Bergdahl, a sergeant now under investigation by the army who is accused by his squad of deserting them. Just in the last couple of hours a top democratic lawmaker has now come forward to say not everyone in the administration signed off on this deal. While the outgoing secretary of defense, chuck hagel just admitted on camera tonight that the white house wanted detainees freed from gitmo faster than he was comfortable with. Not everyone at the white house has agreed with me. On what part of this . Probably on the pace of releases. Have you had pressure . Weve had a lot of conversations. With the white house . Yes. And congress. And the press. I dont think it was thoroughly vetted who the five guys were. I think the five guys turn out to be problematic i do know this. A number of key people in the administration were not consulted before the trade was made. Uhhuh. Earlier tonight i spoke with Pentagon Press secretary rear admiral john kirby about the controversy behind this deal. Great
Bo bergdahl, the soldier accused of deserting his squad. A top lawmaker coming forward to say not everyone in the administration signed off on this deal. The outgoing secretary of defense, chuck hagal just admitted tonight the white house wanted detainees freed from gitmo faster than he was comfortable with. Not everyone is agreeing with me. What part, sir . Pace of releases. Have you had pressure . Weve had a lot of conversations. In congress. And in the press. I dont think it was thoroughly vetted who the five guys were. I think the five guys turned out to be problematic and a key number of people in the administration were not consulted when this trade was made. I spoke with admiral john kirby about the controversy about this deal. Great to see you, colonel. Can you assure the American People these five guys dont pose a threat to the United States . Were working closely with the governor of qatar to mitigate any threat to the maximum degree possible. Were aware of reengagement activ
Americans safe . Disputed intelligence, russia and egypt say theres no evidence yet to support claims or theories that the plane was brought down by a bomb. Ill speak with egypts foreign minister who says the u. S. And britain are not sharing their intelligence. And u. S. Troops in sinai, did the growing isis presence in this important region a threat to u. S. Peace keepers, are hundreds of american troops at risk right now . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Horrifying new images of smoking wreckage surface, president obamas now weighing in saying there is a possibility a bomb brought down the Russian Airliner over egypts Sinai Peninsula. The u. S. Is taking that very seriously. The british Prime Minister David Cameron says its, quote, more likely than not a bomb is to blame. That echoes u. S. Officials who say intelligence suggests isis or its affiliates planted a device. They say the specific nature of chatter monitored after the crash drew the
Problem. And our exclusive with senator ted cruz on his controversial call to Police Muslim neighborhoods. We need to be going after where the threat comes from. The threat comes from radicalization. Plus, the war of the wives. The feud between cruz and trump takes a nasty turn. This National Enquirer story is garbage and it has come from Donald Trumps camp. All right now on fox news sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. We begin with the latest on the investigation into those deadly belgium terror attacks. Belgian Police Charged another suspect who is being investigated as the possible third airport attacker. The one in the hat on the right side of your screen. Today well get exclusive reaction from house intelligence chair devin nunes and republican president ial candidate ted cruz. But first, to Fox News Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent greg kalkot live from brussels. Greg . Caller he reporter hello, shannon. It is an emotional Easter Sunday here in brussels. The
To puerto rico one week after Hurricane Maria completely devastated the island, home to 3. 4 million american citizens, puerto rico is facing what its government calls a humanitarian crisis, no part of the island has power. No fresh water for days, this is a critical situation, a life or death situation, and in a desperate situation, every bit of help matters, a group of bipartisan lawmakers says waving the jones act would help speed up the delivery of food, fuel, medicine and Building Materials to puerto rico. But when pressed on this today, the president said hes worried about the shipping industry. In puerto rico, mr. President , why not lift the jones act. We have a lot of shippers and people in the shipping industry that dont want the jones act lefted. So the shippers dont want the law lifted and thats what holding the president back. Here are the facts, there is no cure all, but the president lifted the jones act last month after hurricanes harvey and irma, to help americans on t