drink coke, i don't. i eat a plans-based life. i eat a plant-based censured life. >> since adams ordering fish to eat, what plant is that based in? tune in tomorrow. mark wahlberg 10 p.m. >> todd: fox news alert. canadian provences moving to end passports and mask mandate as freedom convoy shuts down the busiest crossing on the u.s. northern border. fight not over for the truckers, who are being arrested simply for honking their horns. >> under arrest. >> what are you doing? >> hey, hey, that is assault. i've got it all on video. >> that guy looks like a threats to national security. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro.

>> i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. we have a live report in just a moment. first head down to the southern border. biden administration plans to house migrants, aimed at saving money. >> todd: griff jenkins joins us live with the details. griff. >> griff: this new home curfew program run by ice would put immigrantos streets instid of detention center, focusing on single adults normally detained and will target the pilot program, baltimore and houston, releasing 100 to 200 single adult migrants with ankle devices costs $6 to $8 per day. they must be home from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., it is unclear how ice plans to enforce the program. one official telling reuters, we

don't have the capacity, we will not detain our way out of the border crisis. ice confirmed they will not seek to deport the illegal immigrant who allegedly drew swastikas despite him beings deported four times. no sign of things slowing down on the southern border after record 2021 that 2 million apprehension with 400,000 released in el paso this week. 132 migrants nabbed and crammed in that truck and agents encountered this woman. watch. >> [screaming] >> calm down. calm down. >> not sure what is go og there, one lawmaker matt rosendale has

a bill preventing ukraine support until our southern border is safe. it is hypocritical if someone in the u.s. congress issues funds overseas thousands of miles away and not willing to secure our own border. we are witnessing issue not a threat, absolute invasion. not the only one fired up about it, cat camik will join you next hour with her solutions to the crisis at the border. todd and ashley. >> todd: that is how i greeted ashley when we walked in this morning, same reaction as that young lady and somehow ashley still sitting next to me. thank you. jesse watters has a lot to say about the crisis at our southern border, listen. >> jesse: biden administration has decided it must work with cartel coyotes. according to mark morgan, they

wanted to ark void scenes like the one of children being dropped over remote walls in certain areas. it makes the cartel's job easy sxer more lucrative. cartel are negotiate withing host onlying takers. they are good, moral people, but cartel will, biden new business partners are evil. >> ashley: army general selected to take command of u.s. troops in middle east warns if russia invades ukraine, it could spill over into syria. iran remains the biggest threat to u.s. and middle east while russian war ships head to the black sea. u.s. and european officials warn russia has capability for large-scale assault on ukraine now in place. >> todd: four after the hour, another school board meet

nothing loudoun county coming to a screeching halt. >> ashley: brooke singman said they have had enough, brooke. >> brooke: good morning. things reaching a boiling point. a dozen students marched to the front of the meeting demanding an end to school mask mandates. they are expected to end mandates statewide. the legislation would allow parents to opt out of masking, same step governor glenn youngkin took on his first day in office issue but his efforts have been stalled, facing lawsuits and pushback from the white house. press secretary jen psaki tweeting thank tou schools defying youngkin's order, she is now changing her tune, walking back criticism of democratic governors doing the same as youngkin. >> do you believe the democratic-led states who are

breaking with cdc, they are throwing science away? >> press sect. psaki: it is important to note, states allow decisions to be made by local school districts. our hope is states and leaders look at science and data and make decisions about local school districts, local school districts have always made these decisions. >> brooke: new york governor hokel expected to raise mandates on businesses, but not school. clint thomas will join us live to discuss virginia's mask mandate. >> todd: he is always fiery issue excited to see what he has to say. no convince mask mandates are being dropped before the midterm election this november. >> the masking our children are so strong democratic politicians can see what happend and they

want out from under the mask mandates. parents are up in arms about them. democrats decided the only experts and only expert advice that matters was that coming from the epidemiologists because epidemiologists have one job, to fight the disease. side effectss, commit ral damage, that is not their responsibility. >> ashley: we are getting a look at new photos of georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams smiling maskless surrounded by peep and he will children in masks. abram system speaking out and apologizing after she deleted this photo of her sitting with a group of children. listen. >> i approached the podium with my mask on, followed protocol. in the excitement because it was fun working with the kids, i took a picture issue that was a mistake. protocol matter and protecting our kids is most important thing

and anything perceived as undermining that is a mistake and i apologize. >> ashley: she said, i took the picture and shouldn't have done it. it is not clear what she meant d. she mean i feel bad for doing that and should have been following the science or is she upset she got caught? i go back and forth between the two. abrams said if she was elected governor of georgia, she was going to follow the science, in her eyes says she will keep those kids masked. this picture makes me sick. i could go on about stacey abrams for hours, i feel like, but i want to go to loudoun county before i hand it off to you. what is in the water in loudoun county? what is go og? states like connecticut, delaware and oregon moving to do

the same thing youngkin did weeks ago and all of a sudden, democratic counties think we should follow suit f. cases are low, obviously. goes back to pointing the finger, is this because of midterm coming up and you see this is not what the voter base wants anymore? something has to give here and surely people will remember that, you see this picture of abrams and think whaf they have done to people like youngkin, trying to get back to normalcy, remember that at the polls. >> todd: to your point, this is about the tide turning, d, r, i, you are tired of masks and images like this and seeing politicians in california and throughout the country with a d next to their name, height of hypocrisy and everybody forced to wear masks themselves. they

are late to the punch on this, democrats, i will say. we are into february here. we knew youngkin ran on this platform in part in november and won on this. they are late to the punch issue but they are realize thanksgiving is a loser and they need to come around. something else bret hume said, push for masks are pushed by epidemiologists and their only focus is keeping case numbers down as possible. that is not the only harm there is harm to kids being masked, whether breathing, socialization, whether it is eight year olds drawing faces without noses and mouths, that has long-term ramifications we have not studyd and do not know what they will be. that is harm that i think people are coming around to. >> ashley: don't forget the mental health aspect, they are still developing. this is horrible to see a kid

walk around like this. i hope mandates get liftd and hokel supposed to lift the mask mandate and go back to the drawing board on schools. >> todd: sheville to come around on this. listen to this issue not good if you live in the southland there. los angeles county sheriff vilanuevablasting the -- firing of more than 4000 deputies all over the covid vaccine status. he is calling the plan "a suicide packed warning," nothing more than politically motivated stunt by the board, but will harm public safety. villanueshgvapointing out murders have jumped 94%. the sheriff will join "fox and friends first" to sdsz the mandate coming up in the 7 a.m. hour. >> ashley: new report says biden

administration did not react to the offensive fast enough. according to the army vgsz senior officials didn't understand significance of the taliban push toward kabul and resisted military efforts weeks before kabul fell. the pentagon revealing undisclosed reports of violent fighting. >> todd: forest gump of shadiness, hunter biden's e-mail revealing more shady deals. daily mail obtaining e-mails showing hunter brokering a deal with sanctioned chinese oil company in kazakhstan, messages show he works with former kazakhstan prime minister now facing treason charges. this is after similar oil deal was shot down from western energy firms hunter brokered the deal on behalf of burisma. his business partner said he was excite third degree offer could

make them rich. >> ashley: and controversy swirling at the beijing winter olympics. five are disqualified over their out fits from germany, norway, austria and japan. they do not apply to the ski federation rules, suits are said to fit too loosely giving the skewers advantage on jumps. outrage with athletes and coaches. germany disqualified silver medallist says she has no words and the decision is damaging the sport. >> todd: will not lie, arn, does not seem like it is going well. >> ashley: no, it is not positive. >> todd: a major victory for the freedom convoy, despite repeated attacks by justin trudea and this one along the protest route. >> what are you doing?

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>> ashley: back with a fox news alert. alberta and saskatchewan first provences to roll back covid safety mandates. >> marianne has latest from the freedom fighters. >> marianne: saskatchewan quickly follows suit with alberta, announcements comes as freedom convoy shut down the busiest crossing on the northern border. jason kinny saying the end to covid restrictions will begin immediately. >> the point is simply this, restriction exemption program has served its useful purpose,

it's done its job and no longer leading to higher vaccination rates. our approach must change as the disease changes. >> rows and rows of semis and construction trucks lining the streets. police are warning protesters not to bring gas or supplies. >> our message remains the same, don't come. if you do, there will be consequences for your unlawful behavior. >> ottawa police arresting a great grandfather in this shocking video for honking his horn in support of the truckers. 22 people have been arrested, 1300 tickets given out and 79 criminal investigations launched since the convoy reached ottawa a week and a half ago. white house keeping close eye on the freedom convoy. >> press sect. psaki: we support the right to freedom of speech and protest, but while we see

some processes, it is clear this has broadened beyond vaccine requirement implementation. we are in touch with our canadian counterparts. i don't have update necessary terms of specific steps. >> jason wells, ceo of give, send, go, rake nothing $5 million for the freedom convoy after go fund me shut down previous fundraising. >> todd: listen. >> the convoy is a bunch of joe rogans, they are not buying what the media selling. the average citizen who no longer listens are the bad guys. critics supported the riots in

2020. they call the violence peaceful, now they call the peaceful violent there is nothing to see with the riots, even when the nothing is murder. senator tom cotton -- pawnshop in minneapolis that killed a man inside during the george floyd riots. he was given a light sentence because the killing was committed during the riots. >> todd: that rioter greg gutfeld was referring to was sentenced to 10 year necessary prison with three years of supervised release fochlt cus on another thing gutfeld just said. juxtaposition of what is happen nothing canada and the united states in the summer of love. i listen to other media outside, they are all referring to these folks as the so-called freedom convoy. what they are doing with that phrase is trying to not give

credence to the fact the people are fighting for freedom tochlt greg's point and the point we need to drive home, we have violence, people dying, fires burning buildings, the same media individuals said nothing to see here, mostly peaceful. that is abomination. we showed the video yesterday, they are playing hockey, having carnival like yams honking their horn. that does not rise to the level of what the canadian ottawa police chief referred to as sedition or insurrection, this is definitely peaceful protest and to describe anything cells abomination and the key point to take away from this, in light of what alberta and saskatchewan have done, they are realizing their economy is in trouble and they need to listen to the will of the people, and will of the people is end it. >> ashley: you didn't hear anyone coming down on anyone

burning businesses and being violent, it is easy to come down on people that are not violent, it is safe and they feel they can do that. how many truckers are on the roads in canada right now? the prime ministerville to get involved in this, we need to take another look at this, i'm not sure forcing people into a vaccine or a mask is going to up your numbers, if anything, people are pushing back even more. i've been saying this since this startd and i'm sure a lot of people said it, too, it is just a matter of time, especially if this works and you see those mandates being rescinded that the u.s. does it. think about millions and millions of people still have not gotten that shot and they are not complying with mask mandates, just a matter of time before they do it themselves. i mentioned this on monday, too,

when it comes to the police dragging that older gentleman out of his car, this is pitful, he should be ashamed of himself. i understand police have a job to do and have to answer to people, i get it. what point do the officers step up and say, i'm not doing this. >> todd: you are the fiance of a cop, you are not anti-cop. this is not the picture of a resurrectionist or seditionist f. this happened in the u.s., we would be beyond trouble. we can't get products and things are not as bad as they could be if truckers went on strike here. look at your grocery list, you can't get half the stuff now. >> ashley: our meat section in the state of new york was completely empty the other day. >> todd: eric adams wants you to be a vegetarian.

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>> parents and students serve affidavits to this school board. >> we the people, we are therefore here today to serve you affidavit by which you must respond with sworn testimony

showing where in the constitution you have been given the legal authority to trample on the rights of people. children -- >> todd: clinton thomas, whose daughters were suspend friday school for not wearing a mask joins us live. quite a scene. you have by scouts making the march up to the school board fochlt cus on the amendment that will allow parents to opt out of masking kids. look like this will pass in a bipartisan way and youngkin will sign it. this is the end, right? >> i am not so sure about that. good morning. we'll see. this school system unfortunately has proven to have gall to stand up against the governor. sb1303 or chapter 456, we'll see what happens, we are hopeful with upcoming court cases and new legislation, we were hearing

about. it was a crazy scene last night. kids serve papers on the school board and they were locked out of the school board meeting after they served the papers. the sheriff had to be called again. it is crazy. >> todd: these are kids. want to follow-up on something you said, you said this might not be the end. why would loudoun county, if you have bipartisan senate saying this and governor saying this, why would loudoun county school board fall on the sword and throw good money after bad on this? >> i don't know what it is. i hope they do the right thing. i hope the legislation goes through richmond and virginia capital and youngkin signs it and we can get this done and get kids back in class without masks and be able to breathe again.

>> todd: the trespass warns, as a parent, this ticked me off, here is e-mails. if you determine that an individual should be trespassed, a school admin representative in conjunction with safety and security coordinator rich thomas will proceed to magistrate to swear out trespass summons/warrant. why is your district so hell bent on punishing kids instead of teaching them? >> you know, that's a good question. i spoke to rich thomas before the school board meeting and he was not happy his boss john clark called him out and identified him individually and given his phone number to the world and he had a direct conversation with john clark about that. he said, hino intention to serve warrants on students and parents. you have sso's who are freedom-loving people standing up against their own

administration and superintendent here. interesting to see what is happening. >> todd: is the writing on the wall for loudoun county and throughout the nation that masks on kids was a bad idea. it didn't necessarily follow the science at all times and as a result, we're in this mess we're in in loudoun county and states throughout the country? >> yeah, i ask all the time, if masks work, why aren't masks working? the science is clear they don't want, they have been shown to be ineffective. there are opp ed pieces in the "washington post," a lot of things point to harm of masking and costs outweigh any potential benefit. i wish they would follow the law. that is all we're asking for, not sure why choice is a problem for those on the school board. >> todd: how are your daughters

doing? >> thank you for asking, they are on day six of suspension. they were treated harshly during the week they were in school. many kids felt the same way, they were treated in segregationist way. some don't like the term, they were treated to different bathrooms and lunchtimes, they have been through a lot, we are tired of it, and standing up against these people. these kids are strong. many kids of the 30 in loudoun county are struggling to get tests. schools are not giving them tests with other students tchlts is a hardship educationally, we had state representatives get involved. that is not in the-person equal education we should be getting. >> todd: we talked about don't mess with mama bears, don't mess with the father of a daughter, especially two daughters. thank you.

>> ashley: ivy league says transgender swimmer lia thomas will be eligible to compete in the conference championship this week. ivy league saying recent rule changes do not impact lia's eligibility. same cannot be said for the ncaa championship next week n. lim bo, as the association evaluates whether she has unfair advantage. rob gronkowishingski wants to play with the bengals, he came out of retirement and led the team to last year's super bowl. with brady retiring, gronk wants to play alongside joe burrow. >> todd: the tight end situation in sinsz since is unsettled, next year, you could see this.

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>> chicago mayor gronk suggesting students are being kept away from classrooms. >> in chicago, we've seen 50% or higher of the people we are arresting are juveniles and i'll be frank and say, in chicago, there was a correlation we believe between remote learning and the rise in car jacking. >> todd: car jackings in the windy city tripled since 2019. video capturing a gunman opening fire in brooklyn last week, suspect seen crossing an intersection and pulling a gun and firing a few rounds. a man was shot multiple times, he told police he did not know the shooter.

new data shows 72 out of 77 police precincts in new york city saw crime rises, one precinct reporting 142% increase over last year. >> ashley: business owners are left feeling helpless in the wake of a major crime wave because police are handcuffed by new soft on crime laws. >> it gronk exhausting having had this happen the third time. >> wish there was nor -- >> joining us is president of frat ternal order of police in seattle and the owner of the seattle shirt company. thank you for being with us. jay, start with you n. january, your t-shirt company was robbed of almost $20,000. tell us what happened.

>> we had two break-ins two nights in a row. the first night somebody came in, basically scoped the place out and the second night, 12 people came in and were there for 2-1/2 hours and just cleaned the place out. >> ashley: in your state, is there a rule or law saying you can't stop someone if you see them actively trying to steal something or is this because some companies you can see somebody stealing something and you can't do anything or you will lose your job or get a fine. >> i'm not sure if there is a rule. i think it depends on the individual store. we have private security guards, if somebody tries to steal, we'll stop them >> ashley: were they caught and were you able to get that money back, the $twenty,000? >> no, they were not caught.

they are just a few blocks away from us selling the product, they were selling it on offer up, sell og facebook marketplace. there is not a lot we can do, we can't specifically identify the -- in jersey they were from. >> ashley: police, their hands are tied, they lost 350 officers in the last couple years and rightfully so with what they had to go through in seattle. i can only imagine dealing with that everyday, i couldn't imagine dealing with that. same time, now their hands are tied for those who did stay, the officers who did stay because you have soft-on-crime policies and the issue with probable cause. how can police work around this and still keep the community safe? >> sdpifrt foremost, it is a tragedy what the businesses have

to go through nowadays and just the crime rate going up. you know, i wish it was unique, but it is all over the country quite frankly. unfortunately, we're seeing that result in saelgs with businesses over there, as well. these laws, they were passed last year and it has been difficult for us to navigate through. i am confident they are going to be clarify third degree year to give more direction. i have to make something perfectly clear about this. a lot of crime rates going up and things happen nothing our community is direct correlation with prosecutors and d.a.s not holding criminals accountable. they have complete authority to -- on charging decisions, request lower bail amounts and let criminals out to continue to

commit more crime and violent crime against the citizens. what message does that send for citizens of the community? their property, they are not as important as criminals. it is complete bogus and we should ban together. we need to support the rule of law, need to support broken window theory, support and demand prosecutors hold criminals accountable, anything less is failure to do their job. we need to ban together and go after the prosecutors and vote them out. >> ashley: it is unfortunate dealing with that, especially with the lockdowns they had to suffer through the last couple years and now this. marco monteblanco and jay ashberg, good luck to both of you. >> todd: freedom convoy left go

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freedom convoy turning to crowd funding platform give send go after gofundme seized millions in donations and now ottawa police are warning the truckers association. listen. >> there are other funding avenues we go after for accord -- coordination with financial institutions, we will pursue the funding that has enabled this to continue to this point. >> todd: founder and ceo of give send go joining me now. jak jacob wells, it is awesome to have you. tell me about that official in ottawa? >> it is absolutely incredible the stance the police are taking for freedom-loving people across the world to see freedom continue. and i'm glad give send go is here to fill that role in providing funding for this

peaceful movement. to be honest, we haven't heard a lick from them. they have not reached out at all, a lot of hot air and fluff in my opinion. >> todd: are you worried the canadian government will come for you? >> you know, i haven't thought that far out, i guess to answer that would be not that much, i believe that people have a right to stand for freedom and that is what we see happening and largely it is a peaceful movement and we've been talking with people on the ground there and that is what we are seeing, ground swell of freedom-loving people standing for their rights and we're happy to see funds from people primarily canadian citizens giving to this to push back against overreaching vaccine mandate laws. >> todd: your competitor gofundme, the people who say

honking your horn is violence, but let's ignore seattle and minnesota and fund that. big question here, why is big tech determined they are the arbitter of right and wrong? >> fascinating question, i've been trying to think about that over the last couple of days. where did big tech decide to take on this position of making those decisions? we as a platform and i think we're part of a tsunami movement of technology platforms saying, we don't need to be in that position, government holds a roll in going after illegal behavior. and i don't need to step in and make that decision for people. pipel are adults and can make their own. how gofundme thinks they can be the gatekeeper is beyond me and it doesn't make sense and stands

in the face of all the freedoms that have been -- that we have as americans in western society and all we stand for. >> todd: focus on what gofundme did. would you think of doing that, your similar site? think of taking money donated to one cause and redistribute it to another cause you feel is more worthy? >> i can't even fathom the person who came up with that idea for them, it is so mind-boggling to me, that they would think that could fly with amount of press and news going around this campaign. they thought this was a good idea. absolutely unconscionable. it is crazy, they are getting attorney generals across the state and all over the place, giving them pushback and going after them. crazy move. >> todd: big tech should be worried, people are fighting back, it is in the legislature.

this has been a good thing for this site, we've seen your site get a lot of attention, good for you. jacob wells, we appreciate your time. thank you, sir. ashley. >> ashley: doubling down on support of defund the police slogan despite pushback from members of her own party over fears it could hurt the midterm 6789 saying, "defund the police is not the problem, we dangle the carrot in front of people's faces and said we can get it done and the democrats deliver when we haven't totally delivered," but not all are behind banning the blue. bass is calling for more officers saying residents no longer feel safe and san francisco community leaders are asking residents to allow homeless people to stay in their spare bedroom? "this is something someone can do when they just feel despair

of my gosh, i can't stand seeing poor people on the streets near my home," landlords can receive subs subsidies. homelessness prompting the san francisco mayor to declare a state of emergency in december. shocked they would suggest that, especially with how violent you have seen some homeless people. you don't know them. >> todd: i'm confused. is that a real story? we have to ask, is that a real story? that is insane, unbelievable. the biden administration taxpayer funded crack pipe proposal not going over well with members of congress and one furious republican wants to know what the white house is thinking, hear from him in the next hour, her in it is next hour, excuse me. >> ashley: and kat cammack here with "fox and friends first" rolls on. ♪

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>> todd: fox news alert, biden administration policy planning house single adult migrants is part of new program aimed at saving money as illegal immigration skyrockets. you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning, i'm todd piro. great to be with you. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. that plan would send migrants from texas to san francisco. the administration has not answered for. griff jenkins has all the details. good morning. >> griff: this pilot program would put more single adult illegal immigrants on the streets, instead of detention centers. reuters says targeting baltimore and houston to