and golsteyn are soldiers in the army. it doesn t have to be a pardon or commutation it. could be. pardons or commutation imply have you guilt have you done something wrong. the president has a commander-in-chief has a lot of latitude under the uniform code of military justice to dismiss a case or change a sentence and from what i understand, that is likely what will happen here shortly. ainsley: for people aren t familiar with these cases, what did each of them do. pete: clint lorance a brand new platoon leader in afghanistan. leading platoon on second day he is charged. previously people have been killed by suicide bombers on motorcycle. three men on motorcycles approach his platoon not with a politic second to decide. brian: they did not stop. pete: they did not stop when told to stop. split second clint lorance orders his men to fire on the motorcycle. he is charged with murder because there is no weapons found on those individuals. later on through forensics they identify at these
of the morning. a texas high school football team is going viral for honoring military and police officers. steve: you can see every player walk down the bleaches carrying the flag in the city. brian: lee greenwood s god bless the u.s.a. you hear that a lot on this show playing in the background. video seen 1 million times online. how great is that. steve: let s wait until the end of the song god bless the u.s.a. brian: there you go. ainsley: god bless the u.s.a. brian: arguably you could say that texas is as patriotic as any state in the union. and tomorrow will be my release of sam houston and the alamo avengers. my fourth history book. i have been working on it for the last two years. hour special on the 17th at 8:00. tomorrow you can actually get this book. and i think, guys, most people know the alamo, almost every american knows the alamo. you don t know what happened before. very few know what happened after and what a titanic
defecating on this sidewalk right here. right there. it s not a good look four austin. it s thought. it s not. just look at the numbers here homelessness growing in homelessness 5 percent from last year. governor greg abbott warning city leaders to straighten things up. but now he is just stepping. in this morning crews will clear away the homeless encampments across town there are a lot of them. the governor says he will not allow to austin to turn into cities like san francisco or l.a. one man i talked to living under the same overpass for three years. he told me, you know what? i m just going to move to another spot because austin is too good to give up. people come from all over the country to come to austin because it s famous. this is a famous place to live on the streets. everybody knows, man, you want to live on the streets go to austin. why. you don t have to buy food. everybody feeds you. they give you money. you can party.
attorney pushing back on that idea in a series of tweets saying this, quote: our legal team offered the g.o.p. direct opportunity to ask written questions of the whistleblower. recent g.o.p. messaging led by president trump has been to highlight original whistleblower and demand disclosure of identity. despite long standing policy to protect whistleblower especially their anonymity, mark zaid says the g.o.p. has sought to expose our client s jeopardy which could jeopardize safety. being a whistleblower is not a partisan job nor impeachment objective that is not our role. we have offered to devin nun anywise, ranking member opportunity for minority to submit through legal team written questions to the whistleblower. questions cannot seek identifying info, regarding which we will not provide or otherwise be inappropriate, we will ensure timelyanswers. we stand ready to cooperate and ensure facts rather than partisanship dictates any process involving the whistleblower there are a lot of
are right and right on the purple heart medal it says the president of the united states. if the white house says i m sorry, if the pentagon says that he can t do it, guess what, he is the president he can and should do it. absolutely, yes. brian: george washington s idea and i think it was a good one the whole purple heart thing. i definitely salute those who serve. guys, thanks so much for joining us. we will see your perspective later on in the week. you got it. brian: 31 minutes before the top of the hour. they came here illegally, so what do we owe them if they are separated at the border? mayor pete thinks we owe them a lot. how about healthcare for free? plus mike huckabee is going to be here live. nfler book. best wide receiver ever jerry ris and veteran and former usc fighter tim kennedy all here on the next hour of fox & friends. as a family, we always fly emirates.