not commenting. the cia s not commenting. the state department confirms someone at its embassy was briefly held, but otherwise we have no further comment at this time. reporter: russia s foreign minister said, quote, such provocative action does not build mutual trust. and they also displayed items they say fogel was carrying, wigs, a knife, dark glasses, envelopes. when we showed eric o neil the pictures in the video, he said the man i.d. d as foegel said this is not spy craft, this is stage craft. i doubt a highly trained cia operative is going to be walking the streets of moscow wearing a really bad blond wig. it looks like a setup to me. reporter: o neil believes the russians likely planted the material for dramatic effect, maybe to stir up anti-american
welcome to around the world. i m suzanne malveaux. i m michael holmes. we begin with rising tensions between the u.s. and russia. why? russian security forces detaining an american diplomat in moscow, accusing him of being a spy. they say they caught him red handed trying to recruit a member of russia s special services. phil black is in moscow for us. first of all, this american, he s been detained. now he s been released. what exactly was he accused of, and do we know where he is? reporter: well, suzanne, this man, ryan fogel, according to the united states, he works in the embassy as the third secretary of their political department. according to the russians, he works for the cia. they say they caught him red handed in an unconvincing blond wig in the process of trying to recruit some of their own or one of their own, russian special services agents.
door. all right, now back up. he s right there. keep going. hi, come on in. i just got to put this in the dryer real quick. okay. just take a seat, i ll put this in the dryer. if i don t, they will get really wrinkled. come on in and take a seat. all right. cogburn wanted a blond and emily isn t naturally blond, so we had to improvise and come up with a blond wig for emily to be seen at the door when cogburn shows up. did you have a hard time getting here? well, the road that i was looking for didn t show up. my fault with the directions. no, i got directions off my computer. why don t you have a seat there and get comfortable. you had a feeling what was going to happen?
card from kardashian from making a splash. the blond wig was $2000 because it is made of real human hair. and those are your head lines this morning. steve: five dollar ones look yust as good? brian: i am not sure. donald trump made the president an offer he could not refuse. has he heard from the white house steve: you are looking live at the outer banks of north carolina. live teem coverage much hurricane sandy continues in moments. you are watching fox and friends , folks. if you ared to evacuate do it now. the last time we saw anything like this was never. was never. [ male announcer ] every day, thousands of people like you, are choosing advil®
hi, come on in. i just got to put this in the dryer real quick. okay. just take a seat, i ll put this in the dryer. if i don t, they will get really wrinkled. come on in and take a seat. all right. cogburn wanted a blond and emily isn t naturally blond, so we had to improvise and come up with a blond wig for emily to be seen at the door when cogburn shows up. did you have a hard time getting here? well, the road that i was looking for didn t show up. my fault with the directions. no, i got directions off my computer. why don t you have a seat there and get comfortable. you had a feeling what was going to happen? sit down, please. i need to talk to you about a couple of things and i think you re going to want to talk about it.