like our adversaries are very active right now. >> todd: we are america. we need to project strength. we haven't in so many circumstances thus far. today is another opportunity for joe biden to. will he? >> carley: that phone call 9:00 a.m. eastern time. stay tuned for more information on. that was "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ [explosion. [. >> russian missiles dropping bombs right on nato's doorstep. >> the missile strikes sending plumes of six rounds lviv airport. >> president zelenskyy warning civilians try fog flee the risk of death remains high. >> have no guarantee that you will not be attacked. [sobbing] >> united states confirming that an american has been killed in putin's war. >> standing in a bread line

mowed down by russian snipers. >> i think we are at inflexion point in history. genuine struggle between atook autocracies and whether or not democracies can be sustained. >> a fox news alert. overnight russian strikes landing on nato's doorstep. >> mayor of a will lviv confirming missiles slammed ukraine's second largest airport just 43 miles from the poland border two other russian missiles were shot out of the sky. >> steve: they do have some sort of air defense that is actually working. jonathan hunt is in lviv and he joins us live. what are you hearing about what went on out by the airport? >> well, steve, rachel, brian, it was just after dawn here when we were stabbing right at this point and we heard quite clearly the air raid sirens sounding. and then minutes later the noise of the explosion reverberated

across lviv city center. the airport is just about three and a half miles from the very heart of this city. and we understand that six cruise missiles were fired towards it from what we have think were russian bombers flying high above the black sea. two of those missiles were shot down, we understand. but four of them slammed into the area very near the airport. there is an aircraft repair facility on the edge of that errant. that appears to have been the target. the mayor of lviv says it was not an active facility. nothing was going on there. we understand that just one person was wounded in that strike. but coming so close to the border with poland are 43 miles from the border to be exact. it sends a very clear message from the russians that they can and will hit anywhere in ukraine. they continue to strike at the capital kyiv, too. there was more shelling from

russian tanks overnight. those russian tanks as you know are in the suburbs of kyiv. the nearest artillery about nine miles from the city center which gives them ability to quite easily drop those shells on to targets within the center of kyiv. we are also seeing a big flow of refugees coming out of mariupol. that southern city, which has been subject to such heavy bombardment over the last week or. so of course, you will remember we were talking yesterday about the theater that was hit there and the bomb shelter under neath it we are still waiting final word on how many people may have been killed or injured in that attack. and how many were brought out alive. steve, rachel, brian? >> rachel: thank you, jonathan. i have a quick question for you. jonathan, we keep hearing a lot of different generals on the air. some saying that, you know, russia is not performing as well

as they, you know, expected but that they are grinding it through and, you know, to a victory. others saying no, ukraine has the advantage here. and as they start to get resupply from the united states and other nato nations. do you have any sense on the ground ever where this war is going or who is winning or if it is a draw? >> clearly something of a stalemate right now. obviously the russian forces have not swept through as they wanted to you talk to british intelligence officials. american intelligence officials and they will tell you that, yes, the russian forces are not moving forward. their main aim, of course, is to capture the capital kyiv. but they have not within able to move from that nine mile point, the closest point that they have got to the city center. so the ukrainian defense is working. the supply of military hardware coming in from the west country.

including, of course, the united states, is making a difference. but, again, as i have said before, rachel. the russian army is a very large, very powerful army. nobody should under estimate their ability to resupply and regroup. so we may be in a pause quite literally nobody, not me standing here, not the generals talking anywhere know exactly what the russian army is planning at this point. clearly they have had setbacks. clearing they are not giving up. rachel, steve, brian? >> steve: that's right. but it does say something, jonathan, you mentioned that the -- of the six cruise missiles which were launched by the airplanes in the area of the black sea, you know, obviously those were not dumb bombs. cruise missiles know exactly where they are going. they were trying to pick that out. however what it says is they don't have the people on the ground so they have got to fly somebody out there. >> right. and obviously we have seen over

the last week or so, steve, the air campaign stepped up. pretty much all the damage being done right now across ukraine is coming from the sky. whether that be criewmples, whether it be aircraft strikes, whether it be tank shells launched and landing on buildings, particularly in the center of kyiv, so, the ground campaign, yes, not going well, it appears for the russians but they still have a vast amount of power and that's what we saw here in lviv, those cruise missiles slamming into the airport here. so, they can obviously do a vast amount of damage still, steve. >> steve: what's that noise behind you? >> the noise behind me just, i think it's an ambulance just passing behind us right now. we heard the air raid sirens very clearly here. they have been going off most days to be honest and we haven't had explosions but this morning,

obviously, just after those air raid sirens when we had the explosions just about three and a half miles from us, and last weekend, of course, when we heard the air raid sirens we also heard the air defense systems at work. then i want to point out that there were 30 mills launched over the weekend at that military base 30 miles from us here. only 86 those hit. so the air defense systems are doing a good job here. they obviously want more of those air defense systems. the s 300s we have talked about. they would love to get more. they have some and they are doing a job but they're obviously not taking out every missile that russian launches at ukraine. >> brian: all right. thank you so much. appreciate you, john that be. check in with you again. of course those air deference systems as we reported earlier they are ready to go. they just have to get back up from us what is taking us so long to do that that's the same thing we heard with the migs. thank you, jonathan. big question is does russia know

they are losing? and by not winning they are losing. if you look at people who are studying their nightly newscast looks like vladimir putin hasn't appeared with any advisers since saturday. also changing rhetoric from we are going to take kyiv this is a fake country and going to take what we deserve there is nazis there. that rhetoric is basically gone from the state run newscast. now they are talking about after 20 minutes he was said to be rambling using a lot of you knows, seem to have lost his place in his copy and other people have noticed that he does not look well. now he is not talking about that. he is talking about the need new roads in crimea and how the donbas region needs to be independent which is really where he started which is where he was in 2014. on top of that if you look at kharkiv it's been pummeled. like at mic lay it's been

pummeled the ukrainian forces are moving back the russian forces so if they can get this re -- if they can be reinvigorated by our new aid, who knows what is going to happen when david starts getting armed to take on a shell of what we thought was goliath. congressman mike gallagher served in the marines talked about the situation on the ground and how china cannot be allowed to bail them out. >> well, i think the best chance we have to force a negotiated settlement that is favorable to the ukrainian people that will reserves some semblance of a free ukraine is to continue to put hard power in putin's path. i also want to make sure that we don't allow putin to set up a sanctions evasion hub in iran. and if china decides to intervene on behalf of putin by providing military assistance, we should be prepared to punish china for doing that above all, we can't allow the fear of escalation that we should be cognizant of it to dominate our earth. it should be putin who fears our

escalation and that's the best chance we have for some form of negotiated settlement. >> steve: 9:00 this morning about three hours from right now. the president of the united states is going to go into the situation room and talk to president xi of china. you know, china is playing a double game right now. they want russia to think they're on their side and russia to think they're on our side. they have changed their language a little bit and they're calling it a war instead of a situation or a special military operation. but what is -- what the president of the united states is going to do is he's going to put pressure on china to use their economic ties to force a cease-fire. you know, beijing wants us to think that china is neutral. but, in reality, they have got ties with obviously russia. during this minor incursion that is now a major war, the united states became closer to europe and china became closer to

russia. today joe biden is going to say that's not going -- that dog don't hunt. >> rachel: you talked about some of the changes in the language. also, at the beginning of this war, that they are now calling a war, thech were denouncing the eastward expansion of nato. now their language is, listen, we are not going, to you know, get involved or attack ukraine. they have a right to, you know, their own defense and their own path. so these are some nuances changes it could be that, as you say, they are playing a double game or they are being -- because they have also said we don't want to be part of the sanctions that you are imposing on russia. so they're also a little worried that that wrath could come their way. >> steve: they don't know what to do. >> brian: here is president biden previewing the call. >> i think we are at an inflection point in history. i think we are in a genuine struggle between atook crazies and democracies and whether or not democracies can be

sustained. i will be speaking to president xi tomorrow he will remind me that i told him that he remembers every damn thing i said unfortunately. but, all kidding aside, we talk about the idea, that he does not believe democracies can be sustained in the 21st century. these things move so rapidly. technology is changing so much. democracies don't have time to arrive at consensus. that's why atook crazies will succeed. >> if anything is not changed china. punished so much entrepreneurship that their economy is beginning to wane on top of that being slammed by omicron. do they want to be best friends with the world's pariah or a chance to look at new united europe and listen you know i do a ton of trade with ukraine. you know i do a ton of trade with russia. i want to see this come to an end. i don't need to alienate all of nato/eu. it's in their best interest even though they will still remain getting the cheap oil and gas from russia.

they will enjoy those deals on grain. i there they would be crazy now be if their best interest to double and triple down and give vladimir putin what he wants, which is more armament, more money and a chance to get off the dollar because we have pretty much suffocated their country. many people who feel that vladimir putin is at a point where he has either just got close off his borders and just start to try to grow his economy from within because if you see the number of protests that are happening on the outside of his country already arrested 14,000 people, you see some of the things that have happened on their nightly news, there is a chance that vladimir putin could seriously be dislodged. jake bequette. former nfl player, former army veteran weighed in to talk about this growing nexus between these two nations. >> due president biden's blundering, he has promoted an alliance, a de facto alliance between the two major powers in

the land mass russia and china led by the chinese communist party. that is existential threat to the united states. china is underwriting this russian invasion of ukraine in all but name. they ever supplying the russians with arms and they are giving russia economic relief due to these new sanctions. so, i think that no one is larger hawk than me against the chinese communist party. we have to look at the larger scope of this conflict in terms of the proxy struggle between the united states and the chinese communist party. that's what i'm looking at. we have to prevent this growing union between russia and china. >> rachel: he makes such a great point. >> steve: let's see what happens. i'm sure we will get a read out about 10:00 or 11:00 this morning what the president of this country said to the president of that country. in the meantime, while jake was just talking, there was that graphic that showed some of the tools that the united states is providing, it's interesting, in his speech today, president

zelenskyy thanked joe biden and thanked the american people for the military aid but he did not want to get into specification about what we are giving them because he does not want russia to know what he is going to have so they that they can play oh they got those new stingers or they got those switchblade drones. we have got watch out for those. mr. zelenskyy does not want to tip his hand. is he playing a good game of poker. >> brian: the white house put out a list. they actually described everything like an invoice get it satisfied. look out for india, too. india continues to ignore the sanctions. they are not friends with china but they continue to prop up russia. and i got wonder what the largest democracy in the world is thinking. >> steve: they are thinking it's cheap. russia is say would he go are having a fire sale on gas and who needs? india is holding up their hand don't tell anybody but we will take it. >> brian: everybody wants cheap gas but not everybody wants to sacrifice losing alliances with

the nato eu and 141 other nations. >> rachel: ultimately india is saying i have got to look out for my people a lot of people they are very poor. use cheap gas that's the decisions they are making. before we move on, the point that the army veteran beckett made is a very good one, that it's nothing else we debate what to do moving forward ukraine. we should at least be looking long-term at the mistakes we have made that have brought-russia and china together and see how that happened. so we stopped making these short-term decision and that have long-term effects. >> brian: i don't know how we keep apart russia and china. i don't know what we could do to keep russia and china apart. >> rachel: maybe there was a point that we could have. anyway, let's move forward. texas police confirming a 13-year-old was behind the wheel in a fiery crash that killed 9 people. including members of a college golf team. what we know about the investigation and the team startling past.

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. >> steve: all right, on this friday morning, we are learning new details about that tragic crash in texas regarding members of a new mexico golf team. >> brian: nine people killed in the crash including six members of the golf team and their coach. todd piro is here now as police reveal a child was one of the drivers, todd? >> todd: just a horrific story.

authorities say 13-year-old boy was behind the wheel of the truck that crashed into that bus full of college golfers on a texas highway killing nine. authorities say the left front tire blew causing the teen to lose control drift over the center lane and slam head on into the van. the boy's father was with him in the truck both were killed. according to the university of the southwest six students and their coach also dying in that wreck after both vehicles caught fire. two students remain in the hospital but are expected to survive. southwest students holding a memorial for their late classmates. family members still reeling from the tragedy. >> no way. no, it can't be. god, there is no way. she is our baby. she has been a daddy's girl all of her life. >> todd: that's tough to hear right there according to family friend the late 13-year-old driver burned down his family's home right before christmas. sources telling the daily mail

he left the stove unintended while cooking eggs. investigators trying to determine why the child was behind the wheel in the first place. 13-year-old not allowed to drive texas law. a person has to be at least 14 to start taking classes for a learner's license. thank you. >> steve: absolutely tragic. >> rachel: a sad story. >> steve: very. yesterday on this program we told you how hunter biden had taken out a loan for a million dollars to pay some back taxes to get himself out of trouble. well, you know what? as it turns out, the "new york times" did that story yesterday and that was in their lead but in the 24th paragraph, hardly anybody reads that far into a story, in the 24th paragraph it mentions an email between hunter biden and his associate and it said in the "new york times," those emails were obtained by the "new york times" from a cache of files that appears to have come from a laptop abandoned by mr. biden in a

delaware repair shop. sound familiar? the email and others in the cache were atown indicated with people familiar with them and the investigation. keep in mind, this all came to light before the election. we covered it here, the "new york post" covered it they got a copy of the laptop from rudy giuliani. and today they say all the news that fit to print once president biden is elected. before the election it seemed it was all hands on deck to protect the bidens. all of this knew this we had tony bobulinski on this network. that poor laptop repairman has gone bankrupt because not only did he as a patriot, i think, bring this forward for all of us to see, but then the government and other people attacking him. easy to get distracted by the

homemade important and the baby mommas and crack pipes and everything else. i believe this hunter biden story is the most important story in politics despite all the sensationalism that makes it look like it's just a daily mail story. it's not. it's so important. think about the countries in the news right now. ukraine russia, china at the center of what we are dealing with right now. we still have not gotten to the bottom of really the biden family corruption and more importantly joe biden. is joe biden the big guy who got 10% of the kick back and if that's the case, he may be compromised. he may not be able to with clean hands do what's best for america in this situation. and just as importantly, i think, is the fact that our country spent four years looking at russia -- russian interference in our election. it turns out that our media, big tech, interfered with our election. this election would have been different had this been allowed to see the light of day.

>> steve: that's according to the polls. 10% of people who voted for joe biden said i wouldn't have voted for him. >> rachel: donald trump would be president right now. four years no incursion into ukraine during his leadership. i don't believe weland be in this war, brian. >> brian: 50 intelligence officers from leon pa netted that to john brennan who signed their names to michael hayden all are defamed and defrocked. they should be ashamed of themselves. everybody knew this thing was real. at the very least, what they knew they never was worthy of their signature with their intelligence background which they got off taxpayer training. so if you think about, too. the "new york post" comes out and views profanity says no kidding. using a profanity. we know this was real the whole time. how you froze our social media accounts, that's the bigger story. so, remember, when this first came out, how the media reacted. >> authorities are now investigating whether recently published emails that purport to detail the business dealings of

joe biden's son are tied to an ongoing russia disinformation effort. >> recently published emails that purport to detail the business dealings of joe biden's son are actually part of an ongoing russian disinformation campaign. >> hunter biden, this laptop that intelligence officials have warned is likely russian disinformation. >> broadly known and widely known peter there was a broad range of russian disinformation back in 2020. >> so you still think it's a story from the fall about your son hunter were russian disinformation. >> yes, yes, yes. god love you, man. you are a one horse pony. i will tellia. thank you, thank you. i promise you my justice department will be totally on its own making its judgments about how they should proceed. thank you. >> brian: keep your eye on this mother of hunter biden's child. this arkansas woman who had a child with hunter biden.

deny until all of a sudden they wanted his tax records and he said quickly okay i will pay you. she owes a lot. and her attorney lancaster for london alexis told msnbc she previously handed over a significant amount of russia's financial records also a big talker on tape. i wouldn't be surprised if she started saying exactly what she knows. because she took credit for him coming forward. >> steve: well, the reason that is salient right now, brian, is the fact that that lawyer that you just referred to revealed yesterday that the authorities talked to the baby momma about hunter and the lawyer talked to the fbi. the lawyer saw everything and he said i would be shocked if hunter biden is not indicted over this. so the question is why would the "new york times" come out with though story to fix the story after 17 month of radio silence? it could either be hunter biden is going to be indicted and the

"new york times" had to fix their story, you know, their history with the story before that happened, could be. or it could be that the "new york times" is trying to disqualify joe for running in 2024 and make room for somebody else. maybe trying to squeeze him out. maybe it's neither one of them. just curious why they would sit on that story for 17 months until yesterday and then say oh, yeah. joe biden has got this connection to tony bobulinski and a bunch of money we can't explain. >> brian: miranda devine's book has it all there not one email said. 50 intelligence agencies said this was russian disinformation. >> rachel: smeared sitting centers senator johnson and grassley before we go imagine being donald trump right now. you lost this election. >> steve: russia again. >> rachel: big check colluded and hid this story and the

american people deserve to know whether their president was taking dirty money from any of these countries. >> steve: so the "new york times" now can put miranda devine's laptop from hell, take it off the fiction list and put it in nonfiction. because, according to the "new york times," it actually happened. >> brian: that is called real journalism and should be book of the year. >> rachel: absolutely. >> brian: russia's attack on ukraine are escalating with a strike just miles from poland about 40 miles. florida congressman michael waltz all over this story off a fresh briefing from ukraine tell us what he can as violence gets to nato's doorstep. ♪

the explosions about 43 miles from poland. florida congressman and former green beret commander just briefed on this michael waltz on the armed services committee. congressman, second time they have hit that area near the polish border. what do you take from it? >> well, it's intended to send a signal, brian, operationally these strikes aren't that effective. but, again, in along putin and russian doctrine escalate to deescalate it's intended to scare the eastern european states. poland, slovacia, romania that are helping with these supply

routes in and perhaps get them to back down. steve. >> brian: when you talk about what's happening today, it's obvious if russia is going to survive, china will provide the armament, the money, and the purchase of their oil and gas. what is at stake with that 9:00 a.m. talk between the president and president xi of china? >> well, i think it's absolutely critical. china can be the spoiler here of this unified front against russia. i think china is going to try to play a bit of a double game. i would not be surprised that the china announced humanitarian aid to ukraine. we have already seen the rhetoric shifting in terms of calling it a war and acknowledging some of the things going on there they are still buying russian gas and coal which is incredibly important. look china at the end of the day

needs access to european marketed and access to the u.s. dollar their stock market almost crashed just on rumor of potential u.s. sanctions so they are going to play a double game here and try and walk a fine line. but, make no mistake, brian, i think longer term chinese banks are going to see a buying opportunity in russia. buying up critical minerals, buying up mines and buying up that energy sector as they continue to try to dominate around the world and i think xi sees an opportunity to put putin in his pocket and create a dependency there literally. >> brian: well, at what cost? because they have never seen a more united europe, a more united nato, there is very little friction between the allies even us here in the west. i'm just looking at some of the rhetoric from the state run news, vladimir putin, it looks like he is not even mentioning kyiv anymore and need to have

donbas region independent and new roads in crimea. do you think he realizes he can't take the capital even if he put everything on to it -- into it? >> you know, that's what is so hard to tell, brian, is what is actually getting to putin? are they feeding him what they think he wants to hear or is he actually getting the real reporting from what's happening? but, analysts are just now in the last week starting to doubt whether russia can completely take kyiv. they have struggled, they have failed to completely surround it and cut off the humanitarian corridor to the citizens. and most importantly, cut off the lethal aid to the ukrainian defenders in kyiv and in some limited cases, we are seeing the ukrainians push back some russian positions. so, he is still going to go for it he is all in. his entire army is three quarters committed to ukraine alone. he stripped everything else across 11 time zones.

but, they are just going to do it through pure brutality and i fear this gets worse before it gets better. >> brian: forbes is reporting troops are running out of food and fuel and now they have to defend their own supply line because the ukrainians have been that aggressive. i want to modify on to something really almost as important. and no one is talking about it, this iran deal that russia is cutting for us with us in a side room without us even knowing the details iran gets their sanctions removed, they put their oil on the market and they pledge without snap inspections or on site inspections to not build nuclear weapons. what are you guys doing to stop this deal? >> well, we introduced a resolution yesterday condemning it. it was led by representative jim banks, my colleague from indiana. but, we're also going to -- when we get the house back, we're going to introduce legislation to reimpose the sanctions. it is a slap in the face to

every veteran that died at the hands of the irgc in iraq over 600 u.s. soldiers not to mention the across cities across the region as the irgc supports the houthis launching missiles into airports. >> hezbollah la, the militia in iraq to lift sanctions on them is just unbelievable. but the final thing, brian, russia will be the ultimate arbitrator here because the enriched uranium is going to be sent to russia and russia gets to decide if the deal is being followed or not and if putin decides that it's not, he will send the enriched uranium back again. and if iran gets a nuclear missile, the entire region is going to want one as well. the saudis iran everyone. that's scary. >> brian: i wonder if this is all everything to do with that watched russians come into syria because the we want the iranian deal. we watched the iranians muscle

up because we wanted that deal. and now, again, we are sacrificing national security because this administration, which is like the obama administration wanted iranian deal. i hope they know it's not going to last the length of a party transfer. we will see. we will see. congressman, i look forward to your next update. thanks so much. >> all right. thanks so much, brian. >> brian: 21 minutes before the top of the hour. new protest at yale law school and the importance of free speech. hear from the speaker being protested next. >> yale has a policy of speech [inaudible] >> come on, grow up. throughout history i've observed markets shaped by the intentional and unforeseeable. for investors who can navigate this landscape,

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in. >> event was ironically about the importance of free speech. featuring a liberal atheist and conservative christian looking to find common ground and the speakers were great with that it was the people in the audience who had the problem with it. one of those panelists joins us right now general counsel for the alliance defending freedom kristin from d.c. what was their problem with the speaking that day? >> it is difficult to say. i mean, the whole point of the panel was to demonstrate civil discourse between two ideological opponents and to show where you can find common ground in the law you should to protect civil liberties. they were more interested these

students in heckling, hurling insults and shouting down the speakers than engaging in civil dialogue. >> steve: it started before anybody actually said a thing officially and, you know, ultimately, i understand you feel that it felt like a powder keg. that you felt like you were in danger. >> well, the situation was very volatile. i was disappointed that's the only video. there is audio of the event as well that demonstrates that these students were not only physically intimidating at other students and the speakers, they were pounding on the walls, blocking the exits and disrupting the event throughout. it was very unfortunate and alarming and volatile and it shouldn't take place on a law student campus in a law school classroom. >> steve: that's exactly right. these are future lawyers who are protesting you being there. yale law school put out a statement and it's curious and i want your opinion on it.

they say yale law school follows the university's speech policy which includes a three warning protocol. their staff spoke to yale police officers who were already on hand about whether assistance might be needed in the event the students did not follow those instructions: fortunately that assistance was not needed and the event went forward until its conclusion. members of the administration are in serious discussion about our students policies and expectations and norms as well. statement says assistance was not needed. somebody called the cops and they had to put you in a police car to get you out. >> you are absolutely right. i think it's alarming that the students engaged in this behavior. this wasn't a protest this was physical intimidation and bullying that took place in the presence of yale administration but what's more disturbing about this is that there is audio and yale is blatantly misrepresenting what happened. we felt that the situation was volatile. it wasn't just me.

it was the pd that was there. we were escorted out. again, i just want to underscore the importance that yale administrators shouldn't be cowering to mobs. they should be insisting on embracing a culture of free speech. >> steve: what does this say to you about what goes on at yale or what goes on at america's campuses these days? >> these are america's future leaders. they are our future lawyers, our jurists, our legislators, our corporate executives. it's essential that we do not allow mobs to rule that we engage in debate. the best lawyers are win some, they write well and engage in critical thinking. yale needs to return to those basic skills and teach their kids and their students that. >> steve: if they invited you back, would you go back? >> in a heart beat. all it did was deepen my resolve. they need to hear and be able to debate these important issues of our dale. >> steve: that's what jail law school needs to do you know what? we were cut short let's do it

again and see what happens. >> i would love that. >> steve: all right. i would too. kristen wagner, thank you very much for joining us live. >> thank you. >> steve: you bet. carley joins us with a fox news alert. >> carley: that's right, steve. an 11-year-old boy among four killed in a shooting in chicago late last night. police say the victims were near the street when the vehicle approached and opened fire on them. all four victims are in serious condition at the hospital. right now police have no suspects in custody. as of this morning, chicago police is reporting 396 shootings and 104 murders since just the beginning of this year. to a fox weather alert. wildfires engulfing the small city of ranger in eastland county, exit. the forest service says four different wildfires have burned at least 8,000 acres and are currently at zero containment. several homes reportedly destroyed by the intense flames. officials say low humidity and

windy and gusty winds are playing a major role in spreading that blaze. the department of homeland security is considering asking for volunteers as they fear more than 170,000 migrants will attempt to cross the u.s. after the end of title 42. now, that policy was enacted under the trump administration and it allows for the instant removal of migrants at the border due to the pandemic. but the biden administration is leaning towards ending that policy as soon as next month and when they do, it will be big news, steve. >> steve: it will indeed. they just need some volunteers. >> they do. >> steve: that's crazy. thank you, carley. >> you bet. >> steve: still ahead on this friday terrifying deep fake videos ukraine's president popping upline line. we will break it down next with kurt the cyberguy next. ♪

>> janice: request severe weather across the gulf coast. severe thunderstorm warnings in effect mississippi river valley and parts of missouri. large hail, damaging winds, we could see lightning and heavy rainfall and tornado watch in

effect for parts of alabama, mississippi and louisiana. in the afternoon we expect we could have a severe weather outbreak for some of these areas. just know where you are going to get your watches and warnings we have cold front that will move across the east coast. behind it several inches of snow and even tomorrow all along the east coast including some of the big cities along the i-95 corridors we could see big storms. 71 is the daytime high in new york. we will like it. but, again, those storms are going to come through and interacting with that warm unstable air. next week, by the way, we could have multiple days of severe weather so just know that starting monday and tuesday along the south we will keep you up to date, of course, with fox weather. fox weather.com to download the latest app. and get all your warnings and warnings. rachel, i will send it to you. >> rachel: thank you, janice. deep fake videos of celebrities and politicians have fooled countless people online like when this video of tom cruise -- of a tom cruise lookalike raked up millions of views last year.

take a look. >> i'm going to show you some magic. the real thing. [laughter] >> rachel: but it can be troubling. this deep fake video shows ukraine zelenskyy appearing to give in to russia's demands. though zelenskyy set the record straight and facebook and youtube has now removed this video. this has serious implications kurt the cyberguy joins us now with more. yeah. so we have seen this kind of stuff with celebrities. but this is a new dangerous level this could literally change the outcome of a very important war. >> rachel, good morning. it's a weapon of war is what it is. and exactly that happened yesterday when this as of wednesday both youtube and facebook say that they have removed this video. they identified it as a deep fake but not before if went viral and around the world lightning speed like that tom cruise video did. that tom cruise video we have numbers on back in february of

last year. 11 million views in a matter of minutes. so we don't have the numbers of zelenskyy because when we ask the social media platforms big tech silicon valley how many people watched this and for how long was it up there? we got crickets. they didn't respond to any of our questions there the reality here is this: you have a president zelenskyy holding on to his people through social media. his only means to get to them really, if today is today's technology. he posts these compelling videos with his voice on it and now the damage is done. because if you are in the ukraine, under a are relying on the message of your president at this moment, which they're, all of a sudden you don't know what's real and what's not. and despite the fact that president zelenskyy came out saying hey, that's a fake video, it took hours for him to catch up to it, for that message to get out. the end result is chaos for everyone.

>> rachel: absolutely. >> let me dig into this rachel because i will just tell you this. i reported on technology for ages. and egregious move of silicon valley and social media companies to not detect these deep fakes, what if i told you that as of 2019 there was technology presented to them that said for free by the way by leading scientists and engineering in this country that said hey, we have a tool that would catch these bad videos that are fake so that you could stop it before they go vicial. the answer, according to a leading engineering professor, who i spoke with and caught up with yesterday, was so troubling. the answer was hey, if you can't tell us how we can make money with your technology, detecting these deep fakes, we're not interested. >> rachel: that is troubling. >> does it take human life for them to get interested?

>> rachel: listen, i don't need the algorithm i'm looking at the deep fake it looks fake. his head is not moving. i thought i could tell you about okay. >> let me tell you ways to figure this out. really good ones like tom cruise, when hands go in front of face is really hard to tell. but you can recognize a deep fake if you really study it. enlarge the video if you have a question about. you will see unnatural eye movement in the picture. sometimes the eyes don't match the emotions. also look for a misaligned face. so the body may be pointing one way but the face is sort of another way. it doesn't make any sense. also, you won't see clothing that looks the same. might see a pattern on one side of the collar but it's soft on the other side. and also look for lights on the face where shadows of one thing look different and then the sound, the audio may be softer or louder in other parts. those are some telltale signs. but the reality is facebook, youtube, bear some responsibility in aiding russia

at this point. so, i know that they will probably not like me on facebook and squelch me again but reach me at my website cyberguy.com even if they make me invisible on facebook which they have done before. >> rachel: won't be the first time big tech impacted a massive political event just look at the hawnd story. thanks, kurt. the 7:00 a.m. of "fox & friends" starts right now. [siren] >> overnight russian strikes landing on nato's doorstep. [explosion] >> four cruise missiles slaneld slammed into the areavery neil . >> the united states confirming that an american has been killed in putin's war. >> he is preparing bread line mowed down by a russian sniper. [sobbing] >> russians capturing an american teacher trying to escape the violence in kherson. >> it scares me like no

tomorrow. i am afraid that i won't ever see my son again. >> president biden is getting ready to speak with exins president xi jinping. >> we are in a general struggle. >> this will be another consideration where president biden weakness at a time we need strength. >> futures are being sacrificed by a senseless war entire world. ♪ >> steve: it is 7:00 in the morning on america's east coast. it is 1:00 in the afternoon in ukraine on this friday, march 18th, 2022. we start another hour with a fox news alert. overnight, russian airstrikes landing on nato's doorstep. >> brian: the mayor of lviv confirming missiles slammed an aircraft repair plant near ukraine taking largest airport 43 miles from poland. >> rachel: jonathan hunt is in lviv and he joins us live.

what are you hearing now after this explosion? >> well, rachel, brian, steve, we understand from ukrainian officials that six cruise missiles were fired in total. they believe from high altitude russian bombers flying over the black sea. two of those missiles were intercepted but just after dawn here, four of them slammed into the area very close to the lviv airport. which is one of the largest and busiest under normal circumstances in all of ukraine. the target, it appears, according to the mayor of lviv, was an aircraft repair facility. although the mayor says that that facility was not in use. one person was wounded in that strike. but it clearly, however much damage it has done, however many people were hurt in this, it clearly sends a very strong message from russia that they will hit anywhere in ukraine and they are not afraid to hit very close to nato member poland.

meantime there was also new strikes in the capital kyiv, those coming, we believe, from russian artillery, shelling by tanks nine miles from city center nine miles well within range of that thank artillery. the mayor of kyiv traveled to the site of that latest strike shortly after it hit. listen here to vitaly klitschko. >> friends, the enemy continues to attack the capital. in the morning, the residential area in the pa deal district was shelled. one person died. 19 were injured. including four children. six houses. kinder gart anothers and a school were damaged. rescuers and medics are working on the spot in the southern city

of mariupol we see civilians trying to get out after what has been the most intense bombardments of this entire war. they are trying to save themselves. there is very little food. >> we have little water and no power in almost all of mariupol. much of that city, of course, has been flattened. now, steve, rachel, brian, we should point out that the people of ukraine are being told pretty much every day that russian forces are stalled. they are being told pretty much every day that peace talks are inching forward. but pretty much every day they continue to suffer, they continue to die. pete, rachel, brian? >> brian: build up of troops around you guys? there is no report of these missile strikes being followed up by ground forces, correct? >> absolutely correct, brian. and obviously what the russians are trying to do is hit whatever

they consider military targets over here. this airport where -- which they say was a -- an aircraft repair facility so presumably the russians would argue that some of the ukrainian air force planes may being repaired there that's being denied by local officials as i mentioned. they also hit the military base a few days ago. that is 30 miles outside of lviv. there is not a lot of strategic interest for them in lviv itself at this point, brian, so, for them to roll a column of tanks, for instance, right across here from east to west that would make those troops sitting targets, really, so they are not about to do that at this point, brian. >> steve: and jonathan, i'm glad you just were talking about mariupol, and we put the map up and as you said it's in the south and it's in the east. mariupol city council came out in the last couple hours and said we are getting shelled between 50 and 100 times a day.

now, you are way out in the west. and you know, it has been thankfully very quiet. that is why the population where you are in lviv has swelled to an additional 200,000 people are in the town you are in right now. so, that is why the airstrike overnight, he shallly morning for you, you know, that shatters there their, you know, a lot of people went there because they thought it was safe. enough to we have these russian bombers dropping cruise missiles maybes that not safe either, they are thinking. >> yeah. it's really frightening, obviously, for everybody who has come here. and many have come from southern cities like mariupol. they have come from eastern cities like kharkiv. they come from the capital kyiv. you are absolutely right, steve. they are seeking a measure ever safety by coming here to this western city. and the dropping of cruise missiles by the russians certainly shatters that sense of safety.

you will see even more of those refugees who have got this far heading even further west and trying to get that extra 40 miles and across the border with poland where they can genuinely feel a modicum of safety, steve. >> rachel: jonathan, we talked to you last hour but all the different assessments going on between different generals and different experts of how the war is going. are the russians, you know, performing poorly but still grinding it out and getting to a victory because they are so powerful and have so much military troops and so forthcoming or are the ukrainians, you know, being very effective with, you know, blowing up their supply lines and defending their country? you say we're at a stalemate, right? >> yeah, certainly a sense of stalemate right now. because the russian ground forces aren't moving forward. the ukrainians are holding the ground that they have. but, again, this is why you hear

president zelenskyy talk all the time about we need more air defense systems. we need more of those javelins and stingers that can shoot aircraft. helicopters and fixed wing aircraft out of the sky. because that is where the huge russian onslaught is coming from now. everything is raining down from the sky. will be it criewmples, be it missiles launched from fighter jets. be it tank shells raining down on kyiv, for instance, they want all the weaponry to be able to take out that kind of russian force. they are getting a lot of it. they're always in this situation, of course, rachel, going to want a lot more. >> brian: all right. thanks so much, i don't know than, appreciate it we will continue to track what's going on. you don't know exactly what's happening with russia. probably never will. we didn't even know they were about to collapse until they actually collapsed back in '89. >> rachel: great point. >> brian: evidently they just arrested their deputy chief of

staff. >> steve: in russia. >> brian: a leaker but being charged with wasteful scawn derg of fuel. arrested evidently final of them. hills higher ups, military officers. four of his generals are dead. and now, according to his rhetoric on nightly news last night and the night before. he is not no longer talking about nazi regime has to be ousted, ukraine being a phony country. is he no longer saying is he going to capture kyiv. now he is talking about the relevance of the donbas region and the need to get new roads in crimea. could this be the ground -- could he be getting his public ready for truce talks? >> steve: well, let's hope so. >> rachel: earlier in the week we heard video from zelenskyy speaking directly to russian soldiers saying, listen, we hear your conversations, we are able to intervene those conversations between you and your family. we know you don't really want to be here. put your weapons down. we don't want to kill you and you don't want to be here. well, arnold schwarzenegger, the

former governor of california, he also had a directed message to the russian people and to russian soldiers. here's what he said. >> there are things that are going on in the world that are being kept from you, terrible things that you should know about. ukraine did not start this war. neither did nationalists or nazis. those in power in the kremlin started this war. when my father arrived in len grad, he was all pumped up on the lies of his government when he left lenin grad he was broken physically and physically the russian soldiers listening to this broadcast you already know much of the truth in that i'm speaking. you have seen it with your own eyes. i don't want you to be broken like my father. your lives, your limbs, your futures are being sacrificed for a senseless war condemned by the entire world and to president putin i say you started this

war, you are leading this war, you can stop this war. >> steve: if you notice, arnold schwarzenegger is speaking english but it was translated into russian. that was a little bit about 45 seconds. >> rachel: not a deep fake. >> steve: if it was, it was really good. no, instead, what he's doing, he put out this nine minute twitter video the hope is that by hook or by crook it winds up in the hands of people in russia. and, you know, he started the video, if you watch the whole thing, it's great. he talked about how he loved russia growing up. pet very much inspired him to lift weights he filmed first film first american movie to shoot in red square. ultimately he got around to the russian soldiers, don't be like my dad who fought with the nazis and then regretted his role in world war ii. his message is, mr. putin

started it, mr. putin can stop it. >> brian: i just think it's time for us to do everything necessary to make sure the ukrainians have the weapon systems and the fact that they are asking slovakia says you can have our s-300 weapon defense system which they say is fantastic and they said we will give it to you but we're going to ask the americans to give us a system to replace that. obviously they are in a very risky region. we have not answered them yet. what are they waiting for. give them the weapon system. back them up this stuff is easy. >> rachel: is he talking to the russian people about misinformation. this week we have had so much misinformation in our own media and in our own are you know, big tech and companies with the hunter biden situation. i think that the most important thing that the american people can do is crack down on the censorship and this sort of what we saw happen with the hunter

biden laptop. because it diminishes our credibility. so here we have arnold schwarzenegger speaking on behalf of imhimself but also a lot of americans say don't listen to the propaganda in russia. which is true. there is tons of misinformation coming but our own government has been complicit in so much misinformation. even going back to the health bureaucrats that we had to deal with over the last two years. with covid. we need to get back to a place where we can trust our institutions because we are losing our moral credibility and authority on the global stage because of this. >> steve: well, let's hope that the message by arnold schwarzenegger via twitter, let's hope it filters into the average person on the street in moscow. >> rachel: we want peace, absolutely. >> steve: we do. >> brian: if this doesn't work stallone get ready. all our action stars. >> rachel: the 80's are back. >> brian: chuck norris we might need you. stay ready keep working was it cheryl tuition on workout equipment? >> rachel: no, that would be criminals city brinkley.

we need you too. >> brian: supermodels were big electric cars and everything. >> rachel: she was still in utero at that time. >> carley: god bless you, rachel. yes, i was even if that's not 100 percent true. i have big news to report on the crime front. new york governor kathy hochul is proposing a new bail reform plan allowing judges to bypass d.a. alvin bragg soft on crime policies with total crime in new york city up 47 % from last year, her plan would give judges the ability to detain or bail defendants based on past offenses rather than just the specific crime they are charged with. the "new york times" finally acknowledging the infamous laptop abandoned by hunter biden at computer repair shop in delaware is real. the "times" report this week confirms the laptop was turned into the fbi by the repair shop owner in 2019 and hunter biden is being investigated for using political leverage in overseas

business deals. this is a major admission from the "times" on a story published by the "new york post" and confirmed by fox news right before the presidential election. parents and female athletes are outraged after transgender u penn swimmer leah thomas wins the 500 freestyle ncaa championships. the crowd much more enthusiastic when cheering for the women who came in second. listen. [cheers and applause] chantelle 11-time all-american swimmer described what it is like for women to compete against trans swimmers. >> i watched women who got 17th today that will never be able to call themselves an all-american like i get to today because i was given a fair and equal

opportunity in my sport. >> brushing off boos saying she tries to ignore it. it chicago businessman and mayoral candidate dr. willie wilson is donating $200,000 to fill as many gas tanks as possible, as prices soar. line for the free fill up stretching miles causing block long traffic jams and delays. galveston in the windy city up more than 1.50 from last year. those your headlines, guys. also running for mayoral candidacy. >> brian: allowed to do that? >> rachel: that swimmer story you did was so interesting and shame on lia thomas for stealing that award away from women. this is show shameful. women need to stand up and denounce this. my blood was boiling as you were reading that. >> steve: thank you very much for the thorough newscast.

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>> we are close to a possible deal but we are not there yet. we are going to find out in the near term whether we are able to get there.

>> brian: oh my goodness. iran's nuclear talks could be drawing to a close but a bipartisan group of lawmakers are still waiting on a response to a letter. bipartisan, i said, that they gave to president biden last week. they told him they are highly concerned about lifting the terrorist designation of iran's irgc. they hope that no agreement is finalized without addressing their concerns. one of those lawmakers joins us right now army veteran michigan congressman peter meijer. congressman, how come no response do we have any say in what they are doing behind closed doors in the investigation being led by russia? >> i think they are just of the belief it will be such a fantastic deal we will be so excited when it's finally presented that they don't need to respond and assuage legitimate concerns that several republicans, several democrats expressed in the letters that we sent to the president last week but honestly, i see no room for confidence. no reason to believe to believe that this deal will be better than the prior deal which was

bad going down a terrible route here. >> brian: tell for the pedestrians like me igrc if we take them off the terrorist watch list, what's the big deal. >> well, you are enabling this group, the iranian revolutionary guard corps that is responsible for the death of hundreds of americans, that has brought chaos and violence across the region, if you remember, the leader of this was communism kassem soleimanikilled in a dro. these are bad, bad people for the life of me i can't understand what it is. iran is going to sprint toward a nuclear bomb no matter what here in this last ditch hail mary effort appease those who seek to bring additional violence against violence in the middle east. >> brian: remember no snap inspections. not allowed on military bases. most of their work is done on military bases. we would not have even have known about iranian program if it wasn't for another group, the

nek who told us about it. so and they have been moving forward on it that's part of the reason why saudi arabia won't take our calls or uae which hurts us in the big picture as we try to ramp up oil production. next, when it comes to these chips in vehicles, we keep hearing about delays. we don't make enough here, most are made, believe it or not in taiwan. what do you plan on doing. >> there is very little we can do in the short-term. we can try to allocate as many of the existing chips being manufactured as we can some of the automakers are adjusting vehicles thing like rear seat temperature controls, you know, seat warmers, other kind of nonessential parts of the vehicle, you know, we can shift from those and replace those semiconductor chips when we have them. what we are focusing on is making sure we are never in this position again. fabs act help out with the foundries and investment really needed to make sure that the u.s. is not a n. a dependent position but leading from the

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>> i got this message this morning from bono to drive out those old snakes once again. and they struggle for us to be free from the psycho in this human family, sorrow and pain is now the ukraine and saint patrick's name is now zelenskyy. >> rachel: house speaker nancy pelosi is getting roasted on the internet this morning after performing that poem that she said was written by u2 front man bono. >> steve: here with reaction "fox & friends weekend" co-host pete hegseth. pete, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: you know, this is something we saw from nancy pelosi just a couple of months ago. remember on the anniversary of january 6th whether it was a

very somber tone in our nation's capital, she introduced a prerecorded performance by the cast of hamilton. and now yesterday she brings out this bono poem before she introduces river dance. >> peter: part of it is that nancy pelosi wants to make sure that we know she is friends with bono. that all these people know her. she is very important, right? that's part of what you need to know. you mentioned the hamilton cast. i thought of -- thought back to the obama administration, pelosi heavily involved. when they brought james taylor to france to sing you have a friend in me after the charlie hebdo attacks. but, yet, they refused to acknowledge it was radical islamic terrorists to conducted that attack and other ones across the country. we don't need to sing to france. what we need is for france to realize that it needs to help come to the collective's defense of ukraine.

that europe needs to wake up and take leadership and responsibility for the threats that have been gathering on their continent for years, for decades. i mean, to use the analogy again,s the radical islamist threat still very prevalent across europe because of a massive migration that's happened over the last decade, and then, of course, russia where they all thought history was over and didn't have to take responsibility for their own defense and now we are reading poems by bono and hoping that will help. >> brian: i don't know if that rattle and hum is going to work. pete, i know because i'm friends with you that you had a haiku from sting. that you could have had sunday's show. could have hoped up sunday's show 575 with that you said no i don't need to tell everyone that i'm friends. >> steve: it's too short. >> peter: it's -- go ahead. >> rachel: pete, i also thought about the kneeling. remember when they kneeled for the amount of time -- remember that performance art? that's what i thought about. >> pete: true. absolutely. and then they kneeled but what they don't show is how long it took half of that group to

actually stand up which was like 45 seconds with assistance. >> brian: a loud pop of knees. >> pete: people at the airport that wheel to you your gate. brian, you were hitting -- you mentioned me and sting, i don't know a lot of famous people but i do know brian kilmeade and i was texting him last night because there is an announcer on pbs for march madness who sounds exactly like brian kilmeade. his name is steve lappest. do you know what kilmeade told me stop watching basketball you should be watching laura ingraham. >> brian: that's what you should be doing. well, you really ground our show to a halt. [laughter] but you will have 10 hours of your show this weekend, aren't you? >> yes, rachel hasn't been working halder enough so we are going to go up at 5:00 a.m. i mean, we are continuing the coverage the channel is doing so well we will be up 5 to 10 on

saturday and sunday morning. representative steve deigns. lance gooden, k.t. mcfarland dan bongino quick trip folds of honor 500 this weekend as well. our own rick reichmuth big nascar fan will be live it's sunday in atlanta 2:30. 10 hours trying to. >> rachel: i will see you tomorrow 5:00 a.m., pete. >> pete: 5:00 a.m., you got it. >> rachel: still ahead our next guest is desperate for any information about his son. a 28-year-old american who hasn't been heard from since being detained russian sources while fleeing war torn ukraine. ♪ i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger.

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teaching english in ukraine until russia invaded that country. on saturday, tyler jacob left his war torn city of kherson on an evacuation bus headed for turkey. that's when russian soldiers stopped the bus in crimea and they took him. his father john quinn joins us now. good morning to you. >> good morning, how are you? >> steve: i'm doing okay. we are thinking about your son tyler. what was he doing in ukraine? >> he was teaching over there he had met a girl over there. and went over to develop a relationship with her and fell in love. they got married. he was teaching at a school for -- teaching english as a second language and was having the time of his life over there. and then the war started. >> steve: the war started now four weeks ago. you got a call for him very early on saturday morning. what did he say? >> he called at 10 till 5:00 in

the morning. he said there is a bus headed out of here. i said where is it going? he said crimea. he said what should i do? i said if it was going anywhere else i would say absolutely. crimea is russian controlled. i wasn't excited about it but he just was so tired of being hold up at home, not being able to do anything, shelling going on. planes fly not guilty air. bombs being dropped and he was just feeling the pressure, frustrated and wanted to get home so bad that he left and when they got to a check point is when the russians checked everybody out and he was the only american on board and they detained him and that's the last we know of his whereabouts. >> steve: so you don't know where he is. but you know apparently he was videotaped by russians and what did he say? what were they asking him about? >> they were just asking him where he was going, what the whole plan was.

and there isn't really too much voice of what tyler said. it's just that it's kind of the one of the last things that we heard of him. it's heart breaking. >> steve: i can't imagine the dad wondering where my son is. so it's not like it's putin propaganda where he says, you know, zelenskyy this or putin that, he is mainly just talking about his situation in trying to get the heck out of ukraine. >> correct. correct. >> steve: all right. it's got to be so frustrating because the united states, militarily we are not involved. as somebody sitting in minnesota what can you possibly do to try to get the russians to let your son go? >> i'm doing it right now. we have been in contact with our state senator amy klobuchar has been marvelous. in fact we were messaging with

her office at 4:00 a.m. already. they have been in contact with the embassy in moscow. the embassy in poland and the state department. communication has been really good with them. we just hoping that everybody is as good at their job as they should be and praying for a happy outcome. >> steve: absolutely. this is, i'm sure, taking a terrible toll on your family. >> it's unbelievable the stress. your stomach is knotted up all the time and the worry and it's just, you know, but i was watching in the green room. i was watching the coverage about the bombing and shelling that's going on in kyiv. and mariupol and the only good thing about him being in custody is that he is not getting shot at. he is not getting bombed. but, other than that, it's just frightening that whatever could be going on. >> steve: you just wanted answers and you hope our state department can get them and we hope so, too. john quinn, thank you very much. keep us posted on what you hear

about your son tyler. >> i will, thank you. >> steve: good luck to you and your family. all right, 18 minutes before the top of the hour. carley, your heart breaks for that family. >> carley: without a doubt. keeping them in our prayers for sure. so much uncertainty i can't imagine what it's like to be a member of that family. we do have to turn to some headlines right now. starting with this dr. anthony fauci warning americans could see the return of covid restrictions if cases go up again. watch. >> you can't just say we're done now we are going to move on. we got to be able to be flexible because we are dealing with a dynamic situation. >> carley: fauci says he is concerned about a new variant ba 2 that is now spreading in the u.k. he adds the variant could cause a surge in cases in the u.s. in just a few weeks it appears to be more infectious than omicron but has a less degree of severity. president biden's supreme court

nominee kentanji brown jackson under fire for 1619. jackson's speech on mlk day in 2020 at the university of michigan thanked author nikole hannah-jones for her quote provocative assertion that the america that was born in 1776 was not the perfect union that it purported to be the 1619 project has been flagged by many historians factually inaccurate in representing the history of the united states. american basketball star britney griner pleads not guilty in a moscow court accused of smuggling cannabis state pens. her detention in unnamed russian prison has also been extended until may 19th. she was arrested at a russian airport last month on her way to play overseas during the wnba off season. russia has very strict drug laws and griner could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted. my goodness.

more than 65 celebrities, including leonardo dicaprio, garofalo and ben stiller cancel canadaens coastal gas link pipeline. they say the pipeline would cut into sacred systems of indigenous land. hollywood's elite comes as price passes soar. he has refused to reverse energy production as the left claims u.s. oil harms the climate. steve, not a good time to be canceling those pipelines. >> steve: we want the price to go down not up. >> carley: they don't care, they are multimillionaires. it doesn't affect them. >> steve: absolutely right. thank you very much. >> carley: you are very welcome. >> steve: behind me the streets of new york city, where i believe it's going to be 70 degrees today. >> janice: it is going to be beautiful in the northeast and severe storms come in tomorrow. let's take a look at it i have will show you the temperatures and see where we have got that cold front across the central

u.s. ahead of it very warm unstable air. we have a bunch of flash flood warnings. got a lot of lightning happening and severe thunderstorm warnings as well. a tornado watch in effect for parts of louisiana, mississippi, alabama and georgia. that's through until 10:00 a.m. local time. this is what we are going to see throughout the day today, the risk for strong storms including tornadoes for some of these areas. then that front is going to push across the east coast. some of the big cities could receive some of that bad weather tomorrow. the stronger storms on saturday as the front moves through. enjoy the nice temperatures today because things are going to change over the next couple of days. and we are getting into severe weather season so fox weather.com for your latest watches arched warnings. that's going to be ongoing through the weekend and into next week. steve, my friend, back to you. >> steve: thank you very much, j.d. >> janice: you are welcome. >> steve: after nears years of denials the "new york times" finally confirms those reports that we have been telling you for 17 months about hunter biden's laptop.

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♪ >> rachel: welcome back to "fox & friends." we are celebrating women's history month by highlighting trailblazing women who have broken down barriers. this morning we learn about one of america's protest mom front leaders. laura ingle has more. >> this was a great interview we did and nikki haley has become one of the most celebrated female politicians in american history. not only for her many accomplishments in government but for serving as a role model to many on both sides of the aisle. >> this is a time of getting things done. >> nikki haley has been a trailblazer from the beginning. >> together we can take back our government. >> known for being fearless while serving as the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. >> we will start by giving support to the united kingdom. >> a champion for human rights. challenging violators around the world and defending u.s. allies like israel. >> for those that don't have our back, we are taking names.

>> born in bamberg, south carolina nikki is the daughter of immigrant parents from india. >> we were the only indian family in that town. my father would turban my mother wore a sorrowy. >> she recalls working to define herself from an early age. >> your job is not to show them how you are different. your job is to show them how you are similar. it's amazing how that lesson on the playground played out throughout my life. >> hali and her husband michael member of the u.s. national guard have two children. >> i will be a governor who will cut spending, bring jobs and give as you government we can be proud of. >> in 2011 hali broke barriers becoming the first female governor of south carolina and only the second indian american to lead a state. >> raise your right hand, place your hand on the bible. >> perhaps her most challenging moment as governor came in 2015 when a self-proclaimed white

supremacist shot and killed nine people in a church. >> all of a sudden, it just blew up. and my job was to hold the state together. is not let them forget who we were as a state and who we are to each other. >> as south carolina grieved hali called for the removal of the confederate flag outside the state house. >> we will bring it down with dignity and we will make sure that it is put in its rightful place. >> i don't want a single child to drive by the state house see that flag and feel pain. >> while there was pushback, she was celebrated by many for her commitment to inclusion. >> that was wasn't easy as a republican that very conservative state. and she threaded that needle. >> six years later he she became the first female cabinet member in the trump administration. even after a contemptuous and public war of words between the two. >> while i won't pretend to have always been president-elect's biggest cheerleader.

[laughter] i did vote for him. and i was absolutely thrilled to see him win. >> nikki haley. >> nic did i hali. >> nikki haley >> nikki haley >> the media couldn't get enough 2016 "time" magazine influential people. forbes called her one of the world's 100 most powerful women. >> the next president of the united states nikki haley. as one of the most well-known female republican politicians on the national stage, many wonder what could be next. >> where is the future of the g.o.p. and are you on a ticket somewhere in the future? >> you know, i don't have to look at making a decision until the first part of next year. if it looks like there is a place for me, i have never lost a race. i'm not going to start now. >> hali is keeping busy with her conservative political action committee stand for america while also celebrating the accomplishments of other women. >> i'm a huge fan of women. women are great at everything

they do because we know how to balance. >> hali says she has several role models, her mom, margaret theamp and one specific rock and roller. >> i'm a huge fan of joan jett. i loved her fight. i would play her music at bill signings in south carolina. i would quote her in my state of the state speeches. >> her advice for women today? >> by nature, women especially, by nature we second guess ourself. when you are faced with a challenge or opportunity, lean into it and if you push through the fear, you suddenly find out how strong you are on the other side. >> hali says if you are comfortable, you are not living life enough. and asked women to get out there she says because we need you. >> i love that i always tell my kids if your dreams don't scare you they are not big enough. >> that's right. >> rachel: great interview, very interesting. >> thank you. >> rachel: i'm going to take her ambivalence about running for office until next year i means yes. >> there wasn't a solid answer.

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>> steve: overnight, russian air strikes landing on nato's doorstep. >> brian: missiles slammed 43 miles from poland. >> steve: in the southern city, there is very little food and very little water. >> president zelensky warning civilians trying to flee the risk of death remains high. >> no guarantee that you will not be attacked. >> a 28-year-old american hasn't been heard from since being detained by russian forces while fleeing ukraine. >> heartbreaking. >> i am afraid that i won't ever see my son again. >> president biden is getting ready to speak with the chinese president. >> i think we're at an inflection point in history. >> you haven't seen that kind of strength come from this white house. >> rachel: it's 8:00 a.m. eastern time. we have a fox news alert. overnight, russian strikes landing on nato's doorstep.

>> steve: the mayor in the western portion of the country as you can see there confirming missiles slammed into an aircraft repair plant near ukraine's second largest airport. just 43 miles from the nato and poland border. >> brian: jonathan hunt is live and joins us now, jonathan? >> brian, steve, rachel, good morning again to all of you. it was just after dawn this morning that we heard the air raid sirens going at our position here in the center of lviv and minutes after that, the sound of explosions rumbled across this city. according to ukrainian officials, six cruise missiles were fired at lviv airport. they were fired, we understand, from long range bombers flying over the black sea. two of those cruise missiles were shot down. ukrainian officials say four of them slammed into the area of the lviv airport hitting

apparently an aircraft repair facility that the russians presumably would say was a military target. the mayor of lviv says there was no activity there whatsoever. one person currently being reported to us as being wounded. there was more bombardment of the capital city of kyiv today, too. artillery shells landing near the city's center. the mayor of kyiv and his brother vladimir toured the damage immediately after that shelling. listen to them. >> stay connected position, support us with defensive weapons. with isolation of russia and do it now. >> how many civilians have to be

killed enough to explain about mistake from russian forces. >> as we have been talking about over the last week or so, one of the hardest hit cities is the southern port city of mariupol. refugees are flooding out of there as quickly as they can. we understand something in the region of 20,000 to 30,000 have been able to leave over the last few days but by our estimates and what we're being told by officials there, that is only about 1 in 10 of the 200,000 to 300,000 or so that remain stuck in mariupol with little food, little water, and no power. the people of ukraine, steve, rachel and brian, are being told every day that russian grand forces are stalled. they are being told every day that the peace talks between russia and ukraine are progressing step by step.

but what they are experiencing on the ground, the ukrainian people is continued suffering and continued death. steve, rachel, brian? >> steve: that's right. jonathan, i was going to say following up on you were talking about the peace talks. but, you know, they are not negotiating in public which is good. but when we last heard from the ukrainian side, essentially what they said was that the big questions were whether russian troops would remain in the separatist regions to the south and to the east and where the borders would be and also, that ukraine wants security agreement going forward that would involve at least one nuclear nation and nations from the west so that if this ever happens again, people are going to be able to come to their rescue. >> yeah, absolutely. there are certain things that the ukrainians will want. they've got to have territorial guarantees, very obviously. so that's a difficult question,

what do you allow the russians to keep? do you award -- reward their aggression by giving them more territory than they had before? the ukrainians will not want that, obviously. you're right. they want the security guarantees. they want, as you said, a nuclear nation to be involved in those guarantees. those are difficult subjects but president zelensky said just last night, steve, that he's going to stop any detailed talking about this in public. he believes private diplomacy is better than public diplomacy. the russians on the other hand are saying quite openly and clearly what they want and a lot of those are demands that ukrainians quite simply will not agree to at this point. so we move forward piece by piece. but there's a long, long way to go before an overall cease-fire and peace agreement can be achieved, steve. >> brian: right, in the beginning, thought we'd get a quick deal if you're ukraine. but if the russians are really running out of men, if they're really running out of armament

and running out of gas and china doesn't step up, maybe time could be on ukraine's side, jonathan. >> i think the ukrainians have always thought, brian, that time is on their side. they have said from the very beginning they have complete and utter faith in their ability to win this war, to stop the russian onslaught and it appears to be born out on the ground at least, in fact, that they have been able to very much slow, if not completely stop the russian advancement on their cities including the capital kyiv but they are obviously still being bombarded by the air be it cruise missile strikes, be it aircraft strikes, be it tank shells raining down on them from the skies. that is what they are fighting. that is why they want more and more help from the u.s., from other nato nations. they are getting it, frankly in this situation, it can never be enough, brian. >> steve: all right, we thank

you very much. >> rachel: thank you, jonathan. meanwhile, representative michael waltz had a fascinating conversation with brian in the last hour, and he talked about the dangers of russia's incursions and explosions and missiles coming closer and closer to our nato boundaries. take a listen. >> they need to send a signal, brian, operationally, these strikes aren't that effective. but again, along putin and russian doctrine of escalate to deescalate is intended to scare the eastern european states, you know, poland, slovakia, romania, that are helping with these supply routes in and, perhaps, get them to back down. >> steve: speaking of getting to back down, in the next hour, just about 53 minutes from right now, the president is going to go into the situation room. going to speak on the phone with the chinese president xi about the war in ukraine and some other topics as well. but that will be the

centerpiece. >> brian: yeah, china has yet to condemn the russian invasions and it seems as though the russians have lost to u.s. members 7,000 personnel. 7,000, more than we lost in iraq and afghanistan already and this is a month old. grif joins us live. >> good morning. you're right. that call kicking off at 9:00 a.m. it will originate from the situation room, closed to press. we assume it will be a virtual call because it's in the situation room. the white house says the two leaders will discuss the economic competition between the countries but, of course, there will also be putin's war in ukraine front and center. there caps off a week that began with the security advisor sullivan meeting in rome with his chinese counterparts. that meeting failing to alleviate concerns that china is siding with russia and it ended with sullivan threatening

consequences to china if they do so although yesterday, jen psaki wouldn't say what those consequences were. listen. >> i'm not going to outline what the consequences would look like and the president obviously will speak with the president tomorrow and speak directly about that. >> this as secretary blinkin warns china is showing signs of supporting russia. >> we believe china in particular has a responsibility to use its influence with president putin and to defend the international rules and principles that it professes to support. instead, it appears that china is moving in the opposite direction. by refusing to condemn this aggression. >> and even president biden doesn't sound optimistic he'll be able to sway president xi. watch this. >> he does not believe democracies can be sustained in the 21st century. >> it's worth noting a couple of things, steve, brian and rachel, number one, we know that they

met in early february. they put out a february 4th statement saying their friendship between the two countries knows no limits and that there are no off topic support issues. now, after the february 24th invasion, unclear if that has changed at all. this will be the fourth time that president biden has spoken with him since he became president. we're expected to get a readout or some details after the call happens. >> rachel: thanks a lot. it's interesting we'll have these talks today with president xi and biden obviously our president trying to beg for help from china to end this thing or make sure that china doesn't assist russia in their time of need militarily. but i think it's interesting that, you know, we're going to be also debating in the next, you know, years, i think, what is the role that caused not just this war but this joining of this relationship with china and

russia? you know, was it the weakness of joe biden and the way we got out of afghanistan? was it just putin is crazy in his territorial ambitions? was it signalling to ukraine maybe they could get into nato? probably some combination of that. but if you want to take on china and you want to take on russia, the best, most peaceful way to do it is just to kick their butts economically, to be energy independent, to be a force to be reckoned with economically. if you are that person on the world stage, i think that these, you know, whether it's xi or putin has to pay attention to you and listen to what you say. but we're weak right now. the chinese know it. that's why we're begging their help right now. >> steve: one thing that you will not hear much of on the streets of beijing or moscow is freedom of speech. they don't have the first amendment like we do here. we're going to tell you about what happened on march 10th at the yale law school. the yale federalist society

featured monica miller of the progressive american humanist association and kristin wagner of the alliance defending freedom which is a christian nonprofit that promotes religious liberty. and the whole idea of this talk between the two of them was to show how a liberal atheist and a conservative christian could find common ground on free speech issues. but, you know who didn't want them to have free speech? the students. 120 protesters showed up and shouted them down. here's a little snippet of it. >> as you know, yale has a policy of freedom of speech. >> no, not freedom of speech! >> steve: it was a crazy situation and we talked earlier to kristin wagner who was one of

the speakers and she said from the get-go, they didn't want to listen to them. they felt it was a powder keg. at one point, the police were called. they showed up and they told her to get into a police car as quickly as possible. yale really is taking no responsibility. they say, you know, the students should have the opportunity to do this and speak their minds but nonetheless, kristin was with us just about an hour ago and had this observation about the reaction at this free speech meeting and how she was not allowed to give her free speech. >> the whole point of the panel was to demonstrate civil discourse between two ideological opponents and to show that where you can find common ground and the law you should to protect civil liberties. they were more interested, these students, in heckling, hurling insults and shouting down the speakers. this wasn't a protest. this was physical intimidation and bullying that took place in the presence of yale

administration. these are america's future leaders. they are our future lawyers, corporate executives and it's essential that we do not allow mobs to rule. that we engage in debate. the best lawyers write well and they engage in critical thinking and yale needs to return to those basic skills and teach their kids. >> steve: that's what you want. you want lawyers who look at both sides of an issue. you know, and we asked her given that it was so frustrating that last time she was there early in march, said, you know, would you go back? would you do that again? absolutely, in a heartbeat. >> rachel: she's such a happy warrior. i love that about her. she talked about how frightening this is. if these are the future leaders of the country, these will be the future justices, congressmen, governors, c.e.o.'s and they're so intolerant and couldn't even stand just to hear her give her point of view. also a reason why we ought to maybe think about them being

better consumers of education. i mean, these are elite institutions that everybody wants their kids to go to. maybe they're not so great. >> brian: between that and the transgender swim, i'm so glad i wasn't stuck in an ivy league school. carley, have you been preparing anything? >> carley: really quickly on the topic i was reading 400 of those yale students signed a letter afterwards condemning the school for having police officers on campus to escort them out. >> steve: they weren't needed they said. >> carley: we're talking about future lawyers that have an issue with police. the story never ends. we're going to leave that one right here and press forward with this. police reveal that a 13-year-old boy was behind the wheel of the truck that crashed into a bus full of college golfers on a texas highway killing nine. authorities say the left front tire blew causing the teen to lose control, drifting over the center lane slamming head on into the van. the boy's father was with him in the truck and both were killed.

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$52,000 from the year 2020. well, march madness is here, and number 2 seed kentucky falls to 15 seed st. peter's in a bracket busting upset. >> gives it! with the deuce! cinderella lives! in indianapolis. >> carley: the peacocks taking down the wildcats in overtime 85-79. other big upset on day one, fifth seed iowa falling to 12th seed richmond. spiders getting the benefit of some controversial officiating including a lack of a foul called in this three pointer that would have tied the game but that's march for you and richmond advances. and watch as this indiana cheerleader saved the day retrieving a ball stuck between the backboard. there she goes and she got it. the madness of march, guys. >> steve: no kidding. >> carley: did you fill out a

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>> brian: all right, "the new york times" finally confirming that hunter biden's abandoned lap top full of shocking photos and documents is the real deal. >> rachel: the overdue admission on a story published by "the new york post" and confirmed by fox news in 2020. while even the white house dismissed it as russian disinformation. >> known and widely known there was a broad range of russian disinformation in 2020. >> the story about your son hunter. >> yes, yes, yes. god love you, man. you're a one horse pony. >> steve: here with reaction, fox nouz correspondent at large and co-host of "the five"

geraldo rivera. you just heard the president refer to my son as one horse pony. peter asked him about the russian disinformation. the question is this -- has the whole world known the story that fox news and "the new york post" were presenting as true and now "the new york times" admits that. had the world known it in october of 2020, would joe biden had been elected president? >> that's a great question, steve. hi, rachel, hi, brian. the fact of the matter is the content, the contents of this computer are so flamboyantly troubling. they show life of a drug adled dishonest kid, you know, i always say you're only as happy as your unhappiest child. i think about the president thinking about hunter biden who is so off the rails, you know, and the dealings with barisma,

the kind of tacky nature of this entire thing. the way he lived his life, the deceit and recklessness, you know, the using of people, it just -- you wonder if indeed there was not the skepticism and the vigorous disbelief and "the new york times" cutting it down, cutting his credibility every chance the newspaper had to diminish this story. if we had known at the time and your original question, i don't know. he certainly is the sleazeiest child of a presidential candidate. >> brian: ever. >> way beyond anything that i've ever seen, you know, the carter and all the rest of them. they were kids and amateurs compared to this. >> brian: where does it go? where does this go? >> you know, the thing about it, brian, is there's no do-overs. that's what president trump doesn't understand about the

election. there are no do-overs. you know, the fact is "the new york times" did not believe the story, whether sincerely or not, you'd have to ask "the new york times." the allegations, the things that you see, you know, how could he leave the computer at the repair shop? you know, and then go on with his life knowing that he had all these crackhead shots in there with him. >> brian: forget about hunter. >> yeah, i think that maybe if we embrace and believe that the way "the new york post" believed the story in the month before the election and seized on that aspect, what exactly did hunter biden do with the firm and did he seek to enhance his profits at the disadvantage of national security in ukraine? i mean, these stories all become far more relevant. now we know russia was poised to

attack ukraine and all this was causing doubt in president zelensky at the time, he was being battered by president trump on the one hand and, you know, if we made such -- such a most tragic nonsense of very real national security issues, you know, i don't know. i don't know if our election would have been different. i wonder if our aid to ukraine would have flowed more freely but for this sleazy undercurrent of dealing, you know, trying to get the ukraine government to do stuff. for political reasons. >> rachel: there actual is a poll that shows the election would have been swung by at least 10 points had the american people been told this story. so i think this is a story about election interference. and i also think that this story is about joe biden, not hunter biden. we need to find out if he is the person who is the big guy getting 10% of these dirty deals. if he is, he's compromised on

all of these infractions, all of these stories. ukraine, russia, china, at the center of all our news right now. >> steve: you got to wonder why "the new york times" is trying to correct the record right now. we'll have to wait for that. geraldo, thank you very much for joining us. >> i think steve is on to something. what about "the new york times"? i think that's the real story. how could they not know that this was real given the information they had? >> brian: and facebook, and twitter. everybody destroyed it. what about the 50 intelligence agents that signed off on it saying it was russian disinformation from leon panetta to michael hayden to john brennan? what about that? >> steve: "the new york times" is correcting the story and makes you wonder, is hunter about to be indicted or are they just trying to squeeze joe biden out from the next election? stay tuned, we'll find out maybe some day. geraldo, thank you very much for joining us. >> ok, steve. >> steve: all right. meanwhile, the u.s. appears close to a deal with iran for a new nuke deal. but steve forbes warns an

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>> and the deal itself they're proposing what we know about it is a horror. going to give iran access to $97 billion and we know from the previous deal that trump pulled us out of in 2018, 2015 deal. they used that money for terrorist activities. does nothing about the missile, ballistic missiles they're developing. those missiles are not to send valentine's to people. they deliver nuclear weapons. also, does nothing about iran's financing of militias like hezbollah and others in the middle east so it's a flawed deal. and iran won't get the weapons as benjamin netanyahu former prime minister warns that within three years, iran will enriched uranium to build numerous bombs. it's crazy. >> steve: it is crazy! and given the instability in the world right now, and i love the way you perfectly framed all of the problems with a potential new deal but you started with the fact that right now, it's being negotiated where, ok, so there's this table and on that side of the table is iran.

and on this side of the table is russia and russia's partner, the united states. so we're asking russia, hey, can you ask them if we could get this? when at the same time, we're asking russia, hey, will you stop bombing ukraine? i mean, this is crazy! >> it's the idea that you can silo these things, oh, we'll deal with ukraine later but we want the climate change and this crazy iran deal which is going to give iran the bomb and we know from past experience, once a country gets the bomb, you never get it back. and so it's immoral, it's really, i'll use a strong word, obscene that we're negotiating with russia at a time they're committing war crimes in ukraine. >> steve: at the same time, here in 25 minutes, the president of the united states is going to go into the situation room, he's going to pick up the phone and he's going to talk to president xi of china. they're going to try to negotiate, i believe, some sort of a cease-fire. but whose side is china on? i mean, russia thinks china is on their side. we would like to think from the

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>> welcome back to "fox & friends." as high gas prices like this plague american families, the far left is calling for a crackdown on fossil fuel. the congressional progressive caucus asking president biden to declare a national climate emergency, yep, you heard that right. and instead, focus on renewable energy. here with her reaction, south

dakota governor kristi noem. always great to have you. you come from a rural state. tell me how these gas prices are uniquely impacting rural america. >> well, we're growing the country's food. in fact, the world's food and when you increase gas prices like we've seen over the last 12 months, it's tens of thousands of dollars for every single farm and ranch in the state of south dakota, every single month. so it is going to be a cost that they will have to figure out how to cash flow and, unfortunately, rachel, it's going to drive up the cost of, you know, goods for people, grocery stores will increase their costs because it will be passed on to those families that are trying to feed their kids. >> i mean, inflation is robbing people of their savings, of their incomes, of their pay raises. i say it's a war on american families, on big families, on fixed income americans. talk to me about that. >> yeah, you know, and those really are my people here in south dakota. i was thrilled that we just saw

research that shows south dakota's income growth personally for people was the highest in the country. so our people are doing very well but if you look at what's happening in our economy, the inflation, the energy costs is going to be tragic. just for one farmer to run a tractor for a week is going to cost him another $5,000 to $10,000 a week than it did a year ago because of those energy costs that goes into those running those operations to grow our food. so it's our families that are trying to make ends meet. it's going to be our farmers and ranchers but also going to be the people that end up buying that food because it is going to be much more expensive and you and i know that when you're a mom, you're trying to prioritize the needs that your kids have. it's going to end up being buying groceries and putting it on the table rather than getting them maybe a new pair of basketball shoes or getting to go out and celebrate a birthday party. >> rachel: absolutely. the administration says the answer to $5 gas or $7 gas is buy a $60,000 car. it's insulting. i want to move to another topic.

national parks service has denied fireworks for the fourth of july celebration in front of mount rushmore. i remember seeing you and president trump and those amazing speeches and that patriotic moment. why is this getting rescinded? who is behind this? why do they not want to have fireworks in front of this beautiful monument? >> you know, that was a special night in 2020 when we got to celebrate around mount rushmore our nation's independence and freedoms. we could use that again. last week, we reminded the national parks service that they hadn't made a determination on our permit. and just days later, they rejected it. we're still tied up in court fighting over last year's permit. the fact that they denied us the opportunity to celebrate the fourth of july at mount rushmore on no grounds. they did it for political reasons because they don't want to allow us to have a celebration in south dakota around that monument. but frankly, rachel, our country could use it right now to become

unified talking about our founders, the gifts they gave us and why it's important to defend our freedoms today. >> rachel: such is a symbol for us, president zelensky referenced the mount rushmore in his address. take a listen. >> i remember your national memorial in rushmore. the faces of your prominent presidents. those who laid the foundation of the united states of america as it is today. democracy, independence, freedom, we in ukraine want the same for our people. >> rachel: your reaction? >> no, symbols like mount rushmore send a message around the world that we're proud of america. we're proud of the dreams that it creates and facilitates for the people wherever they go, they know they can come to america and have a better life. and president zelensky referring to that was a testimony to all that america stands for. for liberties, for freedoms, for

life protected from the violence that his people are living with every single day. our president could show strength right now by allowing us to celebrate at mount rushmore on independence day and talk to people about the strength of this country and truly what it means to be the foundation of the world and to keep it at peace. >> rachel: you're so right. governor, thanks for joining us and keeping south dakota free over the last two years of a lot of our freedoms being eroded. you're an inspiration to so many people. >> it's a special place. thank you, rachel. good to see you. >> rachel: good seeing you. let's check in with senior meteorologist janice dean for our fox weather forecast. it's warm outside! >> feels a lot like springtime in new york, rachel. let's talk to my friends over here. what's your name? >> mark. >> where are you from? >> from nashville. auto ooun, i was supposed to go to nashville last night and i was at the airport for six hours. our flight never got -- so you're here to support national. what's your name? >> scott. >> very nice and your mom is a

big fan? >> she is. she lives in minnesota. >> what's her name? >> mary. >> hi, mary, we love you. hi, mom. let's take a look at the maps and new york city is looking good. i will tell you we have some storms in nashville today. are you flying out today? >> no, we're here. >> ok, we'll hang out later. so showers and thunderstorms in the forecast along the gulf coast states. we have several severe thunderstorm warnings in effect and flash flood warnings. we could see the potential for tornadoes for parts of louisiana, mississippi, alabama and in the florida panhandle. so that severe storm threat is going to exist throughout the day today and expand towards the tennessee and ohio river valley and that's going to come here to the northeast as we get into saturday and those temperatures today, though, in the 70's. so we will enjoy that but be aware that we could see some severe storms. all right, what's your mom's name? >> janice, too. >> very nice. thanks so much for coming. you have to come outside, it's beautiful. >> rachel: it is. >> hi, steve and brian. i love you, too. >> steve: sorry you couldn't go

to nashville! >> brian: looks like tom glavine over there with that braves hat. let me tell you what's coming up saturday night. guest was just about done, remember, he was the richest man in russia until vladimir putin said i'll put you in jail and teach everyone a lesson. he'll be joining us. we'll follow that, on the tournament on coach k that will book out and talk about what is going on with pro sports in new york? athletes not vaccinated can't play at home but visiting teams can. it's nuts. >> steve: we'll be watching saturday night 8:00 p.m. here on fox. >> rachel: always. still ahead, fighting for freedom in the ring. how the mma world is tackling politics with a brand new event featuring legends. but first, let's check in with bill hemmer coming up. >> steve: speaking of legends. >> i was thinking about tom glavine. obscure reference. >> brian: braves pitcher on the braves? >> of course he was. but your mind is amazing.

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there's a reason why most of our youth here in the u.s., myself included, start out very liberal and as we get older and more experience, we start going more conservative. you know, the left has done a good job of owning hollywood, entertainment and the big sports, higher learning. so our youth, that's who is capturing their minds and imagination and that's who they're trying to emulate until life experiences changes them. so now, i want to showcase that us as warriors, the guys that fight and women that fight in cages, we live in reality. and a lot of us are very conservative leaning because of that. and if i can showcase that to our youth, we can start gaining popularity and start changing the minds and start winning that war. >> brian: sometimes in sports, you run from politics. you guys are embracing it, correct? >> absolutely. you know, this is -- i have children, this is the world that i'm leaving for them. and how i've seen things going the last couple of years, i realize that i can sit at the bar and complain like every other dad over a beer or actually put my hat in and try to make a difference. >> brian: you're hosting so you don't have to fight.

tell me about these two teams. >> yeah, well, we have a coach vs. quinton jackson who is the other coach. we have seven fights on the card. and again, just like life itself, it's an individual sport. you go out there and do the best that you can do. that's what each fighter is going to do. just like in life, how i do gives the people around me. the fighters how they win will dictate how many points they give to their team and then the team itself can also win and get additional bonus. so that's kind of the format that i've established that you want to be the strongest you can be and do your job but you want to do it for your brothers and sisters next to you. and that's what i'm trying to pose as far as our thought process. >> brian: a portion of the proceeds go to ukraine. real quick, 30 seconds left, two heavyweight boxers are making a difference in kyiv. what's your reaction? can you relate? >> yes, very much so. i'm very proud. to have them as martial artists. they had stellar careers as boxers. it's not just in the ring, the mindset, the courage and raw

courage they developed over the years transfers over to where they're protecting their homeland, i couldn't be more impressed by it. it gives me chills every time i look at them. >> brian: i'm still going to fight. lot more at stake now. still will be great. looking forward to getting it on pay-per-view or seeing it live. thanks so much. best of luck. >> thank you. >> brian: got it. meanwhile, more "fox & friends" in a moment. nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard. you get advice like: try hypnosis... or... quit cold turkey. kidding me?! instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette when you're driving a lincoln, stress seems to evaporate into thin air. which leaves us to wonder, where does it go?

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