reports about some success by the ukrainian military. they are putting up a hell of a fight so far. we don't know how much farther they can push. thanks for joining us and tucker carlson is next. thank you very much. >> ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." russia invaded ukraine last night. russian troops overwhelmed the country's air defenses in hours. moved faster than anyone ever anticipated. the fighting continues. u.s. officials believe ukraine's capital could fall to russian forces at any time. the casualty numbers seem low given the scope of the fight.

but it later turns out it be mistaken. we want to begin tonight as close as possible to the center of the story. lucas joins us now from ukraine. what do you see from? what is the state as of right now? >> well, tucker, all is calm in the western ukrainian city, it's 6 hours west of ukraine's capital kyiv. it's during the morning. earlier the authorities came to our live shot position and said we were not allowed to show any lights. what we saw on the streets today people very concerned and worried. it wasn't just the state department, but people on the ground were not expecting this large scale invasion. three lines of attack north from crimea and south from belarus and east of bellgerard.

the u.s. officials say the russians fired cruise missiles. we have to be careful about what we are hearing. the ukrainian authorities said they massacred a russian air assault 20 mondays out of the capital. how did we get here? let's go back. this is a crisis 30 years in the making. the fall of the soviet union. in belarus. they department have a computer or a typewriter. for vladimir putin it's one of the saddest days of his life. his goal is to put the soviet union back together. the 5,000 word essay he penned over the summer in july. he read that 2 days ago. he thinks the ukrainians and russians are one people and want to see them come back together. he fears nato expansion.

president putin has been president for over 20 years. in 1999, with hungary, poland and the czech republic, it made him angry and bombed serbia 3 weeks later. it could be belgrade now or moscow next. the irony of that if vladimir putin is successful in taking ukraine, he will be bordering a lot of nato nations. also there was a nato conference in bucharest in 2008 where president bush wanted georgia and ukraine to become members of nato. angela merkel put that language in there. one reason russia claims their

security assurances are not being met. russian forces invaded georgia 4 months later and ukraine 6 years later. nikita khruhchev gave crimea to the russians. catherine the great said the only way to make the country better is expand the borders. president putin seems to be doing that. >> tucker: what is happening in ukraine whatever its scale, it's a tragedy because war always is a tragedy. the closer you get to tthe more horrifying it seems. it's the ugliest thing that men do. vladimir putin started this war. so he fired the first shot. he is to blame for what we are seeing in ukraine.

how should the united states intend respond to what he's done. people are leveraging this for political gain but we will ignore that because there is too much going on that matters. the main thing that matters in any crisis is deciding what is most important. until last night the main purpose of our foreign policy was to prevent russia from invading ukraine. that failed. we should figure out why. what is our top goal now? there are several. the first three. first, avoid a full scaled war. few people in washington want anything like that. war with russia is a bad idea. that doesn't mean we won't have one. things escalate and the next

thing you know you have many thousands dead. now that shooting started in the ukraine it's impossible that americans could wind up getting hurt in eastern europe. we should prevent that but it would require wisdom and emotional control. all of which are never in abundant supply in washington. everyone is upset. mark warner the head of the senate intelligence committee announced that russia could be close to triggering what is known as article-5 of the nato alliance. if russia launches a cyber attack then every nato country

would be required to declare on russia. >> if russia unleashes its full cyber power against ukraine, once you put malware into the wild, it knows no boundaries. if they turn off the power in ukraine it may turn off the power in eastern poland and romania. that could effect our troops if hospitals are shut down. if american troops have a car accident because the stoplights don't work. we are suddenly in an area, article-5, where one nato country is attacked and we all have to come to their aid. >> tucker: that hypothetical could happen with a cyber attack on ukraine. it could affect the infrastructure of the eastern european countries.

that's a crime. article-5 is not a mechanical mechanism. human beings have to invoke it. is this worth risking a nuclear conflict over? that's something we should pause very deeply to think about in the most sober, possible way and we hope our leaders are. not all of them seem sober. some seem reckless and ignorant. this is the last person you want near a nuclear button. he informed us that russia's seizure of the chernobyl plant might trigger article-5. then what happens? adam hasn't thought about it.

the question is not who is at fault? then what? once conflicts starts and it's televised it's hard to know what happens next. anyone who thinks the invasion of ukraine could not become a world war either lacks imagination or is lying to you. it could become a world war. that's the first goal not making a terrible thing much worse. the second goal, keep the energy flowing. cheap energy is the basis of all we have. no energy, no civilization. a huge percentage of europe's energy comes from russia and ukraine. in germany one of the biggest economies in the world most of its energy with natural gas comes from russia and ukraine.

you don't hear that much on television. the fact is that vladimir putin has the power to send europe and the united states into an economic depression. putin as the power to turn off the lights. where does vladimir putin get this power? it are a lot of reasons, but the climate people gave him this power. thanks to pressure from zealots like john kerry europe has been shutting down power plants. if you were worried about temperature rises and global warming you would embrace nuclear energy. our leaders have done the opposite. why? whatever the reason, it's because of a series of very

specific decisions made over time the west is dangerously dependent on vladimir putin for energy. our leaders may act like this is not a big deal. it's definitely a big deal. and finally a topic no one brings up: we must protect the u.s. there. america's power derives from its wealth. rich countries get to do what they want. poor countries must obey their masters or get invaded. we just say that happen. in this country control of the u.s. dollar is the key to our wealth. our debt-based economy rests on issuing world's reserve currency. if the u.s. dollar is replaced we for trouble. our government will go bankrupt and millions of americans would become poor immediately. this is the main thing we have to be worried about.

it's a greater risk now than ever before. sanctions are way a to punish vladimir putin. no one is against sanctions, but the question is: do they work? clearly multiple sanctions did not prevent last night's invasion of ukraine. let's start there. at the same time, sanctions give russia and many other countries across the world an incentive to dump the u.s. dollar which is the means by which we enforce sanctions. last summer russia in response to sanctions removed the u.s. dollars offense from their national wealth line. the chinese noticed and understand how this works. they are in favor of it. china is trying to become the first major country in the world to issue sovereign digital

currency. that would be a huge loss for the united states. it would change this country forever. more than an invasion of ukraine. we should be watching attacks on the u.s. dollar as intently as we watch the coverage on television of the hot war. if countries around the world see the chinese plan as a stronger currency than the u.s. dollar, this country will understand. glenn greenwald. joins us tonight. this is taking place as we speak. give us your reaction to it if you would. >> well, one of the most striking things is this immediate climate that has

arisen there is a locked step script and if not you are labeled a traitor on the u.s. what you are not allowed to say is something that people at the highest levels of the u.s. government have said for years. the idea it's provocative to expand nato up to russian borders. a way out of the war is to say we won't expand any further, you are accused of being a putin spokesman not it's not just putin but everyone in russia including his liberal opponents.

if you say we believe that ukraine had a vital national interest to russia but not to the u.s. so the u.s. should not risk war, you are accused of being a traitor. yet that was barack obama's position for 8 years when not flooding ukraine with lethal weapons. suddenly these things overnight became taboo. >> tucker: it would be difficult for the biden administration to say out loud: we deplore the invasion of ukraine, but we are worried where this could go and the effect on our country and the world. maybe it doesn't undercut our initial interest to say we won't expand nato to your borders. who would we lose in that? a sincere question. >> it's an important question. this is a dangerous war, tucker.

there are 2 countries with the largest nuclear stock piles in the planet on opposite sides. this follows 5 years of extreme hostilities created in washington due to russian-gate that demanded we not talk to russian diplomats. we should have doneering we could to avert the war and to do everything now to diffuse it: e we could to avert the war and to do everything now to diffuse it: why aren't we doing that now given how dangerous this war is to watch unfold? >> tucker: appreciate you coming on. whether you agree with that conclusion or not, the way it was formulated seems like the

obvious way to think about this. this is bad. how do it we make it better? more to the point how do we prevent the united states from becoming weaker and more endangered? if you start to think that way, you begin to wonder what china is getting out of this. does the invasion of ukraine embolden china. thanks for coming on. from china's perspective what does this look like. putin is putting the united states down. any attempt to prioritize asia and china where america interests need to be prioritized

is in jeopardy. >> tucker: this is from the chinese perspective. this is good news? >> absolutely! their interests are expansive and to dominate their region. that's part of their vision of a preemient place in the world. we need to think clearly. i don't see a lot of that going on. i see a lot of reflective thinking and people saying we will be in a free theater and we will have to triple the dense budget. it said take a long time for that to happen. we need to make tradeoffs. you are right about sanctions. we can arm the ukrainians. we need to get the europeans to step up. if we are thinking about america's interests those will

be determined in asia. that's the market we will be working for. russians are a challenge but put them in the correct position and they are not first. that's china. >> tucker: that seems clear. i don't know why you are saying that out loud but i am glad you do. thank you very much. in washington some lawmakers are calling on the administration to send more troops to the region. there is bipartisan support for. that lindsey graham. >> there should be a dramatic increase of american presence and nato allies in nations that border russia. we are sending fighters to poland and soldiers to the baltics nations but our nato allies need to do more. >> tucker: where do those troops go? what would they do and what would be the purpose of having

them there? it's fair to ask those questions. daniel davis is asking those questions. he is a retired u.s. army colonel. happy to have him join us tonight. thank you very much for coming on. the broad question. what should be the american response to what we have seen? >> the american response now should have been done beforehand want upon -- it can still have a chance to work. accept the reality of the situation that ukraine is never going to come to nato. and we recognize it's not going to. once you come to that first bottom line accident -- why keep the fiction that nato's door is open when we know that's putin's number 1 redline upon

putin is saying he wants to reconstitute the ussr, that's a smoke screen. for 15 years of consistently saying it's nato expants -- expansion to the border and ukraine. he said i mean this. now he has shown he means it. all we have to do was say okay, we will give on this one point which is something we didn't want to do. it's in our interest not to do that. we didn't. we gave zelensky false hope if he held out and does not talk to putin, some day he would get that nato protection. that was a false hope. it's been exposed. even in this late hour we can still say zelensky needs to declare neutrality and said we

won't seek nato membership. we need to say it won't be extended but we will maintain your article-5 obligations. it could stop the war. that's the one thing that putin won't give in on. nato on his border. >> tucker: i am not sure what we would get out of having ukraine in nato. i never understood why that's something we would want. >> yes. that's one of the things about nato expansion it has to improve nato for any member to come in. that's not the case. you are bringing in instability. that's bad for all 30 members. >> tucker: thank you very much for joining us. the polls show taken before the invasion that the vast majority of americans oppose getting involved in the conflict in

ukraine. tulsi gabbard is a former member of congress. she joins us tonight. congressman thanks for coming on. what is your reaction to what we have seen in the past 24 hours? >> first of all i do not in any way support putin's decision to go into ukraine. it's going to cause an immense amount of suffering for the people there. i have been to ukraine and i have personal friends who are still in ukraine. people have nothing to do with politics. every day ukrainians. they are afraid and they are angry at russia and at america and they are angry at the failure of leadership that could have prevented this. that's the most tragic thing with this war: it could have been avoided. if president biden and nato had done what you were just talking about.

agreeing, we will take nato off the table for ukraine. something the u.s. and nato have agreed is not likely to ever happen and it's a security concern for russia. they won't accept having u.s. and nato troops on their border. the u.s. and nato done this, this could have been prevented. the problem here in america is that people 2 bring this up, people who ask these questions and challenge the decisions that the biden administration has been making in this are smeared and talked about as traitors. rather than pointing at the truth. this administration is not acting in the best interest of the american people. they are turning their backs on the american people. >> tucker: so, now that the current policy failed and i don't know who thinks the invasion of ukraine is a good

thing, how volatile a situation is it? people don't want to address that question. these things tend to escalate in ways you don't anticipate. are you worried about that? >> i am extremely concerned about it. this is what you and i have talked about in the days and weeks leading up to this situation. forecasting what we are seeing playing out today where you see this back and forth. you have the leader of russia and the leader of the united states of america saying, if they cyber attacks we will attack back. it escalation will only continue to increase. no one in the biden administration is saying where does this go? where does it end? what does it resolve? what will it continue to cost the american people? the most dangerous thing we are talking about an escalation of conflict between the two great nuclear armed powers in the

world who have nuclear weapons prepared to it launch at a moment's notice. whether this could be get there. this is a seriousness of the threat this we are facing. >> tucker: tulsi gabbard, great to see you tonight. this is a forecast alert. -- fox news alert. russia's military continuing to strike ukraine. this is a russian air strike at an airplane in western ukraine. we want to talk to someone who lives there. a resident of the capital sea of ukraine and woke to sounds of explosions on thursday morning. it's now 3 a.m. on friday in ukraine. he is helping others evacuate from the country.

he joins us live. where you in ukraine? >> i am in the region which the center of ukraine. i am right now located in a place where it's a little bit shelter. we got some intel that it's going to be bombing. it already started in kyiv and will get here too like last night. we are taking precautions. >> tucker: the common view in the united states was that the russians would only go to the eastern part of ukraine if they did. it sounds like they have gone past that. what is your sense of where russian troops are now in ukraine? >> i would say they are mostly located near this area. they are walking in.

they are in the area, 2 hours away from kyiv already. this morning they took over the chernobyl energy center which is located not far from kyiv at all. that means they are not far. they are there. they are probably all over the place. there are pro-russians running around the city and igniting the chaos. i heard a couple of times about them circleing in groups so people that are asking all kinds of teenagers to come and got paid to create chaos in cities and make all of this ready for those soldiers to come in and just take over. that's what i have heard. >> tucker: have you seen evidence of the ukrainian military? >> i have seen evidence of the ukrainian military.

just evidence. >> tucker: okay. are you planing to stay? are you concerned for your own safety? >> i am concerned generally speaking, but i am going to stay until the last person that we decided to take out, we will take him out and then i will leave. absolutely. we have a mission. that mission is to be completed. >> tucker: how difficult is it to get out of ukraine right now? >> hmmm, i would say on the scale of 1 to 10 around 9. there is a lot of factors to it. the first factor which is very, very difficult right now is to find a driver and find a vehicle. most of the people that have vehicles already ran away to the countryside or to all kinds of places. most the people that don't have a car, they don't want to be found outside because they are

afraid that it will be a bomb asking nobody knows where it will come from. i will give you a simple example. we have a group of about 70 families stuck in some place. foreign families we wanted to take outside of the border. we are unable to take them. eventually we had to hire some buses and each bus with a 2 hour drive cost $10,000 in ukraine. this is the reality right now. there is no transportation whatsoever. nothing. >> tucker: last question. we are reading that the ukrainian president zelensky should an order banning men from leaving the country. i don't know the purpose of that. have you heard that? >> yes. it is true. it's not the ukrainian

president. it's the foreign minister which created that order. yes, it's still in place. yes, i got calls from the border asking me what to it do about it. there are all kind of ways to get around that. but it's still in effect. >> tucker: we won't ask you to elaborate now you see them, now you don't. we appreciate you coming on. >> i want to mention something. our mission here in ukrainian is highly and very dangerous. we would like to ask the people to go on to our website. it's on the screen to donate us and support us. it is one of the most important things for us. we are working very hard. we need the support of the people. it's very, very important for us. i kindly ask if they can put that on the screen so we can get the support of the people which

is extremeley important. >> tucker: we appreciate. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> tucker: we want some sense to know what is happening where. no one is better than at explaining that than bill hemmer. >> a few things to give you a sense of what is happening today and what happened 8 years ago. 2014 when the russians took the southeastern clip here known as donbas and crimea. that was 2014. what does the russian army doing now in the year 2022? coming from from 3 major areas. one is crimea from the south. not a lot of resistance. one from the north. another country.

belarus. fighting there today as well. then from the northeast in into the town of carkriv. fears battle spot. it's the second largest city in the country. not a small town. 1.4 million people. the capital city of kyiv has 3 million people. this is a town of belgordo, we got these satellite iages from a military staging area. you can see what is happening. for the russian army they have a field hospital here. these are tent set up. these are military trucks or of over here and the upper corner are attack helicopters.

on the helicopters it's plain as day you can count up to 12. whatever they are doing this with staging area, they are using it to support the forces going after the second large of the city. it's 3:30 in the morning in ukraine. you are about 90 minutes away from the first missile strikes in ukraine 24 hours ago. we are come think up into day number 2. i think it's very important to watch the capital city. as daybreaks and we move into day number 2. president zelensky said russian forces penetrated the city. that's not a good sign. this is a fundamental question? does the russian army go after zelensky and his family as well?

can the ukrainian military keep him out? we will find out soon. >> tucker: bill hemmer, thank you very much for that. more on ukraine and from ukraine in a moment. eric will join us among others. we'll be right back.

>> tucker: this is a fox news alert. war in ukraine underway right now. reports that ukrainian president zelensky refuses to leave the capital city. russian troops within miles of it. this is a freedom reporter from australia and doesn't trust the media coverage of ukraine so he went there. thanks for coming on. what is happening? >> it's unbelievable. yesterday morning when it started, we were from walking down the street. not knowing what was happening and seeing cruise missiles.

unbelievable it was actually happening. >> tucker: of course, in any war, it's hard to see the outlines in the progress. we are not getting a lot of reports on the response from the ukrainian military. are there engagements between russian and ukrainian forces? where is the ukrainian military? >> yes, there are heavy engagements around the border of the ukrainian and russian military. we are keeping updated because where i am we are keeping a corridor open so i can get out if i need to. there is heavy combat along the border. there have been multiple kills on tanks and helicopters and fighter jet from the ukrainians to the russians and vice versa. there has been heavy contact all

around. >> tucker: i have to ask you. not a lot english speaking reporters who go to conflict like this. how and why did you do this? >> well, tucker, i am a veteran. i spent 7 years in the australia army. i served in afghanistan. i am very disappointed in the western media and the coverage of this. i was kicked out of the army. i was discharged. i wanted to see what was happening. i am not a journalist. i am not qualified. i packed up my gear and camera and flew over here. i spent time in the city undersiege at the moment and on the 41 lines in donbas to see what was happening. i have been reporting that on my instagram and youtube to show people what is actually hope. the language barrier is an

obstacle. i will doing the best i can. >> tucker: were kicked out of the australia military for cancer? >> not kicked out. sorry. medically separated due to brain cancer that i got during by service. >> tucker: okay. it's a remarkable story. i hope you will join us again. >> thank you. >> tucker: matthew williams, thank you. >> cheers. >> tucker: the president joe biden has been given options to launch a cyber attacks against russia. against domestic transportation. is this a wise idea for our interests? that's worth considering as well. joe kent is running for congress in washington state and row tired green beret. -- retired green beret.

keeping in mind, american interest if all of this, ha do you think a wise response is? >> [no audio]. >> tucker: i am afraid we lost joe. we will come back. over all of this looms the threat that american troops could be drawn into this conflict. today joe biden said he is considering sending u.s. soldiers to germany and poland. in fact plans to. watch. >> over the past few weeks i ordered forces to germany and poland as part of our commitment to nato. on tuesday in response to russia's aggressive action, air forces are stationed in europe. >> tucker: a former navy seal who has seen more wars than any

living american. thanks for coming on. the concern is -- i don't think anybody approves of what putin did. i don't. but the concern this could move in directions we don't anticipate and ensnare the united states. are you worried about that? >> absolutely. what can come from this are awful. what should have happened. effective leadership comes with a icator and a stick. -- carrot and a stick. of course ukraine doesn't need to be part of nato. i can understand why the russians are concerned about another nato member. offer them that. but offer the stick. what roosevelt did before world

war ii we gave the brits official equipment. the u.s. air force said that more than 200 aircraft are be retired and parked for a value of zero. more than 50 f-16's. perfect for ground attacks and suppressing in the air defense and more than 40 a-10's. the best tank killing air craft. they could have been provided to the ukrainians on a lease program just like american pilots showed up in world war one to fight the germans. like just like american pilots showed up to fight over china in the flying tigers. if one 40 ex-american combat

pliance shown up. putin would not have invaded. he needs air superiority. that's why me moved troops to the airport just west of kyiv to seize the capital. that's a failure of imagination by the administration. i provided that concept to the administration early in december. they just don't want to think outside of the box. it's frustrating. now what happens in this war we don't want to send troops. but it should have been stopped before it ever started. >> tucker: what a shame. eric, thank you. so cyber attacks and not just from one side are suddenly part of this story. we will have retired green beret joe kent who is back with us.

great to see you. what do you think a wise response to this invasion from the united states would be at this point? >> well, tucker it's not opening up a new front. that front would be cyber attacks. there are people in the biden administration and hawks offering up our cyber capabilities. opening up a new front and directly attacking russia with cyber attacks would plunge us into this fight. take nato off the table. and our cyber capabilities coming from china is unwise. >> tucker: mark warner the chairman of the senate intelligence committee described

a russian cyber attacks as an aact of war. that's commonly acknowledged cyber attacks that take down hospitals is an act of war. >> absolutely. cyber attacks are act of war. we should be very cautious before we put that out. look for ways to deescalate and not march to a total war in europe. >> tucker: you can be upset and wise at the same time. thank you. gas prices and energy prices are going up. that means the price of everything. president biden said that the sanctions will guarantee you will pay more for gas. here's lisa. >> i know this hard and americans are already hurting. i will do everything in my power

to limit the pain the american people are feeling at the gas pump am this is critical to me. but this aggression can't go unanswered. if it does the consequences for america would be worse. america stands up to bullies and stand up for freedom. this is who we are. >> tucker: if you are telling us that domestic energy production is critical to you but you have done more than any administration to short down domestic energy production, maybe you are lying. will they change their tune on that. reopen the pipeline and start the drilling. ned ryan joins us tonight. will from be enough pressure on the administration to take its boot off the throat of domestic energy production so there is an effect on gas prices? >> absolutely not.

the biden administration declared war on fossil fuel. they were captured by the infantile left that is determined to see that the hoax of global warming is one of their main priorities. this is an important national security issue that trump understood. he wanted to make us energy independent not only because of lower prices and thousands of american jobs. he realized the national security issue and a power negotiation tool against putin -- remember in 2017 his speech to the 3-c's to use american energy exports to undermine putin's leverage over the rest of europe. it's staggering we have conceded a powerful negotiating tool with our energy and done it without a fight. one thing americans will be slapped in the face with.

a terrible energy policy from the biden administration meeting with the russian invasion of ukraine. energy costs will go through the ceiling but it's of our own making. >> tucker: energy is your power. appreciate you coming on. thank you. we have been told that sanctions would deter russian aggression. today the president acknowledged the fact they didn't. >> if he threatening a nuclear strike? >> i have no idea what he is threatening. i know what he's done. >> tucker: this is a russia policy researcher. thanks for coming on. they are deflecting blame immediately. in real life, isn't it time to

think through the policies this failed to prevent? will we do that? >> you would think we would do. that but if we talk about the policies that led us here we are labeled as traitors to america. i think if these people are concerned about ukraine and the suffering that we are all seeing on television, they should take responsibility for the choices they made that brought the world not just to the precipice of a conflict in ukraine but to a world war. >> tucker: thank you for negotiate the obvious. -- noting the obvious. give us the top 1 or 2 policies we should rethink if we don't want this to become worse than it is. >> there are so many. the immediate one is the claim to conduct cyber attack against

russia. russia would retaliate. it's impossible to understate the severity what have these people are flirting with. they are flirting with open conflict with russia and not taking responsibility for it. >> tucker: i hope you are wrong but i don't think you are. we will take a quick break. the war is now underway in ukraine. brit hume after the break. [2. [inspirational soul music] [inspirational soul music] [inspirational soul music] one of my favorite supplements is qunol turmeric. turmeric helps with healthy joints

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>> ♪ ♪ >> tucker: this is still unfolding. not sure what the next stage of invasion will and be what europe will look like when it's over. doug knows about europe. a retired army colonel. doug, what you think happens next? >> well, there is a limited operation. the russian army is smaller than the u.s. army and the russian economy is smaller than south korea. they can't sustain these operations very long. president putin sent an

ultimatum to president zelensky telling him if he is willing to suspend any further interest in expanding to nato putin will control the ground east along with crimea and zelensky can have what remains. he hasn't answered. if he doesn't putin has to head to the polish border which is something he wants to avoid. nato is fragmenting along historical lines with the resurgence with the german relationship which is very strong. and our counter measures are ineffective. completely ineffective. >> tucker: that seems sadly true. appreciate you coming on tonight. brit hume wraps it up for us tonight. >> a bad day. >> tucker: i agree completely.

what happens next? >> well, a couple of points. i don't think that the issue of ukraine joining nato is what this is about. i don't think that some public swearing off nato will change anything. putin wanted ukraine and wants ukraine and trying to get it. it sticks in his craw that ukraine which has a lot of resources, agriculture and natural resources, that was lost when the cold war ended and the soviet union collapsed. a couple of things we may have to do. one is we need to unleash our energy sector. biden shut down pipe bombs

pipelines and drilling. we need to supply our own energy sector and give us the chance to shore up europe's energy supplies if there is a cut off from russia. the nord stream-2 pipeline has been stopped from now. >> tucker: i hope they are listening because you are right. >> those are peaceful means. >> tucker: here's sean hannity. >> sean: welcome to "hannity." we start with the fox news alert. ukraine is bracing for a long night of air strikes and accord to president zelensky russian hit squads are targeting him and his family. first right to the ground in kyiv tonight. the capital where our own