america. it is controlled by bytedance which effect tialy controlled by the chinese communist party. 158 we decided to let the kjb buy up the new york times, the washington post, the chicago tribune. abc and nbc all at once. that probablyunder states the stupidity. no company passing interest in its own security would allow this to happen. china has blended the realm of the private sector and the military and total state control and ultimately everything leads back to the control of the chinese communist party. bret: you have a young daughter. i don t think age of tiktok but i have kids that are on tiktok. if you are talking to a parent, knowing what you know, what would you tell them tonight about tiktok on their phones? that s not just about silly dance videos, you are giving the chinese communist party the ability to collect information on the location of your kids on the key strokes of your kids, what web sites they visit even when they re not using the app. directly. com
negotiating with countries that we have shared interest with. this was the deal to get her home. paul whelan s family today has said they are glad we took this deal. that it was this deal or none. they know that the administration is right now trying to get whelan home as well. you heard today brittney griner s family say she is going to keep fighting for that as well upon her return. there are no good choices here, bret. but a good night tonight for brittney griner and her family. bret: yeah. it would be great if brittney griner is an advocate for paul whelan which she may well be after she hits u.s. soil. american detainees in russian not only paul whelan 52-year-old on 16 year sentence. david barnes 65. he is on trial. mark fogle 60 years old, he is serving a 14-year sentence, different situations. but people are pushing for those people to get home as well. here is congressman mike waltz on all of. this dictatorships never works
nationals, just pick up an american, trumped up charges and we will cut a deal with you. going to create more hostage taking. bret: marie, in your old job, you were right in the middle of a lot of this. very tough decisions when you are talking about americans overseas. when viktor bout is captured in 2010 doj puts out this statement. bout was convicted today in 2011 of conspiring to kill u.s. nationals, conspiring to kill u.s. officers and employees, conspiring to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles and provide material support to designated terrorist organization. here is peter doocy at the white house today. while did russia get such a better deal? here were our choices. our choices was brittney or no one at all. bringing home one american or no american at all. how can you say he is going to do everything that he can if he is just said a few days ago is he not going to call vladimir putin until further notice? we were able to do this through, um, through different chan
bout this was after his arrest on 60 minutes. viktor bout, in my eyes is, one of the most dangerous men on the face of the earth. he is a shadow facilitator. he is arming not only designated terrorist groups insurgent groups, but he is also arming very powerful drug trafficking cartels around the globe. this is the lord of war. the merchant of death. right. and you have got him in your hands. right. he is in custody. it s a great feeling. bret: with that let s bring in our panel ben domenech editor-at-large host of the podcast on fox news radio. marie hamp and washington columnist marc thiessen, marc, let me start with you. it s great that brittney griner is back. any time you get an american home it s a good feeling. the merchant of death, not a good feeling now because is he not in u.s. custody. you saw that the administration
infrastructure. including the water supply. transportation, food production, and chemical and industrial plants. u.s. has the technology and knowledge to secure the system has not prioritized the resources to do so. last february, the justice department announced guilty pleas for three men who conspired to attack power grids across the country. called it a domestic terrorism plot related to white supremacist ideology. bret, no suspects in custody as of right now, but i m told when they are caught, they could face charges of domestic terrorism. bret, back to you. bret: david spunt at the justice department. david, thank you. up next, who would lead a contentious republican party into the 2024 campaign after a disappointing midterm season? we ll take a look at the possibilities. and, later, not everyone is on board with boston s new approach to get drug users to stop shooting up.