fields then appointed a second public defender so he now has a lawyer. no bond set. back in court sometime before august 25th. with that we bring in ed davis. former boston police commissioner and fox news contributor tore. nice to see you as always. where does the investigation go from here? the reason they arrested fields is they saw him driving that car that crashed into all those people. that s the state charges. then we have the federal investigation for hate crimes. right. a little confusion about why they would charge with second degree murder in a case like this. we haven t heard from the prosecutors yet. i m sure we ll get clarification on that. the most important part of this investigation right now is what the f.b.i. is doing. they are searching all of his all the witnesses to begin with. and then they are speaking to all of his acquaintances. they are looking at his cell phone, any computer equipment
truly incredible. why now after the invasion of the ukraine, this is when he waits to do something because of an alleged hack of the dnc? he s made a laughingstock out of the white house. let s talk about what president-elect donald trump should do now in the aftermath of this when he assumes office on the 20th. because still some decisions will have to be made, sanctions and further sanctions aren t off the table. that is something certainly that he could impose because we don t want russia making a fool of the united states or trying to interfere in our u.s. presidential elections. correct. absolutely. but we have to be very cautious. i think the approach president-elect trump has taken is the correct one. let me see all of the evidence and once i m actually installed as the commander in chief, i can take measures. i ve read the unclassified fbi there s a joint fbi-dhs report on the attack, the
it comes as the fbi department of homeland security and national counter-terrorism center warn about the height ened threat of homegrown terror attacks from isis sympathizers. it also is the holy muslim holiday of ramadan and a top leader of isis is urging followers to make it a month of calamity for the infidels. there there be a advise i will increase in security in the nation s capital which is preparing for fourth of july events on the national mall and final prepz are underway in new york city for the annual fireworks show on the east river. special forces style units will be ready to go within minutes if needed. the nypd s chief of counter tafism gave savannah guj are i a behind the scenes look at the city s security preparations. ifrz officers will do everything to keep the city safe. we re seeing the security that can make people feel better but can also make them feel more afraid. what is your message for people? we want to assure them they can come and enjoy the fireworks
and celebrate the country and be secure and confident in the police department and the other agency that s are going to police this event. officials though also stressing they are not aware of the specific or credible threat at this time. joining us now, former assistant special agent in charge of the joint fbi/nypd terrorism task force and nbc contributor, good to see you. we ve seen the warnings since 9/11. feels like we had several of those s this more serious than the other ones we received? this one seems to be ramped up a notch. you have several factors kind of all coming into play this week. number one, fourth of july. it s a uniquely american holiday. it stands for freedom and diversity and inclusion and all the things that isis hates. they would love to attack us on our holiday. you also have the month of ramadan which there is always an uptick in this chatter this call to arms for somebody to reach out and do something. so you got these things
infrastructure. egypt is fighting a insurgency for two years. the egyptian president ran on a campaign of security and stain built. and two years into it, the country is see seeing the worst wave of terrorism in the modern history. they have the top prosecutor killed in a car attack earlier this week and this account yesterday of 60 soldiers being killed. he is under a tremendous amount of pressure. the flip side is human rights organizations saying the egyptian government is overreaching with dissent and human rights and freedom. it s worse on both sides. thank you. still ahead on morning joe, david axelrod and chris matthews join the conversation. plus heightened alert across the country for the holiday weekend. we re joined by a special agent in charge of joint fbi/nypd terrorism task force. but first, bill karins with a check on the july 4th forecast. it s looking fantastic for so many people for your fireworks