>> the first phase of the cease-fire deal between israel and hamas coming to an end as

the final round of hostages are back home in israel. welcome to another hour of fox news live. i'm bryan llenas. to greg palkot on this final phase one. >> that's right, night is falling on a very dramatic day in israel. hamas giving up more hostages. first coming out of captivity, 40-year-old tal shoham snatched by hamas on that fateful october 7th. plus, 39-year-old avera mengistu hailed after crossing into gaza 10 years ago. militants putting on a propaganda display before the handover to the red cross. next, three israelis in their 20's, eliya cohen, omer shem tov and omer wenkert grabbed from the music festival on that same terrible day and another terror photo opportunity. all looked thinner and showed some signs of illness in the

past and 36-year-old hisham al-sayed having also been held captive for a decade after he, too, crossed into gaza. the freed hostages brought to the idf and israel all reuniting with close family members, all now at hospital here in tel aviv. set to be exchanged for these after a security assessment by israel, some 600 palestinian prisoners. across israel today, israelis celebrated amidst sadness, four will be released next week and then some 60 held my hamas and shiri bibas and two young sons has been handed over. an unknown woman had been brought back with the children. the bibas family saying today shiri was returned home. you're right, brian, the first phase of the cease-fire agreement is set to end in the

coming week. talks for the d decisive second phase with a lot of lives at risk. bryan: greg, live from tel aviv. thank you. what's next as the phase one of the deal is near its end. with me, senior strategic analyst, jack keane. that's the question, the first phase is set to end on march 1st. do you think that phase two will begin in this cease-fire deal? >> it really remains to be scene and i'm not trying to avoid the substance of the question, but it has to do-- phase two israeli war termination phase and by that, the idf is supposed to leave in its entirety. right now, they're in buffer zones inside of gaza in the east and also in the south and

hamas is supposed to give up governance and disarm. both of those objectives for the idf leave gaza completely for the hamas are going to collide with each other, neither side is going to want to could that. idf knows full well that prime minister netanyahu will likely move them back into gaza if hamas is still governing gaza and that's likely to be the case as we can see, hamas is demonstrating in these hostages releases, not just the parading them around, which is kind of despicable, but they're trying to demonstrate that they're still in charge and they're out there with their guns and their uniforms on for that kind of reception by the world. so, those objectives are colliding and i don't think for a minute that the hostilities have ended in gaza. it's really likely, if there's

63 and the numbers move around on hostages remaining, 32 of them are likely to be dead and if those hodges are not released by the end of the phase, which is, as you indicated, the beginning of march, israelis will go into gaza and they'll put pressure on them to release those hostages and i'll say anyway, if they are all released and hamas is still in charge, the israelis will go in to take that governance away from them. so, hostilities, i think, are in the future. phase three is the reconstruction phase, which president trump and others have talked about in terms of the various options that would exist for the people of gaza, but getting through phase two, bryan, is going to be challenging. bryan: phase two calling for the release of all giving hostages that are males and of

course palestinian prisoners will be released and both parties will declare a sustainable and permanent cessation, which you've made o out, and saying that hamas needs to be eliminated and cannot govern gaza. the thing that's sticking out to me, there's nothing in the cease-fire that has guaranteed any of the main goals. >> yeah, what's been trouble, certainly, who replaces hamas if they're not going to be in charge? and you know, there's been significant amount of consultation on this subject with the united states, with the kingdom of saudi arabia, with the uae and certainly with egypt and jordan as well and the israelis and there really has not come to consensus on what that would likely be. they-- the average would prefer it to be some form of palestinian

rule, but abbas cannot be trusted. the arabs reject him, frankly. they don't do it publicly, but they know he's corrupt and pocketing money from them for years and he's rejected every peace offer the israelis has made when a two-state solution was on the table. and israelis know full well one of the major obstacles to achieving a two-state solution is hamas and hezbollah don't want a two-state solution, they want a one state solution, which is the destruction of the state of israel. so, yes, to follow on governance and how you secure that governance and prevent whatever fighters are left from interfering with that governance by hamas is really the issue, and while talks are continuing on that subject, off line, there hasn't been consensus. there is no plan that could be brought forth to the public rit

large and to the palestinians to provide them with some sense of what the future would be for them. so that is a major obstacle here, bryan, for sure, and you've identified it. bryan: general, i only have a minute left here, but what does president trump and the white house do? president trump has said he essentially will leave prime minister benjamin netanyahu to do what he wants to do there. do you expect us to take a more aggressive stance, obviously, with the president? >> i think if the hostages are not all released, president trump will support, certainly, prime minister netanyahu's idf going back in. if all the hostages are released and hamas does not fulfill their part of the deal in terms of disarming and giving up governance, he'll support prime minister netanyahu going back in there for a reason as well and then the other thing on the horizon just briefly, is iran. and they are talking about

whether iran voluntarily dismantles their nuclear enterprise or whether it's done by force and both of those options are on the table. bryan: general jack keane, thank you so much for being here this morning. appreciate your insight as always. >> yeah, great talking to you. bryan: you, too. for more on the way that the u.s. is abroad, let's turn to ranking member adam smith. we learned that trump fired air force general, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, cq brown, along with other military officers. what is your response to what happened to the pentagon last night? >> well, it's deeply concern. i know cq brown quite well, he's an incredibly capable person. there seems no particular reason to remove him. and it's disruptive. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. there's a consistent turnover that they normally have. now we don't have a chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.

i hear the president's going to try to place him with a retired three-star who can't possibly be as plugged into what's going on at dod. so, i think it's disruptive and it will in the short-term certainly weaken the u.s. defense postures as we try to move forward. as will firing thousands of employees which is about to happen. so i'm concerned about it. i'm concerned about what the president's plan for the pentagon is going forward. there's a lot of reform, there's a lot of efficiencies that could be found in the pentagon in a variety of different ways, but simply firing people, particularly somebody as capable as cq brown is not moving us in the direction of that reform and that effort to actually make the pentagon, you know, stronger and better. bryan: well, the secretary of defense and the president would say differently. they say that they're moving away from the old policies of president biden, including dei policies and that the general, who you mentioned lieutenant general dan cain, our reporting

from jennifer griffin, a standout guy, a humble guy. what do you make about that? >> normally they promote people up through the system as they've been there, i confess i don't know all the aspects of his career. i do know that he's retired, and that's unprecedented. we've never had a joint chief of staff that has come out of retirement. might it work? it might. it's certainly disruptive in the short-term. we'll see. as far as cq brown is concern he's not the guy who put in place dei programs whatever that may mean. he's got a long and storied career in a lot of places. to dismiss him as like a dei person is insulting to begin with and is simply wrong, it doesn't reflect what his career is. what he's done as chairman of the joint chiefs, i think it's the last two years. so, time will tell, but in the

short-term, like i said, it's certainly upending things and not towards any particular direction that i could see. what i want to see is reform of acquisition and procurement. how do we, you know, actually buy stuff more quickly, more efficiently, more effectively. there's all kinds of requirements, all kinds of problems that could be reformed. right now we're sort of rearranging the people and plus the statements that the president has made about wanting absolute loyalty to him, as being the chief criteria. bryan: understood. >> and not be the chief criteria for people being in the pentagon. bryan: understand. i want to get to the war the cease-fire with israel and hamas. what are your concerns right now, congressman, and do you see this cease-fire reaching phase two? >> yeah, i agree substantially with what general keane said just a few minutes ago. the only thing that i would really emphasize is the biggest problem is what is the alternative to hamas? to get them out you have to

have another leadership structure. i agree with general keen's assessment of mahmoud abbas as well, but i do know than i've spoken with the king of jordan as well as mbs in saudi arabia and leadership in egypt. they are developing other alternatives. i think we are going to better need to develop those alternatives and get them in place and the keys to that is prime minister netanyahu who is going to have to be supportive of the process. i completely agree with that, hamas should not be running gaza. got to find somebody else who can and i know there's a lot of frustration in jordan, saudi arabia and egypt that prime minister netanyahu has not been open to working with them to find that alternative palestinian leadership. bryan: and lastly, here, quickly, congressman, the russia and ukraine peace deal. what are your thoughts on where that stands now? >> i'm deeply concerned. the one thing i haven't heard from president trump or anyone in the white house is an

absolute commitment to making sure that any peace deal has ukraine strong enough to protect itself. what putin wants is he wants ukraine crippled so he can do whatever he wants going forward. and the president hasn't said anything about you know, we will have a commitment to help ukraine be armed and trained so it can defend itself. the n.a.t.o. conversation is one piece of it, but the bigger piece is just make the statement. ukraine is a sovereign, independent country that deserves to be protected and we're going to make sure that they're armed so they can do that. no one in the white house has done that. i think showing that level of weakness to putin undermines their ability to negotiate the peace going forward. so, that's my biggest concern and of course, the president's comments about ukraine starting the war and all that stuff, it just, it plays into putin's hands. we need to make a strong statement that ukraine is sovereign, independent nation, we will help them and make sure

they're able to defend themselves going forward. that's what could force putin to the negotiating table. bryan: democratic congressman adam smith. congressman, thank you so much for your time. >> thanks for giving me the chance. bryan: the house set to vote on its big beautiful budget next week. president trump is on board, but are all republicans? we'll talk to new york congresswoman nicole malliotakis why she's concerned and elon musk chain-sawing through, and the cost cutting is creating some big buzz. know there's so many of you who have served your country honorably... ...whether it's two years, four years, or thirty-two years, like myself. one of the benefits that we as a country give you as a veteran is your eligibility for a va loan not 80 percent but 100 percent the value of your home and that's what you can get at newdayusa. call 1-844-900-3696.

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>> this is a live look at capitol hill where things could really heat up in the coming days. republicans preparing for a potential showdown in the house ahead of next week's expected budget vote. some in the party are concerned about potential cuts to medicaid. my next guest is one of them. new york congresswoman nicole malliotakis. thank you for joining us, thanks for being here. i want to dig into this with you. what are your concerns about the current budget plan right now. you don't want to see any cuts to medicaid. what have you heard and have you seen any clarity on the concerns? >> i'm 100% aligned with president trump on this.

he's indicated he does not want to see medicaid cuts to beneficiaries. we do, however, want to go after waste, fraud and abuse in the program and at the same time the president wants to see a resolution that allows for enough leeway to cover the tax cuts that are priority to him and me as well. particularly reducing taxes for our seniors, reinstating or increasing the salt adoption and repatriating manufacturing, no tax on tips. the resolution, i don't see how we can accomplish both those things as it is, particularly with the last minute amendment they put in that calls for additional $500 billion in cuts or savings in order to allow for the president's tax agenda to be fully implemented. and so, i just want clarity on how we're going to achieve that and in the $2 trillion over all they want to cut, where does medicaid actually fit in there. because the number for the

energy and commerce which includes health care space is about $880 billion. so if we're able to take more of that from the energy space, maybe through, you know, deregulation and some other initiatives, then that could address some of my concerns, but we also need to be taking into account these doge savings. that should be included in that overall number so we don't have to dig in further in medicaid than we already are. bryan: okay, i want to dig into some of the president's executive actions this week, particularly one that hits close to home for you. this is one of his actions, not executive, but department of transportation moved to end new york city's controversial pricing plan. governor kathy hochul is vowing to fight this in court. is this president's place to step in there. >> absolutely. state legislature, however, it did need federal approval. and joe biden's administration

gave them approval and rubber stamping the program without requiring a thorough environmental i am fact -- impact statement which is required by the law. to say that there's no finding without a study is ludicrous. i'm glad the president did so. why did he do it? he as a new yorker understands this was a cash grab that hurt working people, that it hurt our first responders, nurses, people that have to work odd hours and need a safe way to get into manhattan in the middle of the night and people have to go for their health care appointments and this would hurt new york city's economy overall and he gets that as a new yorker and i'm glad that he reversed it. bryan: another big issue in the big apple, a judge declining the doj request to dismiss the corruption charges against new york city mayor eric adams. instead the judge delayed the

trial, and on why the case should be thrown out. where do you see adams and do you think that hochul should have stepped in the way she did? >> this is not something i've ever seen before. it's very unprecedented here. in fact, a governor has never removed a sitting mayor in new york city and this is kind of one of these things where the governor was-- instead of allowing the election to take place, which is going to be-- it is november, letting the people decide, the governor is trying to influence the situation. we'll see what happens in court here. i think it's interesting that you appointed an outside attorney to come in and make arguments on behalf of the doj to see if they dismiss the case. the reality is we have an election coming up this year, let's allow the people to choose who the next mayor is. i don't think it will be mayor adams, i don't think that he will even run again or certainly wouldn't win if he ran again, but the people

should be the ones deciding. this is another example, kathy hochul ignoring the will of the people and trying to influence the people. and public referendums, when they don't want certain voting laws change, same day voting registration and no excuse absentee balance, trying to gerrymandering. >> and you have mayor adams trying to claw back the $80 million that was given to the city from the federal government to help with migrant shelters. >> president trump took that money back and now adams is trying to claw back at it, what do you make of that? >> premium is protecting the taxpayers. i've been fighting for a long time to stop the funding of these migrant shelters in the city of new york. they've spent billions of dollars to house individuals in our country illegally. people who have been committing crimes, actual gang members have been living in these shelters. they get arrested, they get

released back to the street because of kathy hochul's radical bail law and go back to the shelter which the taxpayers are paying for. it's ludicrous and president trump is correct to claw back this money. new york city was not entitled to this money and this was something that was worked out with joe biden that hurt the people of our city, of our country and i'm glad that we're seeing action to remove these dangerous individuals who have committed terrible crimes from assaulting police officers, and even shooting at police officers. there's been murder, there's been stabbings, there was a woman set on fire in the train station, all sorts of heinous crimes that have been taking place in our city and we should not be using our taxpayer money to give them a free stay in a luxury hotel room. bryan: all eyes on new york city. all eyes also on capitol hill as we see if your colleagues can come together here and pass a bill, either through the house or senate and figure out where to make cuts, if not

medicaid and entitlements. congressman nicole malliotakis, thank you so much. i appreciate it. >> thank you. bryan: democrats founding the alarm over elon musk going off wasteful spending. could his big cuts give taxpayers a boost? new developments in the two murder cases gripping the nation. those details coming up.

>> call it the d.c. chain saw massacre. elon musk touting major doge cuts at cpac this week as they look to slash wasteful spending. there's word that taxpayers could be getting a piece of the savings. lucas tomlinson is in national harbor, maryland, where attendees seem to like what they're hearing from the president's ally. >> good morning, perfect timing, as you saw in the picture, that was president of argentina giving his famous

golden chain saw to elon musk. and the president of argentina speaking to a packed nation's capital. we heard in sarah huckabee sanders, the press secretary during the first term, she talked about the blistering pace working for the president, phone calls at 1:00 in the morning and calling four or five hours later and wanting answers. and it appears that the president wants elon musk to have more hustle. posting this morning, quote, elon musk is doing a great job, but i would like to see him get more aggressive. remember, we have a country to save, but ultimately to make greater than ever before. maga. by the way, bryan, elon musk responded, will do, mr. president. see you at cpac today. a big crowd. there's thunderous applause there to the president of

argentina just wrapping up his remarks. now, here was president trump yesterday on elon musk. >> he's doing something that a lot of people wouldn't have the courage to do. we want to streamline our country, we want to streamline, you know why? because we want our country to survive and thrive and we're finding billions and billions of dollars of waste, fraud and abuse. >> now, president trump signed executive order this week barring illegal immigrants from receiving federally funded benefits. he's also floating an idea you mentioned, bryan, off top about some money that doge uncovered, bringing that back to the american taxpayer in the form of $5,000 checks apiece, a doge dividend, if you will. not everyone is on board. house speaker mike johnson says he wants the billions in waste to pay down the national debt currently at $36 trillion and trump trying to bring an end to russia war in ukraine. here is the president on that.

>> president putin and president zelenskyy are going to have to get together because you know what? we want to stop killing millions of people. and i want to get the deal done. i think we have a chance to get the deal done. i had to make sure that russia wanted to do it. >> steven miller is just about to take the stage right now. he was just announced and while the president of argentina was here, the president of poland is also going to be here. almost like the united nations outside the nations 's capital. the president of poland seen as an n.a.t.o. ally close to 5% on defense. and the president spoke with president duda before the appearance before the crowd. and no doubt the war in ukraine is a topic. bryan: and the crowd has had their coffee, the energy. and the president says that

doge is saving money and democrats are not cutting elon musk slack. and let's discuss this with reuters correspondent jeff mason. thanks for being here. based on luke's reporting, the president expected to double down on doge, taking to truth social saying that he wants elon musk to be even more aggressive with these cuts. this as doge is facing dozens of lawsuits and even some concern here of reports of republicans privately getting a little bit worried. what are your thoughts, jeff? >> well, i think to start with, bryan, you're right to say that president trump has given elon musk his support. i was in the office when the two of them held a sort of impromptu press conference with the reporters, the friendship and trust that both of them have with each other is very clear and gives elon musk a mandate from most powerful man

in the world. you're right to say that democrats are worried and some republicans are worried and some republican lawmakers are facing worried questions from constituents when they do town halls back in their districts. we'll see to what extent that continues to be negative feedback, but the president is also seeing plenty of positive feedback, too, and part of that is about making good on the promises that he made as a candidate and you know, we'll see if that includes sending $5,000 checks to americans. the fact that there's controversy about that means no doubt there will be more discussion about that and there's a question about how much money will actually be saved. both the president and elon musk said a couple of weeks ago that they were aiming for one trillion and mr. musk has also said two trillion will be the best case scenario and it's that figure that's been used in the math when discussing $5,000

checks for american taxpayers. bryan: so democrats are trying to form some sort of, i don't know, counterattack. we have alexandria ocasio-cortez, this is what she has said about doge, let's listen. >> elon musk is not going after efficiency. he's not going after making things better for people. he's trying to steal medicaid so that he can enrich himself. he's trying to gut everything that is good in america for his own private profit. bryan: the democrats' argument that the richest man in the world is trying to steal more money from the americans. i mean, does that -- that seems like a tough sell when you have doge going after waste, fraud and abuse. i mean, democrats find themselves, that's the best they've got so far, jeff. >> well, you know, democrats, republicans, disagree on what is waste, fraud and abuse. some would argue what elon musk

and the administration so far have targeted have been ideological, targeting usaid, targeting the department of education. those are things that are -- that republicans or at least some republicans and conservatives have not liked for a long time, so going there to look for waste and fraud, also shows that that's been a priority is to target those particular departments. of course, you're going to hear some counter arguments from democrats. of course, you're going to have some discontent about it from both the-- from constituents on both sides. bryan: no doubt. and those reports of republicans including senator lisa murkowski and others with concern for those cuts is something we'll keep an eye on. jeff mason, thank you for being here. >> my pleasure. bryan: and more on the pope being hospitalized and west virginia governor patrick morrissey on the issues that

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>> governors from across the country in d.c. today for the winter meeting of the national governor's association on the agenda for state leaders today, education and border security. what are governors hoping to achieve this weekend? let's ask west virginia governor patrick morrisey who joined me now. thank you for being here. before we get to that, i want to ask you about the floods in west virginia. i know it's killed at least three folks. it's an emergency situation. what can you tell us? are you getting the help you need from the federal government? >> well, we've been speaking with the federal government. i want to applaud the efforts. all the folks on the ground, the local emergency management folks, the first responders, all the people, the volunteer efforts in west virginia, the state response, the guard, and we've been working very closely with fema and folks at the federal level. so, i'm very hopeful that we'll

be getting some approvals coming very, very soon, but it's been a work that-- together with local, state, federal, and i think we're going to have some good things to report, but some tough challenges for our people. many people know that this part of the country was hit pretty hard. some of our counties in the south really have a road to recovery in front of them, but our state's going to stand strong with them and make sure we help the folks in need. bryan: today at the conference with the governors, you guys are going to be talking about border security and education, what are you hoping to achieve today? >> a couple things. first, we've been meeting with folks from the administration, and emphasized providing governors in states with more flexibility in terms of how they're administering their programs. that's particularly relevant with respect to education. where a state like west virginia which really believes in school choice and we have one of the broadest school

choice programs in the country, we have an opportunity to get rid of all the nasty bureaucracy and the overregulation that doesn't help teach our kids and we get to empower kids and families. so, i know a number of my colleagues are talking about that, asking for that additional flexibility. we're also talking about how we can continue to help president trump and partner up with the federal government in terms of stopping what was happening on the border. we had biden border disorder for a long stretch and now, within just a short period of time, the trump administration is attacking the problem, working with the states. we've actually been partnering with them and ice to make sure that those people that came in illegally, that we're working with them to get them out of the country because we don't need that, we need our community safe and i think this trump administration is doing a very good job on that. >> governor, president trump hosted you and your colleagues where he had this heated

exchange with maine governor janet mills over his executive order over transgender athletes. >> the ncaa complied immediately, by the way, that's good. i understand that maine-- is maine here, the governor of maine? are you not going to imply with that? >> i'm complying with state and federal law. >> well, we are the federal law. you better do it. you better do it because you're not going to get any federal funding at all if you don't and by the way, your population even though it's somewhat liberal although i did very well there, your population doesn't want men playing in women's sports so you better comply because otherwise you're not getting any federal funding. >> see you in court. >> good, i'll see you in court. i look forward to that. that should be a real easy one. >> yeah, see you in court. the feds have launched an investigation into the maine education department. as of last 24 hours, you were in that room, governor. give us your take on that. >> i think what you're seeing

is what helped president trump get elected. president trump is authentic and say the same thing in a room filled with governors, republican and democrats, that he's going to say in a room full of other people. i think that's great. the reality is for far too long, the last years, president biden trying to turn title ix on its head and forcing states to do opposite what title ix was meant to do. so, i think that president trump is right. we should not be federally funding a lot of these schools where you get to have all of these entities that are trying to have men play sports with women, men participating in areas, locker rooms, changing rooms. this is a completely absurd position that a lot of us have been fighting for a long time and i think people are going to just applaud president trump's common sense approach to title ix and the relationship with the states. bryan: well, i know it's a

topic that you're extremely interested in. you were in the room when president trump signed that executive order. >> i was. bryan: banning transgender athletes on women's teams. so, west virginia governor patrick morrisey, thanks for your time and our thoughts and prayers are with the folks with the flooding. >> thanks. bryan: gripping the nation, in new york and idaho this week. first an update from the vatican as pope francis continues to battle pneumonia.

>> the medical team for pope francis giving an update on his condition as the 88-year-old pontiff remains hospitalized with pneumonia. stephanie bennett has the latest from london. >> hey, bryan. the vatican updated us this morning saying the pope slept well last night, but of course will be missing sunday prayers for the second week in a row. now, they did provide a big update yesterday on friday. pope francis' medical team said he's not out of danger, but his condition is not life threatening. they say he's in good spirits and joking with medical staff at rome's hospital, but at 88 years old he's a fragile patient and it's going to take some time. pope francis was admitted on

february 14th after a case of bronchitis worsened and later onset of pneumonia on top of chronic bronchitis. for now they've prescribed rest. >> one patient of 88 years old with correspond cal disease and you have some infection, virus, and bacterias, it's a critical condition, but he's fine now. >> millions around the world are concerned about the pope's increasingly frail health and looking at a possible regular resignation that they've not commented on. the pope has a history of respiratory illness having lost part of a lung as a young man.

and for now the pope will stay in the hospital for at least another week. bryan: stephanie bennett. live in london. thank you. united health care ceo murder suspect luigi mangione claiming he was illegally searched during his arrest and another key in the case of idaho murder suspect bryan kohberger. and the trials gripping the nation, that's next.

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>> united health care ceo murder suspect luigi mangione appearing in court friday where his lawyer claimed he was illegally searched during his arrest. he wants that evidence excluded from his trial. let's get the read on this from criminal defense attorney mer mercedes, thank you for being here. luigi mangione shows up in court wearing a green sweater, he's winking at supporters, a ton of supporters at court and the main defense that his constitutional rights have been trampled on. what do you make for that defense? >> great to be with you as always, it's clear that he has a ground swell of supports around him and the cheers as he entered court around 100 spectators to support him. at the end of the day his defense attorney trying to suppress the key evidence. we know he was arrested in

pennsylvania based on an onlooker that recognized him from a photograph that had been circulated by the authorities. that's when the local authorities in pennsylvania were called. they approached mangione and they had a discussion with him and it's that key interaction between law enforcement in pennsylvania that his defense attorney is zeroing in. why do i say that? following that encounter, following that arrest, key evidence was taken, the .9 millimeter gun, the silencer, the clothing that matched the alleged clothing of the ceo and the notebook that he's going to whack a health insurance executive and that's why they're trying to stop it before a jury. bryan: to another high profile case, the suspect in the killing of idaho college students in 2022, denied request to exclude dna evidence

from the trial. bryan kohberger's attorney says the genealogy violated his rights. how would you approach this trial now? >> it's such an uphill battle for the defense attorneys. we know the blood was found in the sheath of the night. they were able to find the igg, the acronym, to the trash in the kohberger home. and the attorneys did try their biggest shot, but there's evidence we're pretty sure that the defense was going to use that there was other blood ple present in the home that did not match anyone, but blood drops are others on the railing. that's what the defense attorney is going to focus on. there's blood in the house that does not match bryan kohberger,

didn't match the murder victim and didn't match others in the home and they'll zero in on that and try to determine what the other blood samples were pertaining to and say that's the alleged killer not bryan kohberger. that's pretty much the way they'll have to do because at this point tying the sheath to bryan kohberger through the dna testing and it was found in the garbage. you don't have a proprietary interest in garbage that you've discarded on the street. that's the biggest challenge to that. bryan: thank you for the breakdown for that. thanks for watching everyone back at home. i'm bryan llenas, fox news live continues with our own mike iemanuel right now. stay with us. >> six israeli hostages have been released today as phase one of a fragile c