we came down and went up real sharply. >> bill: are you a good flyer? >> dana: i'm a great flyer, great flyer. >> bill: calm all the time? >> dana: no problem. doesn't bother me at all. being the passenger in a car is harder for me. sorry, peter. "the faulkner focus" is next. here she is. >> we begin with a fox news alert. we know how dangerous president biden's words were when he first said if russia carried out a minor incursion the united states might not do a lot. that part a paraphrase. the main or incursion is the part you should focus on. putin was listening. his troops crossed the border and now declared two regions, two areas independent from ukraine. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". yesterday the administration imposed sanctions on only those two breakaway regions.

so far zero new penalties on russia. where is the tough part that president biden promised? germany has suspended the nord stream 2 gas pipeline and the u.s. has warned the united nations russia is compiling a list for ukrainians killed or sent to camps. david petraeus what putin does next is critical. >> he has put his forces to invade ukraine, to provide a russian example of shock and awe. he has to be considering two realities if you will. one is that it would be very swift for russia to take over part if not all of ukraine. indeed to force its government out of kyiv at the very least but then he has to wonder how painful would it be to absorb ukraine, to swallow if you will what ukrainians are promised to

be a porcupine. >> bill: retired lieutenant general kellogg is in "focus." lucas tomlinson reporting live in western ukraine. as we come to you we have learned the president of the united states will be speaking at 2:00 p.m. eastern and the white house says to provide an update. we don't know many more details other than it will happen in the east room. reporters will be present. will they actually get to ask questions? we don't know. lucas. >> harris, many people in ukraine will be anxious to hear that address from president biden. here in the western city in person ukraine this is where u.s. diplomats fled. i'm told today some of the diplomats returned. last night vladimir putin ordered his forces into eastern ukraine. he called them peacekeeping troops. >> we won't give away anything to anyone. we are confident in this.

it is not february 2014 but february 2022. >> during an emergency session of the u.n. security council late last night the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. called the peace keeper title nonsense. while russia was kicked out of the g8 it has a seat on security power and hosted last night's meeting as a rotating president of the security council. in address to his nation last night putin read from the essay he wrote last summer and posted it for all to see. many think he wants to put the u.s.s.r. back together. this year marks the 100th anniversary of the soviet unions founding. putin has always thought of ukraine and russia as one people. ukrainians disagree and desire to be closer to the west. in 1999, nato expanded to the former warsaw pact countries and nato bombed serbia three

weeks later and thought moscow could be next and continues to fear nato expansion especially in ukraine potentially. fox news toured homes around the cultural capital in ukraine. residents describe being more nervous in the past few weeks. they make sure bomb shelters work and asked the mayor what is putin's objective for ukraine? >> to have rebuilt soviet union together with ukraine and belarus, crazy idea. ukrainian country independent country. >> bill: u.s. officials tell me they see more fuel shipments to front line russian forces. another big concern in ukraine. >> harris: thank you very much. many analysts say putin's ultimate goal is to return to a sort of soviet-style state. a piece in the "wall street journal" with this headline. putin's endgame unravel the post cold war agreements that

humiliated russia and "politico" writing cold war part ii. how putin is dragging america back to the bad old days. "new york post" op-ed says russia's actions will directly impact the united states. here it is. unless the united states is planning to abandon their european allies is a recipe for endless conflicts in which this or future administrations will have no choice but to intervene. retired general keith kellogg. co-chairman of the american first policy institute center for american security and former national security advisor to vice president mike pence and president trump. great to have you in "focus", general. i want the start with this. that is really truly what is at stake for america. americans are tuning in. they want to know what's next

from us. >> harris, thank you for having me. look, we're at the second act of a multi-act play and the last act hasn't been written yet. yesterday was the first act. the act where putin sent his forces into the republics in the eastern part of ukraine and took them over. the second act was today when the president of the united states finally said this was an invasion. remember, until this morning we did not call it an invasion. it was an incursion. the next step will be over to putin. now we're heading up the escalation ladder. it will be very concerning and we better have a good team in place and thinking through where this is going to end because if putin believes that he can continue to escalate and that means we're looking at probably a major invasion of the rest of ukraine with everything that comes with it. he believes he can the sanctions won't hurt him at all and built up a huge cash reserve. and when you look at what is happening with nato, they talk

about well, especially the european union. they talk about well, they've canceled or set aside the nord stream 2 pipeline. there are still pipelines coming into europe. the northern pipeline still feeds germany and baltic pipeline feeds the baltic. they haven't shut down any gas coming into europe. they haven't turned on the spigot to the newest pipeline. nothing has changed in europe economically. when we start moving forces and sanctions, if he believes he can evade it and it is not going to bother him he may take this to the next level. the next act. this thing is not done. we're in the very early stages of this. >> harris: i haven't heard us take an act yet. the acts have been by putin. i wrote them down. did i miss something? >> nope. no, you're right. we haven't. that's the reason why i will be interested to listen to the president today at 2:00. what is he going to say and has he brought the alliance with

them as well? the next step is putin. we will go up the escalation ladder. this is one of those you better buckle up. it could get really tough in the weeks ahead. >> harris: you analogy or metaphor the first act, second act and third act. there will be three actions up before we get involved because we haven't taken action yet. and you said a key word and i started our off with the word incursion. biden said it and it would appear putin is doing it. he said if you make a minor incursion, the next part, u.s. might not do a lot. that was the understanding. they spent weeks trying to clean it up on january 19th when he said that. now roughly a month later, president putin of russia has, as you just described it, made an incursion. biden said it, putin did it. that is problematic. >> now we finally called it an

invasion. internationally that means another nation invaded another sovereign nation and taking land by military force. we are there. the brits said it last night it was an invasion. this takes you to another level. when we've said we won't stand for -- we're okay with an incursion, what will we do about an invasion? if putin believes we won't do very much or only sanctions it will be the next act. he may go for a much larger use of force into ukraine. he really wants ukraine. he said that last night when you listened to his rather amazing rambling speech and what he said even six months ago when he wrote an article and spoke about that. he is very determined to bring ukraine back into the russian hold. >> harris: what we did learn from his speaking and ram blinks through translation he had a conversation with bill clinton at one point as president when he told him that well, would you consider russia? he said i asked would you

consider russia for nato? this is interesting the hear this much from a president of a foreign country who has crossed the border into his neighbor. i want to get to something that senator lindsey graham said on the president now. president biden to the issue of forceful sanctions. let's watch. forceful sanctions to destroy the rubble and crush the oil and gas sector. he added more in a tweet. >> we should turn on keystone pipeline and export natural gas to europe to help them regarding their dependency on russian oil and gas. we won't do that. we won't try to become more energy independent or help europe. joe biden is in a box when it comes to the left. >> harris: what is your reaction, general? >> he has the right approach to do it. i have to be very honest, harris. after four years in the white house working with the teams that we had there, i am not a

big believer in sanctions. they take too long to bite and they really -- people can he vaid them. putin believes he can overcome the sanctions. it was insane what we did when we stopped the key stone pipeline. we import russian petroleum products to the united states. 100,000 barrels a day. that's insane. we were energy independent and should have been energy independent. cutting it out puts another arrow in the quiver of putin. we just need to be very strong in the united states. but also with our allies. they need to go cold turkey in europe now and say if you want to hurt them the only way you hurt them is strong economics but cutting down his energy supply to the west. 40%, the energy products going to europe come from russia. 60% of the energy products coming into germany come from russia.

they need to knock it off and cut it out. >> harris: was it disingenuous taking a note from what you said a few moments ago for germany to say no more nord stream 2 if they are getting 60% of their energy from russia, north stream 2 wouldn't have brought in 60%. they will be just fine, germany. >> sure they are. the northern pipeline is still operational. that's what is bringing them fuel now. they didn't shut that down. we aren't turning on the new pipeline which is nord stream 2. that means they've shut down the energy supply from russia. no, multiple pipelines coming through. the reason they call it nord stream 2, there is nord stream 1 and a lot of pip lines that cut through all of europe that come from russia. >> harris: last quick one from you. the danger to america. you have talked about globally we could be in this back and forth and escalating situation. when you say escalation and you say america and you know putin

hates us, he is not a friend, what danger do we face? >> i think the biggest danger is miscalculation. what i mean by that is mistakes generally start wars. you don't think the other side will do something and we have to be very cautious about a miscalculation. it will take something out of the ordinary to do it. you could have ships run into each other or airplanes or incursion across the border. you automatically go into a much larger conflict. that's what i'm concerned about now everybody having a good hand on the tiller to make sure everything is under control. if you have this miscalculation you are looking at another war in europe and it is going to be a very, very different type of war. you are talking about now a country, russia, that is willing to use said so nuclear weapons. i don't think any nuclear weapon is tactical. they have developed weapons they can use that are one

kiloton and lower. something we don't have. an interesting fight and war and one that could get pretty bad real fast. >> harris: you and i have spoken enough on the air and to know that you only get that tone in your voice spoken like a general when it is on the line. what you are saying is human error could tip us into a situation here that we couldn't get out of quickly. general kellogg, thank you for being in "focus" today. >> thanks, harris. >> harris: that is razor thin on staying safe. human error. the news coming in fast and furious on this story. we'll cover it as it happens and you can get moment by moment developments on foxnews.com as well. log onto the home page and click on live updates. president biden's russia response already criticism from both side of the political aisle. >> putin declared his lust for

ukraine during a deranged rambling paper of his and russian troops and equipment were amassing at ukraine's border for a year and biden failed to turn the screws. >> harris: putin has pushed his troops into eastern ukraine. the white house is finally using the word invasion. we heard that from general kellogg moments ago. critics now politically, democrats and republicans, are asking where are those sanctions we've been talking about? that's my number one questions. where is biden? he was going to get tough. pete hegseth is next. george gascon suddenly reversing course on a controversial case after a convicted child molester is overheard mocking his liberal policies on jail house tapes. the d.a. says he took a wrong approach. critics are calling it damage control. and we have the tape. fox news is on it. stay close.

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>> president >> harris: the three men who killed arbery found guilty. the father and son as well as neighbor violated his civil rights and targeted him because he was black. this all happened in february 2020 when the three men pursued arbery who was running in their neighborhood jogging. all three men now face up to life in prison and that's on top of life sentences they received earlier this year in state court after being convicted of arbery's murder. >> is this as you see it as the white house sees it an invasion? >> we think this is yes the

beginning of an invasion. russia's latest invasion into ukraine and you are already seeing the beginning of our response. i think the latest is important here. invasion is an invasion and that's what is underway. >> why not call it an invasion? >> again for the third or fourth time i am calling it an invasion. >> harris: after a lot of criticism, biden administration officials now conceding that russia is in fact invading ukraine. despite previously refusing to call it an invasion. russian tanks and troops began rolling into two separatist regions in eastern ukraine yesterday. president biden responded with a narrow executive order preventing americans from doing business in those areas. the administration is also expected to issue new measures today. however, critics are laying into president biden for his hesitation. top republicans calling it a dangerous mistake and definition of impotence. senator marco rubio. >> putin has been there

consistently for over 20 years. no, i don't think he is thinking about or worrying about joe biden and the next moves he makes. this is silly but he knows it and he is playing them. by the time he does move on the rest of it, it will be too late. >> harris: peter doocy live at the white house. i don't know if you caught general kellogg a couple of minutes ago act 1, russia, act 2, russia, act 3, potentially russia and we'll get in on the game. we are already behind according to the general. >> something else he said was sanctions take too long. the white house obviously disagrees. they are telling us more sanctions are coming today against russia. but there are some republican lawmakers in town very skeptical that that will be enough to stop what is coming next. senator marsha blackburn says vladimir putin wants nothing more than to return to the days of the old soviet union and made it clear he will attack the national security of the west and our partners to make

it happen. there are some democrats who seem to agree. >> we see the biden administration impose sanctions on anyone doing business or involved with these breakaway regions. but we need to go further. >> germany now says that after yesterday they are not going to let putin pump oil directly to europe via the nord stream 2 pipeline. a move they've been talking about. some in washington wondering when the u.s. will do something that hurts putin that badly. >> germany is learning the lesson. unfortunately president biden hasn't so far. stopping nord stream 2 is excellent and exactly what germany needed to do. >> a senior administration official pours cold water on a putin/biden meeting. if russia won't take military action when it looks like they will.

the white house gave putin a choice over the weekend. have a meeting with president biden or get aggressive with ukraine. it seems that he has chosen the latter. >> harris: wow. all right. peter doocy, thank you very much. pete hegseth co-host of "fox & friends" weekend is in "focus." we couldn't stop talking during the whole thing. drip, drip from peter doocy just saying from general kellogg. talk to me about the pressure the president is under right now. >> well, it's amazing it took them this long to come out with this admission. either an invasion or it's not. vladimir putin has strategically created this ambiguity around those regions. we recognize them as sovereign ukraine soil. when the tanks move in, you need to make that declaration and make it boldly. maybe joe biden will do that today. let's hope he does. >> harris: why did they wait? why not do it immediately? your definition is so clear. general's definition was so clear. >> they realize how little

leverage they have over the situation. the one thing we're saying was a good thing. germany not going forward with the nord stream 2 pipeline. they are not yet as your previous guest pointed out pumping gas. you take away something they don't have. this administration and the left is obsessed with the idea of sanctions. that sanctions are the only way to deal with this. so far vladimir putin has brushed aside sanctions. they have not -- what tool does the biden administration have in their tool box at this point? declaring it an invasion. does it incentivize europe to do more? maybe. >> harris: not yet. so i don't know if you caught this, 100,000 barrels per day from russia are imported into the united states of oil. 100,000 barrels of oil. i am so shocked by that detail. i thought the number would have changed.

we aren't independent energy-wise. >> we were when we had a serious administration that looked at the world and our enemies and believed what they said and willing to take them on and clean our own house and say if we don't want to be entangled around the world we need to be energy independence to not be reliant. the bargain europe made. they decided to hook themselves to russia thinking that the iron curtain had fallen and we had a knew future ahead. their own dependence is limiting their ability to take on vladimir putin. >> harris: and they are doing things that don't make a difference. general kellogg said nord stream 2 is like taking the wrapped package away from the baby. he doesn't get to play with the package. even more criticism from democrats. watch. >> frankly i think it's about a half step. i think it's time for the administration to come in strong with some much stronger sanctions against not only putin and his cronies but also

the military and put in place sanctions that go directly to russia. >> harris: top biden ally democrat senator chris coon said the time for taking action to impose costs on kremlin and putin start now. >> a half mile. i say 50 years ago. what is happening right now and what could happen in china is a demonstration of the failure of the elite establishment class in foreign policy which believes after the fall of the soviet union and back into the 60s and 70s in america we can work with china. by working with and opening up their economy it will lead to openness on their political front. they enriched themselves and we're dependent on china for so many of the basic widgets in the country. europe made the same bargain after the fall of the soviet union. if we work with them and bring in energy. now russia will happen up a new

future. history is not over. we assume that democratic paradise of the future and democracy would sweep the world. you know what? china has a different years. they believe it has put china in the back seat. putin wants to reestablish the soviet union. they don't care about our sanctions and u.n. resolutions and what they care about is reestablishing the vibrance of what they once believed were great powers and replace the united states of america and working together to do it. and europe gut their militaries to pay for welfare states and haven't protected their borders and they're impotent to that threat. how long to back them up? that's the giant question. >> harris: you look at the parallel there now as we cede sovereignty at our southern border. quote of the day for me in "focus" from you. history is not over. napoleon said about china wake china and she will shake the

world. it never really goes to sleep. it has been awake for a long time and russia is right there. >> america the sole super power is a blink of human history and other civilizations that would like to be on top. >> harris: the hunter biden saga continues. speaking of china. connections there, too. just when you thought it couldn't get any grosser, it has. new information from an ex girlfriend of hunter biden. plus this. >> as the mayor launching her maskless face across the city and this is about control. the masks were never about saving lives. it was a political agenda and we're caught in the backfire of it. >> harris: we're still dealing with this because parents are sick and tired of the mask hypocrisy from elected officials calling them out as america's children pay the price for their agenda. ♪♪♪

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here is another picture. >> no, i'm done. >> time is up. >> time is up. >> that's not the issue. >> we're coming for you. >> harris: what happens when citizens come with receipts to the school board meeting. you may have seen the video of that mom confronting a virginia school board member for going maskless while forcing masks onto students. and here she is today. >> we the parents are fed up with the hypocrisy. our kids have had to suffer for two years these masks have caused isolation, depression. it hurts their ears. their faces have been broken out. it has been such a harm to our kids and then we see these school board members get on and flaunt openly with no mask on and it seems a little hypocritical. >> harris: "new york post"

op-ed argues if there was any benefit to masking kids it has long since disappeared. cdc is sticking by its recommendation for children to stay masked up. in a leaked audio recording reported by the outlet reason the agency's head walensky privately confirmed she will not be relaxing school mask guidance prompting bipartisan backlash now. lawmakers from both political parties in that closed door meeting accuse the agency of creating confusion on the issue. power panel crystal knight former political direct for for priorities usa and matt schlapp which has its annual conference of -- matt, i will start with you with where parents are on the journey. it is not over for a lot of children across the country. >> yeah, of course mercy and i have our kids in schools in virginia. and i agree with all the

criticisms of the mask wearing. i understand -- i think we're decent people. want to make sure we don't make people sick and rule followers by and large but at this point the mask is a lie. it didn't work to prevent the spread of the virus and it never was a problem for kids. what is going on here are two things. it's politics. two things, it's these teachers union org nations demanding that cdc and biden administration continue this kind of war on parents. they called us domestic terrorists and the second thing is it's hard for the biden administration to accept the fact many of the things they ran for president on simply aren't effective. i think politically it would be better for democrats and biden if they just leveled with people what we know works and doesn't work. we all have to do this together and we've learned things and they are like an ostrich with their head in the sand with what hasn't worked. >> harris: there is no denying the fact that blue state

governors now are peeling away the mandates. in my home state of new jersey across the river from new york city it will be march 7th and the schools will take off their masks. so we actually have a date certain. some don't. they have done it for adults. this is really hurting your side of the political aisle because it is in conflict with the cdc and white house. >> yeah, harris, it has been inconsistent at best the guidance that has been coming out of the cdc. what we know is 44% of americans vaccinations -- covid cases, new covid cases are down by 44%. something the cdc has been putting out. what we're seeing democratic governors do across this country is relaxing their own mask mandates in their states but still allowing school superintendents to make decisions that are in the best interest of children. not all children are vaccinated and likely why we continue to see mask mandates in place in schools. but it is hypocritical quite honestly to see our elected

leaders out partying or having a good time in their personal lives while also asking children to stay masked up while in schools. parents are seeing this inconsistency and it is challenging. there hasn't been a set precedent on what works and what this country should do moving forward. >> harris: you know, it's interesting to see the transparency from you and how necessary it is for democrats to listen to that. because it is about the lives of the children. if we put all the politics aside we're trying to find the right science. an example of what you are talking about. new orleans mayor was caught partying maskless during an indoor mardi gras event over the weekend despite reinstating her city's covid-19 mask mandate for schools and indoor spaces just a week ago. she joins the long list of democrat leaders who have gone maskless while pushing for masks in schools. sometimes when we do the

hypocrisy scroll we run music but we're still talking. >> i think the famous people and politicians who go maskless they don't think they will kill someone. they aren't murderers. they have their masks off because they know it's a lie. they're just wearing that mask as virtue signaling because they think there is good politics in it and i will reiterate this charge the teachers unions are calling the politicians and saying that we want you to keep these mask mandates in schools, which is why in a blue state they will relax mandates for everyone but you the kids even though science tells us the kids aren't transmitting the disease to teachers and that vaccinating kids is -- there is no scientific evidence it helps stop the spread at all. >> harris: quickly. i want to give crystal a chance to rebut that if she chooses. >> what i've stated before not

all children in schools are vaccinated and that is likely why we continue to see the mask mandate if place. as it relates to the mayor in new orleans it is hard to defend that behavior when we know that mardi gras in 2020 was ground zero. one of the places where the covid outbreaks across this country began to happen. if we trace back where the large outbreaks happened it was one of the cities and so it really is indefensible for her to continue doing one thing and asking students to do another. >> harris: and that call that i hear in your voice and correct me if i'm wrong is a call for accountability. >> it is. absolutely. >> harris: as matt has pointed out that would give your side of the aisle some good to hear some of that talk. good to see you both. thank you. hunter biden's ex girlfriend is sitting down for five hours before the grand jury in the federal investigation of his taxes. she had a lot to say about his

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i was shocked and disturbed and as i began to look into seeing whether or not the executive team of the d.a. knew about it. it seemed clear that nobody knew about the contents of the jail call. the content of the jail calls was something we did not know about. >> harris: an advisor to los angeles district attorney george gascon denying reports his office knew anything about the damaging jail house recordings which actually prompted the d.a. gascon to reverse his position on a controversial case. gascon had said he had only heard of the tapes last week when the fox reporter reached out about them. the prosecutors told the "l. a. times" the office knew of the recording for several weeks.

the times reports gascon changed his tune on the plea deal only when he learned fox news would push play on that audio. chief correspondent jonathan hunt reporting in l.a. now. jonathan. >> the question here is what did the d.a. know and when did he know it? it is important to point out that no one has alleged george gascon or anyone else in his office had heard the tapes before the d.a. decided to try the hannah tubbs case in juvenile court. at least one prosecutor in his office said some of the top aides were aware of the tapes at the end of january around the time of the sentencing hearing. that prosecutor also infers that the d.a. only admitted he was wrong in the hannah tubbs case and only said he would shift policies on some particularly disturbing juvenile cases after fox news

said we would air types like this where tubbs in a conversation with his father mocks the fact that under gascon's policies he would not have to register as a sex offender. >> don't worry about it. i'll plead guilty. they will put me on probation and it will be dropped and done, done. i won't have to register or doing nothing. >> for an offender you don't have to register? what will they do to you then? >> nothing. >> we told the d.a.'s office last thursday we would be airing those tapes. he says that's the first he heard of them. one day later on friday, without mentioning the tapes, gascon announced he would change his approach to some juvenile cases and yesterday told the "l. a. times" referring to tubbs if i had to do it all over again, she would be prosecuted in adult court. gascon, of course, is facing a

second recall effort. the first failed to get even half the required signatures to trigger a recall election but the renewed effort, harris is far better funded and has the vocal backing of many current and former law enforcement officials. >> harris: it will get interesting. i capitulateed on this one. thank you. raymond arroyo fox news contributor and attorney in "focus" now. your initial reaction to the flip-flop by this d.a. >> my initial reaction is let's look at the case. this man, tubbs, who transitioned and now says he is a female, he used his self-identity as well as his age to get a lesser sentence because gascon had already laid out an agenda where he would give these perps a lower sentence. this has been his pattern as d.a. this 17-year-old tubbs assaulted a 10-year-old in a denny's, harris. this person had battery, drug

possession, a list of other crimes. your self-identity should in no way affect justice and the way the criminal justice system deals with you. that's what happened in this case. george gascon is why he is trying to course correct. they're about to throw him out of office in another recall attempt. >> harris: thank you for breaking it down. i want to get to this. hunter biden's ex girlfriend spilling it to a grand jooury saying she was told to withdraw thousands of dollars by him from an atm and they partied at lavish hotels from coast to coast while hunter biden was using drugs like crazy. that's according to a report in the "new york post," which says her five-hour testimony stems from a federal investigation into whether hunter biden committed tax fraud. they are pushing hard against the president's son now. what are they finding? >> they are looking into his business dealings in china. whether he paid all the taxes.

the rosemount, seneca and consulting group he used as a front for a lot of outreaches. watching the grand jury, the string of ex girlfriends going to the grand jury looks like an episode of morey povich. they is a lingerie designer who goes by weed slut 420. this was after a stripper who he fathered a child while dating the widow of his dead brother. look, hunter biden very sadly is a lost soul who obviously strung out on drugs. the question is did he use his name to gain influence abroad and to gather money for not only himself but the rest of the biden family. that laptop will come back to haunt not only he but the president as well.

we'll see. >> harris: where we are with china and russians now the connections he may have given access to anybody he put himself into bribe able situations based on his behavior. we've gotten into that before. thank you very much. before i leave i want to tell you coming up at 1:00 p.m. eastern the president moved up his update on the ukraine crisis by an hour. president biden at 1:00 p.m. eastern. "outnumbered" after the break.

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