he lived up to it in a way that he needed to. >> ainsley: yeah and the immediate polling shows on crime and inflation people say he missed the mark on both of those important issues. governor, thank you so much for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. >> you bet. thanks. >> todd: great being with you on an historic morning. >> carley: absolutely. >> todd: "fox & friends" begins right now. [gunfire] >> ukraine now into the seventh day of fighting. >> as putin continues escalating the weapons that he is using. >> president biden says he is putting putin on notice. >> he thought he could roll into ukraine and the world would roll over, but putin's wrong. >> a plot to assassinate president zelenskyy has been foiled. the assassins have been killed. [explosion] >> yes, yes. >> just this morning the ukrainian government says a russian missile has struck a

national police building. >> now a kremlin spokesperson says russia is ready to resume talks with ukraine today. >> it may be because ever ukrainian resistance, fuel and sustainment issues. >> i hope that some russian people who watch me can understand if your men come here, they will die here. ♪ >> steve: good morning, it is 6:00 in the east on this wednesday, march 2nd, 2022. it is ash wednesday. and we start with a fox news alert. we are following several major stories. first, russia. says it's ready to resume talks with ukraine on -- as putin's war wages on and rages on. russia's restless attacks escalating as a missile slams into a police building in the country wants second largest city which is also under siege. look at that. >> brian: president biden sending a message to vladimir putin in his first state of the union address. i will pause. >> russia's vladimir putin sought to shake the very

foundations of the free world. but he badly miscalculated. >> brian: biden also taking on covid oh, yeah, inflation, and calling to fund the police. i'm not kidding. >> ainsley: it is an election year, brian. >> brian: oh. >> ainsley: midterm cycle a number of races are still undecided there now heading into runoff elections. we have team coverage this morning. will cain is having breakfast with our friends in mcallen, texas, talking to them about the primary and the situation overseas in ukraine. first, let's get right to mike tobin live on the ground in ukraine and lviv with the latest. good morning, mike. >> good morning, ainsley. the ukrainian national security chief now says there was an assassination plot that was foiled. all of the assassins killed chechen hit squad according to the security chief from the elite unit. they slipped into ukraine during the fighting at the gostomel airport. in the chaos they were able to get to the edges.

ukrainians only learned about them tip through russian turn coat who do not support the war. the located all the assassins were killed at the edges of the airport there. meantime in the latest address. president zelenskyy said what ukrainians is facing is beyond humanity. the u.s. president in the state of the union address said they inspire the world. >> to every ukrainian, their fearlessless, courage and determination literally inspires the world. groupings of citizens blocking tanks with their bodies, everyone from students to retirees to teachers turned soldiers defending their homeland. >> and the fighting intensifies in the eastern town of kharkiv, the police headquarters took a hit, at the same time where yesterday the regional headquarters of city or city hall was hit. this as russian forces fire on the urban centers. also this as reports come in that russian paratroopers have taken up position in that

eastern town of kharkiv. and if you notice particularly when you are looking at the map, the areas where the russians have entered from the north, from the east, from the south, their footprint continues to grow. guys, back to you. >> brian: hey, mike, i'm looking around at lviv, how easy, if easy is the right word, how would you characterize the way supplies can go in and out of your city? >> pretty simply. and there are a lot of supplies that are coming in and out of this city. the ak-47s come in. what's interesting when the ak-47s show up. the line to pick up the gun forms and wrap around the building every time without relent. we have seen them making the molotov cocktails pack them up and ship them out to kyiv. the trick is with the highway going from here to kyiv is still about six hours. coming back is about 18. >> steve: oh my goodness. >> ainsley: mike, what about the convoy outside of kyiv, a had

0-mile convoy. many fear that could be a massacre. what are folks on the ground saying? >> they are terrified of it there is a lot of questions now of course why this convoy was able to move this far south, get to the edges of the capital city and just park there you hear a lot of people talking about why aren't they taking to the air and tearing it up? why don't they use the tb 2 drones? well, they can carry four rounds each. when you are talking about a 40-mile convoy. you can't too that much damage and probably lose your drone in the process. >> steve: you are probably right about that. south of where you are at, the black sea port of kherson they have troops in the city. they have got tanks. the mayor says it is still ukraine but the mayor says we are waiting for a miracle. that's really what the people of ukraine need is a miracle because at this point the numbers are just, you know, they are daunting. there are some russians and they are not going to turn around until they get what they want. >> well, they are fighting, you

know, one of the most sophisticated earnls in the world with volunteers, apartment k 47s and molotov cocktails. it's very severe. when you talk about that town of kherson. first of all, the russian military spokesman took to russian tv and said they have already claimed it that is a key piece of real estate because it's got that bridge over the dnieper river and connects the main land with the crimean peninsula the russians have had to 2014 to it their positions in the peninsula. >> brian: thank you. it's amazing what's going on. president biden gives the impression he was taking a bow. look how great it's going rally the world. it's just not been the case. has the president armed the ukrainians, the eventually the answer is yes. his predecessor not donald trump the one he worked barack obama famously gave them mres and they lost a third their country crimea and those two they say russian influenced regions.

but if you look at what's happened since, the russians might be technically sophisticated or they are choosing not to do it. they are now ringing two major cities with their troops for the best they can and they are hammering civilians and civilian targets. they have no interest in hitting military installations, they are just indiscriminately hitting apartment building. they will tighten screws and go ahead and make life miserable for those inside those two major cities, kyiv wells as kharkiv, and they are making especially in kharkiv's case, they are in there in an area they thought they would walk through. because 98% of the residents are russian-speaking. they said we will go up and there take the second major stickers get some people and rally and take the capital. they hate the russians. they have no interest in it. and they are fighting like hell. if you can't get supplies in,

time is not on their side. and i wonder how-what we're going to do. are we just going to sit there and watch these people get annihilated, every building be destroyed? >> ainsley: what's hard is when you watched that speech last night the state of the union. you hear him talk and see these images of crimea. or of ukraine. and you know that he is part of the problem here. he is one of the people, one of the leaders in such a great country that walked into the presidency about energy independence. we are giving the money back to russia. we are buying oil from russia. we are begging opec to continue to produce oil for our country. we are buying oil from iranian and our energy prices are up. he walked into the office with energy independence, he shut down the keystone pipeline and now we are dependent on other countries. >> steve: and russia is dependent on american dollars to buy his oil and gas and we continue even though there are

blockades everywhere, against russia, the united states buys about a billion dollars worth of putin's stuff every day and that is financing all of the damage that you are looking at in these images. and to mike tobin's point, the people of ukraine are terrified because. you know, there is somebody knocking at the door and there is nobody coming to help them except themselves. joe biden last night, there at his 62 minute state of the union where he inexplicably ended his comments with go get them, he spent the first 10 or 15 minutes talking about ukraine. and talking about how the united states and our european allies are in lock step, trying to do whatever we can but it's limited. watch. >> russia's vladimir putin to shake the very foundations of the free world. thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways.

but he badly miscalculated. he thought he could rule into ukraine and the world would rule over. instead, he met with a mall -- a wall of strength he never anticipated or maghtd. he met ukrainian people. [applause] he thought he could divide us at home in this chamber and this nation. he thought he could divide us in europe as well. but putin was wrong. we are ready. we are united, and that's what we did. we stayed united. putin is now isolated from the world more than he has ever been. we're cutting off russia's largest barn from international financial system. preventing russia's central bank from defending the russia ruble. making putin $630 billion war fund worthless. choking russia's access. [applause] >> we're choking russia's access to technology that will sap its economic strength and weaken its military for years to come.

>> brian: is he right. i love the fact that they stop fights coming in and out. and american companies like shell are saying we are not dealing, netflix we are not dealing over there apple will not be selling new parts over there i can go on and on. general motors and ford also doing -- i love the way they are doing that buff the president has got to take the next step. he has got to do what canada said and we are no longer buying russian oil. believe me, democrats will understand, aoc is not going to get angry at you. republican also rally behind you and they will say yeah, you were a couple of days or weeks late but let's stop doing it we can get it from other places and the pledge to drill in other places or the pledge to drill in other places i understand by economic experts will effect the price of oil. you do that, as well as sanction energy stocks, you will continue to strangle vladimir putin in a way he never anticipated. and word is there is already limitations on how much he can take out, $10,000 bank lines

continue to heat up. and guess what? they have lost 1500 people already. it seems like the ukrainians have, too. and what they're doing is they are leaving the bodies on the battlefield. and the thing that stopped the afghanistan war for the russian's perspective allegedly reportedly were the moms, the russian moms said my kids are not going to go die in that hellish region. and they forced a change in government essentially that could be happening here. and that's what ukrainians are coming out and talking about the russians changing heart. not knowing what they are doing. not willing to take the fight. morale being low. that's got to be the combination that stops this carnage if we won't do it ourselves. >> steve: you know, brian, it would be great if the president talked about energy independence. he did not do that in his state of the union address. and i think you could tell why because the second topic after he talked about ukraine is about inflation and about how high prices are killing americans and he is absolutely right. he does not want the price of

gas to go up. unfortunately it is and the more smoldering -- are those elliptical machines, whatever they are that bombed out building. >> that's the russians going to the gyms. >> steve: it's awful. >> we have telling. we heard earlier that apparently the ukrainian security team took out that assassin team that was hunting down zelenskyy. because apparently, mr. putin didn't trust his own russian army to be able to finish the job, although the ukrainians apparently have killed the assassin team. meantime in state run media in russia they are looking for more killers. and there is actually a recruitment drive for members senaries. ads offering soldiers up to $2,400 a month if they would like to take part of it and there was, by the way, if you are wondering how people are feeling in russia there was a

new state poll done about the support for vladimir putin. last week his support was at 60%. this week in this state run poll, his approval rating is at 70%. extraordinarily. >> ainsley: yeah. keep in mind he controls that country. >> steve: state run. >> ainsley: afraid to stand up against him. stood up and thanked the crowd. she put her hand over her heart and she had a standing ovation. the lawmakers many of them were wearing yellow and blue ties or yellow ty blue sport coat. the ukrainian ambassador stood up to thank everyone and everyone gave herr a standing ovation. joe biden did not address inflation. did not address increasing time the $30 trillion deficit. didn't mention build back better and all the americans that are still stranded in afghanistan because of that disastrous withdrawal. did talk about covid-19 and the freedoms now but many are criticizing him saying it's hypocritical because of all the

mandates and all of the lock junes and he ran out of the tests at christmas time and monoclonals and continue at this virals and more americans died last year than they did under donald trump. listener to what biden said about covid. >> last year covid-19 kept us apart, this year we're finally together again. [applause] >> tonight we meet the democrats, republicans, and independence but most importantly as americans. with a duty to one another to america, to the american people, to the constitution, and an unwavering resolve that freedom will always triumph over tyranny. let's use this moment to reset. to stop looking at covid as a partisan dividing line. the vast majority of federal workers will once again work in person. our schools are open. let's keep it that way. our kids need to be in school.

[ applause ] >> brian: that's about as sincere as i worked on the border. >> ainsley: he is the reason they are closed. >> brian: let's not divide the country this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. come on, man, wear your mask. think about somebody else. instead of following the science when it was pretty clear that the masks weren't effective. obviously joe manchin standing up and standing to mitt romney on the republican side. i definitely took note of that i'm sure you did, too. the president on covid-19 is as late as he is with the sanctions as late as he is with ukraine. because once again, these states start dropping the mask mandates, the vaccine mandates. even new york, and then he says follow the science. just so happens the science came in on the day of the state of the union address. what a coincidence. >> ainsley: they are more at risk than my child is they north wearing mask buff my daughter is still going to school with a mask. >> steve: i think i saw two masks in all. the same day they lyfted the

mask restriction there in the well of the house of representatives, they lifted it at the white house as well so that the president could talk about how we are all getting back together and things are getting back to normal. you know, he did beg for unity. but he did accuse the republicans of only helping the rich. he did talk about build back better. but now he is rebranded it now it's build a better america. regarding inflation, he said the companies are gouging, it's not supply, you know, supply chain issues on his watch or government spending, it's those darn companies, and he is going to start cracking down on prices. i don't know how he is going to do it. at the end he did talk about, you know, four big things that he was going to try to tackle, three of which are mental health, cancer, and veterans. and then at the conclusion of his speech, he said go get them. which was a head scratcher. after that, the republican

response came from the governor of the state i was born in, iowa. here is kim reynolds and she was talking about in many ways how -- what the president had talked about with taking them back to the 70s with inflation out of control. and the russians as well. here's the governor of iowa. thankfully the president's agenda didn't pass because members of his own party said enough is enough. well, the american people share that view. enough is enough. americans are tired of a political class trying to remake this country into a place where an elite few tell everyone else what they can and cannot say what they can and cannot believe. they're tired of people pretending the way to end racism is by categorizing everybody by their race. they are tired of politicians who tell parents they should sit

down, be silent and let government control their kids' ' education and future. frankly, they are tired of the theater. where politicians do one thing when the cameras are rolling and another when they believe you can't see them. or they demand that your child wear a mask but they go maskless. so you have heart the excuses. they were just holding their breath but it's the american people who are waiting to exhale. waiting for the insanity to stop. >> ainsley: what a line. brian if you shut off your tv you shouldn't have. there was a rebuttal to the rebuttal. rasheda tlaib spoke how mad she is and her party not passing build back better and child care. the guy in charge you are pretty much yelling at him. as josh scott heimer said keying your own car and slarning tires. kim reynolds is come up 8:40.

the maddening thing that had me tossing talking about the border as if he was cracking down on it as if he made progress on it as if he arrested one guatemalan too early. >> ainsley: need to secure a border. >> brian: while a wall rusts in the dessert. 2 million cross and border patrol was told catch and release. in fact, don't even bother catching. we have no idea who is here only because he wants that to happen. flying people into west chester, four cities in pennsylvania, as well as jacksonville and orlando. we get it no one buys it as well as you defunding the police. i want to fund the police. really? does any cop out there or heir families belief that he believes that he a. >> ainsley: because it's an election year. he never mentioned inflation if effects every family across the country. the president think it's a high class problem. when her kids were little she would stay at home husband go to the work. pass in the front yard. she would get in the car and she

would go work at a grocery store. i saw people at the grocery store line which you see all the time now, people selecting what's most important and putting it back. put the items back that they can't afford because there is a budget that every family has to stay within. and she said this is effecting every single american. she said crime, i feel like i'm going back in time because we are going back to the old days where crime was rampant. she talked about bidenens weakness on energy. she said he has contributed to what is happening in russia and ukraine. she said that biden eliminated the oil production here at home and now we're dependent on them. we are giving russia money and now russia is yoursing that money to take out ukraine. >> steve: we are going to have the governor of iowa in about two hours and we are going to have chad wolf talking about immigration and things like that. so we were just discussing coming up in the next couple of men's. 21 now after the top of the hour. carley joins us with other news because it's election day. >> brian: one doesn't mind cutting off russian oil joe manchin. >> carley: he was sitting with

the republicans last night did you notice that? age. >> ainsley: did you see when they walked down the aisle mics were up we are sitting together where are our seats? >> carley: he mentioned the border thing. got to secure our borders. i almost spit my water out when he said that because is he looking at the poll numbers and he sees that people don't like thinks border policies but interest is no meat behind that plan. one throw away line. don't expect anything to change. the border issue is a big texas issue. let's stay right there. because 2022 midterm elections officially underway beginning with a primary in texas democrat beto o'rourke will challenge greg abbott after wins his primary in the 2 eighth district the democratic primary believed henry cuellar and it aoc backed cisneros heading to run off election along with the g.o.p. attorney general primary race ken paxton and george p. bush. a pair of army veterans poised to win their primaries for open

seats. morgan luttrell the fronts runner in texas 8th director district wesley hunt the favorites in texas newly drawn 3 eighth district. senate majority leader chuck schumer will meet with president biden's supreme court nominee judge kentanji brown jarntion. it's her first announced meeting with the senator in what it is expected to be weeks of one-on-one sit downs. jingsd nominated jackson to succeed justice stephen breyer. she would be the first black woman supreme court justice. democrats they hope have her confirmed by april 8th. burger king is making some deep fried cuts to its menu in an effort to counter rising cost. the fast food will reduce the number of chicken nuggets from 10 to 8. it will help to limit the impact of higher input coors to help improve restaurant level profitability. burger king also removed it popular whopper as a core

discount item. say it ain't so, steve, over to you. >> steve: can't be have it your way anymore. thank you, carley. >> you bet. >> as illegal migration hits a record high, president biden is making his message clear. calling for amnesty, essentially, in his state of the union. >> pathway for citizen for dreamers, those with temporary status. farm workers, essential workers. revise our laws. so businesses have workers they need. families don't wait decades to reunite. it's not only the right thing to do. it's economically smart thing to do. let's get it done once and for all. >> steve: okay. if all depends on how you get it done. our next guest calls this lip service with no real vision. former acting dhs secretary chad wolf is here to explain. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> he said he wanted to secure the border. but he has government an odd way of doing it, doesn't he?

>> well, he certainly does. again, you are exactly right. it was lip service. i think the president ticked off a number of wish list items when he talked about immigration reform. another push for congress to pass immigration reform. and i think the president forgot that he actually has a lot of power, executive power to stop the crisis that's going on down on the border today. you know to the two to three minute that's mentioned immigration in that speech, there was no vision. there was no strategy. he talked about securing the border but he didn't actually say how he would secure the border. so, i think it was lost on many americans that he is not serious about the crisis that continues along that southern border. >> steve: i think, you know, when he brought it up, i was surprised to see that but then i realized it's like a rorschach test. it all depends which side of the aisle you are on what you hear. if you are democrat, for the most part, you hear he is going to try to fix immigration. it's like okay, we are going to figure a way to make all these

people american citizens. whereas if you are somebody who is more interested in security. when you hear we are going to secure the border you are thinking okay, somebody is going to actually stand at the border and say hey, if you don't have papers, you have got to turn around and to the other way. he didn't say either. >> right. here is the fundamental problem. you know, the president had talked about again amnesty for group of individuals, not only dreamers but if you listened, he talked about a number of other populations. so in the midst of the worst border drivers where every continual pull factor driving people north, the president now announces that we are going to give millions of folks amnesty. well, guess what? you are going to have sump a push towards that border, additional populations that it's just simply the wrong approach. until you secure that border cure not talk about other populations that are here illegally and what to do with them. >> the first step is securing that border and, again, no vision, there was no strategy. was not talk about a border wall

system there was not talk about migrant protection protocols, asylum agreements. there wasn't talk about how you secure that border and enforcing the rule of law. >> sure. of course the first 10, 15 minutes of his address was about ukraine. apparently, according to our sources big banks and other entities are saying that after the invasion, apparently russia has been hitting us with cyberattacks over a 48 hour period it's gone up 800 percent but, you know, i haven't heard anything about something happening to wells fargo or anything like that. i guess our defenses are working? >> yeah, i don't think that this should be a surprise to anyone. you know, russia not only has the capability but has shown the willingness over the years to use cyberattacks on the west. on europe as well as the united states. so, we get attacked here in the united states not only from a federal government standpoint, but also our private sector companies as well.

hundreds and thousands of times a day. and so they are sharing that information from not only from dhs but the department of justice and dod and others. helping these companies shore up their defenses. mainly probably at the financial sector but really across all of our critical infrastructure. probably their shields are up. because they know that this is likely coming as the u.s. does more and more sanctions. and gets more and more involved in this crisis, we become a target for those cyber criminal actors. >> steve: kind of a detailed question but are these russian hackers, you know, those groups of hackers or is this the actual russian government. >> i think they keep that vague for a reason. as we know a lot of these actors freight out of russian territory and do that with the acknowledgment from the russian government and putin. whether they are actually employees or the like. there is tacet agreement with

the russian government to continue these attacks. >> steve: all right. sounds like they're. chad, thank you very much for staying up late and getting up early today. >> thank you. >> steve: you bet. still ahead, president biden's state of the union address speech getting split reviews res from lawmakers. what did voters think? lee carter has the dials about what you thought and she is coming up next. ♪ ♪ you know how i feel ♪ (coughing) ♪ breeze driftin' on by ♪ ♪ you know how i feel ♪ copd may have gotten you here, but you decide what's next. start a new day with trelegy. ♪ ...feelin' good ♪ no once-daily copd medicine has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy helps people breathe easier and improves lung function. it also helps prevent future flare-ups.

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ains it an elections year lee what did the pollsters say. >> it is. this is the one moment that everybody came together and really agreed that this was about time that he said this the democrats gave it an a, independents and republicans both gave it a b. one person said it best. he said i'm glad he said this defund the police is the stupidest slogan democrats have dragged into the mix. it's time to let it go. stand behind our men and women in blue. that i think really sums up well why people respond sod well to this moment. >> ainsley: in the past they said redirect, reimagine. some democrats have even said to refund. thank you, lee. let's look at this soundbite if if this is the president praising the ukrainians as a wall of strength against putin. >> six days ago russia's vladimir putin sought to shake the very foundations of the free world. thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways. but he badly miscalculated. he thought he could roll into ukraine and the world would roll

over. instead, he met with a mall -- a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined. he met the ukrainian people. >> ainsley: lee? >> now, this is a little bit surprising to me because i think this is a really strong message but democrats georgia this an a plus and independents a b and republicans a c. i think it's important look at the comments people made about this it's not that people aren't standing with ukraine. people across the board stand with ukraine. they are just a little bit skeptical of what our role is going to be and how we are going to oaddress all of this overall. a little bit of reserved reaction among independence and republicans there. but everybody is solidly and squarely behind the ukrainian people right now. >> ainsley: let's watch the rebuttal speech by the republican iowa governor kim reynolds. >> if we, as elected leaders, are doing our job, then the government is working well but operating in the background. it's supporting the ingenuity and spirit of our people.

not drowning them out. it's keeping them safe not restricting their freedom. that's what i believe. that's what republicans believe. and that's what republicans are doing. >> ainsley: lee? >> so can you see there democrats gave this a c. independents a b and republicans an a. a lot of people really resonate with the idea that the government should be in the background that they shouldn't be involved in our everyday decisions. this is something we saw really resonated in virginia when it came to education and something resonating across the board. i would expect this to be part of the republican message going forward should be and a lot of people want to hear let's get our freedoms back. >> ainsley: thank you, lee. >> thank you. >> ainsley: you are welcome. still ahead the race for governor is set in texas. governor greg abbott will face off against beto o'rourke in november. will cain is live in mcallen

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because it means everything to you. discomfort back there? instead of using aloe, or baby wipes, or powders, try the cooling, soothing relief or preparation h. because your derriere deserves expert care. preparation h. get comfortable with it. >> brian: voters in texas kicking off the 2022 midterms by heading to the polls. >> ainsley: texas deciding two candidates for governor while two other races were too close to call. >> steve: our own grady trimble is live in houston with the results from the lone star state. good morning to you, grady. >> good morning, steve, ainsley, and brian. yes, the stage is set in the governor's race but several other important races here in texas are headed to run-offs. governor greg abbott in the governor's race will take on former congressman beto o'rourke. owe o'rourke, of course, proved

to be a formidable force for texas democrats in his 2018 bid to defeat senator ted cruz which he narrowly lost. abbott though says he and his party represent the values of the lone star state. >> texas faces a very profound question this election. take a left turn a pat that would destroy jobs, open our borders and endanger our community or do we maintain the course that has secured greater freedom, more jobs and safer communities? >> an important race to watch is district 28 which is headed to a run off on the democratic side between congressman henry quay our and jessica cisneros. square are a 8 terms and conservative democrat going against his party on issues like border security and abortion. cisneros is far more progressive and received the endorsement of congresswoman aoc and senator

bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. on the republican side the attorney general's race is headed to a run off. a.g. ken paxton will face texas land commissioner george p. bush. so we will have to wait until may, steve, ainsley and brian to see which way those races go come november. >> brian: thanks, grady, if you can find the other two republican candidates with george p. bush when they drop off the run off will be a lot closer. 17 minutes before the top of the hour. speaking of the lone star state, let's head down to mcallen where will cain is talking to voters about the big news of the day. will, we gave you that assignment but a lot of times you like to do your own thing. no, i will do what i am assigned, brian, you know, i'm a good member of the team. let's do that actually pick up on grady's report right there. that was pretty fascinating. what's fascinating to me is that 2th district henry square are a just jessica sis sara knows. the democratic primary. which way does the democratic party go? let me introduce to you danny

and carol over here. danny and carol from mcallen. they from this area from the rio grande valley. if the democratic party goes the way of progressives like jessica sis narrows endorsed by aoc over henry square are a who cares about immigration what does it mean if the future. >> probably means more progressive policy ideas, of that the squad like he mentioned too progressive. they have the idea that it's best that the people here of of the valley have more of a moderate to central ideas such as cuellar. >> will: i think that run-off right there in that democratic

primary is a national story. now, obviously the state of the union is a national story. let me introduce to you rich, greg and linda. what their take away fromst was from last night. we were talking, rich, about economics and what president biden had to say about inflation and the way to get costs under control. >> well, he has to get costs under control by cutting down on will spending. and, you can't get out of inflation by keep raising rates the way they are doing. this is four years of the worst inflation that we have ever seen here. >> will: you were telling me earlier it's economics 101. all three of these individuals, two of which served by the way, own small businesses, wow, i wish we would have thought about that. just cut costs, right, greg? >> you can't control inflation by cutting cost and not giving employees additional money. you need to cut inflation by being wiser in your decision-making business wise. and we're seeing that happen in

all business areas. we were just talking about restaurants, you know, they're reducing their menus and their staff is limited. and this goes on. it's all over the country that we have this concern and problem. >> will: so, you know, the take away here in talking to the diners who got here early this morning is the state of the union really created an alternative reality i heard. it's one that americans aren't experiencing as they sit around and talk about what is happening over breakfast with their neighbors. it's one where the economy is going well. i will be talking to americans texans all morning long and we need to talk about ukraine as well. it's fascinating how does the average american feel about ukraine? do they want to see more american involvement? face off against a nuclear rival like russia. we 8 be talking all morning long about these important issues facing americans from sweet temptations right here in mcallen, texas. back to you guys, ainsley, brian, and steve.

>> brian: there is a texas refining company that is refusing to refine russian oil. so at least we know that's the bread basket of the oil industry. some are standing up not waiting for america policy to change. >> will: yeah. that's right. i think the question is, when you bring up an economic issue, brian, that's what i have heard all morning long. why are we buying russian oil? if we want to do something, that's an easy first place to starts. news overnight nord stream 2 the company that runs it insolvent because germany has pulled the plug and now they, yesterday, they fired 102 of the employees who were in charge of building that together. >> brian: let's shut down nord stream 1. thank you, will, thanks for joining us, appreciate it. >> steve: sweet temptations. >> brian: coming up. president biden is pushing the country to buy american.

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is all about spending and has been for the last year. so if you want to solve things, mr. president, don't talk about wages, talk about price what's driving those up. >> brian: these horrible retailers are paying or mr. for the products they have to put it into the price because they are not in to losing money. you don't stay in business that wait a minute i never took brian's course in college. let's take a look at the inflation surge as compared to the wage growth surge. wage growth pretty cool. 5.7%. most people feeling pretty good about it also people know 7.5%. are they just giving it back in other areas? >> that's the problem. you are seeing your wages go up but then you are going to the grocery store and going to the pump. president has to stop talking about the wage story. he has always gotten this wrong. wages going fastest those at the bottom before the pandemic started it hasn't been a wage problem in this country for the past two years. it's been a spending problem. the problem is when it comes to inflation, that's what he is pushing more of. more spending. that's what is going to keep driving prices. >> brian: talking about con glom

member rats. supply as well as meat. talk about his state of the union speech. going to problem with high gas prices. release more from strategic oil reserves. so, what is that going to mean for the global price of oil and gas? >> it means nothing. everybody knows it means nothing. it's a day and a half worth of oil. it's like pouring a bottle of water into the ocean which tells you he is not interested in bringing down prices for americans. that's not his goal. you know that. he wants to decarbonize this economy. so high prices are part of his program. this is window dressing to placate voters. >> brian: so, i did not know this. you probably did. i did not know we were russia's number one oil and gas customer and i didn't know that we changed that around over the last year. we are now number one. that's why the president says i'm going to continue to take russian oil if you compare what choice do i have? i don't want to effects the global market. the keystone xl pipeline was never online about to be. 830,000 barrels a day. as compared to 670,000 barrels

that we get from russian oil. i ask you this we get it from canada, refined in texas, right? so, why wouldn't -- if you told the american people, listen, for a year and a half we might have to suck it up for an extra dollar of gas. let me tell you what's coming down the pipeline. >> that's the point here. you are not going to flip the market in a day with this. but this is the path toward getting away from russian oil. and everybody gets that the point is, if it's not going to happen get better start now so we can get somewhere with this. >> brian: if i can squeeze this in. the "wall street journal" journal stories today american people and different companies making policy when it comes to russian oil and gas boycotts. refineries making their own decision. in texas a refinery oil company says we will not refine oil from russia. sweden and finland, major refineries have stopped oil purchases. and barn are refusing to finance shipments. they are not waiting for policy. are they showing a conscience? >> i think it's both. you don't want to buy oil from despots one because it's wrong

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>> steve: russia says this ready to resume talks as russia's war rages on. >> in a plot to assassinate president zelenskyy has been foiled. the assassins have been killed. >> russian people who watch can understand it's f. your men come here, they will die here. >> president biden sending a message to vladimir putin. >> vladimir putin sought to shake the very foundations of the free world but he badly miscalculated. >> must blood will on his hands, too. >> just this morning ukrainian government says a russian missile has struck a national police building. >> they want to kill us and take our homes. the only thing i can stay -- >> conflict continues in ukraine. >> iowa's governor kim reynolds hammering biden as a weak president. >> the american people are waiting for the insanity to

stop. ♪ >> ainsley: straight to a fox news alert. russia says it is ready to resume peace talks with ukraine as soon as today. still, fighting continues as putin's war enters its seventh day. russian missiles raining down as we are learning at least four people have been killed in the strikes in kharkiv. >> steve: president biden sending russia's leader a stern message in his first state of the union address last night. watch this. >> russia's vladimir putin sought to shake the very foundations of the free world but he badly miscalculated. >> steve: okay. mr. biden also taking on covid. he talked about inflation and calling to fund the police, not defund the police. >> brian: right there. is no laugh track on the state of the union after that but there should have been. plus the first primary of the midterms happening in texas. some races now heading to run off elections. a lot of intrigue. we have team coverage, too. will cain is having breakfast with friends in mcallen, texas

to do some analysis. talking to them about the primary, state of the union, and the situation in ukraine. peter doocy has the reaction to the state of the union from the white house. but, first, we turn to mike tobin who is in the action in ukraine. mike? >> good morning, brian. the ukrainian national security chief says a plot to assassinate the ukrainian president vlad zelenskyy was foiled and all the assassins were killed. according to the security chief, the assassins from a chechen hit squad. they slipped into ukraine during the fighting at the gostomel airport. in the chaos able to slip into the country. the ukrainians only learned about them because they were tipped by russian turn coats who don't support the war. assassins were located and killed right there at the edges of the airport this was february the 2th. mean time, with each shimght of ak-47s, the ukrainians line up around the block to get them. the fighting spirit is tremendous. particularly under the -- among the ranks of retired veteran.

meantime, president biden in his state of the union speech says the fighting spirit of the ukrainians is inspiring. >> every ukrainian their fearlessness, their courage, their determination literally inspires the world. >> groups of citizens blocking tanks with their bodies, everyone from students to retirees to teachers, turned soldiers defending their homeland. >> with each day the fighting intensifies, a police building in the town of kharkiv to the east of the country was hit this morning, it broke out in fire. also in kharkiv, russian paratroopers have reportedly taken a foot hold. you will notice the russian foot hold is increasing at all of the areas to the north, to the east, and the south where the russians have entered the country. a couple of new developments from the ukrainian defense ministry, they say they have taken out a couple of russian fighter jets over kyiv also ukrainians have received another

shipment of those turkish tb 2 drones. guys, back to you in new york. >> brian: hey, mike, i'm wondering what's going on with megs supposed to be donated put into poland. i heard the ukrainian pilots were heading to poland to pick them up and then the whole deal fell apart. do you know anything about this? >> i don't know much about the deal. one thing i know is the ukrainian pilots have to go to the other countries to operate these fighter jets. there is a substantial damage to the airfields here in ukraine. and they are also kind of sitting ducks while they're on the runway. so the ukrainian pilots go to other countries to operate the fighter jets but as far as the deal, i don't have a lot of details on. that was. >> ainsley: mike, we are watching that 40-mile convoy of these russian trucks and tanks outside of the city of kyiv right there on the border. it's pretty scary. we are worried about a massacre. what about the javelins and the stinger missiles? are they receiving any of those from countries around the world? >> we do hear that they are receiving in fact a new shipment of the javelin and then the stinger missiles we know that

those came in quite uniquely from germany. so they have weaponry. video of a helicopter that was taken out over the water to the southern end of the country that came in yesterday, and that abs to be from one of the stinger missiles. the stinger missiles work with an infrared signature. the javelins work with a heat signature on whatever they are shooting. so they can be very effective in this environment. and they are being used. you see a lot of the armor being destroyed. there is so much chaos it's hard to tell what was used where. >> steve: exit question for you, you have been there over a week. a week ago you described the feeling of the average ukrainian on the street as being relatively calm. where is the fear level today? >> you know, the fear is very much there. but what i notice more than the fear is this tremendous resolve with the ukrainian people. you talk with them. despite the gains the russians are making. despite the blood shed, everyone knows someone who has been lost

in the conflict thus far and what you get from ukrainians is the desire to continue to fight for their homeland. >> steve: the resolve, never surrender, all right. thank you very much. sir. >> ainsley: thank you. the war in ukraine. it's leading president biden's state of the union crazy or it did last night. peter continues with the coverage of the biggest moment. >> peter: there was talk about foreign policy in the speech. president biden also used the i-word inflation. >> when we use taxpayers' dollars to rebuild america, we're going to do it by buying american products support american jobs. >> peter: you see there almost nobody in the chamber was wearing face masks, a visual that was possible because the cdc in washington, d.c. just lifted face mask requirements and it sounds like president biden wants some credit for that. >> we needed to act and we did.

>> vaccinate the nation and combat covid-19. delivered immediate economic relief to tens of millions of americans. we were told that tax break for those at the top and benefits would trickle down and everyone would benefit. but that trickle down theory led to a weaker economic growth and a widening gap between the top and everyone else. >> president biden was respectful of the global tension right now. a moment when every single word could make a difference. which is why the word at the end of this sentence could be critical. listen here. >> god bless you all. and may god protect our troops. thank you. go get him. >> go get him. does he want congress to go get him? does he want the people watching go get him. also, who is he talking about? we don't know yet. back to you. >> steve: who is him? peter, get to the bottom of that would you?

>> peter: i'm going to go start shouting and see who answers. >> steve: you are famous four that let's bring in another pete. pete hegseth joins us right now. pete, who is him? >> who is him? well it's not vladimir putin. it doesn't appear to be the taliban. >> no. >> pete: not the communist chinese. >> ainsley: not our americans trapped in afghanistan. >> pete: it's unclear. it really is who he has gotten yet a lot of people he has left behind not a lot of people he has gotten. >> steve: go get joe manchin talk some sense in him. >> ainsley: american made. buy things in america. that is part of peter's reporting. but a lot of people are critical now. american energy. >> peter: sort of a laundry list of run on sentence of slurring. it wasn't something listened to. >> brian: it wasn't organized >> pete: ukraine me an derg no passion. >> ainsley: i am reading all of

this and i have done nothing? >> pete: on manufacturing sounded trumpian buy american, american goods. his policies like his predecessor before trump drove industries elsewhere including energy. he talked about supporting the police and funding the police. really? is there a single police officer that believes the democrat party brian briar or their families retired cops. >> pete: talked about securing the border and talking about a few pieces -- it's an absolute joke. orwellian spin. he realizes the things that were popular were actually done under donald trump. you can't say you are doing them and not do them. the biggest take away when you a hold a maskless party inside the world's biggest nursing home covid is over. it's done. and you know it's politicized science anyway they chose the day before the state of the union. >> steve: unbelievable. >> pete: people in our country shook hands got face to face and

breathe on each other. as if we had had enough demonstrations over the last year. that's the biggest one. no mention of china. no mention of afghanistan. no mention of israel and iran. iran and china could make make a race for their own ambitions. it was precisely what we might have thought it would be. it was a -- he posited what might be possible. none of which was going to happen. didn't mention the things of great consequence. if he did, he papered them over. >> brian: seems like he just hired the b team. if you look at his staff of advisers. tell me one cutting edge policy he has even had. when you come up with this speech it, looks like they had a speech, ukraine, russia war stops. so they used the word processor and put the war in the top and they just read the rest. >> pete: why would we expect anything else. the most conventional politician to ever be in the white house. this is what he does. >> brian: at a very unconventional time.

>> pete: everyone gets together and adds laundryist will things they want to get done and plow through it and sprinkle ukraine on top. there is no answers there. good we are stopping flights of russians into america? why would not that not be the first thing we did. that's your answer right now? and then you praise zelenskyy and do effectively nothing? >> brian: get the oligarchs. >> ainsley: do you know what shocked me though when he said fund the police. i was pleasantly surprised kamala harris behind him stood up. once said we need to reimagine. me said or he said we need to redirect a while ago. she said we need to reimagine. and she was paying for bail for all these looters and all these people during the riots. she stood up and clapped when he said fund the police. watch this. >> proven strategies like community violence interruption. trusted mess jerks breaking the cycle of silence and trauma. giving young people some hope. we should all agree the answer is not to defund the police. it's to fund the police.

[cheers and applause] fund them. fund them. [applause] fund them with resources and training. resources and training they need to protected our communities. >> steve: kamala harris liked it last night. but then again you go back about a year and she wasn't sounding that way. here she is on "the view." >> i think that a big part of this conversation really is about reimagining how we do public safety in america, which i support, to have cities where 1/3 of their entire budget is going to policing but, yet, there is a dire need in those same cities for mental health resources for resources going into public schools, resources going into job training and, and, and job creation. come on, there is actually not a consensus around this because if there were we would actually see

smartedder distribution of resources in our country. >> steve: why has the administration and all the democrats done 180? because it's an election year and because the polling shows that defund the police was, perhaps, one of the dumbest slogans in political history and now they have got to dig themselves out before the first tuesday in november. >> pete: that's why a lot of people are cynical, most people when it comes to cdc. why are the masks coming off? because it's an election year. why are the police sundayenly funded? it's election year. why are we talking about supporting the border it's election year. there is no answers that they provide. this speech assumes that the listening public of the american people is stupid and will unlearn what they have seen for the last year and a half. ignore it and somehow believe joe biden standing at a podium slurring his way through a speech is the reality they live. they know about the border. they know about crime. they know about inflation.

they have seen it and felt it saw the debacle in afghanistan. he didn't even mention it the most effective republican response to joe biden would have been one of the parents of the 13 killed in afghanistan. remind people of the absolute carnage that has been the last year and a half both internationally and at home. they didn't change anything with that last night. >> brian: right. so he hit all the issues he should have been addressing. he doesn't have any answers. i think the most egregious thing is the border. and also when he talked about opioids. a direct relation. fentanyl streaming from there through china through the cartels and he doesn't do anything to stop it. he is letting our wall rust in the dessert. and you look at our border, you just asked them if they have been empowered. they basically do paperwork. you don't each catch. you slow down and release. >> he has the audacity to say before he said all of that that we are going to secure the border. there is not one american watching this program that believes he has done anything to secure the border at all except make it easier for the

facilitation of trafficking in illegals. that is what he has done. they know it add one line but might as well just own it and say we have a different view. we want to welcome anybody in here and we're going to put them -- they have want what trump did rhetorically and all the policies buy american and you are buying russian oil and shutting downtown keystone xl pipeline? they must think people are stupid. but they are. they are condescend. that's how they view the world. >> steve: mayorkas says our southern border is secured. to them it's mission accomplished. >> i also told my wife jen i'm now a billionaire she doesn't seem to buy it steve the bitcoin thing. >> i'm getting there it's coming back. >> brian: talk about offshoring. you get companies back cut the corporate tax rate. that's what president trump did. guess what he wanted to do? up it right back up and if build back better were to pass that

would happen. he deserves no credited for one company coming back. >> pete: not to mention the war which my weekend co-host rachel cams pose duffy calls the green new deal war. she is exactly right. when you bow to the climate zealots and then you cut your own energy, your ability to create energy, and then you rely on russia, you create an emboldened vladimir putin which we have been -- for how long did we talk about germany, germany is dependent and for a couple of days we didn't even know how dependent we were on russian oil. >> brian: number one customer. >> we are the ones funding in part vladimir putin's war machine through our willingness to buy his energy. >> ainsley: his alliance is with aoc, with these radical socialists and not the best interest of the american people. >> he is in the box of the hard left. he went with them. from the beginning. he hasn't been able to move out of it we all talked about the things he could do to pivot or change in the state of the union. not a one of them. >> brian: ron klain is the issue. he is the one that lunches with the radical left.

and as long as he is chief of staff, telling joe biden what to do, with susan rice, that's where america has got to stand. >> pete: maybe he knows who we need to get-go get. >> comes like a seinfeld episode start and stop with go get em. >> steve: let's go from world headquarters here in new york to talk about texas. >> ainsley: all right. >> carley: is that my cue? okay. [laughter] i will take it from here. >> ainsley: carley, take it from here. >> carley: talking about me all along. the 2020 midterm elections officially underway. can you believe it? beginning with primary races in texas. democrat beto o'rourke will challenge governor greg abbott after winning his primary in the 2 eighth district primary between henry cuellar backed jessica cisneros are you heading

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>> as russia ramps up invasion on ukraine, some americans still stuck there in the country with no way to get out including our next guest her name is valentina, she was born in ukraine but now she is a u.s. citizen. she flew over to kharkiv from michigan last week to celebrate her mom's 85th birthday and she joins us now. good morning to you valentina. >> good morning. >> i know you have this ballet studio in michigan valentina's school of ballet you started in 2013. you just went to celebrate your mom's birthday. you had no idea this was going to happen. what are you experiencing? >> i mean, yeah, my mom was

there all by herself and she is 85. you know, you feel you have to. and we knew it's a problem. we knew it's a conflict. all of us never could guess what's going to happen. it's going to be whole ukraine on fire. i knew problem going on but what happened, it's insane. >> ainsley: what seeing? i know you are safe you are water food and electricity. what do you see when you go outside. >> we run to the store like twice and long lines. everything is closed. only food stores are open. banks are closed. you cannot use credit cards. ukrainian cash. winter. stores are pretty empty. no gas, no oil, no heat. >> ainsley: you said you waited three hours in line to get food.

your daughter is back here in america. she is 36 years old. your dance studio. i know you are talking to your students. i'm sure they are missing you and worried about you. if you quote in your car, i know you feel safe and you want to be with your mom, if someone is there in america and they want to get in their car and drive to poland to try to get to the embassy, what happens? >> it's just not safe to drive. i mean, and no one -- no one want to go. because train still coming. still some trains with refugees but it's not scheduled. no tickets, it's just not safe to move around the town because yesterday you had very bad day. it was explosions all over. it's just not safe. >> ainsley: what is your plan? >> we probably going to go on friday to the train station my husband. easier it's not because pushing men away whoever requesting to

get in you are lucky. after you go to east part of ukraine and go go to poland, it's 25 [inaudible] on the border. it's bad. so. >> ainsley: you said your husband is there with you? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> ainsley: there is a chance you could get on the train and he wouldn't? >> yeah. so i told him hold hands and, you know, being. >> ainsley: can he show american papers i don't have to stay and fight? >> no one cares women and children more. >> ainsley: how is your mom doing? >> she is okay, you know. she is older, she went through second war. but she is worried about us. and i worry about her. you can hear bombing like all day long, at night, airplanes. it's hard. >> ainsley: wow. well, everyone at home please say a prayer for valentina and

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>> tonight, i can announce the united states has worked with 30 other countries to release 60 million barrels of oil from reserves around the world. [applause] >> america will lead that effort. releasing 30 million barrels of our own strategic reserve. we stand more necessary united with our allies. these steps will help blunt gas prices here at home. >> brian: we know they won't two days of oil. >> brian: 06 barrels of oil skyrocket. price now 108 bucks now for the first time since 2011.

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we have been pushing that though. i think we need to really ratchets down on russian oligarchs, putin and their oil we need to put sanctions on energy sector and cut off the revenue streams funding the murder of innocent ukrainians. >> brian: it's amazing too, the refineries independently are deciding not in finland and sweden and in texas, deciding not just to deal with russian oil. banks are deciding not to finance the travel of russian oil. so, the private industry is stepping up maybe showing a conscience. i think that is sad for countries like ours who don't want to rock the energy stocks. go ahead, your comment? >> yes. no, i was going to say this is exactly where president biden has been following i has not been leading. he has not been the cheerleader for the european nations and other nato allies. is following. he was hiding in the basement

during covid and large in part you see him doing during this crisis. we should be pushing and leading other countries to come to these types of resolve. >> brian: as a military veteran, no one has to school you on the horrors of war nor do we have to school victoria spartz, born in ukraine, congresswoman from indiana. getting reports from her family and friends about the horror, the carnage, not only of people in uniform, but the ones who being targeted. kids are being killed as we speak right now. listen to her remarks yesterday. >> we have an obligation and duty to save this world. help ukrainian people to survive and this president, he could get his act together and exercise some leadership. what's happening under his watch is atrocity. what is he doing to this country and the world is unforgiven. but i think we will get together as republican and democrats but

he must act decisively fast or this blood of many millions of ukrainians will be on his hands, too. >> brian: there is blood spilling. you know, when we hit a civilian target, there is huge investigations and outrage. they are actually targeting apartment buildings, television stations they are targeting innocence and tanks running over women and children over kharkiv and kyiv right now close to being encircled. what can we do. >> it goes back to providing much more lethal aid to the ukrainian people. making sure those lines of communications stay open so that we can provide humanitarian support as well. but pushing back very strongly on president putin. we have seen this administration slow-walk sanctions where we could be really really pushing back on him. we need to show leadership and resolve and, yet, we have not done that. as the united states of america.

i understand the congresswoman's frustration. this is heart breaking and we are watching this unfold on our television sets. we all want to do more. we need to do more as america. >> brian: targeting schools and hospitals, it's unbelievable in this day and age. governor kim reynolds put all of that into her rebuttal last night outside. was well delivered. we understood her points. you know her. it's your state. what are your thoughts? how did she do? >> she is a dear friend and a phenomenal governor for the great state of iowa. and i thought her talking points were spot on. her delivery was compassionate. this is a woman of courage, who stood up to those on the far left during covid-19. she led the way for our parents and our students making sure that children got right back into school as safely as possible. she opened up our iowa economy. she is phenomenal. >> brian: all right. senator, thanks so much. you she will be on at 8:40 i

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this wednesday. >> ainsley: we do. let's check back in with will cain "fox news live" mcallen, texas. is he talking with voter about the news of the day. hey, will. >> will: hey, ainsley i'm back. sweet temptations, mcallen, texas, talking not just americans but texans waking up today with a lot of opinions about the texas primary but also, the state of the union from the president of the united states last night. now, i'm hanging out with jennifer and david and sophia here this morning who the first thing you brought up with me last night jennifer you talked about just everything seemed so politically timed. everything seemed so choreographed at the state of the union. >> absolutely from the beginning, from the meeting of the enhancement of the clapping during. everything very choreographed. >> will: talking not just the production valve the state of the union david and you were both pointing out the timing of so many policies for you what stood out was a maskless as my co-host pete heg set said a few minutes ago a maskless party in the world's largest nursing

home. the maskless nature of the state of the union last night. >> completely maskless. you can tell -- they -- it's all choreographed. everything they do is choreographed. so you go from the big thing about covid and booster shots, to masks and then also maskless. and that's all gone? now let's focus over here. yeah, it's what they do. >> will: you also, excuse me i brought down sophia's drink right there. luckily it was empty. you also brought up the policies in ukraine as well. you felt like those were timed politically. >> sure they were. for example. [no audio. >> ainsley: just had a problem with the policy. >> brian: once you knock down the drink the texans get angry. be with s. that will?

>> steve: that was carley clearing her throat. >> ainsley: your microphone is on. >> brian: you sound like will when you clear your throat. >> carley: i will take that as a compliment. >> steve: so you know what? that was there just there a viral moment. there were a number of them last night. >> carley: that's exactly right. there we go. okay. sorry, we had to get the prompter up and running and now i can begin, talking about the viral moments from the state of the union address yesterday. we have been talking about the key moments all morning long but folks on social media distracted by some strange behavior. our troops in iraq have faced and afghanistan faced many dangers breathing in toxic smoke from burn pits. many of you have been there. >> carley: yeah the house speaker instantly going viral for that odd hand gesture indiana congressman jim banks simply tweeting so rear and north carolina congressman

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'em exit line go get him. >> carley: he emphasized the h. if i was a betting come i think he meant to say go get 'em. >> ainsley: i agree with you. >> steve: state of the union pronounce every part of every word. [laughter] >> steve: carley, thank you very much. >> brian: now you can clear your throat again. >> carley: meme me steve coming up on this wednesday telecast. vladimir putin more isolated than ever. look at that table. as the world turns against russia. douglas murray believes the russian president under estimated the people of ukraine and the rest of the world, douglas is next. ♪ ♪ with king's hawaiian sliders it's easy to deliver lights out flavor!

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>> putin now isolated from the world than he has ever been. he thought he could roll into ukraine and the world would roll over. instead, he met with a mall -- a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined. he met ukrainian people. [applause]

i say to the russian oligarchs who bulked billions of dollars off this violent regime no more. [applause] >> the united states -- >> steve: president biden call out vladimir putin for apparently under estimating ukrainians while announcing a ban on russian planes from u.s. airspace. this comes as the russian president reportedly finds himself isolated and out of touch from his own people take a look at that picture. here with reaction, fox news contributor national review institute fellow and author of the upcoming book war on the west. douglas murray who is also a fox news contributor. hey, douglas. >> hey, good to be with you. >> steve: all right. so there we have got the president of the united states last night talking about how mr. the reason the world's heart is broken is because the ukrainians are isolated as well. they are in this all by

themselves. >> that's right. and, of course, vladimir putin is perfectly used to being isolated. and there is no evidence that he particularly minds it add one other thing, the russian people are used to being isolated. they are digging in for long winters as it were. if they are to be completely isolated from the world's financial system and much more, maybe they will be able to put up with that but as you say, the crucial thing is, the isolation of the ukrainian people. i think this is one of the strangest things to come out of the state of the union last night there was unanimous bipartisan support for the people of ukraine in the extraordinary fight against the invading illegal russian occupiers. but, what is america actually going to do about it? the biden administration always talked about the whole sanctions regime as if it was a deterrent. it clearly wasn't a deterrent because the russians are in ukraine. what next? something we don't hear from

this administration. >> steve: you are exactly right. you know, a lot of people, it looks bleak. i know that the mayor of one town says it will take a miracle. because, you know, in the beginning, i remember our white house correspondent asked the president did you under estimate vladimir putin? and he said no. but at the same time, i think a lot of people may have overestimated putin and russian army and we thought, you know what? they are going to roll in there, they are going to knock that country over in one day. here we are a week later and the ukrainian resistance is fierce. >> well, that's right. it's fierce. it is certainly more than vladimir putin was expecting but i think that nobody should be under any allusions that this means that the kremlin is going to lose or lose fast. i think it can be very hard tore vladimir putin to conquer all of ukraine and let alone to told. it's clear the ukrainian people

are going to be giving him a heck of a lot of hell for years to come if that's his ambition. but, putin has not used even a half of the forces that he has amassed. he is till by his own bloody standards been holding back, amazing to think about but he has been. so, it doesn't mean that he can't capture ukraine, it's just that it has not gone as he has wished so far. thank goodness. >> steve: ultimately, douglas, his goal is to capture or kill the most popular man in the world right now, the heroic mr. zelenskyy. and i'm sure these are things you are going to be talking about on the battle for ukraine. it's going to be live on fox nation tonight tomorrow and the next day at 6:00 p.m., right? >> that's right. everyday at 6:00 p.m. can you join me on fox nation. going to be speaking with the world's experts on this, on the latest things happening from ukraine. what he was going to happen

next. we have been joined today by a guy called pete hegseth. i don't know if you have come across him but i'm told great things about him. is he going to be one of my first guests. >> steve: indeed. is he a great guy. he was here 55 minutes ago. all right. we will be watching, check out fox nation tonight at 6:00 p.m. douglas murray, thank you very much for joining us live. >> it's great pleasure. >> steve: all right. exactly four minutes before the top of the hour. don't go anywhere. former united nations ambassador to the united states nikki haley is here. and she is going to break down joe biden's state of the union speech and the war on ukraine all ahead on "fox & friends." allergies don't have to be scary.

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>> ukraine now in the seventh day of fighting. >> as russia says it is ready to resume peace talks -- >> in the meantime, the plot to assassinate ukrainian president was fired because they were tipped by russian turncoats. >> versus attack escalated as a missile slams into a police building. >> left alone against russia, we simply cannot manage. >> he thought he could roll into ukraine in the world would roll over.

>> putin is wrong. >> we must act decisively fast. >> we need to show leadership in resolving that we have not done yet. >> brian: we begin the final hour of the show with a fox news alert. both russia and ukraine signaling they are ready to resume peace talks. russia continues to batter ukraine's major cities with attacks on the ground and from the sky. new images showing the devastating impact on civilian sites i should add as ukraine's state of emergency services says more than 2,000 civilians have been killed in just this past week. that's what happens when you target schools and apartment buildings. >> ainsley: in his first state of the union address. >> president biden: brushes vladimir putin sought the shake the foundations of the world but he badly miscalculated. >> ainsley: he took on coven

and said we need to find the police. >> steve: another big story results rolling in for texas first in the nation primary yesterday. to some races are now heading to runoffs because the candidate did not get a majority. we have live team fogs coverage. talking to voters about all of the news, our focus group. we first turn to trade who is live in kyiv. mr. zelenskyy said yesterday, russia was to erase all of us and he is asking the west for more support. >> good morning. he said that yesterday and overnight violence erupted once again across ukraine. as russian forces continue their push not only from the south but also from the northeast. we saw in the city, they've actually captured the city moving forward from crimea. if confirmed, it would give them a significant area of land

allowing them to bring more forces deeper into ukraine. ukraine's second largest city of kharkiv was at the hardest with russian missiles overnight. on fire after a russian strength. the scenes of total destruction are getting more widespread in kharkiv as russia ramps up attacks on the city could russian paratroopers reportedly landed overnight to support the offensive. other images showed heavy damages to residential areas despite claims they are targeting civilian areas. images speak for themselves. further west, more evidence of russian forces striking residential homes as the russians try to demoralize their ukrainian people, they pledged to fight back. president biden referencing this in a state of the union address. >> president biden: for every ukrainian, their fearlessness determination literally inspires the world. groups of citizens blocking tanks with their bodies.

everyone from students to retirees to teachers turn soldiers defending their homeland. >> in the capital of kyiv, they've shot down 2 russian fighter jets today. a significant development and the city does remain tense at this hour. we can see checkpoints in the distance. shoulders are concerned that russian troops may try to scope out exactly how much resistance they will face as they enter the city. >> went about this hit squad that evidently was thwarted and killed themselves going after president zelenskyy? >> reports indicate a church and hit squad was sent to the city. elite special forces to kill the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. as part of the reason we've seen the president stay in the capital but move from bunker to the bunker around armed men. he is looking to stay safe because there are direct threats on his life. we know according to u.s. intelligence officials he is the

number one person on the russian calcite list if they do enter this city. >> steve: thank you very much. on this wednesday morning, we are welcome by nikki haley former u.s. ambassador to the united nations. indeed. >> good morning. it's great to be back in studio. >> steve: you have a unique point of view because you've been over at the united nations. you know how all of this stuff works. right now, they are bearing down on mr. zelenskyy. vladimir putin wants him dead or what's a meta-table signing a peace agreement. that's the last thing he wants to do. >> i think you have to look at putin's track record pretty skilled political opponents in england or tried to. he has allowed chemical weapons on mothers and children in syria. this guide, he brought down the malaysian airplane. when he said he's going after someone, he's going after someone. zelenskyy's life is very much in

danger at this point. but putin is feeling desperate purity's feeling desperate, because he never expected the resistance and the spirit of the ukrainian people. the russian people don't have that same spirit. they've got courage if they are out there protesting. even the military, they didn't sign up for war. that that they were going to training. i never knew that he was putting them in war. >> ainsley: last week we played the text messages. from one of the soldiers to his mom saying, we thought we were coming in for training. i didn't know people were putting themselves, their bodies in front of our tanks. we are having to kill civilians. they didn't realize what they were doing. did putin send the wrong message? they had no idea why they were going to ukraine. >> i think he was arrogant. he knew what he wanted. he pushed them in. he figured that they would listen to them. i don't think he ever thought he would see this kind of resistance. honestly, even the russian

soldiers when they see how inspiring the ukrainian people are, that they will even yell at the soldiers as they are coming and even if they don't have ammunition or that they are taking arms were themselves to go after and defend their country. it's a fantastic thing to watch. and so, none of them want to see budget. if you look, the russian people never wanted to go to war in the first place. >> brian: ukrainian said what's going on here? we don't even know what happened in 2014. here is the president addressing conflict. he's not putting american troops in. >> president biden: vladimir putin sought to shake the foundations of the free world thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways. but he badly miscalculated. he thought he could roll into ukraine and the world would roll over. instead, he met with a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagine. he met ukrainian people.

[applause] he thought he could divide us at home in this chamber and this nation. he thought he could divide us in europe as well. but he was wrong. we are ready. we are united and that's what we did. we stayed united. putin is now isolated from the world more than he has ever been. we are cutting off russia's largest banks and international financial system preventing russia's central bank from defending -- making putin $630 billion war fund worthless. we are choking russia's access. to technology and weaken its military for years to come. >> steve: your reaction to what he's doing. >> it's bizarre. he talks about it like the war is over. like he is a victory lap. he has even done everything he should be doing.

until he sanctions russian energy, until he stops taking russian oil into america which is unthinkable that we would take that from an enemy. until he goes and fully pulls out and has russia pulled out of the international banking system, he hasn't done enough. and to go and sit there and act like they had led the west, they didn't leave the west. he was following the europeans. when you are following the europeans who love to hug it out, that's not saying very much. >> brian: on top of that, what's happening right now is the russians are on course to annihilate and take out a level two major cities, kharkiv and kyiv right now. for you to sit there and for me to take a bow about what they've done on the outside to me is unconscionable. >> is discussed in grid is going to be a lot of bloodshed on the streets. we know that rush is going to end up taking over one or two cities. the thing is, the people -- it doesn't matter who he puts in

the government. ukrainians are never going to go for it. in the end, he's not gonna win. we should be doing everything -- >> brian: but he's carving up a country. >> he is absolutely carving up a country. that's why we should give maximum pressure against putin. we should give them any breathing room. the idea that biden would exempt energy companies, honestly, i can't comprehend that. >> steve: well, when you think about it. he spent about $13 billion a day they are estimating on this war. we are giving him about a billion dollars a day to fund the war by buying its gas. but if joe biden got off the entire supply of russian oil, our gas here in this country would go up. and we are in an election year as you know. the last thing he wants is for the voters to go into the polling stations first tuesday in november thinking, $5.50 a gallon of gas, thanks, joe biden. why did you open up the keystone?

>> this all year, he's tried to buy votes. his neck and her work. listening to that state of the unit address, it was fascinating that he sat there and talk about how covid shouldn't divide us. this is the same minute talk about the fact that it was a pandemic of the unvaccinated. you talk about the fact that we need to fix the border. as the same president who broke and pulled back all of that trap policies and wants to talk about amnesty. he talked about the fact that we should fund the police. it was his party that wanted to defund the police. he did nothing to stop it. we've got crime at its worst. this is the same man who said he blamed republican tax cuts on why the economy is the way it is. and he has spending obsession. he sitting there talking about more more spending. he's not looking to what he has done with all of that. and you talk about ukraine and he is trying to do a victory lap. americans see this for what it is. he can do and say whatever he wants. americans aren't stupid. he needs to quit treating them like they are.

>> ainsley: he also said buy american, yet we are not producing oil here anymore. he closed down keystone pipeline. we are now dependent even though we were independent when you are the ambassador. now we are buying from russia. he talked about covid. we have experienced lockdowns and mandates and masks and we ran out of the testing. we ran out of monoclonal antibodies. doctors couldn't get those during christmas time when omicron was rapid. last night he said freedom will always triumph over tyranny. listen to this. >> president biden: last year, covid-19 kept us apart. this year, we are finally together again. [applause] tonight, we made as democrats, republicans, and independence, but most importantly, as americans. with a duty to one another to

america, to the american people, to the constitution. and an unwavering resolve that freedom will always triumph over tyranny. let's use this moment to reset. stop looking to covid as a partisan dividing line. the vast majority of federal workers will once again work in person. our schools are open. let's keep it that way. our kids need to be in school. >> brian: had them take off the mask on the date of the state of the union. that's with the sign said. >> this is so hypocritical. he's acting like he is the one that brought freedom to america per they finally saw that the polls the people wanted to be free. he sat there and try to lock us down from the beginning. he is the one that kept our kids virtual. he is the one that kept masks on. for him now to say freedom has won, everybody knows that he is the one that took freedom away from us. everyone knows that he is the one that calls those shut down the close small businesses and

to keep us in our homes. >> brian: you know the frustration that you had personally trying to get people to understand the threat of russia. the people of germany, the people of france, the people of britain, they are 40 rallies here in america. with 500,000 people in berlin and said, you better do something for the ukrainians. that woke them up. >> biden's disapproval ratings woke them up. that's why you got the speech. the problem with that speech, he didn't say how he was going to fix anything. he recited a bunch of republican talking points, but he didn't say how he would fix it. we have done them before. we can do them again. i don't know what he expects is going to happen. but nobody's going to buy that. >> brian: it looks like private industry is doing something when it comes to oil. the texas refining company is no longer going to refine russian oil. they have stopped all purchases as well as in canada. they did that on their own.

these are private industries and refineries are bulking around the world. even china has low down and is not picking up the pace they thought on purchasing russian oil. again, private industry and the people are telling their governments that this carnage cannot stand in the ukraine. >> america is still taking russian oil. why didn't he mention that? on top of that, cannot say is the wife of a combat veteran, i do not mention the 13 shoulders that we lost in afghanistan? how do you act like that didn't happen? it is unthinkable that you would not acknowledge those soldiers that we lost. everything about this speech was tone-deaf and wrong and just a sign that they ticked off all the disapproval that he and he attempted to try and make it right. >> ainsley: it's an election year. that's what he's saying buy american purity is not doing either one of those. he's tried to suggest that he is. he's telling us to do that. he's not doing it himself.

election year. >> brian: if donald trump had left afghanistan the way he did, if donald trump allowed russia to carve up ukraine the way we are seeing now, how would the press be handling this? >> it didn't happen during president trump's administration, because he prevented war. putin could have done this during trap, but putin was too scared of to do it. they watched afghanistan fall and us leave our allies. they watched the fact that he talked about a minor incursion. they watched him fall all over himself to get into the iran deal. if he continues to negotiate with russia and china, those are two of our biggest enemies. those should not be in the room with her enemies negotiating any deal whatsoever. it is a fireball offensive he continues these talks. >> steve: we appreciate you staying up late last night watching the state of the union and getting up early to watch

wow be with us today. >> is so good to see you on the couch. it is an election year. yesterday was the start of election season, that's when a 22 officially underway beginning with the primary race in texas. democrat will challenge governor greg abbott after winning his primary in the 20th district. the democratic primary between henry -- heading to a runoff election in may. along with the g.o.p. attorney general primary race between incumbent and george p bush. and a pair of combat veterans boys to win their primaries brad morgan l, the front runner in texas' 8th congressional district. the newly drawn 30th district. students in new york city public schools still forced to wear masks despite the state dropping its mandate. allowing counties to make their

own decisions on mask requirements. masks are still required in health care facilities, nursing homes, prisons, homeless shelters, public transportation as well. a phoenix police sergeant rescues an entire family with his desk of his officers wife happened to be riding along with them when they got the call about a car crashing into a canal. the entire rescue caught on body camera. watch. >> stay there, stay they appear to come here, honey. you are okay. you are okay. two hands, two hands. >> steve: wow, the couple helping to rescue the driver, passenger, and a baby as well. a moment that law enforcement families certainly not as going going toforget.

>> exactly. >> ainsley: thanks so much. >> steve: as you were just talking about yesterday was election day down in texas, will cain is talking to voters in texas. essentially, this is a focus group over food. >> it is. that's a great way to describe it. as i've gone table to table talking to everyone in this diner, let me tell you the two themes come of the two messages i've heard over and over. 1, immigration. as you might expect, of her that issue come up over and over. and that it didn't come up enough last night in the state of the union. second, there is a common opinion about the united states role in ukraine. they want to support them. want to arm them. we do not want to go all the way but in the united states on the edge of war. that's what i'm hearing this morning. i'm going to let you hear directly from texas from american seer. when we come up here on "fox & friends." >> thank you so much. i look forward to that. 19 minutes after the top of the

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>> ainsley: president biden delivering his first date of the union address to a joint session of congress. it is message resonate with the voter? >> that's where the viewers at home, read, republican, blue, democrat, watch the dials as they ask what i thought about sound bites for the first will be going to go to is talking about inflation. >> president biden: we have a

choice. one way to fight inflation is to drive down wages and make americans poor. i think i have a better idea to fight inflation, lower your costs, not your wages. make more cars and semiconductors in america. for infrastructure and innovation in america. more goods moving faster and cheaper in america. >> you can see democrats really like this message across the board they gave it an a. especially as he started moving in statements made in america. the problem that people had because it's very much of a republican message. a lot of this speech was very republican talking point focused. republicans and independents rejected it. in many ways, we're skeptical because it's true. and also they said, we are concerned about what dispensing. specifically about let's make energy in america. we've got to address the price at the pump.

this issue especially with what's going on in ukraine. that omission was something that people are really waiting to hear. >> telling retailers to lower their costs. that's hard during supply chain crisis and inflation when those products are costing more than ever. he talked about securing the border which sucked everyone because that's not exactly what he's doing down there. that was the message. watch this. >> president biden: before advancing liberty and justice, we need to secure our border and fixed immigration system. at our border, we've installed new technology like cutting-edge scanners to better detect drug smuggling. we set up joint patrols to catch more human traffickers are putting in place dedicated immigration judges and significant larger numbers of families fleeing persecution and violence can have their cases heard faster and those can be legitimately sent back. >> you can see there that same sort of similar reaction here. democrats give this 1b.

independents and republicans c. we want to hear about the stronger stance on immigration. it comes back to skepticism. people say why now? what do you really doing differently? there's been a crisis at the border and you haven't addressed it. they want to hear more specifics before they are going to get behind them. >> republicans have been saying, let us make the choice if you want to do masks if we want to vaccinate if we want to get the booster. last night that president talk about covid and said it should be partisan. we need freedom. that sounds like a republican message. list of this. >> president biden: let's use this moment to reset. stop looking at covid as a partisan dividing line. see id for what it is, a god-awful disease. let's stop sending these and start seeing each other for who we are. fellow americans. we can't change how divided we have been. it was a long time and coming.

we can change how to move forward. covid-19 and others we must face together. >> you can see democrats allow this. they gave a. and it's not that republicans and independents don't want unity that we don't want to come together that we don't want to put covid behind us. it was really again the skepticism. they want to hear biden acknowledge his role in the division. it's not as if he hasn't had a year to bring us together. many people feel like we are more divided than ever. while this was a nice sentiment, people wanted to hear him take responsibility for the part that he has played in the division. they are really skeptical. they said the comments sounded fantastic except i really question whether or not this was true. that's what one voters said. i really think that's really what you saw the result that you did for him voted last are skeptical. >> ainsley: thank you so much for coming out with us. >> thank you.

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>> all morning we have been talking to you in the voters about the texas primaries, but instead of the union address on the war in ukraine. >> steve: let's check back in with will cain at a place called the sweet temptations diner. and on this wednesday morning, it's politics over pancakes. >> it is. i haven't been tempted in yet, steve. i haven't given into this diet for some reason that i'm adhering to. i have been talking politics. i want to pick up where we left off. i think it ties in. the pomp and circumstance of

last night, the inconsistency of actions and words. i was talking to david. on one day president biden is wearing a mask walking across the lawn. the next, it's a mask free state of the union. the timing of that create skepticism. it's not just on covid, it's on ukraine. the timing of policies breach skepticism. >> steve: that's correct. while the rest of the world is banning flights, he waits until tomorrow, i mean yesterday to man flights over the united states. it's all timing and choreographed. also, the secure border issue. at the border being open and how it's going to it. pandering to the midterms and everything that's going on right now. obviously, that's what he's doing. that's what the parties doing. >> to move for politics. i made a move earlier in october over sophie's drink. sophie is in fourth grade. what are you doing? shouldn't you be at school? >> yes.

>> are you heading there next? >> yes. >> she is learning a lot. i've heard it so many times in the diner this morning. rod has been talking about it since about 5:00 a.m. we think not enough focus, not enough last night on immigration. >> i got my attention about the dreamers and immigrations. i'm an immigrant. i came from another country here. so i have an inside feeling of what we are going through. and i sit back and watch what 1.2 million people have walked into our country without our permission. that bothers me. i brought something for you. i found this. it kind of says it all. >> that's a picture of, yeah, it's a picture of the southern border immigrants in a caravan of materials. i was talking about immigration. i cannot tell you many times i've heard it. i've heard cattle ranchers and

how it's been overrun. people want to focus on this issue. you and i were talking you feel like even when you're not talking about immigration in ukraine or covid, last night felt like an exercise in alternate reality. >> that's right. trying to convince the american people you're better off than you were a year ago or two years ago was a pretty tough sell. groceries are almost double. i think it is an ultimate reality like you said. being able to sound like that is a tough sell. >> there is the tension between what people are experiencing, their life, what they are talking about over breakfast. there are people that disagree. it's a real heartening message to see people disagree over breakfast, meet the next morning and have breakfast. it is not that cancel culture usa. it's usa working out its issues amongst people. you can't convince people of reality that doesn't exist. you get that sense here. convincing you of something that you are not living within

reality. >> talking it out. >> ainsley: 36 minutes after the top of the hour. offering some praise while holding them accountable for progressive demands. >> no one, no one fought harder for president biden's agenda than progressives. two forces stood in the way. the republican party that serves only the rich and the powerful and just enough corporate backed democrats obstruction is to help them succeed. >> steve: members of our own party firing back on your response "keying your own car" and "massively counterproductive" accusing her of promoting a democratic death which. >> brian: fox news at night anchors shannon is here. are you surprised to hear a rebuttal of the rebuttal of the president? >> this is kind of a new thing that sprung up where now there are multiple responses to it. and it comes from within your

own party, this is one of those stakes democrats do not want to have especially in an election year. it shows the fissures and cracks within the party. she said we held the town halls and played hardball in congress did all the things of the president wanted us to do for us to support him. connor was stabbed in the back in the end. you heard her only call it republicans but what she said were corporate backed democrats. we know she's talking about senators spirits she felt like it was necessary to have this rebuttal to her own leader of our party the leader of the democratic party per the president per the president of the united states. she said too much is being made of it. clearly she had something to say. >> apparently aoc didn't like when joe biden had to say either. she said this speech left her a little bit to be desired because he didn't push for progressive liberal student debt for giving immigration and energy policy as well. she wished that joe biden would have gone big and he didn't.

>> we have seen throughout his pregnancy -- this pregnancy. that would be new. [laughter] >> steve: a little more than nine months. >> ainsley: we are more than nine months and he appeared insane during his presidency that he's been pulled by the different factions. there been times of it seem like the squad was calling the shots throughout the campaign in early on in his presidency. when you see the polling, when you see how parents are pushing back and people are pushing back and independents are pushing back with the president know that the party is potentially a shellacking in the midterms as historically they often would be anyway. he knows and sees the confluence of all these things that the polling shows they've got the stick together. they've got the lean away from the super progressive ideas that they hope to win back any of the independence that they need in the fall. >> today is ash wednesday. we are all praying for what's happening ukraine. for all those families that are trapped in there. you have a new book that's coming out. it's called the mothers and

daughters of the bible speak. i know it's available for preorder right now. everyone go on amazon and support shannon with her book. it is just a beautiful portrayal of moms and their daughters and what bombs could teach our daughters in the bible. what is your message for our country as we are watching what's happening ukraine? >> i think we see through the book of through the bible that god is always working in times that don't make sense to us and are painful. it's hard for all of us to see these innocent people suffering in to see them under attack and it feel that we are powerless to help them. nothing comes as a surprise to god. i believe in the power of prayer. we see that all through history all through the bible. in this book, we see that as well that he's working and things that are very, very difficult. we have to trust that there is a plan. i believe that for the ukrainian people. our prayers are powerful and we have to keep them going. >> steve: perfect words for this ash wednesday. thank you very much for joining us live.

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the american people are left to feel like they are the enemy. republicans may not have the white house, but we are doing what we can to fill the leadership vacuum. on the issues that are affecting americans, republicans are leading. >> we've got republican iowa governor kim reynolds delivering the republican rebuttal to president biden's first date of the union address last night giving up the string of view of the first year in office. i got her joins us right now. good morning, governor. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> steve: you said okay, we just are there president. a promise to make america respected and to unite us in this past year, and he has done neither. >> he has failed on both fronts and his rhetoric certainly doesn't match what's happened over the last year. i think it demonstrates how out of touch he is with americans whether it is inflation, whether it is crime in our cities,

whether it is mandates, whether it is unconstitutional mandates. whether it's listening to parents instead of bureaucrats on, you know, getting the kids back in schools and masking their kids up. and it was a real honor to have the opportunity just to demonstrate the stark contrast between republican leadership and the failed policies of the biden administration democrats. they are on full display. >> steve: he begged for unity across the aisle. at the same time, he accused republicans of only helping rich people. >> we are the ones that are cutting taxes. we are the ones keeping spending in check. we are the ones that are putting our faith in america to do the right thing. because we know that when we trust islands and we trust in americans, we are going to get the results that we are looking for. i think it is ironic when he talks about uniting the country and you can even unite his own party. he is doing just the opposite.

i truly think, you know, what sums up president biden's first year is too little, too late. that is across the board on everything that he has done. >> steve: essentially since you were appearing after the president, you are making a pitch to the people of the united states. okay, that's joe biden's vision of america. let me tell you a little bit about republican governors and republican legislators and a little bit about what conservative leadership looks like. and so you got to lay out the plan for conservatives and republicans. >> yep, and i talked a lot about what we were doing in iowa and how he led. we lead getting her kids back in the classroom. we lead by saying that parents matter. just yesterday as he is on a continual spending spree causing inflation to be at a 40 year high, i signed a bill yesterday that cut taxes. we know longer will tax retirement income. our tax rate will go from 8.98%

to 3.9%. we were reducing our corporate tax rate with the goal of having 5.5%. so we are cutting taxes when they are spending on bureaucracy. they believe they know better how to spend your money. we believe that people will turn their money over and our communities and in our businesses. it is just such a stark contrast to what president biden has done over the last year. when i find ironic is all of a sudden, they discovered science fair to they realize that we need to do something about an open border. because when they have discovered this and plummeting poll numbers. that's why they are talking like they are talking right now. too little, too late. >> steve: we are in an election year already, governor. the polls are in the gutter for the president's party for the most part. he was addressing a divided congress. he cannot even get his own party on the same page. no wonder there is this feeling

of disconnection. >> yeah, yeah, it is reflected as multiple numbers continue to sink. especially what we're seeing on the national front as well. people are not, you know, they know what's going on for they don't believe the rhetoric. what he is talking about now, he is not done over the last year. >> steve: what was the reaction you've heard from people? mitch mcconnell said it was outstanding. >> very positive. i was so honored to have the opportunity to highlight iowa and the people of iowa and what we're doing here. not only iowa but the midwest and to really reflect what republican governors are doing across this country. they are stepping up. they are leading. we are balancing the budget, keeping spending in check, cutting taxes. putting families first. it was an honor to be able to represent not only iowa and iowans but republicans across the country.

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>> slow steady continues. refugees and their own town by the tens of thousands. we will talk to one of them coming up today. >> ukrainian member of the big speech last night who will join us today. >> reaction on that speech and where we are headed up to this. >> there's been a lot of advancements in the last couple of hours. russian strategy of war. >> terrific lineup. a few moments away. the top of the hour. we will see you then. >> we will be watching but first this. fox news alert, the ukrainian town reporting mass casualties and major water shortages. they lost electricity following 12 straight hours of heavy russian attacks. moments ago, vice president harris raising eyebrows as she remarks on whether vladimir putin actually intended to kill civilians which he has been doing. >> this is putin's war. and we are very concerned and we

are monitoring it. we are fully aware that if there is a intentional targeting of civilians that we are looking at the fact that there may be a violation very well may be a violation of international law. >> how many apartment buildings have to be attacked before we are convinced he's targeting civilians? he stepping up to help ukraine fight for their freedom. with this company. is offering ammo, offering to donate 1 million rounds to the ukrainian armed forces in support of the fight for freedom. richard childers joins us now along with retired fox news contributor. i was this important for you to get involved? >> is listing the other day and heard president zelensky say he didn't want out. he needed ammunition. i called my good friend who is the chairman which is a publicly traded company.

i said, friend, we've got to help these people. they need ammunition. he stepped right up and said we will do it. now we are turning our production to this is our number one priority. >> steve: so you are going to do this. you are taking action immediately. what are your thoughts right now about what the vice president said. they may be targeting civilians. i don't know if you been noticing it but civilians are in the line of fire. >> yeah, i will tell you, brian. this is a wake-up call for america. why we have to have our second amendment. we have 82,000 -- 82 million gun owners in america. to see the people in ukraine fighting is terrible to see the lives that are being lost over there. and it is just -- we have to do all we can and not feel that we were doing the right thing and we are going to get that ammunition as quick as we can. >> brian: do you know how

you're going to do it? >> yes, we are working with some government agencies. to get there quickly, we are going to a private company that will be working to get it in there. we are going to be seeing the number one ammo that they are dating right now over there is 762 spirit that is what we are going to produce. >> brian: when you guys were fighting in afghanistan and iraq, you didn't run out of ammo. maybe the public didn't want to do it anymore but what must it be like not to have ammo while taking on the russians? >> we were hosting "fox & friends" over the weekend and we interviewed two men. the biggest problem they had was there were a lot more ukrainians that wanted to pick up arms and guns and ammo to use. as has a lot about the ukrainian people and it shows you efforts like what richard is doing, that the american spirit. richard started his racing empire with a $20 race car. now he's able to own and ammo

company or be an owner in ammo company that's going to help a democracy fight tyranny. that's what the american spirit is all about. they've got the president last night at that gun manufacturers. this is one of them right here. this is a firearms and ammunition manufacturers going to aid the united states government and some of our special operators that are going over there. americans need to understand, listen, it's not just nuclear weapons that stops people from trying to invade our country. we have cartels on the southern border and crime in every street. americans need to be armed and they need to know how to protect themselves. richard is one of the people that help make that happen. >> richard, great job. please let us know as it gets delivered. sadly, there's going to be a few more weeks here at the very least when the ukrainians are going to be literally fighting for their lives. you will give them a chance to survive. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> brian: that's end that show the last 20 seconds before with or throughout the washington. >> steve: we heard from

joe biden, the sanctions are going to kick in for the ukrainians have to hang on for another month, which they do not have. it's not month-to-month. it is not week to week or day today. it's hour to hour. >> they need assistance. they need the rifles and the bulletproof vests. it is very nice to provide them with that equipment. have a good day, >> bill: russia continues to bomb crowded population centers but the capture of a major city still evading vladimir putin for now. good morning from washington, d.c. good morning. >> dana: this is "america's newsroom." there were developments overnight and into this morning that you will hear about from our team on the ground. it is an important and big day for the ukrainian resistance. in the capital of kyiv a russian missile hammering the city's