♪ ♪ >> ukrainians waking up in a battle field for the second straight day as russian troops advance the front line ground forces to the nation's capital of kyiv. >> that is where capital president zielinski begging for help and vowing not to back down. you are watching "fox & friends first" on thursday morning i am todd pyro and life on the ground in

western ukraine where sirens are blaring and hunkering underground, rich edson at the pentagon. >> todd: but first, rifle fire in kyiv for the first time this morning. >> that is right and in ukraine's defense say they have entered the northern suburb of kyiv and our people on the ground have seen russian tanks a mile from where i am standing so throughout the morning we have seen russian forces move closer and closer and technically they have crossed the northern part of this capital city. this comes after a major fire fight and battle around the nuclear reactors come around chernobyl and of course, radioactive zone. the russians took control of the area and that is on the roof to the capital. it also comes after predawn explosions here including a plane that was blown up.

it is not clear whether russian or ukraine and air missile. some of the debris started a fire in a residential apartment house. as for the president of ukraine he remains in kyiv and took weeding out calling for help from the west. he says he has russia's number one trend target right now. here is zelensky. >> according to our information, the enemy has listed me as target number one in my family and target number two they want to destroy the country terminating the head of state. >> so day one of the invasion of ukraine by russia is now moving into day two. the ukrainians still control their capital and the president is still here. they have had 137 dead the first day in the russians claiming to destroy seven military targets but the big story the russian forces now in the outer suburbs of the capital and moving closer each hour, guys back to give.

>> carley: i was wondering do you have any information with the northern suburb of kyiv is looking like right now? are we talking hand-to-hand combat or citizens allowing the russian forces to move through? >> the defense ministry is telling people to stay inside, but at the same time, telling them to prepare molotov cocktails. so the fight has been steady and whether to stay close to the city or to the city center. >> todd: steve, thank you. in western ukraine, sirens in the second day at lviv take arms to defend their homes. >> carley: mike tobin on the ground. hundreds seek shelter, mike, what is the latest? >> wealth, carley, we did hear the sirens for a second night. early hours of this morning but what we didn't here really on both nights was follow-up explosions. that seems to be the targets,

air targets have been on the outskirts of lviv's second largest city in ukraine. what was on the first night of the sirens sound, they airstrip one of the north and one of the south of lviv. it takes a little while for the information to filter back so we don't know what triggered the sunny runs and what caused that and what it. what we are seeing on the ground to end lviv big run on paint. every bank has a line in front of it and every atm has a line in front of it, waiting for the banks to open up to get the cash out. i tried to withdraw money from an atm here and it would only allow me to do a withdrawal 50 ukrainian which works out to be $1.50 spirits away big run on the banks. martial law is imposed. we see the soldiers walking around on the streets. we have video of that. and also at the same time, you know the national police made an offer to hand out weapons to any veteran who wants to take up

arms. we walked out to a base where that is happening, but they are very crafty and they did not want their picture taken. things are tense out here but you have long lines of veterans quite willing to pick up arms and become part of the resistance. one thing you know about the ukrainian resistance thus far, it has proven to be a little more difficult than russians anticipated. the russians are making gains consistently, but the experts say those gains more slowly than anticipated, guys. >> carley: mike tobin, thank you so much. let's bring in melanie podolyak. she is on the ground and lviv where mike tobin was just reporting. monia, tell us what the 24 hours has been like for you. >> thank you. the last 24 hours have been extremely difficult and it has nothing to be here on the ground. but if a thing relatively okay except for the sirens that we hear every morning.

but we are scared and people don't know what to do. we have run into more issues concerning supplying our military and currently helping fund-raising for ukrainian military. we run into an issue of blocking one of the pages, one of the biggest fun charity that we have been collecting money for appearance of that was a problem. but also an issue, being risen by the military in the region has been quite stressful around here but again, staying calm and hoping for the best. people are collective and relatively calm and yes there are lines at the bank. that is completely justified but there is groceries in the store. so we are getting prepared, basically. >> todd: define your efforts trying to help people flee. why did you decide to stay? >> because that is my country

and i'm not going anywhere. they need me here. i am going to go wherever i can be useful. i don't judge anybody who is leaving. it is okay, especially if you have small children and everything. it is not a problem. but i'm staking because i can be a help. >> carley: i understand you are in touch with ukrainian troops. what of those conversations like and what is the morale like among them right now? >> absolutely amazing. i'm very proud of my military. it is the best military in the world. i don't called him. i wait for them to call me. that is our agreement. they give me what they need and sometimes they need equipment and try to find that with the civilians around here. people are sending money. they are all hopeful and sending us videos, smiling cheerfully. so, you know, it has been good to talk with him. >> todd: do you feel the ukrainian government prepares

you for what you were going through right now? >> we have prepared the ukrainian government and the ukrainian government has prepared us and it is a mutual agreement right now. do we have an understanding this is our government and our president and our ministers? we will stand by them and we trust them to make good decisions and they can have our support and military can have our support. in this situation we have found ourselves the last eight years in a situation financial, economical, military might think we are cooperating with the government. >> carley: this video of your president zelensky released on instagram, he said the enemy marked me as number one target my family is the number to target. they want to destroy ukraine politically by destroying the head of state. he is in significant danger. he has decided to stay in kyiv. do you think that is the right decision? >> i think the ukrainian president knows he is safe and

ukrainian's safe, he has to stay there. i have been one of the harsher critics of the president during his presidency, really harsh, but everything he decides to do now and everything our government decides to do now is a priority to us and every decision he makes we will support him. >> todd: did you see this kind of result coming from zelensky let's face it, his previous career as a comedian. i was online watching the clips of him and he is a funny guy. you do not expect that guy to be a leader but the result he is demonstrating right now. >> of course that has been a big surprise for me and everyone, but he is a ukrainian. ukrainians are just like that. and at times, ukrainians grow up fast and he's one of us. we are very proud to. >> carley: i am sure you are. i am sure the world is watching him and becoming an

international hero. as all of you are. we are hearing so many stories of ukrainian citizens, not even members of the military, staying to fight and the bravery of the ukrainians cannot be underestimated. how do you think the sands? >> i don't know, i just want to tell you a short story about the island this morning 13 ukrainian border guards and they had warships attacked them and hailed by the radio. they were intimidated by saying "you should give up or we will murder all of you." and the guard said you can go... be when you have. >> they all sadly died that same morning. and that is the story i can give you and that is what the ukrainians will do but sadly, we lost these people, however we will make it up to them. we will try. >> todd: answer collating

online right now. >> carley: i understand they will be honored by zelinski for their bravery which they absolutely should. melanie, stay safe. we are praying for you and your country so much and thank you for sharing your perspectives this morning. >> thank you. >> todd: meanwhile biting to obtain a summit. more troops could deploy the eastern europe if putin takes this invasion further than ukraine. >> carley: from the pentagon with details rich edson. >> carley and todd the pentagon sending 7,000 additional troops to europe to bolster nato. according to the pentagon, these troops are going first to germany but next destination is unknown. the officials say it will not be ukraine. and part of all of this nato said it is increasing president on the eastern part of the alliance. ukraine is not part of nato and the biden administration has stressed no american troops are going to ukraine to fight in this ward.

secretary of state antony blinken said the u.s. would respond to an attack on nato countries. >> an attack on one member of nato is an attack on all members of nato. the president is very clear we will defend every inch of the territory. we are committed to article 5 and defending our nato allies, if it comes to that, we will do it. >> todd: so that is the audio from what you just heard about from a russian warship demanding ukrainian border guards to surrender. the ukrainians instead told the russian sailors, no, and much more offensive terms. the russian forces killed those guards. president zelensky said they will grant them the title of hero of ukraine. meanwhile, there has been protest across europe around the world to this invasion here the russian human rights

organization obd info says 1800 people have been detained at antiwar rallies throughout russia. there are reports of protests and dozens of russian cities, including st. petersburg and moscow. currently, back to you. >> carley: the russia and ukrainian people have close ties. pray for the russian people to stand up against a dictator like vladimir putin, but also, it comes no surprise those with close ties. thank you so much this morning. and a complete picture where it stands right now, here is bret baier with the russian troops so far. >> more than 200 crews from a missile strikes, strikes from russian aircraft taking up command and control notes and also communications in this setting the groundwork for russian forces coming in from three different sides, three different entry points. one is from crimea. remember russia took crimea in 2014. some forces coming up through that wave. then, you have a number of

forces coming this way from donbas. these are the russian separatist areas and forces coming in there. and encountering a lot of resistance from ukraine forces and there. the third main entry point came from here, belarus. remember that russia had training exercises in belarus. they never took those forces out. then they entered across this borderline. this particular area was heavy fighting and we were told hours and hours of fighting, excellent this one area, which is chernobyl. the power plant, the plant with back in the '80s. >> todd: the ceo of global guardian, to help evacuate 1500 people from ukraine, great to have you and thank you for your efforts. despite those efforts, describe it to get out of ukraine so far. >> yes, sir, we have been active

the last 30 days as you can imagine. we have been moving people prior to current situation with error, and ground and of course, the ground operations are now slowing down with traffic, with congestion across the border crossings that you guys are showing. so, this is -- we are in a phase of evacuation where this is ebb and flow. we have to adjust to the conditions on the ground and we have to adjust to the conditions at the border. but ultimately it remains dangerous and will continue to be dangerous, and we will have to continuously adjust as we move forward. >> todd: qb effectuated a number of these people. do you expect the refugee situation to get there? >> i think you are going to see these camp start to cry it pretty quickly. approximately 50 miles from the border, the traffic is very heavy.

people start walking. if this continues for the next few weeks, i think the crisis there on the refugee camps will build voluntarily. >> todd: do you think those refugees will ever be able to return to their homes? >> i don't think anybody knows the answer to that question. i think in this we are getting from the teams on the ground and the people on the ground, most of the people there believe they will be there a week, no more than two weeks, and they will be able to go home. i don't think we have a direct answer for that question at this time. >> todd: as someone who understands and has experienced combat what do you make of ukrainian resistant so far? >> i think it has been encouraging. everybody had their questions about ukrainian forces. i think it is still where it goes but so far the resistance level has been encouraging. >> todd: is there a way to get people out of ukraine closing and if so, how much time do you

have left? >> yeah, we do believe it started yesterday closing, depending on how the rest of the russians are and where they go. part of the country and potential certain cities could be closing. other parts of the country will remain wide open. and again, that is part of the ebb and flow that we work through this problem set. it is very difficult to lock an entire country down. as large as the russian forces and has been, this gets harder on them, also come every day to try to control mass terrain. so this is not an easy task for them. they will see resistance, and i think we are looking for where are the weaknesses that we can exploit? >> todd: assuming groups like yours and groups can get as many people out as possible, and it's not just what i'm referencing now, how bad could the refugee situation become again not just

in poland but all the potentially beyond? >> i think europe is prepared. our sense of what we are seeing primarily poland and romania, but in the meeting yesterday with the g7 indicates that europe and the nato ally and countries will ready with open arms. i do think that they will process people, support people. they will be ready for this. obviously the first couple of weeks the triage poland, romania will be difficult. but i do think overall the refugee situation will be managed quite well. >> todd: are you aware of any efforts to get the refugees to the u.s.? >> we are not, not yet. we have gotten people into romania and poland primarily on movement from there coordinated by the individual clients, corporate clients. most of them are targeted and

staying in europe right now. >> todd: dale buckner a fascinating perspective that you are providing this morning and amazing work you are doing, quite frankly saving lives. dale, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> carley: ukrainians waking up to the second day of work and russian troops. now the capital city of kyiv. >> todd: warnings about sanctions doing absolutely nothing to stop vladimir putin. the white house with the messaging. >> the president believes sanctions are intended to deter. speak with the purpose of the sanctions has always been and continues to be deterrence. >> nobody expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening. >> todd: we are talking strategy with congressman peter meijer. >> carley: matt whitaker, lara trump, brian brenberg and we are covering every angle of the war on ukraine. stay with us.

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♪ ♪ >> todd: back with a fox news alert, president biden set to meet with nato leaders on the war enfolding in ukraine.

and the sanctions never meant to deter. >> carley: rich edson, good morning. >> good morning, todd and carley, president biden addressed the nation with come as you mentioned, todd a frank admission that they never expected sanctions to stop putin and adding new winds will take time to have an impact. >> know when expect at sanctions to prevent anything from happening. this could take time. we have to show resolve, so we knows what's coming. so the people of russia know what he brought on. that is what this is all about. >> todd: now, this new round of sanctions about the assets of the four largest banks and export controls with high tech needs. the sanction of russians all the guard and their families and also targeted military and financial institutions of belarus for aiding russia in the impatient. after the president's address, he faced tough questions from

peter doocy. >> did you underestimate vladimir putin and would you describe him the way you did in the summer has a worthy adversary? >> at the time, he was, i made it clear as an adversary and i said he was worthy. i didn't underestimate him. he has larger in ukraine and wants to establish the soviet union. >> todd: and republicans hammering biden to reconstitute. >> the crown jewels of belarus, he has that. ukraine, he's taking that to the baltics. so far joe biden has been all bark and no bite. everything he has provided is too little, too late so i have no expectation that he would do any better in terms of deterrence when it comes to those countries. >> todd: meanwhile, take a look here in the latest fox news poll, 56% of voters say biden is not tough enough on putin and

only 29% said he's got it just about right. in the next few hours, the president will meet with the leaders to see if he has more to say, todd and carley. >> carley: thank you. ukrainian forces are fighting back shooting down russia jet and kyiv as they brace for heavy attack. secretary of state antony blinken says that he is convinced putin will try to overthrow the ukrainian government. listen. >> part of the russian plan was to put kyiv in danger and assault the capital to other major cities. we see forces come from the north, east, south that is all part of the plan that laid out for the world in recent weeks. >> you are convinced he is going to try to overthrow this government. >> i'm convinced he will try to do that. >> carley: congressman peter meijer's and homeland security committee, congressman, good morning to you. i want to get your election on the latest news we are learning this morning that russian troops

in the northern suburb of kyiv. what is happening there and what happens when they get to the capital city? >> thank you. i think that's a part of the dangerous phase. i think we saw a pretty significant from ukrainian forces for the initial day of invasion and obviously russian forces, we are not anticipating significant resistance. now that they are trying to enter kyiv an effort to decapitate the government to take out president zelensky and install puppet regime and hope resistant trades. i think we are concerned about urban warfare we might be seen. significant attacks against civilian forces. i think this is where we enter into probably the more dangerous parts, even only in the first 48 hours of this conflict. >> carley: congressman, i was hoping you could speak to this moment where vladimir putin could very well order and assassination of ukrainian

president who is democratically elected by 70% of the population. now, he is staring down the barrel of political fascination and a modern european city come i don't think our lifetime we expect to get something like this would happen. >> certainly not something as dramatic as what we are seeing unfolding in kyiv. it is worth remembering vladimir putin, they assassinated journalist, poison dissidents and including united kingdom. so he wants to make it perfectly clear that nobody who he views as an enemy of russia, that they are safe anywhere. he will go to any links to do so. the hype of thuggery, of violence and lawlessness that i think we had hoped just as a society, we had turned the page on but it is clear vladimir putin he is willing to use post to achieve his goals, no matter how megalomania it is. >> carley: without a doubt. how do you feel about the sanctions of president biden and

what ham failed yesterday and the fact that we always knew sanctions weren't going to be a deterrent when that was the messaging all along that they would be a deterrent for this impatient? >> two weeks ago national security advisor sullivan said it was to deter and yesterday president biden said no one was under that impression. but i think a similar messaging in afghanistan where they are trying to backwards rationalize here the sanctions unveiled yesterday were good appear they should have been sanctions unveiled a week ago. i'm frustrated they did not go far enough. these were not the sanctions that were promised, they did not include russia from the swift, global currency system. it did not involve direct sanctions as putin himself. we need to be merciless with the economic isolation of russia a vladimir putin of belarus, and especially of the all the guards that have enriched themselves off of putin.

>> carley: president biden received heavy questioning on that front where reporters were saying and quite frankly, what are you waiting for? why are you holding back? you had the president say, let's see where russia is in a month. ukraine, obviously, doesn't have a month to wait. you have to wonder is the assessment right now, that ukraine is lost and the sanctions are in place to deter putin from taking over the baltic regions? >> even if that is the goal to try to put putin from taking over baltic states, lithuania and all nato members come again, we are caught in this reactive flu. instead of leaning forward and being aggressive and really showing putin he has made a mistake in a miscalculation on his part. and the day he decides to invade ukraine come instead of having that be the message sent, the message sent, we will try to cover and make it look like we are doing something for a

domestic audience consumption. maybe it will be painful on russia, but we are not willing to go all the way on economic sanctions. again, another case of vladimir putin calling president biden's bluff. frankly, i don't know where he. peer peer that is something that should scare all of us. >> todd: it certainly does not just president biden's bluff but european leaders as well. every nation in this world needs to step up to the plate at this moment. congressman, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> todd: tanks rolling in and ukrainian to fight day 2 full-scale attack. bluff coverage next. >> carley: the world is watching to see what vladimir putin does next, especially china as it eyes tight one. we will ask gordon chang, is president xi planning to take a page out of vladimir putin's playbook? we will take a look. ♪ ♪

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where i am standing peer at the defense ministry said they will be met with resistance from ukrainian forces, and they were as close contact fighting going on. from where i am standing 6 miles away, we have heard small arms fire the first time and for the first time rifle fire. the russian troops have moved south fighting their way through the chair noble and through the radioactive zone. overnight, we heard and saw a number of explosions, including the shootdown of a fighter jet. that fighter jet eventually caused a fire in an apartment building from the debris. as far as the president zelensky goes, he is still here and expects to be a target of the russian. russia is trying to destroy ukraine and to destroy him as well. day to go with the invasion, the totals from day 1137 official filmic soldiers killed appear the russian said they hit seven military targets and more 100,000 refugees have fled from ukraine, guys, back to you.

>> todd: we checked with you yesterday, obviously, with day one of the invasion and we saw a number of people trying to flee kyiv. what is the situation this morning? what numbers do you see people trying to get out? >> we are really seeing at least in the city sector where i am in kyiv and keep in mind martial law is in effect so you're limited to move around. we see a ghost town and it is completely quiet except for the sounds of small arms fire. if you can imagine the city of the size of chicago where it is absolutely quiet. that is what we are hearing today. >> carley: everybody hunkering down and we understand some people in the basement, bomb shelters, trying to take shelter. have you seen any ukrainian troops walking around? trying to get a sense where they may be positioned. if russians do enter the city center, what are we looking at? are we looking at russian versus

civilian arms, you know combat? or are ukrainian troops also there? >> we have seen ukrainian troops moving around in the streets for us and please is right next door. i don't think we know what will happen, two choices, do the russians move into the city center to capture or kill the president and take control, or do they encircle the city? and then sent in troops? certainly, the first way would be a lot more havoc, let more deaths. >> todd: steve harrigan, we will check back in with you in a bit. we go to western ukraine as those across the country taking up arms to defend themselves against the russian invasion. >> carley: mike tobin on the ground with moore, mike. >> well for a second night, carley, the air raid sirens wailed and it sounded like you would expect them to have sounded in world war ii. you hear sirens wailing for a second night. we never heard the impact of what triggered the air raid

sirens. we know the first night there was an airstrip to the south of lviv that was targeted and went to the north. we don't know what triggered them last night but the residents are terrified, hunker down and what ever kind of shelter they could appear as lines are forming up at banks once again as there is a run on cash. as soon as the banks are opening, people are piling and trying to get as much cash as they can carry. there is a line in front of every atm. i tried to get some money out of the atm and all i could withdraw is the equivalent of $1.50 in ukrainian money. the streets here are not the parent appear they are quiet as martial law is in effect. you see the soldiers out on the street. also what you see, while the soldiers are out on the street, ak-47 and also volunteers, retired military, i should say the national police announced they would be handing out

weapons. these are the volunteers who are lining up to take their weapons and join the resistance. one more thing to note out here in the western part of the country, you have all these people fleeing the fighting in the eastern part of the country or the capital city of kyiv creating all these traffic jams appear they are heading this direction. a lot of them heading for the polish border but edict that has gone into places limiting one group of people from leaving ukraine and that is adult men age of 16-80 years old. a throwback to the idea of women and children first. carley back to you. >> todd: there is a range of 18-60. at the top of the hit, the siren come i'm unclear if that was in the video, but how come it has t been this morning? >> the sirens went off about twice this morning, right about the time about 6:00 a.m. and until the 7:00 hour the sirens went off. not particularly common appear then let go off once in a while

that certainly it gets people's attention and the warning was given out to seek shelter when o hear the sirens but the first question that must have been video. >> carley: good to know, stay safe and we will check in with you as the news warrants. to get a closer picture what is going on right now, we want to pull up some maps and take a closer look at the eastern european region. what are you going to see is a lot of american flags and nato flags fear that is where our troops are positioned right now. one of the things president biden announced is that there will be 7,000 more troops headed to germany. you hear a lot about the articlo agreement attack on one nation is an attack on all nations. so our troops are strategically being placed in that area. you know, as reassurance to these nations, both true presence as well as put our troops as close to russia which

is something vladimir putin does not want to have happen. >> todd: and keep this map up for a second we have been talking throughout this entire conflict about the concern that a rogue weapon could hit one of the nato nations. when you look at this map and you drill down on this, you can see just how powerless and just how that is. look how many nato nations are surmounted in ukraine. that is a frightening prospect for going forward. the reason that you have heard every single one of the experts that we've had on over the course of the last 24-48 hours highlight that intense concern. it is a real concern. that is why foreign policy experts are so worried. let's go to the next map showing the ground attacks in ukraine. you can see it really sort of highlights where we have seen the problem so far. obviously, mike tobin and the west, you don't see anything in

the west for a few incidents here and there but look to the east. you see the city of kyiv is more or less surrounded by attacks. nuc the russian troops moving in onto that city. we have had people talk about how they expect the impatient will go faster than it has so far and the city of kyiv would have been more compromised by now but nevertheless, obviously, obviously they are not out of the woods anytime soon. >> carley: that is right. and before this invasion took place they wondered what vladimir putin's next move would be and the answer is he chose all these strategic areas to invite all at once. error, land, and c. and he's moving down from belarus to russia and also from crimea as well which used to be an area completely controlled by ukraine, but then of course in 2014, it has become an area that

russia claims as its own. this leads us to the former soviet states in nato and the baltic areas, latvia, estonia, lithuania. appear in and rush it as state. and then putin might have his sights set on three nato nations, which means what, war with the united states because at that nato agreement, the sanction package yesterday to leak in russia so that doesn't happen but time will only tell if that strategy will work. >> todd: we have 30 days before this kicks in, that is questionable. >> obviously we have been focusing in this region but it does not just the situation in this region but global problem. experts say china's watching for weakness in response to invasion of ukraine as to condemn the kremlin. >> carley: senior fellow at the gate stone, gordon chang, good morning to you.

one of the more concerning things we learned yesterday, the defense ministry said nine chinese aircraft had entered air defense zone. is this a coincidence or hostile act? >> there are no coincidences when it comes to taiwan and china, carley. chinese has staked and will adopt the playbook and putin has been getting away from it because the two rounds of sanctions don't affect his behavior. he can do what he wants. yes, they are are new since nuisance but china will help get around those nuisance. so that means he may think that he can get away with whatever he wants. >> todd: let's drill down on that, how is china able to pick up the slack when it comes to those sanctions? how are they able to help russia get through? >> they have been buying russian

commodities. todd, we have seen on february 4th the announcement of $117.5 billion in new oil and gas deals, just a couple of days ago russia announced the sale of 100 million metric tons of coal to china. these are ways that china can pour more money into russia. in other words to help brush invade ukraine, the baltic states and whatever is in putin's mind at the time. also remember they are resisting oil and gas deals. the flow of money from china to russia is substantial. >> carley: you know whom i think the u.s. and europe have learned a lesson when it comes to ukraine that we need to provide more aid to them. when it comes to taiwan, is the u.s. providing them enough aid right now in the case that china does eventually invade and try to take over? >> no, we are not providing

sufficient aid, the balance of power across taiwan has shifted directly dramatically and china's favor. the arms sales take a very long time. carley come i think we are selling the wrong type of equipment. taiwan needs submarines. it needs all sorts of things which the united states is not providing. we are selling aircraft, f-16s and that is great but if you have a runway, but china is making sure taiwan will have no runways more than a half an hour into a conflict. so there are things we should be providing. i think what we need to do in this particular time, which is critical, we have to think about putting american troops in taiwan is a tripwire so that he will not invade. if they are there he won't think of touching the island. >> todd: frightening times, absolutely frightening times, gordon thank you for the inside, we appreciated. >> carley: thank you, gordon the outbreak in europe proving how energy independent

especially national security. >> todd: senator josh hawley has a new belt to shut down russian energy and address what he calls biden major strategic errors. the details live. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> todd: we are back with a fox news alert. russia invasion of ukraine.

main topic among conservatives at g pack. >> carley: . >> carley: the energy policy calling on the president to make the u.s. energy independent once again. joining us live from saint pat in orlando, brooke good morning. >> hey good morning, guys vladimir putin invasion into your crane a strong response from republicans at cpac. ted cruz from texas arrived at the conference thursday and said invasion occurred because putin and his advisors prioritized partisan politics over substance. other g.o.p. leaders turning to american energy and how we have become dependent on foreign oil. josh hawley telling fox news digital about new legislation he plans to introduce on monday that would lift regulations on american energy production. listen to this. >> we need to shut down or to production and open up our own. joe biden has made a major strategic air and he come into

the office and lifted sanctions on the energy pipeline and stuffed dollars and putin pocket. we should open up hours. >> other republicans want putin to redevelop american energy and offer it to u.s. allies so they are not relying on russia. >> we've got to maintain american energy independence, but also support energy. the european so we can go to them and say, we have your back. take clean american natural gas. we will help you were to be saved to the russians, okay, we will shut down oil and bankruptcy again. >> senator marco rubio criticizing the hypocrisy of the biden administration for relying on foreign energy, listen. >> to cancel the keystone pipeline, no more leases on federal lands, all kinds of new regulations that make it difficult to fully utilize regulations and we have children in charge of these major

geopolitical movements making silly, ridiculous decisions. >> we will hear more from senator marco rubio today or at cpac along with secretary of state mike pompeo. kristi noem, todd, carley. >> carley: victor davis hanson said the wake-up call to progressives. >> we will look after the insane efforts and people in the squad and hard left to shut down voluntarily almost 3 million barrels a day of oil production. that is not just green pipe rebut results and deaths, real desk, people died when you do that. they have to realize that and it's crazy and we have to take a hard look at nato. we have pleaded with the germans, do not cut a deal with putin. do not get reliant on putin energy. why don't you import liquefied natural gas in the united states or is really pipeline? anything other than russia and

we were completely ignored. >> carley: and america needs approximately more than 200,000 barrels extra then it would if the keystone pipeline was operating. how about those numbers there. >> todd: unbelievable, cybersecurity with a cold war and the u.s. on signs of russian hacks on america's critical infrastructure. >> the pressure pursue cyberattacks against our companies in our critical infrastructure. we are prepared to respond. for months we have been working closely with private sector to harden cyber defenses, sharpen our ability to respond cyberattacks as well. >> former air force chief software officer joins us live. nobody better to talk to then you. how vulnerable are we to a cyber attack? >> thanks, carley, i can tell you the current state of cyber defense when it comes to critical and at the kindergarten level. we are at risk the u.s. grid

down in a few hours, but also water festivities and pretty much all empowering right now is at risk because we have not invested enough in and the last five to ten years and the u.s. is the leading defense capability with the defense. but when it comes to defense and defending our critical assets, we are in real trouble. >> todd: let's get into the offensive capabilities. what can we do and what should we do? >> we have to be very careful, right? if you start using these capabilities, first of all, russia will be able to patch the system rapidly too. you have seen the hiking group announced last night that they have hacked the russian media tv last night the westside and down right now. so clearly, we are not the only ones capable of attacking back

russia. again, if we start using these capabilities, what is to stop russia from going after critical -- and you know you don't want to be leading there because you just put yourself in trouble. >> carley: that is the big question for the electric grid, major american banks are a big possibility. most americans right now would want to know if something like this were to take place and we were to enter cyber war with russia, what to expect. >> well, we could easily lose the graceful days and lose our water supplies. the banking system is not the worst. in fact, it is the best we have. the cybersecurity, in the meantime, the capabilities of banks is really one of the best market that we have going on right now. health care is at risk. you see tremendous risk when it comes to health care facilities and devices inside of hospitals as well. so this is really something that you don't want to play with just

like nuclear weapons, when you start using them, you don't know where they stop. >> todd: is there anything the average american can do to protect themselves? >> of course, you don't want your device is compromised, but that is not really what russia cyber offense capabilities will go after. they will go after some of the critical things. so there is nothing we can do as individuals. we should really ask congress and the department of homeland security to be on the new cyber -- they have been doing a good job the last few months putting pressure on companies and investing in defending cyber capabilities but too little, too late. >> todd: nicolas chaillan it is disappointing that it took this to finally wake us up. hopefully our vulnerabilities are not exposed. we appreciate that insight, sir, thank you. in the meantime it is about to be 5:00 a.m. on the east coast

and we turn to this fox news alert. ♪ ♪ >> >> carley: ukrainian president vladamir putin -- volodymyr zelenskyy is asking for help and begging nato forces not to break down. >> todd: mike is live on the ground in western ukraine, sirens are blaring. and rich is live at the pentagon. >> carley: steve harrigan says he is hearing tanks and rifle fire in kyiv for the first time this morning. steve. >> steve: carley, for the first time we're hearing small-arms fire, including rifle shots. fighting is inside the city