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Patriotic songs, god bless america? if so, why was that important to sing those songs there? >> we began the singing. we had heard that there was a -- at that time we heard a police officer, it turns out it was not a police officer but it was a security officer. we prayed for his safety. we wanted to speak up and show solidarity with the police officers that were there as well as together show solidarity. that's when the prayers and singing began. >> you know i'm sure ken, over the next day or so people are going to be critical that the school district allowed this particular building. it's no...

Allowed the same room actually and same facility to be used for a group that was actually seeking to silence criticism of the prophet muhammad. so they could decide they're not going to do anything but they need to be even handed about it. they had that event, they would need to allow this event. >> that's why they decided to have it there in january. there was a controversy and it went off last night with a hitch. ken emmanuel who was there last night, thank you very much for joining us from our dallas newsroom. >> this is significant, because you remember what happened with paris with the ne...

>> casey stegall there in garland, texas. we should point out that garland police department is going to have a briefing at 10:00 central time. that is 11:00 eastern time. just about 45 minutes ago, the former cia guy who said he has sources there in the police department he said that the guys showed up with ak-47 with barrel magazines. you know that says a lot, but once again, we'll stick around for the press conference to figure out who they were and what they were up to. >> that's right. in the meantime we'll bring in ken emmanuel. a grass roots organizationer and a eyewitness of last night...

suspect's vehicle looking for explosive devices. we have heard a few muffled concussions since we have been here p on the scene. authorities haven't confirmed to us what those sounds were. the fbi and atf are both on the ground assisting local law enforcement agencies. >> casey, there would alwaysready be some sibt giveubject given-- police given the subject. were there threats? >> there was a level of concern that something could have gone wrong because of the controversial nature of this event. that's why the police tell us they had additional officers on the scene. last night they...

shot in the face. details on how this true blue hero is doing this morning. then in the dark of night. a man sneaks on to the runway and steals a plane right out of the airport. he was in the sky for over an hour. how does that happen? meanwhile, we have a lot to discuss. it's a big week big show. mornings are better with friends. 6:00 in new york city. it's 5:00 now in texas. a fox news alert to start this program. two againmen are dead after opening fire at a free speech event in garland, texas, a dallas suburb. >> one security officer shot as local cops kill the two suspects i...