Good morning everyone. I am patti ann browne. I am heather childers. Thank you so much for joining us. It is wednesday february 13th. Thank you for watching Fox Friends First. We have a big day today. Obviously we are talking all about the president s state of the Union Address last night as well as two different responses one from the republicans and one from the tea party. Marco rubio one of those to follow the president s speech. Also our other top story breaking news. First time for your 5 5 00. The top five stories making news at this hour. The government now being sued accused of covering up details and being neglect in the shooting of two immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. He was shot dead in 2011 in mexico by members of a drug cartel. His partner victor avila was seriously wounded. They say the guns were smuggled to the u. S. As part of a failed gun operation and the agent should not have been sent on such a dangerous mission. Chuck hagel narrowly cleared his first hurd
In exchange, the u. S. Is sending five senior taliban detainees from Guantanamo Bay to qatar which helped broker this deal. These are some images obtained by wikileaks which match the names released by the u. S. Department of defense. The department of defense would neither confirm nor deny their accuracy. The fact bergdahl was released in exchange for five suspects detained at guantanamo does raise concerns for some. Reporter it really is no surprise that the taliban have wanted to get and have been able to get some of their own Prisoners Released in exchange for Bowe Bergdahl. This has been one of their key demands. Five people being held by the United States in Guantanamo Bay. They wanted them released. Theyve done this with the afghan government. Theyve done it with the pakistan government. Capturing officials, demanding then that their own fighters be released. These five men formerly held in Guantanamo Bay. One was a former interior minister. One was a former Deputy Defense minis