And I say, and this is subject to getting it approved, but if they've been arrested many, many times,

they're repeat offenders by many numbers. I want them out of our country. I also will be seeking

permission to do so. We're going to get approval, hopefully, to get them the hell out of our country,

along with others.

Let them be brought to a foreign land and maintained by others for a very small fee as opposed to be maintained in our jails for massive amounts of money, including the private prison companies that charge us a fortune.

That was President Trump yesterday, floating the idea of sending American criminals who are repeat offenders to serve their sentences in other countries.

The question is, would Republicans in Congress support exiling Americans?

Plus, Pete Hagseth promising a shift at the Pentagon during his first day on the job as defense secretary.

The question is, what does that mean for the United States military?

And we're learning more about the harrowing experiences of the Israelis who were just released by Hamas.

The question is, what is the status of the remaining hostages who are nearing 16 months in captivity?

It's way too early for this.

Yeah. It's way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is happy to be broadcasting at least temporarily from New York.

I'm Ali Vitale on this Tuesday, January 28th, and we'll start, of course, with the news.

The acting U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., is launching an internal review of the department's

capital riot prosecutions. Ed Martin, who's been an advocate for the January 6th defendants,

made the announcement in an email to Justice Department colleagues.

Martin referred to the review as

Project 1512, which is a felony obstruction charge that was actually used against hundreds of

capital rioters. The Supreme Court ruled last year that the charge was too broadly applied.

Martin wrote, quote, obviously the use was a great failure of our office and we need to get to the

bottom of it. But before he joined the Trump administration, Martin was a great failure of our office and we need to get to the bottom of it.

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