when it has something specific to investigate. it is trying to look at some specific thing. it needs the records for an investigation, not just a general hoovering up of data to look at later. so what the court said is the government doesn t have the legal authority to do this. the court said maybe the nsa does need that legal authority but if so that is up to congress. it said it is not going to put this on hold because it knows congress is debating whether to give the government the authority to collect the data or whether to have the telephone companies collect data and give it to government when requested. if it is given that approval, if congress does allow the nsa to do this then the court said we will get to the second issue which is whether such a program even if it is legal, even if it is authorized by congress is unconstitutional. and i know that you have an update for us regarding this hearing. looking into terrorist recruiting individuals through social media.
is there a double standard at play? it was one of biggest nights in the world of sports. floyd mayweather. from the kentucky derby and the boxing what were you watching? fox & friends begins right now. good morning everyone. look who is here. you must be a conflicted sports fan. what did you watch yesterday? i went to the rangers game yesterday. i get back in trouble back in d.c. when i say i root for the rangers, it was hard to be a caps fan when there are nine fans there. when you are in d.c. 40 50 100 rangers fans there. if you are a caps fan, you get beaten up. welcome to new york. we have much more on the big day in sports a little bit later on the show. first, we want to get to this fox news alert. you see what happened here yesterday in queens city in new york. this police officer, 25-year-old brian moore shot in the head while sitting in his car with his partner, when he noticed an individual carrying something suspicious in his belt buckle and ask
probable cause for gray s arrest. no crime was committed. rice miller nero illegally arrested mr. gray. i m joined by ron allen from baltimore city hall and justin joins me by phone. ron, first to you. tell me the impact of what the state s prosecutor just d. reporter: i think it was stunning. i was on air an hour ago saying this is going to take weeks and months. that s what we re used to investigations going on for a long time and being done secretly. i think back to ferguson michael brown was killed in august. it took months and months before the grand jury indictmented the officers involved. the thorough information the prosecutor revealed to the public, the time line of what each officer did was telling. she signalled things are going to happen differently. she s young, 35 years old. very experienced. she said to young people of this community, we re doing this for you. i m doing this. she said i m part of this which was really telling i think. of course we have to k
the bloodiest places on the planet. their task has been made more difficult and dangerous by all the dates certain and exit strategy talk from washington. but the soldiers, sailor, marines and others here are getting the job done and they can all come home knowing that they ve made this a safer police. arthel, back to you. arthel: indeed. colonel north, thank you very much for that informative report eric: maybe a saturday, but not a quiet weekend for some. we re watching a powerful storm system in the middle of our country. parts of texas and oklahoma, now under a tornado watch. mary molina has the very latest. what are they look out for? we are looking out at widespread area that s dealing with showers and storms, all associated with the strong cold front that had cooler air behind it and that cooler air interacting with the warm air ahead of it is really what s helping fire up the strong
attacks. eric: and live to afghanistan to check in with colonel oliver north. he s on a special training mission. you won t want to miss. that is underway right now. arthel: first, governor romney gearing up his second showdown debate with president obama, just moments ago, the governor wrapping up a spirited campaign rally in the battle ground state of ohio after spending much of the morning preparing for that debate. we have live team coverage of the candidates final sprint to election day. ed henry is traveling with the president in williamsburg, ridge verge. we ll go first to carl cameron who is traveling with mitt romney in lebanon, ohio. hey, carl. hi. a huge crowd here. governor romney wrapped up his event. we re right in the middle of opportunity to debt non, historic part of the community. thousands of people in the street. you can t see him hitting you can see him hitting his stride, seeing polls surge. over the course of today, this is his third event. tod