all of the people and immediate area has been e evacuated fbi is working with this hostage negotiators, whole works for about 11 hours joining us now danny colton former fbi deputy assistant. danny can you hear me? oh, yes i hear you. ashley: so i m going to hand this over to you for your first thoughts before we dive into this. what are your thoughts on greg abbott saying that the hostages weren t hurt and they were released? he s right. that s pretty simple, they were released and it was i heard one of your other guests and a lot of good points. i don t think this was luck. i think it is preparation. i commanded the fbi division here in texas. and commanded the fbi hostage rescue team i m for familiar the way these things go and video respond and police officers and negotiators which is probably a combination of local police and fbi agents just did a really good job. and man, prayer more than luck, but it is a good thing, it is a good day for our community, and i m glad
were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave rachel: good morning at 6:00 a.m. . that was the army band with the star-spangled banner. i am so glad to be here with all of you and griff jenkins and douglas murray who are in for will and. griff:i never looked at the images when fox and friends start the star-spangled banner but there s patriotic dogs. rachel: will is a dog guy, pete is a cat guy and we did a pro-life baby version for me, we ve done it all on this show, great to have you both. i m a little tired this morning. you don t have children, do you? one thing they do is when sleeping they start talking to you. that happened to me last night as i got into rem and i had a hard time getting back to sleep. douglas: at least we are not about to go
trump in the four years. thanks for taking that up to the end of the show. appreciate it. thank you. that does it for me today. deadline: white house, thankfully, starts right now. hi, there, everyone. 4:00 in new york. kicking, claim p xleeming, crying, whining, donald trump and his legal team back dwhoog they do today. seeking to delay, delay, delay, delay justice. today s effort at that in the federal criminal case brought by special counsel jack smith for illegally hoarding classified documents at his private club in mar-a-lago. the disgraced president watching on with no obligation to do so set to convince district judge cannon to dismiss some or all charges against trump. did so through various after neuers. first a motion wiping away the first 32 counts on the theory the main statute used against trump is unconstitutionally vague. the second even more audacious, a motion dismissing the indictment entirely on the grounds of the president s records act comple
victory for every american who believes in that simple but fundamental pillar of our democracy. the rule of law applies to all of us equally, fairly, and justly. that was new york attorney general letitia james speaking friday after the financially devastating civil fraud ruling against donald trump. we ll explain that judgment and what it means for trump s finances. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest fallout following the death of alexei navalny, as russia cracks down on any show of support for the now deceased opposition leader. plus, the israeli government is rejecting any recognition of the potential palestinian state while its forces move forward with an offensive near the city of rafah, the last refuge for palestinians in gaza. we ll go through all of those major developments out of the middle east. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, february 19th. presidents day. i m jonathan lemire along with u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katt
whether president biden will run for reelection on the sunday shows. here s something interesting, west virginia center democrat joe manchin won t too backbite and it yet. are you going to endorse joe biden if he runs for reelection? is a problem with america right now we start an election every time there s a cycle per. he is the leader of your party. the crux of the bottom line is let s see who is involved. meantime marianne williamson is officially running for the democratic nomination. she says it is obvious the dnc is rigging the system for president biden. exit dnc should not be rigging the system for they do not even pretend anymore per they are not even covid about their swaying the primary season they are very overt about it. success of the doing the rigging the system? they even admit that jon jonathan. proxy is also the incumbent so we should make note of that. charlie, going to begin with you. let s go back to center manchin here. he is in a really inter