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
we are clearing an area. but you really don t defeat the taliban by clearing an area. they move. and so i cannot tell how well it s going. my concern is that it also is resting on the very weak base with the karzai government, the corruption in the karzai government. joining us is a former u.s. army special forces captain and current national guard special forces captain benjamin collins who served three tours in afghanistan. good morning to you. you would know something about the territory over there and one of the things you were discussing in the commercial break is that you re not so sure that anyone should use the word winning right now. it s hard to define. it is. it s very hard and winning would mean that we would actually be able to create metrics and then measure have we met these metrics? are we actually making progress towards a clear, attainable goal and right now, that s something that everybody is struggling to define. what exactly is it going to mean to win in afghan
iran is now suggesting a prisoner swap with the united states after releasing american hiker sarah shourd, iran wants the u.s. now to free eight iranians expected of smuggling weapons technology. iran posing to swap at shourd s fiance and their friend remain in an iranian prison. shane and josh do not deserve to be in prison one day longer than i was. we committed no crime. and we are not spies. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad says they should still stand trial. update now on the health of the lockerbie bomber who you remember was released from prison because of his terminal prostate cancer. well, now, abdelbaset ali al-megrahi can reportedly get out of bed and walk. the information is coming from the father of a lockerbie bombing victim that recently met with al-megrahi at a hospital. he was released last year on compassionate grounds after doctors claimed he only had about three months to live and those are your headlines. just that statement alone, this guy mur
being brought to bear, perhaps even russia. we know air strikes are being conducted by france, russia and the united states on raqqa, syria. so are we seeing that the communication now and the information sharing is now taking place because that s important? but it s important because it s being done on a global level? we may have lost walid for a moment. we will go to benjamin collins, former green beret. thanks for joining us this morning. you ve been following no doubt but as a former green beret and the saint-denis? what do you think of this, intelligence sharing and taking them out for bring them to