Topic: Catherine Harridge

Investigators scrutinized a $100,000 wire transfer sent by Stephen Paddock to the Philippines shortly before the shooting. While ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack twice through its news agency, the FBI initially dismissed any international terror links. Paddock's girlfriend, Marilou Danley, was named a person of interest as authorities sought to determine if she had knowledge of his massive weapons accumulation.

Fox News coverage featuring Catherine Harridge and Megan Kelly links the Nice attack to a 2010 edition of Al-Qaeda’s Inspire magazine. The publication, associated with Anwar al-Awlaki, reportedly encouraged using trucks as "mowing machines" for civilian targets. Analysts suggest the "inspired by" narrative serves to indirectly criticize the Obama administration's drone program and counter-terrorism efficacy.

Fox News correspondent Catherine Harridge reports that a government attempt to recruit the "Taliban Five"—detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl—as double agents was a "total failure." The hosts question the source of this intelligence leak and why the story is being released now, noting the men were high-value targets during their 12 years at Guantanamo.