lucas tomlinson reporting live from the pentagon. lucas?> president trump's nominated night he ever sexually assaulted his female subordinate >> it has been a painful time for me and my family. i want to say to you to the american people in the strongest terms that these allegations are false. nothing happened ever. >> he oversees all nuclear forces from omaha, nebraska, a former pilot and the first female to fly earlier this year's as she was raped by the officer. >> the truth is that the general is innocent of these charges. sexual assault happens in the military, he just didn't happen in this case. i pray the accuser gets the help she needs. >> another g.o.p. senator says she was assaulted questioned his leadership after officials say they generals accuser. >> their professional responsibility is associated with being such a high-ranking leader and that is to make sure that those within your command are following your directive and not engaging in toxic leadership. this leaves me with concerns about your judgment and ability to lead and

connell: lucas tomlinson picks up reporting this evening from the pentagon. lucas?rter: secretary of state mike pompeo spoke in ecuador earlier today where he said the u.s. is willing to speak to iran if it stops its provocations in the persian gulf which has escalated over the past two months. >> the iranian regime has to make a decision that it wants to behave like a normal nation. and if they do that, we're prepared to negotiate across a broad spectrum of issues with no preconditions. i hope that they will do that, but today we have seen no indication cans that the iranians are prepared to fundamentally change the direction of their nation. >> reporter: iranian state tv aired this video showing revolutionary guard forces fast roping down a helicopter onto the deck of that british oil tanker. last week a royal british navy war boat blocked three gun boats from doing the same thing to another tanker. authorities said it was carrying oil to syria, in violation of the sanctions. the pentagon announced hundreds more u.s. trooped would deploy to saudi arabia for the fi

team fox coverage now with lucas tomlinson at the pentagon, but first we go to the national mall.ison? >> reporter: hey, julie. yeah, president trump and his advisers say this will be the show of a life time. critics say the president is using public funds and politicizing making a nonpartisan event highly partisan. they say all of this that you see behind me, the military vehicles that have been rolled in this morning is something you expect to see in north korea, not the united states. >> what he is doing is a partisan act, inviting people to get tickets. he's politicized the 4th of july before he opens his mouth. >> the president is not going to get political. he is going to celebrate the greatest country, the greatest idea in the history of the world. that is the united states of america. we're gonna have a lot of surprises. the president didn't get into all of them. in fact, private donations are coming in. >> reporter: tomorrow's events begin with the national independence parade. then the traditional capital concert. it all ends with fireworks. we expect to see some counter

bret. >> bret: at lucas tomlinson at the pentagon, thanks. senior at administration official tells fox news the u.s. government is aware of reports of a north korean missile launch just hours ago. south korea's news agency says the north had fired multiple identified projectiles off its east coast. the launches come 60s after they fired two short range list of missiles into the easy. up next, democrats propose a constitutional amendment to overturn the law governing campaign funding. that and more after the break. ♪ most people think a button is just a button. ♪ that a speaker is just a speaker. ♪ or - that the journey can't be the destination. most people haven't driven a lincoln. discover the lincoln approach to craftsmanship at the lincoln summer invitation. right now, get 0% apr on all 2019 lincoln vehicles plus no payments for up to 90 days. only at your lincoln dealer. great riches will find you when liberty mutual customizes your car for upinsurance, . so you only pay for what you need. wow. thanks, zoltar. how can i ever repay you? ma

lucas tomlinson joins us live.r: hi laura peer secretary state mike pompeo just spoke to reporters in ecuador. he said the u.s. is willing to talk to iran if iran seizes the grasses revocations which have escalated in the past two months. >> the iranian regime has to make a decision that it was to behave like a normal nation. and if they do that, we are prepared to negotiate across a broad spectrum of issues. with no preconditions. i hope they will do that but today we have seen no indications that the iranians are prepared to fundamentally change the direction of their nation. >> was not the pentagon announced it was send more troops to saudi arabia for the first six years included fighter jets like these f-15 strike eagles which arrive in the uae in june. a patriot antimissile battery will also be sent to protect the candy from missiles launched from iranian backed fighters in yemen. there are currently 70,000 u.s. troops deployed in the middle east. one day before iran seized the british oil tanker in the strait

lucas tomlinson, fox news. >>> former special counsel robert mueller testified before congress. not expect political bombshells but they want him to speak more about the russia investigation. mueller indicated he would not stray from his conclusions if he were called to testify. you can watch live coverage and live updates on morning and two and you can watch on interrupted on ktvu plus. >>> congresswoman will speak and discuss the recent texaco border where she went through detention centers. she represents mountain view, los altos and palos. >>> after leaks and private messages leaked from governor russo low talking to spiritually about people. russo low has apologized and an islandwide strike is being planned for tomorrow. >>> conservative party leaders are expected to choose the next prime minister. boris johnson expected to win two replace theresa may and formulate the secretary and mail of london in the current secretary is jeremy hunt and he will take over on wednesday and johnson signaled he would take a tougher approach. is open to leaving the union without a trade deal

lucas tomlinson is at the pentagon with more.eporter: president trump pushed back on iran's claim and arrested four iranian nationals for the cia. president trump: i read a report today about the cia, that's totally a false story. they put out propaganda, they put out lies. reporterlies.report. president trump: we took down one of their drones. instead of saying it happened, they lied and said it didn't happen. there is a let of proof on the ocean floor. reporter: iranian tv showed this video of iranian men in ski masks rappeling from a helicopter on to a tanker. the same british warpship was an hour away and could not stop the iranians from seizing their oil tanker. the british defense minister says the royal navy is too small to handle its commissions around the world. today the british navy has less than half the vessels it had in the 1980s. the brits are stilled holding an iranian tanker they they say was dlirveg oil to syria in violation of u.n. sanctions. liz: let's bring in the u.n. ambassador. the president was tweeting o

lucas tomlinson reporting live from the pentagon. this is not the first time tanks have come to d.c., lucas. >> that's right. it's not. remember last fall when the president tried to bring tanks to the veteran's day parade, there was outcry. but tanked have paraded down the capitol in the past. john f. kennedy had them in 1961. but it's been nearly 30 years since u.s. army abrams battle tanks were seen in washington d.c. that occasion was to honor the gulf war. 9,000 combat veterans paraded down constitution avenue with 200,000 people cheering them on. some said it was a political stunt and didn't work because president george h.w. bush lost against bill clinton the next year. some city officials complained about the damage of the 70-ton tanks, what they did to the asphalt streets. in 1932, general mcarthur showed up with 200 cavalry soldiers on horseback and five tanks to put down a protest of 20,000 world war i veterans that demanded payment for services. and before world war ii, the u.s. army was smaller than portugal's. trace? >>

luca tomlinson is live at the ten pentagon with more. lucas, you have some news for us. we are getting details on when the tanks will arrive at the national mall? >> that's right, melissa. i'm told that two tanks will be arriving at the national mall on the cover of darkness late tonight when there's less traffic on the road. these 270--ton battle tanks are right now and the rail yard in southeast d.c. these are from the fort stewart, georgia. last night the two bradley fighting vehicles arrive on the mall, children will be able to climb on the tanks and armored vehicles and ask questions to the soldiers. overhead, a massive display of airpower including the b-2 stealth bomber, f-22 raptors, air force one, marine one, the navy blue angels, and a navy of 35 stealth fighter jet. an army apache gunship like this one will also be flying overhead. the pentagon has not revealed any calls to their show. the present with another today. "the cost a great sleep to america will be a little compared to what its work. we on the plains, we have the pilots, importance right next door.

lucas tomlinson is reporting live from the pentagon on this very -- wow. big story.g wow, isn't it? >> it is, arthel. the president -- this comes two weeks after iranian military personnel shot down that u.s. drone. president trump responded moments ago. >> we will see what happens with iran. iran has to be very, very careful. >> iran's president ronnie says he will enrich uranium to any amount he wants. >> translator: from july 7th, our level of uranium enrichment will no longer remain at the 3.67 level. we'll put this commitment to one side. we will increase the cap to whatever level we deem is essential for us, and to a level that we need. >> highly enriched 90% uranium is needed to make nuclear weapons. president trump walked away from the obama-era nuclear deal last year, but other countries in the agreement -- china, russia, france, u.k., and germany -- are trying to hold it together. the president wants a new wide-ranging agreement to include the ballistic missiles. yesterday, british royal marines seized an iranian supertanker near gibraltar and the ad turns

lucas tomlinson is live at pentagon with more. >> harris, north korea was not the only rogue nation launching this week, iran was, too. hours before north korea missile launch iran fired off medium-range ballistic missile traveling 650 miles from southern coast, landing east of tehran. the missile is part of iran's arsenal for decades, intelligence fors worry a nuclear warhead could be attached in the future, putting u.s. forces and israel at greater source. since the deal in 2015, iran launched 33 ballistic missiles. u.s. officials have a stock pile of 2000. un security resolution tied to the deal calls upon iran, does not forbid them from launching missiles. latest provocation one week after irani sources seized a tanker. it seized the tanker because another tanker was seized off gibralter earlier this month. could u.s. sources do more? >> how should or would u.s. forces in the region respond? >> american lives are at risk, the united states will defend itself wherever that risk takes place. >> today north korea released photos showing launch of two short-range ballistic missiles, one from

lucas tomlinson has the breaking news tonight from the pentagon. od evening, lucas. >> good evening, bret. u.s. placed a a $1 million bounty on bin laden in february, details of his reported death remain a mystery. john roberts asked the president about it earlier. >> to have any intelligence that it bin laden's son has been killed? >> i don't want to comment on it. i don't want to comment on that. thank you very much, everybody. >> threaten revenge after navy seals killed killed his father, al qaeda mastermind osama bin laden in pakistan in 2011. u.s. intelligence agencies to him as an emerging leader of al qaeda who carried out the worst terror attack on americans soil. other al qaeda will respond to iran. they were detained but later let go. over the years, he released audio and video messages calling on supporters to launch attacks against u.s. and allies around the world. hamza is thought to be 30 years old. if u.s. government says he married the daughter of a senior al qaeda leader who was indicted by a federal grand jury for his role in the 1

let's put it in, because lucas tomlinson reported about the flyovers. bomber that flies over the rose bowl every year, the blue angels, again, flies over at every nascar race. there are two coat army and won a broom could be there. if they can workable to six, arrived via rail from georgia. and to bradley fighting vehicles per that's it, there is no parade. >> jessica: so why are they selling tickets, the nine? >> tomi: i don't work for the rnc so i don't know. >> melissa: let her talk for a second. >> tomi: president trump is proud of his country. he's the president of the united states. he has from the beginning said "make america great again, america first." he celebrates his country. what is so wrong? while the democrats so mad that he wants to celebrate his dang country? it's all of our country. it's the left pushing it out saying we don't want to show patriotism, we don't want to show military strength. why? >> jessica: the presidency is not synonymous with patriotism. >> tomi: it should be. >> jessica: no, we like people who represent a party. >>

lucas tomlinson live chat at the pentagon with this story. vening, martha. it turns out north korea wasn't the only nation launching missiles, iran was too. iran testfired a new medium-range ballistic missile wednesday night known as the shabbat three. the missile through 600 miles from southern iran to northern around the landing outside the capital city of tehran in the desert. secretary of state mike pompeo told bret baier iran's work on missile programs continues. >> they continue to engage in malign activity, continue to build up their missile program. they continue to work on their nuclear systems. and yes, they want to tell the world that they are just defensive and just being a normal nation and we all see differently. >> this comes as iran continues to hold a british oil tanker and it's 23 crew members captive since late last week. one day before the british tanker was seized, u.s. warship destroyed two iranian drones while transmitting the strait of hormuz. calls upon but does not prevent iran from testing ballistic missiles. martha.

. >> bill: lucas tomlinson tracking it from the pentagon. let's begin there. >> good morning. day four of an escalating hostage crisis between iran and great britain after iran seized a british tanker and 23 crew members. over the weekend iran released this video going onto the deck of the oil tanker seized friday night. earlier this month a royal navy warship blocked another gun point from doing it to another tanker. they couldn't stop the iranians are seizing another tanker. here is radio traffic from the encounter. >> you are ordered to change your course to 360, 360 degrees immediately. if you obey you will be safe. >> we are conducting. your passage must not be impaired, obstructed or hampered. please confirm that you are not intending to violate international law by unlawfully attempting to board the ship. >> iranian forces ignored the british warship order and proceeded to take down the tanker. a british defense minister says the royal navy is too small to handle missions around the world. they have roughly half the number of warships it had during the 80s. british prim

. >> mike: at lucas tomlinson live at the pentagon, thanks a lot.s let american patriots to abolish the evil of slavery, secure civil rights, and expand the blessings of liberty to all americans. this is the noble purpose that inspired abraham lincoln to rededicate our nation to a new birth of freedom and to resolve that we will always have a government of, by, and for the people. our quest for greatness unleashed a culture of discovery that led thomas edison to imagine his light bulb, alexander graham bell to create the telephone, the wright brothers to look to the sky and see the next great frontier. we are americans, nothing is impossible. >> mike: that will certainly be a memorable line. for americans nothing is impossible. with the panel. josh, thoughts going forward from this? will there be some healing, or we back to red meat politics tomorrow morning? >> we will be back to red meat politics but it will say this was a unifying speech by the president. molly was talking earlier he invoked the civil rights movement, suffragette movement. he def

lucas tomlinson is live at the pentagon with more. lucas?g, there's going to be a massive display of fire power flying over the nation's capital as soon as the faa closes the air space at 6:15. for about an hour this evening, there's going to be dozens of fighter jets flying overhead, including the u.s. navy blue angels like you see here, pair of raptors, fighter jets and navy f-35 stealth fighter jet will also be flying overhead. air force one as well. the pentagon has not disclosed the cost associated with president trump's july 4 festivities. the stealth bomber cost over $120,000 per flight hour. it does fly over the rose bowl every new year's day and sporting events throughout the year as well. an army apache gun ship will all be flying overhead. people call this a powerful display of patriotism. the coast guard will all participate. rescue helicopters will fly overhead. the coast guard launches about 20,000 rescue migs each year and saves over 3,000 lives. some could argue they should be here as well. two u.s. army bradley fighting vehi

lucas tomlinson at the pentagon. tensions ramping up with iran two weeks after iran shot down the u.s. drone. they threatened enriched uranium beyond the limits of the nuclear deal this sunday. president trump responded moments ago. >> we'll see what happens with iran. iran has to be very, very careful. reporter: president rouhani threatens to enrich uranium to any limit he want. >> translator: from july 7th, our level of uranium enrichment will no longer remain at the 3.67 level. we will put this commitment to one side. we will increase the cap to whatever level we deem essential to us, to a level that we need. reporter: highly-enriched 90 uranium is needed to make nuclear weapons. president trump walked afrom the nuclear deal last year. china, russia, france, uk, germany are trying to hold it together. the president want a wide-ranging agreement to include iran's 2,000 ballistic missiles. british royal marines seized iranian supertanker in gibraltar near the mediterranean. john bolton congratulated the british on j

we are hearing from pentagon producer lucas tomlinson there could be weather effecting particularly theey need. particularly for things like blue angels to fly over. guys? pete: griff, thanks a lot. we will be watching our national mall. ed: live on the fox news channel this afternoon. pete: checking the papers morning. of course, the "new york post" as they would do on a day like this, fittingly, america the beautiful with the betsy ross flag. i pulled up my flailing "new york times" on the cover you have got iceland is melting. so apparently that's the big story today. in the column on the side the headline is a new salute for the fourth starring trump. of course he wants to make this about a salute to america. everyone else is making it about him. ed: i feel like it's appropriate that you are barbecuing the "new york times" today. >> i might use this in bye my bonfire this evening. iceland the fourth of july. jedediah: rush limbaugh comes out and says freedom scares the left. take a listen. >> the left wants equal time on independence -- they want equal time to make their case on the

. >> lucas tomlinson from the pentagon. >> president trump heading to north carolina for a really tonightto testify on capitol hill. so what can we expect? bret baier will join us live next. thank you, admiral. so if you need money for your family, call newday usa. need cash? at newday, veteran homeowners can get $54,000 dollars or more to consolidate high rate credit card debt and lower their payments by $600 every month. , a?ó2 dealing with psoriatic arthritis pain was so frustrating. ♪ my skin... it was embarrassing. my joints... they hurt. eye e is cosentyx treats more than just the joint pain of psoriatic arthritis. it even helps stop further joint damage. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms. if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen, or if you've had a vaccine or plan to. serious allergic reactions may occur. i got real relief. i got clearer skin and feel better. now, watch me. get real r

. >> alicia: lucas tomlinson is live at the pentagon with more. >> tensions are iran once again flaringt threatened to break the caps on uranium enrichment beginning this sunday. >> from july 7th our level of you are rainium enrichment will no longer remain at the 3.7 level. we will put the commitment to the side. we will increase it to whatever we seem is essential for us and to a level that we need. >> it's the primary element needed to make nuclear weapons. president trump walked away from the obama nuclear deal last year. other countries are trying to hold the deal together and keep iran from also walking away. president trump has accused iran of violating the nuclear deal and hopes another more wide ranging agreement can be worked out. >> president trump: we are working on iran. we'll see what happens. i think they would like to make a deal. they would be very smart to make a deal. we'll see what happens. i have all the time in the world. they're doing very poorly. they were very brutal when i first came in. >> president trump responded to his iranian counterpart in a tweet. iran i

lucas tomlinson has the late freft the pentagon for us this morning. >> it has been seven months sincehe pentagon had a senate confirmed defense secretary. expect fireworks from some democrats on the committee from presidential hopeful elizabeth warren who wants to use his confirmation hearing to challenge trump's policies. he wants to continue to focus on the rising threats from moscow and beijing. >> the growing threats such as china and russia warrant a refocus to high intensity conflict across all the military services. this requires us to modernize our force and capitalize on technological advancements. >> he is a west point graduate and served on active duty, gulf war veteran and worked in top policy positions on capitol hill. he was defense top lobbyist and army secretary. he had to step down yesterday due to a decades-old law from being the official nominee and acting defense secretary. navy secretary richard spencer took over in the acting role yesterday afternoon. esper hopes the senate will vote on his nomination this week or next week. warren wrote i am concerned by the coz

lucas tomlinson picks up the story. >> u.s. officials tell me and i've canceled or who is supposed to be an ally killed those two u.s. soldiers at base in southern afghanistan. 82nd airborne unannounced the death of the soldiers and a facebook post. "it is with a heavy heart that i inform you about the loss of two paratroopers. 12 american troops have now been killed in combat in afghanistan this year, compared to 30 last year. in 2010, 473 americans were killed in combat. at the height, when 100,000 americans were on the ground, compared to 14,000 today. mike pompeo says he has been pressured to cut the footprint even more ahead of the 2020 election. >> that is my directive from the president of the united states. he has been unambiguous. the identities of the two americans killed will be released after the next of kin notifications are completed. >> bill: this controversy surrounding him. what is up with this? >> that's right, bill, john hayden, currently the head of u.s. nuclear forces. he has been nominated to be the joint

. >> lucas tomlinson from the pentagon. busy morning there already. >> north korea was not the only rogue nation launching missiles this week. iran was, too. a u.s. official tells me hours before north korea's missile launch iran fired off a ballistic missile from the south traveling over 650 miles landing east of the capital tehran. the missile based on a north korean design has been in iran's arsenal for decades. intelligence officials fear a nuclear war head could be attached to the nose cone in the future putting israel and u.s. forces at risk. it comes a week after iranian forces seized a british oil tanker and crew members because british forces seized an iranian tanker earlier this month. >> they continue build out their missile program and continue to work on their nuclear systems and they want to tell the world no, they're just defensive and being a normal nation. we all see differently. >> if iran tried to seize a u.s. flag vessel in the street how should or would u.s. forces respond? >> when americans lives are a