traveling with the president in new jersey, i'm kristen fisher, fox news. >>> meanwhile secretary ofte rex tillerson is in the philippines, it's the beginning of his first trip to southeast asia as secretary of state. tillerson is expected to discuss a range of topics including the situation in north korea. whole then head to neighboring thailand and then malaysia. >>> look at what's happening as president trump is away on vacation, the white house is getting a little tlc. pictures taken by the social media director at the white house. the west wing is getting a new heating and cooling system. the oval office is getting fresh paint and new carpet. looks like they're furniture. >> the desk is actually from the oval office. >> get it out and re-do it. he's staying more than two weeks >> they have some to him. >>> a frantic search for a group of marinas missing off the coast the australia details next. >>> scary moments at a minnesota mosque. after an explosion. the fbi is involved in the investigation, we'll have the latest. [vo] one moment can change a life. intelligent technology can

kristen fisher has been following the president's remarks. the president working all day long. a vacation by a long-shot. who is the president blaming for the violence? reporter: the president is declining to take sides. he's condemning the violence. but he's declining to explicitly blame any of the white supremacists or white nationalists involved. >> we are closely following the terrible event unfolding in charlottesville, virginia. we condemn in the strongest possible terms this agree justice play much hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. reporter: that phrase right there, bigotry and hatred on many sides is what people on both sides of cap hip are having a proper -- on capitol hill are having a problem with. >> senator corey gardner weighing in saying we must call evil by its name. these are white you presentists and this was domestic terrorism. even chris christie a staunch trump supporter is speaking out and urging president trump to speak out on this matter. and he's getting hit from another one of his supporters and that is the former leader of the kkk, david duk

kristen fisher joins us from new jersey, where the president is vacationing. the attorney general is also vowing to crack down on leaks. how is the president reacting to the friday press conference. >> what a difference a week makes. it wasn't long ago that the president called his attorney general "weak and beleaguered." now he is praising him. at the same time in an exclusive interview on "fox news sunday," rob rosensteen said there have been as many leaks in the first 6 months of the trump administration as the last 3 years of the obama administration. so much so, the department of justice has had to increase resources devoted to leaks and also a new unit within the fbi. >> we look at the facts and circumstances. what was the potential harm caused by the leak. what were the circumstances? that's more important to us than who it is. if they violated the law and it warrants prosecution, we'll prosecute them. >> including members of congress? >> including anybody that breaks the law. >> that includes white house officials, members of congress, though the deput

kristen fisher's live in new jersey where the president is having a work vacation for 17 days. >> reporternew reporting over the last 24 hours, a big deal because it is the first known instance of a special counsel requesting documents from the white house and shows special counsel's probe has expanded to include examination of former national figure advisor general michael flynn's financial deals. this is coming from a report late last night in the new york times, investigators working for special counsel started questioning witnesses about whether flynn was paid by the turkish government during the final months of the campaign. in his report coming a day after the wall street journal reported account that special counsel in washington issued subpoenas, a sign the investigation is entering a new phase. all of these reports coming from leaks, within the special counsel's office, maybe even the administration itself, these are the same leaks attorney general jeff sessions railed against yesterday and so did republican senator lindsey graham. >> i will hold mueller accountable for this, runn

traveling with the president in new jersey, kristen fisher, fox news. >>> the president took time out of his working weekend at bed minister. to crash a wedding, mr. trump pulled up in his golf cart to say hey, he looks dressed for cart and wore his famous red make america great again hat. >>> you would think chris christie wouldn't want to bring up the beach. but new jersey of head of state brought it up today on cnn. he said president trump has a standing offer to stay at the beach house on island beach state park any time he wants. christie made international headlines after he enjoyed a state beach with his family during the three-day state shut down in july. >>> we finally know what went fatally wrong during a ride at the ohio fair. it was rusted. a rusted out ride. why they let anyone get on it. ♪ . ♪ so, your new prescription does have oh, like what?ects. ♪ you're gonna have dizziness, nausea, and sweaty eyelids. ♪ ♪ and in certain cases chronic flatulence. ♪ no ♪ sooooo gassy girl. so gassy. if you're boyz ii men, you make anything sound good. it's what you do. if you want to

kristen fisher was addressing the fact there had been some talk of mueller losing his job. that would probably be something the president would be advised would not be a good idea, to get rid of mueller. >> i don't think anybody would advise them to fire him because the political consequences of that would be bad. this is a very serious investigation. this is what serious investigators do. they impanel grand jury -- jurid request document. somebody has to restore faith in the justice department. this is too many times this has happened and this is a serious matter. julie: to be fair here, robin, after flynn requested and was denied immunity from prosecution, does that help president trump distance himself from this mess since it doesn't appear he's still trying to protect flynn. >> i will use our president's own words. he said only the guilty seek immunity. by the president's own word i'm concerned that he asked for immunity in the first place. i'm told by friend close to general flynn he got so caught up in this campaign that he didn't know how some of this worked with reg

traveling with the president in new jersey, i'm kristen fisher, fox news. >>> secretary of state rexillerson is in the philippines the beginning of the first trip to southeast asia as secretary of state. he's expected to discuss a range of topics including the situation in north korea. while in the philippines, he will take part in the asian nation's regional forum. from there, he'll head neighboring thailand before ending his trip in malaysia. >>> look at what's happening at the white house while the president is on vacation, the white house is getting a little tlc. these are pictures taken by the social media director at the white house. the west wing is getting a new heating and cooling system also the oval office is getting fresh paint and new carpeting. >> spruce up >>> a frightening seen at a minnesota mosque >> the fbi is joining the investigation. >>> caught on camera, a car slams into the front of a hardware store. the mistake that police say the driver made causing the crash. stay with us. we're back with more after this. h more after this. fios is not cable. we're a 100