the kitchen before his bundle was burst. it's a big one. >> shannon: who even thinks of that? why are you attempting that? >> judge jeanine: what kind of balloon is that? that's not a regular balloon. >> greg: i think it's a magnum. [laughter] again, congratulations to bret baier. >> steve: i think it was taking his head off. that is very strange. >> harold: they seem to enjoy family time. celebrating family. >> greg: get off social media. one of your relatives giant rubber ball. bring him out to the lake. >> judge jeanine: all right. well, shannon, we loved having you on. >> shannon: thanks for having me see you on sunday. >> shannon: see you on sunday. >> judge jeanine: that's it for us. have a great night. have a great weekend. >> bret: hey, judge, is jesse's book called "get it together" and it comes out next month?

>> judge jeanine: i will tell you, you are so smart, bret. >> shannon: thank you. >> bret: that's what i heard on the street. thank you. good evening. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, we are covering two major stories. the u.s. is hitting russia with more than 500 new sanctions on the eve of the second anniversary of the ukraine invasion. the penalties are also in retaliation for the death of kremlin critic alexei navalny. but, we begin >> bret: with the border crisis in this country. there has been -- there have been new mass street releases of migrants today into the streets into the san diego sector. this comes as we learn new information about the number of foreign nationals at the border and how few were actually deported. this is all new information. correspondent bill melugin is in san diego right now with all of this as it's breaking. good evening, bill. >> bret, good evening to you. illegal crossings have really been surging here at the

california border in recent weeks. and just yesterday, attacks pair funded migrant shelter right here in san diego county officially ran out of money and had to close its doors. the combination of those two things led to a wave of mass street releases today. >> today, the border crisis was dumped on southern california's doorstep at the hands of the federal government. border patrol mass released hundreds of illegal immigrants to san diego's streets, that's bus after bus arrived at a local transit station. releasing masses of men and women from around the globe across the california border illegally. and they plan to travel to blue cities across america. [speaking spanish] >> new york. going to new york. >> atlanta. >> new jersey. >> new jersey. >> chicago. >> chicago. >> new york. >> new york. >> after release nonprofit volunteers helped direct the migrants to buses that helped take them to the airport and

other transit stations. some decided not to wait and crammed into taxies. most told us they are here to work. one man from the west african country of more taken i can't had other reasons. >> why did you come? >> because i don't -- i'm not free in there. and i'm like homosexual and and they are muslims and they don't accept that. >> you are going to claim asylum? >> exactly. >> fox news did reach out to california governor gavin newsom's office to get his reaction to his releases in san diego today. they gave us a statement which blamed republicans for the chaos at the border. and they added part of their statement which says in part, quote: california is a model of partnership for a safe and humane border. we'll send it back to you. >> bret: hey, bill. you have new information as well on deportations or lack of them? >> bill: pretty remarkable stuff. handful of countries around the world very uncooperative in terms of taking their own citizens back when the u.s.

wants to deport them. they are known recalcitrant countries. we will show you how serious it is. chinese nationals, china is one of those countries. last fiscal year 2023, just over 24,000 chinese nationals were apprehended by border patrol. only 288 of those chinese nationals were actually deported from the united states though. the venezuelan numbers are even more staggering. >> take a look at this second graphic here venezuela another uncooperative country nearly 335,000 venezuelans were encountered by cbp in fiscal year 2023, only 834 of them were actually deported from the united states. bret, these numbers are minuscule. they are less than a drop in the bucket. send it back to you. >> bill melugin, live in san diego. thank you also breaking tonight president biden meeting with some of the nation's governors this morning. many of those executives dealing

firsthand with the border crisis. the president is said to be considering a major departure in his immigration policy. this comes as his administration makes good on its promise for new economic penalties on russia. white house correspondent peter doocy has details. >> i'm announcing more than 500 new sanctions. >> that's for two years of war on ukraine. this is for the death of opposition leader alexei navalny. >> the department of state is designating three russian individuals who were connected to navalny's imprisonment. >> president biden is balancing foreign policy with fundraising for the campaign. relying heavily even in private on note cards, axios now reports the staged q&a sessions have left some donors wondering whether biden can withstand the riggers of a presidential campaign let alone potential debates with former president trump 77. that also meant no free flowing discussion with three dozen governors who met with the

president today. >> we are allowed two prearranged questions. one from the democrats, one from the republicans. the president's, you know, responded to it. we were disappointed. >> the president is considering going it alone at the border. >> i did say that he has been working with his attorneys trying to understand what executive action would be upheld in the courts. >> whatever he does to limit immigration will represent a big shift from his last campaign. >> pete: as a candidate president biden was telling people to come to the border. >> we're a nation that says if you want to flee and you are fleeing oppression, you should compete pete so what has changed since then? >> i don't have a contest of this quote that you are giving me. but i will say is this, the president took this issue very seriously of what is happening at the border and what -- and the immigration system as a whole. >> pete: we got confirmation from the white house today, our ears did not deceive us when president biden yesterday was recounting his meeting with

alexei navalny's widow yulia. and it sounded like he called her yolanda. turns out he did. the official white house transcript was published today with a strike through the name yolanda. bret? >> bret: peter doocy live on the north lawn. peter, thanks. a former fbi informant accused of lying about president biden and his son hunter accepting millions in bribes from a ukrainian energy company will be transferred to california where he is expected to face a judge. alexander smirnov was rearrested yesterday after federal prosecutors argued he was a flight risk. he had been released by a nevada judge earlier this week. stocks were mixed today after yesterday's big rally. the dow gained 62, the s&p 500 finished ahead 2. both closed at record highs. nasdaq lost 45. for the week, the dow was up 1 and a third percentage points. the s&p 500 gained one and two thirds. of the nasdaq finished ahead one and four tenths.

>> national police indicate more than 30,000 people have been reported missing during two years of the war among them military personnel civilians and children. tonight senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot reports from kyiv that russia is keeping up the bombardments even as a u.s. congressional delegation looks on war in ukraine might be hitting a milestone no pause. 33 drones and six missiles. most knocked down but some got through, killing four, injuring 9, leaving damage. for some here the very fact that ukraine is still standing after two years of intense war is an achievement. >> we exist, we are alive and we are here and we are fighting. >> things are not going well. vladimir putin's military is making inroads, and kyiv's arsenal is running low especially with some $60 billion of military aid tied up on capitol hill.

>> nobody can fill the gap if united states will step out. and that's why it's so important for us. >> senator chuck schumer led a delegation to ukraine today trying to assure the locals. it democratic senators here this time. no republicans or members of the house. the spend something blocked. >> we are here to talk directly to speaker johnson. we tell johnso johnsoned that te weight of history is on his soldiers. shoulders. and if he turns his back on history, he will regret it in future years. >> life and death concerns for places like bucha near kyiv saw some of the worst of the war early on. hundreds killed and tortured. houses destroyed. streets are cleared. buildings renovated. shoppers scurry for food where there was shooting, they are still worried about a war seemingly without end. >> i'm still very anxious. the real war was here. >> the people of ukraine, the

real war remains everywhere. >> two years ago this night, russian missiles started to rain down on kyiv in ukraine. the war had started a grim reminder of that just few hours ago sirens were heard once again here in the capital. russian drones heading toward kyiv. no confirmed impacts the war goes on. bret? >> bret: greg palkot in kia. greg, thanks. coming up in a few minutes, we will look at what life is like for everyday ukrainians under siege as the war enters its third year this weekend. breaking tonight, as well, we take you on board a u.s. navy carrier strike group in the red sea trying to keep crucial maritime trade flowing despite attacks from iran backed houthi rebels. here is senior correspondent mike tobin. >> an f-18 super horton launching from the uss dwight d. eisenhower in the red sea.

for the first time in decades a u.s. carrier strike group operates from the center of the threat while houthis fire on cargo ships and u.s. warships. >> we are in constant self-defense out here when it comes to threats that can be shot at us. >> still, fighters go on the offensive, with the goal of degrading the houthis ability. >> by target the ability to see us, the air surveillance radars and now primarily know cussed on their military capabilities. >> every launch off of this carrier is a launch into combat. what these sailors and pilots cannot do is get comfortable. because the houthis, despite u.s. contact, have gotten more bold and there is no room for error. >> wounded british ship ruby march shows the houthis are not discouraged. they are escalating with drones even ballistic missiles layers

of sailors on watch who detect and respond in seconds to the deadly threats. >> just depends on what the threat is and what is coming at us that we have to react in self-defense for. >> what are you ready for? >> anything that they can throw our way. >> on thursday, the strike group shot four drones and two antiship missiles preparing to launch. today they shot three drones out of the sky. all of it with a goal as old as the navy itself. securing safe passage for maritime trade. bret? >> bret: mike tobin, thanks. ♪ also breaking tonight, a suspect is now in custody in connection with the killing of a nursing student whose body was discovered on the university of georgia campus. officials say 22-year-old laken hope reilly was found near running trails thursday after she did not return from a run. police are not releasing the name of that suspect. they say there is no further

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>> bret: well, tomorrow, as we have been talking about, is the grim 2 year anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. this evening we bring you some of my conversations with ordinary ukrainians. what is it like on the ground dealing with the unending strain of deadly conflict? >> despite biting cold wind

downtown kyiv is bustling. store, are open, restaurants are serving. people are going about their business; however, it's anything but normal. >> our life continue but it's -- actually it's hard to live during war because we worry about war. >> tonya lives and works in kyiv and has since the war began. >> for me, the most hard is that we don't know what -- what wait in future for us. because we don't know. >> bret: you are worried about missiles or drones, but you try to make it normal, right? >> it's not normal. it's not okay. because every time you are thinking about war. and you can neglect it. it's unforcible. >> bret: it doesn't leave you? >> yes. and, of course, everyone in

ukraine have some relatives, some friends who died, who fight, who, in russian [inaudible] or something like that. of course, it's not okay. >> bret: president zelenskyy says the war has taken its toll on ukrainians. >> bret: how do you think your country is holding up after two years? >> it's just -- just understand there is no alternative way. this is our home and that's it. of course, it's difficult. of course it's two years. you're right. and people are -- people are tired and closer to the frontline it's more difficult, >> morgan: loud. everybody -- i think everybody understands why we are doing. this that's it. it's our life, it's our home. homeland. >> bret: resilient? >> resilient. >> i would say both, resilient

and tired at the same time. >> bret: julia lives and works in kyiv and we met her at memorial in independence square, each flag representing a soldiers killed during the war. >> it's really scary to come here because of the missiles attack that are here; however, i feel really proud to be here, especially near these flags. and i would say that i feel a little bit ecstatic and i want to crime. our people are strong enough. they are not giving up. and they try to protect our country i feel proud. i have a lot of acquaintances killed during these wars. i look here i feel depressed. >> bret: life is trying to get back to normal. kids are playing. downtown is bustling. everybody has to have one of these apps, air alert and when it says get to a shelter. [siren] >> attention, air raid alert, proceed to the nearest shelter. don't be careless.

your overconfidence is your weakness. >> get to a shelter fast. this apartment building was hit february 7th. 9:00 people died inside. [siren] >> bret: randomness of some of the targets and time the strikes happen has everyone on edge here. people wait for the all-clear on that app. that has a strange hat tip to "star wars." >> attention the air alert is over. may the force be with you. >> bret: day-to-day activities are happening with an 11:00 p.m. curfew most nights. the overnight train from poland is how most people get in, the airport has been closed for two years. the air sp airspace is not safe. the memorial downtown draws a crowd most day. allis was born in iran, grew up

in sweden and now here. >> bret: when you look at these flags, what do you think? >> i think it remind me about the finish people during the second world war when soviet union tried to occupy finland. and they were sacrificing everything they had and this reminds me about that. and this is what life is to defend your country at any price. so i feel very proud. [explosion] >> bret: most of the fighting is happening hours to the east of kyiv. updates from the frontlines are digested every day, which brings us back to tanya. >> so, are you optimistic or pessimistic when you look to the future? >> i try to be russian troops.

if we lose stay in ukraine under russian. i will have to leave. but i don't know. i don't want this. i want to live in ukraine. i want to be civilian. i want to live in kyiv. it's my city. >> bret: it's your home? >> yes, of course. but it's said the best people in ukraine died. it's unfair. it's unfair. >> bret: remnants of russian vehicles destroyed by ukraine in the early days of the war sit in a square, not far from a busy shopping center. proud, but sad resilient but tired. war is unfair. but two years in, ukrainians are taking it one day at a time. [bells chime]

>> bret: our thanks to ukrainians and the crew. up next we talk with former south carolina governor nikki haley about her uphill battle against former president donald trump in her home state primary tomorrow. >> nikki haley is relying on democrats and liberals. you know democrats are financing her campaign. >> the only candidate who is helping joe biden is donald trump. ♪

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♪ >> joe biden, because of his gross incompetence, is a threat to democracy. >> trump, principles never matter. >> second term will make his first term look like paradise. >> only reason the border is not secure is donald trump and his maga republican friends. >> we have a choice to make on saturday. we can either go with more of the same or we can go with something new. >> bret: well, tomorrow voters in south carolina will take part in that state's primary election former president donald trump does hold a wide lead in the polls heading in over former governor of south carolina, nikki haley. she joins us tonight. governor, thanks for the time. >> thanks so much. it's another great day in south carolina. >> bret: you know, we have talked along the way. we talked at the town hall in iowa. and you said all along that all you want to do is beat expectations. in iowa, you and your campaign

said you did that. in other words, you came in third, but right behind governor desantis. but you were better than you thought you were going in. in new hampshire, you said you did that you were within 11 points of the former president, you came in second. now in south carolina, if you look at the recent polls, you are down almost 30 points. now, i know polls are not people going to the polls. they are not actually voting. but, every poll matches this. so, how do you beat exceptions in your home state? what are the exceptions for you in your home state? >> i think we will find out tomorrow. the goal as i have always said get it come at the timive. keep in mind they said we were 30 points down on the day of the new hampshire election and we came in at 43%. tomorrow we want to go and make sure we are competitive there. this is not about who should be the nominee. this is about who should be the nominee that can win a general

election. because nothing gets fixed if we lose. and that's what this is all about. is we have got to look at the fact that 60% of americans think that donald trump is too old and joe biden is too old. and we have a country to save. and, in order to save her, we have got to win a general election. >> bret: if somebody is sitting in michigan, if somebody is sitting in texas. if somebody is sitting in another state and says okay, i buy that, but if she can't win her home state or even come close in her home state why should we believe that she could win this nomination? here is politico. she abandoned us. haley south carolina's problem isn't just trump. nikki haley is running into a wall of hard feelings among conservatives in her home state who feel she ditched them for national politics years ago. she is encountering an electorate that is not only enamored with trump but that she has done little to cultivate. is that fair? >> no. it's not fair. because i think you can look at my approval rating. everybody thought i was an

amazing governor. they were all very proud of me for the work that i did defending america at the united nations. just because one article says that and they talked to a couple of people, that's not what you see on the ground. that's why you see hundreds of people at all of our events, america can do better than this. we need a young generation person that can put in 8 years of hard work, day and night, to get us back on track with no vendettas, no drama, just results for the american people. >> bret: why aren't people of south carolina, why aren't the people of these different states getting it so that you have a victory over the former president? you know, where can you paint a picture on super tuesday where you can get a victory? >> well, i think first of all, look at the fact there were 14 candidates in the race. we defeated a dozen of them. they said we wouldn't get to iowa. we did. we came within 1 percent of second place. they said we were 30 points down in new hampshire, we got 43% of the vote. none of the dozen fellows can talk about that.

now we are in south carolina. we are going to see what happens tomorrow. but, look, the problem when people say why is she doing this? why is she doing that at first she is doing this because she wants to be vice president. i think we have pretty much settled that. then they are saying. >> bret: have we settled it? >> there is no political motivation. if there was political motivation, i would have gotten out of this a long time ago. >> bret: by the way, have we settled the vice president thing? >> of course we've settled it. i mean there is no way. >> bret: it's done. >> i said it for months, it's done. also looking at a political future. i wouldn't be doing this if i was worried about a political future. i would have g gotten out alreay i'm doing this trying to wake up our country. >> bret: let me ask you about a political future dean phillips said in open interview he is open to be nikki haley's running mate on a unity ticket. wouldn't be more compelled i do nikki haley andean phillips getting together on unity ticket and actually doing for the first time, perhaps in our country's

history what most americans really want which is cooperation, collaboration, participation, decency. common sense and leadership. dean phillips obviously running on the democratic primary, not too much success but saying that he would be your running mate if you so chose that. would you? >> i'm a republican. i'm running as a republican. i'm running trying to wake people up that if they nominate donald trump in this primary, we will lose a general election. mark my words. >> bret: just to be clear, you have closed the door on vice president. if the former president is nominee. but are you closing the door on a unity ticket and you leading that ticket as dean phillips suggests? >> i have said all along that i am running as a republican in the republican primary. i have said all along i was not running to be anybody's vice president. everything i have said has been

the truth. everything i have said is out of love of country. everything i have said is out of the fact that if we don't wake up, we will lose our country. we have got a chance to get this right. but americans have to see -- hear the wake-up call. they have to understand this is our one chance to try and get that right. >> bret: so, yes. closing the door on a unity ticket? >> yes. yes, yes. and yes. >> bret: okay. governor, if tomorrow it doesn't work out in your favor, and the polls are right, what then? >> i'm headed to michigan on sunday. we're going to head to every super tuesday state. when 70% of americans say they don't want trump or biden, when those are the two most disliked politicians in america, why would i stop? i'm going to keep going as long as the american people tell me to go. >> bret: governor haley, we appreciate your time and we'll be following you tomorrow. >> thanks so much, bret. go to nikki haley.com and join

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with us on the front lines here and you can hear that explosion there. >> there just isn't enough room to get the men on. but no one knows where they are going now. they just want to get anywhere. there are many people who will simply not get out. >> the ukrainians blew up upon pontoon bridge. equipment slamming into the river below. >> the excess in ukraine well and true away. this line snakes back 20,

30 miles. taken people four days to get this far. >> bret: well, tonight, we are going to talk with the situation in ukraine with two of our correspondents who have been on the ground to cover the conflict for a long time. joining us this evening trey yingst and benjamin hall. two years. hard to believe, gentlemen thanks for being here. trey, first to you. your thoughts, two years, you know, i just finished this trip to ukraine and this interview with the president there it's hard to believe it's been that long. what are your thoughts looking back at your coverage? >> yeah, bret, absolutely, it is hard to believe. when you look at the situation on the ground, it is shocking. what ukrainian troops are still up against today, you saw it firsthand in the east. in coul coul could you pants, ty taking by the ukrainians under threat again and the russian could say take it in a matter of weeks or months. this is the situation along the

frontline. and when you look at the needs of ukrainian soldiers and when you hear from people we are talking to, all along the frontline, they say they are desperate for western support. they understand that they don't get it they will continue to lose territory from the russians and you heard earlier in the show from the people who will be most affected it will be the civilian population across ukraine. >> bret: ben, you are back in the field for us. you have talked really heroically about the journey you have been on and obviously remembering our colleagues pierre and sasha who died in that attack, journalists and media workers killed by the way, according to the committee to protect journalists, 17 in the ukraine war. 88 in the israel-gaza war. your thoughts looking back two years later? >> well, i think first of all it's important to mention pierre and sasha and all the other journalists. i think it's absolutely essential that journalists continue going out there, despite the danger. without journalists our viewers wouldn't know what is happening on the ground. as i look back for the last two

years, i think it's very sad. just a year ago the ukrainians felt that they were in a winning position. that they were pushing the russians back. and how the tides have turned. the last few months we have seen the russians pushing back in again. the support for the ukrainians has dried up. and i think what is most important is not, you know, our viewers understand what is happening on the ground that believe that. they see what is going on. many don't understand why it's so important to them. i think that's what many people aren't understanding, why is it important for the ukrainians to be supported and get the weapons. that's something you have to explain as well. why ukrainians believe. covering the conflict you have the people on the ground and geo politics on top. you have got to explain as a journalist, small ones on the ground to the big wiser picture covering conflict. >> bret: critics of the administration would say the president really hasn't done a great job of talking about what is important in this and why. trey, you know, i pressed president zelenskyy about corruption.

i talked about martial law, canceling the presidential election. but there is a headline the ukrainian censorship concerns guardian adapt amid war. battle for journalistic freedom. intercept ukraine blocks journalists frontline with escalating censorship. did you see that before you left there and what are your thoughts on that? >> the media access throughout the war changed. and it shifted from the early days. we were there the night the russians invaded as missiles rained down on kyiv. and i can tell you there were brave journalists across the country. but, especially the ukrainian press corps working overtime to make sure the world knew what was happening to their country. and many of those journalists have continued that work and still do so today. and so, initially, when this war began, the ukrainians implemented things like passwords. and i remember when we would leave the hotel, we had to get the password for the day.

we would go through a check point. give the word of the day, and we could proceed. then they were able to credential the journalists who were still operating amid the war. it was the frontline though that was always difficult to get to. and there were often not clear pathways on who you could talk to and how you could get there. it is critical that the ukrainians continue to keep access open to journalists on the front lines so they can continue to tell this story ever critically important story of what is taking place on the ground. our experience has been different. depending on the front. we reported in the south and the zaporizhzhia region also in the east in the donbas and kharkiv the city where you were at. it's important that journalists continue to do that and ache havaccessfront lines and embed d tell the story from a first person point of view. >> bret: you two are critical for us for the first person reporting that you have done thank you. and for all you have done and we look forward to checking in throughout the time of your coverage. thanks.

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>> our laws and resources haven't kept up with the immigration system and it's broken. and politics has failed to fix it. doing nothing is not an option. compromise is part of the process. >> we have a border problem. unfortunately the administration is saying it's congress' fault i for one don't believe that's true. >> this backlog doesn't solve itself. as far as i know there is no executive way to do that. >> i'm not hopeful that this administration cares at all about securing the border because they have not done anything. >> bret: well's president biden meeting with governors at the white house today. meantime the issue of immigration is specifically who is getting in. we have new ice data about chinese citizens making their way across the border into the

country. this is fiscal year '23. 24,000 encountered only 288 deported. then you look at a map of migrants from special interest countries crossing into the u.s. this is just the san diego sector. uzbekistan, russia, kyrgyzstan, afghanistan, you see these numbers. this is just fiscal year '24. that's since october. what about this and what's happening? let's bring in our panel fox news senior analyst juan williams. mollie hemingway editor and chief at "the federalist." bill mcgurn columnist for the "wall street journal." bill, i don't often make republicans, i bet i'm pretty sure south carolina and the exit polls that we're going to see tomorrow in the primary will have immigration just like it did in iowa and new hampshire as the top issue that people are concerned about. >> yeah. i think president biden owns this issue. you know, republicans, i wish

they had agreed to some of the packages, some of the reforms. they weren't nearly enough but it would have been a start. but that said, we're in this thing because joe biden came in and his only immigration policy was to say what did donald trump do? i will do the opposite no matter what the consequences, we're now seeing the consequences and i think people know he owns it. and when you have spectacle of like the supreme court saying it's okay for the border patrol to take down barbed wire texas puts up and then texas puts up more as they're taking it down, people are going to see which party is letting people come in and which party isn't. >> bret: yeah. mollie, this is just a little more than three weeks ago. president biden, take a listen. >> have you done everything you can do executive authority. >> i have done all i can do.

just give me the power. i have asked from the very day i have got in office. give me the border patrol. give me the people -- give me the people, the judges, give me the people who can stop this and make it work. >> bret: okay. axios, president biden's bold and risky border move. and a sign of how concerned the white house is over immigration, president biden is considering borrowing a page from former president trump, the dramatic actions biden is considering on the southern border including the executive order restrict the ability to claim asylum don't require congressional approval. this is what republicans have been saying for months, mollie. >> yeah, sometimes we have crisis because of a natural disaster. this crises is entirely of joe biden and the democrats' making. they campaigned on a plea to turn around everything that trump had done to secure the border. they won. they immediately set about through executive actions removing all of the protections we had at the border. and, yes, a few weeks ago, joe biden lied and said that there

was nothing that he could do. and now he is admitting that, in fact, there is quite a bit that he could do. whether or not he does that will remain to be seen because this has been such a concerted effort. and as you showed with all these chinese nationals who are coming in, this is a real national security threat as well. probably not all 24,000 are being sent by the communist party of china but they would be foolish to not take advantage of what biden has done to open up the border. >> bret: juan, tomorrow marks the two-year anniversary since the start of the russian invasion into ukraine. now there's new sanctions on russia in the wake of this anniversary as well as the death of alexei navalny. here is general keane on these sanctions and what could come out of them. >> sort of an open secret that our sanctions haven't been nearly as effective as they were expected to be and as we announced them to be. there is two reasons for that. one is the administration itself. this administration has had an open valve here in not being as effective as they should be. the second reason is russia's

allies and friends have signature can'tly helped to bail them out here. mostly china. >> bret: all right, juan, what do you think? >> i think we had our foot on putin's throat. what we have seen in terms of advances by the russian military in the last few days indicates that russia is back and seems to be on the offensive what strikes me is everybody from the nato allies to the white house has said that ukraine needs more aid. and right now the house g.o.p. is just locked up. they just are paralyzed by trump politics and the former president seems to say he doesn't want more aid to go to ukraine. i don't think there's anybody around the world, china is watching, north korea is watching. everybody who is an authoritarian is watching to see exactly whether the united states will be neutralized. this is a very dangerous moment

an this moment you would hope that mike johnson, the speaker, would just, you know, say, look, we are going to put america and global security first and not politics. >> bret: all right, panel. the loser is winners and losers because i jam-packed a lot into this show but thank you very much. have a great weekend. now it's friday. normally we would bring you "notable quotables" but it's been a busy show and busy week with our coverage on the ground in ukraine. tomorrow, please join martha mccallum and me at 7:00 p.m. eastern. complete coverage of the south carolina primary. we've got you covered. please join shannon bream, "fox news sunday" her guest nancy mace and national security adviser jake sullivan. plus oklahoma governor kevin stitt and colorado governor jared polis. that's it for us, fair, balanced and still unafraid. long week. "the ingraham angle" starts. ♪ >> pete: i'm pete hegseth in for laura ingraham