and the united states. the attack happened sunday, it is now thursday. last hour defense secretary lloyd austin warned of retaliatory strike. this is a dangerous moment in the middle east, we will work to avoid wider conflict, but we will take all necessariac actions to defend the united states, our military and our people and we will decide where we choose and how we choose. kayleigh: tough words. or were they? hello, this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany here with co-host emily compagno. also joining us, tammy bruce, former n.f.l. sideline reporter michele tafoya and chief breaking news correspondent from the west coast, trace gallagher. this morning secretary austin apologized over lack of transparency for his medical emergency for a month. i want to be clear, we did not handle this right, i did not handle this right. i should have told the president about my cancer diagnosis and my team and the american public. i take full responsibility. i apologize to my tea
the fbi relying on unconfirmed data was susceptible to confirmation bias and ignored evidence that did not fit a preconceived narrative. those were the most damning conclusions of the report, into ties between russia and donald trump s 2016 presidential campaign. special prosecutor writing, quote, the fbi s ability to critically analyze information that ran counter to the narrative of a trump russia collusive relationship exhibited crossfire hurricane is extremely troublesome. the former president for his parts of the report proved that the original fbi probe was a charade started by the democrats. and added that there must be a heavy price to pay for putting our country through this. his allies agreed. there needs to be prosecutions. there needs to be accountability. and the fbi has got to be overhauled now top to bottom. it has got to be completely reformed. it cannot go on like this. jonathan: but with no new prosecutions announced in the report and many procedural r
former president trump hello, thank you, it s me, hi, i m the problem. it s me. well, folks, it happened i got indicted or as i spell it, indicated. frankly, it s time i come clean, i broke the law and go quietly to prison. april fool s. saturday night live s cold open and their take on donald trump s legal troubles the former president will be in court tomorrow for a historic arraignment. we ll take you to the time line and also the security concerns outside the manhattan courthouse meanwhile, the indictment has been a big moneymaker for his 2024 campaign, with millions of dollars in donations, and just a matter of days, it comes as a new challenger is getting into the presidential race and calling trump to drop out. good morning, and welcome to morning joe, it is monday, april 3rd. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. congressional investigations reporter for the washington post. jackie alemany atto
outlined, get this, a plan to spy on catholic churches. the memo from the f.b.i. s richmond field office suggested radical catholic ideology could lead to domestic terror. and that the f.b.i. sought to develop sources inside churches to report on any suspicious activity. house judiciary committee chairman jim jordan writing in the subpoena this information is outrageous and only reinforces the committee s need for all f.b.i. material responsive to our request. the documents produced to date show how the f.b.i. sought to enlist catholic houses of worship as potential sources to monitor and report on their parishioners. it s a chilling thought. the memo even drew criticism from the f.b.i. director ray himself. he condemned the memo when asked about it last month. when i first learned of the piece, i was aghast. as you should be. and we took steps immediately to withdraw it and remove it from f.b.i. systems. it does not reflect f.b.i. standards. we do not conduct inve
there and children of friends and there. he treated it as his own little playpen. of course when he stepped down from being vice president, he was paid almost $1 million. tthe biden administration put hs name on that and in return, i suppose his name attracted a lot of chinese money, the amount of money that came in from china to the university after joe biden opened that think tank. quadrupled, almost quadrupled. it went from about 20 million to almost $75 million. so you have to look at quid pro quo there. todd: james comer taking over the oversight committee just launched an investigation into all of this and he is here to tell us all about it hoping to get with lucas tomlinson in washington with all the details, lucas. good morning todd and carley. president biden commenting on the classified documents for the first time publicly on his trip to mexico city. people know i take classified documents and classified information seriously. i was grouped ab briefed abou