>> todd: a fox news alert, officials in ukraine working to evacuate any survivors of the devastating theater bombing overnight. hundreds of civilians were sheltering inside and the word children seen written in russian outside the building before that attack. you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning, i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. president zelenskyy pleading with the u.s. to send mig fighter jets and close the air space over ukraine. president biden is changing

assessment of vladamir putin. >> are you ready to call him a war criminal? >> no. you asked if i would call -- oh, i think he is a war criminal. >> carley: griff jenkins has the latest in washington this morning. >> todd: we begin with jonathan hunt on the ground in lviv. jonathan, good morning. >> jonathan: todd and carley, a rescue operation is underway at the site of the southern city of mariupol and we are getting word from local officials there that some people have survived that attack. the theater was being used as a shelter by hundreds of civilians. ukrainians marked the words "children" outside the theater to ward off russian strike. it did not work and it is theater was hit, reduced to rubble. word is that parts of the

shelter itself survived in tact and they are now in the process of bringing out those who survived that destruction there in mariupol. in the meantime, we're also seeing terribly disturbing video of bodies on the ground in chernahiv. we are being told those people were killed by russian troops who opened fire on the people waiting in line to get bread. russian attacks go oincluding one in on a school near eastern city of kharkiv, president putin is using some extraordinary language in talking about how he intends to clamp down on opposition in russia. listen here, very carefully to these words from the russian president vladamir putin.

listen. >> any people and even more so the russian people will be able to determine true patriots from scum and traitors and spit out like a fly that flew into the mouth. it is natural and necessary cleansing and will strengthen our country. >> jonathan: those who oppose him, according to vladamir putin are scum and traitors and he is planning on what he calls the cleansing of his country, absolutely terrifying words for any free thinkers in russia. todd and carley. >> carley: we heard from vladamir putin there and heard from volodymyr zelenskyy yesterday. he made several requests clear. continued call for no fly zone, missile defense systems and he said he wanting a new alliance of country, a u-24 to respond to

conflicts within 24 hours. jonathan, this sounds like a new nato alliance he wants to be a part of. what are the chances of something like that happen something what are you hearing on the ground about that? >> jonathan: honestly, carley, very slim. what the president of ukraine is looking for obviously, some kind of security guarantee. i think natoinations including the u.s. will try to work toward some kind of language that is acceptable to both russians and the ukrainians in any peace deal ultimately, but a new alliance is not something it seems that the russian would be willing to accept because in their view, that is going to be as you point out, nato simply under a different name. >> todd: we've been talking about peace talks for weeks and i understand that vladamir putin has this idea of peace through

aggression, through actual violence and aggression, but that statement, like you just brought to us brings this to next level. how can peace talks be view realistic when putin is talking like that? >> jonathan: right. it is extraordinary language. i think the most extraordinary we have heard from vladamir putin in a long time, possibly the most extraordinary language you heard from any russian leader since stalin himself and putin is looking to stalin as a hero in his eyes and he is echoing that kind of language. you hear somebody talking about the cleansing of a country? we've not heard that since the ethnic cleansing talked about in the war in the former yugoslavia and going back further than that, cleansing is something you associate with language we had

coming out of nazi, germany. i don't think you can overestimate how terrifying that should be for the entire world. >> carley: jonathan hunt live in lviv, thank you. president zelenskyy warning the start of world war iii may have begun hours after his plea to congress. >> todd: president biden sends additional military support to ukraine that does not include mig fighter jets or no fly zone. live from washington with the latest. >> griff: on the heels of it is terrifying language jonathan was talking about, president zelenskyy had a sobering answer when asked about prospect of world war iii. listen. >> nobody knows whether it may have already started. nobody would be able to predict when full scale war will start, how it will end or how it will end. >> this after empassions plea to

congress and president biden to do more to stop the carnage in his country with request for the no fly zone and the missile defense system and it comes as president biden is ratcheting up his rhetoric toward putin. >> after everything we have seen, are we ready to call him a war criminal? >> no. >> you asked whether i call -- >> call him a war criminal, sir. >> i think he is a war criminal. >> todd: president providing ukraine with additional $800 million in military aid includes stingers, small arms and first time killer drones known as switchblades. biden stopped short of mig fighter jets and no fly zone is still a hard no. >> press sect. psaki: no fly zone would require implementation and require us potentially shooting down russian planes, nato shooting

down russian planes and we are not interested in getsing bo world war iii. >> griff: there are calls to increase aid. >> we're not doing enough, we need to do more, no american boots on the ground, give the ukrainians ability to control the skies. >> new poll shows americans back sanctions by 81%, more troops to european allies by 69%, but split over biden's handling of things, frik % approve. todd and carley. >> griff jenkins, thank you. considering moving iran's guard corps from the terror blacklist, removal is major negotiation point for iran. the white house is blaming former president trump for progress iran has made toward nukes.

>> press sect. psaki: negotiate thanksgiving deal because iran's nuclear gain threatening u.s. interest, result of president trump pulling out of the deal and iran moving closer to having capacity and acquiring a nuclear weapon. we are here thanks to the actions of the last president and the last administration. >> carley: irgc as former terrorist organization was first time state entity added to the list. >> todd: an attack is believed to be retaliation after a man hit a member of the crew at an intersection. the man is seen being pulled from his car. they stole credit cards and issue can. did you hear about this? warning people across the country about crime tourists from south america. gangs accused of ransacking a

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tsunami warning was triggered. janice dean joins us live. scary when that happens. >> janice: that area is prone to earthquakes and they know what to do and thank goodness the tsunami watch has been lifted. we'll keep you posted. weather across the nation, active stuff happening, area of low pressure will inject into the southern plains and bring snow to areas across colorado. there are temperatures behind the front, 30 degrees, 29 in fargo issue ahead of it, really warm air and we had clash of two air masses, we could see severe storm for next couple days. area of low pressure toward mideast could cause travel delays, keep that in mind and call ahead if you are traveling today. future cast brings pressure into the plain states,

could see hail, damaging wind and tornados today and more widespread as we get into tomorrow for parts of the gulf coast up to the tennessee, ohio river valley and mid-atlantic, that is the threat on friday, hail, damaging wind and tornado possible today and tomorrow. we have warm air feeling like spring, 70s in dallas. new york, 55. look at tomorrow. 73. we will take that. >> carley: on a friday >> janice: happy st. patrick's day, the parade is happening in new york city, the rain, that won't dampen the spirits. >> todd: leave work as soon as you can. the white house opposing no fly zone over ukraine, president zelenskyy emotional address calling on joe biden to do more. >> president biden, you are the leader of your great nation. i wish you could be the leader

of the world. being the leader of the world means to be the leader. >> carley: nancy mace, member of house veteran ark fair committee joins us now. you were in the room and witnessed that speech first hand, what was reaction like among and you your colleagues? >> i will tell you, we heard his speech and saw the video, there was not a dry eye in the house, we were in tears, it is devastating to watch. the same time, the courage, humility that president zelenskyy showed yesterday. he is fighting back, something vladamir putin was not expecting and to see how hard they are fighting. putin invaded crimea and they rolled over quickly, but ukraine is not rolling over.

president biden said he would give another $800 million to defend against vladamir putin. >> todd: what does america need to do and is there bipartisan support to get it done? >> there is bipartisan support and i will say, with president zelenskyy and his speech yesterday broadening sanctions packages, encouraging companies, united states and others abroad doing business with russia, that is working. you saw companies this week and last week, oracle, and mcdonald's -- he was going to cleanse his country and others. he is losing it, clearly unhinged and what the world is doing is working. we need to did more of that and

focus on humanitarian aid. the stories you are hearing about ukrainian families stranded who are stuck, do not have electricity or water or food, you saw people murder said in the streets in ukraine yesterday for standing in line to get bread. this is something that needs to be addressed sooner rather than later. >> carley: gas prices have never been higher in the history of our country and there is a report from polatva that says progressive democrats are urging president biden to ban oil drill og federal lands at this time. is the president going to cave to this? if so, what happens? >> we need to become exporter and increase production at home in the u.s. until we are all green and we will get there, it is not going to be overnight and this is not the time to politicize this thing, we need to increase production at home

and increase oil and gas imports from canada and not venezuela or iran, we have opportunity to do that and help our allies n. new york, there is enough natural gas to provide energy to europe, all of europe for 150 years and i will tell you, i'm going to poland this weekend with the oversight committee to talk to our colleague necessary warsaw and be on the border of ukraine to learn about what is going on around the world. gas prices are being affected everywhere. how can we improve that situation at home and around the world. >> carley: it would be good for our country and europe, as well. safe travels and thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> carley: did you hear this, ex-cnn host chris cuomo wants

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>> todd: jussie smollett walking free. >> carley: unbelievable, prook prook has details. brooke. >> brooke: jussie smollett is walking free after six days behind bars. he was released on bond, which he will not pay as long as he appears in court when summon sai >> we are elated the appellate court is able to decipher the legal issue and apply correct standard and look forward to this process playing out. >> brooke: the actor was sentenced to jail and $25,000

fine along with restitution payout to chicago for $120,000. his lawyers claiming his sentence was threat to his life saying mr. smollett has become target of vicious threats in social media forums which reflect hatred and wish for physical harm to him, which he may experience during incarceration, any custodial setting is danger to life of mr. smollett, who spent last four days of his sentence in a sike ward. the former actor was convicted on five counts for lying to police when he staged a hate crime against himself in 2019. >> carley: former cnn coast chris cuomo demanding ark apology and $125 million as his attorney argues cuomo is being made a scapegoat for his

brother's scandals. >> todd: cnn do a ton wrong, in this case may be right. i don't think chris cuomo has a case, do you agree? >> joe: to go full "game of thrones" here since we love ark wedding continues. everybody takes each other out in a particular wedding scene on that show, carley knows what i'm talking about. >> carley: i do. >> joe: thank you, carley. there aren't many good guys or girls to root for here. what planet does chris cuomo think he is worth $125 million. he finished distant third against sean hannity in his time slot. this guy got covid and then went on the air to talk about how sick he was and faked his own quarantine to try to get

ratings. this guy left his home and got into a screaming match with a 60-something-year-old guy biking by who said you were on the air last night talking about you had fever and chills, what are you doing out and cuomo gets in a screaming match with him. chris cuomo helped his brother cover up a covid nursing home scandal that janice dean knows about, i would love her to join me and talk about that and advised his brother how to discredit credible accusers of sexual allegations. on the other side of this, chris cuomo is accusing those at the network include of running a smear campaign against him after he was fired. so there are no good guys or girls here, this is only going to get messier for cnn as collapse now is complete.

>> carley: editor at large has thoughts on why this country is so polarized and writes republicans move faster to the i logical right than democrats have gone left and they made entirety of house and senate more conservative over the past 50 years. defund the police, open borders, pick your poison. >> joe: what can you say about this, his most famous tweet he declared definitively without ambiguity reporters don't take a side and he takes a side in every column that he writes. i'd love to see crystal talk about alexandria ocasio-cortez in the squad sometime and if you look at this objectively and say that the republican party has gone more right than democrats have gone left, i'm sorry, look

at the president of the united states, joe biden, who was considered moderate in the mid-'90, i believe carley calls that sophomore year. this is an argument where you can make a pretty good argument for both sides, maybe the right has gone right and democratic party has gone more left than the republican party has gone right. you look at this sane and sober, which i am. happy st. patrick's day, see you wearing your dpreen. >> joe: where is carley's green. >> todd: don't wor beit. attack on a theater being used as shelter full of families and children. congressman michael waltz here to react before he heads into a war briefing later today. >> carley: and pulling funding

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latest. jonathan. >> jonathan: we are getting reports that survivors are being brought out from underneath the rubble of the building in mariupol, which was bombed by the russians despite having the words children written on the ground outside in an attempt to ward off russian attack. local officials say parts of the shelter are in tact and they are bringing survivors out at this point. we are seeing disturbing video from the city of cherniiv, north of kyiv. russian troops opening fire on people standing in line to get bread. at least 10 people killed in that attack. we have seen extraordinary video of the bombing of what ukrainian officials say was a school just

outside the eastern town of kharkiv. this is going on as president putin issues a terrifying statement in russia saying that the country needs to be "cleansed" of all opposition and saying those who do not support him and do not return to russia to support his country are "scum," and "traitors" terrifying words from the russian president. >> todd: thank you. university in upstate new york public speaking event featuring man killed of killing two officers. despite that, the event will not be cancelled. the wife of one of the officers joins us. great to see you again. when you heard about this event being held, could you believe it? >> i couldn't believe it. i read the e-mail over five

times, i could not believe a college would leave out some vital information in a bio. his biois sdpauls untrue. they mentioned he spent 49 years in prison and he was presenting himself as a political prisoner. they left out he killed two police officers in new york. and one of them was my husband, joseph piagentini. >> todd: unbelievable. absolutely unbelievable. >> i have fault with the college for doing they, they are supposed to be educating our men and women that go there and should have put out a true bio. given the young men and women who were to attend this a chance to see what this man was.

>> todd: what does it say about the state of our education system that an event like this is considered in the first place? >> yes, i find that hard to believe, especially since he is a criminal justice college. and they are having a lecture from a man who professes to be a political prisoner and he is actually a three-time cop killer. in the san francisco piece they had in there, it says he was in a shootout. it wasn't a shootout, they bombed san francisco precinct and killed sergeant young, so he's a three-time cop killer. >> todd: unbelievable. diane, seems like the state of new york keeps reopening old wounds with regard to slaying, murder, execution of your husband and i don't know how you

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>> president biden blames the oil companies, oil prices decreasing, gas prices should, too, gas was $3.62, now 4.31,

oil and gas companies profit at expense of hard-working americans, jen psaki doing the same. listen to this. >> press sect. psaki: costs are going down, they need to pass to consumers, volatility is no excuse for -- this morning gasoline, average work $4.28 this morning. we are back to $99 a barrel, the markets are volatile right now, you can't snap your fingers, house democrats are calling on oil companies executives to come to the hill and testify. beat up oil companies because of greed, nothing to do with oil prices, that is 50% of the gallon of gas, 50% is oil prices, but okay. >> todd: the rates have risen. >> cheryl: federal reserve raising interest rates, as expected wednesday. quarter point raise affects everything from credit card to

your mortgage rate. this is inflation sitting at 40-year high. americans are feeling the pinch. >> iville to learn to make gas. >> i am thinking of buying a bike. >> forget about it, the cause of cooking at home of eating out. >> drone did acknowledge it is a bigger problem for the economy, that could affect gdp, it is bigger story than you are feeling at home. even jerome powell says it is back. jet blue, american and southwest pilots are suing cdc over mask mandates when remain in place. the tsa extended mandates through april 18th as senate voted to repeal mask mandate on

public transportation. bipartisan support, eight democrats voted in favor of the mandate. interesting it is election year, putting that together there. >> carley: good to put together. thanks. switching gears issue the u.s. -- for ukraine, but still won't send mig fighter jet. president zelenskyy is begging for. michael waltz, florida congressman, member of house armed services committee joins me now. are you satisfied with what president biden laid out yesterday? >> congress continued to push biden on the right direction, or the ban on russian oil. he continues to call false

distinction. i support not getting into a no fly zone, american planes bombing russia and air defense systems in ukraine.

we drug the administration along and zelenskyy was powerful, you are going to see additional pressure as you have during this entire crisis. one thing the president needs to do right now is draw a red line when it comes to chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction. we need to make putin afraid of what we will do rather than the other way around. when it comes to wmb, the president needs to say all options are on the table. >> carley: that is a good red line to draw. president biden yesterday did say we'll be helping ukraine acquire longer range anti-aircraft system after president zelenskyy requested the s 300 shoot planes out of

the sky at higher altitude. how much of a game changer would that be for this war? >> there is a whole family of russian anti-aircraft former soviet aircraft systems, one called sa-14 issue the sa-7, shoulder fire, the f-300 shoots higher and further than the stinger or the other systems, they need them yesterday. eastern european countries, now members of nato, can provide them and i hope the administration is moving that direction. >> carley: i hope so, too. you are attending a briefing today on the war, what do you expect to get out of it? >> i think we will get operational update. i am interested in the logistics issues russia is having. and interested in port of odesa, a lot of focus on the ariel

piece, there is a blockade going on in the black sea. odesa is ukraine's last port, russians wanted it and we have to do everything to keep that lifeline open and finally, what is going on with the peace talks, what is i think the zelenskyy has made very important concession in terms of going neutral on nato, but what is he prepared to give up and putin prepared to do, i'll be looking forward to that briefing today. >> carley: after you get briefed, please come back, we'd love to hear what you have to say. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> todd: biden administration wants to block mount rushmore 4th of july fireworks again. what is the excuse this time? mike huckabee on that. >> carley: check in with brian kilmeade for a look what is coming up on "fox and friends first." >> brian: would you brief me

after you get briefed from michael waltz. over next three hours, guerilla war fare could emerge, the country tries to protect their land from russia. russia gained no land over the last 10 days. a panel of green berets will be here to discuss unconventional methods of battle. and general jack keane, what is the situation is with china trying to take taiwan in the fall, really? sean duffy live and charles payne will break down rising interest rates and dolly parton joins us, talking about her new book to pulling herself out of rock-and-roll hall of fame. i've done the same thing. all that and more, if you promise to watch.

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strong is brave and ready to fight for the life of his citizens and citizens of the world. for human rights, for freedom. for the right to live and die when your time comes. >> carley: imploring to do more. >> todd: mike huckabee joins us now. governor, what could joe biden learn from that speech? >> well, the most important thing be is how to communicate. zelenskyy is a master at communicating. people say well, he is an actor. he may be, but i'm telling you he is also a leader and communication is very important part of leadership. more importantly than simply his ability to speak is the fact that he has stayed put and he has gone out and visited the people of ukraine. he has been defiant to putin. and he has shown us what leadership looks like, which is

never ask others to do what you're unwilling to do. he has asked the people of ukraine to stand and fight, that's exactly what he has done. leadership is always putting yourself in the front of the line and say follow me, rather than hey, you guys, go do this. and it's been a remarkable inspiration. >> carley: that is so true. you know, we heard from president zelenskyy yesterday and then shortly after president biden's response and it was in the form of $800 million worth of aid. the migs weren't a part of that package. congress was clearly moved and motivated by volodymyr zelenskyy's speech. do you think members of congress will be able to pressure president biden to move forward and take that next step to help zelenskyy and his cause? >> carley, i certainly hope so. the thing i want to make sure that everybody fully understands, zelenskyy has not

called for american soldiers to land and parachute on ukrainian soil and fight their fight. he has not asked for u.s. air force pilots to fly over those skies. what he has asked for is the tools so that he and his people can do the fighting against the russian aggressors. and that's something that i don't think gets emphasized enough. so when people say we are going to draw america into the war. well, no, what we're going to do is supply the capacity for ukraine to fight back this evil maniacal dictator, vladimir putin, who is, i think, maybe the worst dictator tyrant since adolf hitler. when you show just a little bit ago those horrible pictures where they are bombing theaters, knowing children are there, how much more evil can one be than that. >> todd: finally governor a blow to patriotism in the u.s. the national park service blocking

the mount rushmore fourth of july celebration second year in a row citing tribal concerns but also fire concerns. it's march. how do they know what the dew point is going to be four months from now, governor. >> todd, these are the smartest people in the world. they can predict the weather 60 years from now plus 60 days from now. it is absurd. it's one thing to sail if there is a fire danger, that's legitimate. let's wait until maybe a few days or even a week before to make that determination. in the meantime, americans could be cheated from a spectacular display of patriotism. sometimes you wonder does the biden administration want a very red state like south dakota to be able to do that and celebrate this great country of ours? >> carley: you know, governor, president zelenskyy even mentioned mount rushmore in his speech yesterday, recalling when he visited and saw the faces of the founding fathers who laid out and the presidents who laid out the future of our country.

and he is asking us to help him with democracy and free done. important moment this that speech as well. governor, thank you so much for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you, guys. >> todd: that's great point. the fact that zelenskyy said it maybe we don't cancel it four months in advance. do you know what isn't canceled "fox & friends." >> carley: it starts right now. [siren] [gunfire] [baby crying] >> russian troops. >> shelter for civilians, including children. [explosion] >> people are fighting [inaudible] [applause] >> carley: powerful, emotional speech that will go down in history. >> russian forces continue their onslaught. >> thousands of people starting to run from odesa, fearing