♪ >> yep, they'll be doing a happy dance on the jersey shore. going for a daytime high there of 88 degrees. wow. >> almost 90 in new york city today. >> i'll be indoors doing the radio. >> we'll listen. >> there is a full blown investigation going on as you know with the intelligence community and justice department and they are getting close. i don't have an answer. >> how concerned are you about the leak? >> we have to move. >> i'm not concerned about the leak -- i'm concerned that it happened. >> bill: that was moments ago in dublin, ireland. president biden's first reaction to what might be the biggest intel leak in decades. a new report out today on masking the man behind it. where he worked, who he talked to leaving us to ask what

happens next. good morning, quite a day here. bill hemmer, good day to you. >> dana: good morning, i'm a dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." this story is mind blowing, frustrating and i don't know if the president's reaction -- maybe he is masking how he really feels about it. americans will be outraged when they learn about this. the man responsible for blowing the lid off america's military secrets is apparent will i a low-level government employee. this according to a bombshell report from the "washington post." it claims his motivation for sharing the documents was not political but to impress young friends. >> bill: said to be in his early 20s, worked on a military base. shared the documents in a private chat group in a video game site called discord. >> dana: teenage member spoke to the "washington post." the leaker went by the name o.g. he said he was like a father figure to the group of mostly young gamers and he shared the

documents to keep them in the loop on what the united states government was up to. >> i've seen every single one there is to see and i was in close proximity to these files. it felt like i was on top of mt. everest and above everyone else to some degree and that i would be able to brag to some people that i knew stuff that they didn't. of course, most people did not believe me. however, me knowing that i knew it myself was more than enough to keep my ego high. the u.s. government is not with you. they are against you. and bottom line, if they want these to be private, it is because they have something to hide. no one wants to be part of history in this way, someone as young as me. >> dana: mike turner is standing by. jennifer griffin has the story at the pentagon. >> hi, dana. he is fit, strong, armed and strained. just about everything you can expect out of some sort of crazy movie is what a teen member of

two dozen gamers told the "washington post" about the man who allegedly leaked hundreds of highly classified documents. the leaks began, he said, 6 to 8 months ago. the leaker and his friends who shared the documents are still at large. here is what we know now thanks to the extraordinary reporting of shane harris and his team at the "washington post." they spoke to a teenager who lives in california who is part of the discord group. he described how he met the person, he looked up to and called o.g. in this social media gamer chatroom during covid. the leaker, he says, is in his early 20s and worked or works in a secure facility on a u.s. military base. this coincides with our early reporting that the leak came from outside the pentagon. according to the post, the group of roughly two dozen mostly men and boys formed an invitation-only clubhouse in 2020 on discord. the friend of the leaker, who hasn't shared his name and not been contacted by the f.b.i., explained why he came forward.

>> any claims that he is a russian operative or pro-russian is categorically false. he is not interested in helping any foreign agencies with their attack on the u.s. or other countries. he was a young charismatic man who loved nature, god, who loved shooting guns and racing cars. >> he says the leaker was not working for a foreign government, though there were foreign nationals on the server they used called thug shaker central. what the leaker has in common with past leakers, snowden who worked as a contractor for the nsa in hawaii and an army private who used a thumb drive to download classified information is that they were all in their 20s. >> it would appear as if he sort of grew angry with the fact only 1 or 2 people were paying attention to the documents he was pouring his heart out into and as a sign of just anger, he

decided to post the full document. he was a very smart man. no way in any world he would not know he knew these were illegal. >> the question now is why the leaker has not been arrested by the f.b.i. the "new york times" has received 27 new documents showing the depth of u.s. spying inside the russian military and fsb. i'm told there are hundreds more that are out there and already been online and could still be coming out. discord said it is cooperating with law enforcement but did not comment further. the senate will have a classified briefing on the leaked documents next week on april 19th. >> dana: no time like the present. >> bill: mike turner chairman of the house intel committee. good morning. the perfect guest to bring us into this topic today. thank you for being here. our research shows us it was first reported on april 6th into april 7th which is a week ago. i don't know when our intel community, intelligence agents knew this material was out

there. if you read through the "washington post" report there is a lot in it. right now what is your biggest concern on these leaks? >> first up, we are going to get him. whoever did this. it is criminal and espionage against the united states. regardless of motivation the end result is the same, it benefits our adversaries and certainly makes it more difficult for the united states to do its work. in this it is disheartening. people around the world who at great sacrifice are working for the united states and allies. to have someone like this so cavalierly release classified information is certainly very concerning. of course, it comes -- you look at the biden administration's culture. biden had classified documents behind his corvette in his garage, you have a culture where you have to impress on people that these really -- documents really can affect people's lives and they are important to allies

and the united states and for the most important issue preserving democracy. >> dana: listen to one more sound bite from the person who spoke to the "washington post." watch here. >> i'll go as far to say he is not even on the east side of the world. any claims that he is a russian operative or pro-russian is false. he had a bossy attitude. he did seem as the leader of the group and was the leader of this group and wanted us all to be sort of super soldiers to some degree, informed, fit, with god, well armed, stuff like that. >> dana: given the leaker o.j. was apparently in his early 20s and had access to all this information, would you recommend some sort of immediate review across the federal government of who has access to this information? because this is an horrible leak

and pretty cavalier. >> it shows we need classification reform. our committee has already begun having hearings on this issue what we need to do in part because of the handling of presidential records but also in part because we know across the system there needs to be greater accountability. it is very concerning when you hear the statements of the individual that you are playing because it really shows that sometimes parents don't know what is happening with their kids online and who they are talking to. this is a dangerous situation not just for the person who is talking to them and receiving it but everybody involved. it is a criminal enterprise not a game. and people need to be very concerned if they are ever in touch with anyone who purports to have classified information and sharing it. >> bill: i don't have a sense from you what's the number one concern, russia, china, the war in ukraine, is it one thing or five things? is it more than five? you mentioned that you've been briefed on these documents with

trump and pence and biden. you can't talk about it specifically but how would you characterize what they've shown you. >> i think what we're seeing, a cavalier attitude toward classified documents and see that perhaps even in this case. there is real outcomes here. when people -- even for the kid who is speaking, for his own sports team you don't share your game plan with your adversaries. in this instance this is not a game, there are lives at stake. that level of concern. understanding these documents translate to people's lives. but these documents are static. we have an ability to mitigate the damage that has occurred. once the documents are made public certainly ukraine does. united states does as they try to defend themselves against russian aggression, there are opportunities to mitigate this damage. >> dana: all right. chairman mike turner, keep us posted. >> bill: thank you for your time today and we'll be in contact

with you. so we -- >> dana: big apple, a new poll shows nearly a third of new yorkers plan on leaving in the next five years. top concerns crime and the rising cost of living. the cover of today's "new york post" exit stage left. >> bill: are you one of them? >> dana: i'll be here. i'll be here. >> bill: i don't know if i will five years from now? >> dana: thanks for letting us know. >> bill: i want to make this clear. what happened a moment ago. the number of americans who have act -- as of 2019, dana, the number of individuals who were eligible and had access to classified information was 2,949,000. >> dana: that's my point to the chairman. too many. >> bill: it's too many. we'll see whether or not he thinks the number needs to be called and how you do it. and hopefully we can get him back and find out what that answer is. just want to make that clear as

we move throughout the day as you find out more yourself about the reporting from the "washington post" today. now the homeless crisis spiraling out of control in several of the nation's largest cities. los angeles county, the area has the largest homeless population in the nation with nearly 70,000 residents living on the street on any given night. kelly o'grady is live, fox business near a homeless encampment in los angeles. what does it look like there before sun-up? >> we are know a major city. images have become common place, the trash and tents behind me. liberal cities across the nation are increasingly being plagued by this growing epidemic. 582,000 were on the streets last year up 6% versus 2016. in addition to the challenges,

residents and businesses are increasingly frustrated. in l.a. the problem exploded. last year's count the county saw 69,000 individuals homeless and close to 42,000 within city limits on encampments popping up in bever lie hills, of all places. why not just clear it out? here is the thing. unless an area has beds for 60% of those on the streets it's illegal here in l.a. some struggling with addiction or mental illness or shelter resistant. a lot of money has been spent in california. the governor touting $15 billion over five years with little to show for that residents are wondering where is that money going? those on the front lines of the fight warn the problem is so dire right now they can only play defense. >> we are the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. by the time people go over that cliff of homelessness, the cost, the time, the energy and the

effort to bring people up out of that is a lot. it requires a lot. >> ken did share some optimism about recent direction mayor bass is implementing solutions quickly now. i will leave you with this. i have been covering this problem for a number of years in my career and always surprised at how different stakeholders across the chain seem to have competing incentives and often feels like not everyone is working towards the same goal. bill, a lot of money being spent and a lot of frustration on both sides. >> bill: we'll rely on your experience to take us through it even more. >> dana: you mentioned san francisco also has a problem. the mayor there, she has a different way of who to blame. different take. watch her here. >> it is taken completely out of context in terms of highlighting the entire city as being unsafe. that's not entirely true. there is a perception problem.

we know the internet and social media is here to stay not going anywhere and people will jump to conclusions. >> dana: one of the problems you see it with your own eyes. i don't think whole foods would have closed its door within a year if it was just a perception problem. that's reality. >> bill: wal-mart and on and on it goes with all these companies in northern california. so she is blaming the media. she is blaming social media. she is blaming the images that you have watched for some time for the problems in her city. got to clean it up otherwise it will continue and we'll report it as it goes. >> dana: former president trump is back in new york city today for a deposition in a civil case. brought by the new york attorney general. the lawsuit claims trump, three of his children and the trump organization provided false financial documents to lenders for more than a decade. the suit seeks $250 million and a ban on the trump's ability to operate a business in the state of new york. today's appearance will mark the

former president's first trip back to new york since pleading not guilty in a hush money investigation last week. on and on it goes. >> bill: just a few days ago, right? >> dana: also this. devastating monsoon stranding cars in fort lauderdale. we'll have the latest on this big storm. plus this. >> this is what campaigning and integrated deterrents and building advantage is what it looks like. >> the u.s. in the philippines staging largest ever military drills and drawing an angry response from beijing. we tell you what's happening there. >> dana: the fight for free speech on campus. one ivy league school is pushing back on wokeness. will students go along with it? we'll ask leo terrell on that and more. >> free speech is meaningless unless you allow people you

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>> dana: drivers stranded on roads the south florida after heavy rain and flash flooding to the region. more than a foot of rain fell in fort lauderdale. one man decided to go for a swim in the street. torrential rains shutting down the fort lauderdale airport. the tarmac was turned into a river. the airport is expected to remain closed until at least noon today. south in the high water submerged streets.

the flooding in florida will continue through the rest of the week with more rain in the forecast. >> bill: biden administration warning seven states depend on the colorado river and soon force significant cuts in the amount of water each is allowed to use. this as decades of drought take a toll on local reservoirs. we're on the story in los angeles. what is the update on this? >> you know, good morning, bill. you heard the saying whiskey is for drinking, water for fighting. that is true of the colorado river. think of the river as a tiny cup and 40 million straws sucking out. well, that's why the cuts are coming. not enough water to go around. these seven states must agree on how to share the colorado. after 20 years of fighting they got nothing especially the big three users, arizona, nevada, california cannot agree on how

to manage the river. so the feds are coming in for the first time and proposing that each state allocation is cut by an equal percentage. >> so i wish there were a magic bullet or a wand that we had to produce an outcome if that were possible it would have happened already. >> this is not a done deal because california, which uses more water than arizona and nevada combined, will not sign off because california farmers have senior water rights they have held for decades. don't want to give them up. if the cuts come lettuce, tomatoes and citrus and nuts and beef will get more expensive. if california goes to court to fight it arizona believes everyone loses and the river goes dry. >> in the meantime litigation that might take 10 or 15 or 20

years is going to be occurring while the system and the lake behind us is going to crash. >> yes, we've had a good winter. lots of snow pack. the river has been shrinking for decades. one year doesn't fix the problem. bottom line, bill, there is not enough water in the river for everybody to go around. so the states have 90 days to hammer out a deal. if they fail, the cuts are likely coming anyway. back to you. >> bill: the big snow melt this spring and summer. get ready for that. nice to see you in los angeles. >> dana: the country's top university standing in favor of the first amendment. this should not be a novel idea, harvard is protecting free speech and debate on campus. professor admit universities are suppressing differences of opinion and warns society will suffer because of it. here now former history teacher himself leo terrell. the two professors putting this together say any community that disables the cycle by repressing

disagreement is doomed to chain itself to error as we're reminded by the many historical episodes where authorities enforced dogmas that were wrong. it be trace the privileges that the nation grants it. is it a turning point, as we've been watching? do you think universities are saying we have to do something? >> well, i tell you right now talk is cheap. you and i are old enough to remember what happened at stanford university where a federal appeals judge was basically heckled down. just last week riley gaines was assaulted. why is this necessary to put in writing? you are on a university campus, academic freedom, the exchange of ideas is fundamental. assumed that is going to happen but it hasn't happened. let's test it, dana. i will be more than happy to go to harvard and talk about why teacher unions are destroying public education or the political prosecution of

president trump. let's test it. talk is really cheap. >> dana: one of the things that's interesting is about how many professors might self-censor. one of the things the government won't be able to mandate all these universities do this so that it is coming from within the university i think is a positive sign. but those professors who would hold back, worry about maybe not getting tenure because they are afraid of triggering a student. >> you are absolutely right. there is a chilling effect. let's face it, you talk about some of these students opposed to the exchange of ideas. it is a worrisome problem for faculty members. they don't want to lose their job. there is an economic interest that is basically blocking academic freedom and that trigger response is a call for censorship. that is censorship in this particular situation being articulated by large body of students. >> dana: another example of

this, though, of a possible turningpoint over at cornell university there was a student who was reading the surrendered for korean american literature class. a korean girl in a war and the book includes a rape scene. the girl said she should have been given a trigger warning before reading the book but the university said no they won't give trigger warnings for traumatizing material. they cited freedom of speech. is that progress? >> what is tremendous progress. history is not nice. it is ugly. there are some horrible things that happen in our country and the world. it is for us not to forget. the issue of slavery, holocaust. we teach these sensitive subjects so we understand and don't repeat the failures of the past. i applaud cornell.

i don't like what students should learn. it is a great idea. >> dana: one of the students called it the stanford effect. it seems basically that had a big effect overall and maybe universities are starting to pay attention. leo terrell. good to see you. thank you for getting up for us there in california this morning. >> thank you, dana, hi, percy. >> bill: raging fire continues to burn in indiana. toxic smoke forcing 2,000 out of their homes. what's the epa saying about health effects? the up roar over biden's green dream changing the entire u.s. auto industry. brian brenberg and taylor riggs are here to explain from our fox business colleagues. ♪

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>> dana: president biden facing another supply chain problem. twin ports of los angeles and long beach, the nation's two largest, shut down nearly all operations for 24 hours late last week. the pause was the result of a widespread worker shortage linked to negotiations that have gone on for nearly a year. more than 20,000 dock workers it is unknown whether president bidee site of these two ports accounts for 29% of the u.s. market share and 75% of the west coast. big deal. >> bill: administration announcing a big crackdown on auto omissions. the goal is to have 67% of all new vehicles electric by the year 2032. critics say the plan could reshape the entire industry. today the cost of a new electric vehicle is about 60 grand. taylor riggs and brian brenberg.

nice to have you back here. "new york times" setting the bar pretty high. a revolution in the u.s. auto industry. a moment as significant as the june morning in 1896 when henry ford took his horseless carriage for a test run and changed american life and industry. end quote. will we go there? >> i would not compare this to henry ford at all. that was an act of entrepreneurship driven by demand that people had for a new way to get around. this is a top down approach. i wouldn't use that compareson. it is a reinvention. if you move the economy to 67% new cars e.v., you have to have a whole lot of guts of infrastructure to make it happen which we do not have. the charging stations, the electric infrastructure to support that.

none of it. so you are talking about a timeline of 2032 to reinvent not just what you drive but how you power it? you can't do it. >> i think that's nine years away, it's insane. >> such a short amount of time and nobody gets that. you can't do it that quickly unless you change expectations. >> you talked about demand as well. tesla has been cutting prices five times this year to help demand because there has been a little bit of a waning of it. cutting prices gives you an indication of the demand out there. >> dana: people buying them if prices come down? >> we have to wait until we get their action numbers. talk about the grid as well. california talk about converting us to the grid. when it is in peak season we can't charge the e.v.s so the grid can't handle it. we have to rethink how reliable our kids are or aren't at this point. >> dana: what about the

environmental risks on the other side? >> all the production to get the e.v.s on the road? it's enormous. you are talking about rare earth metals that you have to mine out of the ground, all of which is control by china happening in countries with very few regulations around safety and waste. you are talking about a trillion tons of waste when it comes to the mining that will be required over the next ten years to be able to produce this. when you talk about e.v.s being green, well, maybe when it is on the road driving, but that's not the whole story. we aren't getting the whole story on any part of this from the administration. >> interesting yesterday on the show we had a good debate. column into he yeah university has a climate policy school. an interesting post they did back in january when they were talking about all of the adverse effects to get the lithium that you need to make the batteries. large quantities of water pollution, increase in carbon dioxide, alteration of the hide

logical cycle and pointed out an interesting study. a battery that weighs 1100 pounds emits 70% more carbon dioxide than a normal car battery. if our air is clean it doesn't mean the supply chain is. >> bill: all to help with climate change, right? china is putting up a coal plant every two weeks. >> they will build twice as many coal plants as we take off line. if you look at the ultimate effect of this it is almost nil and we are im poofering americans. not if you force the timeline. >> the cost of this for consumers is real. one example. let's say you are a trucking company and have to change to electric, an electric semi truck cost, the average for a traditional one is $150,000. electric it's 300,000 to 500,000. who can do that? >> they'll get you by saying

you'll have cost savings on the other end of it, right? the charging is cheaper than filling up diesel over gas if it's a truck. but to be able to put down that initial just to have cost savings on the other side i think does bring up the affordability question. >> you have to have the chargers and you have to have range. it takes a long time to charge. that all matters for long haul truckers. think about the cost to the rest of us as it gets more expensive. >> these are proposals from the epa and see what they look like in fine print and whether or not there is a court challenge along the way. nice to have you here. >> see you at 1:00 on your show. now to the border. customs officials telling fox news mexican drug cartels are urging migrants to rush the border in el paso assuring them the u.s. won't expel them. matt finn live in eagle pass, texas. hi, matt. >> over the past week we've seen a very steady flow or some mild

surges of migrants in the el paso sector. we have new fox news video to show you on the ground yesterday about 700 migrants from countries like venezuela and cuba crossed into the u.s. we have a producer on the ground who talked to some of the my granulitis and they say word is spreading to get to the u.s. now because asylum seekers are being released with a notice to appear months or more than a year away. and cbp agents on the ground also tell us cartels and illegal human smuggling network launched a misinformation campaign instructing migrants to cross now falsely claiming the u.s. is no longer expelling migrants under title 42. cbp tells us title 42 is in effect until next month when it is set to expire. also here in texas governor abbott's office announced the biggest fentanyl bust ever in a single mission under operation lone star. 3.1 million doses in a traffic stop. the 39-year-old driver from

mexico and held in jail. texas dps points out this massive amount of fentanyl likely made it through one of our southern ports of entry. yesterday while standing here at the rio grande river i watched two men in a ramp dump four young girls to american soil and take off. national guard assisted them and processed them. the girls told us the men on the raft were from mexico and not their family. the oldest girl told me she is 14 and traveled from honduras with two younger sisters 11 and 5. they picked up a fourth girl who was four years old. the three sisters tell us their mother is in houston. the fourth girl's says her dad is in florida. we couldn't confirm that. if they paid anyone they wouldn't answer that question. >> dana: thanks for what you did for the rescues yesterday. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: terrifying moment in a game between the minnesota twins and chicago sox yesterday.

a third base man took a pitch to the face. we'll show you the the video. it's graphic. >> oh. >> farmer gets hit above the shoulder. >> dana: farmer will need oral surgery to have four teeth realigned but it is a miracle the jaw wasn't broken. >> bill: tough guy. i have to think it's the greatest fear for every batter in baseball that has to face a 90 mile-per-hour fast ball. we learn new details about the person possibly behind a massive leak of u.s. government secrets. the story runs deep and working through it throughout the lower. mike waltz will weigh in top of the hour from here. democrats are putting a full-court press on one of their own to resign. they want her to step down now. bret baier on the in-party divide and more coming up. fear not, i got you.

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>> bill: just got new video in new york city, the motorcade taking the former president, donald trump, to the offices of the new york attorney general where he will sit for a deposition in a lawsuit that accuses him of committing business fraud. this is prior to his presidency

and we'll see where it goes. last week, dana, this was >> dana: with alvin bragg. this is leticia james. this accusation includes the family, three of his family members as well as the trump organization and they want $250 million from him and they also if this goes to trial and also want him to not be able to operate a business in new york again. he would probably say fine. >> bill: new york was a mess last week. this was a quiet deal compared to that so deposition about to get underway. wanted to share that with you. let's go overseas to beijing, china issues a new warning as the u.s. and philippines hold their largest ever joint military drill. wow, beijing saying the effort to strengthen ties should not target a third party and should be conducive to regional peace and stability. as concern gross over china's

relationship with moscow. new poll shows 62% believe the partnership between those two countries is a serious problem for us. general jack keane former army vice chief of staff and stère strategic analyst. you have been warning us about this for some time. what is the relationship with the philippines and how china is responding? >> i give credit to the administration. they are strengthening the role our allies and partners have us in joining with us in opposition to china's aggression. training together is one of the major things that has to be done. the u.k., unties and australia. the quad relationship. japan, australia, united states and india bringing them into this is all good things that must be done. we can't pose china by ourselves. we have said many times the united states and our allies currently are outgunned and

outmanned by china's military. that's a fact. the pacific commander told us several weeks ago he made a statement we're in a very dangerous situation and we have to move with a sense of urgency to fix it. his words. >> dana: the philippines, how much pressure are they under from china to abandon their relationship with us? >> significantly. china had its way with the previous regime before this one came into power. china, what they are attempting to do, dana, a great question, because they use intimidation and coercion to deal with our allies to repress them and as such to create distance from the united states. also not to support taiwan. they want to gain regional control without firing a shot. that's their strategy. and they have had some success with it and why they continue to do it. you see the intimidation recently with taiwan.

once again because of the taiwanese president's visit. this he know it's an overreaction but they want the taiwanese people to see it. there is an election coming and they don't want a strong conservative like the current president is who stands up to them. >> bill: we'll go to ukraine quick. you wrote a piece at foxnews.com in light of the intelligence leaks we're reading about in the "washington post." the crazy idea to abandon ukraine to china is critical to assist yu cain to create a world we want future generations to thrive in. we don't want russia, china and iran writing the rules. that's what's at stake. make your case. >> when you look at ukraine and russia, what you have to see there is russia's ambition to recreate the russian empire. it's the former soviet republics many who are a part of nato. when you look at china, china has a partner in russia because

they want to achieve global superiority, replace the united states as the global leader in the world. if russia wins, china wins. why is that? because the united states and western democracies will have lost in their support for ukraine and that gives china leverage in europe but also in the indo-pacific region. they're doing it because of china. when we think of the war in ukraine and russia and oats a distraction because it has taken us away from china, it's the opposite of that. if russia wins, china wins and they will have incentive to use aggression themselves as a result of the u.s. and western democracy loss against taiwan and in the region at large. >> dana: initial reaction from you about the leaker of these

documents that apparently was a young contractor who had access to this classified information and sharing it with a bunch of younger teenagers on the internet. >> it's really disappointing and frustrating to see something like that. certainly it's not the most classified information that we do have but it certainly is embarrassing in terms of once again we're caught spying on our allies. they know we do that and they do it with us. some of those incidents are embarrassing and frustrating to our government that egypt and possibly ukraine would be supporting russia in their war effort against ukraine. that's going to cause some friction and justifiably so. contractors don't take an oath like our soldiers and our troops do. that doesn't mean that contractors don't serve loyally, they do and we're dependent on them. remember the leak, the most

profound leak we've ever had in the history of the country was by mr. snowden, also a contractor but had access to national security agency information. this contractor, despite his age had access to information that was largely classified. it is not as damaging to ukraine as people have made it out to be in my view. something we watch at the institute for the study of war every single day. their plans that are upcoming we don't know them. we speculate largely about them but we don't know them and i don't believe our government knows them. >> bill: feels like we're at the beginning of the story and see where it goes. >> great talking to you. >> dana: artificial intelligence could soon decide the future of the economy. business world using the technology to make smarter decisions. what are the risks?

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the treasure trove of top secret documents revealed on social media and the person who may have leaked them. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom" -- i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. president biden speaking out in ireland as an explosive report reveals some personal details about the man behind the leak of sensitive military secrets of which there are many. source says he knows the leaker, telling the "washington post" about a possible motive. they did an interview with this person and put him in shadow at his request. that's our understanding. here is part of that. roll it. >> it would appear as if he sort of grew angry with the fact that only 1 or 2 people were paying attention to these documents he was pouring his heart out into and as a sign of just anger, he just decided to post the full document. he was a very smart way. no way he would not know that these were illegal. >> dana: peter doocy traveling with pre