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With mike and cynthia relative to mr. hasse's. >> now, when he -- governor perry is responding to two cases, he's talking about mcclelland, the district attorney and the assistant be district attorney hasse. he's saying there is no direct evidence that these two cases are connected but, again, you're saying that the authorities are not officially saying that they are disconnecting yet or not connecting. is that right? >> reporter: right. and, al, what governor perry was saying was basically a repetition of what we've been hearing from local and federal authorities, that these murders have not ...

>> good morning. you are watching "fox & friends" first. >> it is now half past the hour and it's time for your five top stories at 5 making news. details coming out of texas this morning involving the deaths of two county prosecutors. months before their murders authorities had warned that a violent white supremacist prison gang was out for revenge. the bulletin was released in december and it indicated that the aryan brotherhood of texas ordered mass casualties or deaths against anyone involved in the arrest of 34 of its members on racketeering charges. right now that group is the top focus ...

Interest at this point. and they're willing to identify. >> are they-- do they know whether or not these two murders, the murder of the assistant d.a. and the d.a. and his wife, is there anything to suggest that they're connected rather than just a coincidence? >> well, it depends on who you ask. there are some officials who have said the county judge came out and spoke with us earlier this weekend said he believes it's more than coincidence that the two shootings happened within such short period of time, such an unusual occurrence for this to happen in such a brazen way, but the investigator...

Haven't given you that information whether it was the same weapon or similar weapons used in both murder scenes? >> they haven't been willing to talk about it. some information has been available through the search warrant application for the district attorney's house. and there was some information shell casings found there and sources tilt sources told us an assault weapon may have been used, b but-- i know they had talked about it being a different type of weapon in the mark hasse case, but we haven't been able to get them to address that. >> greta: it's unusual that a prosecutor is murdere...

Haven't given you that information whether it was the same weapon or similar weapons used in both murder scenes? >> they haven't been willing to talk about it. some information has been available through the search warrant application for the district attorney's house. and there was some information shell casings found there and sources tilt sources told us an assault weapon may have been used, b but-- i know they had talked about it being a different type of weapon in the mark hasse case, but we haven't been able to get them to address that. >> greta: it's unusual that a prosecutor is murdere...