happy saturday. happy saturday. everybody. welcome to morning joe weekend, it was another busy week. crazy week. well, this week, on monday it felt like it should ve been friday. there was a major shake up. it felt like it should ve been thursday. on fox news, president biden officially launching his reelection campaign. we ll get into all of that, plus some of the week s other top stories, take a look. the new york times has new reporting on fox s firing of tucker carlson. two sources tell the times a day before the start of the dominion defamation trial against the network. the fox sport of directors and top executives learned about private messages sent by carlson that had been redacted in legal filings. according to the sources, the redacted material contained highly offensive and crude remarks that went beyond the inflammatory, often racist comments of his primetime show and anything disclosed in the lead up to the trial. well, go ahead. let s dissect what
laptop which might suggest joe biden was actually profiting. live at national park ahead of today s congressional baseball game. play in a big league ballpark. that s something that never gets old. put me in coach i m ready to to play today put me in coach i m ready to play the game. ainsley: 7:05 the congressional baseball game will take place on fox sports 2 also stream on fox nation if you want to watch. brian: slow arriving crowd. steve: 7:05 p.m. brian: isn t traffic terrible in washington, d.c.? what are they waiting for? [laughter] steve: we have somebody who is actually near the stadium. she is posted at a fantastic van daniel point across the street on the top of the hotel. last time i went to the game i stayed in that hotel. carley shimkus joins us right now. carley, the view from that hotel is fantastic. carley: isn t it amazing? look at this. this is national park right behind me. it s been so wonderful being here all morning long. and this
is live look at the prison where palestinian prisoners are expected to be released in about two hours from now as part of israel wants hostage swap with hamas. we give them they give them prisoners, they get back innocent people. meanwhile in israel, officials are preparing preparing for are preparing for the return of 13 hostages. the first of 50 to be released over the next four days. trey yingst is live at the israeli air base where the exchange is set to take place. take it away, tray. trey. good morning, two hours from now that first group of hostages is expected to be released into the hands of the red cross and then they will be flown to this military base in southern israel. they will be evaluated and then ultimately able to call their loved ones. earlier today. they goal to regional medical facilities one of five different hospitals where they will be hospitalized in separate, secluded wards. remember, this first group. consist of 13 people. all women and chi