unfortunately, a fire engine going by. we can hear you, ron. i thank you, though. i know that it s kind of loud there, but we can definitely hear you reporter: again, a very brief hearing. the judge explained the charges and splapd his rights to him and explained the next hearing for next wednesday there s a few details we learned about that were interesting. it appears the fbi had the help of another gamer who s referred to as user 1 who helped the fbi understand what was going on and track down teixeira. that individual told the fbi that these documents first started appearing around january as text messages and then they became photographs later as the time went by they appeared to be briefing papers or texts of briefings for top military officials the affidavit points to
somewhere. this is absolutely ridiculous. yeah. and i m just thinking if he was able to do it in one server and eventually got caught, because apparently some of the people in that group put it on another group and that started disseminating. i m wondering could there be other areas of the internet, other chats where this kind of stuff is happening and they have not leaking out yet? that s exactly right. i think that i m hopeful that this is an isolated instance, but we can t just be confident about that and so that s why i think it s going to be super important for the counterintelligence folks at the fbi and doj as well as the pentagon to get to the bottom of exactly whether any other documents were leaked and how to mitigate any damage stemming from them, as well as the damage that came out of this initial leak and then of course there s
saving you up to 75% a year. and it s only available to comcast business internet customers. so boost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities™. 29 past the hour the man suspected of being behind the biggest intelligence breach in a decade just made his first court appearance 21-year-old jack teixeira appeared in a federal courtroom in boston just a short time ago. he was charged with possessing classified documents and possessing national defense materials. the airman first class is accused of leaking hundreds of pages of classified military intelligence documents to a group of friends on the social media platform discord, which is popular with male video gamers and gun enthusiasts. the documents sat online for
today. see you back here monday, same time, same place, 10:00 a.m. eastern. until then, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now good morning it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific any minute now attorney general merrick garland is expected to make a major announcement about charges against dozens of mexican drug cartels leaders and members. also the suspect in the biggest leak of military intelligence in decades appeared in court last hour what we re learning about how the suspected leaker got access to the classified documents. and breaking just moments anegotiation the legal battle over the abortion pill headed to the supreme court. and we are live in south florida where officials are assessing millions of dollars in damage from massive flooding after historic 26-inch rainfall. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of the
specifically the war in ukraine between ukraine and russia and documents, for example, describing troop movements on a particular day. so they were able to track him down and make a positive identification just yesterday using a driver s license picture of his in a photo lineup of other driver s licenses and this user 1 made the identification that s when the fbi went out and arrested him in that scene that we saw he appeared in court in a tan jail jumpsuit. there were several family members presenti and some emotional moments when they made eye contact with him they were sitting in the front row and trying to make eye contact at the beginning and end of the hearing he was handcuffed the whole time when it was over, the hand cuffs were put back on him and he was escorted out to another hearing. the next hearing is next wednesday.