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deny every turn to talk about our own border. the size of the invasion force: the tiny invasion force we have seen on our southern border. it makes you wonder what their priorities really are. >> last night on hannity, congressman waltz was on. pete: you were still awake on hannity. >> i saw some of the clips this morning. >> actually, that's true. i i watched hannity this morning. what's interesting they had congressman waltz on. first of all, what we are seeing in this conflict or potential listen to what he has said moving up to energy independence. we doubled our imports of russian oil and heavy crude just over the last -- to the united states. just over the last year. but where the unity was shattered was not taking a tougher stand on nord stream 2.

germany is not going to crater that pipeline. you are going to see increased depend dense on russian oil from and on middle eastern oil now all because of this progressive failed energy policy that shut down our energy independence and created dependence on our adversaries that are now richer and bolder. pete: all in the name of climate worship. there is really no rationality to it one bit. jen psaki, correct me if i am wrong, someoned from the administration insisting no we are not energy exporter we importer. then we can virtue signal to the world that we are not the ones creating this climate challenge. they want us to be dependent so that they can feel good about our level of emissions as

vladimir putin and xi jinping and everyone else does whatever they want. it makes no geopolitical sense at all. donald trump understood it when you are energy independent. you have a lot of leverage and you don't have to be. why are we in the middle east because we are dependent on foreign oil. bipartisan agreement if we can relinquish that we would be in a better position. right back there, and for what? will, help me. i don't know. will: throughout the morning. let's do this. i think it's important to analyze what happened over the last year. what led up to this moment in history. hard to your point, rachel, where we are going forward. what's the appropriate response to the united states of america. on our doorstep in terms of timing. we spend the morning talking more about what is our next step going forward. and i will leave you with this before we move on. you and i were talking, pete, before the show. fox news jennifer griffin has a play by play war game of what

could take place within the next 48 hours. and the way this war could unfold in ukraine, it's absolutely fascinating to watch the cyber. then the special forces. then the invasion that goes from east to west. pete: who they would target. ukraine political leaders. shut down it in ukraine. when you read it you go this is real. this is not soldiers here right now. rachel: it's real and you wonder why didn't we just keep our own energy independence and maybe we could have avoided all of this. maybe we wouldn't have enricherred russia. maybe the europeans would have been more dependent on our gas and oil than the russian gas and oil. it doesn't make any sense. pete: the world is going to end in 10 years and it doesn't. then we have got to stay 10 more years. pete: i can't read what i'm supposed to read. it's a little high in the prompter. we are working in the field here. look at our back drop. it's beautiful. the things you sacrifice in the meantime. i'm doing another serious story. a video appears to show police on horseback in ottawa trampling

on freedom convoy protesters. police say that's not what happened. we will roll the tape and let you decide next. will: lia thomas winning a second ivy league title with another record-setting swim. snagging two major titles in just two days. college track athletes helena schultz is here. to talk about her fight for fairness in women's sports. here we go... remember, mom's a kayak denier, so please don't bring it up. bring what up, kayak? excuse me? do the research, todd. listen to me, kayak searches hundreds of travel sites to find you great deals on flights, cars and hotels. they're lying to you! who's they? kayak? arr! open your eyes! compare hundreds of travel sites at once.

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two inches. and bill march is taking aim at american athletes for cow toweling to china. >> that's the deal china offers to celebrities. we will give you access to our billion plus consumers as long as you shut up about the whole police state genocide thing. will: mar calling out nba icon lebron james and wrestling star john siena by their name for various dealings with china. he also slammed u.s. citizen turned chinese gold medalist for representing a kyoto tall tarren police state over america. get ready for the chinese bots bill maher. those were your headlines. rachel: it says bill maher says what conservatives say a year or two after us. i'm happy he is saying it but always behind the curve. pete: slow motion red pill.

rachel: is that what is happening? pete: time released red pill. will: i think you are both right. it is definitely a johnny come lately situation. it hopefully breaks through to the popular culture at large in the popular culture at large in a way that can change the average mindset, so many people in this country go along right away shallow knowledge base and pop culture puncture can make a difference. rachel: you had enes kanter on your show and he is so brave but imagine having the voice of lebron james with that cultural capital calling this out. pete: lebron james or the rock. my kids know who john siena is. my kids know lebron and the rock. forget us. they don't care bus. that's who they care about. those folks are completely complicit with the communist chinese. rachel: evil stuff. pete: it really is. will: police in canada crack down on canadian truckers.

reports are 100 trucker have the been arrested. ugly scene in ottawa as police there, mounted police on horseback rode through the crowd trampling several people. video should be coming up on your screen. what you will see reports are an elderly woman. one of the people who fall under the horse's path, there are reports from the ottawa police that the protesters threw a bicycle, perhaps, in the path of the police. protesters. rachel: they hurt a horse or something? will: protesters are saying no, no, no. not a bicycle. walker one of these elderly protesters were holding. ottawa police say we hear your concern for people on the ground after horses dispersed a crowd. anyone who fell got up and walked away. we are unaware of any injuries. a bicycle was thrown at a horse further down the line and caused the horse to trip. the horse was uninjured. pete: in this case of the ottawa police we are to take their version of events with the mounted police as people are,

you know, trampled, knocked over, whatever it is. but when it comes to our own border patrol agents down on the southern border. we tore take the narrative of, you know. rachel: the haitians. pete: of the illegals coming across the border who were also uninjured. but it was police or border patrol agents whipping that our media went with for days and weeks. this is, you know, at this point this is the police stepping in to enforce what justin trudeau has told them they must. it's going to get messy. the truckers have said they are not moving. it's going to get messy. reports, will, you said of 100 people arrested or. so trucks being pulled back. the question we were talking about in the commercial break. how many trucks are there? how many are there? are there thousands? that was the report. how close are they to enforcing heavy handily, people peacefully and trying to make a point and not once as a single leader of the trudeau government taken one minute to actually speak to them or hear from them. rachel: so true.

you know, there were tow trucks that refused to remove the trucks that under emergency order some of them have -- that actually kind of surprised me that they did that. i don't understand all the rules there. >> at this point they are threatening livelihoods. bank accounts will be seized. they are going all in with emergency powers. >> we talked about moral authority. and lack thereof in terms of lebron james. but the moral authority in canada, and it's because of the crack down on religion and on going to church that was so extensive in canada. much more than anything we saw here in the united states. clergy have come forward and made this statement to the canadian government and specifically to justin trudeau. they said your government has not only refused to meet with these citizens to hear their concerns. and lied about them. further dividing a hurting and broken nation. your government does not grant people the right to bodily integrity the right to work or earn a living. side with your children or be be with their families.

gather worship and obey god. the right to travel in their own land or enter. we implore you to step back from the brink, restore the constitutional freedoms of the people and respect the god-given rights of our citizenry. that statement, you guys, when i read it this morning in preparation for the show. not only was i struck by how powerful it is. i literally can't believe that this statement is coming out of canada. this is a statement that i would have thought had been delivered to fidel castro himself. these are basic, human rights that are being violated. and i will tell you what, will tell you hispanicshave been trudeau. when fidel castro died the only loving tweet that came out of a world leader was jump trudeau when he got the backlash he kind of tried to take it down but it was too late. and too many freedom loving hispanics had already read it and disgusted by it i'm not surprised by what justin trudeau has done but i'm disgusted. will: we'll talk more about this

throughout the morning. it's an ugly scene in canada and i liken the statement says we implore you to step back from the brink. it does feel like canada is also sitting on the brink this morning. straight ahead. get this transgender swimmer lia thomas again smashing records. college track athletes soleil is next on what she thinks needs to change to protect women's sports.

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will: that transgender swimmer lia thomas capturing two titles in record setting time. spotlight on game changing policy in women's sports. jennings guest college track athlete fighting for fair competition. and her lawyer join us now. thank you both for being here. take a look at this, you see what lia thomas is doing in the pool. she is do in the ivy league. she is doing to women's swimming. what's your reaction? >> i'm unfortunately not surprised because i went to this exact same thing when i was in high school. i was forced to be against all four years. raced against these athletes a dozen times. many of those races were either times where they broke state or meet records and i never was close to winning a single time and just a very frustrating and heart breaking. will: how does that make you feel? >> it's very, very disappointing. disappointing. and it's upsetting that they

there are some young girls out there that have to go through this and have to face this adversity and it's just not fair. will: i want to ask but the policy. here is what is fascinating. i don't think many people are talking about this side of it there is another transgender swimmer in these races as well. isaac. this is a biological male. now, reports are they haven't taken testosterone yet. so no performance enhancing drugs but still competing in the classification as a female. so what i'm getting at is everyone now competes in the classification as a female female. i can't make sense of this farce. >> well, what we are watching here is really the beginning of the end of women's sports. the ncaa has done is frankly shameful. and that it is not protecting the female category for girls like selena and frankly it just highlights the fact and it's a perfect example of why their

testosterone suppression policy does not work. watch lia thomas in the pool. no amount of testosterone suppression is not going to undo a male's larger heart, greater lung capacity. greater upper body frame and explosive power. that's why it's important that we get back to common sense and protect the integrity of women's sports. will: no doubt. and to their own ideas that whether you identify as a male or female or which category you get to participate in not so apparently with isaac her signature. here is what i want to ask you, you are somewhat unique. right now there are people and i know them losing empathy for women athletes who will not stand up and speak for themselves. those ivy league swimmers are not protesting and walking out. they are victims of this clearly clearly. someone has to make a stand otherwise you are sacrificing your sport. >> we need as many people to spike up. fight it as w. as many voices we have. anybody facing this issue or

afraid of is facing it to speak up and ask for fairness and ask for better policies so that no one else has to go through this heart break. will: really quickly, why haven't we heard from more selinas and more women athletes looking to protect their sports? >> because they are by the ncaa athletic associations standing with activists instead of female athletes. we need everyone speaking up for fair play. will: we wish you the best of luck in your collegiate track record. she is coming from connecticut back to sau on her way to boca and stopped here in daytona with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. will: nato allies on edge as ukrainian president. appears to be building up military along the country trips border. cory mills joins us live right here in daytona beach with reaction. ♪

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pete: we're back with a fox news alert. joe biden is convinced president putin planning to attack within days. he still leaves the door open for diplomacy. at the same time satellite images show a build up of russian helicopters within miles ukraine's border as allies raise concern over president zelenskyy's move to leave the country to go to the munich security conference. doesn't seem like a great idea in the middle of impending invasion. here to react is army combat veteran and former dod adviser under president trump cory mills who is also running for congress in florida in this very district. that represents the daytona 500. thanks for being here. >> thanks, steve. pete: you are watching how the biden administration is talking about it what's your take away right now? >> look. this is a conglomeration of mistakes from. a foreign policy. stepped.

in nord stream 2. 1990s agreement. budapest memoranda. done nothing. status quo is on this administration. we saw the botched withdrawal in afghanistan. we have senile how they try to rejoin jcpoa. what we are looking at right now is a complete deterioration of the u.s. national security. vladimir putin knows that this administration is weak because he saw this in 2014 when he annexed crimea. and literally the biden obama administration this is obama 2. o40 model. pete: this is how they see it? >> they wouldn't provide anti-aid javelin we used to have the military. we will provide blankets and all these things. they literally opened the door for vladimir putin to take it why wouldn't he continue to go ahead and push the envelope but the bigger picture here is the russia-china iran linkage here. we have to look at the ideas this is great super power resurgence and smirk not on the table for that.

pete: they want to push us off the table. that's the entire goal. the whole architecture the way the free world is operating since world war ii is something they reject. and they want to change that. guys like you kicking around and holding people accountable in washington, d.c. last time i saw you, you were in undisclosed location in or in afghanistan. actively grateful for everything you have done on that. the pentagon is done a new ig report about afghan refugees in the united states. i want to read a portion of that report and get to you react, corey because you know it so well. personnel in the united states with information in dod records that wind indicate potentially significant security concerns. ngic personnel stated they could not locate some afghan refugees when attempting to report derogatory information to the

dod. so they are talking about 50 people that shouldn't be in the united states. numbers likely higher than that now, as we step back from that evacuation, what do you know? where are we? >> i think we have already established the fact there is a lot more than 50. 1.7 million illegals into the country right now, right? so, for example, we have 200 russians that just came in and 300 -- you know, ukrainians cage in the month of december. what we are looking at now is this was political optics underground strategy. you and i know military and ground strategy. we should have held bagram air base. housed simultaneous casts both bagram and. 13 service members reported killed. but, also, the entire fallback of being able to cancel all the commercial flights for americans had flights to get out. and then instead of getting

americans and sib and the interpreters who supported us. they wanted to have political to say we have the greatest operational airlift in history. they didn't care who they put were not secure. who did not go through biometrics and did not go through medical. again, it was the greateth airlift operations in history. pete: you are saying someone on the ground all a numbers game all to be able to say how many people with can we push through. now they are in the united states. >> 100 percent numbers game. after i rescued a mother and three children. we conducted the very first successful overland rescue out of afghanistan of americans. the state department and dod thwart our efforts three different occasions. one occasion they actually threatened to shoot down our aircraft. once we approved the concept they had to get people out. what did they turn to do. turn to people like commanders donahue and get numbers on planes. at that stage they started c 5s. loading c-17s getting intel out of the airspace.

all about optics. never about helping americans. never about helping our allies. pete: corey, thanks for your role in trying to get the good guys out even if the rest of it was completely botched. good luck in rush hour race. >> i also had something for you by the way i wanted to throw out. which is my nascar mills 22 shirt. pete: i like that. if you represent daytona you bitter do it right. you got one for will and rachel. >> i got one for will and rach chevrolet as well. pete: thank you. >> thank you so much, pete. pete: rach chem somewhere compound in the infield read some headlines. i don't know where you, rachel. rachel: i'm down here. we begin with this a 4-year-old boy is now recovering after being shot in the leg while playing outside. police say the boy was playing in an apartment courtyard when his father heard him scream out in pain. police have not said where the bullet may have come from and no arrests have been made. khou reporting he is the third child shot in houston in just

this month. los angeles county's embattled d.a. george gascon backtracking on soft on crime policies as he faces a recall effort. critics say that these minor changes are just smoke screens for the progressives. as crime continues to soar under his watch. memos obtained by the "new york post" show gascon's office plan to form a committee to view some of his most criticized policies. and those are your headlines. pete? oh, we have a little bit more here. coming up, piers morgan will join us live. but, first, we will introduce you to one daytona 500 star. she may not be going hundreds of miles an hour on the track. but she is 101 years old. and she has been working here, get, this since 195 the 9. you do not want to miss her. stay with us. ♪

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rick: welcome back to "fox & friends" we are live from the international speedway. the big race which is tomorrow. we are going to continuing to bring everything right here from daytona.

such an amazing weekend. let's talk a little bit of weather. one of the things that these races are always worried about. we do have a little bit of rain in this area today. we have really cold air across parts of the far northern plains. look at this. minus 6 is your actual air temperature in fargo. most of that snow. parts of the great lakes throughout the day today. it will move throughout the northeast. and the big storm that brought all of the severe weather and the snow this week, this is the last of it tail end of this front cutting right across exactly where we are right here in florida right now. dropping temperatures bringing a few scattered showers here and obviously the big race. today these showers. tonight a cool one. tomorrow for race day an absolutely spectacular sunny day, temps in the mid 70s. all right, one person who wants to know what the temperatures are like is our next guest who is 101 years old and has been working right here at the daytona international speedway since 1959.

guys, you have juanita epson up there with you. this is going to be my favorite guest for this entire weekend. >> turn it on all over, rick. turn it on over. because you are not going to be changing your channel dial. rachel: absolutely not. her name is lightning. doesn't remember the last time she was talking juan nit attachment she was talking smack to me on the set. pete: she was. rachel took off her jacket and you wondered why she would do that. >> right. she must be from iceland. will: it's a little chilly here from daytona. lightning, got to start with this. why do they call you lightning? >> yes, you may. will: why? why did you get that nickname? >> well, my husband said he never knew when or where i would strike. [laughter] >> for 62 years. pete: you have been working at daytona ever since it started when it was on the beach.

>> right. pete: talk to us about what it was like to be there at the beginning. >> well, i will never forget the first time i came out here. they were doing the construction. they had a jeep parked on the what is the tunnel road going into the speedway. and on that jeep across the hood was a big snake that went from one side to the other and i thought they are going to have a racetrack here? [laughter] i thought maybe they had gotten the wrong idea. but as it progressed it just -- it was miraculous. the man who thought about the speed and the height of the turns and everything, was just a wonderful man. rachel: juanita a lot of people

retire in 60's and 70s. you are 102 years old this year. why do you refuse to retire? what is going on? what keeps you going? >> i love it. i love the people, and i love what i do. and it is such a joy each year to have people that i have been waiting on for years and their families to come and say hello and shake my hand. it's really a joy. will: what makes this special? this race? this place, what makes daytona special. >> daytona is special because it is a birthday of the that we have had. nascar was formed in the hotel. and it has spread all over the nation. and what better to do to work

for an organization that is so well liked. and so up to date on everything. pete: they are next generation car, next series is kicking off. lightning we have to leave it there congratulations on still running the traffic. will: thank you. rachel: you are our most famous guest here today. great having you. pete: bret baier is coming up next next 5% on our rental car, i earn 5% on our cabin. i mean, c'mon! hello cashback! hello, kevin hart! i'm scared. in a good way. i'm lying. let's get inside. earn big time with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. how do you cashback? chase. make more of what's yours. it's time for the ultimate sleep number event on the sleep number 360 smart bed. what if i sleep hot? ...or cold? no problem, the sleep number 360 smart bed is temperature balancing so you both sleep just right. and it senses your movements and automatically adjusts

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international speedway. race something about experience. you have to see it, you have to feel it. you have to see the scale and feel the engine. you have to be here when it comes to racing. and we are. one day ahead of the daytona 500 which will play on fox tomorrow and you get to see it through your television screen. this is quite a racetrack. rachel, pete, good morning. good morning to you at home. welcome to "fox & friends." and welcome to daytona. rachel: good morning, will. you are right. i'm looking at us on tv right there, and it's the most impressive back drop we have had. nothing like turning around and actually seeing it for yourself. it's really hard to really capture just how impressive this is. pete: it's fun. will, i look at you and right over your shoulder i'm looking at one and two. looks like a wall over there the embankment on the side that the cars go up is this high. in fact, next hour we are going to play the nascar racing experience video of me hitting the track in a car going 155 miles per hour. and when you feel it, to your point, it's insane what these --

there is a quick preview clip and that is me. rachel: is that you? pete: that's me. rachel: i thought i was watching days of thunder. pete: right? it's my audition. you will get it. you will get the whole package later. that's me getting passed by a professional driver. there were professional drivers on the track, too. it's amazing what these guys do and what these crews do and teams do. by the way, anybody can do in this nascar racing experience. can you come to a track, sign up. watch a 25-minute training video. feel totally unqualified. i will continue to say this entire time. and then they let you rip around the track. will: then they trap you in. rachel: i'm so shocked they let do you that. pete: it's amazing. will: i want to do it. pete: they said we will do it again. will: to the point of experience certain sports in this world you have to be there to understand. i believe that hockey is one of those games. pete: i agree with you. will: be in the stadium to fully experience and understand what

it is about. no doubt that racing and nascar are one of those experiences. part of that experience is the party atmosphere around the race. rachel: that's an understatement. will: i probably used the wrong preposition. the party atmosphere inside the race. we went yesterday and had some fun with people that camp out, get in rvs and make this a week long experience. watch. >> i heard there is a rumor over here of a corn hole tournament. >> where are you from. >> georgia. >> what brings to you daytona. >> the race. >> it was on his bucket list. we're going to daytona. we are standing in a bar on the jersey shore. >> i want to go to daytona. >> i do daytona, talladega, new hampshire and homestead. >> [inaudible] >> okay. best on the track. >> i like [inaudible] i come

down here for the party. >> daytona to america. >> i have to pay for what i drink here? >> no. will: you are giving away good times. >> absolutely. that's what it's all about, man. >> five or six or seven day party with a bunch of great people. >> on the side been here 10 or 12 years. 14 years. the guy across the street been with us 14 years. >> get together at least a guaranteed get together once a year. this is a fabulous place to absolutely do this. rachel: this is great way to meet friends. >> absolutely. we meet friends all up and down the coast. >> at least check this out once. ♪ will: one thing i will say about those packages and i love everybody we work with and our editors and our producers, i will tell you this about that package. it's much, much more tame than what's actually going on. rachel: i think we had to do a little editing it. will: what's edited out of that might better relay what's going on in the infield.

pete: that was the tamest portion that was allowed to be on television. rachel: they middle east up with the same people and make these deep friendships. it was fascinating. pete: it was. what also didn't make the clip because i think they are going to be on the show this morning was the mac mclemore boys. they had smoked pork butt. they had wicks. what was it pork sliders? rachel: yes. with that special mayo and the pickles. pete: maybe we are going to use that clip to talk about them and tease them because they have got i don't know where it is tailgate. will: you will smell it soon. pete: you are right. we will soon it soon. you, rachel pulled the lucky straw. rachel: so did rick. they gave us the food segment. i'm sorry, it's going to happen and i'm looking forward to it. we have to move now to a fox

news alert. vice president harris just wrapping up remarks moments ago in germany promising swift, severe consequences to russia if they invade ukraine. pete: the world is trembling. new remarks come as satellite images show a stunning build up of russian forces. will: griff jenkins is live will boiling point. good morning. >> that's right. good morning. tensions are high after biden delivered a stark assessment of where things stand saying he believes putin has been with an invasion. watch. >> as of this moment i'm convinced he has made a decision. we have reason to believe that russia can still choose diplomacy. it is not too late to deescalate and return to the negotiating table. pete: this as new satellite images show russian forces deploying more airplane near ukraine helicopters. officials telling fox news putin has 120 to 125 battalion tackle call groups move in attack

positions. meaning they are in striking distance of urk. meanwhile 11th hour talks continue in munich with a delegation led by vice president harris who as you mentioned just wrapped some remarks. >> we have prepared together economic measures that will be swift, severe, and united. we will impose far reaching sanctions. griff: kremlin successfully conducted massive and exercises launching ballistic missiles as well as ground based cruise missiles protect national interest. pete, will, rachel. pete: griff, thank you very much. appreciate it here now for reaction. let's bring in our friend bret baier, anchor and executive editor of "special report." is he also the fox news chief political analyst. bret, in the tease to you

joining us this morning, will is making fun of me because i said you have a car which you obviously have a car. probably many of them and more shoe. will: shoes and a belt. pete: a lot of things in life. what i meant was you have a car in the xfinity race, the "special report" car. we are going to get to that it's awesome by the way. talk about life goals. "fox & friends weekend" car is what we want coming up next. you have a great nascar tie. but before we get to that bret, what do you make of where we are right now in ukraine? the white house trying to speak out whether it's the vice president or joe biden making speeches, yet, vladimir putin seems undeterred at this point, bret. bret: you are right. i think we are at a point where it's going to take a lot for putin to back down from this position. and any intel person, any defense person that we talk to behind the scenes publicly or behind the scenes really does believe that he is going in. the vice president in germany

and vice president offering last minute off ramp. you are talking about a lot of fire power. 40 to 50% of russian forces. their total forces are now aligned on that border with field hospitals along the border. so we'll see. it will take quite something for putin to back down from that you know, it's a tenuous thing for the world because you don't know what it leads to and hopefully it doesn't. it doesn't. rachel: bret, is it weird that president zelenskyy is actually leaving his own country to go to the security conference? i know there has been talk about it. what does that say to you? have you heard anything further about that? bret: i don't think there is definitive decision yet. it is weird. it is almost like he is getting out of there in advance of what is going to happen. most leaders are not doing that. we have the foreign minister from ukraine who is coming to washington. and he's going to be on the set

on "special report" monday unless something changes. so we expect to do that interview and see where things are at that point. will: that will be absolutely appointment programming on monday, bret. the question, i think, for everyone watching, i believe. what should the american response be? what serves the american interest. there is op-ed at npr from a former director of global engagement in the obama white house. and it is setting the analysis, the critique of the biden administration in these terms that we have always been reactive. we are not being proactive. here is the headline. it's time to turn the tables on putin inside the op-ed it reads as follows, bret: it says i fail to understand why we are letting him decide the timeline let alone the terms and trajectory of the security situation in europe. biden needs to deliver a direct message to moscow. you either start acting like a normal nation. we will suddenly turn up the temperature on personally sensitive points. the biden administration has got to stop putting putin in the

driver's seat so often. it does seem that way, bret. we are reactive. but the question i think is how do we get on the front foot? how can would he be proactive? bret: yeah. i think there is a lot of concern about that, will, on capitol hill this week wondering why capitol hill did not move forward with sanctions and it was blocked. really by democrats who were trying to say the administration needs to have leeway here. but there were a lot of people wondering why not make the warning, make the threat and then deploy the sanctions before something happens to say putin you need to get in line. pete: bret, one border to another, to our southern border. we will put up the statistics on the screen right now of border encounters comparing january 2021 to january 2022. basically doubled from 78,000 in january 2021 to over 153,000 in january '22. there it is on the screen right now. one of the folks under siege for

the way this has been handled is the homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. he is now accusing some of the border patrol agents you saw that exchange that was had with the border patrol chief of acting unprofessionally. this is from february 18th. we're going to play this sound and get your reaction about the approach that's being taken at our southern border. take a listen. >> it was a tough trip because we confronted, i think, a workforce, i negotiation a workforce whose morale is struggling. i really appreciated the openness that -- with which the agents expressed their views. a couple guys might have expressed them what i thought was unprofessionally, which was surprising to me because it's something i have never seen in

the border patrol in my what is it now eight years of exposure. pete: bret, he acknowledges morale is low. the type of expression he heard is something he hasn't seen. is there any self-reflection, do you think, from this administration that maybe it's our policies that are causing this low morale and these high numbers? >> there is a part of you that feels for secretary mayorkas because he is defending this policy that really is not a policy on the border. that said, we, as you know, our folks talked to the cbp guys did you know there all the time and the morale is through the basement. there is this giant frustration that, you know, they are working really hard, doing their jobs and not allowed -- they are almost doing it with their hands tied behind their backs. those numbers are -- popping. they are staggering. if it wasn't for fox and our crews down there i really wonder whether this story would be out there. it's a mask story. and it's a massive political issue that will be a major

factor in the november election. rachel: yeah, it's such a great point if it weren't for fox news it wouldn't be covered. we know these flights flying them into the interior of the country are done at night so the american people don't really get to see it it's a great point, bret. i want to talk to you about something else that's really dear to your heart. it's dear to my heart. both you and i have kiddos have heart surgery. you are right now here in florida to do a benefit for a hospital that's also very dear to your heart and that's children's national hospital in naples, florida. talk to us about that. bret: we had an event tonight all-star panel. a bunch of our colleagues coming down to naples. a big event at the ritz down there in dib lebron. .we have raised a ton of money o far. >> it's sold out. but there is a silent auction. all-star panel event.com that there is a lot of cool items.

children's national does great things for kids not only in this country but pediatric research around the world and we decided to plug in when paul went through his stuff. and we haven't stopped. rachel: bret, we all admire you for what you did i will never forget when you reached out to sean and i when my daughter was going through heart surgery as well. we respect your reporting we also respect so much of what you do for children's. bret: thanks. yeah. and we started the. will: and then,. bret: bret i sponsored a car because i wrapped it in children's national stuff last year. now i got a part of a team. the ss green light team the number 8 car. david starr and there you see it rolling out the xfinity race. and we are really psyched. i'm now part of this team. and i'm a part of nascar. i mean, i don't know a ton about the motors or i'm told it's -- it's really fun to be a part of.

pete: all right, here's the deal. you have your name on the hood of a car. okay? so that's awesome. rachel: they are jealous. pete: you now are part of a team, which means you need to come join us for one of these weekends, see the xfinity race, see the cup series race, seeing and feeling as will said is believing. consider this an invite for bret baier to come. will: look at it this way if you need to wear fancy loud pants you don't need to keep them on the golf course. you could probably wear them at nascar race as well. bret: i think it's accepted at nascar. last year i did one car gave me a little thing. see if i can put it in there for my book. and then they gave me a little memento. so, any sponsor out there, i'm telling you, the fox nation car looks fantastic for the cup series. so, it's a lot of fun to be a part of. i'm going to come out. i'm definitely coming to talladega but i will come to a

few more. will: excellent. pete: the 8 car in the xfinity series today is the bret baier "special report" car and then the 77 car is the fox nation tomorrow in the cup series? bret: you got it. will: all right, bret. thank you so much. rachel: don't forget to all-star panel benefiting the children's hospital. pete: all star panel event.com. look at those faces you know them and love them and stuff to bid on to support a great cause. rachel: guess what? it's the ultimate pit stop rick is with the mclemore boys whipping up most mouth watering rest pays. will: that was a shot of piece of fox candy. that you can have after you have some wonderful mclemore. pete: they have meat candy. will: meat candy coming up on the show. politics sparking a sunshine state surge.

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pete: welcome back. americans are moving to the sunshine state as governor desantis refuses to implement covid mandates, giving people choices and keeping businesses open. florida tourism soared beyond precovid last year with 118 million people visiting in 2021 including comrade cortez. the highest in the state's history. our next guests both own successful businesses in florida and say they are grateful to be in the mandate-free state. restaurant owner buddy floyd jr. and zeno's boardwalk sweet shop owner. thank you both. >> john, thank you so much for being here. john, can it be under125eu89ed how important it has been to be in florida as opposed to somewhere else? especially in your business? >> you know, i think a lot of people don't often realize that

small businesses are usually a bad quarter away from going out of business. when covid came, we had just gotten out of our slow season gearing up for spring break and then we were forced to shut down for spring break staying at home. i will always be so appreciative to governor desantis for opening up the state as soon as he did because we were able to get back -- things back on track. get our staff back in house. and get things locked and loaded and clicking on all cylinders. pete: has tourism kept up whereas other states were dlosd people knew if they wanted to vacation they could at least come to florida. >> it's more than kept up. i'm sure buddy will agree with me 2021 was the best year we have ever had by far. more retail stores to seven in the state. we have increased our capacity for manufacturing and distribution. i have been very lucky. we have been in business since 19 8. i tell people we are the other family owned business that

started in daytona 19 8. nascar being the other one. the jury is still out which is more successful yet. one day we will see. but, like i said, just very happy to be living where i live. in a crazy time. pete: for sure. buddy, same thing for you. trying to get a seat right now in daytona is basically impossible. yes, there is race here i get that in talking to other restaurant owners a pretty consistent thing in florida. >> consistent everywhere in florida. no matter where you are in florida if you don't know someone you are not going to get a seat. it's a freedom state. happy state. freedom creates happiness. it's great environment. it's expanding. our restaurant in florida did the same amount of business precovid than numbers in new york. for sure open in new york up on lake george for 10 years. we are expanding. we are trying to get another one open. florida is happening. pete: you are trying to get another restaurant open as fast

as the open. >> bingo. pete: what are you waiting on. >> material, wood, doors, windows. and governor desantis doesn't control the national supply chain unfortunately. pete: you wish he did. >> i wish he did we would have been open a month ago. pete: you probably hear from restaurant owners in other states or competitors in other states. are they having the same success you are having here right now? >> well, can i speak for a good friend of mine who has a couple diners up in pennsylvania. and, you know, they were forced to shut down. you know, buddy gets to go back and forth some. someone who lives in florida. it's weird for me to go somewhere else and not be kind of how it needs to be. it things are getting more strict up there. and he told me on many occasions that he is ready to move down to florida. and a lot of people move down to florida. you know, we usually focus on tourists in my location. but now it's, you know, i guess only thing better than a restaurant owner, a candy shop owner is to be a realtor because

everyone is moving down and cashing in. pete: it's true. buddy, is there anywhere else open a restaurant at this point. >> i can't even believe opened one here. this has never been our plans. we are looking to expand in new york. right? it was a pivot. we had to convince -- i have young girls, daughters, high school. i have a wife that was her family is in new jersey in new york. so i would -- i can't believe we are here by the grace of god we made a decision. and we could not have made a better decision. couldn't be in a better state. i'm blown out of the water. pete: amazing how many people say that and actually see it with their own eyes. >> we're living. pete: buddy and john, thank you gentlemen. >> thank you very much for having us. >> best i have ever been on. pete: i like it. to order taffy from zeno's boardwalk sweet shop those are "fox & friends" if you don't have a shot of it right there. pretty cool. world's most famous taffy.com.

world's most famous taffy.com. for more about buddy and his restaurant visit buddy foy jr..com. if you are down in florida or up in new york. check it out. gentlemen both. >> thank you so much. >> appreciate y'all. pete: appreciate you. a liberal d.a. indicts multiple officers for their efforts to stop rioters in 2020. will police veteran joins us on that coming up next. ♪ instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette.

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pete: we're back with headlines, welcome back to "fox & friends." a pennsylvania mother of four is brutally killed after begging her assailant for her life while driving for uber. wow. terrible. security video from the ride revealing her terrifying last moments after a pan she picked up put a gun to her head. she was found dead just outside of pittsburgh. that man is accused of -- that man is accused of ordering the ride with the intent of robbing

the driver. weighs ward. now held without bail on multiple charges including of course homicide. wow, evil. and at least 100 freedom convoy protesters are arrested and over 20 trucks towed as police crack down on demonstrators. shocking video out of the with a shows mounted canadian police using horses against protesters. police claim a protester threw a bike at a police horse but protesters say that incident did not happen. instead they say a police horse knocked over a person on a mobility scooter. the crackdown has begun in ottawa. and that's what it looks like right there on your screen. and california becoming the first state in the nation to shift to an endemic approach to covid. governor gavin newsom outlining a plan for the state that would focus on prevention and quick reaction to case spiblegs instead of lockdowns and mandates. took them two years. here they are.

this after california ordered some of the strictest covid orders in the u.s. throughout two years of covid-19. i guess better late than never. but considering the hypocrisy of gavin newsom, pretty rich that they are now making the shift. those are your headlines, will, over to you in the free state of florida downstairs. will: thank you, pete. outrage in austin, texas, as a far left d.a. indicts 19 police officers over allegations of excessive force and their attempt to quell violence in 2020. soros backed travis county d.a. jose garza on enforcing police accountability. the retired officer's association president and 25-year austin police veteran and he joins me now. dennis, thank you for being with us. this is quite a bit of news. 19 officers, it appears, perhaps walking out of the police department. up to 30, perhaps, indicted by a state grand jury.

what's going on in austin in what's going on with the d.a.? what's going on with the police force? >> well, first of all, there is 19 officers currently under indictment this latest round of indictments. we have a total of 26 when these 19 are done. we have a d.a. in travis county who has died decided that the war on police is now going to be political. they are bringing it here. they can't defund the police in austin so they're trying to indict the police in austin. this d.a. ran on this. he has a radical agenda. and his goal is to cripple the austin police department. will: dennis, as a matter of setting the stage, this stems back to the protest in 2020, and i believe it was over an incident in dispersing the crowd that involved officers using beanbags into a crowd. is that right? what these potential indictments are connected to is something the officers are saying they had no control over or wasn't

excessive force. >> correct. this stems back to the may 2020 people call them protests, i call them riots. where rocks, bottles, frozen water bottles, bottles bodily fluid. and things of that nature are thrown at the austin police department. and they responded with less lethal munitions which is the beanbag rounds. and my understanding is those rounds were either defective or didn't perform the way they were supposed. to say and there were people injured. these officers went out and did their job the way they were told to do it within policy. chief came out and said that he does not see anything criminal in what they did. and he is the chief of police. so you have to kind of take his word for it. will: right. >> and it was. it was these officers were being assaulted by rioters and they responded with force that was reasonable. will: so i'm curious and, of course, what we are talking about now is the d.a. pursuing criminal charges for these officers as you pointed out there.

are potential walkouts now. the austin police department. quickly, give me the impact of these policies from the d.a. within the department and within the community in austin. what's the fall-out? >> well, within the department, the austin police department is already short hundreds of officers. they are already running call to call as it stands now. and by indicting these 19, he has taken two full patrol shifts off the street. the amount of officers is equal to two patrol shifts. the morale in the department is already in the gutter. and this just makes it worse for the city of austin, this is going to make the city that much less safe. and it's already going down the tubes. you've got last year we had 89 homicides. which was an all-time record. the month of january we had 11, which is a record for january. so, the impact on the city of austin is their police services are going to be affected greatly. will: wow, dire situation for both citizens and law enforcement there if these

indictments, if these policies continue to play out in the real world. dennis fariss, thank you for joining us this morning and laying it out. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> straight ahead, shocking video shows two suspected thieves praying with their victims before robbing her at a tennessee church. we are live ahead of as well the daytona 500 tomorrow and there's nothing like will smoked bone-in pork chops early in the morning. mclemore boys show us their best recipes coming up that was quick. and rewarding. i earn 3% cash back at drugstores with chase freedom unlimited. that means i earn on my bug spray and my sunscreen. you ready to go fishing? i got the bait. i also earn 5% on travel purchased through chase on this rental car. that lake is calling my name! don't you get seasick? we'll find out! come on.

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head coach began yelling at the north dakota players. he took issue over a last second dunk in the game despite losing in a blowout. that coach later apologizing and congratulating north dakota on a quote dominant performance. that makes up for it, i guess. juanita enton 101 years old shy work working at the ticket booth since 1949. she has no intention on retiring soon. >> i love what i do. it's such a joy each year to have people that i have been waiting on for years and their families to come and say hello and shake my hand. will: i cannot impress upon you how impressive she was. 101 years old. she climbed up i can't tell you how many chairs. sat in one of these tiny bucket seats we are. in august the way impressive. her husband joe was nascar's first ever timer and scorer.

and those are your headlines. so watch this: all the way across the infield, rachel, rick, over to you. rachel: that's right over here at the infield with the mclemore boys. momma mclemore made the most beautiful setting. nothing like mac and cheese smoked. >> 6:00 a.m. rick: you guys not only know your grills but you know your food. and we are thinking like we have got to tailgate here at nascar so we brought the best in the business. >> that's right. >> john is going to get a little story of what we have cooking here. >> we have got pork sliders, we have got baked monkey bread. we have got pork tender lion bone, in bone out. bacon wrapped lollipops, red, white and blue wings, chicken thighs. the hero is the personalized

little dish that dad is going to show you on the grill. >> you are famous with mac and cheese. we are dial it up a it notch daytona 500 with master built. we took the mac and cheese famous for and put in a personal pan. >> this is the new recipe. so take your favorite mac and cheese, put it in a 6-inch little cast iron skillet. smoke for about an hour. while you are smoking that mac and cheese. come here to the grill. you want to take your pork chops. smoke your pork chop for about an hour and then the key is to take that pork chop, cut the center cut out and let's just go do it. so we are going to take this baby right here back to the table. give me some room right here, john boy. what you want to do is cut that bone out. there is your pork chop. put the rib part of that pork chop back on the grill and give it a good burnt end.

rick: that's what i have been eating. >> that's what you have been eating. then you take that pork chop, that bone in that pork chop and slide it right into your mac and cheese. >> that's your spoon. rick: not only do you know your stuff have you been guiding the camera around. >> i'm going to be a bruiser for fox. rick: do you know what's amazing for you guys you are seriously into nascar. master built back in 1995. we have some pictures sponsor. >> we were here in daytona. i'm going to tell you something. if you have never experienced daytona, talladega, anything to do with nascar, you got to get here and tailgating is the way to do it. masterbuilt did sponsor the car. so much fun and now we are back this year with fox cooking in the infield, rachel. rachel: we met some of the people in the infield. is everyone just gravitating toward the masterbuilt rv? is this the party spot.

>> i have never seen so much charcoal in my life. and we also wanted to have a little bit of fun with y'all. we have your personal mac and cheese with the smoked pork chop rib and pete has one as well. so we always got to dial it up a notch for that guy. love cooking with him because if he is going to eat something, he wants it to be just a little bit bigger than the average. so when you go back to your set. see what pete has got on his table. >> check us out master.com and foxnews.com has all of the recipes all of this and tomorrow's recipes. rachel: can i just say it again? mac and cheese is wonderful. but, smoked mac and cheese, there is nothing like it. rachel: with the cheese its. it's a recipe website. rick: how many cookbooks do you have? >> three. all of these recipes.

[laughter] >> may not be the healthy ones. i will tell you. >> nothing healthy. rachel: good for you. >> we always cook with this grill. and masterbuilt has in the hands of all the race fans and everybody out there. masterbuilt. smoked grill, beer, anything you need to do. and tomorrow we are going to dial it up even again with a mega burger breakfast style on the new masterbuilt grill that has got a griddle on it and we are going to have for all of y'all. rachel: ultimate tailgate party in nascar. rick: mclemore boys rock. rick: over to the set. [laughter] pete: really good. will: really good. ribs are the worst things to eat

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♪ let the good times roll ♪ let the good times roll ♪ let the good times roll ♪ ♪ will: fans are back in the stands and it will be a sold out crowd at this weekend's daytona 500. pete: let's bring in one of the drivers jumping behind the wheel 2015 daytona 500 winner, 22 car joey logano. thank you so much for being here. >> glad to be here. pete: great to have you. you will be right there on that track. are you practicing today? >> yes. practicing today. racing tomorrow. you won the race. and we reminded you were this close. >> i appreciate that. pete: things happen. pete: things happen. >> turn 3 on the final lap is

where everything went the wrong way but things are going really well up to that pointed. pete: what's it like to be back here daytona. >> kickoff of the season great american race. our biggest race of the year

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are on fox tomorrow. welcome, will. will: good morning. rachel: pete. look at this. will: absolutely gorgeous. pete: you can't beat the backdrop, for sure. tomorrow at 2:30, cars going fast around that track. and you can watch it on fox, that's why we're here. fox is covering it, it's the great american race. you got a book yesterday at the diner, 1001 facts about nascar. rachel: i'm not known for my kóo÷sxjíc->÷gc:$úqi. [laughter] i told will and he said i've got some cliff notes. tell everybody what you recommendedded. will: i gave rachel, and pete for that matter, a homework assignment, which was to watch days of thunder. rachel: which we did. will: some of the crew by the way, are wearing hats with cole tricker.

pete's silent because he still hasn't done his homework. rachel: i learned more about men than i did about nascar watching that movie. i believe it is the last of the era of movies that were made really just for men with no wokeness, no nothing. i wrote down -- there's so many great lines that were just for guys, but at the end of the movie, he says am i going to have to carry you, or are you going to walk. and he says, where? to victory lane. and he says, walk? i'll race your a is ss. that's -- ass. that's the kind of movie line that, you know, guys love. mcu will, you described it as the top gun of nascar. rachel: it is. pete: is that accurate, rachel, based on your viewing? rachel: it is accurate. and we both agree that movie is all about robert duvall.

pete: i attempted to watch it in my hotel room trying to screen share probably not kid appropriate necessarily? rachel: there was a few racy scenes -- [laughter] pete: half of them were sleeping on the floor -- will: seven kids in one hotel room. you don't just have to watch a movie, you can watch nascar right here on fox. you have got the great american race tomorrow, and if we're lucky during "fox & friends" this morning, maybe a few practice laps taking place behind us. but for now, a fox news alert. vice president harris set to meet president zelensky any minute. rachel: new images of russian president putin overseeing missile tests. pete: lucas tomlinson is a few koójñlt:éq;jñ capital of ukraine. good morning. >> reporter: this is a crisis over 30 years in the making. over the summer russian

president vladimir putin penned a 5,000-word essay saying ukrainians and russians are one people. people i've disagree. president biden thinks war's coming. >> as of this moment, i'm convinced he's made the decision. we have reason to believe it. >> reporter: the pentagon says russia could invade at any minute. these photos show dozens of attack jets, 50 russian helicopter gun ships have also arrived in belarus in the north, more than 60 arrive arrive -- arrived southeast of here in crimea. it's anyone's guess, guys, what happens next. only putin knows what the orders will be. right now the russians are showing blitz, they're ready to start their engines which might be a better analogies. russia flexing its muscles by test launching hypersonic#d missiles earlier.

we are expecting submarine missile launches too. vladimir putin personally witnessed them alongside his buddy, the president of bell's. -- belarus. >> translator: we are on the brink of a suck in, like a vortech, the entire continent. >> reporter: earlier today i met an american family who came here, they're scared of this russian invasion, taking precautions. we also went to a resistance march and saw dozens, hundreds of ukrainians ready to fight and take up arms if necessary. otherwise it's pretty relaxed here, guys. will: great report, lucas. live on the ground in ukraine, live back here in daytona, florida. and then we move to los angeles where, apparently, the district attorney, gascon, has begun to -- some reports -- reconsider the policies that have led to the rising crime rate in california. rachel: we'll see what george

soros has to say about that. gascon, the l.a. county prosecutor, says he can try äzmób)ocuq met' that prosecutors can file special circumstances allegations making them eligible for life without parole. committees will evaluate extraordinary cases that could result inquñ?ñ? harsher penaltin those allowed under his policies. will: potential changes to the way things are being done in l.a. pete: it's really hard to believe, are these real changes or are they pr changes, are they changes that go away later on based on -- he's been very, very committed to in this left-wing view, pro-criminal view of prosecution. is the heat so much from citizens and others, maybe e recents who are now feeling the heat themselves, that he's going to change? we'll see. here is a spokesman for the los angeles county deputy d.a., right? will: right. rachel: it's really odd to see, like, a d.a --

pete: okay, got it. i was looking at the wrong sound bite. rachel: they killed that sound bite. pete: oh, i should pay attention. rachel: this is what that deputy 2iñx2:2 ú very upset about gascon's policies, and some people wish he was actually the real d.a. at the so much the -- at the top of command there. he says we are supposed to believe he has suddenly changed his entire belief system overnight? to your point, pete. he is a politician, and he believes he will be recalled lose his job. don't be fooled, actions always speak louder than words. look what gascon has done to l.a. in just one year, we can't trust him. will: we'll see what happens in los angeles. something else that's happening in los angeles, pete, rachel, i've talked about this on the will cain podcast from time to time, and that is i think that the average joe, the average

jane, the average american can sometimes ride the wave of mainstream narrative, of mainstream news. you can just go with what feels right because digging in and sticking your rudder into the waters to find out the truth is simply too hard. what i'm talking about here is you can listen to hollywood, you can listen to some of the other news channels, and you can come away with the impression that, hey, why is fox"8hxrsfu&ai olympic athlete, she's just an american who wants to compete for her -- rachel: is she an american? willwell she is an american citizen. potentially sacrificed her passport because china doesn't accept dual citizenship. but the response, the easy response, response, rachel, has been let her honor her tradition, her heritage. the point is, it takes sticking your rudder in a little bit to understand, to if, you're not choosing to just compete for your ancestry, you're choosing to compete for the totalitarian, communist regime of china. and there are some within the

mainstream media of pop culture who ride that wave, like bill maher, who are finally deciding to stick their rudd arer in and understand the issue at hand. i want you to listen to what i think amounts to something of a breakthrough moment on realtime with bill maher. >> we're supposed to root for democratic government, not apologize for it. but the nba has a television deal with china worth a billion and a half dollars, so lebron rhqz educated on the situation, the situation being i got some shoes to sell. that's the deal china offers american companies and celebrities. we'll give you access to our billion plus consumers as long as you shut up about the whole police state, general side thing. john cena took that deal. well, china accounts for 34% of global box office, and he's a movie star now. fear of being accused of racism has given a free pass on human rights abuses.

rachel: yeah. lebron james, another big celebrity who has refused to use his very intense and wide cultural power to defend anyone. in fact, squelching anyone who stands up against the communist chinese government or brings up the genocide because, quiet down. even fans. didn't it all start with a fan holding up a pro-hong kong -- pete: i remember that too, yeah. rachel: and they took them out. i mean, they took them out in america, told them to put the sign down, and lebron james also1y57só8]c,#d[ql0go),x up for the freedom fighters this is not the time to speak up. calm down. pete: john cena, the rock who know there are billions of customers to be had in china. here's the dirty little secret of the collusion between big business and authoritarian government. big business, like hollywood, they often times like the

predictability of the communist chinese. they know what the rules are, the confines of how you play the rules, and if you play by the rules of the ruling regime -- which should offend the sensibilities of freedom-loving people -- you get to sell to their billions of peasants who will buy their products. in the united states, it's a lot more complicated. freedom of speech is pesky. did you see the youtube spokesman who talked about they welcome more regulation on the first amendment here in the united states because they want more predictability. how do you decide what's misinformation or information? in china, you don't have to decide -- will: they tell you! pete: the government tells you what it is. youtube talking about's happy to be in china because the government's already doing it for us. ev%) at the nba, free speech, look atmen necessary canter freedom. -- e necessary cant enes kanter freedom. he's rotting in jail because you

don't have a counteropinion in china. they don't want someone bill maher to speak up for what they know inside in the back of their head. it's just bad business. rachel: you say it's a breakthrough moment. these hollywood stars that want their movies in china as pete's talking about or nba star thes, these are the same people lecturing us about how bad america is. well right. rachel: it's just so infuriating. some people care about money more than -- will: and to put it once more into the appropriate condition text, she's chooseing to compete for a totalitarian, communist regime. john cena is choosing to sell out not just for anyone, but to a totalitarian, chinese communist regime. and even at this point, bill maher can see it. pete: yeah. bill maher is digesting the ,órjz7 all time. rachel: we've been saying this for a long time -- pete: but the water's warm.

we welcome you. rachel: what exactly is happening. the uighurs are being held in concentration camps, their children are separated from them so they can't pass their culture on to the next generation. women are sterilized. it is atrocity after atrocity, and they say nothing. pete: it's true. will: all right. i don't know if i should let him set up his own -- this is going to be a cool thing. pete: we just had joey la logano on the show. awesome guy, great driver. he'll be right at the front. and we've got to -- what he does, he makes it look easy. you watch these guys go around the track, they're two, three wide going almost 200 miles an hour. you feel it and hear it here, but it's not easy. and i'll -- i can personally attest to it now because i had a chance to get -- it's called the nascar racing experience. anybody can do it, by the way. you can do it at home. come to a track, you get a 25-minute training video, and then they strap you in a nascar,

-t)9geúxd;f!%wi]pylsd daytona 500. i had a chance to do it. my goal was to hit 150 miles an hour, which which apparently is not easy to do. only about 8% of drivers hit 150. you get a special shirt -- rachel: how far did you go? pete: i went around 10 times. let's see if i hit it. ♪ ♪ >> this is a big week for us. you get to play with the proses. pete: so anybody that has a drive's license and is old enough can come in and drive a real nascar on day -- daytona. >> correct. as well as other tracks across the country. pete: so you're going to let me drive today. >> we're going to let you drive. it's going to be a fun time. pete: and the expectation is if i don't pass 150, that's a failure. >> yeah. pete: i think i see a driver

over there. i need some last minute tips. the 8 car in the nascar cup ó at daytona? >> just pretend you're on the interstate. once you get out there, you know, it's narrower than you would think looking at it. pete: pretend you're on the freeway. >> yeah. pete: just another day on the new jersey turnpike. >> it won't be that chaos withic. [laughter] pete: my motto for the day, if if you're not first, you're last. you know what i'm talking about? ♪ >> you look cool, i'll tell you that. if -- >> start my engine. ♪

♪ ♪ >> whoo hoo! >> come on up by the white wall. pete: wow! >> there you go. good job, man, good job. pete: you do have to trust the car because you're doing feels like it's going to end well. nothing. pete: look who we've got here, the man himself. the number 7 car. >> you look scared. your knuckles are still white. pete: i was scared. are you kidding me? there was nobody next to me. how do you manage it when you

two, three wide? >> why don't i just show you? [laughter] pete: seriously? >> yeah. let's see if we can't scare pete. pete: i think he's going to do it. ♪ ♪ó?f1z(s(0ó&dn pete: all i know is that we were this close to the wall, this close. >> how'd we do today? pete: i know we had a great time. >> yep. pete: i know i was pushing it as hard as i could at the end, but i'm nervous about my speed, what i hit. >> yeah. wanted to hit the club? pete: i wanted to hit the club. >> so you did. you got up to 155.

you've joined the 150 club. pete: is this real? >> that's real. pete: wow. [laughter] will: so the minute you told me there was a marker you had to hit, i had no doubt you were going to hit it. it doesn't matter what it was. they said it's embarrassing if you don't get to 190 -- pete: i tried. the craziest part is you don't ever take your foot off the accelerate orer. you certainly don't use the brake. ioe and you're like, i'm going faster in the corner. they say the car, and that's your only option. you hope this thing stays on track. rachel: isn't this a safety over free come -- freedom culture? you can still here. nascar leapt ares people -- lets people like pete get in a car for 25 minutes -- pete: i got to drive in a

nascar, and you guys got -- [laughter] will: good looking shirt. pete: this is the 150 mile-an-hour club. will: that's pretty cool. what was your heart doing? is it part of it -- pete: you had to tell yourself to be calm. and everyone turn i thought if i don't control this, could i go up the wall, into the wall. >>? will: that's your fear the entire time, i'm going to drive into the wall? pete: they say you can't go below the yellow because it's a different surface, so you're just trying to stay above the yellow. they're, like, have fun with it. maybe the next time we do it i'll)jú5e rachel: there was no sound while he was in the car because, you know -- pete: i was cursing. and corey lajoye, when he took up me up against the wall, think about it, that's two, three cars. wisconsin will in order to be fast, you've got to have a mullet. pete: he's got a he's joining us tomorrow.

will: still ahead, you know who joins us next? pierce morgan, he's right here in florida. florida attorney general ashley moody joins us next. ♪ you will remember me for centuries ♪♪

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tell us about this challenge you what you are doing and the likelihood it is fixed. >> as you know florida has been at the forefront of many of these vaccine challenges. the federal contractor

different. they are trying to take law and ram through these unprecedented vaccines. it's not allowed for. you know, the federal contractor laws are supposed to more efficient buying. better procurement policies. not widespread healthcare policies. as we see time and time again, that's what biden has been trying to do. we are pushing back and i'm so proud to lead it here with we are pushing back and i'm so proud to lead it here with businesses that happen to be in business with the state of florida. what's the fallout? should you -- should your suit not succeed? what happens to these businesses. >> i'm proud to say we have already seen some success and have a stay at the moment. you are right. it's not just large corporations and certainly that as an important fight. we were so proud to claim victory. i used to be a. courthouse that he testified myself and governor desantis and said if this goes through.

i'm going to lose the folks heart breaking. really heart breaking. rachel: ashley, by the way i love warm weather. 118 million stroiforts your state this year. people are not just visiting. they are coming in and staying. we broke records last year in the number of people visiting florida: look at the distinction during all of this. look at the stuff you are seeing. in california they defund the police. here in florida we are raising their salaries. and reaching out across the nation to bring them here. in california they are shutting people down. we are lifting people up. we are keeping our businesses open. we are keeping people's jobs. rachel: keeping masks off of people's kids that don't need them anymore. >> fighting that too. kids as young as 2 in the head start program have to wear masks inside and outside. it's unconscionable.

florida has more people moving here than any other state in the nation. we are so proud. we approach everything with the lens of what government is meant to do. that's the unlimited government with your first priority of protecting the rights of your citizens. will: you know it, also reflects the importance. i personally neglect or don't love to see politics put at the forefront of everything. but it shows the importance of politics because florida has not always been a red state. florida has been a purple state that could swing the other way. but, because of the leadership in florida, it has led the way toward freedom through the entire. >> freedom matters. covid was terrible. everyone knows. this whether a it did was really -- it was like a pressure cooker. while thee leadership differences existed when severing right. it's not as noticeable. when rubber hits the road no pun intended that's when you start seeing the remarkable differences in styles. here in florida, every decision

that was made for the health, safety, welfare of floridians was done through a lens of how do we protect people's individual rights. rachel: it's easy to forget how close desantis was to losing that election. i thought how many times how different things would be. will: florida would be radically different. rachel: and the country. it's been a shiny beacon and example to the rest of the country. good for you. proud of you. pete: congratulations. thanks so much for being here. >> absolutely. happy to have you in florida. rachel: we are so happy to have you here. pete: the one and only piers morgan is with us. coming up next. he is here somewhere. we know it. there he is. he is walking. ♪ ♪ fired up ♪

pete: we're back with a fox news alert. ukraine's military taking incoming artillery rounds in eastern ukraine. our own trey yingst live with the minister of interior affairs right now on the front lines. appear to be in a bunker. we are seeing your camera shot in the commercial break. things look tense. tell us what you are seeing. >> guys, good morning. we are right now in the trenches of eastern ukraine with the country's minister of the interior. you can see behind me soldiers are making sure they are prepared for incoming artillery rounds. this morning this pootion took artillery along with a number of other locations along the border over the past 48 hours, russian backed sprittists in the eastern part of ukraine have fired hundreds of artillery shells at troops killing one soldier and injuring a number of civilians. hear off in the distance there along this line of contact there are a number of direct hits that

are taking place. it's a major concern for the forces that are here in the eastern part of the country because they are worried that this escalation could be the first chapter of a very bloody book in this conflict. we are seeing right now a very coordinated disinformation campaign taking place by the russian government. just yesterday, separatists in the two cities in the eastern part of the country ordered the evacuation of their civilians. analysts in the region are concerned that this could be used to lay the groundwork for invasion pretext that western intelligence analysts believe russian president putin is looking for. we also know that russian state media is reporting today a number of ukrainian hits within russian territory. all of this a major concern to the forces here along the border who tell fox news they are not. [no audio] pete: i think. will: looks like trey's shot has

frozen. obviously sitting there on the front lines in eastern ukraine. an incredibly, incredibly tense situation. pete, i think it's fascinating to take on the sense of inevitability, explore that. you and i were talking about war gaming that jennifer griffin was reporting howl this could go down. when that was laid out by jennifer griffin, it's expected or it projected that within hours. within hours half of ukrainian forces could be casualties if there is a full-on russian invasion. pete: all depends on. will: is he right there. pete: he is right there. they are trying to create a pretext. if we get his shot back by the way at love questions we would like to ask him. the sense of what ukrainians think is coming and what is the threshold by which ukrainian forces respond and respond powerfully in that's probably what vladimir putin may want as a pretext. their shooting has started. yeah, part of it is to entice ukrainian forces to react which then gives putin a premise to

attack. it's a chess game. they are in the trenches, complain about being cold here. eastern ukraine in the trench with a russian army staring you down. rachel: rather be in daytona. will: we will work to get trey's shot back up and check back in with trey. pete: look who is with us, piers morgan "new york post" columnist and author of "wake up" why the world has gone nuts. he is right about that. a new show by the way coming to fox nation this spring. >> good morning. enjoying this british weather i brought you? [laughter] >> look at you all shivering away i had a nightmare spectacle yesterday in my own hotel minding my own business. suddenly this creature came out of the ocean. horrified jaws got released. it was mr. kaine in his -- skimpies, call them skimpies coming out of the ocean and looming towards me. will: right towards you.

>> hard to see you with your clothes on this morning. >> they were trunks. if pierce had been out there he would have been in a mankini. will: i didn't mean to intimidate pierce. i wanted to set a cordial groundwork. i clearly intimidated. >> not intimidated i wanted for the record. rachel: welcome to fox. we are so happy to have you. i'm hoping that your presence at fox means we can do more royal news. i have been lobbying for more royal news. this is a lot of sports, which we love. but we need some more royal news. >> i know all the royal gossip. anything you want. rachel: that's why i love you. >> one of the reasons i'm coming to fox thanks to meghan markle i was leaved out of my previous jobs. thank you, meghan if you are watching. rachel: please come back, we could talk for hours about her. love it. pete: looking forward to what is coming. can you preview a little bit of what is coming. >> funny enough, i was watching

your show this morning, there was a story which absolutely will be in the wheel house for the show i'm going to be doing. because i don't know about you guys, i am sick of cancel culture. rachel: thank you. >> i'm sick of this woke insanity which is sweeping the world. this is designed to basically have a small group of people shout and scream and tell us how to lead our lives. i thought this story this morning involving the transgender swimming for example is such an interesting debate for me. because it's so obviously grotesquely unfair. you can support trans rights as i do and believe trans people should have full equality and fairness. right to the point where it creates a new inequality. and to who somebody who has such a superior advantage over women born with gee mail biological bodies storming to victory in these races and for everyone to feel too coward to speak up about this for fear of being labeled transphobic is what my

book is about completely mad this is happening and everyone feels too scared to say this is crazy. rachel: reality is is he a really mediocre swimmer for a guy. he couldn't win on the guys. this is the point that, you know, compete against men. [fly over] pete: that's the practice flyover. rachel: that's the sound of freedom. [laughter] will: we have known each other and been around each other for quite some time. you have a book called wake-up. focusing on these issues. i told you this yesterday. i respect that you are independent thinker. we disagree on many, many things. you are certainly an independent thinker. you are not afraid to make people angry or to say what you truly mean. but, have you had a conversion? do you feel like you have woken up in some way? or have you always been on these issues? >> i am probably, if anything, slightly on the liberal side. all right? i have never part myself into a partisan box. what i have felt is that people who claim to be liberals have become the very opposite of what

liberals are supposed to be. they have become illiberal. i call them the i will liberal liberals. this ultra woke cancel culture reality sweeping the world u.k., here, australia and so on. what it is designed to do is bring in a new form of fascism which is, the very thing liberals would say they are most against. here they are canceling and shaming and vilifying people and trying to make people conform to the very narrow world view of how you should lead your life, what you should find funny, who you should admire. how you should speak in public. and the number of people that come up to me and say thank god you are out there making the clarion call for free speech. because if you don't have free speech, you don't have a democracy. and i see so many people now losing their job for expressing an opinion. i see so many people terrified of expressing an opinion. i think you are right. i need to do a show where every

night i'm taking this on. i want to cancel cancel culture. i want to get back to a democracy where you and i used to cnn could go at each other whether it be about gun control or whatever it may be, we have a may have a different view. at the end of it go and have a beer together. that's what democracies used to be based about. the strong exchange of opinions, when i see what's happening on university campuses right now. not just in america but in my country, too. it is terrifying. it is terrifying that any conservative voice is now just no platform. will somehow this is accept than students should only ever hear one opinion at university. a place where they are supposed to go and receive a wide ranging education with all views and then form their own. that's not what's happening now. i think you see it very low level of school when kids are very young. they are getting brainwashed very early age. getting brainwashed at university. they are coming out. they think this is a perfectly acceptable way to be. a different friend different view. you have to shame them and get rid of them and cancel them.

when did this happen to a gigantic democracy like america. the freedom of speech began really in this country in many base. if you look at what is was going on in the 1960s. the america was the vanguard of freedom of speech. rachel: i was on a reality show in the early 1990s. back then i was the only conservative on my show seven young people. it wasn't you are going to lose your job thing that's happening now. i remember i came out of that experience back in 1993, believing saying to myself wow, the myth of liberal tolerance. my roommates for the most part, the ones that claimed to be democrats and liberals were the most shaming, they just were not tolerant at all. now they just weaponized it. >> i completely agree. you mentioned the royals. actually what happened to me on that morning show in the u.k. just remind people if you didn't know about it, i after the oprah

whine-a-thon as meghan markle and prince harry whined for two hours how all of their life is in $11 million mansion in california and the trashing the royal family. trashing the monarchy keeping the titles from which they make all the money is rank hypocrisy. i was watching that, thinking well, that's a lie. that's a lie. that's a lie. and i said i'm sorry. i don't believe a word she is saying. meghan markle. everybody else on the show i was on said i do believe her. i think we should take everything -- there was a proper democratic debate. i was told i wasn't allowed to disbelieve her. even though she was plainly not telling the truth. this is where this ultra woke mentality goes. where even when someone is lying, if you call them out for lying or just say i don't believe you, that is now a cancelable offense where i was told you have to apologize and if you don't apologize, you have to lose your job. i said well, obviously i'm not going to apologize for something i believe. again it comes back to whether

you agree with me or not, whether you watch that whine-a-thon and say i believe every word she is saying or he is saying. i don't mind if you believe them. i don't want you canceled or lose your job because you say you believe people clearly not telling the truth. the other way didn't work. i have to believe. [fly over] pierce pierce this is fantastic. i have never been until last week i have never been to an football event. i prefer the real football no helmets. helmets. no padding. pete: easy. will football match super bowl last week. fighters like i'm on the set of top gun. will: next you know ar-15. >> things that happen number one. i'm very excited to be joining you guys. i think the show is going to rattle a few feathers. hopefully rattle a few feathers

with the liberal world who have gone completely illiberal. they become the people they dislike so farcical. pete: can't wait to see it get your thought on authoritarian instinct you are talking about justin trudeau up in canada. >> i have been on his case for years. this is a guy who actually said we can't use the word mankind anymore because it's offensive, because it has the word man in it. the word woman has the word man in it that would have been too complicated for his woke brain. justin trudeau king of woke. if meghan markle he is the king. trapped in own devices where he has no idea how to lead his country through what is ostensibly a peaceful protest by people who have a legitimate cause. i don't necessarily agree with a lot of what they are saying, i absolutely defend to the death their right to period of time iy have been doing.

trudeau by bringing emergency powers and having the police rounding them all up like it's some fascist state, this is what i'm talking about. this is a form of fascism going on. and, yet, he would profess to be the most liberal guy you would ever meet in your life. yet, is he behaving like a fascist. this is what i mean by the hypocrisy of the woke movement if you like. the woke brigade is that they say one thing, they say they stand for tolerance and fairness and equality and liberalism. and they behave in a completely different manner. and i find that -- what's happening in canada, these are shocking things. this should not be happening. and if you go and talk to canadians now. it's not just the conservative right who are complaining about this. a lot of people on the left are saying this is ridiculous. how can this be happening in our country? and this is what happens when you have a very woke leader who doesn't understand actually how to govern a country properly. it's -- i think it's a shamable to watch. will: i think we all look forward to hearing your own point of view on that show on

fox nation on these issues. before we lose you today. let's also talk about the news the day. we just saw at the beginning of this segment, trey yingst from ukraine. look, you are from the u.k. you are from europe. it's in essence closer to home for you -- for many americans, the major question we are asking ourselves right now what serves the american interest and what should be the american response your perspective? >> i think this is what happened here. putin is trying once again to reshape the european borders. and it is an outrageous situation where is he clearly about to attack and invade ukraine. he got away with it crimea, is he trying to do it again. i think he said things and this is a big problem for america. i think he looked to what happened in afghanistan last summer. he looked at how weak president biden was with that pullout. the devastation it caused. the chaos. throwing the afghan people back to the taliban walls in the way that he did. i think he is smelling weakness in an american president. that's why it matters. the world, nato, and europe need

a strong america right now to stand up to putin. to stand up to and make him realize he has to be made accountable. if he goes one inch into the ukraine and he is clearly going to by the look of a it. believes president biden intelligence saying is he about to do this. if he does, this america has to lead. america is the most powerful country in the world. and we in britain have great reason to be very grateful to the american people. for going back to world war ii. you know, and we will be there, i'm sure, with any action that the americans want to take on this. but america has to lead and president biden has to be a strong leader right now. if he blinks against putin, putin will eat him alive. and we have seen this happening for the last few years. someone has to stand up to him. because this is dictatorial behavior. this is a reshaping of the european land borders. rachel: when america sees that germany won't stand up to. >> they i totally agree. it's shameful. rachel: we can't care more about ukraine and europe than the europeans. >> i completely agree with you. the supine way that germany has

been behaving which will s. almost certainly linked to energy and pipelines and to their own self-interest, i completely agree. this is a time for europeans to stand up together but i do think if americans are watching what's it got to do with us. i think a rampaging russia has a lot to do with america. america has the power and the might and the military strength to actually and the economic power to do something about this if putin does decide to invade. this could be a catastrophic situation. you know, i think we are on the verge now potentially of major european conflict war. and i think that i would just urge president biden and the american administration do whatever you can and you have got make this guy accountable. otherwise, he will keep doing this. pete: the other argument is we have an american president right now who is not being held accountable for the fact that our southern border is wide open. millions of people are crossing. call it an invasion, call it what you want. it's hard to be invested in that

border a world away when our own border -- >> -- let me throw this at you. if he gets away with this and takes over you ukraine, what are the chinese going to think? what are they going to be doing and thinking about what they might want to take? are they going to look at taiwan and all these places you know what? are they going to look at taiwan and all these places you know what? they let putin get away with it we will have a little go we will have a little go ourselves. this is what happens if you show weakness. weakness. america has to stand. pete: i agree with you. what is america going to do. right now based on what joe biden has said. what does blinken need? we're not putting troops in there. who will? >> well, i think you have to punish him so severely, economically, one, that it is genuinely punitive and not a slap in the face. this has to be a global effort to say if you do this, these are the consequences and it's going to be ruinous for your economy and ruinous for russia. and you have to make him realize that putin, whether you love him or hate him and the russians, many of them love him. many people russia hated.

it doesn't really matter. he is demonstrably a strong leader for his country. you need to have strong leadership outside to deal with it america, you know, you have come to the rescue so many times around the world. and i understand why americans might be a little war weary. look, we just got out of afghanistan, all these things. i get all that mentality. this is a really serious situation now. and we need america to stand up and be strong and we need president biden to do the opposite of what he did in afghanistan last summer, which was so be weak and create chaos which i'm afraid will come back and haunt all of us. will: no doubt weakness led us to this moment. strong leaders respond to strength. and they take advantage of weakness. weakness led us to this moment. i think to your point what is acceptable strength american people going forward from this moment. rachel: energy in europe is the biggest problem, i think. it's not just the germans who are dependent on that oil and gas. it is also the other european countries as well. >> europe has to be strong, too. it's certainly not a one-way

street. i'm not saying america, you do our messy business. rachel: feels like that, pierce. feels like that. >> in a way i'm complimenting america. rachel: we can't be flattered into doing your work. >> you are the big dogs in the race. the question is not what what is happening in ukraine what happens after that. rachel: fair enough. >> signal to the world that he can get away with it, when will it actually become. pete: we're the big dogs in the race because you gutted your military to pay for welfare states and kept your borders open and effectively have been invaded as well. just because europe decided to step off the world stage doesn't mean every world problem is america's problem. >> i think nato is there to deal with it. pete: what is nato? i served with nato in afghanistan. we wore patches on our shoulders isaf. we joked i saw americans fights. collective response of nato isn't anything without america. >> i agree. pete: that's a real problem. >> let me ask you then as an american who served. and thank you for your service.

as an american who served. my brother is a british army colonel he served alongside americans in afghanistan and iraq. i'm aware of the history of all of this. what would you do about putin. given what's about to happen and given the message it will send if he gets away with it what would you do about it? pete: i wouldn't send american troops. >> what would you do? pete: have i about v. been out front of stronger about the consequences to your point. i would have done what donald trump did. turn to nato and say are you a real alliance or not? because right now you are not. you are a paper tiger. you don't actually have the troops and equipment or the will or the collective nature. you know more about this than i do the idea that european union really will be a collective fighting force. i know that's different than nato. it has to be rejune nateed if it's going to be relevant. >> donald trump on about the amount of money that the european countries are paying into nato. will: i'm sorry to interrupt you. this is great conversation. a spirited conversation. we were just about to go to trey

yingst, taking fire in eastern ukraine. reports right now. but his shot just froze again as you guys were speaking. reports he is taking fire in those trenches you saw a little bit earlier in your screen. you saw trenches trey yingst is embedded. it's freezing coming in and out we will get him back up on the screen. rachel: president pete hegseth would not have shut down the xl pipeline which also empowered putin. you can't say we need to stop putin and stop america from being the un. >> you are mistaken with someone who is trying to defend the europeans. rachel: i know. >> equal opportunity to whacking. whacking europe as well here. europe needs to step up as well. will: i believe we have trey from ukraine. i think that shot is up. all right, trey, we have you. tell us what's happening right now, trey. >> right now artillery rounds, guys we are moving back from the front. the ukrainian unit that we were with, started to take incoming

artillery rounds from russian backed separatists in the eastern part of the country. can you see some of the other journalists and soldiers who are with us on the frontlines here you can hear that explosion there. let's move a little quicker. we're good. we just got to keep moving here, stay with us. [explosion] >> keep moving. if you guys can still hear us. off to the right there there is a lot of incoming artillery. russian forces. where is pierre? where is pierre? will: trey, i don't know if you can hear me right now. do you have a sense of how far away that fire is originating from? >> yeah. this fire is just a few

kilometers from where we are standarding right now. and just give me a second. i have to check in with my cameraman here. the fire that we have coming in right now is being fired from just a few kilometers away. russian backed separatists clearly identified there were a lot of people at that position and started to hammer it pretty heavily with artillery. you heard a few seconds ago. those explosions in the distance, those were incoming rounds. that's what the ukrainian military has been dealing with the past 48 hours. they say they are falling the protocols and it's russian backed forces you hear in the distance more explosions that are violating this agreement. remember, right now, ukrainian zelenskyy as at conference. asking for support for a possible russian invasion. president biden yesterday at the

white house, defense secretary austin today in europe, have both said president putin made up his mind. he plans to invade this country where we are at right now. pete: trey, what's the response from ukrainian troops that are there? they are taking incoming. are they returning fire? small arms or likewise artillery? >> the position that we are standing in right now, they are not returning fire. but we have been talking with a number of ukrainian troops. let's keep moving. [explosion] >> you hear that we have been talking with a number of ukrainian troops this week as we cover this story. and they are -- they say returning fire within the confines of the agreement. meaning there are certain weapons they are not allowed to use. i want to give you a little bit more information, guys about this scene. we were inside of a bunker when this artillery started coming in. talking with ukrainian forces.

the interior minister was the one here visiting troops. we were with his delegation. but as you can hear in the distance those russian separatists identified there were people at this location. they started to hit it quite heavily. let's keep moving. pete: can you hear that. >> you with hear artillery. [explosion] >> moving, move, i'm listening. >> back toward the main line? of ukrainian forces so that trench position was out front of the main line and now you are heading back to ukrainian forces? >> yeah. we are heading back to a forward operating base where the ukrainians are working out of -- this frontline has been expanding over the past 48 hours. but, again, the real concern

here is that -- one second, guys. let's go, move, move, move. those rounds are super close. i can hear you. will: as you can see this is absolutely incredible. this is incredibly tense. trey is running trying to catch his breath. can you hear how close some of these munitions are. trey, if you can hear us, what type of incoming are you taking? it looks like his shot is frozen as we speak. i don't know if he can still hear us. small arms fire? >> these are artillery rounds. will: artillery rounds. >> these are artillery rounds being fired by russian-backed separatists. it's really the only thing they have been using today. but -- 'get back to you later. we have got to get out of here.

pete: at the end of the day, trey, trey and our team's safety is first and foremost. we will continue to monitor what they're facing on the ground. but and he is moving the whole time. god bless him for what he is doing. trying to catch his breath. moving away from a bunker that's being targeted by russian backed separatists with artillery. right now they are not shooting back in part because they don't want to respond to that provocation, which is exactly what putin is looking for. they are heading hopefully closer to safety and we will check in with trey to make sure he is doing all right. will: a lot going on right now. daytona international speedway coming to life here in florida. as you can see a lot of tension there in ukraine. we are still setting on set here f-16s fly over and music.

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>> it seems to me he was emphatic about that. americans believe this is about the start. why have all these troops on the border to walk away? he doesn't walk away from situations. he did it in crimea and georgia and will keep doing it. will: here's the great tension this morning. we are looking at the first land invitation since world war ii, we saw iraq invaded kuwait in the 90s. it is historically unprecedented what we are in the precipice of. we are wondering what the american response should be. americans are having that debate internally.

what about the uk? what will the uk do? >> boris johnson is under a lot of fire but he made a strong statement overnight. he made clear there would be serious consequences. he told the americans we are with you. no question the british support what action the americans decide to take. germany is being quiet and we think we know why. their own self interests. that's not good enough. germany is a massive country in europe. we are hearing nothing from them. britain will be there. if we need to be, we will be there with economic sanctions, going against the russian oligarchs with their dirty money. this is serious stuff.

putin does this because he gets away with it. when he grabs people's positions, the collective will has to stop the school bully. pete: you mentioned the relationship between russia and china. both are bullies. they have their arms around -- fighter jets over our position. it puts you in the scene a little bit. our elites have their arms around the boules. bill maher talks about -- he is absolutely right. how do we confront countries like communist chinese or the russians when our elites are happy to do business with them? >> a legitimate question.

bill maher hit the nail on the head about liberal hypocrisy. why are they sucking up to china the time when we know about human rights? it is being bought off. this moral touch phone they have about these things seems hypocritical. rachel: another problem. americans have to be on board for this to happen. the president says -- white we have troops there if we are not going to use them? the last two years, i say this as an american citizen. i don't trust my government. my government has lied about so many things related to covid and the pandemic. they've not been transparent. we have a history of weapons with mass distraction that were never there. this administration more than any other has lost the trust of

the american people. our country has so many domestic problems -- the outcomes of their policies. how do we go into this as americans? your british guy it interesting to get someone's perspective from the outside looking in. >> the bigger issue is not biden lost the trust of the american people in his polling is disastrous but he lost the trust of the international community over the debacle in afghanistan. that is why all eyes are on president biden to get this one right. he got afghanistan horribly wrong. the speed american forces pulled out of afghanistan caused complete mayhem. it may come back and haunt americans and everybody involved.

you have the taliban riding into the country and the oppression of women which is out of control and outrageous because of a terrible decision by president biden. the international community doesn't trust him. you betrayed afghanistan, the way you did it. that's not just domestic but international. it is a huge moment for biden. pete: it is awesome to have you on the show. tell us about your new show on fox nation. >> i wanted to shout at you for ten minutes. pete: surround me with people who are certain to see me as a villain. >> what you did yesterday made the right conclusion. a long weekend.

i can't wait for tomorrow. this is the big one. pete: the car starting up right now. >> the energy is amazing. before this is america. will: go into the infield and the tailgate. they will have something to say. >> putting a run on a few things. rachel: they are probably hearing. >> i love nascar. i was with jeff gordon and had a long chat with him. i'm a world authority on nascar. will: check engine in process. see you around. >> thanks for having me. will: the scene is amazing. tends news out of ukraine. f-16s flying overhead in daytona with cars firing up. 100 freedom convoy protesters

have been arrested and 20 trucks have been towed as police begin their crackdown. before mounted cops pushing into a crowd. will: matt chin is with the protesters. give us the latest. >> reporter: a few blocks from parliament, the epicenter of the protest. we were standing here yesterday. this area was loaded with trucks. it is cleared out. police closed in on it. made arrests. the trucks were removed. drivers were given the opportunity to remove their trucks and they are in complete control. yesterday -- hold the line, pushing and shoving police. police have reportedly made 100 arrests. we saw people being arrested. there is 5 oh video of police on horses going through a crowded.

ottawa police insist no one was hurt or killed tweeting we hear your concern after horses dispersed the crowd. anyone who got apple walked away were unaware of injuries. a bicycle caused the horse to trip. the horse was an injured. parliament canceled their session because of the police activity. there back to discuss the emergency act passed by justin trudeau. rachel: thank you. interesting indeed. we don't know if a will be able to crush this convoy. i think what they can't crush is the human heart which is made for freedom. they may get the cars out, the trucks out. i think the trudeau government is permanent be damaged.

will: temporary and long-term damage to individual canadian patriots, freezing bank accounts, cutting certification, taking away their trucks. you are seeing these confrontations. you can have an authoritarian instinct but when these are splashed across their streams for canadians that's not what people are looking for. you could have resolved this by sitting down and having a conversation about mandates as cases are dropping. doesn't feel like justin trudeau has that. rachel: if it wasn't the weather i would think it was havana. will: in a world full of political leaders who want to err on the side of diplomacy, compromise, don't want to stand up against the dictator in vladimir putin or the taliban or

iran when it is about diplomacy. when it comes to your own citizens voicing a peaceful protest about their democratically voted rights how do leaders respond? know diplomacy. rachel: no voice from america or other western countries a claim to care about freedom. no support for these truckers. the support the truckers are getting are from the people, not the government. i never thought, this is a global movement. the whole world is watching, trudeau is hoping they won't. everyone is watching. freedoms on the line in canada. pete: not to be a cynic. calls for diplomacy we get from elites around the world are often a sham. they want to talk because it's the only thing they can do. they are impotent to the reality

of a strongman like vladimir putin. you are halyna hutchins in charge of ukraine, kamala harris has failed on every task she had is going to save the day? they know america's response is futile in diplomacy. will: this is why there is hesitation to recognize, much less engage with domestic protests. should they? it reveals their own impotence. the house of cards comes crashing down, the power of people to voice their own rights dictates the future of a free country, not genexer who wants to implement china. he literally said i am in --

china, the way they move policy forward. rachel: he admired fidel castro as well. they don't want to expose their incompetence to global leaders but let's not mince words. western leaders are globalists. they are all in this together. they can't let trudeau fail because they are all in on it. will: terrified of the working-class people who believe the parchment paper our founders wrote on in the declaration and the constitution, first freedoms given from god. pete: god-given natural rights, government given rights can be controlled. that's why those truckers can't be negotiated with. rachel: this is so much bigger than trudeau. it is about corporations, jeff

bezos, george soros, the masters of the universe. pete: there's a car underneath. he saw me at the pool. we had a game on the beach yesterday.dad, i want will on my team. pete: we were on the beach and the pool. i saw chris myers wandering around. live at daytona national speedway. he will get you set up for the big race. he will catch you 2:30 tomorrow. will: he joins us live with chris myers. take it away. >> reporter: when you hear chris myers speak on tv, you speak in person -- you were born. >> it's my real voice. when i was in first grade my teacher said talk in your real

voice. it is my voice. that is how it goes. >> reporter: that is what we do. we are at daytona 500. talk about this race. how excited are you? >> it's a great event. what we went through the last couple years, fans are sold out. they are estimating over 150,000 people. the crowd through the war of the engines the drivers here that. a favorite driver, the crowd makes a difference. the clash at the la coliseum, this is totally different. superspeedway, bigger track, 40 cars instead of 20. a lot of anticipation. you start your season with the best. this is what every driver wants to get.

denny hamlin is the one to beat. there are new chapters and we see chevys qualifying with great speed but the fords show more speed. it's a wide-open race. >> reporter: who else do you think has a shot? >> there are champions like brand kozlowski. you have to look at kyle busch, a 2-time champ who has won every level of different tracks and is yet to win. the superspeedway with a little luck involved, in the best position. kyle larson hasn't raced well on these speedways but the top prize for drivers. something is missing. they won't tell you that until after their career is over.

kind of a sleeper in a ford as well. >> reporter: eric is in his last year of racing, he hasn't won the 500. there are people like that. did your super bowl. >> he was in position to win. that happened at the last moment. he finished upside down, sliding with a car on fire. tony stewart, 3-time champ has never won a daytona 500. amarillo is that close. maybe he will breakthrough. last year we had a tremendous upset with weather issues. >> reporter: it wind you up, ask one question and go and you handled it all. a perfect break out of the race. appreciate it.

will: that was one of your best interviews ever. pete: the race is tamara 2:30 eastern time on fox. tomorrow on "fox and friends" we will still be here. rachel: it will be trace adkins, dan bonnchino, joey jones, my husband and one of my favorites, jack brewer tomorrow. will: a couple more drivers too. we have 40 minutes to go and the track is coming to life. still ahead district attorney george gascon backpedaling his soft on crime agenda as he faces a second recall petition. lawrence jones joins us as cities feel the impact of soft on crime policy. rachel: kurt busch is gearing up.

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rachel: get george gascon backpedaling his soft on crime agenda as he faces a second recall petition. a reversal on a number of progressive policies except for avoiding the death penalty. "fox and friends" enterprise reporter lawrence jones has spoken to the family. great to have you today. we were speaking earlier from the deputy district attorney, he told the people of los angeles don't believe us, no way he will backtrack on his beliefs on justice and the way he treats criminals better than he treats victims. >> reporter: good morning.

first time, did he really cave? the public defenders office releasing their mandates and harassing other deputy das, not given the leeway they deserve, something happening across the country and progressive cities where they were paid for by george soros and the progressive agenda. just because you're a liberal, the criminals weren't going to target you. that was ridiculous. just because you have the liberal banner doesn't mean convicted felons won't go after you and that is happening. the da has to do something to appear he's changing course but he isn't.

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will: our next guest is revving his engines for tomorrow's daytona 500 race, but some fans are wondering could it be his last. >> what's up, brother? >> what are you doing, buddy? >> i just saw the news, and i just want to let you know, don't

do it, man. don't retire. take it from me, you're on top of your game. >> don't worry about it. i've got this under control. i've seen you do this. >> don't do it, kurt, let's go! >> don't worry about it. [laughter] will: just another bigtime with "gronk". nascar's kurt busch. thanks for being here on "fox & friends." thank you, guys. welcome to daytona. pete: it's great to be here with the champ. let's get that out of the way. everyone wants to know, will this be your last? >> that video, when i filmed it and did a lot of cool stuff with monster energies actually got to take the nascar car over the bridge into key west, it was kind of like driving into the sunset. i didn't have a contract, and yet the phone kept ringing and here we are. so toyota with monster emergency, mj, michael jordan and denny hamlin are, i'm here

for a couple more. will: nice. rachel: are we breaking news? [laughter] pete: so you're staying a couple more years, a couple more times. >> i had to call an old friend if, mark martin, a legend mere in nascar -- here in nascar. i asked mark, what kept you in it? he said, kurt, you're a racer just like me. your heart will tell you, but if the phone keeps ring aringing, you've got to keep going. rachel: i'm known for my very deep and probing sports questions -- [laughter] will: here we development. rachel: so i have one for you. what is your favorite line from days of thunder? >> favorite line? the matched special set of tires because there was nothing special about those tires. it was the crew chief being a psychologist to try to help his driver get his you know what together. so the crew chief has to play a role sometimes as the therapist. wl will let's follow up on that. that was rachel's homework

assignment, watch days of thunder. you're talking about the moment where harry hogg told him he gave him new tires, lied to him, is it also like that? is he a therapist not just in the car? >> i would sound like the quarterback, and i see what's going on out there in the field, on the track, you know, the energy's high, your heart rate's racing and there's a lot to digest. the crew chief, hey, calm down, we're going to get through it. it'd be like your earpiece blowing out or your microphone not working, and you've got to get through it -- [laughter] rachel: great way of describing it. pete: how do you feel about this year's race? >> man, the new car is very different with the draft. it's more aggressive in certain areas, and then, like, you can lose the draft more easy if you're not right there with that front group. so i think sunday's race is going to be more of a calculated race hand years past. i think we might get spread out

a little bit, and you might end up a lap down if you don't get all your homework done. will: well, we can't wait for tomorrow. 2:30 right here on fox. how do you feel about your car? feel good? >> feeling good. the speed's there. all the toyotas are working well together. my little brother is in a point that for the first time that a we're on the same team. over all these years of racing -- pete: really? >> might be too many roosters in the henhouse. [laughter] but we work together really well in the draft, and so as a matter of fact, teamwork all until that last lap. this race is an exciting race. people get all amped up and the energy's there, but it's still 500 miles. it's a long, long race, so buckle up. rachel: i don't often get to see a legend like you interviewedded, sports legend, so i'm going to give you my favorite days of thunder line. >> all right, bring it. rachel: if you're from california, you're not a yankee. you're not really nothing. >> yep, you're not really nothing. [laughter] that's a good old southern boy

line right there. pete: i feel like when we've got drivers like kurt busch on our program, we've really arrived. will: i agree. pete: he gives us credibility. will: kurt, thank you for jumping on the program. good luck tomorrow. rachel: so exciting to be here. thank you. >> thank you again. pete: and, by the way, you can watch -- obviously, you can watch the daytona 500 at 2:30 on sunday, we'll all be watching, this guy will be driving. if you want to watch the road to daytona, foxnation.com has a 30-day free trial using the code daytona 30. we weren't able to follow kurt's team because, you know, he's bigtime, but we did follow a very cool team. the 77 car will be the fox nation car on the track for the cup series race on sunday. we follow their road to daytona. will: all right. a fox news i letter are, matt finn is on the ground in ott ottawa -- ottawa. what's going on, matt? >> reporter: yeah.

we're directly outside of parliament, and these are some of the final holdouts of this protest. there's about 25 trucks that we counted that are still here, they have not left, and you can see right now once again these protesters are trying to stand their ground against police. police just gained a lot of ground from our last live bit with their human barricade, their human line. they moved up about a block or two closer to parliament, and they're basically squeezing out these protesters. they're getting tighter and tighter on actual parliament which is the epicenter of these protests, and they are being met with resistance once again. there are protesters who are screaming in their faces, they're trying to fight back. you can see the national police are here, they're in riot gear. they have all of the vehicles ready, and they are simply, you know, kind of closing in on parliament trying to squeeze out and remove some of these final protesters. but there are, we can show you here, there's about 20, 25 trucks that have not moved. these truckers, these people have been warned over and over again that they have the potential to be arrested, the

potential to have their property seized. i just spoke to a trucker inside one of these trucks, he said he's not going anywhere until he absolutely, finally has to. he's going to try to avoid arrest, but he realizes the possibility of having his truck towed, so we'll keep you updated here from ottawa. will: really quickly, matt, if i heard you correctly, 25 trucks left there in the protest. that's down from what peak? how many trucks were there when the protest was in its fullest form? >> reporter: you know, we walked around this area, and there were dozens more. and perhaps across the city, the downtown area, there might have been 100 plus. yesterday police systematically made arrests, again, closing in on that circumference. they arrested anybody who fought back, and then they allowed some of the drivers of the truckers to actually just drive away, and then they warned anyone else if you leave your truck or car here, it's going to be towed. these are, perhaps, some the final holdouts. these are the people who do not want to leave. we're right outside of parliament which is scheduled to be in session today with the

prime minister in there. obviously, these guys are not happy with the prime minister, and so this is kind of heating up again. we saw a lot of pushing, a lot of physical shoving yesterday. it looks like it might get there again, so we'll keep you updated. pete: yeah. you can hear they're laying on their horns right now, something that was a fineable offense. and certainly -- yeah, looks like that last group's holding out til the end, matt. rachel: hold the line. >> reporter: yeah, they are. willwell all right, matt9 -- >> reporter: we'll show you some of the trucks. you can see some of these guys who have really set up an encampment, and they're not going anywhere anytime soon. they said they're going to have to -- to hold out until they physically have to be removed. will: we see that there. all right, matt, thank you so much. pete: still ahead -- will: thanks, matt. pete: there was something going on. sounded like a flash bangor something. rachel: i was going to say, it's

one thing to protest this florida, it's another thing to protest in those temperatures. those are very committed people. they are really admirable -- will: we'll get back to that. pete: our producer just said it sounded, he reported it was a flash bang. so, you know, grenade that's meant to sort of push people back. rachel: god bless them. will: still ahead, florida congressman byron donalds, he's on deck live here from daytona, "fox & friends." a thing of the past. by relieving pressure points and supporting your body in a way no other mattress can. for a limited time, save up to $500 on select tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets.

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will: back with a fox news alert, right now ukraine's military urn fire along the eastern border of ukraine. pete: incredible moments unfold live right here on "fox & friends" as our own trey yingst is on the front lines of the conflict. rachel: watch these tense moments play out as artillery rains down on ukraine. >> reporter: we are moving back from the front. the ukrainian unit that we were with started to take incoming artillery rounds from russian-backed separatists here in the eastern part of the country. so you can see some of the other journalists and soldiers who are with us on the front lines here, you can hear that explosion there. let's move a little quick. we're good. we just gotta keep moving here, stay with us. keep moving. if you guys can still hear us, off to the right there, there's

a lot of incoming artillery. the fire that we have coming in right now is being fired from just a few kilometers away. russian-backed separatists colorly identified there were a lot of -- clearly identified there were a lot of people and started to ham hammer it with artillery. you heard those explosions in the distance, those were incoming rounds. that's what the ukrainian military's been dealing with the past 48 hours. those russian separatists identified there were people at this location, and they started hitting it heavily. let's keep moving. pete: that was trey yingst, as you can see, on the front lines in ukraine reporting for us. as we get more updates from him, we will bring them to you. dramatic stuff unfolding live on our show and continuing there on the border. right now let's bring in our good with friend, representative byron donalds, republican from the house oversight reform

committee, house small business committee and all-around good guy. thanks for being here. >> it's a pleasure to be here, thanks for having me. pete: it wasn't foreign policy necessarily that got you into this business, but you're a part of the conversation as far as what america should be doing, what our responsibility is. you see these images unfolding, looks like vladimir putin's moving there. what does it mean for us? some. >> what it means for us is i think once again we were late to the game. this is almost like afghanistan redone where some of of the data elements have been there for several months, but where has the administration been, what have they done. and then the talk -- the tough talk comes late. but by that point, things are already in motion. that looks like what's happening in ukraine right now. rachel: such a great point, that they are always late to the game. sorry? will: you're good. rachel: i'm a little confused here. [laughter] a little late to the game here, a lot of people saying, a lot of our guests saying what happened in afghanistan is a reason that

we're in this situation. of. >> listen, that's absolutely correct. geopolitics is not so much about gravitas and all the people saying big words and giving long speech, it is about showing strength against your competitors, against your adversaries. one of the things that is crystal clear at this point is that vladimir putin and xi jinping, they see weakness in the united states, and they're going to exploit it. listen, i know we're going to probably end up talking about it, kamala harris went to munich. why is the vice president going? with all due respect, in a matter of geopolitical crisis, the president of the united states must lead, but why is he not there? will: so what because that mean, congressman? we've with had piers morgan on the show throughout the morning, talked about what america should do going forward. i think everybody on the set agrees with you about how we've reacted in the past. say it were president donalds today or you're giving advice to president biden. get on your front foot, be proactive, lead.

what does that mean today and into tomorrow? >> it means we have to be very serious about in order stream 2. that pipeline cannot go into existence at all. the other thing, serious conversations with the rest of our allies in nato about what are the defensive military components they're going to need to be make sure we stop a more aggressive russia. the third part is we have to have serious conversations about how we're going to be supportive not just of taiwan which is super critical to our economy, not just with respect to global economics, but our economy specifically, and also with south korea. we have to be on a much more assertive the footing right now. now is not the time for weak diplomacy in the face of adversaries who see weakness. we must be strong. and at the end of the day, everybody needs to understand we don't want to deploy our forces unless absolutely necessary. we don't want to put men and women into harm's way. strength is what deters adversaries across the world, not weakness. pete: speaking of weakness, take a look at our southern boarder and what's happening there.

cbp has confirmed twice as many migrants or illegals were encountered in january 2022 as happened in january 2021, and when you consider the floodgate that was the immediacy of this new administration, those numbers are staggering. enter. >> right. pete: that's part of why some would morally not bat an eye at ukraine, but our own southern border is being invaded. >> we can't ignore the world, but we've got to get serious at home. there is no reason why -- well, there's only one reason why the southern border is wide open. it is because of the terrible policies of joe biden and the democrats. when you couple that with the fact that what they've done is they've spread the problem all over the united states, they don't want to have the pictures of kids in ages d cages, so they're putting them on planes at night and sending them all over the united states. and these people, unfortunately, are being used as political pawns in the democrats' game. also the drug cartels are making

billions of dollars in the process. listen, the russians9 and the chinese see this. if we're not going to be serious about our own border, why would we be serious about helping any of our allies? this is the reality of politics today. we can't play these crazy, liberal, marxist games. we have to be serious about security in our nation, and that will lead to security around the globe. rachel: god, i wish you were in charge. [laughter] tough talk on russia but with germany too. >> that's exactly right. will: wonderful perspective this morning, congressman bye byron donalds, thanks for being here. in florida, your home state -- pete: you a big nascar fan? >> i watch nascar. i have drinks when i watch nascar. [laughter] it's going to be a great race, as always. listen, i love when people come to florida. we're the best state in the union for a reason. pete: it's hard to refoot these days, even the guy from texas -- get that on camera? head was shaking in agreement. we love having you here.

thanks so much for having us. >> thanks so much. rachel: we're loving florida. pete: turning to a few headlines, protests gathering in minneapolis after the sentencing of former police officer kim potter. of potter sentenced to 16 months in prison after shooting dawn today wright last year with her gun instead of her taser. and also a brooklyn center beauty store not far from where the shooting took place. a north carolina dad is going viral for slamming critical race theory during a school board meeting. watch. >> the person who tells my little pecan-colored kid that they're somehow oppressed based on the color of their skin would be absolutely wrong and absolutely at war with me. parents, the most powerful group of people many our country, that they're taking back the wheel. crt -- [applause] all of that, the parents don't want it. it's a big, fat lie.

pete: if you get a chance, watch the whole two minute clip, it's excellent. he's now running for the north carolina general asell -- assembly. and those are your headlines. will: all right, wonderful. all right, we're live at the daytona international 500 speedway as america gets ready for the drivers to hit the track tomorrow morning. who better to get us geared up for race day than daytona president. frank, great to see you. for the daytona 500, we had, essentially, a pit crew change during those headlines. [laughter] pete: pretty good. will: i think you brought the trophy. >> yeah, we sure did. thank you all for being hered to. it has been such an exciting week. this place is sold out. we actually sold out a month and a half in advance. our fans are ready to be here, our infield has been on fire, the place is packed. it's been a great week for us

all. rachel: oh, yeah. we've been taking advantage of that infield. we've been out there, we've been talking to everybody, maybe having a few drinks -- >> i hope so. i hope so. pete: you know, frank, it was true, we first saw you in talladega, and it was a wonderful race, it was a great race, but it was still under the covid protocol. this one feels almost totally back to, no sold out in the stands, sold out in the infield, and you can feel the energy. >> that has been the buzz from everyone in this sport, the entire ecosystem of teams, owners, sponsors, everyone just feels the buzz and the energy back. and you're right, we were together in in talladega and august was the regular season championship race here at daytona international speedway, and that was our first race that we were able to sell to capacity the, and is we had a huge crowd and then we carried that momentum through the 609 running of the rolex 24 a few weeks ago. and, again, we sold this place out in a month that was in advance. we've got the best fans, and

they're ready to come here and have a great time. will: 101,000 expected for tomorrow -- pete: look at this beauty, can i touch it? >> you can. pete: somebody's going home with that. >> that's right. will: faster than 155. [laughter] pete: i went around the track. i did the nascar experience. i'm pretty proud of it concern. rachel: we hear about it every five minutes. i think this was a big, manly moment for pete. pete: we've got to go. thank you so much for hosting u- will: thanks, frank. pete: it's going to be an awesome week. 2:30 tomorrow on fox, daytona 500. rachel: you don't want to miss it. will: more "fox & friends" moments away. get up and go with best western rewards! the right place, the right value, right where you're wanting to be.

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rachel: all right. coming up on "fox & friends" tomorrow live from daytona, trace adkins, dan bongino,

richard childress,s my own husband, sean duffy, and jack brewer. will: also 2:30, of course, daytona motor speedway. where you going? [laughter] pete: going in somebody's going to hoist this trophy tomorrow. i'm going to hoist it right now. rachel: don't drop that. there's some nest executives. -- nervous executives. pete: see you tomorrow. ♪ ♪ >> the fire that we have coming in right now is being fired from just a few kilometers away. russian-backed separatists clearly identified there were a lot of people at that position and started to hammer it pretty heavy with around tilley -- artillery. you heard those explosions in the distance, those were incoming rounds. that's what the ukrainian military's been dealing with the past 48 hours. they say they are following protocols and it's the