rob: and i'm rob scmitt. in a few hours the suspect accusing of mowing down protestors will face judge in first time. heather: court appearance comes as we are learning more about james fields, suspect, including a sick infatuation with hitler. rob: vigil was held last night for the woman who was killed in that car attack, matt. >> good morning, rob and heather, this community still very shaken and unsettled trying to come to terms with what that driver did this week in plowing a car into a car and killing a 32-year-old woman. police say james field, jr., intentionally drove his gray dodge into the crowds this weekend killing 32-year-old heather, injuring 19 other people, all related to the white supremacist riots this weekend. one man survived the accident calling it a terror attack. >> it's just something you don't wake up in the morning expect to happen or anybody in the world, and when it happens, it's really happening, all you can do is ask god to bless you. >> a vigil was held for the young woman that w

rob.p is starting the morning back in the white house the anticipation is rising for the major announcement tonight concerning the war in afghanistan. rob: griff jenkins live on what could be the president's new approach to this conflict that has now stretched almost 16 years, hey, griff. >> hey, rob and heather, that's right the president is going to announce path forward in america's longest war, he will address the nation tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern from fort myer in what are -- arlingtonton, virginia, the president tweeted on saturday important day spent at camp david with talented generals and military leaders, many decisions made including on afghanistan, the white house is offering no indication of whether the president plans to send in more troops or if he plans to withdraw. the u.s. currently has 8400 troops on the ground whose primary role is to advise and assist and the pentagon was awaiting decision on a proposal to add roughly 4,000 additional troops but whatever the decision

rob: u.s. marshals searching around for dangerous sexual assault suspect, brandon powell broke free after overpowering and ohio sheriff's deputy causing a crash and stealing the deputy's gun and ammunition, they were on the way from psychiatric hospital to deputy. powell is free now with a gun. heather: they will face the maximum penalty. troops exchanging gunfire with several suspects who tried launching armed uprising against the regime, ten escaped, the rest either captured or killed. this comes as the country's political crisis reaches a fever pitch after the insulation of all powerful constitutional assembly. more than 120 people dead. man arrested in the eiffel tower armed with a knife, tells police that he wanted to kill a soldier. he had been in touch with the member of isis who encouraged him to storm security at the paris landmark. the suspect is said to be around 19 year's old with history of mental problems. he surrendered without hurting anyone. this happened late saturday night. r

rob: i'm rob schmitt, this is "fox report."ving new jersey heading back to washington and tweeting moments ago, heading to washington after working hard and watching some of the worst and dishonest fake reporting i've ever seen. as the president prepares to give a nationwide report on the future of afghanistan, the longest running conflict coming as domestic agenda faces growing uncertainty on capitol hill. republicans hoping to deliver on tax reform after suffering miserable setbacks on health care. the president's former deputy campaign manager saying the party needs to get on the same page. >> the house and senate leadership has not bought into the president's agenda fully, and i think the record of the last seven months bears that out. rob: garrett tenney live from washington. garrett, what can we expect to see with tax reform? reporter: rob, president trump says he wants to enact the biggest tax cuts since president reagan was in office, getting that done won't be a walk in the park. after all, there's a reason why it's be

rob: what else?you yesterday, you reported -- i didn't give it the clever name, social media, hillary clinton possibly whats to spread the good word. her longtime preacher saying she might be interested in sharing her faith. people on social media got a hold of this information. imagine some names of possible churches hillary clinton could run, jim dandy, also a great name says the church of lyingtautology. church of holy panzer. it off with our lady of perpetual excuses. go on social media, so clever. >> if you need a laugh log on to social media. thank you for joining us. it is 7 minutes until the top of the hour. up next his 15 minutes of fame turning into a serious timeout, the photo bomb landed this little guy in big trouble with mom. ♪ ♪ walk along ♪ for millions who suffer from schizophrenia a side effect of their medication... is something called "akathisia." it's time we took notice. hey. hi. hi. you guys going to the company picnic this weekend? picnics are delightful. oh, wish we could. bu

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rob: rob schmidt in galveston, texas and the president's message.we begin with janice dean in the weather center tracking the latest. not a lot of time for preparations. >> if you live across texas, the storm will linger into the weekend into next week in a category 2 storm, 10020 mile sustained winds, new update from the national hurricane center of a strengthening storm which makes it even more dangerous as it makes landfall over night into saturday. we have not had a major hurricane hit the us in 12 years. here is the radar. we can see the outer band moving where rob schmidt is across galveston where we think the storm will make landfall in the next 12 to 18 hours and a big legacy from this storm not only the fact it could be a major hurricane but it is going to linger through the weekend into next week. the fact that it is a hurricane is a big story but more importantly we will see unprecedented rainfall across coastal texas, louisiana and inland as well. this is wednesday and this storm is still hanging out. if the center remains offshore in th

rob rob first the good.n but he has already got a major endorsement from governor pataki. saying he is the kind of candidate the g.o.p. needs right now. >> heather: a man lucky to be alive after shooting a nail gun through his heart through a construction project. >> it didn't really hurt it felt like it kind of stung me and i looked down and i didn't see anything and i put my hand there. and that's not good. >> heather: no, not good. doctors say he just missed hitting a major artery. rob rob good god. finally the ugly. little baby taking a dip in a pool in atlantic city motel. luckily nobody jumped in with him. police say the gator was taken to a nearby zoo. kind of cute. >> heather: do you think he is cute? you could have taken him home. "fox & friends" starts now. rob: see you later. >> this week it's robert e. lee. i wonder is it george washington next week and is it thomas jefferson the week after? you real delay have to ask yourself where does it stop? >> a lot of people have driven by these statues fo

rob: it has already started? >> it has. rob: it is 90 °.lk about chick-fil-a. >> stepping up its breakfast game with breakfast bowls. the menu will include the hashbrowns scramble packed with hashbrowns, eggs and cheese, salsa and your choice of chicken nuggets or sausage. chick-fil-a is trying to appeal to people tired of traditional breakfast sandwiches and you can get that in a burrito. rob: a terrific start to the day. >> space x launching a supercomputer toward the international space station. >> the latest rocket from space x on its way to the international space station with the most powerful computer ever to operate in space, it will crunch massive amounts of data and send results to other computers on earth in just moments, the space x falcon 9 rocket will arrive at the international space station tomorrow. >> 27 minutes after the hour. they claim they are standing against hate but this is the message they had for the president. [chanting] >> if tim tebo isn't already your favorite athlete, different video for that, about to be his

rob: we appreciate your time. with what is coming up on "fox and friends". rob: you are in louisville having breakfast yet again. you need to watch those calories and pancakes every morning. >> reporter: no truer words were ever said. in louisville, kentucky, in louisville, what is interesting about this county and jefferson, it went hard-core for hillary clinton but there is a county right near us that went hard for donald trump so we will talk to people here about issues that matter, the afghanistan potential surge, what is going on with the monuments and the president's speech last night and martha maccallum later today, state fairs eat a lot of good food. we will what up her. i will do the big disney challenge, 3 pound burger, fries in 30 minutes. it will be interesting to see if i survive, "fox and friends" at the top of the hour. don't let dust and allergens get between you and life's beautiful moments. switch to flonase allergy relief. flonase outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill. when we breathe in a

rob: next the bad. don't shoot big foot.t after a similar spotting caught on camera in 2015. you will most likely be shooting a fun loving person sweating in a gor gorilla costu. heather: bike riding thief riding up to taxi car drivers and stealing cash in new york city. rob: "fox & friends" begins right now. heather: bye. steve: straight to a fox news alert. you are looking live paris, france right now where a manhunt intensifying near paris. police are looking for a driver who deliberately mowed down at least six french soldiers before he sped away. ainsley: you are looking at live press conference. part of antiterrorist unit and had just gone on patrol in northwest suburb of the city. brian: bmw was waiting for the soldiers just outside their barracks and, quote, acceleratequ

rob o'neill is here. she is the structure of law fear project, former director of the legal project at the middle east forum and she is an award-winning document or a film maker for work on the making of a martyr. she specializes in legal and middle east affairs. brooke goldstein is here. president trump ran on, calling radical islamic terror bridesmaid. you can't hesitate. if you can say that, you also have to call out white supremacists their name. >> rob: i agree. also i agree better late than never. he is kind of getting hit with political correctness and antipolitical correctness. if he doesn't say what he is, the people who are against him are going to use it against him in something like what happened with the kkk within neo-nazis, they set online that president trump is with us and we are happy. you need to say what it is. you can't be suckered into, if i say all things matter. against all hate. you have to be specific. i think it's fair that he was saying about radical islamic terrorist, you need

rob: that will affect all americans. some economists are coming out and saying houston, because of the vibrancy of the area, the people and growth it has seen in the last 20 or so years could jump back even stronger in and not just in a metaphysical perspective but actual nuts and bolts economic perspective. >> good news story of houston is a strong economy, people have been pouring in, capital has been pouring in so once they get the cleanup going you will see the trends continue and it will be good over the intermediate and long-term. it will be the short-term pain that is most difficult but you will see a bounce back, faster than louisiana or new orleans after katrina. rob: those people need something right now. donald trump is headed to springfield, missouri. i will be joining him, not exactly but flying out to springfield in a little bit to talk about taxes and republicans in congress and the white house need a win. will taxes be there when? >> they needed badly. it will be there when but it will not look the way we

rob: psychosis. thanks.ing on, the trump administration strongly condemning the terror attacks in barcelona. the president plans to meet with his national security team later today. a lot of talk about that. >> reporter: us security working with spanish counterparts to assist in these investigations in the white house tells us donald trump is receiving regular updates on the attacks from chief of staff john kelly. the president offered his condolences and support to spain saying the united states condemns the terror attack in barcelona, spain and will do whatever is necessary to help, be tough and strong, we love you. in panama vice president mike pence says the prayers of all americans are with the victims and people in spain. >> the latest scenes of carnage and mayhem, the united states stands ready to assist the people of spain and find and punish those responsible. >> reporter: back home lawmakers waited as well, paul ryan tweeted the pure evil in barcelona, we stand with the people of spain and then pra

heather: rob: the u.s.working through the night to rescue thousands of people stranded by rising floodwaters in texas. >> 5 helicopters helping out as they send ships into assist. joining us to talk about rescue operations, a team of external affairs, thank you for joining us this morning. a short time ago when we were watching griff jenkins on the scene we could hear the helicopters going overhead as rescue operations continue and all the help they could get they need. >> the department of defense has stepped up their game, dozens of aircraft, the big with the ships, enormous resources can be accessed, we can't get the resources because there is so much flooding. the recovery efforts have already started. we can't even get in. the ships getting into the ports are distributing water, formula for babies, generators, fuel, that is important. rob: talk about how the equipment will be deployed, multi-use capacity, helicopters can be used for a number of things in an emergency like this. >> reporter: we are find

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let's check the roads with rob stallworth with wtop. good morning, rob. >> good morning, sheena. the roads are dry. that's the good news. the bad news is virginia. northbound i-395. the first problem is the hov lanes are blocked from the 14th street bridge. after king street, we do have the crash blocking the left lane. use caution. delays northbound back to the springfield interchange. on route 4 northbound after wayson's corner. still with a crash and response. only the right side of the roadway is getting by. live from the wtop traffic center, i'm rob stallworth. back to you. >> we're following breaking news. four people in critical condition after a train crash. the train was filled with people and ran into an empty train outside philadelphia overnight. >> one passenger said people went flying into walls. when the trains hit, there was blood everywhere. another said the train was experiencing issues before the crash. septa officials have not confirmed that report. it happened in upper darby, pennsylvania. 42 people were hurt. no one died in the crash. >> we're getting an upda

rob: a look at avenue of americas.ox and friends" first. >> 3 minutes after the hour, top story this morning, another white house shakeup, general john kelly's first day of chief of staff, anthony scaramucci ousted as communications director. heather: making america work again, the details. >> reporter: marine general john kelly establishes order at the white house, showing the direction the door. donald trump said it was a great day at the white house. starting with a good base. >> interesting situations that will handle north korea. lots of problems we inherited from previous administrations, we will take care of them but we are doing incredible, the economy is doing incredibly well. we are starting from a good base. >> everyone goes through kelly, steve bannon, jared kushner, daughter ivanka will answer to him. >> he does not have a role at this time in the trump administration. the president felt anthony's comments were inappropriate for a person in that position and he didn't want to burden general kelly with line

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rob and i disagree a law that's why he's on this program here rob what i think is really interesting i will say go ahead get real quick up before i go to rob but i will say that yeah what i will say is that i believe that tucker carlson invited. on the show because they agreed on the topics that they were chatting about you're talking. you know one of the interesting things that turn up and here is that you we had the neo cons that were in the republican side on the republican now they've moved over embrace the left we have a lot of room. republicans and i'm thinking of people like john mccain and lindsey graham. very neal conan like and they're moving at least ideologically to the new stance of the democrats here and then you have someone like max blumenthal kind of changing his stripes to i mean this is a very interesting make sure that's going on right now it's almost kind of recasting the paradigm in a way that it's all because of donald trump ok go ahead. well i don't know if you've ever heard my liberal cat or cat categories but i have the same liberals which is me that means y

let's check the roads with rob stallworth at wtop. hey, rob. >> good morning folks. good morning sheena. if you're traveling on the beltway, live look there. no really big problems reported to us as you make your way through. traveling northbound on 395 in virginia as you make your way toward the 14th street bridge. got a crash at the beginning of the 14th street bridge blocking the left lane. from the wtop traffic nt back to you. >> rob, thank you. >>> it's 6:15. new developments out of spain this morning. police are stepping up the search for the driver of the van that killed more than a dozen people last week in barcelona. officers are checking vehicles at roadblocks around the country but fear the suspect escaped to france. the man's mother spoke publicly this weekend pleading to r her son to turn himself in. one american was killed in that attack. >>> new video out of kansas city. crews built a wood box to enclose a confederate monument. the statue was vandalized. communities around the country, protesters are calling for the removal of that memorial. >>> in mem

rob: thank you for starting your day with us. donald trump setting a new strategy for the war in afghanistan shifting focus from nationbuilding to killing terrorists. heather: here is reaction on the commander-in-chief ramping up pressure on pakistan. >> reporter: the president vowing to fight to win committing the world's greatest fighting force, it will not be unlimited, not a blank check, certainly it will be ones that he hopes will lead us to victory, here is what the president had to say. >> we will not dictate to the afghan people how to live or how to govern their own complex society. we are not nationbuilding again. we are killing terrorists. >> reporter: the new strategy won't be based on timelines but condition-based, no troop numbers were given but it is likely we will get the additional 4000 proposed, the new strategy puts pakistan unnoticed and asks india to shoulder more of the load and says it's victory will have a clear definition. the reaction was mixed. rand paul opposed to any troop increase but the mission in

hurricane harvey, and rob has the latest track. rob?: david, the center of the hurricane, less than 50 miles from corpus christi and port o'connor. the eye wall will be scraping the coastline, landfall in the next few hours. and the track, maybe lingering for days. the second punch potentially bringing two to three feet of rain and flooding once the eye comes through in a next few hours. >> rob, and our entire team in the hurricane zone, thanks to you all. stay safe. thank you for joining us tonight. updates tonight on "nightline" and "good morning america" beginning at 5:00 a.m. eastern. if you're in the storm zone, stay safe. have a good evening. good night. ♪ this is the "jeopardy!" college championship! for the deciding game, here are the three finalists. a junior at stanford university, from austin, texas... ...whose cash winnings yesterday total... a freshman at the united states naval academy, from ellicott city, maryland... ...whose cash winnings total... and...a senior at mit, from decatur, georgia... ...who won $20,400 yesterd

hurricane harvey, and rob has the latest track. rob?: david, the center of the hurricane, less than 50 miles from corpus christi and port o'connor. the eye wall will be scraping next few hours. and the track, maybe lingering for days. the second punch potentially bringing two to three feet of rain and flooding once the eye comes through in a next few hours. >> rob, and our entire team in the hurricane zone, thanks to you all. stay safe. thank you for joining us tonight. updates tonight on "nightline" and "good morning america" beginning at 5:00 a.m. eastern. if you're in the storm zone, stay safe. have a good evening. good night. you've had this snack. within a snack within a snack? three levels of snack time at the same time. reese's snack mix is pretzels, nuts, reese's pieces and reese's peanut butter cups. snacka-snacka-what? hershey's and reese's snack mix. snacks on snacks on snacks. welcome to "wheel" around the world. man: [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ wheel... of... fortune! ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars