that is right, and the issue of abortion, there are conflicting stories on what happened during mark houck's arrest. was that overreach of power or extreme example of use of force? the other thing, there have been no arrests for the pro-abortion activists who fire-bombed or vandalized pregnancy centers and you have to wonder why that is. >> the fbi is a bureau under the department upon justice, they can still exercise independence, the director has a 10-year term. there are ideologues that head every department of the doj, they are political appointees and i think they are asserting themselves aggressively. there may have been judgment there was dangerer to agents if they knock on the door, i don't see it. they could have walked up to him on the street outside the abortion clinic, this was over a year ago this happened, they could have walked him away. i don't see circumstances that justify use of a swat team, which is reserved for very dangerous, armed and dangerous criminals. >> todd: you can agree cities, look at summer of 2020 and nothing happens to you. the house judiciary committee dem

allegations a swat team was used to arrest a pro-life activist while his wife and children were home, mark houck 's wife is telling us about it. >> todd: the man's arrest gaining national attention while fbi claims he was taken into custody without incident and the agency did not respond to claims 25 agents were involved. >> carley: brooke singman has more. brooke. >> brooke: the father of seven was arrested and charged with assault last year. there are inrack rat claims be -- agents knocked on his door, identified themselves and asked him to exit the residence, he did so and was taken into custody without incident. his wife said, they said they would break in if he didn't hope it and had five guns pointed at my husband, myself and basically our kids and said there was a swat team of 25 people with 15 vehicles at the residence. conflicting claims come as mike lee expresses the public's growing mistrust in the fieb. listen. >> i think there is significant concern within the fbi headquarters, agents are using to weaponize criminal law enforcement system at federal level. >> brooke: the father brou

the fbi arrest of mark houck sparking outrage nationwide, a spokesperson calling it a clear attack one christians. josh hawley sending a letter to merrick garland demanding answers on the shocking arrest. "using this kind of force to make arrest for single charge of assault is unprecedented, the reports are shocking given your office turned a blind eye to epidemic of violence across the country by pro-abortion extremists". >> carley: planned parenthood redescribing definition of heartbeat after stacey abrams made this claim. >> there is no such thing as a heartbeat, it is [inaudible] designed to convince people men have a right to take control of a woman's body. >> carley: now planned parenthood scrubbing mention of fetal heartbeat writing at six weeks gestation, a part of the embryo starts to show cardiac activity, it sounds like a heartbeat, it is not fully formed heart, it is earliest stage of the heart developing. this pediatrician is mother of seven and actual doctor who joins us now, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> carley: we're happy to have you on, can you clear up so

that reminds me a situation with mark houck, a pro-life activist who was arrested.ing the fbi essentially win in with guns a blazing the fbi said, they did no such thing but at the question is, should they arrest him at all because at a state level, the state dropped the case against him so why would the fbi pick it up? >> i tell you a comic that is a good question. because it falls along the ideologically avenue that the left takes. this is the key to investigating. when we would get a complaint or see something when i was an fbi agent, we would look for probable cause to do a preliminary investigation. once we determined that there was evidence that crimes were being committed, we would open up a full investigation and we would look at what they were doing, who was doing it, and how they were going about committing the crimes. then we put together a strategic plan to go and get these individuals and charge them with crimes. you see none of that at all in the government when we look at how the left is manipulating justice. i'm telling you right now from an investig

. >> aishah: a story we have been following for you all day, mark houck, the pro life advocate at the center of a dispute with the fbi, pleading not guilty with an incident outside an abortion clinic in 2021. how can the wife say the fbi used a heavily armed swat team to bust into their house with the kids inside, arresting him with guns pointed as his kids looked on. the fbi denies that. houck's arrest and the charges against him stem back to claims he assaulted a volunteer outside an abortion clinic breaking federal law. he says he was protecting his son from a volunteer. and a private lawsuit against him was dropped. and they say it's an abuse of power and weaponizing the doj. he pled not guilty to two charges in the 2021 incident. a big deal here. >> john: russians taking to the streets over vladimir putin's plan to send hundreds of thousands more of his own people to fight. >> aishah: plus a humanitarian crisis at the southern border. a massive jump of children coming here alone. it's heartbreaking, inhumane, and it's a sign of the broken policy at the border. she's next. no, he'

will: so the specifics of the allegation go like this, i think pete laid it out for us, but mark houck, protesting outside of abortion centers, encounters on multiple to indications abortion activists. one of them gets into a screaming match, it sounds like, with his 12-year-old son, encroaches houck physically, pushes him away from the 12-year-old son, and that is the indication of what is known for the face act. pete: freedom of access to clinic -- [inaudible] if. will: that's right. that's the official charge. let's bring in someone who would know about these types of things, shannon bream, the anchor of "fox news sunday," and fox news chief legal corps 307b9. good morning, shannon. >> good morning, guys and gal. [laughter] will: here we have the statute, the law that is being applied here. i think the question for everybody is selected application is discretion and deployment of resources, 25 agents to apply the law -- by the way, i think he'd been sued in civil court, and it got thrown out. so now we have the fbi, the doj pursuing criminal charges. why? >> remember, we herald from

in a few hours prosecutors will arraign mark houck, the catholic father of seven in philadelphia. the f.b.i. is accusing the pro-life activist of assaulting a volunteer at a philadelphia planned parenthood. his wife claims dozens of agents used excessive force when they arrested her husband at their home with the children present. it's part of a pattern by a poll itized department of justice according to some. >> at the core it's an assault allegation. one had already been dismissed by the courts in philadelphia. a year later the federal government steps in. it is a crime to forcibly interfere for those providing reproductive healthcare. a 72-year-old escort outside the philadelphia parent hood said he shoved him to the ground. the federal government carried out the arrest friday. 25 to 30 f.b.i. agents arrived to the home with guns drawn. she told fox news they said they were going to break in if he didn't open it and had guns pointed my husband, myself and my kids. the f.b.i. is calling the claims and number inaccurate telling fox news they operated withstand arid practice and g

mark houck is set to be arraigned just about an hour from now.e is a husband, a father of seven children, and also the president of a catholic men's ministry. the charges stem from an incident this time last year as 72-year-old patient escort volunteering outside of the philadelphia planned parenthood accused houck of shoving him to the ground. houck said he was defending his 12-year-old son from harassment, and the doj indicted houck under the face act, which makes it a federal crime to forcibly interfere with someone feasting the mike seeking or providing reproductive health care. on friday, the fbi descended on his home to add arrest him. the fbi admits that the 20 agents came to his door with guns drawn. houck's wife, ryan-marie, called the use of force traumatic and said the children were terrified, telling fox news they said they were going to break in if he didn't open it, and they had about five guns pointed at her husband, and her kids. the fbi is calling the claims inaccurate. emily, this is extraordinary. i saw the saturday morning and

mark houck is the leader of a nonprofit group that provides sidewalk counselling at abortion clinicsphia, and on friday morning, his wife tells life site news, agents surrounded their home to arrest him on charges of violating the freedom of access to clinic entrances act and specifically pushing a pro abortion protester she says was harassing their son. houck's wife says the case was already thrown out, adding quote, after they had taken mark, and the kids were all screaming that he was their best friend, the agents kind of softened a bit. i think they realized what was happening or maybe they actually looked at the warrant. is this the latest example of the fbi going after who the agency considers to be extremist? an fbi whistle-blower spoke about this issue on last night on unfiltered. >> the investigations done on the criminal side are very good and wrapped up and efficient. that is not the goal nor is it the same and it is certainly not the way they are done on the intelligence side. this is going to be counterterrorism or counterintelligence, they don't have the same agenda. an

mark hauck. hauck's wife recounting the horrifying experience in when she says more than 20 fbi pounding on her door. >> it's hard to express how traumatized we all are. >> carley: if convicted, houck. now to the midterm elections. pennsylvania g.o.p. senate hopeful dr. mehmet oz gets an endorsement from the u.s. chamber of commerce. this comes as his democratic opponent lieutenant governor john fetterman, listen to this, scrubs the are black lives matter section of his official campaign website. his site used to point out how fetterman championed the idea that black lives matter long before it wayman hashtag. that no longer there. those are your headlines. >> ainsley: why would he remove it? he doesn't want to be affiliated? >> brian: obviously he sees a negative to anything bad about cops. anything bad about black lives matter clearly having problems financially and organizationally. is anyone buying that? aren't the people of pennsylvania smarter than that? >> pete: crime is becoming even more of a big topic. he realizes that cuts against him. hoping no one will realize. >> ainsley: such a close race. trying to figure out whatever they can do to appeal to the voter. >> pete: tro