insulting to islam. it was at the suburb of dallas at the curtis caldwell center last night. as the event was nearing an end, two men drove up and opened fire in the parking lot on an unarmed school security officer. officer bruce joiner was hit in the ankle and then treated and released at a local hospital. police then shot back at the two armed suspects killing both of them there in that parking lot. their names have not been released, nor a possible motive at this point. as word of what happened outside spread to those inside you can see this is video of the attendees who began holding a flag and they sang god bless america. those folks were eventually moved out of there to safety. no other injuries reported. bomb squad technicians worked through the night sweeping the

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 were already there providing security for the event itself. and they jumped into action very quickly to take these two armed suspects out before anybody else could be hurt. >> thank you casey live for us

on the ground in garland, texas. >> dozens inside were at the conference center running in panic. >> one of those people ken emmanuel has an eyewitness account. thank you for getting up early. i know you are an hour behind us. tell us what you saw, what you heard. what was going on inside and what was the reaction from the police? >> when we first -- the first perception we had that there was ago a little amiss was when we noticed the organizers were kind of hustled out of the room by security. that was a sign there was something off. i had gone up to a police officer at the front door and he told me at that time there was something going on in the parking lot and we were to remain in the room that we had been in. it wasn't too long after that that we were all told there had been a shooting in the parking

lot and there was some concern about explosives. the police were very good about keeping us informed. they were very good about keeping order. i just can't say enough good things about the garland police department. they were top-notch. >> there have been concern that there may be problems prior to this event taking place. what were your thoughts and were you concerned? >> you got a sensitive nature of the topic there, of course. there was going to be some concern. i think we all probably expected the protests which interestingly didn't happen. there was no protests outside. we thought there may be some sort of disruption. i don't think anybody expected that there would be armed gunmen with ak-47's trying to storm the event. but obviously there was some

concern with the topic there you would be concerned about that. >> ken emanuel. thank you so much for joining us. we will check back with you later on in the hour. glad you are safe this morning. >> investigators have been blocking off the car all night searching for evidence tied to the case. rod wheeler joins us with that perspective. thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> what would investigators be looking for at this point? >> the investigators have been on scene all morning long. the priority was to make sure that vehicle did not have any incendiary devices in it or explosive devices that could harm the officers. they left the bodies of the two suspects right there on the ground until police could make sure everything because secure. what are they looking for?

they are going to look for clues such as are there any newspaper clippings, are there any writings. they are going to get search warrants for their homes if they are in the local area. the goal is to try to identify who they are and try to figure out whether or not their reactions were directly related to the event taking place at the center yesterday. >> since they are trying to identify the gunmen pretty quickly we assume why would the bodies be left lying in this particular vicinity outside of the car for so long? >> the reason is because the police needed to make sure that the bodies themselves were not rigged or booby trapped with some kind of explosive. we have seen that in other countries where this has happened. that's the main reason why the cops left the bodies out there until the robotic devices can make sure there's no other explosive devices on the bodies or on the vehicle itself.

>> is that standard procedure or is there some sort of information that may have led them to this or is that standard procedure? >> i think it's a combination of both in it this case. the reason i say this is because there had to have been some information or intelligence the garland police department may have had. they had off duty officers at the event including a fully armed swat unit in the rear of the building there. it makes me wonder whether or not there was some intelligence that some type of attack was going to take place. >> rob wheel you are thank you so much for your headlines. >> we have other matters making news the police officer who was shot point blank in the face is still fighting for his life. they were driving in an una marked patrol car in queens when they spotted a guy named demetrius blackwell.

they saw him adjust an object on his waste band. that's when he pulled out a gun firing three shots hitting moore in the face. >> he's in the hospital and we remain vigilant and hopeful he walked out of the hospital but he is in serious condition. >> blackwell is known as a hell razor charged with attempted murder. he previously searched foif-- served five years for a carob brie back in 2001. the mayor lifted the city's curfew following a week of tension protest and violence. >> i think a lot of the unrest has been settled, settled down in the sense of the protest. what you saw in the last few days with the peaceful demonstrations and people coming together to celebrate baltimore is that will that we will get better, that we will get through this. >> the announcement drawing celebrations and the news coming two-days after the city's prosecutor announced charges

against the six officers who were trying to arrest freddie gray at that time. the national guard will begin withdrawing troops as we learn a 500 people have been arrested since the protest started and 113 officers injured. >> four people are dead another injured after a shooting at a pedestrian bridge south of green bay, wisconsin. the suspect among the dead shot at people along the walking and biking bridge. it is unclear how the shooter died but police say it was a random act and they don't think any one was targeted. and then there were 6 #. the 2016 race to the white house heating up this week as the gop field is set to double. dheef washington correspondent has more on the candidates. good morning, jane. >> doctor ben carson told an interviewer quote i am willing to be part of the equation and

therefore i am announcing my presidency for candidate of the united states of america. that preempted his own claims for the announcement. a planned visit to iowa is now being deferred to iowa so carson a retired neurosurgeon can be with his seriously ill mother in dallas. also joining the fray are former ceo who cast herself as a more accomplished female leader than hillary clinton. it will be announced. and fiorina will announce today ch and mike huckabee a southern baptist ministry he has a strong following among evangelicals. he will announce in his home town tomorrow. one analyst sees the republican party as fractured. >> you get people who are

libertarian people who are socially conservative people who are evangelical especially if you go into iowa the gateway and you go to wall street small government, low tax of the party. all of that is in play. >> indeed ohio governor john kasich also republican also all but declared on fox news sunday. it was a very busy showing. >> it was, james. we are we were watching. >> what does carson's campaign say about announcing earlier than we expected? >> not much. they weren't pleased. they insisted his claire tive declaration was not the official announcement and says he received contributions from 60,000 unique donors over the last two months. in all cases what you are seeing is someone who is not a professional politician as he often likes to tell us. >> james rosen live for us thank you.

>> oo a nasty nascar pileup in teledaga. forced nascar to put the brakes on the race for 11 minutes. that show went on with 65 laps to go. dale ernhardt, jr. battles for the league which came to the checkered flags. dale ernhardt, jr. took it with tears remembering his father. >> i haven't won here in a long time. my daddy's birthday a couple days ago. i don't know why. i don't feel like i deserve it. >> is marks his 6th at the teledaga track the first since 2004. >> developing this morning a fatal shooting at a free speech event in texas. the big question is the draw muhammad contest take it too far? our next guest said no this was just an attack on our freedom.

>> our top story for you, two gunmen are dead after opening fire on a muhammad cartoon outside of dallas texas. >> chaos erupting last night outside of the curtis caldwell center when the two men pulled up and began shooting. the security district officer bruce joiner was hit in the ankles and has since been released from the hospital. they returned fire on the suspects killing them both. at the event with more than 200 attendees was quickly put on lock down. extra security was used. >> there were additional officers hired for this e vent by the school district. we had a talk with them in preparing for this event in case

something like this happened. >> the garland police bomb squad is on the scene as they worried there may be an explosive device in multiple vehicles-- the vehicle. the fbi currently p on the ground in gar p land aiding with the investigation. >> a lot of questions this morning about free speech and whether this event went too far. dr. jasper is the president of the american islamic forum for democracy. he joins us now. thank you for being with us. this was a free speech event. where is the tolerance. does this so-called blas familiar knee needme need to be defended. >> it is the veto power those that are violent want to exert. we can't have veto power. the measure of freedom is not by those who are able to be kind and compassionate. the new york times had an op ed

after charlie hebdo saying liberal societies are measured the abilities for those of us to with stand offense. why should muslims be given a past. as a muslim i am horrified. as an american muslim i am unbelievably horrified. we don't know the identity of who did this but looking at the tweets of some of the isis supporters that were supporting horrifically this event that declared allegiance to isis this was done as part of an islam patriotic movement. >> you said liberty requires freedom to offend and call for and exercise restraint. i want to talk about the keynote speaker there. a politician by the name of kurt willeder. they have been or is now on al qaeda's hit list wanted dead or alive. why do extremists consider him

so offensive? >> to protect the ability of people to express themselves and what they wish. he and i have had enough differences between islam and political islam. he is pushing the envelope. that allows us muslims to look within. it is not just these terrorists but saudi arabia pakistan iran had laws that enforce and endorse the same thing these radicals would do. you may be on a hit list in al qaeda but there may be some that see the same things as similar not just offensive toward islam but offensive toward the got new testament islam. this is the beginning and this pushes the envelope in order to protect the freedoms because when he speaks out also so many other muslims around the world

are speaking out against regimes and full reform within our faith and that has to be tested. >> dr. jasper thank you for being with us this morning. always interesting. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> the time is 18 minutes after the top of the hour. breaking right now we are learning more about what happened outside of the free speech event in texas. was it an attack tied to terror? a stormer terrorism advisor to congress weighs in.

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a >> chaos as police smooth two suspected gunmen as they open fire outside of a muhammad art event. >> police have been shot two suspects have been shot. possibly have explosives on them. that's what we are worried about

right now. >> if that is in the sur rounding area. casey? >> the bomb squad has been hard at work through out the night using a robot to sweep the suspect's vehicles and their belongings. >> we have heard a couple of muffled concussions. though we don't know if that was the bomb squad detonating something that was found. which are working to get information on that. the texas time investigators say two men drove into the parking lot of the curtis caldwell center and started shooting. police returned fire killing both sus spikts. free speech group called

american freedom defense initiative. depicting the prophet muhammad in that way is considered blasphemous to them in the islamic religion. it is way too early to see if there is a possible mows tive here. police haven't officially said if it was random or if the event was targeted. before will shool being a-- before the shootings a tweet came up saying may allah accept us as muj mujahideen in texas. that is part of the fluid moving investigation, guys. >> casey seigel joining us. thank you. >> right now we don't know what the two suspects say after the drama outside of texas. could there be ties to terror?

joshua task advisor to congress joins us now over the phone. thank you for joining us first of all. >> good morning. >> you have heard kcc mentioning there the text or one of the tweets going out 18 minutes before the shooting an isis supporter saying on twitter there would be an attack on texas this coming from an account called sharia is light. is that enough evidence right there for you to say this is linked to terrorism? >> i think this is terrorism by definition. this is an unfortunate event but this event is a new wave of terrorism not only in the united states but throughout the world that this is what we need to understand is that terrorism, the new wave of terrorism is not with major links to groups any more. people doing one off like this

taking a targetive opportunity. this is what we have to face as a nation. we really need to wake up here. >> as a former terrorism advisor to congress how old you add vise our leaders today? what happens next? >> i think the investigation needs to continue. we don't know all of the facts. but we do need to start coming together adds a nation to really identify the fact that the islamic extremeism it is festering in the united states within europe as well. we have a problem and we need to address it. does that mean we need to violate free speech or other things, absolutely not. we need to do this in a smart manner. there's not going to be in the future. we have a lot of warning signs

here. this is an event that is very unfortunate but it is indicative of the path of radical islam in the united states and terrorism. >> joshua cats joining us live. thank you for your insight. >> thank you. the time is 27 minutes after the hour. more on the top stories i signnside the attacks in texas. hundreds learn shots have been fired right outside. >> and just ahead, an eyewitness describes the incident as it was all happening. thank you for being a sailor, and my daddy. thank you mom, for protecting my future. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are thankful for many things. the legacy of usaa auto insurance could be one of them. our world-class service earned usaa the top spot in a study of the most recommended

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>> a failed shooting at a free speech event. >> two gunmen shot dead as they spray bullets outside of a draw muhammad context in texas.

>> the member meant of panic as they unfolded police ver has been shot two suspects have been shot. possibly have explosives on them. that's what we are worried about right now. >> now the fbi joins the investigation and police have searched hours. >> the chilling tweets that could help investigators crack the case. we start with casey seigel he's on the ground in garland, texas. good morning, casey. >> good morning to you. it was sponsored by an event called the american freedom defense initiative. it was a draw muhammad cartoon contest. the organizers were advertising a 10,000 dollar top reward for whoever has the best cartoon. this is controversial because such drawings are deemed

insulting to many followers of islam. there were 200 people at the kurt he is caldwell center in garland texas. at the time of the event it was near the end when they drove up in an unarmed school security officer. bruce joiner was hit in the ankle and treated and released at a local hospital. he was lucky. police shot back at the two armed suspects killing both of them their names nor motive being released at this hour. word of it spread. look at the video of the attendees? they held a flag and sang god bless america. they eventually moved out of safety. no other injuries reported. bomb squad technicians worked through the night sweeping suspect's vehicles and personal effects for possible explosive

devices. we have heard a few muffled con dugses since we have-- concussions since we have been on the scene what sounded like muffled explosions. authorities haven't confirmed what the sounds were. we can tell you the fbi and atf now on the scene assisting local law enforcement. >> casey nearby businesses were evacuated. will those businesses reopen this morning? oo there was a wal-mart evacuated a rather large perimeter set up. we saw it starting to tling.shrink. there's a nearby high school. the school is going to be held today. all of the other area businesses will be reopening. a very large perimeter around this community center where the shooting occurred. that perimeter is shrinking once police are getting a better handle on the situation some 9 hours after the shots range out,

heather. >> casey seigel, appreciate it. >> the chaos unfolding with dozens in the center running in panic. >> ken emanuel joins us with an eyewitness account. tell describe the scene for us if you can in the moments this was happening? >> when we first realized something was going on is when we saw the security folks escorting some of the organizers off the stage door. it wasn't casual. it was obviously fairly quick. that was a signal to some of us that there was something going on. i made my way to the front door to ask a police officer what was going on. they said we needed to stay in the room because there was something going on in the parking lot. i could tell at that time. at that point we knew something was going on. >> when they made the announcement two suspects shot

police officers shot they were looking for explosives i am sure panic came over all of you. then we see the video of you holding the flag god bless america. how did you get from point a to point b? >> i think initially we didn't know what was going on. i give a lot of credit to the police department the garland police department did a great job. they kept us informed and kept us calm for the most part people felt like they understood what was going on and felt like we were in good hands. they ob why you will took care of the problem. we didn't know that at that time but they actually took control of the situation and did a very good job at keeping us informed and calm i think. >> at some point you were moved from this location to another. how did that work out? >> we were actually relocated twice. the first time we relocated in another section in the same building but interior section of the building. after that we were moved, actually we got on to buses and went to a completely different place out east completely

different government building where we stayed and that's where we were interviewed by the investigators and told them what we saw if anything. >> were you worried as a participant in this due to the sensitive of theish issue prior to the event unfolding? >> i was concerned. you obviously would be concerned about this sort of event. it's not as if -- when we knew about this this was in some ways in honor and in standing with the folks with the charlie hib doe mag-- hebb doe magazine. we knew what happened with em this. we knew we were taking risks but we need to stand up for free speech. i remember the quote that's attributed to volume tear even if i don't agree with what you have to say i will defend your right to say it. that's a sentiment we are struggling with these days. that's a big concern. >> ken emmanuel thank you for giving us your sper perspective

on what was happening inside. >> we have other headlines we want to talk about. the new york police officer shot point blank in the case still fighting for his life. brian mooar and his part merner were driving in an unarmed patrol car when shethey spotted demetrius blackwell and questioned him when blackwell pulled out a gun fired three shots into the car hitting moore in the face. >> he's in the hospital but remains vigilant and hopeful he will walk out of that hospital. he's in very serious condition. >> blackwell known for causing problems on the streets is being charged with attempted murder. he previously served five years for attempted murder. >> combault more is trying to get back to normal after lifting following the curfew and tension and violence over the weekend.

>> decision was made to lift the curfew today. our focus is to ask people to continue to be peaceful so we have the steps toward normalcy. >> the announcement comes two-days after the city's prosecutor announced charges against the six officers who arrested freddie gray. national guard will begin withdrawing troops as we have learned 500 people have been arrested since the protests began and 113 officers injured. >> doubling the field the 2016 race to the white house heating up this week as pleathree more gop hopefuls are set to announce a run. james rosen is live for us in dc with more on the candidates. >> good morning to you. carlie is declaring her candidacy on-line today followed by an on-line town hall. the former hue lert pack hewlett-packard

ceo said he could boost the economy. she has attacked hillary clinton having accomplished little. he lost to incumbent democrat barbara boxer. then there's retired neurosurgeon dr. ben carson. he will officially announce his candidacy today even though he already flatly announced it with a tv interview with a cincinnati reporter yesterday. former governor and fox news show host mike huckabee will announce his candidacy from his home town tuesday. the brit hume noted how much of a juggernaut former florida governor jeb bush seemed to be a few months ago when he became the first of the candidates to form an exploratory committee. >> he has nefrz gained-- never gained any altitude. he will be fabulously well funded. is he planning a campaign where

he is ready to absorb losses and fight after? such campaigns haven't worked out in the past. >> governor bush wisconsin governor, scott walker new jersey governor chris christie. all along the ranks in the undeclared candidates expected to jump in soon heather. >> it all boils down to strategy. one of many things it boils down to. you have candidates announcing at the same time. is that unusual? >> it is unusual. it is a sign of both the extraordinary opportunity that comes with an open seat presidential contest but also it's a sign of the divisions and diversity within the republican party from wall street to main street and establishment to the tea party. >> james rosen live for us this morning. thank you. >> it is now 20 minutes until the top of the hour. breaking overnight two gunmen shot dead after opening fire outside of a texas free speech event. investigators combing through that scene right now. >> what evidence are they

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there was a fear the suspects may have brought explosives to the scene. it was just before 7:00 when investigators say the two men drove into the parking lot of the curtis caldwell center in garland a suburb of das dallas and started shooting. police returned fire killing both of the men. inside was a draw muhammad cartoon contest from a freedom of speech group. their identities have not been made public. police have not officially said if this was random or if the event was specifically targeted. before the shooting a tweet showed up from an account called sharia is light and it said something to the effect of may allah accept us as mu jaha dean. that is clear clearly something investigators will be delving

further into as they get into the investigation. >> casey seigel live. thank you. investigators are searching for any evidence they can find. what are they looking for we are asking rod wheeler who joins us live from dc with more. as a former homicide detective what are they looking for, rob? >> it was almost 7:00 in the evening as you have been reporting. about 200 people were attending this event. they were to be coming out of that building within the next 10-15 minutes right before the shooting. that's the reason why the police suspected there could have been bombs or explosive materials in that vehicle. what i am thinking is they thought maybe this week was going to drive up to the crowd at the building as they were coming out and maybe they would ignite the bombs at the time.

they are looking for clues. whether they were related to the event or a random event. cull it can give them an idea of who the two people are and why they would want to attack this event. >> were they confident there were explosives or was it a possibility due to the sensitivity of the event and the fact that they could be tied to terror they have had so many events in the past. what do you know about the explosives on the ground or possible explosives. >> they are not saying for sure if it was explosives in the vehicle. they brought the robotic devices which clearly indicateded to me the police believed this couldere could have been explosives. what is important is the timing. the timing by which they tried to make their attack. it was right at the time you have 200 people that were about

to come out of the building. the time is now about 10 minutes almost to the top of the hour. right now it is unclear if this was a terror attack. but an islamic extremist twitter account taking credit for the ambush right before the shooting. what are invest griet toreigators looking for now? former member of the joint terrorism task force here to talk about us folks. first what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> two suspects are killed after a shooting outside of a freedom of expression contest. what are investigators looking for now and is it tied to terror? we are live on the scene in texas. plus in political news three republican hopeful the officially jumping into the race for white house. this week donald trump a potential candidate himself is going to weigh in on that and much more. a busy three hours kicking off

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a fox news alert. two gunmen shot by police after opening fire outside oo free speech event in texas. a bomb squad is still there on the scene. all this -- two gunmen shot security guard bruce joyner in the ankle. they were then shot dead by police. the gunfire putting the area on lockdown. >> we heard a whole bunch of gun shots and just lay down -- don't get up in case something is happening. all of a sudden we see cops everywhere and they evacuated just that quick. evacuated the whole parking lot and made us come over here.

>> we do not know the gunmen's identities. it is unclear if the suspects had tied to terror. but an islamic extremist twitter account took credit for the the shooting before it happened. joining us to weigh in is steven rogers. thank you so much for coming in. >> you're welcome. >> based on your experience and having worked cases similar to this. what would you be looking for right now in order to establish the motive? >> to establish the motive they have to get information out of that vehicle. they'll look at cell phones -- they'll fingerprint the car. anything they could capture from that vehicle could lead them to someone else. the important element is the motive. it appears this is a direct assault on the first amendment rights. this may not be the end of it. the fact of the matter is they're being very methodical if

you notice with regard to that vehicle. they want to make sure there's no bomb therein and evidence is not destroyed. it's so important they get that vehicle whole. >> you mentioned the possibility of an explosive device there on the scene. they left the bodies there to determine whether or not they may be rigged with an explosive device. does that tell you that perhaps there was some other inside information that there may be or is that standard operating procedure? >> it's standard operating procedure in a case like this. they went up to that front gate when there were 200 people coming in and out of that place. it's a possibility they wanted to injure a lot more people. the garland police department prevented a catastrophe. they either worked on actionable intelligence or they had an inkling. >> finally, this tweet that went out. it went out 18 minutes before

the shooting. how does that figure into the evidence? >> they're going to retrace that tweet find out where it came from. right now it's all about getting that information to kwauberate everything they have. >> thank you for joining us former senior military steven rogers. we appreciate your insight. five minutes till the top of the hour. more on the top story. two gunmen carrying explosives shot dead after opening fire at a muhammad cartoon event in texas. is free speech under attack? the latest straight ahead.

a fox news alert. two gunmen are dead after opening fire outside a muhammad cartoon exhibit outside dallas, texas. chaos erupting last night outside of that curtis caldwell center. security officer bruce joyner was hit in the ankle and has since been released from the hospital. garland police officers already on the scene returned fire on the suspects killing them both. the event quickly put on lock down. the garland police bomb squad is on the scene as it's believed there may be an explosive device in the suspects' vehicle. multiple detonations have been heard in the area. it's not confirmed if the

suspects had actual explosives. you can log on to the "fox and friends first" facebook page. >> stay right here on the fox news channel for all the breaking details throughout the day. "fox and friends" starts right now. good morning it is monday may 4th. i'm elizabeth hasselbeck. a fox news alert now. terror in texas. chaos erupts at an event dedicated to free speech. >> get back in the building. >> two gunmen shot done after opening fire as a muhammad art contest. we are live on the ground with breaking details. we will speak to eyewitnesses who were there. following a week of violent protests in baltimore will anyone show an ounce of outrage about this a 25 new york city police officer fighting for his life at this hour after