punishes further russian aggression. martha: mark, thank you. that is the story of this saturday, february the 26th, 2022, as war rages in ukraine. we will see you back here on monday at 3:00, "the big saturday show" starts right now. have a good afternoon, everybody. ♪ ♪ [background sounds] >> [inaudible] [gunfire] [sirens] >> the battle for kyiv, russia invades ukraine's capital city.

it's all happening right now. hello, everyone, i'm aishah hasnie, and welcome to this special hour of "the big saturday show." ukrainian forces and thousands of freshly recruited volunteers regaining control of kyiv's streets after russian troops tried to enter the city, and now they are stepping up their attacks. ukraine's president zelenskyy remaining defiant, vowing not to flee and saying that they have survived yet another night of violence, and they will keep defending their country. we want to -- we will get to trey yingst who is in ukraine right now in just a few moments, but first i want to bring in everyone and talk about what's happening at this hour. obviously, kyiv has not fallen as quickly as most people predicted that it would. joey, want to come to you first and ask how much of this does that have to do with just the ukrainians and how defiant they are, but also the fact that president zelensky has not fled

the country? >> yeah. well, in four hours of dedicating programming this morning, we could not answer this question on "fox & friends" with every expert we brought on. and the question is, is this because the ukrainians are pushing back more than expected or more successfully than expected, or is vladimir putin and the russian playing it close to the chest, are they not bringing the full firepower they could bring, and what is the answer here. i think what we determined is it's a little bit of both. and i think that vladimir putin probably expected the ukrainian citizens to accept their fate under russia a lot quicker and a lot, perhaps, more anxiously than they have. the will of the ukrainian is rye president's still on the ground, and i think it's a testament to a nation that wants to be independent. >> we do have trey i didn't think so live now in kyiv -- trey yingst. trey, if you can hear me, tell me what you're seeing on the ground, and talk to us about the

resistance that you're seeing. >> reporter: yeah. so tonight we've heard a number of air raid sirens going off, and it is indicative of what could come in the next few minutes even. also the hotel warning us to go into shelters because there's intelligence that officials here in kyiv have, and they say there are going to be russian strikes on this city tonight. we've seen a very resilient population, a population that says they will pick up arms and fight. police stations all over the city today handing out weapons to civilians who plan to fight alongside the armed forces. we were in the streets of kyiv today talking with those civilians and getting a look at the aftermath of street battles that took place last night and the aftermath of an apartment complex that took a direct hit from a russian missile. take a look at that scene. overnight fierce fighting erupted between the ukrainian army and russian forces in the streets of kyiv. this truck is riddled with bullet holes, and there's blood

on the sidewalk. this morning a russian missile slammed into this building in the ukrainian capital of kyiv. this gives you a sense of the destruction that these weapons can cause. right now ukraine is appealing to the international community to send air defense systems as their country is under attack. again, at this hour officials in kyiv issued a unique alert different from the if normal sirens that go off in this city when there are air bombardments targeting the population here. this going out to everyone to get underground immediately. we have seen these alerts before, and minutes later russian bombardment begins. so everyone has to take this very seriously because as you saw the aftermath of that missile strike, people are dying. there is blood in the streets of this capital and across this country amid a russian invasioning, and just miles from where we are standing there are russian troops trying to make their way into this capital city and take over. back to you. >> trey, we know that there are

so many people right now, thousands, that are fleeing, and the unhcr predicts there could be up to 4 million people that will flee the country. can you tell us about those folks that you've seen underground taking shelter, the ones that can't leave, they can't afford to leave? >> i describe it to you like this, imagine someone comes to your door and they say you have to get underground immediately. there's going to be a bombing campaign against your city. what do you grab? and that's exactly the thought process of these civilians that we spoke with. they had to go through this. so when we went to the kyiv metro underground to speak with these individuals, they had with them their pets, their children and just maybe a bag, something they could grab quickly, and they have been living there on any supplies they could bring with them because they are worried. their homes are going to be destroyed much like that apartment building that we saw earlier today. and those who are not underground hiding right now, fearing for their lives, are

preparing for those russian troops to enter the city. they're doing everything that they can from building molotov cocktails and they are really just getting instructions sometimes from the television or the internet to do that. some others tell us they're grabbing knives, preparing to do everything they can simply to kill russian troops who enter their city. they understand this is an invasion of the ukrainian sovereignty, this is the nightmare scenario that was warned about but not the most likely outcome. and it's taking place right now. and so civilians here are preparing everything that they can, and those who can't prepare are literally in churches behind us praying for a safe and peaceful outcome. >> wow. >> trey, sean duffy here. it's interesting the spirit and the will of the ukrainian people, and they're passing out guns and they're ready to fight when russia comes to the streets, but those guns don't do anything against the tanks. so is the ukrainian military

armed with anti-tank missiles to take out those tanks should they come into the city, or is ukraine just stuck with the arm arms that are being passed out to the civilians? >> they have a number of anti-tank javelin missiles, many of them from the americans that were given to the ukrainians before this started. and they're actually requesting some more of these anti-tank missiles because they are so successful in hitting russian troops as they enter this country. the ukrainian defense ministry says they have been extremely successful in hitting troops as they come across the border in different convoys. they're also looking for anti-aircraft battery ares. we've seen a number of helicopters and planes shot down by the ukrainian forces, and so far a big topic of conversation here among officials has to do with air superiority. the russians have not been able to completely control the air space despite the pact that their air force is nearly ten times the size of the you clay -yard line -- ukrainian air

force. and we've seen a lot of russian propaganda claiming they've taken out every air defense battery in this country, and it's not true. we've also seen different planes and helicopters shot down. so the ukrainians are bringing a fierce battle in the air and on the ground, and they are appealing at this hour and today to the international community to get more weapons and air defense systems into the country. the big question is how they're going to do that. the air space is shut down right now. they do have neighboring countries that could bring convoys of weaponry over, but we are in the middle of an active war zone right now, and it will be extremely difficult to do that. >> trey, katie pavlich here. great to hear from you and see what you're doing there on the ground. you're there among the people who are in station, bomb shelters. can you talk about the fact that the president of you seine, zelenskyy -- ukraine, did not flee and has been going out into the it streets each day with video to say i'm still here, our

people are fighting, and how much impact that has had on the civilians who are there fighting back against the threat of russian tanks and the air power, as you mentioned, that is ten times bigger than what the ukrainians have right now. >> reporter: yeah. the president, volodymyr zelenskyy, has pledged to stay in the capital of kyiv and fight back against the russians as they enter this city. and he understands he is the number one target for russian forces who, according to the american intelligence officials who provided information to the united nations, they have a list of people that they will kill or capture when they enter this city. and zelenskyy knows that he is at the top of that list, but he is pledging to stayment and so this is really boosting the morale of the population here because they see that their leader is not fleeing. we have covered conflicts around the world where leaders have immediately fled the country when they understand they could be captured or killed. zelenskyy's not doing that, and

neither is the mayor of keefe and other top officials -- kyiv. we talked to a member of parliament, and he brought with him an ak. he said i just picked this up from a police station, they were handing them out like candy, and i asked him what he planned to do today. he said i'm going to the front lines, and i'm going to fight the russians. this is a member of the ukrainian parliament. and he's not the only one. that gives you a sense of the unity that the population here has. those who have the ability to flee and the resources to leave this country aren't doing so. they're digging their heels in. they're loading their weapons and preparing to fight. >> trey, i saw a report on twitter, it's kind of an anecdote, i guess, but a pizza place was giving free pizzas to anyone who came in and had armed themselves. we talk about people hiding in bomb shelters, what about grocery stores and hospitals and emergency rooms? are those still operating? is there efforts to take that underground? is there a possibility of a food shortage? if are there knot enough doctoro

take care of the population that's many hiding? >> reporter: it's a great question. as we walked the streets of kyiv today, we saw lines down the block in front of the few grocery stores that were open. there's a real passenger that people aren't going to be able to get supplies amid this conflict. the same thing at gas stations. only a few of them were open. some of them have actually been converted to military-only gas stations because they want to reserve the fuel for the forces who are going to fight back against the russians. but right now the entire city is under a cur i few until monday morning -- curfew. originally, it had just been in place at night, but the mayor extended it until monday at 8 a.m. knowing that the russians would again attempt to take this city. so people are stuck with the supplies that they have, and there is a real possibility and a real understanding here that as russian forces start to surround this capital of nearly 3 million people, they are already choking off the lifelines to the city.

so things liked food and other resources like fuel will increasingly become more scarce. and as we know from covering wars around the world, it changes the environment. things are much more tense when you can't field your family. feed your family. and how that plays out here, we will see, but there's also a real understanding here that everyone from age 18-60 is going to fight the russians by law are, actually, because a general mobilization order is in place for all men in that age range, and people want to defend their families. they're willing to, again, do it with anything they have. if they don't have a gun, we have been told people are picking up knives, and they're literally bracing for these troops to enter their city. you mentioned the pizza shop, i saw another report of a brewery here in ukraine that has converted to a molotov cocktail factory. they're basically using the bolts to prepare their communite their community to fight the russians any way they can.

>> incredible reporting and analysis, trey. thank you so much. please, stay safe out there, and we'll continue to follow this from the ground. coming up, a mother hiding with her children in a bomb shelter in kyiv makes an emotional plea while her husband is out there fighting on the front lines. >> we just want -- he wants to kill as many ukrainians as possible because he realizes we will not conquer us. we have a very strong spirit here. >> and a miracle in the middle of war, a baby born in a subway station turned bomb shelter. continuing coverage of russia's invasion of ukraine, next. ♪ is built just for me. with the new ww personalpoints program, you take an assessment, enter your goals, the foods you love and what fits into your lifestyle. you don't have to eat diet food. i can enjoy the things that i really love like wine... cheese.

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>> we're back with a fox news alert. civilians are stepping up to fight in ukraine,, one man literally stepping in front of a russian tank in northern ukraine trying to stop it. while civilians fight, their families are hiding in bomb shelters like this mother who spoke to fox news about her husband. >> just because they think, he gives me a letter and i hope i

will see him again, okay? putin wants to kill as many ukrainians as possible, because he realizes right now he will not conquer us. we have a very strong spirit here. he will go to poland, he will go to finland, to the baltic states. he will not stop here. >> and an incredible miracle in the middle of war. baby mia born early friday in a subway station turned bomb shelter. well, babies are always beautiful, but it was heart-wrenching to watch that video of the mom with her baby. and, katie, to you, i wonder if moms across the world hear the plea of that mother and especially moms in russia to stand up and push back against putin to say, listen, enough is enough. no more war. will they stand up, those moms, and protest against this outrageous war especially those russians who might have more of

a voice than the rest of us? >> yeah. you've seen women, too, as well, taking to the streets, lining up to get guns so they can also fight against the russians, making molotov cocktails. war is hell but there's always hope. and that little baby being born in that bomb shelter is one example of that. what this mother was saying is so key and important, because she is speaking for so many people who are many ukraine that, who vladimir putin underestimated. i mean, he assumed that because he had taken over eastern parts of the country in 2014 that ukrainians would just roll over and be perfectly comfortable withing -- being under russian authority and rule. we've seen the complete opposite of that. and the unfortunate thing as well is that civilians are always the casual i in these situations, and vladimir putin has a very horrific track record or of targeting civilians. we've seen him completely flatten entire cities in syria, for example, over the years where hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed. he doesn't blink an eye when he

did that. you asked about moms in russia fighting back against this. we do know there are crematorium trucks that the russians have taken into ukraine in order to kind of cook the books on, you know, the number of soldiers who are being killed, and you have these mothers in russia now saying i don't know where my son is. he was supposed to be at training, and now we're seeing a war has broken out. so the russians and vladimir putin have no intention of being honest with the mothers in russia about what's going on as they target innocent civilians and children in these bomb shelters in the capital of the country. >> yeah, no doubt about that. joey, you know, the spirit of freedom burns bright in the human heart. it's etched op our souls. and hone you look at the resolve of the ukrainian people, if putin is to win this war, will the ukrainians ever submit? if there's a russian operation, it -- occupation, it sounds like it's not going to go well. >> absolutely. i mean, obviously, the passion is alive and well today in the middle of this flight. only time will tell what that looks like moving forward.

i think we all understand that if the russians wanted to, which would mean a massive civilian casualty, they could probably go in and take any city right now. but the collateral it would take not just in weaponry and soldiers and gear, but the collateral it would take on the world stage to kill civilians indiscriminately, maybe that's not what vladimir putin's willing to do yet, and maybe that's the saving grate for all of them. >> i want to talk about the human element and the refugee element. your grandparents were refugees in the bloody partition between india and pakistan. ask you look at the folks that are fleeing and no food and they're walking. talk about the human side of this. >> yeah. i mean, just watching that woman holding a babe and i -- baby and crying, i think back to my 18-year-old grandmother who was heavily pregnant fleeing for her life with my grandfather, and at one point, you know, hiding in the ruins of an old fort with nothing but the sky above them

trying to hide from the people who were trying to kill them. and i remember her telling me a story in pakistan about this, going out into the field at night to try to go to the bathroom and running into a man holding a sword. and the man looked her dead in the eyes and said to her, if you know what's good for you, you better turn around and run and go back to where you came from, and she ranch and that moment of mercy, she always told metathat moment of mercy is the reason why any of us, why i am here today, and so many ukrainians will not receive that moment of mercy. and i just want to bring this up because i said it at the top of the hour, it's so important to think about the numbers. unhcr, the u.n. refugee agency, is expecting up to 4 million people that could cross the border if things continue to deteriorate. 4 million. that is the size of los angeles. and that is on top of the internally displaced people within the country who haven't crossed the border but cannot go back home.

and the biggest unknown about all of this is if russia does take over, these humane mantarian organizations, we don't know if they will be able to help any of these people because they will be at the mercy of the russian government. it is a very, very, very tragic human story we're watching up folding right now. >> all right. we've got to go because, next, the u.s. boosts ukraine's defense in the face of a russian invasion. plus, we'll take you to lviv which is preparing for war. ♪ ♪

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pouring in extra support as a result of what we've seen over the past 48 hours with the ukrainians being able to fight back. we have seen new packages from the u.s., also from germany today. what do you think that's going to do in terms of continuing to push back russian forces who have had a hard time taking any kind of major city at this point? >> yeah, well, the question is why are we giving these armaments in on day three? why weren't they sent in a month ago, two months ago or six months ago? in the fact they're being sent in now is outrageous, even if we can get them in. this is what frustrates me, katie: democrats are failures. you mentioned germany. germany has eradicated their coal-fired power plants, they're getting rid of nuke hard power plants, that makes them more reliant on who? on putin. when i was in congress, i hired the best and smartest people around me. i didn't care if they were gay, straight, brown, i wanted the best people. joe biden, instead of hiring the

smartest and the best, he's more concerned about the color of their skin, their sexual preference or whether they are transgender. you don't get the best people when you do that, and you can't make the wrong call. you want the smartest people add advising the president, not the right color and gender. >> so, joey, the russian defense ministry has reportedly announced -- or reported that it announced its armed forces have been given orders to develop the offensive along all axes. what exactly does that mean given where the troops are located currently in ukraine? >> well, we have a lot of troops right on the polish border, and that's the real problem we have. we talk about bringing in supplies or munitions, probably going to come in from to poland. i know that there's an air base outside of kyiv that i believe the ukrainians still control, it is -- it's kind of gone back and forth. if things come in on land, it's probably going to come through poland, so this is the moment of hesitation, hold our breath and hope this doesn't turn into more than a battle over the

sovereignty of ukraine, that it doesn't turn into nato. you know, if anything happens to poland, we are at war by contract. and that's possible right now. >> we've been watching capitol hill, a number of republicans have been calling for sanctions on the energy sector of russia saying if that doesn't happen, essentially, the united states every single day and the europeans are funding the war on ukraine. so unless, you know, the swift system has been brought up a lot today, it was reported by the ukrainian president that the russians may be taken out of the swift system. we haven't gotten that confirmation yet. but where are we in terms of actually having a bite in terms of the sanctions hitting russia where it hurts, which is the energy if sector, which is their entire economy funding this aggression towards ukraine. >> well, look, congress has been out for about ten days, so lawmakers are coming back to the hill on monday, and you can expect there will be a number of pieces of legislation dealing with energy if that will be

introduced by a number of republicans including senator hawley who's going to come on monday and introduce his bill. let's talk about the numbers really quickly because i think you mentioned that the u.s. has agreed to send 350 million in, an unprecedented amount to ukraine. that is drop in the bucket compared to what the white house has actually asked congress to approve. they're canning for $6.4 billior 6.4 billion in aid, that's a billion with a b, in humanitarian, economic aid and security assistance is. some of that money, about 3 million, will probably be pushed out as quickly as possible in a bill, in a government funding bill that's due in mid march. the rest of it is kind of going to be on the back burner. and, sean and joey, pitch in and help me out with this, because it sort of feels like the administration is playing the long game here, right? the idea that it was expected that kyiv would fall in a matter

of days, they were expecting that, and now they're sort of working on the next couple of weekes or they're sort of trying to line up the money and the weapons and everything else that it would take to sustain a weeks-long, maybe months-long situation to see, to try to see and hope that russia isn't able to hang on. that's what i'm reading from this. >> you're completely right, and i think a what's going to happen here is the congress that does not move fast on anything is going to move fast on giving the president the necessary resources to help ukraine out. everybody agrees with that. >> absolutely. >> all right. well, up next we're going to talk to benjamin hall who arrived in lviv, a city that's bracing for war. we'll talk to him about his journey to get there up next. ♪ ♪ and a seasoned pro. this mom's one step closer to their new mini-van! yeah, you'll get used to it. this mom's depositing money with tools on-hand.

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>> welcome back to "the big saturday show." the mayor of lviv asking residents to take up arms and

defend their territory as he makes unconfirmed claims that ukrainian troops fought off russian forces in his city just hours ago. let's bring in benjamin hall live from lviv. tell us about your journey and where you are. >> reporter: joey, so we just arrived in ukraine a few hours ago. we drove about 12 hours from poland. about 20, 30 miles of cars, streams of people back to to back, a sea of humanity, people trying to flee this conflict and get out. it is women and children. this has happened so quickly that many of them have left everything they had and fled for the border. the u.n. says 120,000 have fled so far, but they say the numbers could rise to 4-5 million, and many of them have nowhere to goment they have to travel and cross the border by themselves because the men aged 18-60 are sent back to defend their country, and that's what they are all doing.

on with hawn hand, you have -- one hand, you have the families split up, the men standing firm battling the russians for the safety of their country. now, we spoke to many people today on that journey. here is what one lady told us about the war. >> translator: just look here, look around. it's not -- it's a real war, and it's just like a threat to the whole world. today it will be ukraine, which country will be the next? nobody knows. he's crazy. he's just crazy. >> reporter: and all along that route that we took today some people had run out of gas, they abandoned their cars, they were walking -- [no audio] but they're not sure where they're going to go. there's countries around them offering support, but speaking of these people who are given up everything, who have lost their livelihoods, it's a reminder of the human toll of this conflict and the liveses that have been so devastated by it.

the western response, the u.s. response, all of them said why did it take -- most of them said why did it take so long for people to act. if the u.s. was so certain this invasioning was happening, why wait to impose sanctions? why drip them out one by one? they are happy actions are being taken now, but they just say it's too little, too late. and they're a proud people that a will push back the russians if they get the support they need. joey? >> wow, benjamin. seems like looking just at a map that it's resplice or nato, you know, knew -- munitions come in, it would be that city that would be a transit point. does that seem to be the case, and what's the military presence there? do they seem to be preparing to accept maybe more missile or more equipment or even food from nato countries? >> it's highly likely this would be one of the cities that come of -- some of that would pass through, its proximity to the

polish border as well as all the forces nato have around that border. where they end up, i really wouldn't be able to say. but we certainly get the impression this is the way they're coming, and it's one of reasons that the mayor of lviv and other citizens here feel this could be a target down the line. we're seeing the city slowly starting to be ringed with defenses. on our drive in, we passed countless checkpoints being set up, sandbags, concrete barriers every mile or two. they feel that there could be some offensive coming this far west and, again, what that's doing is pushing people, potentially millions if this increases, into europe, intrt rest -- into the if rest of europe and nato. that is something that vladimir putin knows all too well has a knock-on effect, and if his aim is to destabilize nato without going into it, this is a way he can do it. joey? >> benjamin, this is aishah hasnie here. we are looking -- watching this

from a world away, an ocean away. i know the woman you talked to mentioned this, but how great is the fear right now on the ground that this might cross borders, that this might actually expand out to -- out of ukraine? >> well, i think the point is nobody knows what putin is going to do now. he has kept people guessing all along, and there was mixed messaging coming up to this advantages. you had the u.s. saying this invasion was imminent, but, of course, president e zelenskyy over here was saying right up until a few days before it happened, we are not sure it's imminent. it's not as though people didn't prepare in the way hay might have, there was mixed messaging. people don't know quite what to expect, it is that fear of the unknown that is so terrifying. so whether he goes to other nato countries, whether he goes across the border, who knows? when you corner a rat, they lash out at you, and some people feel if if the military operation is not going the way putin hoped it would, perhaps he goes further.

we just don't know. but they're taking all the precautions they can right now, and we've seen deployments happening to the nato countries and the eastern statements. that is because there is a concern. wants to make sure that if he tries anything as foolish, frankly, as that, we are ready, nato is ready, europe is ready. >> wow. >> benjamin, this is sean duffy here. it seems like ukrainians, we're now in day four and lviv and kyiv are still standing, it reminds me of this american song we sometimes sing call the star- spangled banner. o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave. i think they're having that same moment saying i can't believe we're nil this fight, and they haven't taken us over yet. are you picking up that same kind of spirit on the ground? >> absolutely. this is a proud, proud country. i said earlier that the women and the children were the ones leaving and the men came back. that was of their own volition. we weren't finding anyone who was upset they had to return.

they're here to fight for their flag, their country with or would want external help. they say they're going to do it. and that's exactly what we're seeing on the groundful ever since crimea was invaded and the donbas in 2014, they have been improving their military. it is not one that is going to be the walk over. yes, it could never stand up to a direct hit from the russian juggernaut, but it is faring better than anyone thought it would, and all the weapons they can get are significant. the announcement by germany that javelins are on the way, very significant. expect more weapons shipments like that. the sanctions are great, but they take a while to kick in. the military operation right now, that's ongoing. the sanctions aren't going to reverse or that overnight. the western shipment, they'll go a long way to end helping push back the russian army. ing. >> benjamin if hall in lviv, thank you. we'll definitely keep in touch with you. now, breaking news, select russian banks are now partially blocked from the swift banking

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>> as ukraine resists a russian invasion, protests supporting ukraine take place all over the world. now some liquor stores and bars

across the u.s. are throwing out their stock of russian vodka as an act of support for ukraine. >> acting as though it's 1939. finish and -- and going in the year with the full force that they have in ukraine, i'm so concerned about it metastasizing into other countries. >> guys, does this mean finish sean, i'll come to you first. this is amazing. i enjoyed seeing this type of support. it's what our country duds. -- does. does this mean americans feel like the government hasn't done enough, so this is their way of contributing to it? >> listen, i think they want to voice their opinion, so they're going to dump their vodka on the street, but this is just hurting the russian people, but it's not hurting pilot, and there's a difference there. it's kind of like when we were at the canadian prime minister, trudeau, and how he he treated his authoritarian ways with the freedom convoy. if we in america dumped out our

maple syrup. that only hurts the maple syrup of canada. so i think we've got to be senator -- smart about how we band panhandle these protests. >> private citizens in the united states of america willing to dump out vodka, the but the u.s. government is still buying oil and gas from russia what kind of message does that send? >> oh, it's pretty terrible. i do like people doing what they can here to send a message because russia likes the propaganda war, and for citizens here to say they're not putting up with this is a good thing. let's not forget that there are older generations and students of history that understand the cold war was actually not that long ago when it comes to history in the united states and history of the world, and they have no interest in repeating it and that this moment does matter in terms of deterring communism and vladimir putin from really trying to take over additional countries in addition to ukraine. but it's not just the pouring out vodka that's happening.

we have republican governor glenn youngkin in virginia ordering his government to review contracts to make sure no tax dollars in the commonwealth are going to russian companies, you also have elon musk who just announced that the starling service he provides is up and running in ukraine to make sure that ukraine still has communications should the russians try to take down communication for the ukrainian civilians to fight back. the rejection of moscow mules may just be a gesture, but there are a number of things happening outside the federal government, the biden administration's response and the europeans that could be helpful in sending an even greater message to vladimir putin and the people of russia. >> you know, we get to protests here in this country and exercise our first amendment free of charge. it doesn't cost us anything, there's no risk. but you look at a russian soccer player that wrote please, no war on a camera, protests they're having in big cities in moscow, st. petersburg, in russia, the

russian people are saying this is not what we want. we also have protests happening in cities all over europe. go outside the u.s., what is the world saying, and will this have any effect on vladimir putin? >> look, i think we're live anything a different world, joey, right? it's so easy to feel so far away from what's happening and feel like you can't do anything about it, but now we're live anything a world of social media where we're able to connect with people like that woman we saw crying underground holding a baby or president zelenskyy. i think a lot of people are identifying with this man that remousses -- refuses to leave his people behind. one of the worst tragedies of afghanistan a for the afghan people was when ghaani left. i think watching these people fight for their lives and stand still and stand strong, i think americans identify with that, and they're trying to do the best they can to help in any way that they can, and you'll see more of it. >> i don't drink so i don't have any vodka to pour out, but i appreciate the gesture. [laughter] breaking news, select russian banks are now partially blocked from the swift banking

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other nato countries are moving to select russian banks to the swift international banking system and targeting russian central bank from deploying international reserve to undermine the sanctions imposed against russia. this is more limited deployment, the nuclear options. however, the notice of the white house and with a warning the allies are willing and ready to impose measures further than the steps taken today which are quite significant. swift international payment symptom is what every bank in the world relies on to make and receive payments, a messaging system through like the gmail of thanks. without the connection to swift, the banks blocked will have to use a telephone or fax machine to make or receive a payment from a bank outside of russia. targeting nearly 80% with

sanctions of the banking sector so we will see significant impacts. >> jacqui heinrich live at the white house, thank you. this is not a complete ban like people have been pressuring president biden to asia. i want you to hit on that but the timing of this because people are so angry not only the united states but germany for taking so long to come to an agreement on this, why was this discussion not had weeks ago? >> there was outrage about italy trying to get luxury goods and carveout for diamonds and russian oligarchs are some of their main customers so there was question about what would happen there. jackie mentioned the nuclear option, very specific to say banks have been chosen. i'm curious to see which banks and if any of them are actually thanks that profit international

payment for oil and gas from russia because if they don't and they are not profiting payment from oil and gas that drives russia's economy, the number one economic, they don't have much else to boost up their economy, europe and the west will continue kinds of noise of dollars a day to fund the war in ukraine so it's a start but unless the banks are targeted by swift processing oil and gas energy payment, we will continue to see this happen and i'm curious given the white house this week president biden said himself wait a month and see get back to me, how long they are willing to wait for a result from the system cut off for results before they move to another option. >> what you think, how do you think russia respond to this now? >> i don't know where russia is, we looking at defensive to take the countries what they are trying to do, vladimir putin is

a place right now were accepting this doesn't make sense either. i think their reaction continues with what they have it makes me wonder how it is, full nuclear and use it to cripple but this looks like more sending a message than a deterrent. >> to wrap it up, is this a final blow are close to the final blow push russia into a new alliance, perhaps china and iran? >> this is dangerous and could create a whole new swift run by the chinese. if you have that, it will be cataclysmic for america. start pumping more tax revenue, that's the answer. >> i think what we are watching right now, we are seeing new alliances possibly army, it's

really interesting. a very important moment in the world right now. thank you, great discussion. an important topic, that is a for us, stick around for continuing coverage of the war on ukraine. we are back tomorrow for the big sunday show. right now, fox report with jon scott starts right now. ♪♪ jon: live look from kyiv refrain ukraine, perhaps a protection against the russian onslaught expected to continue tonight. trey is bringing live pictures from cave. the city surrounded from russian forces that have not advanced as quickly or thoroughly as expected.