[air raid sirens] kevin: more air raid sirens over kyiv overnight as the russian war ukraine enters its 11th is a. the evacuation of 400,000 civilians about to get underway, russia and ukraine agreeing to another cease-fire as russian troops surround the

city with ukrainian officials halted evacuations accusing russia of breaching their agreement. anita: anthony blinken is in moldovan. >> the judiciary, developing an independent media sector that can deliver reliable information and fight disinformation. mulled over is a powerful example of a democracy rising with vision and determination. 30 years of friendship. we look forward to the next 30. thank you for your generosity toward ukrainian refugees.

>> translator: technically there are questions. kevin: we will monitor but first let's go to jonathan hunt who was live in lviv. >> reporter: good morning to all of you. breaking news at this point, a cease-fire is due to hit in mariupol, the city that is the most heavily bombarded over the last few days. there was a cease-fire in effect for a short time yesterday. that fell apart quickly. it was designed to allow

200,000 civilians estimated to be trapped there to get out along humanitarian core doors. when they set foot on the metaphorical court or russians opened fire, a new cease-fire going into effect right now. it will last 9 hours, it will give some of those people with no food or water or power at all time to get to some sort of relative safety. we've seen ordinary ukrainians standing up in the most extraordinary ways. two russian troops in kherson which is occupied by hundreds of russian troops, hundreds if not thousands of ukrainians marched towards those soldiers carrying the ukrainian flag, screaming at them to get out of the city into leave the country. we are hearing more economic

sanctions against russia, more action taken by multinational companies, visa and mastercard saying they will not do business in russia. when you think of the sheer number of transactions carried through visa and mastercard in any modern country on any given day. the ukrainians asking for aircraft from europe and the united states to help them fight russian aircraft in the skies over ukraine. the us says it is not sending any aircraft to ukraine but they are talking about sending soviet era migs to the ukrainians. they are worried about diminishing their own air force. the us is talking about backfilling those aircraft with f-16s from the united states.

pete: let's go back and listen to anthony blinken. >> we are bringing technical expertise to bear and resources to alleviate the burden other countries are carrying. >> translator: a question to the secretary of state. which way do you assess the application to join the european union. anita: we will come back if anything breaks. next guest minutes ago rushed into a bunker because she heard an air raid siren. kevin: what a different life

you are living than any of us right now. described the rhythm of what you are going through as a mother in ukraine. >> my name is maria and my life -- it is 2022. i became a warrior is more -- traveling. i became a person who is trying to defend my son, my parents. really shocking when this war

started we thought the whole world would do some miracle. in 2 or 3 days. we didn't flee anywhere. we were trying to tell the world what is going on, on facebook, instagram and we really believed -- every day became more distraction. now many people don't know on the calendar it is all the

notes, that we stand and try to be brave and don't give up and believe people around the world -- so from one to another. we are trying to do everything we can to take a shower, feed our children. it is so cool but after one day in my city there were attacks on buildings and for people who were killed, most of them

people with a physical problem, going down in the basement is not possible because they can't survive. they need special medication. some people standing in the line outside the building, standing in the pharmacy to get what they needed and the bombs hit so hard, they were killed in a terrible way. and after that, also from my city where i am now, either regions, russian troops all around, we have a lot of

things, people accused -- to save their lives but -- we are trying to stand up and survive. rachel: you initially thought maybe it would not happen or only last a few days. you stayed in your city because you had elderly parents. do you think other people had the same experience where they were caught and prepared because they thought it wouldn't last long or that they needed to stay because of elderly relatives? >> that is what is happening. many people in small villages calling one another, they are like traps in their cities and they can't go on.

small cities -- believed, living in a civilized world, some kind of vladimir putin's game to listen to him. threatening our lives. even now, i can't sleep anywhere because i can't say goodbye to my parents and i will not see you ever again. it is impossible. i don't want to go to other countries. i want to stay in my bed in my home. pete: people watching can understand your desire. tell us your day-to-day fear, the nature of this war and is exists now. it is fear of what comes from above, air raid, artillery

shells, fear of explosions raining down or coming down your streets as well? was it you and your fellow citizens are afraid of on a minute to minute basis? >> right now we have some -- we don't have people on the streets. from the air. a lot of airplanes are being cited by our army. a lot of buildings are destroyed. only now on the 11th day i decided to become, not cry, not lose control. every night i felt a heart attack.

i had my relatives in different parts of the city. you are very scared because maybe somebody is dying now. rachel: can you get food? are people having trouble getting the necessities of life, diapers and everything people need with children. >> we have a shortage of everything. several stores are open. impossible to get milk, bread. me and my husband are trying to

be brave, buying some -- bringing to our relatives. volunteers are doing that. russian troops, people here in my city telling them the center and the center and who got killed right in this center, gathering food for people who need medicine and they are in their houses and can't work. the russian army, the center for volunteers. will: are you saying there are russian spies identifying as

volunteer centers? >> we have spies in every city which is why i am not telling you where i am from, there are people helping them. telling them where to bomb. i am not a military person but as i'm given to understand they are put in some kind of -- where they can bomb. it is inside and outside. will: appreciate you taking time to share your story. rachel: we are praying for you. you are going to the grocery store and you don't know how to get milk, to get bread to it to get diapers and you don't know if you will have an explosion or a russian spy. will: a psychological component

that maybe your neighbor or someone who lives in your town is russian speaking, you have political differences and wondering if that medical difference means they are sending intelligence to russian targets, that a psychological warfare. pete: all three of us had a child in hospital at various times and think how long a day is. put that into a war zone looking for milk and bread and think how long 11 days is. rachel: she said when it first started, i will stay put, i have elderly relatives. 2 or 3 days. and then all of a sudden realizing 5 days and every time you get food there is danger involved. it must be so surreal. she meat

someone bigger would come and help but a familiar refrain, the assumption of our allies to say americans will take care of it but the reality of what happens on the ground expectations are high. there is a ukrainian fighter, marina more rows, who made an emotional speech, a usc fighter, here's what she said. >> my family.

i have tried. everyone who message to me, it is hard for me. i want to cry. should rachel: she is preparing for a big fight as the war is breaking out knowing she has relatives there, needing to focus on her career but worried about that. this win was dramatic. a lot of ukrainians, a powerful moment. they have a lot to be proud of. here is literally a usc fighter. rachel: symbolic moment.

the fighting spirit on display which we are seeing that way out. rachel: the ukrainians, we have met so many in the last 11 days but you don't want to mess with them. they have this spirit and resilience the world is awakening to. will: what a miscalculation by vladimir putin and the russians thinking they were going to roll in. rachel: as russia attacks ukraine from land and sea could the navy have the solution to stop further advances? stay with us.

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will: moscow's and vision escalate on the ground and in the air but the u.s. navy played a key role in stopping the conflict from spreading by mobilizing at two keep pressure points.

at the heritage foundation, brand, glad to have you on the show. the united states navy playing a proactive defensive role on clamping down on russia's ambitions. >> for the russian strategic laid down, important ways, this was supposed to go to the persian gulf and has been there since january but since vladimir putin invaded ukraine the key strategic imperative has been to prevent a widening of the war to nato. the baltic states are the most thinly defendant despite the buildup, and naval forces are

the clearest statement of intent. if there is any force behind the words, not to widen to nato that is the quickest response. will: ukraine is here. much of the russian naval forces made their way to the black sea but we are talking of the united states navy flooding forces into the baltic sea, to the north see, i want to advance on the baltic. the russian naval forces moved to the black sea but they have this landmass serving as a massive aircraft carrier that is there naval base.

we put in destroyers, battleships in the baltic sea, what response has that provoked from the russians? >> they moved into the black sea. leaving the baltic for these flagships, they have a significant naval force and significant forces, diesel submarines in st. petersburg which is further north between finland and the baltic states. kaliningrad is strongly fortified. will: the second russian naval force to the north sea, finland referencing that.

in essence, what you are arguing is to see the united states navy sending them a message, do not begin to think about areas like the baltic or finland, back off. >> absolutely. you look at the perspective of vladimir putin and moscow and xi to see how we react in the taiwan crisis. later putin s perspective, the signal of intent is clear and the movement of naval forces, there is operational strategic part of this and you will be sending a strong message to contain and manage any exfoliation. the other point, had we acted months ago we wouldn't need to do this now. will: we are all looking back

with hindsight wishing we had stronger leadership. no small comment we need to pay attention to what could provoke an escalation but the warnings to russia and there naval base. thank you for enlightening us. up next, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy promising to stay and fight despite three attempts on his life. the danger of being a target on vladimir putin's hit list next. . >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ >> sinmeet a future mom,epair, safelite replace. ♪ a first-time mom and a seasoned pro. this mom's one step closer to their new mini-van! yeah, you'll get used to it. this mom's depositing money with tools on-hand. cha ching. and this mom, well, she's setting an appointment here,

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assassinations, rebecca koffler, author of vladimir putin's playbook. we covered the fact that volodymyr zelenskyy is being targeted but a number of people in the past try to make it look like a accidental poisoning or natural death but these are assassinations backed by the kremlin. the first is alexander minton co. former kgb spy. >> it is a standard trait by russian intelligence. there codename web affairs, the act of spilling blood. i describe this particular tool in vladimir putin's playbook. alexander was poisoned by a radioactive agent, polonium 2010.

he was a british prison -- citizen at the time, domestic security and vladimir putin dispatched two -- carting his brutal death. pete: to the next one. what happened? >> she was gunned down in the elevator of her own apartment building, october 7th, in 2006, a vocal critic of russian forces during the second conflict. this is why russian journalists afraid to speak the truth. pete: was poisoned previous to that so tried again. of former advisor.

>> this one took place on us soil in washington dc in a hotel, vladimir putin's advisor and the founder of the russian network, what happened, died from blunt force to his head, neck, torso and extremities and the official cause of death was accidental but the medical examiner determined the fractures in his neck were consistent with strangulation. pete: the last one, former deputy prime minister, political opponent. >> he was shot four times in

the back next to the kremlin as a vocal critic of vladimir putin. this is an absolute nightmare. russian intelligence is highly trained in these targeted killings and they leave no traces. before -- accidental death or even natural death, very difficult to attributes it to the russian government and especially vladimir putin. pete: the opposition leader, nobody knows better than you, thank you so much. up next, more air raid sirens overnight as russian troops inch closer to the capital city.

the latest developments with joey jones.

pete: russia laser siege to major cities as it advances through ukraine leaving the choices a flea or fight. breaking it down is joey jones. great to see you.

we've become familiar with this map, russian territory taken over or moved to through by that. >> sees very little movement. with movement in the city, another evacuation. the nuclear power plant, forced specific fronts. we have troops from the east or the northwest. pete: to introduce this, to

reflect reality -- with russian advancements. in terms of what they are capable of occupying, areas they marched through. is that accurate? >> kherson has the ukrainian flag above it but they came through it. the limited roots by train and the targets they are trying to acquire if there's a nuclear plant or something to secures the ukrainian forces can't use it as they are pushing through. pete: this particular map, on the outskirts of kyiv there are

interesting fascinating video showing people huddled under a bridge taking some damage, a major conduit across the river. joey:these bridges and roadways, we believe ukrainians took them out as the russians were advancing. i talked to greg gutfld to keep the ukrainians in. there is a circle here. the ukrainian officials confirmed that is what the russians are doing. doesn't mean there's a whole battle line like a convoy but this is evidence of positions they are making to encircle the center of kyiv. this allows high-value targets for moving out of cities. will: look at nato commitments.

this is the map i hope you become familiar with, nato countries keeping in context with relation to russia and ukraine. poland is asking another 40,000 nato troops. joey:president biden sending troops in from germany and europe. the big number 7000 troops landed in poland, humanitarian efforts. a combat team in latvia moved in, f 35s, helicopters from greece and italy. they will land in various places, the term used is within spitting distance of ukraine. one reason this matters is we have supposedly weapons we will bring into ukraine. how that happens is what we

have to worry about hoping not to go to war with russia. will: i will head back to the couch with my cohosts and get your reaction. we should have our eye on those nato countries. joey mac -- >> you talk about red control areas and the borders made me think of the maps we use to stare at of iraq in areas controlled by the insurgency and areas controlled by us. the russians don't control all of that area or want to control it. places they passed through, places they are bombing, kharkiv in the northeast, a 24 to 46 hour pause, sounds like in kharkiv there was a

ukrainian counteroffensive that pushed to the border. pete: sounds like you agree with the assessment that a more accurate map might show snakelike presence of red going through instead of a fool read occupation but is it safe to assume there is no ukrainian military, talking about a push back in kharkiv? >> what is the ukrainian military? as they push further they might pass through ukrainian military, what types of plainclothes, if we are engaging by the ukrainian military that is one thing but doesn't mean they are being free and clear. rachel: i am obsessed with the map you had earlier talking

about the navy and i'm amazed what was done in terms of deploying our ships to areas, and other things. i'm amazed, you noticed even in the call volodymyr zelenskyy had with senators, still can't help himself saying why didn't you act sooner? democrats are very ecstatic over what they see as poll numbers inching up for president biden, yesterday cnn said there's a possibility of a biden come back. they are looking at their failure as a political opportunity, we didn't need a wartime president. we got one because he was so weak.

i know you are focusing on the troop movements which i am so mad we are in this situation. will: volodymyr zelenskyy did chide president biden for not putting economic sanctions on sooner. some sanctions coming in going after russian oligarchs. you hear stories, italy and the united states, commandeered by authorities. bill browder who was a wealth fund hedge fund manager. i read his book read notice about evading arrests in russia, a target inside russia by vladimir putin, for some opposition. describing what happens when you go after oligarchs in russia. >> when you see it oligarch worth $20 billion, they are not worth $20 billion, they are

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rachel: welcome back to "fox and friends". anthony blinkeinputting support to the country of molova as they offer jobs to ukrainians as they deal with their own

labor shortage. a former member of the parliament joining me. what can ukrainian refugees expect? it is one of the poorest countries in europe. is the country prepared to receive them and how are they being received? >> we are a small country. we have workers on another side of the conflict. the sector in the last year, we can stop short but after 5000 and they are welcome.

what goes on here, we can absorb 5000 ukrainians. the economic outcome, the ukrainian people, it is a small country but from 10,000 to 15,000 and the offers. the decisions for ukraine, it means to have the jobs here, it is like that. rachel: you have people who can fill those jobs and getting aid to help with that.

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[sirens] rachel: a fox news alert, more air raid sirens in kyiv overnight as russian war on ukraine enters its 11th day. right now the evacuation of 400,000 citizens in mariupol is you know way.

the area calling for another cease-fire as russian troops surround the officials. pete: ukrainian troops halted the evacuations accusing russian forces of breaching their agreement. the selling continued. last hour secretary of state antony blinken spoke from moldova on the growing crisis. >> never faced a moment as urgent and challenging as the one today. russia's unprovoked war on ukraine kicked off a humanitarian crisis already having a vast effect across the region. will: moments ago ukrainian president zelenskyy telling people they're in the fight of their life. and slavery as he pleads for more lethal aid from the west. trey yingst leads coverage live from kyiv. trey, what is the latest. reporter: good morning, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy warning civilians in the country that russians plan to continue the air campaign.

they will soon target the southern city of odessa. the reason we've seen such peace efforts over the last 24 hours. yesterday ukrainian president zelenskyy speaking with lawmakers on zoom calls. he spoke with president biden. third time in the past day he spoke with israeli prime minister natalie bennett. there is efforts to cut a cease-fire deal but the ukrainians are prepared for what is expected to be bloody days ahead. zelenskyy asking for things like fighter jets. stop purchasing of russian oil. we're learning poland is requesting 40,000 nato troops during the increasing time for the ukrainian people and the entire region. there are concerns that putin won't end with ukraine and continue on to other nato countries around the region. we know the ukrainian people here in the capital of kyiv are preparing. listen to the words of one volunteer.

he describes how ukrainian forces will win. >> translator: we know why we're here. we know why we defend our country. our guys standing there, fighting russian military forces, they know what they're doing. those goes don't. we know what we're doing. that is why we'll win. reporter: amid continued fighting the united nations says the confirmed number of civilian casualties is just over 350 people. the true number is expected to be much higher than that. unfortunately we're learning according to local reports today, three more civilians died just outside of the city in a place, a small town of 60,000 people. it sits outside the city limits. the civilians tried to evacuate a russian mortar shell, it hit the bridge where civilians were evacuating. is len to what woman said describing the war in her hometown yesterday. >> it's a real war.

it's a real war. we smell it. you can feel it. of course you can see it. reporter: a third round of peace talks are set to take place tomorrow between the ukrainians and the russians but as for any sort of deliberatives out of that it is unclear that is going to happen. will: trey, you're on the ground. you're speaking to the ukrainians. fascinating thing from the outside whatever it may be it creates a sense of unification on inside. i'm curious is that the way it is on the ground today in any company there are factions, people that disagree, people looking for opportunities. i'm just curious what the sentiment is, i don't know if the word politically, trey, the sense among ukrainians, is it wholly unified? are there factions with varying goals jockeying within ukraine right now? reporter: broadly speaking you make a great point. when you look at the people of ukraine right now they are

extremely unified. they fad there is one force that's the enemy right now and it's the russians. it's part of the reason we've seen people pro across the political aisle here in kyiv come together with the same goal. that is to push back the russian offensive. we've seen people getting along you wint normally expect in this country, because they are preparing for the days ahead. that means anything from taking the civilian population that can fight and preparing them for battle. helping vulnerable civilians that have to get out of the way, women and children, to get to the train station, the western part of this country, ultimately get to safety. that is what we've seen, ukrainian people rallying behind their leader, people rallying behind their leaders and the holistic approach to do everything they can to push back the russian invasion. back to you. rachel: really quick, trey. you said the goal to push back the russian offensive. you said possibility tomorrow of

some sort of negotiation beginning, based on what you're feeling on the ground, do the people want a negotiated settlement or do they just want to crush invasion, this russian invasion that came into their country? reporter: well look the possibility of peace in the coming days is very low. it's a reality on the ground that everyone is facing the part of that has to do with the fact there is no consensus what peace would look like. ukrainians will not simply accept russian forces in their country. they want their sovereign borders respected. that is a hard-line. russians want to recognize an area of land called crimea in the south they annexed in 2014. they want ukraine to give up all of their weapons. that is not going to happen. a to you have a true stalemate right now in negotiations. both sides have goals simply not realistic for the current state

of play on the ground. the bottom line russia invaded ukraine. the sovereignty of ukraine is not being respected by russia. when the international communities looks at support and weapons and where they flow the aid to it will be ukraine. will: thank you, trey. pete: there are a lot of videos and reports, we saw the video of the russian helicopter shot down by i don't know if it was a stinger missile. likely a variant of that from poland. there are reports of 10 russian aircraft shot down over last 24 hours. rachel: i heard that. pete: these are all reports. when you consider the flow of weapons could be going in, when you think about a stinger missile or a javelin missile, the javelin missile is fire and forget. you don't have to keep it aimed at the target after you fire it. it is lethal 2 1/2 miles away. the person firing is never seen. you can reload multiple into the delivery system.

it is, it doesn't shoot straight. it shoots straight and goes up and comes down on the top part of tanks because the top of the tank is what is most vulnerable on a tank. it's a sophisticated piece of weaponry. hundreds are flowing in. one man with one weapon system can take out entire russian column or tank. rachel: what happened to the column? i heard it stalled. i saw some reports that people said the russians who were in this column of tanks deserted or ran out of fuel? what happened with that, do we know? pete: there are a lot of conflicting reports on that. a lot of videos emerging on the internet of tanks towed away by tractors, out of gas, incapacitated. will: i'm always hesitant we go all-in on social media but, pete, i appreciate you just described to us, we throw terms around. i don't know any of us outside

someone like yourself who served in a combat zone understand the differences with these types of weapons a stinger versus a javelin i take it a javelin is surface-to-surface missile system and javelin, surface-to-air missile system? pete: correct. will: are there sophisticated operating knowledge or can a civilian use them effectively? pete: you have to have training no doubt. not as it is weeks and weeks training a good day of training how to load and operate. like the special force, they will come alongside groups, train alongside them, give them capability how to maintain those weapons systems. average people with limited of training can operate them. they're in the hands of ukrainian military trained to use them or select numbers of special forces which the ukraine was have, forward positioned

against the main axis of advance, it's a game-changer, countering the tactical environment. you can't counter the air ability of russians, when you're trying to move on the ground, man can be stopped quickly. psychological effect of russian operator, or a pc operator, some guy two miles away from me could target me and my ability to see it is incredible. will: zoom out. pete: talk about the map with the columns, guys, up north. that invasion on kyiv has stalled as we talked about. let's go down south. we're in the southern part of the country here. we talked a lot about the crimean peninsula. the offensive coming out of crimea has been effective in large part of mariupol because it has been met with russian troops heading to the east moved

into the donbas as well. that is the separatist area. mariupol is the one we're talking about evacuations. we'll get into that in a moment. we have a sense the what evacuation route would look like. two days of relentless bombing. no water, no heat. food supplies. the talk of evacuation is important. the other push what is the second nuclear power plant in, i can't even pronounce it. zaporizhzhia. that will be a contested area as well. a lot of civilians heading in that direction. we talked about clear son, it is controlled by the russians not necessarily held for their strategy. you see the read corridor, will, kind of what i can you and joey talked about. they're not trying to hold the ground around it. they're making a push. this is a port city. doesn't look like a port city. there is an inlet here. the one remaining ship in the

ukrainian navy was there, because they believe the russians will soon take it. they don't want the russians to have it. a lot of preparatory actions being taken as well. let's move to the evacuation route. the reason i emphasize zapori-zhzhia if i'm pronouncing it right. this is where people would move through a humanitarian corridor to leave. how far is this? 226 kilometers, 140 miles. if you look on a google maps that is a 3 1/2 hour drive. you're not getting anywhere in ukraine today. this cease-fire is set for nine hours. if you're traveling along this route, you will see a traffic jam no doubt. you're heading to a place not necessarily safe. this is where the contested other nuclear site is. once they get there, where do they to next? how effective is the evacuation. considering, guys, they didn't

honor the first one, what are the chances they honor the second one? will: the traffic along that route. i'm interested how many ukrainian citizens are taking up of humanitarian corridor? heading to an area not necessarily safe any way, how many ukrainians are taking up the offer of a humanitarian corridor? pete: interesting question. there are a couple of different routes. you don't necessarily have to move through this direction. one goes straight through russian territory. they're probably not doing that. what faith you have in honoring that obligation by the russians remains to be seen. you make yourself more vulnerable. odesa is ultimate prize. that would lead to the consolidation of blocking off the black sea for all the reasons we're talking about as well. there are limited advances on the map, especially north and east there is consideration that there is a strategic pause

amongst the russians for 24, 48 hours. they're not superhuman as we have seen very clearly. guys have to eat, nice got to rest and reconsolidate and reorganize, even the bad guys. as we look in the northern part of the country, i want to mention real quick, ukrainians made an effective counteroffensive, one of the first counteroffensives in the war, punching back towards the russian border. if the russians are on their heels in some places we might see -- rachel: pete, if that place is not so place, the city from mariupol could go to, is that right, why was that chosen? i don't understand. pete: good question. i don't have the answer to that. i will not stand up here to pretend i do. major thorough peace, going to from new york to philadelphia, using the new jersey turnpike and garden state parkway. could be same scenario.

what is up there who knows. a lot of people will make decisions themselves. rachel: i don't want to go there. pete: i don't want to go there. who do i know. will: we'll find out answers sometime. secretary of state antony blinken condemning russia on his trip overseas. rachel: our next guest recently met with the secretary, calling for america to recognize putin's war crimes. he is the executive director of anti-in kyiv and hanna is the executive of foreign affairs committee in parliament. they join us now. thank you for joining us this morning. hannah, you met with secretary blinken. what did you take away from that meeting? >> i do believe after this meeting secretary blinken will finally military assistance that the u.s. is obliged to support ukraine according to the security guaranties. when we gave up the third

largest nuclear land. we showed pictures of dying children now. what putin is doing in ukraine, this is a genocide. i started this morning receiving calls from my friends. unfortunately, two new borne kids their parents were killed. they're seeking who could take them. i was talking to my husband. maybe we should take the two newborn kids because they are without parents. and this is what we tried to deliver to state secretary blinken. the u.s. promised us to support. it is about dignity. it is about humanity. we don't understand why the embargo on russian oil took so long. why there is no fighter jets. okay, there is no protection of sky. this is really, we don't understand why there are so slows position. russian owe little backers are in the u.s., uk, but ukrainian

children are being bombed, killed by rockets. this is something we ask the american people, american congress, please provide military assistance. please protect our skies. because it is, mariupol, you mentioned that you know the russians denied the green corridor, the humanitarian, people without food, without water. actually nuclear power plant there are instruments that the u.s. as leader of democracy. so if you are really pretend to be leader, because now ukrainian army, ukrainian armed forces with our courage, with our bravery, with victory, we ask you join our fight because this is about stopping terrorist regime. stopping this new hitler, new stalin, new fascist nazi regime

which putin presents. rachel: you also met with the secretary. did you feel like he was receptive to what you were saying he should do to declare this war crimes? do you feel like he is doing enough? how did he receive your information? >> he was listening but it was clear that the u.s. is afraid to contradict russia and we explained to blinken there is cost for non-action. that non-action, with ukraine and systems to protect our skies from russian bombs could cause much bigger devastation that actually contradicting russia. that any second, russian missile can hit one of five ukrainian nuclear power plants and you will not be able to put a circle over entire ukraine. i told secretary blinken, last

10 years i spent on building rule of law in ukraine. i run anti-corruption action center in ukraine. we became successful. we received help from america. but ukraine is being executed by russia for deciding to be free and believing in democracy, and rule of law. now when we're begging america to give us protection of our skies, to prevent death of millions of civilians we are receiving no. we're afraid of big war. we in ukraine don't afraid of big war. we will fight to the very end. but if millions of people including children will be killed, it will be on the responsibility of the leadership of nato member-states and especially on the leadership of the united states. >> this comparison that ukraine, that u.s. is not ready to protect because the failure of afghanistan, please do not

compare because ukrainian president, he is in kyiv. ukrainian mayor of the capital klitschko, world-renowned box man, he is in kyiv. he is president. everybody is in kyiv. we are believing. we are winning. the blitzkrieg of putin failed. actually if ukraine received same amount of support, look millions of dollars you invested in afghanistan and our people are now in ukraine, territorial defense, women we are producing molotov cocktails, so we will win. actually now it is time to join to our future victory because it is how to stop terror, how to stop current nazi. this is why we were trained. we tried to explain to secretary blinken. please help us. rachel: your pleas are being heard. many americans agree with you. others are worried that could

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♪. will: back with some headlines, starting with a fox news alert. at leaves six people are dead include two young children when a powerful tornado touched down in iowa. six people were hurt. the storm touched down south of des moines. iowa governor kim reynolds is declaring a state of emergency. american basketball star is detained on drug charges as u.s. warns all americans to leave the country. wnba champion, britney garner is facing 10 years in russian prison. she was taken in custody in an air period of time accused of having a vape pen. sheila jackson lee who

represents her hometown of houston, texas, said russia had no right to detain her and demands her release. pete: ukrainians refuse to back down as russian forces shell their town pushing them further into the country, but a former green beret said they could hit them with a guerrilla campaign that could bleed russia dry. that green beret, leader of operation pineapple, we have retired marine bomb tech, joey jones. thanks for you both being here. scott, start with you, what do you believe ukrainians can do to protrack this? >> i think they're already doing it, pete. they're fighting a conventional fight as you're talking about this morning but also you're seeing this unconventional fight start to happen where partisans, civilians are taking up arms. the fact that putin has extended his lines so long, morale of

troops is so low, unpopular at home, he will have to occupy the cities at some point. that is when the people can start to rise up in resistance. i think that is where he will meet hard times. pete: scott, before we go to joey you think vladmir putin would have to attempt to hold the city centers? that would be a massive task we're all familiar how difficult it is? >> i don't believe you can do this kind of a breach in this country, not hold or occupy. that is where the achilles' heel comes in. the question what will the united states do about it? our relationship with our partners is not exactly stellar. pete: as we witnessed in afghanistan and elsewhere. joey, if this goes into listen, not 10 days, but 10 weeks, this place moves forward, how consequential could insurgency could be? >> you said appropriate word, if, it is a big if.

we don't know what happens tomorrow, what happens a month from now. scott is absolutely correct though. if you go in to start bombing apartment buildings, some other atrocities, we have no way to substaniate, russians mistreating ukrainians you create will to fight as long as you're there. the stated goal was to replace the government not take over ukraine. who knows what is on the menu as this war drags in a way i don't think he predicted. i make a prediction, more ira, not al-qaeda, people are groups of neighbors, speak same language some places, speak similar languages in other places, the ira operated in a way the fight didn't just stay where they were. if moscow occupies ukraine, the fight is going to go to moscow. we talk about a sophisticated

insurgency, we talk about sabotage , i.e.d.es, things of that nature, no reason why that won't spill over into vladmir putin's country it several, i say no reason, having not been there, not understanding the full heightened security it becomes a infiltrated fight especially when they share a border. pete: scott, what is the worst-case scenario in your mind? joey described something would be a serious escalation if somebody were to happen in moscow as well, how would things spiral in the wrong direction in your mind? >> you have a unpredictable totalitarian leader with his hands on nuclear weapons that one is first and foremost in my mind. it could spiral in a lot of directions that way but what i worry about is this kind of tepid response we're displaying at the political level, some of our military senior officer levels. it seems to me we are ignoring the power of a resistance.

we've done this multiple times, the power after partner nation to stand up to make a stand. and our ability to build the relationships we've done over the last 10 years with our special forces the question how will we leverage that going forward? to me that is a worst-case scenario. if we abandon these relationships once again our place in the world as a leader will continue to deteriorate. we're putting our troops at more risk. pete: we talked about javelins and stinger missiles, how effective are they with less trained civilians? should we get more weapons in the hands of civilians? pete: they are very effective. we saw it with the mujahadeen. depending on circumstance. the opportunity to use them. we talked about the 40-mile convoy. people tweet, we're on the ground javelins. why don't you use them. well a 40-mile convoy will not

sit there without a security perimeter. when you're outnumbered, outmanned, outweaponned you don't have the opportunity to lose a 12-man team to shoot javelins on a convoy you might use a plane against. will they be effective in insurgency situation? absolutely. right now the ukrainians are holding on to the idea they will get air support and get conventional military support. pete: scott, real quick, last word? >> i would say when it comes, there is nothing more powerful and inspired and motivated partisan fighting for the freedom. whether the molotov cocktail or a javelin, you will be in for a long, hard fight, if that is it what you're up against. that is what putin shows to be up against. i hope the united states can jump in there too, help where we can. pete: you have done that for a living, scott mann. scott, joey, thanks a lot. still ahead, supporters protecting democracy when it came to u.s. voting laws but why

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♪. welcome back to "fox & friends." as the list cutting tieses to russia grows one company is facing boycotts refusing to take a stand. coca-cola was one of the loudest voices against georgia's voting rights bill. i don't know if we call it that. with war raging in europe, coke is staying silent and continuing to do business in russia. military veteran calvin keane is running for senate in georgia. he joins us now to react. welcome to "fox & friends." very having, coca-cola was so loud in georgia and calling for boycotts and not only are they doing business with russia, they never stopped doing business with china.

they do business in iran and afghanistan. what do you make of this? >> yeah. i think it is just hypocrisy of our current political climate. causing these companies to do things they wouldn't normally do. coca-cola they do business in pretty much every country in the globe except for cuba and north korea and what companies are being pushed to do is weigh the political risks because of the influence of this cancel culture. that is what happened here in georgia. coca-cola was one of the spokespersons behind having mlb move from atlanta, the all-star game from atlanta to denver. called our voting bill a step backwards. couldn't be further from the truth. our bill made it he hadeasy to vote harder to cheat. have more voting days than colorado. absentee voting requests come

from the secretary of state's office and we have mailboxes. it is inconsistent. right now coca-cola is doing business in russia and ukraine. they're not speaking up about the atrocities that russia is putting on ukraine at the moment. rachel: right. so boycott coca-cola is number one own twitter. coca-cola is giving money to ukraine for relief efforts but they have said nothing about putin or russia. they have been deliberately silent own that. any repercussions people in georgia mad about this? >> well i mean i'm not real sure what is going to happen, but we vote with our wallets often times and in this case if the consumers of coca-cola if they're not happy with the business decisions that the company is making, under the leadership of mr. quincy, they will vote with their wallets and they will boycott coca-cola.

that is a risk that coca-cola evaluated. i think it is hypocritical to be so outspoken about our voting bill that was actually a good voting bill but be silent what is happening in ukraine and atrocities russia is putting on the sovereign country. rachel: they certainly invited the criticism by going after conservatives in georgia more than they go after putin so thank you so much for joining us kelvin. >> thanks for your time, rachel. i really enjoyed it. rachel: okay. we reached out to coca-cola by the way and the coca-cola company did not have any comment. coming up, ukrainian president zelenskyy is making a direct plea to congress. why he says if biden acted sooner there would not have been a war. plus the impact of the war on ukraine is now being felt here at home. the record high cost for you to fill up at the pump next.

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talk about cutting off russian oil as well. stephen, do we have you? >> that is exactly right. the entire russian economy is really financed with oil and it is so frustrating, and even almost immoral that here we are in a situation today we're importing oil from the russians. in fact that means that we're actually inadvertently helping finance the russian war machine and that would not be happening if donald trump were president today. under president trump 14 months ago the united states was independent from oil from russia and saudi arabia. i believe this situation we're in now is the direct consequence of radical green energy policy by the biden administration that wasn't taking into account of

consequences of america giving up its energy independence. the by the way the europeans are not blameless either. trump warned europeans five years ago not become dependent and and and addicted to russian oil. i do believe we're in the predictment that they are fighting russian tanks on the streets of ukraine. rachel: stephen, you are 100% right. this is the green new deal war. this exactly should not have happened. the bad part we're seeing the biden administration because they're getting so much pressure about russian oil, now they are going to get oil from iran. they're making deals now with venezuela, these other bad governments. >> unbelievable. rachel: why is it that, it just doesn't make logical sense you would rather get oil and gas from tehran than texas, oklahoma, pennsylvania? i don't understand it. >> neither do the american people. people are really fed up by this

we have more oil, gas and colby the way, we have more energy than any of these countries do. think about as you mentioned, texas, north dakota, alaska, oklahoma, pennsylvania, west virginia, think about the lost gdp. we're producing less oil and gas today than we were a year ago. every time, it is very pim spell, at $120 a today, what the international price is right now, we're about a million barrels less under biden in terms of production. do the math. that means we're losing $100 million a day. a lot of that money as you mentioned is going to our enemies. it is going to venezuela, it is going to russia. it is going to the opec country. it has become not just a crisis with respect to our economy, it is becoming a national security crisis. i worked with trump. every meeting we would have with trump, america will not only be energy independent but energy dominant. think how the world would be

different today, safer today, if that were still the case. rachel: amen. will: energy is power. by the way implications of this are making their way home. national gas prices this morning, $4.01. there has been a fast moving development last couple days, last week or so, american corporations in a shocking number, basically canceled their business deals with russia. from oil and gas companies, to visa, mastercard, they won't process transactions in russia. my question to you is actually different. do you think we would see the same type of corporate response were china to invade taiwan? do you think american corporations would solidify against doing business with china? rachel: great question? >> well, first of all, i want to applaud american corporations for doing the patriotic thing in boycotting russia. look, this is a tyrant and

murderer running russia right now. we have to stand with the ukrainian people. that is what the american people want. we want to stand with the ukrainians every way we can. boy, it is difficult, think about what happens, god forbid if the chinese invade taiwan? that is something none of us want to see. will the american companies stand up to the chinese government? i don't have a good answer for that but they're so hooked on chinese money right now, it might be answer to that question is no but i hope the answer would be question. china is the 10 times the threat to american security than russia. china's economy is 15 times bigger than russia's is. rachel: i would say, steve, russia is a problem. china is a crisis. >> exactly. exactly. that's why we better pay close attention what is happening. when you get tyrants running a country as is happening in china

right now with president xi, we better start taking them seriously. "the wall street journal" had a great editorial yesterday about this. right now this isn't just about russia. this is about a country unfortunately that is looking weak. we're paying a high price for what happened with the catastrophe of afghanistan. pete: very much so. stephen moore. not stephen miller. i know who you are. we love you. >> by the way you talked about gas being $4, one. i live in virginia. i had to fill up. we're paying $4.79 unfortunately w a bigger spike, we may look at five dollars a gallon gas even across the country. that is self-inflicted wound. rachel: totally self-inflicted. rachel: thanks, stephen. pete: texas veteran is joining us to help the ukrainian people. what he is doing for nair fighters that could make the difference between life and

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♪. will: a texas veteran is doing his part to help ukraine sold in their fight for freedom by sending them camouflaged hoodies and clothes. we have the owner of the performance wear. eric, great to have you on the

program this morning. we don't have a ton of time together. i'm fascinated by the logistics. america, ukrainians appreciate your inspiration but logistics of this idea how you decided you would get camo to fighters in ukraine. take us through the story very quickly. >> so watching the clips and news articles about the young ukrainians fighting for their home hand, freedom survival. i couldn't sit back and do nothing. i have a business that provides camo. i went online, do you have any connections? i got connection from ukraine embassy in belgium to reach out to them. within five minutes they responded to me. so from there on i went on social media again, asked for donations. started to, i needed to design my own camo for ukraine. i kept it basically, trying same

colors as ukrainian army. i have urban camo for my own company. right now i'm just taking donations right now. will: so you shipped the camouflage i assume to belgium to make it way to ukraine or logistically got it into the hands of ukranians? >> that's correct. will: that is fascinating. if anybody is watching inspired like you were how can they help in your effort to send camouflage to ukraine? >> go to my website at www.mercgpw.com. there is a link on there with the ukrainian flag. they can click on it. see a picture of the go nate right there and then. 100% of the funds goes towards the manufacturing and shipping of that. will: eric, inspired what you're doing.

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[air raid sirens] will: fox news alert, air raid sirens sounding off in kyiv overnight as russia's war on ukraine enters its 11th day. rachel: president zelenskyy warning that russian troops are preparing to bomb major cities. secretary of state antony blinken in moldova as the crisis in eastern europe intensifies. >> we never faced a moment as urgent and challenging as the

one we faced today. russia's unprovoked unwarranted war on ukraine has kicked off a humanitarian crisis that is already having a vast effect across the region. pete: right now 400,000 people in mariupol are hoping to evacuate as the area is currently under a cease-fire they say. we'll see if it holds. trey yingst leads our coverage by kyiv. trey? reporter: yeah, absolutely. the ukrainians are hoping that cease-fire in the south holds so they can get those civilians out of the line of fire a similar concern in another southern city of odessa. today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy warning that the russians plan to target this city and ultimately try to take it. over the past 24 hours zelenskyy has been speaking with world leaders and politicians trying to garner support for the situation on the ground. yesterday he spoke with lawmakers over zoom and he also spoke with president biden. it comes as civilians here in the capital of kyiv are lining

up, volunteering to fight. they understand that russian forces are getting closer and closer. it is not just this capital city that is concerned. neighboring poland is requesting 40,000 nato troops. they're worried if it expands, putin may try to take territories there. we know secretary of state antony blinken in moldova today speaking about this issue. he had this to say about the possibility of fighter jets being supplied to the polish if they supply them to the ukrainians. >> we're looking actively now at the question of airplanes that poland may provide to ukraine. can't speak to a timeline. i can tell you we're looking at it very, very actively. reporter: fighting continues outside of the city of kyiv today. there are new reports in local media that three civilians with h were killed in an area called irpin. we were there yesterday. civilians tried to get out of the way as russian forces fired mortars into this area this is significant. it gives you a taste of what the

civilian population across this country is facing. listen how one woman described it to me as we spoke yesterday. >> it's a war, it's a real war. this is a real war. we smell it. you can feel it. and of course it is fear. reporter: more peace talks are set to take place tomorrow between the russians and ukrainians but there are no expected developments to come out of these conversations. ukraine wants something that russia does not. ukraine wants sovereignty and wants their borders to be respected the as we've seen the past 10 days, russian forces have no intention of doing that. back to you. rachel: trey, who is sort kind of moderating this negotiation or these peace talks? i know you don't think there is a lot of hope for them? who is moderating that? that is in charge? reporter: right now the talks are taking place directly between the russian and ukrainian delegation. as for a larger peace conversation, it is part of what the israelis actually today are

doing. over the past 24 hours israeli prime minister bennett spoke three times with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. he also met with russian president vladmir putin. there is clearly something behind the scenes going on, trying to getting to the, some cease-fire deal to slow the fighting, to stop the civilian casualties from rising. as for talks tomorrow, they will take place between the russian and ukrainian delegations. pete: trey, you mentioned increased bombing of larger cities. we know car keefe has been under siege, mariupol, potentially odesa. you're in the capital. there are sirens going off. there are historic buildings, government buildings, religious buildings. have they taken shelling the city center of kyiv at all? have they done that at all? if they haven't, is there a sense they're leaving that out of bounds for now? reporter: earlier in the week they hit the city center with russian missiles. they hit an apartment building

also a television tower killing multiple is civilians in these strikes. we've seen more devastating images in population centers around the country. there is really nothing off limits for the russians. u.s. intelligence analysts worry that will be the president putin's playbook next couple days, hammer the city on the ground and in air. we've seen the playbook in syria, for example. russians will hit the populated area, push civilians out, move ground forces in. part of what we're seeing kharkv in the western part of this country and mariupol in the south. will: thank you, trey. earlier on the show we entered two people in ukraine, and hanna holcomb, politician in ukraine. they were very emotional in the conversation. pleading for american intervention in this war and

they did seem to suggest in that conversation they thought they had received a receptive audience from tony blinken. here is what they had to say. >> it is clear that the u.s. is afraid to contradict russia. we explained to blinken that there is cost for nonaction. >> two newborn kids, their parents were killed. they are seeking who could take them? actually i was talking to my husband, that maybe we should take the two newborn kids because they are without parents and this is what we tried to do, even to say to secretary blinken. that the u.s. promised us support. it is about dignity. it is about humanity. this is really, we don't understand why there is so slow action. rachel: they were actually calling for antony blinken, for the americans, to the west, name this specifically a war crime. it is interesting because you remember a couple days ago the u.s. embassy in kyiv, when there

was an attack on the nuclear plant, they said, there was a tweet that went out about war crimes. then the state department said, don't retweet. told all the other embassies not to retweet that. the u.s. government is being very careful about using the word war crimes. my guess because that would require action and as you can see from the conversation they had, as you said, and any blinken receptive but doesn't want to cross the line with american intervention which war crimes might require. pete: war crimes comment likely triggers more international involvement. at the u.n., elsewhere, u.n. and china, russia, permanent members of the security council. action would require unanimous action would not happen but in previous incursions involving ukraine as we covered yesterday, will, war crimes, there have been allegations, even statements of war crimes which

have not affected vladmir putin. even that designation doesn't seem to have an impact. one of the women speaking in that clip, hannah, former chair of the foreign relations committee. she would be the top foreign policy person in our congress. she knows what she is talking about. understandable the passion, frustration that they have. i know these countries don't have the same capabilities we do. but that same kind of passion should be pointed at paris, london, berlin, the other neighboring european countries who should, ought, shoulder the bulk of the burden in bordering the ukrainians as opposed to us. rachel: thinking about adopting newborn babies who were just orphaned. this is very, very tragic situation. will: our job as americans juggle that human empathy, understand the american condition, how we help ukraine avoiding a world war. in that interview, america is afraid of a big war. we're not afraid of the big war.

i imagine that statement is true but that doesn't make america's position wrong. we talk about the potential for nuclear conflict. we have to balance our emempathy and humanitarian instincts, doesn't mean extinguish our humanitarian and empathy but balance it against nuclear war. pete: putin said any no-fly zone would be act of war. he was talking overnight, participation in supplying certain weapons systems, might be participation in a war. might willing to send in more mig aircraft ukrainians can fly from poland. replace those with f-16s from poland. we talked about that in the break. a javelin missile costs 110,000-dollar per missile. we're providing, countries around ukraine are providing hundreds and hundreds of javelins and stingers. that is not insignificant.

if you're town is being bombed to the 10th century, it all feels significant. will: the united states of america has thread the needle averting a nuclear war, participating proxy wars with the soviet union better part of 80 years under multiple administration, regardless of political party. let's hope we three the needle and help ukraine but avoid civil war. we have somebody here to help us, joey jones, fox news contributor, retired bomb tech. joey, you're looking at the country. what are you seeing. >> let's go around the country. we talked kyiv. what the map shows us is that the russians are trying to cut kyiv off from the rest of the country and constrict in on that city. the number one high value is there. zelenskyy is there. ukrainian's government is there. putin suggests if he replaces the government that is in his interest, i don't know if that

entirely true. as far as the country goes, reporting kharkiv is getting heavily shelved. mariupol has cease-fire better part of today so they can evacuate civilians out. outside of that heavy fighting. troops from crimea going from both directions here. there is concentrated effort to come this way to take odesa. we explain to people back home. you don't have to control the entire coastline to control the coastline. you just have to control the port cities. that is with they're doing, going after them strategically to allow port cities from getting supplies, reinforcements from nato countries that come in there. that is obviously a tactic they're finding success with. going around the country, general jack keane has said, one thing general kellogg has said. over all the options vladmir putin had, he took the most complicated. pete: yeah. >> most resource intensive option on the table which is a full assault in no list than

four places. pete: usually combined arms assault would be concentrated in one location to overwhelm. >> absolutely. pete: he did four locations. as a result we're hearing reports in kharkiv overnight, ukrainian forces made a minor counterattack all the way back to the russian border. maybe not strategically significant. but russians were not expecting anywhere to be pushed back. >> there is a city with a airbase outside of kyiv, it is going back and forth. they fought real hard for that. pete: absolutely. let's go to the last map. you talked about evacuation from mariupol. this is where the nuclear power plant is. >> that came under russian control this corridor has russian presence. that is why this is the corridor. they identified probably a direct route. this is probably the best, just infrastructure for people to move but the russians are not just going to let them go out

into know where not who all is leaving. pete: so many questions about that. when you see civilians leaving mariupol. that is not out of mercy. that is out of preparation for and all-out assault. >> absolutely meet meet ukrainian civilians carrying weapons, men stay behind, they continue to be military targets. that is even if women and children are allowed to evacuate what is very dangerous route. >> you were on the couch talking about vladmir putin will decide things are whatever he wants them to be. that is his nature. how he does this. being a fate toe country now you're participating in the war, you're providing weapons or air support. we're talking about the fact that an insurgency is what is being promoted. like president zelenskyy said, civilians arm yourself. the real danger, you get so many civilians going on this path. russians decide there is a guy with an ak. we can attack him. maybe we don't want to take the route identify by the russians. maybe they disappear --

pete: especially cease-fires are falling apart. energy has become a pretty key part of this, who controls it, joey. >> from our perspective energy is the key part, right? our inability to move against russia is tied to energy. europe's inability to move against russia is tied to energy. with when we talk about energy in ukraine we have key places. we have four nuclear sites that host 12 or 15 reactors. this is the largest in europe this is controlled by russia. this is where the fire was at. we had a lot of reporting one way or the other. this is the next target here. our reports are saying as they move towards odesa, this is place they're concerned. pete: the little red inlet is not an accident. >> not by accident. pete: i would report the donbas region is under dispute for eight years, coal. >> coal. pete: between this, two nuclear reactors, russian military advance this is is the lion's share of energy resources.

>> we have lyviv. there is not a russian presence. all the black dots are coal plants. these dots are active nuclear energy production. this is chernobyl, no longer active in 2000. more than 50% of the energy comes from two sites. russia controls one. about to capture another. controlling energy is able to turn switch on and off. pete: controlling energy, tactical and geopolitically. thanks, brother. good stuff. it does seem to always come back to energy at some level f they're going to lay siege to these cities, one thing to bomb them. another thing to turn the lights out at same time, turn off the heat in winter. >> turn off heat in winter yes. pete: we an fascinated cell phones, internet worked so far. you turn off power. internet is not sticking around if you can't log on to connect. rachel: atrocities go up.

we know that, that is what happened last summer people in cuba were fighting trying to protest against their oppressors, you shut down the internet, you don't see the atrocities. suddenly the world loses interest what is happening. a real key to what ukraine is doing, getting the world's attention and sympathies. that is one of arsenals in their weapons peel peel we feel like it paused we talk about you will at maps, the red, how much is moving? the scary part how much aare air power russians could bring on population centers, much comes from russian territory. surface-to-air missiles, rye lentless bombardments could be coming because of assault ground attack which is tragic when you think about the ukrainians. will: as you said almost always comes back to energy. russia is upset the united states will shut down russian trade which could include deals

with iran. russia looking to continue to hang on, little footholds where they sell their oil, make their money. iran is one of those outlets. so they're hoping to get a guarranty from the united states of america we will not interrupt that flow, that trade, russia, and iran. here is morgan or take gas whether or not the biden administration is willing to allow that to happening. questioning why the biden administration buying iranian oil instead of with our own dominance produce oil here at home? >> biden is not allowing america to be energy independent. he is really not opening up for new exploration and new drilling the way we need to be in order to be energy independent. most importantly he is not putting the crucial sanctions that are required on the russian energy sector. now a lot of people think, well he is just doing that because he doesn't want the price of oil to go up, and that would hurt americans. i think it is far more sinister

than that, lawrence. i think what you will see next week, president biden and his team will unveil a deal that is actually worse, more disasterous than the 2014 deal that obama negotiated. and in that deal i believe that is why they haven't negotiated, excuse me, why they haven't sanctioned russian oil yet because not only are they going to allow the russians to continue their energy sector we may be even able to buy oil from iran in this new deal. rachel: buy oil from tehran than texas. they're also by the way in secret negotiations with the very evil venezuelan maduro government, wanting to get more oil from there. they understand that there is domestic political pressure. gas, the average is over $4 a gallon. they refuse to do it domestically where we have the resources and the americans want it there. they would rather make deals with -- pete: dangerous double dealing

there are russians involved in the nuclear deal. rachel: yes. pete: why are we involved talking to russia and iran? israel can't afford an iranian bomb. they're stuck because of what is happening in syria as well. so other things are still happening f we're going to let an iran deal happen under our watch, while this is happening, it otherwise couldn't happen while this is going on. what else is going on? rachel: never let a crisis go to waste. they always wanted this deal with iran. it will be worse than it was before. this is why americans are nervous. they don't trust these leaders. they don't trust their focus is about this. taking advantage of situations to advance the very unpopular agenda, just crazy. now to a fox weather alert. a powerful tornado is ripping through central iowa killing at least six people. two young children are among the dead. iowa governor kim reynolds is declaring a state of emergency.

will: in florida a fast moving wildfire forcing at least 600 homes in the panhandle to evacuate. at least two homes have been destroyed and 12 damaged. pete: chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is live with the fox weather forecast. rick? rick: really rough day of severe weather yesterday. another one on tap farther in the south, primarily mostly iowa. look at this temperaturewise, iowa in the mid 20s. you have no power. people trying to sort through their stuff, temps into the 20s, very, very cold. 27 in kansas city cold in the morn this time. that is the cold front moving parts of the northeast. we have another storm here across parts of the southwest. you see rotation around the four corners, that is the storm today eject out into the central plains, bring another round of severe weather, especially parts of arkansas, southern missouri,

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♪. will: secretary of state antony blinken telling china's foreign minister the world is watching. their response to the russia war on ukraine. our next guest warns the invasion has both emboldened and discouraged the chinese on their plans to target taiwan. gatestone institute senior fellow gordon chang, good to talk to you again. emboldened and discouraged. that is interesting. let's go through this one at a time. china is looking at russia's invasion of ukraine. how are they emboldened? >> they are emboldened because there was a general breakdown deterrents, will. remember the united states was so much more powerful than russia and belarus. our economy is 13 times bigger

than but they invaded. chinese are watching very carefully. they say the united states really is, as they said in the past a paper tiger. that the united states is feeble. it doesn't have the strength to accomplish its aims. those are the things that make war more likely. by the way it is not just taiwan. it is also japan, the philippines, india, could be bhutan and nepal everywhere around china's periphery to the south and east. will: okay, emboldened because they don't see much of the west, much of the united states doing anything to stop it occurring ahead of time. i have to think when you say they have been discouraged, gordon, there are heavy sanctions on russia. corporations pulling out of business with russia. would they do the same with china? that is the great unknown. i think china is asking themselves that same question. >> oh, absolutely. the financial sanctions, for instance, freezing bank accounts and removal of some banks from swift is important but really, i

think that the most important factor discouraging the chinese is the heroic actions of the ukrainian people. beijing's view of the world, decade in, decade out, big countries get to do what they want and i'm sure they felt putin's armor would roll over ukraine and the people would not resist. when you come to taiwan, that is a factor in the chinese minds. remember that in taiwan people self-identify as taiwanees overwhelmingly, about 85% say they're taiwanees only, not chinas. those who identify themselves on the island as chinese only is low single digits. that means you will have a people who will resist, especially in the mountainous areas of taiwan which is about a majority of the island. will: right, yeah. so in other words, they see we might have much bigger fight on our hands that we would have anticipated that gets ugly,

drawn out, provokes the world's response. thank you gordon, for that. emboldened and discouraged. we will keep our eye on china throughout this process. thank you, gordon. >> thank you, will. will: made, poland is asking nato for more military assistance as fears grow that putin could expand his invasion further into europe. retired brigadier general anthony tate at that on whether if our allies are ready for war. >> ...and lots of opportunities. >> so, what are you waiting for? >> apply now... >> ...and make a difference. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ >> man, i love that song! you're a one-man stitchwork master. but your staffing plan needs to go up a size. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire

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putin's next. bring in former commanding deputy general in afghanistan, retired brigadier general anthony tateta. general, thanks for being here. three things were mentioned in that meeting. it was the additional jets, sanctions and a no-fly zone. as you look at this strategically from the united states of america, what should we do and what should we not do? >> pete, great to be with you, thanks and good morning. i think the jets are a great idea and concept on paper but the real problematic to execute in reality because when you look at the mig jets that poland and the other former warsaw pact nations have, if we were to allow them to be used and then backfill them with f-15, f-16 fighter jets, then, you know, a, are the ukrainian pilots trained? b, how do we get them in there without making it look like

they're taking off from poland, wherever, going straight into combat? and then c, you know, is there a backfill pipeline strong enough to bring in fighter jets into the nation's that give up the jets to not create a vacuum and are nato nation partners that would invite putin in to just keep steamrolling into poland or romania or wherever? that's the key issue i think with the jet and i think the secretary austin and his team are working through those policy issues right now because each one could trigger an article v attack guns one is an attack against all issue. the sanctions are, have to be in place and we have to do the oil sanctions. we have to open up the keystone xl pipeline. i think that is a real key issue for us. then the no-fly zone, putin said that is an act of war. so the policy folks from all the

nato nations have to get in there and have a conversation about, is this something we're willing to do? we have to draw a line in the sand somewhere and that might be the place to do it. pete: the point you're making is well-taken the needle we need to thread with the jets. one thing we do want to avoid, triggering of article v, turning the balance, amazing to seat russian military has not yet maintained dominance over the skies. additional jets in the hands of ukrainians, if not decisive contribute to the fact that russia hasn't made gains especially up near kyiv. is there a way, i don't want to use the word deconflict. ultimately you're right, if they're flying out of poland from the view of moscow that looks like a nato country getting involved directly. >> yeah, pete. that is a great point you make because you would -- think that

russia would -- [inaudible] you're hearing stories of these aged fighters pilots from ukraine knocking other airplanes out of the sky. some airplanes may make a difference, create a stalemate so to speak. certainly when you have convoys stacked up for miles, having some, you know, migs to roll in there or even u.s. made aircraft to roll in like an a-10, i know some a-10 pilots were salivating some of those images remind you the highway of death coming out of kuwait up into iraq. you can really step them in their tracks. that is a tough policy decision and it is one i'm confident of the secretary of defense and his team are looking hard at and there's triggers all along the way that could trigger an article v issue. so the real question is, do we want to go to war with russia?

do we want nato with war with russia? where is the balance between deterrents and, that flashpoint that sends us into combat. pete: that is the balance. stingers, and javelins have not that type of trigger. would jets, would that be a line vladmir putin would attempt to draw? interesting stuff. anthony tateta. thanks for joining us. >> thanks,. pete: pete how has recent history led to ukraine fighting for their freedom? we'll walk through the events that paved the way for war in eastern europe. americans are facing more pain at the pumps and how to prep financially for the consequences of this ongoing russian -- [inaudible] liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need.

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start with 1918. what is instructive how monumental to look west. throughout ukraine has come under the influence, yes, the russian empire, poland, legitimate lithuanian empire and mongols. most of ukraine has been focused towards central europe. the point of focus shifts west. pete: the bolshevikses wanted to end a war with the germ nance, ultimately ceded ukraine. that is what happened 100 years ago in 1918. will: russian revolution takes place, soviets take over. take over the russian empire. pete, take over ukraine. pete: once they get the opportunity to take it back after ceding it, they do that. it is a part of the formation of the ussr. this along with multiple other countries absorbed with russia by a new communist state t loses

its identity at that point. will: we come to a monumental moment in history informs a lot of what you hear about ukraine. germany occupies ukraine. german blitzkrieg occupies ukraine. death squads through belarus, balkans, ukraine. this is important to note the nazis were the leaders, perpetrators of the holocaust, they often, often enlisted local populations. what happened in the holocaust was often perpetrated for example, by ukraine. when vladmir putin said he wants to denazify ukraine, he is talking about some modern elements but playing on historical memory in ukraine. pete: for sure. 1.5 million jews lost their lives in ukraine during the holocaust as a portion of this in world war ii. many of the people pulling those triggers, this is not speculation this is history, were actually ukrainians on the behest of the nazis but also taking advantage of the absolute chaos.

but own hatred existed within their society. legacy of that, very few of those people were ever held accountable. will: that's right. pete: atrocities happen, go back to their towns and neighborhoods to live life, the legacy -- will: the key point is legacy. we're not saying ukraine is defined what happened 80 years ago but get in the mind of vladmir putin. pete: this is big fast forward. what happened between 1944 and what happened in 1991. with the fall of the soviet union ukraine becomes sovereign state. they declare before the soviet union fell. will: vladmir putin says this is the worst moment of the 20th century. that is his estimation. pete: he was in west germany when the fall happened. what was a sleepy outpost for him, became the center of the end of the cold war. will: thus begins the ukrainian nationalist movement. russia pushes back in 2008 as

ukraine shifts focus west, starts to flirt with nato vladmir putin puts his foot down. pete: this doesn't include in 2004 the orange revolution a pitched battle with those who want to look toward russia have a lot of political power, connections to the kremlin are politically powerful inside of ukraine, the urging of ukrainian people en masse allowed to vote in a fair election go to leaders who want to join nato membership and you look at propaganda vladmir putin is pushing right now, the belief that nato is encroaching on his territory that is justification for further involvement. nato applied for membership, it was not granted, they would not say when or how that membership would come. in fact germany and france then as they do today, hesitant as to whether or not they want the ukraine in nato membership partly because of energy

resources. also because in the case of france, does that trigger a response from russia? so they have been thinking about this moment for quite some time. >> we know the answer to that you said something key, free and fair elections. we come to 2014 there is lot goes on. united states of america, our point of focus is often domestic but you remember major protests, euro made dan pretests in ukraine. a pro-russia regime was in, victor yanukovych. people speak up, protests on the street. an election. you shift in a way essence from a russian puppet to democratically elected government in ukraine. pete: domestic politics plays into this. between 2008 and 2014 economy turned south. they voted in a pro-russian leader with assurances of a better economic policies. then 100 protesters were killed by the government protesting

outside of victor yanukovych's, the center square. he is deposed. where does he flee? he flees to russia to avoid being taken over by his own people. will: one real quick note on this, let's play the war game russia wins this war, who do they put in place? who is the new puppet? yanukovych is not a feasible answer. hard to find a pro-russian politician ready to take the reins? pete: pro-russian presidents has not ended well over there. will: volodymyr zelenskyy, president of ukraine, international celebrity, elected in 2019, provoking then -- pete: zelenskyy elected as a moderate. we may think of him as a hawk at this point of russia. part of his election pledge was create better relations with russia. the big currency he had the sense he was not part of the in machine, part of the corruption that was there. might give a fair shake to autonomy of ukraine.

it is paying off you would argue for the people who want freedom in ukraine right now. at least he is standing up and stayed in kyiv right now. will: that brings us today, russia invades ukraine. wick walk through ukrainian history. pete: ukrainian history in six minutes. we did the best we could. up next we'll tell you how you and your family can prepare financially as the war in ukraine contributes to hits on your wallet. will: zelenskyy pleads with the u.s., for lethal aid to fight off russians. u.s. senator marsha blackburn was on the call. why she says it is time for the u.s. to act now.

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♪. rachel: well i don't need to tell you that there is pain at the pump. americans are feeling effects of the war on ukraine as national gas prices hit north of $4 a gallon. how can families prepare for the soaring costs? we have a financial expert on this. so great to have you today on "fox & friends." today i want to go through you have tips for families that are very basic. i want to go through them right away. it is $4 a gallon now. i'm told we'll pass the all-time record high of $4.11 tomorrow.

that high was set 11 years ago. this is real pain for americans. so the first thing you say is, don't spend blindly. sounds obvious. >> well, if you buy like you always have before you will overspend. groceries, gas, inflation, call it a hidden tax. i call it as silent thief. set your alarms, cameras, chip wires, chihuahua barking don't let him speak in. don't spend blindly. back to basics of doing the budget. four bags at a grocery store is $150 a 70 or $80 a few weeks ago or few months ago. don't spend blindly the way you were before or you will be in trouble. rachel: such great advice. we're all feeling it at the grocery store. i have nine kids as, know,

andres. avoid debt. >> credit card is primary sign you're spending. things are more expensive, what do i do? stop buying groceries? no, you don't. you have to adjust. buy make three bags of groceries instead of four. if you feel tempted to use the credit card. means you're out of control, overspending that will bring more pain than pain of inflation. rachel: absolutely. this next one is fascinating to me. you say make peace with your family. what does that have to do with my finances? >> analysts are seeing oil at 150, 180, 200. if you think about a family with two cars, 100 bucks a week for each car, that is $800 a month, rachel. we'll be inside more. if you haven't made peace with your family, do it now, you will be together for a long time inside. rachel: that is such great advice. okay, finally, ask for a pay raise. this is the time to do it? >> well everything is going up except your pay. if that is the case, look, right

now, there are shortage of workers. employers know, they want to maintain their teams, especially talent. if you haven't got a pay raise in a while, haven't asked for it, professional bit, choose the right time to do it, he knows everything is more expensive they will give in a pay raise. invest in yourselves. others i learned hvac two years ago. from having a job, to learning a skill, making $70 an hour. so sometimes the fight against inflation is just more income. rachel: yeah. that is also great advice. i hope they're listening. maybe i will ask for a raise. make peace with your family, good to do, inflation or not. always great to have you on. i hope we have you back. >> rachel, excited to be here with you. don't lose peace on uncontrollable. take action, action kill worry.

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pete: he says between life and slavery. just in though, a second attempt to evacuate civilians fail paing due to russian -- failing, due to russian shelling. children among the 350 ukrainians killed in bombses across the country. secretary of state blinken in europe this morning. >> we've never faced a moment as urgent and as challenging as the one we face today. russia's unprovoked, unwarranted war on ukraine has kicked off a humanitarian crisis that is already having a vast effect across the region. rachel: we have fox team coverage. alex hogan along with -- the ukrainian border, but we begin with trey yingst in kyiv, a town about three and a half hours away from the latest bombing. trey? >> reporter: yeah, we do have

some breaking news. we are learning from the ukrainian president the town of vinnystia has been hit with eight rockets, according to president zelenskyy of ukraine. he says the airport there has been destroyeded. now, this is significant because this is an area that previously was not taking a lot of russian fire, and it shows that russian forces are expanding their attacks within this country. it's close to the border with moldova. and, again, it is significant because we've seen a lot of the attacks focused on the southeastern participant of this country and the northern part of this country. speaking of those locations, as you mentioned, mariupol, this town of nearly 400,000 people, was trying to evacuate citizens today, but it does appear the russians have violated that temporary ceasefire agreement in this part of the country. there are regional concerns today that russian forces that you see moving in with tanks and artillery units close to the capital of kyiv may not stop with their aspirations simply in ukraine, but could expand to

neighboring poland, part of the reason poland is requesting 40,000 nato troops. secretary of state antony blinken today discussing what the united states might do to make sure or the polish have appropriate weapons and planes as they look to sending weapons and equipment to ukraine. >> we're looking actively now as the -- at the question of airplanes that poland may provide to ukraine. can't speak to a timeline, but i can just tell you we're looking at it very, very actively. >> reporter: the people paying the highest price amid this conflict, the civilian population. we know just outside of the ukrainian capital of kyiv there are new shellings today targeting civilians. some devastating video coming out of this area. we've also seen videos of shells landing right next to where these civilian evacuations are taking place. just yesterday we were there, and we spoke with a woman who was trying to get out of harm's way. here is what she had to say. >> it's a war, it's a real war.

this is a real war. you can smell it, you can feel it and, of course, see it. >> reporter: tomorrow the ukrainian and russian delegations are set to meet for a third time for what you could call peace talks, but in reality they're conversations where the russians put forward an idea that will not be accept by ukraine such as recognizing crimea, an area of land they seized back in 2014 or forcing ukraine to give up all of their weapons. they are simply nonstarters right now, and russia says they will continue with their invasion. back to you. pete: trey, thank you. on the evacuees, this is the second time we've heard there's going to be an evacuation for civilians, and then quickly, within hours, there's confirmation and allegations of russian shelling along that route. what confidence could you have that that will ever happen, that civilians will be allowed to evacuate? >> reporter: it's a great question. what the russians say and do are

normally two different hinges, and that's what we are seeing in the southern part of ukraine right now. mariupol, a critical city, has a population of nearly 400,000 civilians, and right now it's nearly cut off in terms of power, electric and water. so they're being choked off right now from the rest of the country. it's part of the reason this ceasefire was developed and put into place. as you noted, it's been violated multiple times since these conversations started. also a town north of mariupol. but the bottom line is you have a massive civilian population, and the world, specifically the ukrainian people, have to rely on putin and the russian military. they're targeting schools, hospitals and civilian population centers. so when they say they're not going to fire on civilians, you have to look at what they're doing on the ground. they're firing on civilians. will: hey, trey, a more global question focuses on vladimir putin's ultimate goal.

this invasion requires him to have a puppet government to put in place. there have been pro-russian politicians in kyiv, in ukraine. what's the status of those pro-russian politicians? are they there? are they working against zelenskyy? have they fled? vladimir putin has an ant to -- answer to how do they end up controlling ukraine? >> reporter: there were a lot of names flying around this week, viktor yanukovych, for example, who could come in and act in a puppet role for putin if he is able to capture the city of kyiv. but the reality is russians here who previously were working against the government, many of them were on house arrest or jail, so they weren't able to do that, and we haven't seen a whole lot of evidence of them actively working internally against the current president zelenskyy. we have seen russian forces who came into the city before the invasion started and then tried to work against the military. many of those units have been taken out by the ukrainian

territorial defense, but it's still a concern because in belarus the leader there is a puppet of the regime in moscow. whatever president putin tells him he repeats and he does. so if a that takes place in ukraine, it will give president putin part of his larger goal in the region, to have multiple puppet regimes in mace that he can control and basically has influence over because the way that vladimir putin sees this country, he sees it as part of the soviet union. he knows he a calls the collapse of the soviet union the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century, and he is trying to replace it today. that's part of the reason we see this invasion taking place. will: trey yingst in kyiv, thank you so much. rachel: thanks, trey. will: in asking that question, i think we all three have talked about we might have underplaided over the first couple of weeks or days the russian military's advantage. there is a might that does feel somewhat inevitable. but actually subduing ukraine, actually putting it under your

direct influence, what a monument alphas task -- monumental task for vlad vladimir putin. you can't just go in and say i've got a new guy here, he's your new president. you've got to populate every office from the police headquarters on up to every ministry. and i don't know short of sheer occupation which would take tons of russian assets, not just men, money, logistics, i don't know where his long-term win sents. but whatever he may if accomplish militarily, i'm not sure how he goes about accomplishing his greater political boys in ukraine. rachel: you boys like the math. i liked the map you had up showing the percentage of the population that is russian or identifies as russian within some of these ukraine cities. there could have been a lot of people who identified as russian who may be ambivalent. but it's hard to be ambivalent when you see those imagings of

little grandmas having to come out of their apartment escaping, that can turn the population against you, for sure. so i think you asked a very good question. we had earlier on two guests, one was daria and the other was hannah. hannah worked for an anti-corruption activist group, and daria was a member of the ukrainian government. and they were talking about, you know, bombing that had just happened that left two newborn babies orphans, and she was actually in the process of considering whether she should adopt those babies. there were no parents for them. here's a clip of what they think is happening in their country and their pleas to the west to, please, do something about it. >> ukraine is now being executed by russia for deciding to be free and for believing in democracy and rule of law. millions of people including children will be killed.

it will be on the responsibility of the nato membership states and especially on the leadership of the united states. >> we are asking american people, american congress, please, provide military assistance. this is why we were trained. we were trying to explain secretary blinken, please help us. pete: impassionedded pleas. rachel: sure. pete: we're, as a country, making our own calculations -- rachel: that's right. pete: will, you're right, ultimately it was vladimir putin a bit of a victim of believing his own propaganda that his armies would be welcomed. at least initially in those russian speak areas which you can break down for us here in a moment and has met more resistance. in the past it's been poisoning of leaders, pressuring of leaders. it's a whole other thing after the kind of popular revolt that they've seen to attempt to hold it, let alone take it militarily. and will, you could probably head over to the map right mow because we have the location of that new town that was bombed as

well which is not near the red areas. will: that's right. just in the last couple of moments a second town, peacefully -- previously peaceful town has been hit with the latest bombings. pete, i don't know if this tells us these are aerial bombs? i don't know if this is fighter pilots or suggesting a new line of attack coming i out of the south. i don't know where this is origin nail nateing -- originating, but this is the newest on the ground. pete: could can it just be sheer terror of the population? cutting off the ability to resupply? or is it connection between the south and the north? will: so we're also wondering what vladimir putin's long-term goal could be and how much hatred he's instilled in the population, and rachel brought up this. i was just plague with the map a little earlier -- playing with the map a little earlier, but where you look at the russian-speaking ukrainians are, it's basically in this area. you would say over in this area of the far east about 35% here

right north of crimea about 25%, even over here in odesa about 15%. in crimea, by the way, 60% russian affiliated. those stats, by the way, are dated. i don't know what's happened in the last 5-10 years in terms of censuses that have been taken, and i don't know what's happened in the last week in terms of people saying i've seen too much, i don't want vladimir putin occupying my land are. by the way, historically most of the russians were in city centers where the economy was. the economy crashed in the '90, went back to russia. one more map giving global perspective, these are, obviously, nato countries. yesterday zelenskyy actually -- actually, poland asked the united states and nato for 40,000 more troops in preparation for fears they think vladimir putin's ambitions are greater than ukraine. it's worth noting there's already 12,000 american troops in poland.

by the way, i also think this is fascinating not to just jam numbers at you with, but we have a map that shows you how incredibly large russia is. 75% of russia's population is in european russia. we're talking about roughly 115 million people here in european russia making up 15% of europe's total population. so you can see why there's so much focus here of what happens in central and eastern -- pete: it does give you a good sense, will, especially because ukraine's not small either. rachel: that's true. pete: the size of texas. i mean, that's not -- will: when you talk about how big ukraine is, russia is 40% of europe's total land mass. biggest land mass in europe with. rachel: just thinking about all the resources that are being deployed right now to take care of a problem that didn't have to happen. and, you know, yesterday on that call that everyone's talking about that zelenskyy had with all of our u.s. senators, you

know, he said he couldn't help himself, here he was begging for help, begging for more weapons, and you could just see his anger. he can't help himself from saying this didn't have to happen. and it's an interesting thing just as we look at it politically here in the united states, i think a lot of democrats are trying to take advantage of this situation, trying to reset america's opinion about biden. they think they saw an 8% increase in his poll numbers after his state of the union, state of the union that he spent talking about ukraine -- not china, by the way, a much bigger problem. and so it's interesting that yesterday on cnn there were some political pundits talking about, you know, this is a great reset for joe biden. i'm not sure because this never had to happen, and the ukrainians know that. i think all of europe knows that, and a lot of policies are changing in europe as a result of this absolutely preventable crisis. pete: policies that donald trump

wanted to change to begin with. rachel: yes. pete: a war that this administration said they were focused on deterring. if your goal was deterring a war and that war breaks out, that, by definition, is a policy failure. and as we cover these significant developments and go to the maps of the border of ukraine and russia, we're as aware as you are that there's news going on in our country -- rachel: yeah. pete: the border in our country that is wide open and focusing here, because it does have international nuclear ramifications, it's an important thing to do. we are well aware of the fact that here at home we've got plenty of problems, and the biggest one you see right now is the most expensive place in town these days which is your gas station. rachel: which, by the way, were rising before this crisis. they're worse because of the crisis. that's right. we move on as the massive russian military continues it deadly bombardment every day, ukrainians continue to take up arms and fight back. one of them is our next guest

who, like so many others, is putting his life on the line to defend his homeland. d or mitro was just located to lviv to assist the foreign legion operation, and he joins us there now. welcome to "fox & friends" if, dmitro. tell us what you're seeing on the ground and how you're able to help. >> hello. so currently i'm helping the operations of ukrainian foreign legion reestablishing the training camps, the logistical bases and figuring out how to make the legion to be the most effective as possible within the structure of -- which is ukrainian armed forces. if. pete: you said the foreign legion, is that's just coming in from other countries. >> yes, volunteers. pete: where are they coming from, the majority of your volunteers? to the extent that you can disclose, what kind of numbers are you talking about? >> well, most are coming from

the united states, but we also have people from italy, spain, poland, lithuania, great britain. that's only who i've talked personally. and in general we have about 60,000 people who officially inside to volunteer, and they're arriving into the, to the base in lviv. pete: real quick, so these are americans, you said the bulk of them are americans. these are americans who were not in ukraine before the conflict started and have made their way there to join the foreign legion? >> some of them were in ukraine before, some of them are coming in. for example, my commander is a retired american veteran. will: what are they finding when they get to lviv? with it's on the far western side of ukraine, to our knowledge one of the more not protected, but insulated cities.

has that changed? what is the lay of the land on the ground as we speak? >> so on the ground in lviv there are a lot of checkpoints, and that's about it. otherwise it's peaceful city except that it's lo logistical for the refugees going westward. it's a little bit overcrowded right now, but otherwise compared to other cities where there are russian bombs and missiles falling on your head, it's quite well here. rachel: can you repeat the number that you said, how many were foreign fighters were there? >> yes. as for the two days ago, there are reports of 60,000 volunteers to ukrainian foreign legion. pete: so the idea would be the ukrainian foreign legion would -- is afailuated, connects with the -- afill quainted, connects with the military, and you could be deployed further east into the country, in direct

combat with russians? >> of course. this is the idea of the ukrainian foreign legion. will: there we go. fascinating stuff. thank you for that update this morning. >> you're welcome. rachel: pete, do you think that sounds like -- i mean, how organized -- i just imagine somebody coming from the united states, wants to serve. what does that look like? pete: listen, i've been contacted by a bunch of people saying i'm capable, have equipment, will deploy, how do i do it? there are web sites, phone numbers, from what i've heard they're only accepting people who are willing to make a commitment of a year or longer, not looking for someone who shows up for two weeks and then goes home. like the french foreign legion, anyone from anywhere can come and join and join the fight. rachel: you talk about regional americans, i'd be curious to see where the majority come from. pete: and we can't confirm that number of 60,000, but that's not

insignificant, especially if you're able to harm those folks. will: president zelenskyy says another ukrainian town is now being bombed just yesterday after he met with united states senators pleading for help. rachel: senator marsha blackburn was in that meeting, and she's going to join us live next. stay with us. ♪ and it's easy to get a quote at libertymutual.com so you only pay for what you need. isn't that right limu? limu? sorry, one sec. doug blows a whistle. [a vulture squawks.] oh boy. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty♪ ♪ everybody dance now ♪ ♪♪ ♪ everybody dance now ♪

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rachel: a fox news alert, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy revealing minutes ago that the town of vinnystia is now being bombed. this latest development comes after he met with u.s. senators yesterday pleading for aid. will: tennessee senator and senate armed services committee member marsha blackburn was on that call. senator black burn joins us now. great to have you on "fox & friends". tell us about the call with zelenskyy. we know what he requested with, how was it received by the senate? >> i think it was well received by members of the senate. there's been a sense of frustration that the administration has reacted slowly when they could have chosen to be proactive. getting supplies and arms into ukraine beginning those sales of lethal assistance last fall. but what zelenskyy wanted is

that no-fly zone. he needs to get aircraft in there that his military can actually fly in order to protect themselves. he was very up front about the importance of swift and getting them out of the system. i do have that sense of the senate resolution to block russia from swift, and i hope we take that up in the week. and then he also pointed to energy and the importance of stopping those purchases of russian oil. because energy really is russia's currency, and that is what they are using to finance this war. zelenskyy also mentioned cutting off the use of mastercard and visa by the russian people. so all of this will help, but i've got to tell you, will, the energy is the number one thing and keeping the attention on what russia is trying to do.

and we need to go back to drilling domestically so we're not buying oil and gas from madmen in venezuela or iran or other areas. rachel: yeah, you're right. i mean, that's what they're doing. we're going from one bad guy to another. we're seeing secret deals being made with venezuela and that dictator there, maduro, and now there's more deals in iran. and weirdly, the russians are involved in the deal with iran as well. i mean, what is going on? >> rachel, this is so unseemly that that the biden administration has had these negotiate negotiators in vienna trying to negotiate this deal, and the russians are the intermediaries when russia is out here attacking ukraine unprovoked, and russia is trying to supply more oil to the u.s. and to the e.u., and they're

trying to get iran back in the pipeline to supply the e.u. and the u.s. this is unheard of. we do not need a new deal with iran. what we need is to uncap these wells in the u.s. that have been capped in the past year because of the biden administration. we need to stop flaring natural gas and get that into the pipeline. we need to go back to drilling on federal lands and use these leases that we have. we need the keystone pipeline which, by the way, if it were finished would give us another 830,000 barrels a day. and it is just the northern leg of that pipeline that needs to be finished. what they are doing, buying oil from russia needs to stop right now, this minute, no excuses.

just stop it. and the silliness of jen psaki standing there and saying, well, it doesn't really affect the global supply. oh, yes, it does. and let's look at mississippi and alabama and the panhandle of florida and louisiana and texas, and let's go back to drilling there and not bringing this in, importing the 670,000 barrels a day. it's ridiculous. pete: senator, one of our previous guests pointed out the trump administration wasn't even going for energy independence, they were going for energy if dominance. and when you look at enemies in the world today and the leverage of energy, that is significant. but right now the left is obsessed with climate and everything else that cascades from there including how much folks in america are paying for a gallon of gas on average in america told. i know you know this, senator. it's now over $4. that cost was $2.75 a year ago.

it is spiraling upwards. it was 3.60 a week ago. we're at a point where it's not slowly and gradually increasing, it could be, you know, where could it go from here? and who's to blame for it? >> well, take a look at the oil futures market, and it will tell you where it is going because what we are doing is with this moving from the energy independence or dominant -- dominance and being a net exporter and going back to being an importer of nearly 700,000 barrels a day, we have weakened ourselves. and it's because of the leftists and the socialists and the marxists and the progressives, whatever they want to call themselves. their focus is on climate as their religion. and anything they can do to push us toward electric vehicles, anything they can do to say use

less energy, they are going to do it because climate is their god. and what we have to do, common sense has to prevail in that. we are a energy-basedded economy, and russia is a big oil depot. and what we need to do is shut down their currency. get them out of swift, make it impossible for them to sell these oil and gas products and return ourselves to that energy independence. will: a big oil depot with an army and nuclear weapons. [laughter] rachel: good point. will: senator blank blackburn, always good that talk to you. fox news alert, ukraine officials say an a second attempt to evacuate or civilians from mariupol has failed. we're going to talk to dakota meyer on the latest developments coming out of ukraine, and

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rachel: fox news alert. the number of refugees fleeing ukraine surpassing 1.5 million. will: alex hogan is live along the border with poland and has the late. >> reporter: with 1.5 million refugees fleeing ukraine in just ten days, this is the fastest growing refugee crisis since world war ii, and poland has opened its borders. here this massive warehouse has now become a makeshift refugee center. secretary of state antony blinken met with his ukrainian counterpart in this town yesterday to see this crisis unfolding for himself and pledging support. everyone that a you see here, hundreds of people just on this one side of this building, have nowhere else to go. they knew that their home was no longer safe.

[speaking in native tongue] >> translator: there were planes and helicopters flying overhead shelling and bombing. the shelling was so strong that the earth was shaking. it was terrifying, so i took my kids and decided to escape. >> reporter: this is the human toll of war. there are hundreds and thousands of families who are out of their homes. they're in a few country in a foreign language after fleeing ukraine. so many of these children that we have seen are tearful, right now they have nowhere else to go. inside this warehouse it is cot after cot. they are butted together. thousands of people. seniors, women, small children, crying babies, animals. some people have brought their a cats and their dogs. it's a very tearful and emotional sight showing, again, the true toll of what this war has done to every single person you see here, every faith.

they all have their own story what they have gone through, and many ukrainians will travel to other parts of the world from here. they will stay with friends and family. but for those who have no international connections, this is where they will go and, hopefully, figure out what their next step is from here. rachel, will? rachel: thank you, alex. a heartbreaking report. will: where they will stay. all right, pete, over to you. pete: thank you. fox news alert, iranian president -- excuse me, ukrainian president certificate remember sky revealing another -- zelenskyy revealing another town is under fire. eight russian cruise missiles hit vinnystia, a city of about -- about three and a half hours from kyiv. this as vladimir putin, a warning to the west on a no-fly zone. >> translator: now we are hearing that the no-fly zone must be established over the territory of ukraine, but any

move in this direction will be viewed by us as a participation in the armed conflict of whichever side of the territory will pose a threat to our service members. pete: big question we all face is could this standoff escalate the conflict? here to react is marine veteran dakota meyer and rob o'neill who killed osama bin laden. as you watch the actions and rhetoric from moscow, are you more or less worried today since we spoke a couple of days ago that this could spiral in the wrong direction? >> i mean, it's only going to get worse before it gets better, right? i mean, i think our hands are kind of tied. i understand that they want a no-fly zone. i think that's what -- that's obvious. but, i mean, i think we've got to look at this no-fly zone and understand if we go into that aspect of it, you might as well say that -- i mean, you've got

to start taking out anti-air defense, you've got -- there's just so many aspects, and you've got to be prepared to go in on the ground. look, what if one of those planes go down? guess what? now we've got ground troops. and who are we trusting to, you know, be our forward observers to drop these bombs, right? guess what? we get over there and we drop bombs somewhere, well, you know, or to keep them off, i mean, to deter them, it's a big mess, and i can guarantee the we -- if we do that, we're going into world war iii. path president yeah, that could trigger a lot of things. rob, there's conflicting reports about the russian military, but regardless they clearly have not advanced as quickly as a they would want, and they've had serious problems. part of that is the stinger and javelin missiles. i know you've been a part of, you know, using weapons systems like a javelin to take out a tank. how powerful is the capabilities of the resistance against this russian army right now? >> good morning, pete.

thank you for having me. the javelin and the stingers are working well, and the only issue with that other than claims they shot down about eight a aircraft in one day. you've got to be careful with the claims to see which is real and which is propaganda. if it's true, the small groups of guerrilla fighters are shooting down aircraft like helicopters and migs, they're going to stop flying them and resort to artillery. and it's kind of one of those things that an explosion always tells the truth. if you're in the middle of it, it's a problem. wait until they get into the artillery. it's going to be bad. and putin knows as a former security officer with the kgb, he uses deterrence like nobody's business, and he's going to lie about how effective they are. of we need to be aware of the civilian casualties and the chance to go against them, but long convoys like that, apaches could take an entire convoy out in five hours. pete: yeah. no doubt about that, yet we're trying to get more planes in the hands of ukrainian pilots if

possible. there's also the possibility of triggering further war if the perception coming out of poland is a violation of what nato's involvement as well. let me get real quick to the book, it's called "the way forward" co-authored by dakota meyer and rob o'neill. what are folks going to find in the book, dakota? >> look, the book is, it's about, what it says, the way forward, right? it's a book that takes ourless zahn -- lessons that we have learned whether it was in combat, whether it was being fathers, whatever it was whatever life's thrown at us, with we've taken the same rules, the same strategy to all of them and just applied them and, you know, look, we've came out of all those struggles this far. pete: rob, you can mention the book quick too, but i was struck by a fact that a member of the foreign legion was on with us s and he's saying the vast majority of the 16,000 guys he has are american.

would it surprise you that american events are going over there? >> it doesn't surprise me at all because veterans want to do this. one of the popular things right now is for people to tweet out a picture of an iranian flag, and they say i stand with ukraine. my friend jim norton said the other day said there's a big difference standing with ukraine and standing in ukraine. if you're going over there, more power to them. if you can help them, good on the veterans. that's why we need more veterans in leadership especially on capitol hill. pete: taking actual action which is what the book "the way forward" is about. thanks for giving us your insight. >> thank you, pete. appreciate it. pete: all right. an american women's basketball player is detained in russia on a precarious drug charge. so how should the u.s. respond as the war in ukraine escalates? jason whitlock on that next. ♪ frank is a fan of fast. he's a fast talker. a fast walker. thanks, gary.

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will: now to a fox news weather alert, a powerful tornado ripping through central iowa killing at least six people. iowa governor kim reynolds is declaring a state of emergency, and in florida a fast moving wildfire forcing at least 600 homes in the panhandle to evacuate. at least two homes have been destroyed and 12 damages. meteorologist rick reichmuth for our fox weather forecast. rick? rick: good morning, will. yeah, really warm across parts

of the south, the southeast, temps really feeling like spring and up across parts of the northern planes. -- plains. we saw the severe severe weather across iowa. temps have dropped into the mid 20s, so imagine people beginning to dig through all of that rubble, now temps are going to be very cold for the next few mornings, not until about tuesday before we get back up to the mid 40s. the cold air behind that storm, another batch of severe weather coming in today across areas of the plains, kind of a second piece of energy that's part of what you see here, this little rotation around parts of the foreign corners is bringing some snow. but as that ejects out here today, another batch gets set up and another chance for tornadoes especially where you see that darker color there, northern parts of arkansas, southern areas of missouri. be watching for that. it's going to be this afternoon into the overnight hours. the other thing is just to the south of this storm, very windy conditions and very dry conditions across parts of the

southwest bringing fire threat across much of western texas ask much of new mexico throughout the day today as well. will? will: okay. thank you, rick. wnba all-star britney greiner, she's being detained in russia and facing ten years in prison on drug charges. the pro athlete was arrested last month, three weeks ago, at a moscow airport after russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartage ridges -- cartridges including cannabis oil. let's bring in jason whitlock to react. really stunning news, jason. i think perhaps the most stunning aspect is she's been in jail for three weeks, and we're just now hearing about it. >> yeah. i don't know, you know, what to make of that, that she could be locked up for this long or detained for this long and we're just hearing about it. it seems like her family or someone would have alerted the

american media to her situation. but, you know, here we are. will: what do you make of it, jason? here we have -- and i think you and i both know, britney greiner is a bigtime star in the world of the wnba, in the world of women's basketball. whether or not she's guilty of these charges, it's going to be focused on whether or not she had some cannabis vape cartridges going through the airport. >> yeah. listen, i don't -- i want to be careful, but i want to be honest. brittney griner is an elite athlete traveling in a foreign country and still with that sense of entitlement. listen, when i've traveled abroad, i recognize that i'm in a foreign country, so i make

sure i obey all the laws. this is irresponsibility if on brittney griner's part. i don't think the russians have detained her in some political anti-american move. she didn't follow the laws, she got arrested many a foreign country. it happens to americans traveling abroad all the time. we're going to make this out as some kind of special deal that somehow has significance to all of american culture because she's 6-8 and plays in the wnba and she's lgbt and she's black and/or brown and like she exists in some special place. she plays basketball. she doesn't have the nuclear codes, she doesn't have the cure for cancer. she's a basketball player who irresponsibly went through a foreign airport with drugs, and i don't want to be unsympathetic, but again, i was personally involved with not a

high profile athlete, a former athlete that played football at my university that was arrested in china on trumped-up charges and spent about three years in a chinese prison. and, you know, again, this happens to americans, and this wasn't about drugs. this was, you know, my friend if or young man that i knew that i had to spend a lot of money to help get out of a chinese prison, in the happens. and so i'm not -- this happens. so i'm not going to act like brittney griner's special because she's 6-8 and plays in the wnba. will: three years? >> yeah. wendell brown. it eventually got written about and talked about. some great pieces on it and, you know, the government offered some assistance but, bottom line, i had to pay china a lot of money to get this kid out of prison. will: that just highlights what true injustice can look like abroad. there's a twofold key you pointed out, trumped-up charges in china.

we don't know if these are trumped-up charges. russia doesn't inspire confidence, but the fact that it was three weeks ago does seem to suggest not a political prisoner originally. what could go forward as russia and the u.s. get more add outs at odds with one another. jason, thanks for getting up with this morning on "fox & friends". >> no worries. will: rachel, over to you. rachel: fox news alert, u.s. gas prices reaching a national average of $4 a gallon as oil prices surge following the russian invasion of ukraine. but the pain at the pump isn't the only impact of the war on ukraine -- in you crane on your wallet. -- ukraine on your wallet. baylor university professor rachel reyes joins us now. professor, thanks for joining us. in america we are so used to abundance. these messages and these, this

food supply issue are things we're not used to. tell us what you think will happen to america's food supply in this new situation. with ukraine and russia. >> well, be happy to and thanks for having me on. well, where shall i begin? my dissertation was on global supply chains and the proliferation of products, and you're very spot on. we have gotten so used to having proliferation or hult billion choices when we go to the grocery store and, truthfully, the pandemic did expose some of the problems that we have in our supply chains -- rachel: it did. >> and the pandemic basically started to reduce the selections, choices that we had on the shelves. and if now -- and now with the russia invasion of of the

ukraine, it has definitely stopped any progress that was being made on those prices, and it's adding a lot more stress to the system. rachel: so -- >> in terms of groceries -- rachel: go ahead. >> in terms of groceries, you know, not only are we going to have less and less options to buy from, but the prices are going to be going up. rachel: right. you know, i've learned so much just over the last two weeks about this. i didn't realize how much fertilizer in the u.s. comes from russia. who knew that? and also between russia and ukraine, they provide one-third of the entire world's supply of wheat. how will that affect us? >> right. well, just think about where that wheat goes into, i mean, what -- it's going to be manufactured into some food products that we buy. one other thing to consider is that ukraine and russia together, they account for about 20%9 of the corn supply -- 20% of the corn supply, 80% of the

sunflower oil. these are ingredients that go into products that are produced, you know, potato chips, cooking oil not to mention other items, you know? sup flower oil goes -- sunflower oil goes into cosmetics manufacturing. you're, when you are going to be short of ingredients to make products, ten you have to start picking -- then you have to start picking and choosing what can we make in the portfolio that we're going to offer to our customers. rachel: yeah. >> so you're going to see or we should expect to see less and less products being available. rachel: yeah. well, you wrote your dissertation on supply chains, and we never talked about supply chains until joe biden was elected, and now we have these giant energy increase costs as well. paid pedro -- pedro, great to hear from you. your dissertation is real life stuff now. [laughter] things we're all dealing with every single day.

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>> we've never faced a moment as urgent and as challenging as the one we face today. russia's unprovoked, unwarranted war on ukraine has kicked off a humanitarian crisis that is already having a vast effect across the region. >> we have fox team coverage. alex hogan along the ukrainian/poland border with ref refugees. we begin with mike tobin in lviv. mike, good morning. >> reporter: i want to start off with the air strike in a town called vynnystia, an air field was hit. the foreign minister said it was hit with eight russian cruise missiles and the airfield was destroyed. president zelensky is using this as an example to bolster his insistence that nato establish and enforce a no fly zone, so ukrainians would only need to face russian ground forces. >> i ask you to close the sky

from russian missiles, helicopters and fighter jets. >> reporter: there was a second attempt at humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians who have been pinned down under heavy fire mariopol. it looked like the cease fire fell apart again. the parties are very far apart from a comprehensive deal and one negotiator tells fox news the hang-up is that the russians insist that the russia-backed separateist regions in the east of the country are independent and not part of ukraine. >> the ukrainian people will never let this happen. this is the main challenge and we honestly, we still don't know how we could overcome those barriers. >> reporter: the russian and ukrainian delegations are slated to meet again on monday. guys, back to you. >> thank you, mike, for that

latest. let's bring in joey jones, fox news contributor and retired united states marine corporation bomb technician. i don't know if you saw brave heart but there was a line in negotiations in brave heart which stuck with me ever since that day. is this where we are within and russia where william wallace says what are your terms, it's turn around, lay down your arms. return and apologize to every mother. >> they want to get civilians to safety. i don't think they expect the russians to lay down and leave. the number one objective of the ukrainian leadership is to get nato involved. it's an opportunity for them to do that that. i'm not saying they're right or of wrong in doing i that's their

lifeline, either get support or military involvement from nato. >> on the ground it feels like they've not completely but had to change their approach from the north which was going to be a lightning strike to the capital to what they've done for years now, which is carpet bombing cities effectively, attempting to push a population into submission. >> let's go back, basically -- here i'm a georgia boy. paraphrasing, but if you destroy the culture, if you decimate whoever you're fighting, you give them a reason. i think ukrainians are there now. we hear reports about atrocities being done by russian soldiers. i don't know if they're true or not. we had somebody on the network yesterday explaining that. that is true, that type of thing puts a fight in people for

generations and if that's what they're dealing with -- we talk about insurgent wars, there's not enough russians in ukraine to stop that. rachel: some of the images we've seen of people having to take their grandmas out in this cold weather, over barriers, these are people that would normally just stay in their homes. the kind of disruption to their lives, what impact does that have for maybe even ukrainians who were of russian descent and maybe were even leaning that way or ambivalent, they're now going to be -- you talk about your new -- your braveheart reference, i mean, freedom. that's the other thing. at this point they want freedom and it's not just to find some sort of negotiated settlement. that's the danger we're in. >> one of the things that keeps crossing my mind, there's not a fun or easy way to talk about

this but it's true because it's human nature. patriotism is rooted in our pride. if you're ukrainian and you back out into one of these cities that's been shelled, you knew a week ago it was pristine or functional, you know, there is this like internal battle of is it worth losing everything to fight for something. i know as an american, it is. if you came here, i would be willing to risk everything for myself. but if i start thinking about my kids and my family and my community, like is it worth having my community rocketed to repel the idea of russian control, for them right now it is. does that change or does that resolve strengthen? that's the question. it largely depends on how this continues to play out. you can create a vindictive nature, look, none of this isn't worth anything if it isn't mine or does vladimir putin find a way to have this faux piece, this faux russian backed

government that says this is the only way you can keep these structures standing and at this point i wouldn't blame ukrainians either way on that and a i guess that's the point i'm trying to make is that's the decision they'll have to make for themselves if russia continues to push and bring in big bombs and big forces and does take the country, they'll have to decide do we want to find normalcy under russian rule or do we want to continue to fight this insurgency and you may end up with fighting within themselves on which way to go. we've seen that as far as ukrainians saying if they're in a russian speaking part of the country, maybe that's not as big of a fight it is for others. that's not to discount those that are fighting as they see their cities affected. rachel: they've -- they've made a bad move with this invasion. but what if china put a satellite base in canada or

mexico. we have the monroe doctrine, saying everything in the western hemisphere we're concerned about. the best situation we can have is peace. and so i think at some point we have to look at all of it, the question is have the russians gone so far now that they've lost any credibility in terms of looking at it from their perspective or the threat they want ukraine was in terms of wanting to be part of nato. >> there's not a scenario in my mind where we bomb towns in canada or mexico. i know that's not what mean. i don't care what russia's motivations are. the diplomatic opportunities were on the table. they didn't take them and here we are. and so i don't need the government of ukraine to be free of corruption to understand russia is the aggressor right now. i think that's what i struggle with. because i don't want american soldiers involved in war. but i also know from fighting the taliban and al-qaida, when it's that type of ideological aggression, it doesn't just

stop. pete: to will's point earlier, it's increasingly difficult of see a scenario where even if they install a puppet government, they're capable of maintaining any sort of sway over a population that's been under siege. you pointed it out. will. is not just the president. it's the security forces, it's the bureaucracy, it's the mayor, is all of the -- in a country the size of texas that, would have to be effectively beholden to vladimir putin and he's not to be thinking i didn't expect this kind of military resistance. will: that makes it a total war, no negotiated peace. you can take us over to the maps, pete. unless there's something that partitions parts of ukraine dismemberment sense sly in the long -- essentially in the long run. pete: at this point, and you broke this down earlier, there are different portions of ukraine. the places where they have not made the most progress, if you look -- right around this,

that's almost entirely ukrainian speaking, no russian affiliation whatsoever. will, on the eastern portion, if you do it roughly, around here, this is majority russian speaking population. i know we've got this in red and rightfully so because it's been occupied by russians. if you consider the fact that they had this prior to the war, most of the incursions they made are in territory where you could anticipate or they would anticipate some ambiguity toward whether they're ukrainian or russian. a lot of that may have dissolved at this point considering the ruthlessness of the russian military. developments this morning. there was supposed to be a humanitarian corridor in this direction for about 140 miles. now the russians resumed shelling so it doesn't look like that humanitarian cease fire has held or those civilians will get out which means as they continue to bomb, it's an increasingly dangerous location. we mentioned brand-new attacks

on this town, vynnystia, outside of the boundaries of where russia is fighting right now. are they you a attempting to block the ability of weapons to come from the west? are they attempting to create a shaping operation so that forces could move from the south? right now they're focused we believe on odessa which is a major port city to cut off the black sea. there's a second nuclear site right here. you pointed this out. it's so correct. these areas of red which we're going to go through a progression as it's happened over the last 11 days, doesn't necessarily mean russians hold all of that territory. those are places they have taken or have been in, but ultimately may have moved past. so this is today as it stands. i know one more thing. karkive it may not be strategically significant but it's an indication of ukrainians seizing initiative. there was a counter offensive.

russians are not making progress in their encirclement. ukrainian forces pushed the russian military back to the border at that location. that would show the capabilities of ukrainians an the extent to which the russian military has underperformed especially in kyiv where they're entirely bogged down. i talked about how we would talk about the progression. this is february 24th at the beginning. no land taken, more or less. you go a week later, they've progressed a little bit, moving out of the south. here we are today. if you are the generals in the kremlin, in moscow, briefing vladimir putin and were you to tell them this is day 11 of what was supposed to be a three day incursion to decapitate zelensky and he's an international hero in the capital, you're probably a marked man yourself. he doesn't like bad feedback. that's a lot of what he's getting right now for sure. i would imagine the plan still remains to cut the country in half, they have advantages

coming on the backside on the eastern part of the don bass region. if they control the sea it has huge implications, as well as controlling the power. if they turn the lights off with indiscriminate bombing. this is demoralizing, crushing the ukrainian people where they can in hopes they can bypass those towns and topple the government which they haven't been able to do so far. will: we've done a deep dive on the history and military tactics on the ground between ukraine and russia. i think it's important at this point, i think we would all you agree to focus back on the united states and how it affects you watching at home. i think one of the ways we've had that conversation is what happens if russia's ambitions are bigger than ukraine, what happens if russia's ambitions are the baltics, a nato country, what draws the u.s. into a war. if it's so hard to hold ukraine,

maybe you're not going to go into poland, maybe you don't go into the baltics and robert gates, former secretary of defense, laid that out. watch. >> he has nowhere near enough troops to put down a rebellion among millions of people in ukraine. so he's going to have to keep a significant military force in ukraine. he's probably going to have to increase it if he wants to hold onto that country. even if he imposes a puppet government, he's going to have to keep force there's to keep that government in power. so i think between having his hands full in ukraine and the risk of a true war with nato, i think he'll be very cautious about doing anything that crosses borders of may he toe countries -- nato countries. what's really important are the troops that the united states has c it's not just the 101st airborne and 82nd airborne, it's sending heavy armored brigades.

i think sending more of the armored brigade woulds be a good idea. rachel: it's interesting, is putin's objective to occupy the country as you say, it would be very difficult for him to do that or is he doing this just to get nato to say that ukraine in nato is off the table. that's all he wanted from the beginning, we thought. and then he did this invasion. i don't know. it's really interesting, robert gates was on last night and -- on one nation with brian kilmeade. he also said putin has been isolated and he's -- you know, because of covid and he's kind of crazy. i don't know if i buy that either. i think that he was trying to act in his interest, he clearly is the aggressor, he's the bad guy in this situation. in tend, for the whole world because they're a nuclear power, what we need is peace. what are those terms? i don't know. we have trey yingst on earlier. he said the two parties are growing further and further apart. he doesn't see any hope for

that. >> maybe that deterrence is defeating them militarily through an insurgency that we help fund, a proxy war which was a tool in the cold war. >> i would imagine that's a preference of the united states government right now. if there is constant fighting, the idea of a big military operation gets off the table which would drag us further in, in an overt way. i'm sure our intelligence committee is chomping at the bit. they have so many decades of experience with something like that, fighting insurgency over the past two decades, the type of covert operations we've done for the last five decades. we aren't just sitting here trying to guess at what vladimir putin's intent is, we report this every day and talk to sources and that's all we can do is guess. we don't know. rachel: these are the same people that said donald trump was crazy as well. vladimir putin's lasted a long time by being cunning. i'm not sure he's got isolated

and crazy over covid. >> what are vladimir putin's am missions? -- ambitions. our humility is not lonely. i think people inside of russia, even within the russian military, is that there are great questions about what their goals are. >> a lot of them were told they're going on a training exercise, didn't know they were going into war. rachel: they're young kids too, like 18. >> so i don't think he's behaving as someone right now who simply wanted to get a nato neutrality. i think he's behaving as someone who might have wanted to re-establish the borders of the soviet union. he didn't communicate that even to his own people it appears. there's a total breakdown of communication and goal orientation. which says as we go back and forth on this, it just says russias' threat to nato, look, it's a nuclear power and we need to always be aware of that. rachel: that's right. >> russia's threat to nato may not be as on the doorstep as we fear moment to moment. >> there are two factors, the first is china's involvement.

it's hard for he me to believe he doesn't have left and right lateral limits established with china because china wants business n want economic growth and want to take over every opportunity they can where we have economic influence. they can't do that if there's you nuclear war going on. i don't think china has given a leash that long. i'm not saying he's working under the thumb but he's working in partnership with. so what is their influence on him and do they have influence and do they give him a line they can't cross. >> one nonnuclear development that could escalate this is you see how they went from what they thought could be a surgical approach to the north and now it's become a conventional carpet bombing scenario. they tried to surgically kill vladimir zelensky. there's been bombings, there hasn't been a he focus on leveling the government. should they do that? that's also an escalatory approach. rachel: the longer this goes, the more opportunity for

something to go sideways and our involvement may become -- >> they're bloody right now. brand-new video from the polish border shows the massive refugee operation underway. alex hogan continues our fox team coverage. >> reporter: good morning. i am currently in poland. thousands of refugees are here. the group you see behind me, they're waiting for busses to go to their next destination from here after making plans of where life will take them. this massive storage warehouse has been converted into a refugee center to house the many people who really have nowhere to go at this point. we couldn't bring our camera inside but we did walk in and we did talk with people. it is just cot after cot of people crammed together, multiple people sleeping on them, finally being able to rest. there are women with small

children, babies, pets, senior citizens. they're all here, fleeing the country, 1.5 million people have left ukraine in the last 10 days and nearly 800,000 of them are here in poland. i talked with one woman, tonya, said she left the country with her 7 and 11-year-old daughters even though that meant she would have to leave her mother behind because she was simply too old and too frail. >> i was not able to take her with us because i knew that it will be so hard and she can't make the trip, you know. >> reporter: this is not tend. even if people have made it here, to safety, they need to figure out their next steps and that of course is going to be the difficult question for so many of these people who really at this point have nowhere to go. back to you. >> thank you. a russian cruise missile hits

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because russia has very little to offer to the countries they're trying to control beyond economic poverty and devastation. so he resorted to the only option he had left which is a full-on military escalation. and i want to be very clear here, that the current invasion has nothing to do with protecting the rights of russian seekers in ukraine. they suffered the most under air raids as we speak. >> at the risk of over-simplifying, vladimir putin has said that the collapse of the soviet union should have never happened, the worst thing that's happened to russia this century and this is effectively give us our stuff back,in is ours and we want it back -- ukraine is ours and we want it back? >> he yes. look, the efforts to regain, influence and control over the former soviet states have been his objective for a long time but it also did not start with

him. it's important to recall that it was under president leltin that russia adopted a concept in 1997 that has policies towards the former soviet union and i think what we in the west and the u.s. has perceived as a new norm the early '90s actually was a anomaly. >> interesting. thank you for your insights and the great work at the institute for the you study of war. a lot of the maps we use come out of the research you do and we appreciate it. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> still ahead, the average price for a gallon of gas in the united states of america officially more than $4. house minority leader kevin mccarthy says our country's energy dependence on russia needs to end, and he's next. >> are you ready to start a great career? >> safelite is now hiring. >> you will love your job. >> there's room to grow...

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>> we are looking at options we could take to cut u.s. consumption of russian energy. we're focused on minimizing the impact to families. if you reduce supply in the global marketplace you're going to raise gas prices, you're going to raise the price of oil and that is something the president is very mindful of and focused on. >> yeah. the white house is hesitant to ban russian oil imports as the invasion of ukraine puts a spotlight on america's new energy dependence. rachel: it's taking a toll on your wallet with gas prices surging to more than $4 per gallon. >> house minority leader kevin mccarthy says the president's policy's emboldened russia and he joins us now. great to have you on the couch. rachel: we weren't expecting that. it's such a nice surprise. >> good to see you. >> let's talk about this administration, their policies and how in your estimation it emboldened russia. >> it not just emboldened

russia, it emboldened all the evil leaders of the world. the strength of the nation is not just your military, it's the ability to have energy, it's your ability of economics. he weakened america's ability on energy. who did that empower? its empowers, iran, russia and venezuela. the way he extracted us from afghanistan, saying he wouldn't leave until every american was out and two weeks later he left. that sent a wrong message around the world. and when he gave putin the pipeline and denied america the pipeline, they saw more weakness. and then there's a little point. remember, this is the 100th anniversary this year of the soviet union being created and putin thinks this manner, he wants to bring the motherland back together. remember on november 10th blinken signed a strategic partnership with ukraine. in that partnership, it advocates having them join nato. when you did that -- this is why they're so wrong when it comes to foreign policy. you would never sign that

agreement without first selling weapons to ukraine to defend themselves. so what they did is they have the intel that putin wanted to invade ukraine. they signed this document and then putin looks at it, says i've got a short window to go in before they join and the entire time biden's administration says he won't do anything until after they entered. why wouldn't you have given -- back when he was vice president i met in the situation room, advocating that they sell it then, let them defend themselves. they want to defend themselves. they're not asking for the men and women of america to fight for them. they're asking for the ability to not use sticks against russian tanks. why wouldn't we defend freedom, why wouldn't we allow that for them to defend themselves. it's a policy that put the world upside down. that's why china's looking closer to go to taiwan why wouldn't we speed up the military sales to taiwan so they can defend themselves. >> you're saying we could

potentially see a repeat of this as china looks at what we're doing in ukraine and says, well, get while the getting's good. >> they look at afghanistan, how we left. this is all his action. he made us weaker. what's he doing in the middle of this? using russia to negotiate an agreement with iran. why would we give bill i don't think so of dollars to -- billions of dollars to a country that funds terrorism around the world. he is sending people to negotiate with people in venezuela. the worst people in the world he's saying america wants to be a part of. rachel: it's the green energy policy. it's obvious what we should do. why wouldn't we want more jobs in america, enrich our own country, protect europe by providing them gas and oil. instead, we would rather -- i've been saying this whole show, we would rather get oil from tehran than texas. it doesn't make sense. >> if you care about the environment, american natural gas is 42% cleaner than russian natural gas. why wouldn't you advocate for

that? it's not just biden making us weaker. it's the liberal democrat governors. gavin newsom, california has oil production, some of the best in the country. he's been shutting it down as well. look in colorado, the exact same thing. it's a doctrine of the democrats. nancy pelosi says she wants to end russian gas. last week, 220 of them actually voted against that when we put it on the floor for america independence. >> let me give you a little bit of breaking news, this came out moments ago. secretary of state antony blinken said there are very credible reports of russian attacks on civilians. which could constitute a war crime. that begs the question, then, does that provoke an american response? is that something that draws us into this conflict? >> well, this is not new. the concern here is you have to play this very closely because you don't want to end up -- you do not want to have 1938 and 1939. what you're looking back to, they did the same thing that

chamberlain did. they appeased to bring us in. we need to better prepared. we would not be in this situation if they sold weapons to ukraine and let them defend themselves. if russia was not strong, getting resources from america, providing millions of dollars every day from fuel -- >> if you're relying on american involvement, what that is suggesting, what some are suggesting is blinken acknowledged the existence of war crimes. others use that as a call for more direct american involvement. we had the same debate over a no fly zone. putin said the declaration of no fly zone he would consider can t of war. >> if they enter a nato country we have a responsibility to be there. >> are there other lines besides that one? >> that's a debate for congress. that's a part that we moved we

should have debates in congress. congress has the power and congress has to have that vote. >> no doubt. rachel: too much is impute todo the executive branch from congress. hopefully when you become speaker, maybe it will change. >> even germany's been willing to temporarily suspend climate fantasies. yet we can't. >> they made big mistakes, getting away from nuclear and natural gas. putin sat and waited for this day. rachel: where are the american people on this, by the way. i think people who were hoping for more green energy are seeing the national security implications, the global implications. we're about to enter into a midterm election. there's a lot of people on the ground right now. >> we're making a mistake by saying that we're against the environment in any shape or form. because when we were energy independent, we lowered our emissions greater than any other country in the world. we can lower our emissions

because natural gas helps and we do it by all the above. what he's actually doing today by raising the gasoline prices, producing more, he's making the world dirtier because you're going to buy that product from somewhere else that doesn't produce it in the manner we v we are safer. the world is more secure and the world is environmentally more sound when america leads in energy than some place else in the world. >> you can't pretend the demand doesn't exist. germany tried that. >> don't give the argument to testimony das, though. we are lowering -- to the democrats, though. >> great to have you on the set. rachel: happy you're here. visa and mastercard are ending operations in russia. how much can these business boycotts help put an end to the war in ukraine? maria bartiromo answer that's question, next.

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>> now to a fox weather alert, a powerful tornado ripping through central iowa, killing at least seven people. two children are among the dead. iowa governor kim reynolds is declaring a state of emergency. in florida a fast moving wildfire forcing 600 homes in the panhandle to evacuate. at least two homes have been destrained 1 -- destroyed and 12

damaged. let's turn to rick reichmuth. >> we're getting into severe weather system. we have another threat for severe weather today again across areas a little bit to the south of where we saw yesterday, so parts of arkansas and into missouri. really warm temperatures all across the east coast. today pushing the mid to upper 60s across a lot of the northeast, even though have you a little bit of showers coming through here, we've got very warm temperatures. this is that system we saw yesterday. the next system is brewing across parts of the four corners. part of this moves into the central plains and a that's where we see severe weather later this afternoon and into the overnight hours, where you seize the darker red, that's where we're looking for the threat for tornadoes. could see it anywhere you have the red but mostly right there across parts of northern arkansas, southern missouri. we'll see a lot of rain with this. we'll see flooding threats across western kentucky. we have a fire threat that will continue today across parts of west texas and much of southern

parts of new mexico. so lots going on in weather. continue to track it right here on fox. rachel, over to you. rachel: thank you, rick. well, we have a fox news alert. u.s. gas prices reaching a national average of more than $4 a gallon as russia's war on ukraine puts pressure on global oil markets. sunday morning futures anchor maria bartiromo joins us with more. maria, welcome. good to see you this morning. gas prices heat -- hitting another high. the biden administration would like us to think it's just the ukraine/russia war situation but the prices were higher or were going up well before then. maria: well, rachel, good morning to you. what the united states and the world needs right now is serious leadership. we are looking at a situation that is not believable. not only are we looking at russia as a pariah in the world where vladimir putin is simply

unredeemable and really a pariah to the world but we are also looking at a serious impact on america. you mentioned a few moments ago the situation in terms of mastercard and visa as well as the impact on oil. i'm learning now that russia's state owned spur bank will replace visa and mastercard with a new card system in partnership with china's union pay. so we are seeing a continued and a strengthening relationship between russia and china to the extent that this really should be -- should have been seen beforehand. the policies and the response of the united states have lagged that of europe. that is one of the reasons we're seeing this pressure on american citizens in the form of higher gasoline prices. no doubt this is going to have a broader impact on the u.s. economy and no doubt the bloodshed continues in ukraine until we see serious leadership. this morning i'm going to speak with the former president president of ukraine, he will be

coming from the ground in kyiv with guns blazing. they are fighting until the bitter end. this is not ending any time soon, unfortunately, and the ramifications are wide and deep for the united states. not just on the price of oil, which obviously will hurt american families seriously and impact the broader economy, but what about broader policy? it is unbelievable that right now as we watch russia be a pariah for the world, we are watching russia be the meadiary and the country working on behalf of the united states to get the u.s. back into an iran nuclear deal. nikki haley will join me on that. we'll take a look at the impact that we're seeing the bill being discussed right now, kevin mccarthy talking about it, how do you cut off russian oil? so we're going to see this happen in the congress this week. they're going to be taking up this notion that you have to cut

off russian imports, unbelievable that in the middle of all this the united states is still buying russian oil. obviously it's not impacting the price of oil, you just showed gasoline and that's really the impact that we're seeing most hurtful for american families. we've got a big show. we've got breaking news in the next 10 minutes, rachel. rachel: you have an amazing lineup. so much news to break and as you said so outray just that russia is -- outrageous that russia is negotiating the deal on our behalf with iran. maria, last words? maria: yeah. i think you have to look at what the impact is on all of the other dictators that we're doing business with. here we are finding ourselves in a situation back up against the wall because of bad policy. we need those imports. what else do we need that is made in china? you talked about fertilizer earlier in the show. such a great point. let's not forget the chemicals

and the underlying ingredients in our prescription drugs are made as we speak right now in china, putting ourselves in a very vulnerable situation. rachel: absolutely. maria bartiromo, sunday morning futures, can't miss that. still ahead, our next guest says russia and china are criminal partners enes kanter freedom joins us live after the break. . they replaced the glass and recalibrated my safety system. that's service i can trust. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ frank is a fan of fast. he's a fast talker. a fast walker. thanks, gary. and for unexpected heartburn... frank is a fan of pepcid. it works in minutes. nexium 24 hour and prilosec otc can take one to four days to fully work. pep- [narrator] it'sf fa mixed up world.

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presumably, that's civilian footage, we don't know. >> i remain somewhat surprised. we haven't seen the volume of that type of footage throughout the war that one would come to expect. on the other hand, we do need to be careful at all times. some of what we have seen come across our screens needs to be taken with a dose of reality and let time play out as to its veer rase sigh. -- vevacity.rachel: what worrit this footage, is the possibility for peace is becoming harder and harder to envision. i think i was more hopeful earlier in the weekend, even earlier in the week, and it just seems like the more time that goes on, the more opportunities there are for things to not go well and it becomes harder to find the middle ground. >> he's certainly expanding the war. rachel: he is. >> as russia's war on ukraine enters day 11, the kremlin's close ties to china are coming

to light. reports say china asked russia to wait until after the olympics to invade ukraine which they did. enes kanter freedom tweeted the chinese dictatorship knew it was going to happen and, worse, approved of it, calling china and russia criminal partners. enes kanter freedom pointing out in that tweet something that many people have noticed. what's more, there are reports that america was approaching china, hoping that china would put pressure on russia not to invade ukraine and instead china shared those conversations and that intelligence with russia. i think the nature of china's relationship with russia and the united states is somewhat clear. rachel: why would our intelligence even think about -- i mean, i'm not in the intelligence community. if i had those secrets, why would i want to share with china thinking they're going to help us with rush shaft it seems like they're so inept.

that's why i'm so worried about the situation joe biden put is in. i have no confidence in him or his team. >> the chairman of the joint chiefs called china to give them a heads up. rachel: i remember that too. >> when there was nothing to give him a heads up to. rachel: his real enemy was trump, not china. >> we have the author of that tweet joining us, enes kanter freedom. you've been active when it comes to china's human rights abuses how would you characterize in your estimation the relationship between russia and china? >> first of all, thank you for having me. and second, with the invasion of ukraine, putin seems to have strongly empowered dictators. for instance, as he attacked the people of ukraine, xi jinping of china is preparing to attack taiwan along with support for russia. another one, kim jong un of

north korea fired a ballistic missile and dictatorship is increasing oppression of its own people. that's why the fight in ukraine is a fight for all people. by standing up for the people of ukraine we are standing up against general tyranny and safeguarding our future. we need to consider where xi jinping was allowed to have olympics despite the genocide and all the other stuff that also seems to have become a green light for dictators like putin to realize that they can eventually get away with essentially anything. rachel: i feel like china is getting away with everything. i think back on just last week for the state of the union address, all this time dedicated to ukraine, perhaps justifyabley so but guess who got off the hook? china a. we never talked about the one thing that china did that impacted the globe and hurt our economy so badly which was the origins of covid.

they have never had -- the chinese have not had to pay any price, enes, for what they unleashed on the world with that lab leak which we all know happened. >> i think the world must act immediately. the few churr of europe and the -- future of europe and the world is being decided. easeville leaders like putin and xi jinping are a threat to global security and free worlds and i think russia and also especially china wants to destroy democracy and it is therefore important that ukraine and taiwan are supported. i mean, i just read the news a couple days ago, china's dictatorship asked russian dictatorship to delay ukraine war until after the olympics which means chinas' dictatorship knew it was going to happen and the worst -- there's a reason why china won't sanction russia.

pete: youd stood alone in the nba against china. we've seen american companies come together to take a on russia. would american companies do the same thing should something happen in taiwan to china? [laughter] >> that's a really good question. i mean, i hope so. but, unfortunately, you see right now, you know, you look at wall street, big tech, academia, sports world and, you know, many other organizations is in china's pocket. rachel: yeah. >> so i hope. we have to have this conversation, but unfortunately right now it's unlikely. rachel: yeah. well, concentration camps didn't stop them from doing business with china, i doubt an invasion in taiwan would. enes kanter, we really enjoyed having you on the showed today. will: thanks. rachel: and his name is freedom. pete: thank you very much for joining us. yesterday and today, this'll

conclude our ten hours of coverage. [laughter] rachel: are you guys sick of us yet? pete: rightfully so, a lot going on in the world, we try to do it justice, ask the right questions and separate fact from fiction. rachel: very complicated, dangerous time we're in. pete: have a great sunday, everybody, and especially today, go to church. ♪ ♪ maria: good sunday morning, everyone. welcome to "sunday morning futures." today, where is the red line and has it been crossed already? death, destruction, nuclear taunting and potential war crime es. what, if anything, launches the united states and nato into russia's war on ukraine? coming up, the former prime minister of ukraine is here, petro por scheck coe, guns blazing on the ground in kyiv. plus, irredeemable, not to be