat to actually keep the body

as john huddy reports - armed militants stormed the school - setting off an hours-long gunbattle with security forces. another shocking attack by islamic militants in pakistan... gunmen storming into a university near the city of peshawar... killing students, faculty and security guards... and setting off an hours-long gunbattle with the military and police. khan says: (translated) "we office. firing was happening all around." jan says: (translated) "a militant fired towards us. security personnel told us to run, terrorists had entered the university." this isn't the first time the taliban has targeted students in the area... in 20-14 an attack on a school in peshawar left more than 150 dead - mostly children. pakisti cials now vowing to take the fight to the terrorists... while urging their citizens not to let the fear of another attack disrupt their lives. rasheed says: (translated) "we should not give the impression to anyone that pakistan is hostage to terrorists, or that their attack can help them to stop daily life of pakistan. if we should behave like this, this act will give c

>> john huddy, thank you. expand beyond the guns and explosives business into something even more dangerous. chemical weapons. and we're also learning the terror organization is gaining followers at an alarming rate. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has new information, a warning here her report contains images that might be upsetting. >> these photos taken by the kurds in northern iraq last fall and shared with fox news show burns and blistering consistent with the use of chemical agents which are described as odorless, colorless and absorbed through the clothing, causing burns or illness hours later. >> i think it could be a perfect testing ground. >> former fbi intelligence officer gills research for an upcoming conference suggest that isis is using safe havens in iraq, libya as laboratories to understand the chemical impact of agents on the battlefield. >> they were particularly interested in using these chemicals, in confined-space environments. soft targets. like shopping malls. movie

in jerusalem, john huddy, fox news. frms there is still no sign of 12 marines missing off the hawaiin island of oahu after two helicopters collided thursday. hours later, a coast guard helicopter spotted debris about two miles offshore. rough waters there are making search efforts difficult. >>> a major medical company is issuing a raul and also redesigning devices after their medical scopes were linked to superbug infections. olympus is the largest manufacturer of those specialized scopes. the fda issued a warning to the company back in august after an outbreak of infections by antibiotic resistant bacteria at dozens of hospitals including some in los angeles. the recall comes just two days after a u.s. senate health committee criticized device makers for being slow to report the infections. frms it's being called a swiss army knife for your bike helmet. a new invention using smart phone technology to sense accidents and automatically call for help. reporter dug las kennedy explains how it works. >> to brett fulner, mo

john huddy is in saudi arabia. how does this continue to impact the region, john?eporter: we're seeing domino effect of those joining saudi arabia. kuwait is cutting ties not totally but pulling ambassador away from iran with saudi arabia in this political fight. bahrain and sudan cut ties all together with iran. u.a.e., united arab emirates, said it is downgrading with the relations with the country, really only having business relations at this point. saudi arabia continues to take a hard-line approach after storming of its embassy as we've been seeing in tehran over the weekend, not only cutting diplomatic ties but financial as well. also yesterday, halting flights to and from iran. this continues really to be a battle of words back and forth between both countries, bill. they had already a contentious relationship, bill, and now growing worse seemingly by the day. bill: much more to come on that. john huddy reporting live in jerusalem. 11 past. martha. martha: some on capitol hill raising red flags about the administration's plans to close gitmo. >> we retained

correspondent john huddy has the latest from the middle east. >> the fallout from the attack on saudi arabia bahrain and the united arab emirates have severed or downgraded diplomatic relations with iraq a siding can with saudi arabia. others are trying to intervene. >> all sides must act with common sense and the chat eng must be given a chance immediately in order to avoid repercussions of this role over the region piece and stability. >> the repercussions could be disastrous. threatening to fuel sectarian violence between sunnis and shiites and jeopardize peace talks to end the civil wars in syria and yemen. saudi arabia and iran have been on opposite sides of the fighting in those countries. >> we are not natural-born enemies with the iran, it is only the behavior of the iranian government that continues to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. >> iranian countries hassan rouhani said that saudi arabia cannot cover up its crime executing nimr, the shiite cleric executed with 46 others saturday in saudi arabia. shiite protesters attacked the saudi embassy in iran be

john huddy with details live in jerusalem. , my understanding they're not sure what started this fire, right? reporter: you're absolutely right, arthel. it is still under investigation but dubai's media office released a press release, that is the government's representative agency, not long ago calling it an x so certainly the question we're all thinking, at first when we saw this, is it terrorism-related? but at this point they're not saying that again calling it an accident. but having said that it is still under investigation. earlier take a look, first off. we saw the pictures coming in and video coming in. it is still smoldering. what is called cooling procedures of the building are underway at this point according to officials. that is how intense, how hot this fire got, that even now, all these hours later, as you said, it stretched into the new year, into early morning hours in dubai. you know, it continued. so there are, the operation is ongoing but the fire, the actually fire has been controlled. it started about 9:3

john huddy has the story from jerusalem.. an armed israeli drone, hacked from a fortified mountaintop base in cyprus. it reads like a hollywood spy thriller. but this story is apparently real. the investigative website the intercept reports that the national security agency and uk intelligence officials have spied on and infiltrated israeli intelligence for the last 18 years - part of a classified program code-named "anarchist". the reports are based on documents exposed by former nsa contractor will not comment on intelligence affairs. i can confirm that the cooperation between us, the us and israel on intelligence matters is the best there is." the video and images reportedly show reconnaissance missions over gaza, the west bank and other parts of the middle east, including iran. the anarchist images don't show any israeli drone attacks. but they provided intelligence about israel's military operations and training, critical, according to one 2008 document, for us and allied operations in these areas. steinitz says: "we are

in jerusalem, john huddy, fox news. >>> the rock star died this month and requested that his ashes benesian island. in a 20 page will, his $100 million fortune will go to his family and close friends and his wife former supermoll ed iman will get half of the estate. >>> a major northern california lake is seeing rising water levels. but see why officials say it's still too early to celebrate the end of the drought. >> and we're tracking yet more rain for the bay area. our meteorologist mark tamayo will have the changing conditions. >>> a federal judge has denied bond for militia members, this, a as four members remain on the site saying they won't leave until they're promised they won't be arrested. a confrontation with law enforcement and group turned deadly on tuesday and one of the occupiers was killed prompting a mass exodus from the refuge. the group's leader repeatedly told his followers to leave peacefully and go home. but four people refused to give up the protest over federal land policies. >> the land i hope it comes back to the county. i hope the county -- it's our land. th

john huddy is live with more. >> several city controlled countries have either cut ties or downgraded relations with shia controlled iran, with saudi arabia and that raised concerns about wide-ranging repercussions throughout the middle east and that is why several countries are calling for the escalation in tensions, today we are offering to be an intermediary, today iran's foreign minister is on the left of the video there, met with his iranian counterpart in tehran offering help as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia. so far he has not responded to the offer, iranian officials left saudi arabia and returned to tehran as the that does not bode well for the resumption of peace between the two countries and following saudi arabia's lead, but russia and sudan have cut ties with iran, they downgraded relations with its of diplomatic relations and kuwait pulled its ambassador staff, and to convey its condemnation of the storming of saudi arabia over the weekend and danger among protesters and iranian officials who centered on saudi arabia's execution of the shiite cleric who was exe

fox news correspondent john huddy live from our middle east bureau with the very latest. john?eta, that's a good description. sizzling. the situation between iran and saudi arabia and really it started with the execution of that shiite cleric. in response today, iran's president hasan rouhani basically charged saudi arabia with a crime of executing the prominent shiite cleric. he was executed as we know along with 46 others in saudi arabia on saturday. that, of course, sparked the violence, the attack on the saudi embassy and tehranrá"tpá d and a weekend worth of protests among shiite protesters in tehran. really the fallout from all of this continues in saudi arabia can you tell ties with iran. ordered iran's diplomatic mission to basically get out of the country. bahrain as we know a little small country severed ties with iran. the uae downgraded its regions with the islamic republic and now today, greta. kuwait also said that its pulling its ambassador from tehran as well. we have been seeing the"m protests continue in at the run tehran, bahrain. really seemingly, gte greta,

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correspondent john huddy in jerusalem is following the investigation. >> a new year and a new round of violence this time in tel aviv where police say the man in this surveillance video pulled a machine gun out of his backpack and opened fire at a bar. the suspect reportedly a 29-year-old israeli arab appeared to be shopping inside a market before the attack. at one point he even scoops up some nuts, puts them in plastic bag and pours them back out. he walks to the store's entrance, calmly places his backpack on a shopping cart and pulls out the weapon. people duck for cover in a cafe when the shooting begins, two people were killed. several others injured. the gunman remains at large. >> i fall and i wait like boom, but the boom was i don't know. but when i was pray to my mother for everyone. >> police have not officially called this a terrorist attack. but the israeli media quotingen named police sources is reporting it was. if so it would be the latest attack after months of violence in israel and the west bank. since september there have been almost daily attacks by palestinians on

let's go to john huddy live in jerusalem. this is a significant discovery. >> it is. it's being called a gold mine by security analysts. look at this video. it shows terror students, terror trainees taking classes literally on how to build weapons. it shows groups of trainees being taught how to build a battery for heat-seeking missiles that can log onto aircraft including passenger airliners. they are also being taught how to build and operate a driverless car with scrap parts to make the remote control vehicles. they can manipulate the steering wheel and brakes. they use mannequins with lasers and thermostat to keep the body -- keep it at body temperature in order to fool detection. this is compelling and scary stuff indeed. martha: to see these videos is putting it at a whole new level. bill: that's one threat sowing danger around the world. iran claiming the saudis bombed their embassy in yemen. if that's true it would ad more fuel to the middle east fire. state tv showing a weapon capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. u.s. forces are stretched thin in afghanista

john huddy is live in jerusalem with the very latest on this story. e to watch. as you mention on one side of the downtown plaza you have the towering inferno that was burning for hours and then on the other side the show went on as planned. the huge fireworks celebration. talk about a juxtaposition, quite a contrast. first take a look from the video that we got earlier today of today's aftermath. the still smoldering address hotel in downtown dubai, it's a luxury five star hotel. it also has apartments inside. now, officials say the fire started about 9:30 last night on a 20th floor terrace of the 63 story tower. there are reports that maybe curtains caught on fire, started inside one of the rooms. but, that is unconfirmed. and really there's still no official word on the cause. i know what everybody's thinking was this is terrorist related incident. well, there's nothing to indicate this was at all linked to any type of terrorist activity. that said, though, witnesses said once the fire started, it spread very quickly, engulfing the whole side of the

john huddy has more from jerusalem. another shocking attack by islamic militants in pakistan...

john huddy has the story from jerusalem.. an armed israeli drone, hacked from a fortified mountaintop base in