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>> ainsley: it is now 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. this is "fox and friends," big fox news alert. >> brian: detained leader navalny is dead according to russian media. >> lawrence: alex hostage an is live. what do you know? >> 47-year-old alexei navalny has died in prison. he died after coming back from a walk and workers were unable to save him. zelenskyy, the head of his office saying, putin is the

ultimate evil who is afraid of any competition. reaction from france. france's foreign minister says navalny pays for resistance to a system of oppression. navalny was serving up to 19 extra years last year when his sentence was extended and he fz transferred to a penal colony. he was a fierce critic of russian president vladamir putin and seen as russia's most significant opposition leader. a decade ago he gained attention by voicing fierce opposition to russian president vladamir putin and the corruption across the country. he was a lawyer, ran for political office to challenge russian leaders and being the leader who was at the forefront of a lot of demonstrations

taking place across the country in 2020, navalny returned to russia and was evacuated to germany from suspected poisoning and lab tests show it was a never agent despite the kremlin denying that. in 2021 he returned to russia and was arrested. his health had been deteriorating every time we had seen new footage coming from russian prisons. we could see how emaceiated he had become. devastating news today that we are learning go his death. we are still waiting on much more in terms of international comments and what the white house and other leaders around the world will respond with today. back to you. >> brian: thanks so much, alex.

president zelenskyy has spoken out and said no doubt he's been murdered by putin. he asked what the world is going to do. >> lawrence: peter, what are you hearing from the president? >> peter: nothing from the president yet, but 25 minutes from now, we should hear from the vice president at the munich security conference. she has spent the last week insisting she is ready to lead and she's on the world stage today. here in washington issue the president's national security adviser, jake sullivan just talked about this. i will read a quote from an npr interview he just gave. he said if confirmed navalny's death, it is a terrible tragedy and given russian government long and sorted history of doing harm to his opponents it raises questions about what happened

here. that is jake sullivan. the first administration response to this. it doesn't sound like they buy what russian state media is putting out, that is happened naturally. they will wait until they have more information to put anything down on paper. i reached out to press secretary karine jean-pierre and national security top spokesperson john kirby waiting to hear back from them. it is early. we have a couple years worth of tape of joe biden talking tough when it comes to vladamir putin specifically on navalny and what happens if he found an untimely end while jailed. listen to this from when we were with president biden three years ago during the biden-putin summit in switzerland. >> quick follow-up on the same theme, you said you spoke to him about humanrights, what would

you say if alexei navalny dies? >> president biden: i made it clear to him, i believe the consequences of that would be devastating for russia. what do you think happens when he says it is not about hurting navalny, all the stuff he says to rationalize the treatment of navalny and then he dies in prison. i pointed out to him it matters a great deal when a country in fact and they asked me why i thought it was important to continue to have problems with a president of syria and i said because it's violation of international norm, chemical weapons treaty. can't be trusted. it is about trust. it is about their ability to influence other nations in a positive way. >> peter: because this president is so deliberative, especially when it comes to foreign policy,

that is sound bite of the day, he said significant consequences if navalny dies in prison. navalny is dead in prison. we are hearing from secretary of state about this. >> for more than a decade, russian government, putin, have persecuted, poisoned and imprisoned alexei navalny. and now reports of his death first and foremost if reports are accurate. our hearts go out to his wife and his family. >> peter: secretary of state and the vice president are deployed doing diplomacy on other issues. it is unusual to hear them talking about this first. typically with white house and huge flashpoint like this, navalny death in prison, they want the president to be first

to talk about it, even if it is post on x or e-mailed statement. but we have secretary of state talking about it and vice president is next up. we don't know what the president's plan is. i asked -- the email i sent, the subject said, has president biden been briefed about navalny's death. it is early and he has nothing on the schedule until he walks out the door toward marine one for a trip to east palestine later on today. back to you. >> ainsley: what would it mean if kamala harris, who is scheduled to speak at 8:30 talks about this before the president? >> peter: it would be a little bit of break in norms. they typically do not have the vice president talk about huge international events first. she is not the one who sets foreign policy. not just kamala harris, no vice president sets u.s. policy. she has a lot on her plate,

setting foreign policy, standing up to vladamir putin is not one of them. that is president biden's job. it is just standard commonplace practice to put the president, commander-in-chief out there first and it is possible we will get a statement from him. i can check my e-mail, before she talks. it is likely she'll be delayed. scheduled to go at 8:30, international conferences are delayed. >> lawrence: i know you are checking your sources to make sure we get a statement. do you know the president is up working, do you see marine -- he could be working from his residence, is there a signal the president is up and awake? >> peter: we expect he is up and awake. he says 8:00 hour is when he

works out and starting to get ready for the day. he is probably up. i'm sure he knows about this, he could be watching right now. he usually does not come down to the oval office until later. >> brian: ambassador to osse, says navalny had been in a punitive isolation cell for the 27th time. he endured 293 days, we condemn this and that was 21 hours ago and now he is dead. >> lawrence: bring in dan hofman. dan, we have wheland over there and our colleague evan gershkovich there. should we be concerned something could happen to them? we don't know if putin is responsible, but all sources are pretty much going to point to

putin being responsible. >> dan: that was vladamir putin's decision for sure. violation of human rights take place on a daily basis, that is what he uses his security service for. that is what the fsb do. they poisoned navalny in the first place with the nerve agent and ensured he would head off to siberian death camp. i have concerns about u.s. citizens being held. dana perino made a fantastic point about why it is imperative to get citizens home. every moment they spend in these conditions is a risk to their lives and they are in harm's way. this latest tragic death we've seen at the hands of vladamir putin is further example. we've got to do more and

vladamir putin holds all the cards. he increased leverage and i expect vladamir putin to ask for more, not to be generous in returning him to the united states. >> brian: you hate the swaps, we are paying for hostages and swapping people. we really have none of their people. there was a spy picked up in germany, they might want to do that. i don't know what would -- the hold-up is. do you know anything about what they want? i'm hesitant to play into it, but if you are whelan, anything to get him out or evan gershkovich. >> dan: the latest was the negotiations need to happen in silence and secret and it is hard to track through the media. the united states is trying hard to get our u.s. citizens out of

harm's way in russia. this is vladamir putin asymmetric war fare. we arrest a russian like the arms mefrchant of death and thee is a reason for that. vladamir putin does not, it is arbitrary and he leaves them there until he gets what he wants in return. he has tremendous leverage, that is challenge we face and i don't see anything in the near term where we have someone the russians want. they want their murder assassin being held in germany for a hit job. the germans don't waub to release him and vladamir putin sees murder of navalny first and foremost to demonstrate to his own people, don't mess with me as elections approach. if anyone is treacherous and think they can get away with

contradicting me, this is how they end up and secondary to the united states, i need more from you if you want to get your people back and every moment they are in their siberian death camp is great risk to them. step up and give me what i want. that is straight up mafia extortion. >> ainsley: what is that facility like, if you know details about that. we keep showing a picture of navalny's children with his wife. where are they living? what does this mean for them? >> dan: first and foremost, i've been to the places in russia. i've been to a prison, not where navalny is being held, it is indicative of what navalny is faced with, it is prison in moscow where evan gershkovich has been held. it is horrific there.

whatever you might think about our independental system in the united states, think again when it comes to russia. it is nasty and i've heard stories from those held in russia about how they were mistreated, not fed properly. there is a look at alexei navalny's family. they are overseas, not in russia. they had to have expected when he went back to russia this would be his fate and he knew that, too. navalny saw a larger cause, very russian thing to sacrifice himself for larger cause of freedom for his country knowing full well when he went back to russia, vladamir putin would turn hisire on him and this is how he would end up. just a tragic story. one we should remember. the house of representatives is not taking up this bill to support ukraine, they are on recess, maybe they should come

back home and do their job. >> brian: got to get them the money. there is no good part to vladamir putin. we don't have to understand him, he is evil guy with evil intentions and he tells us what he's going to do and he does it. we are always surprised when he does it. they are number one or number two geopolitical foe. thanks, appreciate it. on this, president of the united states could give a statement to kamala harris and say, i just talked to the president and here is what he said, one way for him to do it. he is looking to brandish her credentials, only person with lower approval ratings is her. >> ainsley: she is supposed to speak at 8:30. what does that say? if she speaks out, her sound bite will run all day and peter

doocy said the president did not speak out yet. >> lawrence: he looks weak already, you don't want this to happen. another fox news alert, fani willis is expected to take the stand top of the hour. yesterday fireworks all over the courtroom yesterday, she came in defiant and upset and said she did not watch the questioning of her lover, former lover nathan wade. she came in at a nick of time and said she wanted to take the stand, asked for three documents, motion and fireworks after that. >> ainsley: she is trying to spin and and say i'm not on trial, donald trump is on trial. reason she is in court is baz they allegedly took taxpayer dollars, she was having a relationship. her friend said they were in a relationship and she as the d.a. hires a special counsel

prosecutor, her boyfriend, she says he wasn't at the time. her friend did. she hires him and they spend taxpayer dollars to napa valley and took cruises and she said they have wine taste accident and champagne. she said, i paid him back in cash. she said, i have cash in my house. >> brian: she said her father keeps it. >> ainsley: if you have the cash, what did you do with the money? i didn't mutt put it in my bank account. everyone is questioning their credibility, should they be in charge of the trump case? >> ainsley: the girlfriend of the friend of hers from college who said they had a relationship in 2019, she has no credibility, up to one judge to decide if she stays on the case or they start over. former president trump says there is no case here, it is

tainted. perfect phone call i made, going after trump she got her boyfriend more money than they dreamed possible. no way they could have a case, it was a scam to get money for the boyfriend. she said, i have not paid my money, have you paid your taxes? i don't remember. i don't know if i paid off my lien. here she is talking about the relationship. >> i'm not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial. has he visited you on the place you lay your head. >> let's be clear, you lied here, you lied -- this is the truth, judge. it is a lie temperature. it is a lie. we will take five minutes, be back in five. >> ainsley: i didn't know about the lien on her house. >> brian: she has a lien on her house, not paying taxes, she is using cash to pay him back.

>> brian: nothing makes sense. >> lawrence: mr. wade confessed he paid for all this on his business card. >> ainsley: i paid for everything on my business card. >> lawrence: his accountant separates it at the end. the irs is like, oh, boy, inspection. >> ainsley: what if you put everything on your fox credit card? >> brian: nathan wade said a lot of people come to his office and give him cash. really? same irs that we deal with? >> ainsley: so corrupt and shady. >> brian: 87,000 new irs agents and this guy has cash in his law office. here are crazy moments. your office objected to us getting delta record for flights you may have taken. >> no, no. i object to you getting records. you have been intruce into

people's personal lives. these people are on trial for trying to steal an election, i am not on trial no matter how hard you try. >> did he ever visit you at a place you reside in? >> i don't understand. in 2020 i lived in south fulton, before i had to abandon my home. he never came there. if you don't come some place, you can't live there. >> i have to caution you, that is first time i caution you, listen to questions as asked and if this happens again and again, i'll have no choice but to strike your testimony. >> lawrence: miss willis, work with me here, even though you objected from the witnessstand. never seen a witness able to object and the judge let it go down, he got steamrolled

yesterday. >> brian: jonathan turley pointed out where asked about you're /* robin, she said she wasn't telling the truth. is anyone supposed to tell the truth here? >> lawrence: she took a shot at her friend, she goes, i went to howard and she went to morgan state. i go, okay, top hbcu. you are saying you are going to a little hbcu. she is doing this, there is no injury, this is judge, no personality thing, the judge has to follow the law. she knows this is on cable networks. >> brian: the judge is up for reelection and people are looking and if they feel he has a certain demeanor, maybe he doesn't win reelection. he can get another job, i

imagine. >> ainsley: he had to warn her several times, about her outbursts in this heated moment in court. you can watch it today starting 9:00. it is good and entertaining and brian calls it jerry springer. >> brian: it is, god rest his soul. >> lawrence: just figure out who the daddy is. >> ainsley: d.n.a. russian opposition leader alexei navalny has reportedly died in prison. vice president harris expected to speak shortly, she is in munich. >> lawrence: chinese migrants flooding across our border in large numbers, griff jenkins will tell us about the numbers he encountered yesterday. that is next. entrust your heart to entresto. entresto helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body.

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>> ainsley: we are back with a fox news alert. you are taking a live look now at munich, that is where our vice president kamala harris is expected to speak at the munich national security conversation in a few moments. we were told 8:30, peter said sometimes they are not on time. this follows the announcement that alexei navalny has died in

prison. we will bring remarks live when they begin. >> lawrence: governor abbott is set to make a border security announcement later today and measures get tougher and more migrants cross into states like category, including thousands of chinese nationals. griff jenkins is live in eastern san diego county with a fox news exclusive. what did you see? >> griff: this news is going on around the world, here in san diego sector in california, 60 miles east of san diego, we are seeing hundreds of chinese slip in across the border every night. yesterday there were 212, the san diego sector had 1200 migrants. this drone footage was shot here in location yesterday.

migrants, almost all from china. most of them single adult males. that is what has border officials concerned from a national security standpoint. why? china didn't share national security secrets with us. the vetting process is difficult, starting with basics, most agents don't speak mandarin, chinese, communication is difficult. look at video i shot with my camera along the line of these men as they process them. jacumba. this is troubling situation, fastest growing demographic across the southwest border, 20,000 since october 1, 90% in this sector. one man told me why he is coming and it may shock you. >> griff: why did you come? money? for job? >> yes. >> griff: no job in china?

>> maybe. i don't know. >> griff: take the money, he says. honest about the answer, lawrence. when you consider in 2021, the entire fiscal year, only 450 total chinese migrants and now more than 20,000 since october 1. this is issue officials want to put front and center and try to get ahold of. most migrants are in this area as surge shifted out west. we are waiting here, this time yesterday hundreds of chinese came across, see what today brings. >> lawrence: money is not a proper reason to get asylum, i'm sure a lot of americans are saying, we're struggling here. i want your community on five migrants arrested for the attack on the nypd. two of them have been identified

part of the venezuelan super gang. tell me about that. >> griff: lawrence, number of gang members coming across the border is astounding. chief jason owens put out a tweet about 160 plus known gang members coming across. the venezuelan gang coming through texas is where we saw venezuelans in places like eagle pass making their way to new york. new york is putting an emphasis on it, ice is still looking for many gang members out there and these in particular will be held to justice. >> lawrence: we have breaking news. live look at munich where vice president is about to address following the news of alexei

navalny who has reportedly died in prison. >> brian: getting ready -- bring in national security correspondent jennifer griffin in munich. his death hits home for you. >> well, brian, i lived in miss cow for three years and i've been following the vladamir putin autocracy for the past 25 years. what is notable about navalny death is timing of the announcement. it is coming as the global leaders are meeting in munich at a security conversation to determine how to deter vladamir putin and how to deal with expansionist russia. this message is being sent, a mafia style message from putin and kremlin. no coincidence, zelenskyy was on

stage speaks after this announcement came. it is notable navalny's chief of staff put out, if true, it is not navalny died and should not be reported navalny died, it is putin killed navalny and only that, from his long-time chief of staff. his wife is in munich as we speak. she was there last night having dinner with the former u.s. ambassador to moscow, mike mcfall, i've had dinner with his daughter, who is a brave young woman, she's a senior at -- there is a video of navalny in court, which i think we have. it shows he did not look ill. he's been in solitary confinement and disappeared and was sent to the prison north of the arctic circle and

disappeared for three weeks in december, which had his family concerned. that video of him yesterday, he was laughing and mocking the judge, we get news he's collapsed in prison and died. the timing of the kremlin announcement, kremlin put out a statement two minutes after navalny's stated time of death from the prison system. if that doesn't give you clues that the kremlin knew this was coming or had a heads up, i don't know what does. >> ainsley: dana perino made a good point, they could say he died today and might have died at a different time and releasing it because of the big report russia was sending nukes to space or because of the munich conversation, we saw john kerry wave to the crowd. we are waiting on kamala harris to be seated and speak.

what do you think of the times? >> we saw video of navalny speaking in court, video link, very much alive and not looking weak yesterday. >> ainsley: you don't question the date of that? you know it happened yesterday? >> anything in russia is hard to know, this is an autocratic iron-fisted, freedom and truth are something lacking in russia right now. i can't say for certain. i know that this is timing of this is designed to send fear through nato allies, send a message to those trying to stand up and defend zelenskyy and coming at a crucial time debate in congress about sending more military aid to ukraine so they do not lose the war to russia and empower putin further. the congressman from

pennsylvania put together a piece of legislation today that is tough on the border and also strips out any humanitarian aid to ukraine and focuses on military aid to israel, taiwan and ukraine, that should get serious attention before the house of representatives leave for two weeks. >> brian: i hope so. >> this is crucial time, as you know, that is why allies are meeting in munich and timing of the announcement of navalny's death was mafia-style message from putin to nato allies to his opponents in russia and he is sending a signal his main opponent, the main conscious only one of the left dissidents in moscow announced dead ahead of him running for reelection in moscow and giving interviews trying to manipulate the west into thinking they can compromise on ukraine. >> brian: we will cover that,

too, brian fitzpatrick put together something in the house. it was not going to be brought up in the house, now he does get tougher on the border and we'll see more of that. it is important ukraine gets some aid. this was sent to me. when asked why did you come back after being poisoned? he said coming back to russia i fulfilled my promise to voters, there must be those in russia who don't lie to them afterall. >> let's not forget what a threat he was to vladamir putin. he was poisoned by kgb, alexei navalny had been fighting for a decade pointing out the election of vladamir putin. he was embarrassing the kremlin leader showing how he was stealing from the russian people, that is one message the

russian people respond to. august of 2020, kgb tried to put a chemical agent in his underwear, he was on the virge of death when the pilot landed in siberia. his family and wife fought for him to be evacuated to germany. he was treated and survived that, it is incomprehensible he survived that and in february 2021 he returned to moscow, his family with him. he is arrested as soon as he lands, one of the most brave people. >> lawrence: sorry to step on you. we appreciate your coverage, vice president of the united states just took the stage in munich, we will listen in. >> thank you, thank you for your leadership. before i begin today, we have all just received reports that alexei navalny has died in russia. this is of course terrible news,

which we are working to confirm. my prayers are with his family, including his wife who is with us today. if confirmed, this would be a further sign of putin's brutality. whatever story they tell, let us be clear russia is responsible and we will have more to say on this later. this is my third time here and i'm honored to be with so many friends. this year we gather amid an increased instability and conflict in the middle east. we gather amid russia's ongoing aggression in ukraine. china's efforts to reshape the international order, transformative technological change and of course the

existential threat of the climate crisis. in this context, i know there are questions in europe and around the world about the future of america's role of global leadership. these are questions the american people must also ask ourselves. whether it is in america's interest to continue to engage with the world. or to turn inward. whether it is in our interest to defend long-standing rules and norms that have provided for unprecedented peace and prosperity or to allow them to be trampled? whether it is in america's interest to fight for democracy or to accept the rise of dictators? and whether it is in america's

interest to continue to work in lock step with our allies and partners or go it alone. today i will explain how president biden and i answer these questions. with full knowledge that how america responds will affect the american people, the people of europe and people around the world. i believe it is in the fundamental interest of the american people for the united states to fulfill our long-standing role of global leadership. as president biden and i have made clear over the past three years, we are committed to pursue global engagement, to uphold international rules and norms, to defend democratic

values at home and abroad and to work with our allies and partners in pursuit of shared goals. as i travel throughout my country and the world, it is clear to me, this approach makes america strong. and it keeps americans safe. however, there are some in the united states who disagree. they suggest it is in the best interest of the american people to isolate ourselves from the world. to flout common understandings among nations, to embrace dictators, and adopt the repressive tactics and abandon commitments to our allies in

favor of unilateral action. >> lawrence: brian, we have kamala harris vice president making her first statement, first statement from the white house, no mention of the president of the united states and what his thought is on the execution of alexei navalny. >> ainsley: she said she was praying for the family, his wife is in munich. jennifer said she had dinner with former ambassador to russia. she never said she talked to the president this morning. >> lawrence: i want to get your thoughts on this, i took hum bridge with the fact that she said some people want to be isolationist. that is mischaracterization on people that push back on defunding. american people were in support of ukraine at the beginning of

the war and i think they still do support them, but a lot of americans and people inure po are saying why not focus on the border, as well as ukraine and have questions about funding and money and the president not laying out the full strategy. what is the end goal and threat to america? instead of unifying the country with this cause, seems like with that statement she pushed people away from the negotiation table. >> brian: instead to say focus on the border, there are people that push back. this is vital to national interest. i was hoping the president would make the case, i think general jack keane would do a better job as does jennifer griffin when she explains what the stakes are and how much worse if we let ukraine fall. bring back in jennifer griffin over in munich. a lot of people watching, what

do you think about the opening remarks? >> jennifer: it is very clear vice president harris said off the bat russia is responsible for the death of alexei navalny. it was not we'll wait and see and need to know more, that was a strong statement from the vice president. it was notable to me, i have covered many security conversations and usually american leaders address europeans and allies. this had a domestic message and it was a strong domestic message and talked about how americans have a choice to make right now about whether to be global leaders, about america's role in the world. you heard the vice president talk about whether it is in american interest to fight for democracy or accept rise of dictators. that is message she is sending back here debating whether to

send aid to ukraine, whether to stand up to vladamir putin or to appease vladamir putin and the backdrop of munich is that munich was the site of the great appeasement ahead of world war ii, no coincidence munich has chosen to have this security conference for decades now. she said and you can quibble with the wording, there is certainly a mood within the country and on capitol hill, a debate among those who choose to isolate. isolationism is not new for americans to debate, it goes back to charles lindberg days, that was debate before pearl harbor. we have benefit of having two oceans that separate us from most of our enemies. she is making a case to domestic

audience here, biden administration and many on capitol hill have been making the case for why aid to ukraine, military aid, weapons to ukraine are so important in terms of sending a message to vladamir putin he cannot erase land borderers and countries, he cannot gobble up a country like ukraine and change rules-based order. >> lawrence: respectfully she is phrasing it as binary choice and that is not what many members of congress are saying. they are saying we will talk about ukraine, we will talk about israel, can we put on the table securing the border first? >> jennifer: lawrence, there was bill to secure the border the house would not take up. that is false comparison in terms of -- >> lawrence: it is not false, there are people that are critical of the bill and say it would not secure the border. >> jennifer: negotiated by senator james lankford of

oklahoma and the house would not take it up. now they are trying to revisit and fitzpatrick, member of problem-solvers caucus put forward way to bring the border back into it, strong language from what i saw this morning. we can't say that nobody wants to talk about the border in this ukraine legislation, that is what sent to the house. >> brian: got you. couple of things, i have never, the border has never been worse, we all agree on that. if not for leverage of aid, never would have brought it up. if you want to know how serious it is, lindsey graham is missing the munich conference and he believes in the munich conference as much as anybody and he is going to the border. the vice in charge of the border ignored the border and urging people to focus internationally. >> ainsley: thank you for your time this morning, we want to

get to benjamin hall, fox news correspondent, you went through it in ukraine, you know how important this story is and what vladamir putin is capable of. you lost your friend, your photographer and you lost a leg, an eye, you lost so much and almost lost your life because of this fight in ukraine, what is your reaction to the death of alexei navalny? >> benjamin: it is very sad, sad for anyone in opposition in russia. alexei navalny was one person that people thought could rally opposition and in 2013, he got 27% of the vote there. all along vladamir putin has been trying to get rid of him, many times he's tried to assassinate him. navalny never stopped releasing messages. it feels as this may be the end of that and sends a clear

message in russia, if you oppose vladamir putin, you will not survive. he leads the way today. think of him and his family, of course and look ahead. vladamir putin will be listening to vice president harris and realizing at least until the election he can do and push however hard he wants. if you listen to an interview putin did yesterday, he said president biden is preferable to russia than anyone else because he is predictable. vladamir putin calling president biden predictable yesterday. that is one reason we're seeing many people say so much involvement, the attack on ukraine, iran being so strong, many countries know how president biden will react. he's made it clear. we enter period now vladamir putin does not feel afraid of anyone, not of the opposition movement navalny led or of the u.s., we are seeing him flex and

until november,let fair is he will be able to do what he wants and will push it. >> brian: he will, too, give them weapons, ukrainians up for the fight. if reporting is correct, vladamir putin wanted hillary clinton in the 2016 election, that is how twisted that story got, we'll follow that. thank you for the perspect itch. >> ainsley: thank you. if you are just joining us, vice president kamala harris addressing news of navalny's death, here is what she said. >> before i begin today, we have all just received reports that alexei navalny has died in russia. this is of course terrible news, which we are working to confirm. my prayers are with his family, including his wife who is with us today. if confirmed, this would be a further sign of putin's brutality. whatever story they tell, let us

be clear, russia is responsible. and we will have more to say on this. >> brian: that was the vice president moments ago. ben dominic is friends with an ally of navalny. ben joins us now. this dissident famous and well known around the globe as any russian i remember in my lifetime. how has he maintained that popularity? >> i think he's spoken to the concern of the russian people. he was a real threat to vladamir putin and to his regime, which is why they have chosen to do this today. i don't think we should have any illusion about what is going on here. it wasn't like he was shocked to death by low prices of the polar wolf comisary in the prison.

this was by the putin regime and to jennifer's point, something meant to send a message in the context of the munich conversation. i disagree on concept the vice president is delivering a strong message here. i hear the same thick from this administration, rules and norms and order, they need to make the case to the american people it is in america's interest to stop and end this war on terms most beneficial to america and the west, to our allies in nato and the world in order to refuse expa expansionist activity vladamir putin has shown himself devoted to. i don't hear this from this white house and lawrence, i agree, it is ridiculous this white house did not engage seriously on the border to try to achieve what could have been possible in this environment. whatever you think of this border bill negotiated by

senator lankford, it was not serious enough on the hard issue of whether we're going to have binary of wall built or not, the way the american people evaluate border security question, either it exists or it doesn't. if you go away from that and say trust us to enforce the law, we need money to put everything in place, that is not something the american people believe. they have been through this before and know the difference if you are engaged on border security or not and i found that compromise to be deeply unserious, why it was rejected by border hawks and people within the middle of the republican party. he can do both, we are strong enough to do both as nation, support allies, interest and secure the border and what we need to be doing. >> brian: it is in our interest -- they are moving in on lithuania and that is treaty

obligated to get involved in some nations and will cost billions. >> ainsley: that will be helpful to have conversations, thank you for waking up with us. another fox news alert, georgia district attorney fani willis scheduled to take the stand just minutes from now. >> brian: this comes a day after willis's testimony over her alleged affair with nathan wade and whether that disqualifies her from the trump election interference case. >> i'm not on trial, no matter how hard you try to put me on trial. >> has he ever visited you at the place you lay your head? >> you lied here, you lied here. this is the truth, judge. it is a lie. it is a lie. >> thank you, we'll take five minutes. be back in five. >> lawrence: unbelievable, here to react is civil rights attorney leo terrell.

what did you think about that hearing yesterday? her on the stand playing defense attorney, prosecutor, what are your thoughts? >> fani willis hijacked the courtroom, the judge lost control. fani willis and nathan wade should be disqualified immediately, you had a witness testify to the fact they had a relationship prior to 2022 and the issue here is whether or not that relationship motivated a financial gain. this woman wanted the world to believe that everything she does is in cash. i heard campaign violation, i heard the race card being played, i heard date counseling. she did wrong. i tell you right now, she is facing criminal charges and ethical charges.

this judge should disqualify both of them. final point, president trump is right, this is a perfect example what we saw yesterday of a political weaponization of the law. >> brian: leo, put on your lawyer hat, i know how you feel and i felt just as outraged, but i don't have legal background. what does this do for the case? if you are the judge, what are you looking for to see how she stays on? >> i will respond as a lawyer for 30 years. judge has to determine whether or not there is evidence of a conflict or appearance of conflict. judge what you saw yesterday on that. you have obligation to either disqualify ent this case handled by independent state agency. they will determine merits of the case and look differently than fani willis will look and determine whether or not to proceed or whether or not they

should basically dismiss this case. make one other legal point for your viewers. those 19 defendants will have a civil action against the district attorney's office if determined this case was motivated by politics or something other than criminal justice. >> ainsley: what do you make of the money situation? she said she paid back with cash. she has all this cash in her house is and yet had a lien against her home at one point? she is d.a., i would think making good money, that much cash is a red flag pulling out money from the bank, there is no record of that. the boyfriend says she paid me back cash. i don't have receipts, i took the cash, i can't do that. is this corruption? >> yes, ainsley, it doesn't make

sense. she lost credibility, where is paper trail or receipts of reimbursement to nathan wade. there is jury instruction that says if you do not believe a witness testimony, disregard everything else they say. that judge will think about whether or not nathan wade and fani willis are credible witnesses. they are not credible. what you heard was basically misrepresentation of the facts. >> ainsley: get them out of the way, they are not qualified to do this. >> brian: busy breaking news day, keep it on fox news channel for day two of the fani willis trial and more on breaking news in the death of vladamir putin critic alexei navalny at the age of 47 and also going on radio to talk about this and don't forget one nation saturday 9 p.m. >> bill: good morning, everybody. a hopping friday. a courtroom or