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Highly coordinated this was. not just in the days surrounding january 6th. we have seen charges from oath keepers about that. this went beyond january 6th, up until joe biden was inaugurated. efforts, thousands of dollars spent on ammunition and guns after january 6th if not to go to war, then for what? >> you know, phil, you have been an investigator before. you have been in the trenches here. whats the evidence that jumps out at you? what is the evidence that you think the fbi looked at and sa...

Imagine that this person is getting more emotionally stable as negotiations continue. i am actually losing hope that this person will do the right thing. im not saying people will get hurt. this person is getting more and more likely to release three other persons soon. >> you think more likely they are released or not? >> more likely the feds start to say, we have to take a different tact because this has been going on too long. >> which is what? how do you decide to go in. >> potentially sendi...

Hear what was happening. its just absolutely terrifying and i suppose the hostage taker may have known that. we just dont know, i guess. >> i wouldnt know, but as an analyst, i have to go back to my old seat. to me, thats another important piece of information. partly because you want to know the emotional state, who is that individual. if one of them knew them, presumably the feds already know who the person is. that can open up a conversation with family members, who that person trusts. from a...

Fbi senior intelligence adviser phil mudd and co-anchor of "early start" and attorney at law, laura jarrett. of all the things the oath keepers are said to have done and planned, what jumps out at you at this plot? >> where we go looking forward. if you look at the complexity theyre talking about, the number of people before, the kind of military sort of process they were undergoing to think about an insurrection. instead of saying what happened before january 6th, i look at this as someone who ...

Wine, but the president was at his home over the course of the afternoon as the situation has been unfolding. while he is away, he has all of the capabilities and technologies to be able to communicate with his team back here in washington as the white house is waiting to learn more information about this synagogue and hostage situation. now, so far, the white house has been referring questions regarding the situation to law enforcement who is operating down on the scene in texas. but at this mo...

Their time local time, so its been dragging on and you know the fbi has to be and the local police have to be ready to take other action if they detect something is amiss. right? if he changes his tone, then they also have to be ready to take other action. so as long as he is talking and pointed out the release of this hostage about two hours ago was a big, big hopeful sign. because it indicated that they could have some rapport and trust. as long as that is going on, they have to be ready, thou...

Person who has tried to do what youre saying a few moments ago. build bridges in the community. reach out to other faiths. build an interfaith community that surrounds the synagogue and were going to come back to you just as soon as you have new information just as soon as you hear something new. i just want to go to phil. phil, the governor of texas, greg abbott, just tweeted. well put this up on the screen. the texas department of public safety is on the scene of the tense hostage situation in...

Ceresurgence of isis was a real debacle from afghanistan. do you think what happened last night has anything to do with that? >> i dont think it does. people should be happy as they should be but look in context and that includes afghanistan, that includes africa, places like nigeria, somalia, that includes yemen. isis and al qaeda are adversaries for 20 plus years on their way back. im not saying theyre surging, im not saying theyre nearly where they were in 2014, what im saying is you need the...

That without an invasion. >> phil mudd, i love you but im mad at you because i just noticed youre in miami. >> its my hometown. >> its warm. >> i know. whoopi goldbergs comments about the holocaust is sparking a conversation about whether to cancel or counsel. which one should you do or should we do? john mcwhorter has a lot to say about that. he joins me next.

Theres a domestic agenda. remember, putins popularity ratings are routinely high but they were even higher after the invasion of crimea. people in every country like to see their leader look tough. what happens if the russians moves into ukraine and that video pops up? we may not be persuaded but somebody in moscow who says i like tough putin looks at that video and says we have to move in. look what they did to us. i think the propaganda value for putin is strong inside russia. im not sure anyb...