Six days for west nile virus recently? i remember reporting that. It is in such context right now. We think it is far away but it is happening in our backyards. Thank you. I would like you to come back later in the show to repeat this information. Thank you. September 10th will be here before we know it. In moments, what both candidates are doing and not doing to prepare. It may surprise you. good day to you. I am alex witt and this is alex witt reports. We begin this hour with breaking news from the middle east. U. S. Military operation in iraq killed at least 16 islamic fighters and six soldiers were injured but none of them were described as lifethreatening. The joint operation with the rocky mac security forces happen in the country s westerni desert. Joining me from rehobeth beach, delaware, gary is here. What is the biden administration saying about this? reporter: at this point, not a lot. We have that statement reporting of the operation, along with the security forces you
Brian u 00 p. M. In the east coast this is february 29th. Leap day. Illinois the third state to kick donald trump off the ballot or try to as the Supreme Court says it will take up his president ial immunity case. Gregg jarrett scrambled here in minutes. Ainsley lawrence is live as trump and biden go to texas. Is bidens trip too little too late . Why is he coming now . He should have been here when it was a real surge, a reeling crisis. Steve yep. Crisis is elsewhere. And with the Migrant Crime under a microscope, Sanctuary City policies come crashing down on liberal politicians like this guy. Youre a liar. You are here to listen. Youre a liar. There will be a time for questions. You are guilty and got blood on your hands. Steve yeah. He wasnt expecting that welcome aboard, folks, this is thursday and its fox friends and starts right now. Remember, mornings are always better with friends on leap day. Ainsley we start with a Fox News Alert. President biden and former President Donald Tr
getting some of our biggest clues yet about the directions special counsel jack smith is taking the politically fraught and complex and unprecedented investigations of an ex president by the justice department. there are major developments in both the january 6 investigation and the probe into the classified documents. we ll get to that in a minute. but we begin with what we know about the sprawling criminal probe into the capitol insurrection and the coup plotted by the ex president and his allies and including those in the administration and in congress. as the new york times reports, jack smith steps us the pace, sorting through a mountain of evidence from the january 6 committee and looking to interview witnesses that did not speak to the congressional panel. from that times report, quote, did former president trump consume detailed information about foreign countries wild in office? how extensively did he seek information about whether voting machines had been tampered
greater interest? as you said, the doj has a strong interest in getting access to these documents right away, because they need to resume their criminal investigation. the federal government, in general, needs to say that they re in danger. spies, intelligence assets, that kind of thing. on the flip side, the court says, donald trump has no possessory interest in these records. what this means, is then the doj right now. they would have to return to the special master, and they were, privileged and a pack in the doj s hands anyway, so now, the doj has a more quickly. hold on to the, stormy grab it. i thought that this was going to be happening with those documents. everyone is going to have a chance to look at them, and obviously a break, and put national security at risk. i thought that is what was going to happen with those documents. that was what was going to happen until we got this ruling. now, the classified documents, a 100 documents out of 11,000 or so, there is
why do the doj have a winning argument? well it came down to who has the greater interest, on one hand doj has a really strong interest in getting access to these documents right away, because they need to resume their criminal investigation, and the federal government in general needs to look at these documents and decide if people are in danger, spies, intelligence assets, that type of thing. on the flipside, the court says donald trump has no possesses or interest in these records. what this means though, that these classified records are now doj right, now the alternative would have been the have to run through the special master first. if they were privileged, they would end up right back in doj hands anyways. so doj now has the more quickly. hold on to, this don t let me grab. i thought what you are, saying don t, mcgraw i thought this was going to be happening with those documents. that everyone was going to have a chance to look at them, right, which was obvio