dana: yeah. hi, bret. bret: welcome, i m bret baier. will he or won t he. we ask west virginia senator joe manchin the question on everyonens mind in a different way. large numbers of social media posters say usama bin laden was actually right. we ll tell you what they are talking about and the fallout from this viral moment over the last 24 hours. and a scathing ethics report spells big trouble for an embattled republican congressman. bret: but, first, breaking tonight, we re being told israel and hamas are working on a deal for the release of dozens of hostages. also this evening, israel says it has recovered a laptop used by hamas terrorists inside that gaza hospital, used as a staging area by the terrorists. it reportedly contains information about the prisoners. and the body of one hostage has been found had inside gaza. correspondent alex who he begann israel. the idf says it found the body of that hostage outside of gaza s largest hospital. she was a woman in
and any ties to alleged collusion to influence the 2016 election. last night things got weird on twitter over this when cohen seemed to tweet about himself saying good for michael cohen and providing critical information to the mueller investigation without a cooperation agreement. no one should question his honesty, voracity or loyalty to his family and country over potus, real donald trump. twitter users pounced quickly. the tweet was taken down followed up by the exact same tweet from cohen s lawyer, lanny davis who tweeted again to explain the confusion saying this, fyi, i wrote a tweet congratulating michael cohen and sent a text to him to tweet to his larger following but was delayed posting myself so he posted first. take a breath. i don t control or have access to mr. cohen s twitter account. he s my client and my friend. then when president trump s lawyer, rudy guliani, was asked about the abc report, he told
broadcasting. we ll have more straight ahead. we begin with that breaking news. also today fears that al qaeda could try to explode explosives hidden inside the bodies of terrorists. the warning comes on the one-year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. reports in america and the middle east have been stepped up as we get new intelligence with hints at potential and future al qaeda threats. german agents found a memory chip in his underwear. first it looked like it was a pornographic movie but what they found was actual operations drawn up some of al qaeda s, drawn up by some of al qaeda s most senior operatives, the plans include hijacking a cruise ship, dressing the passengers in orange jumpsuits to mimic guantanamo bay prisoners. this morning we join commissioner ray kelly. nice to see you. when you hear about threats like this, a consistent drip, drip, drip of what s happening in the world and what could impact us here. how does that change how new york law enfo