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Over performed. i think thats given the biden team a lot of renewed confidence and i think it should make the republicans really do some introspective thinking here about their leadership and their message, bret. >> bret: ben, "new york times" writes the turnout by republicans was great. its just that many of them didnt vote for republicans. state after state, turnout data shows that registered republicans turned out at higher rate in some places but they voted for democrats in some places. >> i...

Soldiers of the first armored division of world war ii. great game. only day that i actually choose a military branch over thish go airman, go army. im a west point fan. are. >> go army. >> greg: "special report" up next. hello, he bret. >> bret: greg, i think you and dana should go to the american girl store. >> dana: for comment. >> bret: good evening. im bret baier. breaking tonight. the biden administration has secured the release of american basketball player britney griner from russia but ...

Displble not all city politicians are on board. democrat city counselor michael flaherty is incredulous that passing out crack pipes is the answer to what he calls a humanitarian crisis. >> the people over there, the people that are struggling they need treatment and recovery and they need mental health services. we should not be enabling those poor souls that are down there. >> basically here where the cameras are. >> points out smashed windows and says is he frustrated with a broken system. >>...

Extraordinarily addictive quality and lack of transparency around the algorithm thats why brandon carr has called it digital fentanyl. it is destructive and addictive and increasing the loneliness and isolation leading many of our kids to choose a path of suicide and depression. all parents i would urge them to get their kids off this app. before it is too late. >> bret: im going to have you call my boys later tonight. congressman gallagher, i really appreciate the time. >> thank you. >> bret: s...

>> today my family is whole but as you are all aware there are so many other families who are not. >> this was not a choice of which northern bring home. we brought home trevor reed whether we had a chance earlier this year. sadly, for totally illegitimate reasons russia is treating pauls case different than brittneys. >> the government is behind the rogue nations taking americans hostage. we need to take the next step is when they have someone like paul who they wrongfully deneighbor a country ...

America. it is controlled by bytedance which effect tialy controlled by the chinese communist party. 158 we decided to let the kjb buy up the "new york times," "the washington post," "the chicago tribune." abc and nbc all at once. that probablyunder states the stupidity. no company passing interest in its own security would allow this to happen. china has blended the realm of the private sector and the military and total state control and ultimately everything leads back to the control of the ch...

Negotiating with countries that we have shared interest with. this was the deal to get her home. paul whelans family today has said they are glad we took this deal. that it was this deal or none. they know that the administration is right now trying to get whelan home as well. you heard today brittney griners family say she is going to keep fighting for that as well upon her return. there are no good choices here, bret. but a good night tonight for brittney griner and her family. >> bret: yeah. ...

Nationals, just pick up an american, trumped up charges and we will cut a deal with you. going to create more hostage taking. >> bret: marie, in your old job, you were right in the middle of a lot of this. very tough decisions when you are talking about americans overseas. when viktor bout is captured in 2010 doj puts out this statement. bout was convicted today in 2011 of conspiring to kill u.s. nationals, conspiring to kill u.s. officers and employees, conspiring to acquire and use anti-aircra...

Infrastructure. including the water supply. transportation, food production, and chemical and industrial plants. >> u.s. has the technology and knowledge to secure the system has not prioritized the resources to do so. >> last february, the justice department announced guilty pleas for three men who conspired to attack power grids across the country. called it a domestic terrorism plot related to white supremacist ideology. bret, no suspects in custody as of right now, but im told when they are ...

We need to inject a sense of urgency into our effort. the other thing i would say is that the predecessor to this, the china task force led by chairman mike mccaul tried to get democrats to participate in it. kevin mccarthy opened that up to democrats. they refused for partisan purposes. we want this to be a bipartisan effort. we want the democrats to nominate serious, sober people to participate because defending america from chinese communist party aggression should not be a partisan thing. >>...