fbi always gets involved initially. as i said before, if he's using -- if the perpetrator here is using a phone or another instrumentality or facility of interstate commerce in furtherance of his crime that makes it federal kidnapping. for example, if he's using the phone to convey a demand at this lady al qaeda be released, that will get you federal kidnapping. even though there is no domestic terrorism statute, because of federal definition of domestic terrorism that would include basically coercing the united states to release lady al qaeda from custody so there are all kinds of ways the federal government can be involved. jon: what about a weapon? we been told is on, he claims he's armed but we haven't confirmed that there is a weapon involved. if there is no weapon involved, is it still kidnapping? >> yes, the kidnapping doesn't require a weapon, it just requires the person being kidnapped not be there voluntarily. the punishment for kidnapping is so high that you don't need to worry about the element of whether or

is not in the hands of the fbi or local police? >> my guess it's in evolving situation, i'm not sure who is communicating directly, whether they are directly communicating at all right now so i don't think i can answer that. jon: bigger picture, it's a sad time in this country when houses of worship, synagogues and churches have to be worried and very often armed security patrolling at religious services. >> we've been through this in texas before, we had a mass shooting. it's always encouraged if you can have law enforcement, at least people with the ability to fight back if something like this occurs. churches should be repaired because this is not a one-time situation, it's happened numerous times in texas and we lost lots of lives in cases just like this. jon: we are looking at some of the video of some of the responding vehicles, the s.w.a.t. team is providing. they are staying quite a ways away, you don't want to provoke the sky into doing something stupid and potentially fatal. you want to use phones and try to negotiate bes

as to how many fbi agents were present at the capitol on january 6th. the public needs to have its trust restored and that requires transparency, but that may require even more drastic measures taken by the right person in the white house to say that i actually sometimes when an institution has outlived its purpose we need to create a new one to take its place. i think we are at that moment to have a conversation about the fbi today, and i think that will take its place. and the idea is that community activist in their and social workers, not that there's not room for some extra voices but, that's what we need to do. and are we ready to take those steps? you ask a lot of great questions. >> vivek: let's have a conversation. thank you, yeah. >> emily: and i think the questions americans have for that fbi leadership, those of the topics that eclipse that amazing work. in the realm of sex trafficking and child kidnapping and traffic agents like eddie fryer who have made history and done so much good, globally, truly, from their work with the fbi. but situa

fbi investigators was were in contact. the other hostages ran from the synagogue and fbi armored vehicle got up to the building, there was a loud boom and brief gunfire. all hostages were safe and unhurt. the hostage taker was dead. >> like many hostage situations, those -- the relationship between the negotiators and the hostage taker kind of had flowed and got intense but these negotiators i'm telling you, i'm so proud of them, unbelievable work. >> president biden released a statement saying in part let me be clear to anyone who attends to spread hate, we will stand against anti-semitism and against the rise of extremism in this country. israeli prime minister netalib bennett put a tweet, i want to thank the law enforcement agencies for their swift reand craigous action that brought the hostages home safely to their loved ones and he also condemned anti-semitism. the fbi knows the identity of the man who took the hostages but they are not releasing it. they are still doing follow-up investigation trying to find out exac

and in the morning transition to dallas fbi s.w.a.t. team and hostage fbi s.w.a.t. team holding perimeter as chief miller said, fbi hostage rescue team are considered one of the jewels of the organization and mission is to conduct deliver house rescues whenever necessary and in this case, we had a necessity for that. and they were successful. very proud of them. i'm also extremely prods proud of the team and negotiators fbi agent and local police officers who woked all day long engaging subject and likely saved lives of the subjects just through their engagement it is very likely this situation would have ended very badly early on in the day and had we not had professional con sis tangt negotiation with the subject. i do not have any information right now that indicates that this is part of any kind of ongoing threat. we, obviously, have investigating we'll continue to investigate this -- hostage taker and continue to investigate his contacts and our investigation will have global reach. we have been in contact already with multiple fbi legals to include tel-aviv an

this is a new fbi statement on that texas synagogue, "all of us at the fbi are relieved that a hostage situation in texas was resolved without physical. this is a terrorist related matter." i cover this last night and they were actually in the middle of doing this news conference. so i heard that they said that this was not an attack on the jewish community, yet in the facebook live stream anyone watching and it went on for quite some time, he was asking for the relief of the pakistani neuroscientist who was suspected of having al qaeda ties. what do you take of this that now going back on what they originally said? >> look, it makes you wonder what in god's name is going on with the fbi. when the fbi made that statement that this wasn't anti-semitic, for god sake, what were they looking at? i mean, the whole world saw this clearly a synagogue. it was in a mosque, it was in a local mcdonald's to take hostages. he could have found hostages anywhere. that was his goal. but he went to a synagogue on the sabbath well services were going on. so, the fbi positioned -- which by the way contra

point-blank whether the fbi was involved. >> how many fbi agent for confidential informants actuall participated in the events of january 6? >> sir, i'm sure you can appreciate i can't go into the specifics of sources and methods . >> did any fbi agent agents for confidential informants actuall participate in the events of january 6, yes or no? >> i can't answer that. >> did any aphid ui agent or informants, crimes of violence on generator six? >> i can't into that, sir. >> did any fbi agent or fbi informant actively encourage an incite crimes of violence a on january 6? >> sir, i can't answer that. >> do you hear that? he asked, did any fbi agents or confidential informants, crimes of violence on generator six, that's what he asked in the obvious answer is are you kidding? of course the fbi isn't secretl committing crimes of violence, that's insane, where a federal law enforcement agency. next question, please. that's what she should have said , but that's not what, she said. instead she replied i can't answer that great of course jules sanborn can answer that and she should be for

new fbi, the old fbi responding to the scenarios and the negotiators and the hostage rescue capabilities and the evidence processing afterwards, versus sort of the d.o.j. bent towards right wing domestic terrorists, which seems to be where they are spring loaded to go these days. ignore the left wing domestic terrorists, international terrorism is not as much of a problem as it used to be, let's focus only on right wing domestic terrorism, and i hate to think the fbi is buffetted by the d.o.j., the agent work hard on the ground to get the good result and tainted by that. >> sandra: you are giving a lot of credit to the h.r.t., the rescue team, did a good job in this case. but you go on chris, i'll ask you the last question. why the building was assaulted and the subject killed when the hostages had already run out the back door into the arms of several h.r.t. operators. have you gotten answers to that? >> i have not. the rabbi mentioned he had thrown a chair, he saw his, sees seized the moment, threw the chair at akram and they ran out the door quickly. it could have been the h.r.t. deci

fbi, and cia. you name it and that very much eenks the way that they're wig to talk about things like motive in a case like this. you can play games with never really knowing the motive. that's what the media often does. when the federal government does it, pete, that's when people need to be concerned. >> pete: great point. you know, you look at this attack and it happened. the initial denial or at least unwillingness to recognize that it happened on a holliday at synagogue and trying to blame someone anti-semite and called lady al-qaeda. there is an unwillingness to do it. a lot of the jewish guests we had on "fox & friends" with initial reaction initially said when you are looking at the rise of anti-semitism in america which is on the rise, a lot of it is -- not that it's encouraged but it's not helpful when leaders and members of congress are willing to use the same type of anti-semitic language as some others do. what kind of problem does the democrat party have right now with the way that th

so the fbi has to take that into consideration. but some -- what they're doing is they're dealing with a psychological profile, arthel. so when i say that, they know that he loves his family because he's spoken about his family. they know that he loves his children, because he's spoken about his children. so there is that possibility while they may not let him speak to the sister, that they may let him speak to one of the family members who he loves to see about bringing this to a peaceful solution. arthel: that's right. the brother in houston, who's an architect according to the report. and, again, his children, as you said. they have already, you know, they don't have access to one family member who is incarcerated right now, lady al-qaeda. so then you also have this guy who can, you know, as we've been talking, this guy can walk away from this situation. he may not go home today, but he can walk out of this situation alive. and maybe they -- and that's what negotiators are hoping for, to leapt this guy know that that's what we w

first the fbi identifies the suspect from yesterday's hostage standoff at a texas synagogue. investigators say 44-year-old british citizen trend eight held the rabbi and three others against their will for hours yesterday in the synagogue in colleyville texas as he called for convict known as lady al-qaeda to be released from a nearby prison. president biden is condemning the incident as an act of terror. the stand offended last night when a team of fbi hostage rescuers stormed the synagogue and led the hostages to freedom very policing the suspect is dead and none of the hostages were hurt. former homeland security advisor charles marino is standing by with his insight with fox team coverage mike pilgrim with more the fbi since the suspect wanted the u.s. to release first outside the synagogue in texas. >> the fbi has been incited around the synagogue all day long processing the scene, the evidence and we saw them on top of the roof a short time ago but a little while ago they came out with important information they believe strongly the suspect acted alone and it's not part

for the fbi. thank you for joining us. i have a couple questions for you. it seems we have not identified yet the hostage taker. i don't how many hours it has been since we have taken into custody. but do you think that is the right amount of time? should we know by now? is there a reason why we don't know yet? >> it's hard to say, rachel, i'm a little surprised of not release his identity yet. once you release the person's identity a lot of people start calling. one of the things you want to know is what did he do before he went into the synagogue? people might see on television his face and call from a local restaurant or whatever and have things to offer. i'm a little surprise on the other hand is still relatively early in the investigation. maybe they decided for a number of reasons i like to wait until later today or later this morning or something like that. but the sooner people know who he is and see his face and know his name, the more people will start calling and it will save a lot of t

is going on with the fbi. you know, when the fbi made that statement, that this wasn't anti-semitic for god's sake. what were they looking at? i mean, the whole world saw this clearly, a synagogue. >> we're also learning more of the fbi's statements were ill-advised. they said there was no indication anyone but the suspect was involved. fox news learned that two teens were arrested in england last night in connection with this. so far there's not been any statements from the just it's the department, from the attorney general on this incident despite merrick garland saying that he wanted to make anti-semitism one of his biggest priorities when he assumed his post. >> thanks. i want to get to the fbi's initial statement in just a moment but first, could this have been prevented? was the suspect on the radar. first, i want to bring in danny pollson. so many times we see that near in the grasp of law enforcement and for some reason got out. have you had enough time to see if that could be the case here? >> actual

friday the fbi revealed that answer is yes. the new information was released and what the fbi calls the final investigative update on the gabby bertino case. the statement reads, investigators found human remains confirmed to be brian laundrie along with a backpack, notebook the notebook had written statements like claiming responsibility of her death. the fbi revealed there were several messages identified between laundries and petito's cell phone and the timing of the messages shows laundries was attempting to visit law enforcement by giving the impression that gabby was still alive. attorneys for both family sample work on their property. the petito's tell fox while this wraps up the criminal part of the case, it's not the conclusion for them. at the fbi field office in tampa florida, laura ingle, fox news. >> coming up, a man fights off a bear to defend his family and it's all on video. explains how it all went down, next. ♪♪ a bit of history from woman is now the uss constitution. for the first time in the ships to 24

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epps an agent of the fbi, informant of the fbi? she stonewalled, refused to answer. we know the fbi put them out on the list of people we wanted information about and immediately disappeared. i need to be transparency and n administration needs to fess up in a politicized law enforcement did they actively encourage and solicit illegal -- >> sean: that doesn't reveal sources and methods. with all that videotaped evidence that you mentioned there, that would be somebody that would be a leader and agitator in something that can never happen again. just like the riots in the number of 2020 and can happen again. i like to see that. why can't they just definitively say absolutely not and that wouldn't be a person of interest, they originally did say that. why did they back off that? >> they should be able to say that. law enforcement all the time has undercover officers. that's not unusual. what is unusual, what is illegal, is where those undercover officers to actively incite illegal conduct. if you and i go out to dinner and i'm undercover against you, that's fine. i can

the set of texas synagogue 44-year-old british citizen was killed by law enforcement last night when fbi rescue team stormed the synagogue and let the hostages to freedom. hello everyone welcome to fox news live. hi erica. >> hello everyone thank you for joining us i am eric shawn. investigators say that suspect told the rabbi and three others for hours yesterday at the congregation beth israel that's in fort worth suburb of colleyville it called for a convict a convicted radical islamic terrorist who is vowed to kill americans she's known as lady al qaeda to be released from a nearby prison. president biden called that stand off an act of terror investigators now trying to figure out if the suspect was inspired by the global campaign from some to try to free here among some americans who support that and whether he had any help. arthel: we have fox team coverage mike tobin is with more on the convict known as lady al qaeda who may have inspired this. first spring is outside the synagogue in colleyville, texas, dan. brooks arthel we are learning more about the suspect we are learning the

the fbi has been made political by many politicians. this was an example of an agent trying not to be political and being maxed driven. >> pass there, it sparked immediate condemnation for people who said, listen, from what you told us about the suspect and location and the people he is holding, it sounds like we know exactly why this man, he didn't stumble upon this synagogue. he chose that. we have to be aware of their pricing crisis of anti-semitism. >> that's exactly right, shannon this reason he passed but presbyterian and baptist churches on every street corner in dallas and chose a jewish synagogue. it's evident he was tied to radical islam, which has its goal to annihilate israel and exterminate the jewish people from the face of the earth. it's important to note that anti-semitism is not just confined to radical islam. it transcends it. you see is expressed in many different ways. in nazi germany in the 30s and 40s and in charlottesville a few years ago and in colleyville this last saturday. those of us were christians understa

he was on the fbi most wanted list and now he's not. attorney general refused to answer the question. known as answer the question. it's not a conspiracy theory, it's a legitimate question. why want to answer it and what is the answer? there are multiple like this but we are going to leave you with one other example. this man has been dubbed by internet sleuths as the scaffold commander. he was shot from a variety of different angles on videotape on the january 6th appearing to give orders to the crowd from an elevated position. there's really no doubt, if you watch the tapes and they are all available online if you're interested, that this guy was coordinating the movement of the crowd toward and into the united states capitol. he was caught directly on camera, the facial recognition software out there, probably not too hard to find out who this guy is. if fbi agents can fly to alaska and hassle old ladies on social security because they were present, they can probably find this guy. and yet as far as we know, this guy who clearly has

, but there's no question fbi's assisting. they're on site helping with this association -- negotiation, but right now local authorityies are in charge9 and the fbi's in a support role. as you know, that can change quickly. >> all right, lucas. thank you very much and thanks for all the information. please let us know if you find anything else out. >> reporter: sure will. [laughter] >> continuing coverage of the hostage situation at the texas synagogue next. pastor robert jeff rest is robert jeff rest is going to talk about threats to religion. ) how do your clients know that? (naj) because as a fiduciary, it's our responsibility to always put clients first. (other money manager) so you do it because you have to? (naj) no, we do it because it's the right thing to do. we help clients enjoy a comfortable retirement. (other money manager) sounds like a big responsibility. (naj) one that we don't take lightly. it's why our fees are structured so we do better when our clients do better. fisher investments is clearly different. hele

the only problem is ray epps is observed to the fbi on a silver platter. the fbi included him as one of the 20 most wanted people. they said please help us identify him. the internet identified him like two days later and the fbi has done nothing. and so it's really, i am at a loss for an innocent explanation for these discrepancies. >> tucker: can you imagine why someone like liz cheney but let's be honest, virtually every republican leader in congress has ignored this. why would they not want to get to the bottom of such an obvious and important question? >> well, because what the evidence suggests is arguably one of the biggest scandals in american history. left alone, january 6th is a big nothing burger but if it turns out that some of the key instigators in the key figures who played a role in turning this from a rally into a riot are actually informants of the government or even agents of the government, this is extremely damning to the elements of the government and it is completely destroyed it's a false narrative they are trying to engineer on the

judge jeanine: let's bring in former fbi deputy assistant director danny colson. thank you for being with us tonight. first of all, you created a whole hostage unit within the fbi. you created it and commanded it. let's go through some of the psychology of what we are experiencing and what's going on with the players. this is a situation that can be very explosive, it's volatile. but we have one hostage release. what does that tell you? >> we have to look at the history of these guys. one of their techniques is to take hostages. act like they are negotiating. they do that to delay. and while they delay oftentimes they will prepare for carnage. they want to be in a position to kill as many people as possible. they have to set it up. they are equally as familiar with how to do these things as i am. more, probably. i don't want this guy to become a martyr. it has to be between the commander's choice and the negotiators to decide are we going to get these guys out? or do we have to go in and get them out. these agents know. they make the wrong choice here, they will b

that they could have said the fbi did nothing illegal, th fbi did nothing unethical, the fbi would never encourage any type of violence or participate in such, that would be a broad sweeping generalization without giving out any sources, methods or evidence whatsoever. why couldn't there be a blanket denial that that's not who we are, that's not how we act. >> there should have been, and if they were doing their jobs, that's what they would have said , but unfortunately under joe biden we have seen an incredibly partisan department of justice. and both the department of justice and the fbi have an arrogance that they are not accountable to anyone, they can stonewall so it should be very easy for the fbi to say no, no federal agents participated in violent crimes. no, no federal agents actively incited, encourage others, two, violent crimes. if they were doing their jobs, those would be very easy questions to answer. they refused to answer those an there is an element of arrogance , but we have to watch this in light of the last five years where we know the department of justice and the f

for the fbi. that is not conclusive but the attorney general and thehe department of justice won't answer the question. i joined with a number of other senators trying biden in the doj to answer, where so many prisoners in solitaryy confinement, why are they being treated so much worse than the antifa rioters and the people who commit of firebombing and a year of riots across the country in this biden doj won't go after them. let me also make a quick point, while thousands of people were standing up to defend this country on january 6th, at that exact moment i was standing on the senate floor objecting to the election results, demanding that we impanel election committee to examine evidence of voter fraud and i brought 11 senators to join me in supporting getting to the bottom of that.el so of course, it would be ridiculous for me to be saying that the people standing up protesting to follow the law are somehow terrorists.at i was talking about people who commit violence against cops. and you and

we're supposed to support the fbi. we're supposed to just forget all the things the fbi has done to americans over the years. it would be the same fbi agents that would be arresting and prosecuting participants in the boston tea party, because that was sadicious, supposedly. there's already an actual security division in the department of justice. and they are supposed to be able to prosecute these kinds of cases. so why carve out a special unit that you would then staff with hand-picked prosecutors, hand picked who are going to tow the line that they're told to tow. like i say, this is just a slippery slope that's gonna harm a lot of people. >> tucker: scary as hell. >> it really is. >> tucker: i appreciate it. >> thanks for having me, tucker. >> tucker: what are the chances that between now and the midter elections the biden administration will announce they've uncovered a massive ands terrifying threat from the right to commit terror? right around 100%. well, we told you a lot and interviewed a couple times retired

on friday the fbi revealed that answer is yes. this new information was released with the fbi called its final investigative update on the gabrielle petito case for the statement reads in part, investigators found human remains, later confirmed to beat mr. laundrie along with a backpack, notebook and a revolver. a review of the notebook revealed written statements by mr. laundrie claiming responsibility for mrs. petito death for the fa also revealing there were several text messages identified between laundrie and petito cell phone after the days of death the time and content of these messages shows laundrie was trying to deceive law enforcement giving the impression that gabby was still alive. of the attorneys for both families will work on dividing gabby and brian's property. the petito tell fox well this wraps up the criminal part of this case, it is not the conclusion for them. at the fbi field office in tampa, florida, laura ingle fox news. arthel: thanks lower the fbi with an update on last saturday's hostage situation at a

i mean, he has been fired from the fbi like you said. what's the real cause for concern is the students who are listening to him because they are going to be entering the halls of congress and joining these federal agencies. when they do if they take what they learned from andrew mccabe with them, things in america are about to get frighteningly worse. >> rachel: yeah. they are definitely normalizing this weaponization of government. buck, really quick, the fbi is now going with this new agency, they are going to reallocate resources. instead of going to the southern border, where we have tons of people coming over our southern border from i don't know how many, you know, 100 different countries, they are going to be using that on american citizens to investigate american citizens, right? >> yeah, look, i used to do counter-terrorism analysis for the cia and then the nypd intelligence division. i can tell you when you assign people to a certain area, certain portfolio, they are going to look long and hard. they are going to find somethin

joining me now is a former head of the fbi's criminal division and former fbi director. this stems from the week after the january 6 anniversary, while the voting rights push is going on, so-called voting rights push. doesn't this all seem a little too cutely timed here? >> it does. it's way too much in sync. i would love to think that doj operates with blinders on in this area. but, you know, by definition, this is targeting u.s. citizens and they really aren't operating with blinders on. this justice department has a track record of going after only right wing extremism and bringing it way too close to mainstream conservatism. my biggest concern as someone with 25 years in this business is this doj plans to weapon wise the domestic terrorism initiative. >> laura: the domestic terror threats always has been to the country, but i want to play something alarming from the former fbi director andrew mccabe. he delivered these remarks recently at the university of chicago. >> this wave of political violence that's really not just confined to the capitol, it's going on at sch

someone should explain this to the fbi. >> and the fbi initially said they didn't expect anyone else to be involved with this. u.k. officers arrested two teens in manchester, england in connection with this. martha? >> martha: thanks, jacqui. so virginia's new governor making good on his promise to give more power to parents and already facing push-back. glen youngkin took office saturday. but notice people are fighting back. they said this. >> martha: let's bring in guy benson, host of the guy benson show and political editor at town hall.com and richard fowler. both are fox news contributors. good to have you with us today. so the reaction to that -- i want to go to this first. this is glen youngin on the arlington county tweet. let's take a look at this. >> we wrote the order specifically to give all of the school systems basically eight days to get ready, to listen to parents. the fact that that tweet came out from arlington county within minutes of my executive order, what that tells me they haven't listened to parents yet. >> martha: he says they have not listened to parents. o

>> i can't answer that, sir. >> did any fbi agents or f.b.i. informants actively encourage and incite crimes of violence on january 6? >> i can't answer that. >> tucker: did you hear that? did any confidential informants commit crimes of violence on january 6? that's what he asked and the obvious answer is, are you kidding, come on, now, of course, f.b.i. isn't secretly committing crimes of violence. that's insane. or a federal law enforcement agency, next question, please. that's what jill should have said. but that's not what she said. she replied, "i can't answer that." of course jill can answer that and she should be forced to answer that immediately. no sources or methods, just answer the question. did they participate in violence or not? why is that hard? tells you a lot. at another point senator tom cotton of arkansas asked the assistant attorney general aboutens, man you've seen in multiple videos encouraging the vowed to storm the capitol but somehow has never been charged himself. here's the exchange. >> it gets back to what i meant e

talking about the rabbi, he credits the fbi. the fbi came in a period of time i go into the synagogue to show them about live shooter training and the rabbis said he encourages others in similar situations to get the same stuff. he's in the last hour when they were taken hostage, the gunman was increasingly getting belligerent and said without the instruction, they would not have been prepared to act and run in this situation presented itself. the situation presented itself when the fbi's elite hostage rescue team came in and saved the day. now, that's great. but initially -- this was a head scratching. initially, the fbi said that this guy was not targeting the jewish people. you know what? the fbi says it was a terrorism related matter, which is the way a former new york state democratic assembly man says it should have been seen in the first place. >> anti-semitism unfortunately is alive and growing. for the fbi to do what it did, they need to explain this to the american people. they need to explain this to the jewish commun

the attorney general and we had a rundown, overwhelming cooperation with the local authorities and fbi and they did one hell of a job. that was an act of terror. mike: president biden moments ago addressing the texas synagogue standoff saturday that ended with hostage taker dead and all the hostages rescued alive. a 44-year-old british citizen malik faisal akram identified as the hostage taker. mike tobin in chicago and dan springer on the ground in colleyville, texas. dan, let's start with you, good afternoon. >> the fbi released the name of the man who terrorized this synagogue behind me for 11 hours during this ordeal yesterday. he was as you said malik faisal akram, 44, citizen of england who according to president biden just arrived in the u.s. within the last couple of weeks and he bought a gun on the streets, he may have actually spent his first night in the u.s. in a homeless shelter. he used the gun that he bought on the street to disrupt the shabbat service yesterday at the congregation that israel synagogue here in colleyville, texas a suburb of dallas, fort worth, he took f

. >> after swift criticism for what seemed like downplaying antisemitism in the attack, the fbi put out a new statement. this is a terrorism-related matter in which the jewish community was targeted and is being investigated by the joint terrorism task force. others are calling for a wider investigation, over concern there could be copycats. >> the fbi has fanned their investigation out to london and tel aviv, this is an international investigation and there is something more here. we haven't seen a radicalized attack in a few years now and it is disturbing to see it raise its ugly head again. >> the family says he suffered mental health issues. it was suggested the suspect illegally because the gun on the street. >> griff: lauren, thank you. this morning, former assemblyman tearing into the incident sglchlts what in god's name is going on with the fbi? the entire jewish world was affected by this, the synagogue, the fear in the jewish community today in general with regard to the incidents of antisemitism, unprecedented numbers we've never seen in the history of this country. jew hatre

he was on the fbi website. now he is gone. hasn't been charged with anything. why is that. no one in congress seems to care even conservative republican senators. what are they busy doing? repeating the talking points that merrick garland wrote for them. here's one example. >> we are approaching a solemn anniversary this week. anniversary of a violence terrorists on the capitol. we saw the men and women of law enforcement demonstrate incredible courage and bravery, risk their lives to defend the men and women who serve in this capitol. >> tucker: everyone who is conservative appreciates ted cruz. he is smart. maybe the most articulate person in the congress. he doesn't use a single word by accident. he is a lawyer. he described january 6th as a violent terrorists attack. it was not. it was not an insurrection. was it a riot? yes. why are you telling us it was, ted cruz? why are none of your republican friends saying anything? what is the hell is going on here you? are making me think maybe the republican party is as worthless as we suspected it. that can't be true. reassure

the fbi arrested hundreds. they investigated thousands. they did not find a complete conspiracy for insurrection or rebellion. they didn't find anything. what they found was a protest that had become a riot. that is also what the american filmic the american people see. the vast majority of citizens, when they were given the choice of calling this and insurrection or a protest gone awry, they chose the latter because they all watched it unfold. >> laura: now "the hill" is reporting a handful of democrats, scholars and pro-democracy advocates greatly exploring how a amendment to the constitution might be used to disqualify former president trump from holding office. and then politico, jonathan reported former trump staffers are trying to prevent him from ever being able to run for office. okay, so, these are people lecturing to us about democracy? what? >> right because nothing says democracy by keeping people voting for the people they want to vote for. this is the 14th amendment being abused in a way that i think would shock the people th

the attorney general and we had a rundown, overwhelming cooperation with the local authorities and fbi and they did one hell of a job. that was an act of terror. mike: president biden moments ago addressing the texas synagogue standoff saturday that ended with hostage taker dead and all the hostages rescued alive. a 44-year-old british citizen malik faisal akram identified as

. >> tonight the fbi is declining to comment on republican claims of stonewalling members of congress from information about the agency's and baulkman in school board meetings. merrick garland sent a memo to the fbi back in october we expect -- requesting the agency look and a threat against school board members. christopher brey, house judiciary committee members rate three months since my letters to you on this topic. the fbi still has ignored fundamental questions and refuse to produce any documents about its use of counterterrorism resources at school board meetings. >> this is that we've got. >> he comes up week after senator ron johnson showed fox 259 pages of heavily protected documents sent to him by the secret service related to the travel records the president biden's son hunter. i don't have x-ray vision and i can't read through the black ink it's not just congressional republicans. this week special counsel john durum complained about general might go forward saying that the ig's office is still not handed over all of the relevant fbi information pertinent to his prosecuti

and sean, have a question, i would love to us the fbi. how are we going to expect to keep america-hating, anti-semitic terrorists out of our synagogues when we can't even keep them out of congress? and a lot of this behavior is justified by people who sit in congress today and that is a tragedy. >> sean: that is a big -- the big unanswered question is, as a law requires requires, donald trump date: 20,000 troops and note they were not utilized when the chain of command went to the mayor of d.c. and went to nancy pelosi but that is for another day. you mentioned something that is now true and well documented and that is the rise of anti-semitism around the world. to me, it is getting chilling and frightening, and i'm especially concerned about the biden administration taking its foot off the gas when it comes to pressuring and ron -- i don't like the outcome or the potential outcome. speak of that sort of follows processing before and that americans are now being bullied and duped into thinking that this whole theologically motivated terro

he was on the fbi most wanted list and now he's not. attorney general refused to answer the question. no one has answered the question. it's not a conspiracy theory, it's a legitimate question. why want to answer it and what is the answer? there are multiple like this but we are going to leave you with one other example. this man has been dubbed by internet sleuths as the scaffold commander. he was shot from a variety of different angles on videotape on the january 6th appearing to give orders to the crowd from an elevated position. there's really no doubt, if you watch the tapes and they are all available online, if you're interested, that this guy was coordinating the movement of the

fbi and other negotiators are there trying to get others released. trying to communicate with this man. he says he's upset about the situation involving dr. aafia siddiqui, the woman known as lady al qaeda for her association with and belief in the mission of al qaeda. she is a very well trained neuroscientist, got degrees in the united states, but after 9/11 became radicalized. ended up divorce her husband and marrying the necessityture of khalid sheikh knee ham ed. she is the motivation for this kidnapping apparently. the hostage taker was screaming about her. she is serving an 86-year sentence from where this hostage situation has taken place. >> aafia siddiqui is viewed as a martyr in pakistan and yong. there was a protest in october, people wanting her to be released. calling her a victim of the war and terror. she is 49 years old and apparently a mother as well. she is being held in fort worth. apparently there was an altercation with another inmate that injured her. she is in a medical center right now. we keep mentioning the fact that this ho

the fbi wanted lust and that was removed from that list without being charged. the committee has interviewed mr. epps cup. he informed us he was not employed by or working with or acting at the direction of any law enforcement agency on january 5 or 6 or at any other time and at that he hasn't neve been an informant for the fbi o any other law enforcement agencies. >> that's what he tells the committee they will continue their investigation and mike if you come back we would like to talk about good news. >> as the old micron covid search continues nationwide president biden headed to atlanta tuesday pivoting to a push for voting rights legislation a what you like for now, it doesn't look like the votes are there and progressive are skeptical too. >> this worldwide is not slowin up very much. >> covid cases in this country climbing higher 1.5 million new positive tests monday. a new world record. >> i'm confident were on the right track. a president biden looking for a dual track. >> perfect pivoting from the pandemic to voting rights the right to vote and how th

. >> tonight, the fbi's declining to comment on republican claims of stonewalling members of congress for information about the agency's involvement in school board meetings. attorney general merrick garland sent a memo to the fbi in october, requesting the agency look into threats made against a school members. in a letter to fbi director christopher wray, house judiciary committee members jim jordan and mike johnson write "three months since my letters to you on this topic. the fbi still has ignored fundamental questions, and refuses to produce any document about its use of counterterrorism resources at school board meetings. >> this is what we got. >> it comes a week after senator ron johnson shows fox 259 pages of heavily redacted documents sent to him by the secret service, related to the travel records of president biden's son, hunter. >> i don't have x-ray vision. i can't read through the black ink. >> it's not just congressional republicans. this week, and illegal filing, special counsel john durham complained about inspector general michael horowitz, noting that the ig's offi

he is on the phone's former fbi deputy assistant director. fbi hostage rescue team commander. we want to talk to danny based on what i am reading here. it is a one man he is holding people not sure how many people. it says the angry man could be heard ranting. there is a live stream of this church service here at the synagogue. talking about religion. take it away, what can you glean from the little information we have? >> i'm very familiar with the synagogue. i've actually given lectures there. i commanded the fbi division in dallas i am family with the police department all the tactical units associated with this. it is fortunate did not start out as an active shooter when they start killing people. right now he's venting. so the police commanders that will run this thing are running it now. they've got one advantage there they isolate, contain and it's an emergency rescue. in all the things i just said you have already done it. i feel they certainly will be available there to mitigate any of the violence very. >> of course we all hope for that outcome that you are painting

first the fbi identifies the suspect from yesterday's hostage

but the fbi's conduct prompted scorn from the jewish community ,i would argue rightly so. one jewish leader telling fox news quote, trying to separate from the idea that are targeted on their holy day at their house of worship is i a mistake and it's insulting and disappointing. here with reaction, former arkansas governor mike huckabee along with human rights lawyer brooke goldstein g. ke brooke, i'll. start with you. i know you know a lot about this . bharara iss a former usfo attory for the southern district of new york , probably one of the most prestigious in the countryy. and he prosecuted the this woman sidiki, which is the motivation behind this texas synagogue hostage taker and was quotedmoim as say, you know, that she she was quoted as saying i want to kill as many effing americans as i can and other anti-semitic things and been radicalized after 9/11. so how do you possibly maket that statement with the fbi knowing the facts areas t on the record? ctthis person got eighty six years in jail. yeah, absolutely. shawn, thank you for having met on this issue. i first