Chapter 1: What happened in the Southport, North Carolina shooting incident?
Another mass shooting. I'm Chris DiMeo, Fox News. Gunfire ringing out last night in Southport, North Carolina.
A manhunt is currently underway after a gunman opened fire on a dockside restaurant in Southport, North Carolina. At least three people were killed. This happened around 9.30 at the American Fish Company. That's about 40 miles of the South Carolina border. Police say a boat pulled up to the restaurant, fired multiple shots, and took off. A person of interest is being questioned.
Fox's Marianne Rafferty, the conditions of the injured and a motive are unknown. President Trump is sending troops to Portland, Oregon to tackle what he says are domestic terrorists. Portland Mayor Keith Wilson welcomes federal help, but not this kind. Imagine if the federal government sent instead 100 teachers. or 100 engineers, or 100 addiction specialists.
Police and local leaders also say the troops are not needed. Fox's Madeline Rivera has more on the troop deployment from the White House.
The president making the announcement on Truth Social, saying that he's directed his secretary of war, Pete Hegsa, to send troops to protect Portland at any of their ICE facilities under siege from attack by Antifa and other domestic terrorists.
While there have been protests at the ICE facility in South Portland, the state's Democratic Governor Tina Kotak maintains there is no national security threat in the city. Kotak says they have been provided no information on the reason or purpose of any military mission.
Regardless, state and local officials have already reported seeing armored vehicles and more federal agents in the city, something they dismiss as merely a show of force.
This comes after a string of attacks on ICE agents. Meanwhile, Humberto has become the second Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic so far this season. It could be a threat to Bermuda Tuesday or Wednesday, but is unlikely to be a direct U.S. threat. America's listening to Fox News.
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Chapter 2: What is President Trump's response to the situation in Portland, Oregon?
But tours on Capitol Hill would stop. National Park services would be impacted. Importantly, many non-essential federal workers end up being furloughed. So things at the IRS slow down. Or like TSA workers, they're expected to show up, but they get paid after a shutdown ends. And this ends up causing delays as staff call out during the shutdown.
This time, though, the big shift is that the Office of Management and Budget has told all department heads to prepare for mass layoffs. If there isn't enough funding for certain positions and employees are engaged in programs, projects or activities that are inconsistent with the president's priorities. Jessica Rosenthal, Fox News.
The Carolinas are bracing for a powerful storm.
It will become tropical storm Imelda and then forecast to become a minimal hurricane by the early part of the week. It's going to take from now until Tuesday to get it due east of Jacksonville. So we're a long way from anything here in South Carolina. But the track comes up, stalls, and then goes right out to sea.
Landfall now is looking less and less likely, but we will still have impacts even though the Carolina coast is not in the cone. You can still have impacts outside of the cone. One of those is rainfall. Flood watches will probably go up and there'll be some flash flooding. Winds may gust to Hurricane Force, 74 miles an hour. This is all going to be ironed out in the coming days.
That's Fox Weather's Mike Seidel reporting from Folly Beach, South Carolina. The National Hurricane Center has issued a tropical storm watch for the east coast of Florida. I'm Chris DiMeo and this is Fox News.
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