shameless framework, there -- are to be no repercussions. >> we're out of time. >> no way. >> i think we solved problem. >> we did. great to see you, jon scott up next with more live coverage, we'll see you back here next sunday >> a fox news alert, ukrainian officialing rejecting to -- lay down arm necessary exchange for safe passage out of the battered city or stay with the "bandits," you are watching "fox and friends first" i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier n. kyiv, four people are dead after russian bombs slam a shopping center and residential buildings. jonathan hunt live on the ground from kyiv.

jonathan. >> jonathan: ashley and todd, good morning. several hours ago, russian forces issued that ultimatum to ukrainian troops in the southern city of mariupol, surrender or else. ukrainian forces given the way they have been fighting, declined that offer to surrender and we are still waiting to see what the "or else" from russian forces means. there is little left to surrender in mariupol, almost every approximatelieding in the city has been destroyed under what has been intense russian bombardment. overnight, another missile strike on the capital kyiv, hitting a shopping mall. we understand from emergency services that four people were killed in that strike over the weekend, russian forces also hit a marine base in mykolaiv,

another southern city. at least 45 marines died in that missile strike and the destruction is very evident, too, in the eastern city of kharkiv, that has been main target for russian forces, it is a city that the ukrainians desperately want to hold on to for strategic and of course, symbolic reasons. we're also seeing new satellite images of the chernobyl power plant, decommissioned plant and hearing the ukrainian workers being held there hostage for sometime now are being allowed to go home there is a shift change underway. no indication of any problems according to ukrainian officials, any radiation leaks or anything like that at the chernobyl decommissioned nuclear power plant. the former president of ukraine

echoing the current president in saying the world has to do more to help. listen here. >> with this situation, we need everything from nutrition to ammunition, everyday while putin continue to kill ukrainian civilians and children. >> jonathan: ukrainians still keep fighting for every inch of the country and the russian strategy seems to be focus on the eastern and southern cities, presumable tow gain territory ahead of any peace talks. frankly, any peace agreement seems a long way off at this point, todd and ashley. >> todd: this deadline of 5 a.m. to surrender the city has passed, you can't get blood from a stone, what more can russia do to that city? >> jonathan: obviously what they plan to do ultimately, todd, to

roll their tanks through every street and control all of mariupol. it does seem a very difficult task for them because the ukrainian forces continue to fight tooth and nail there. there is little of the city in essence still left to hold or for the russians to take, it's been absolutely flattened by the russian bombardment. being able to hold the territory or being able to stay in that territory is clearly very significant to both sides. i think what you can continue to see is a very intense fight in mariupol, todd and ashley. >> ashley: thanks, jonathan. we'll bring in rebecca now, she is the former -- author of "putin's play book, russia's secret plan to defeat," thank you for being with us.

you are an expert on this, when you hear the ultimatum russia gave ukrainian to get out of mariupol, what you just saw jonathan say, is this a sign that maybe putin is getting frustrated and giving ultimatums and to bring in humanitarian issue saying they will give them free passage, no one trusts anything putin says, do you agree? >> absolutely. 100%, ashley. putin is desperate right now, this war is not going to plan, this is massive intelligence failure for him to miscalculate the ukrainian people's tol fight. he's putting psychological pressure on them. he's out of chips and wants them to get out, we cannot believe a single word putin is saying. the guy is manipulative, remember how we got here in the first place. he was building up 190,000

troops, we cannot trust them. >> todd: with kyiv holding strong is odesa next inflection point in this war? >> i do believe that, todd, 100%. odesa is a strategic area for putin and he has built this plan for 20 years and been methodically executing his plan. unfortunately for him, it is not going the way he anticipated, all it does is put pressure on putin to be even more brutal, more ruthless and destroy civilian population in order to make zelenskyy give up, give up the fight and actually remove himself from the government, that is what he's banking on. >> ashley: my next question, do you think that is going to happen? do you think putin thought they were going to lay down and give up?

do you think zelenskyy is -- because no one can deny the humanitarian crisis, like the biggest thing i think of right now, innocent people getting stuck in the middle, what is zelenskyy's next move with putin giving ultimatums? >> what is happenings right now, these two, putin and zelenskyy, they are expecting each other to accept the worst possible option, neither wants to give up. putin has personal disdain for zelenskyy. zelenskyy, look at him, he's displayed tre upon mendous statesmanship and leadership. zelenskyy will push through because the ukrainian people have shown they would rather die fighting than allow putin to resubjugate ukraine, they want to be free. >> todd: ark mazing battle of wills. sounding the alarm, we in the

u.s. are not prepared for the possibility putin uses a nuclear weapon. why do you say that? >> it is obvious, putin never needed secret what he wanted to do, 20 years he was explaining he wanted to absorb ukraine into his alliance to create cyber war he will use nuclear weapons in order to deescalate conflict. we have done nothing, put all our eggs in the basket of sanctions. president biden himself admitted they will not change putin's calculus and they won't. putin used a hyper-sonic, ballistic missile to destroy a target in ukraine, that is a

dual-capable misaisle. he is inching up on the escalation ladder effectively on the trajectory toward nuclear war fare and we have yet to respond, done nothing. he changed his combat readiness of nuclear forces to special regime and we've done nothing again, that demonstrates we don't know what to do. >> todd: what should we do? >> absolutely what we should do, is start thinking approximate how to employ cyber war fare, okay, that is our strongest point. we're so good at that and haven't used that instrument in our back pocket. >> todd: rebecca koffler, we appreciate you being in the studio. after welcoming a newborn baby in kyiv days before putin forces started invasion, our next guest is stuck with nowhere to go.

>> ashley: opening a bread business in ukraine to make understands meet, they are joining us now. you just had a baby issue the baby is little over a month old. have you that issue and then you guys are essentially stuck in ukraine. what has been your plan or is it just a day-to-day plan and how has that looked for your family, especially with this young baby? >> exactly. the plan is to make more bread for now. day-to-day, we have no idea what is going to happen next and we actually facing two major problems. first, there is no u.s. embassy in ukraine anymore, we have to go somewhere in europe to fix the baby's papers, first of all, he is an american, i am an american citizen, he was born here. problem number two, if sergi, cannot leave the country because of the military state.

we are here making bread, keeping our minds clear by doing keeping busy and giving back to the community. there was no bread at first in stores, we started baking it and now there is some coming in. people like it, they are asking for more, we can't bake more, there is not enough supply and we don't have the capacity. >> beyond, we miss new york city bagels. >> we are making bagels. >> todd: you guys have a great attitude, i do not know if i would have a similar attitude. describe the moment when you realized we're going to be in ukraine for the duration here? >> well, for the moment, we try to keep calm because with the baby, we could more like long

distance, it would be extremely complicated to drive somewhere. >> exactly days, it used to take hours to drive up to the polish border, now it is four or five days. my sister is from kharkiv, the city -- >> you just mentioned before. >> she has three kids and they fly to czech republic, took five days of driving to get there and my parents are in the basement of their house. we are calm, we have each other, we didn't want to separate. i technically can leave the country, i don't want to leave my husband. >> thank you, thank you. this is key point, love and staying with your loved ones is the general remedy in every situation, so we kind of like holding hands and making bread and waking up early in the

morning, taking care of the baby, it is kind of light against darkness and good against evil situation. then we are in the middle and we kind of proud and want to share with the world and tell people, never lose hope. everything will be all right. our personal situation is not comfortable, of course, but anyway, because we used to live in manhattan and it is a different story. anyway, we have to be strong and keep fighting. everybody fights his own way. >> that is all we can do, we are donating part of the money to the ukrainian army, of course. >> and keeping the community here inspired. in the village, people are making us, come on, guys, do it, we need that beautiful bread, everybody likes it. that is very inspiring.

>> ashley: my next question, you guys are getting out to get supplies, what is it like on the ground in kyiv? >> well, it is like a deserted, kyiv is empty and we went to the city downtown a few days ago and me, like kyiv born like guy born in kyiv, i was like for the first time in my life, in downtown. >> they had checkpoints every turn, everywhere you have to show a passport, prove you are a citizen and answer all the questions, show all the cards and stuff like that. it was hard to get yeast and flour at first. >> like basic food and gasoline was a big issue. now it is a little bit like better, but still everybody concerned about the supplies like basic things, even in the capital. imagine what is going on in the

other -- >> smaller cities, we've been trying to get gas two or three days now and still can't find it. >> and you mentioned it is terrible. >> you guys issue good luck to you, congratulations on the birth of your baby and good for you for fighting the good fight and keep making that amazing bread, everything bagels. good for you, guys. >> thank you, have a great guy. >> todd: prayers to and you that beautiful baby. >> ashley: switching gears, pentagon identifying the four marine killed in exercises during nor way. losing their lives during the drills which were planned before the war in ukraine broke out. going down in bad weather in the area with rough terrain. the crash happened friday and the remains were recovered

sunday due to poor conditions preventing access to the crash site. >> todd: president biden handling putin's attack on ukraine. >> ashley: and president zelenskyy says he is gearing up for world war iii. >> president biden arrived in washington after wrapping up his trip home with a bike ride. he waved in delaware issue but did not answer questions on the crisis in ukraine and same when he returned to the white house. the president was moving about yesterday, president zelenskyy issued dire warn figure peace talks with russia continue to fail. >> we have to use any format, any chance in order to have a possibility of negotiating, podcast of talking to putin. but if the attempts fail, that would mean that this is a third

world war. >> u.s. ambassador says negotiations with russia have been one sided with the kremlin not leaning in to find and diplomatic solutions. a world war is avoidable, she says. >> we don't want to escalate this into war with the united states, but we will support our nato allies and the president made clear if there is an attack on any nato countries under article five, we will support those countries and defend those countries. >> impact of russia has impacted the -- the president will travel to europe and meet with nato members in brussels thursday to discuss deterrence and defense

measures. >> todd: alexandria hoff, thanks. global threat doesn't stop with russia, leaving the deal open for the nuclear deal. former prime minister netanyahu warns it could put the entire world in jeopardy. >> this is cow downing the democratic world and rest of the world to this rogue regime, giving it both weapons of mass death and cash to boot. >> democrats are poised to reinstate the deal after being cancelled by former president trump. >> todd: proceedings come for ketanji brown jackson, clarence thomas was hospitalized with flu-like symptoms. good morning, ark nitta. >> good morning, todd and

ashley, americans will get a look at how ketanji brown jackson holds up under questioning. she will take questions about her ju additional philosophy and legal record. most agree the harvard-trained lawyer is well qualified. some are questioning her decisions and prior rulings, specifically in cases involving sex offenders, insisting she took a lenient, soft-on-crime stance. there could be questions about her representation of guantanamo bay detain eyes when she was a public defender. >> a lot of women were concerned when it comes to how she dealt with crime and been soft on criminals, soft on child

pornography and child ark buzers. >> supreme court justices get lifetime tenure and before that happens, there needs to be a vigorous vetting of their records and there are things in ketanji brown jackson's records that are troubling. >> supreme courts justice clarence thomas remains hospitalized with an infection. he was admitted for flu-like symptoms on friday and being treated with antibiotics. he is expected to be released in the next couple of days. all eyes on the senate later today with day one of the confirm agsz hearing for the woman who could be the first black female supreme court justice. >> thanks so much. female athlete says she middled the cut, she is slamming the ncaa for allowing lia thomas to compete and dominate.

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ukrainian teen going viral on tiktok after posting videos of her fleeing her family home in kyiv. she is speaking out after receiving messages from russian users telling her the war is not real. thank you for being here. what is your reaction when your russian friends on tiktok tell you this war is a lie? >> i obviously feel disappointed in people because i'm trying to get as much support for my country and my people. it is important to know what is going on in ukraine. yeah. >> todd: why do you think the lie is so commonplace in russia right now? >> yes, i think a lot of misinformation is being spread in russia on the news or by

other russian people. >> todd: do any of your friends in russia know the truth? >> yeah, of course, we were talking with them and i was explaining the whole situation to them and i was really surprised when they told me they didn't know anything about what was going on. >> todd: wow. what is your reaction to the reaction to your tiktok viewer. 16 million views is a lot. >> yeah, it is a lot, i was really surprised. i didn't think it would get this many views. it was really surprising. >> todd: how much truth is able to get through the russian censure on tiktok, do you have any senses? how much truth is able to get through the russian censures on tiktok? you are posting and some is getting through and some is not, how much is able to get through

to the russian people so you can tell them the truth? >> no. unfortunately i can't know what will go to russian peep and he will what will not. i would post more videos explaining what was going on if i knew how to do that. >> todd: sure. how is your family? >> they are safe now. >> todd: good, good. >> except my fath sxer my dad. >> todd: they have to stay in ukraine because they are under 60 and need to be doing the fight figure it comes to that. keep us posted and keep the truth out there for the people of russia and ukraine to see. >> ashley: "new york times" related conversation about hunter biden's laptop. ron johnson asking why it took so long, listen. >> i'm just amazed "new york times" just now came to

conclusion that hunter biden laptop was genuine? where have they been? that was pretty obvious within a week or two of "new york post" breaking stories. >> ashley: gop scrutinizing big tech providing cover for the left. twitter deactivated "new york post" account and blocked users from sharing the original story as fake. and claudia 10ney is demanding an investigation and will join us live income hour. progressive leaders attempting to shift plame for the nation's gas crisis. congresswoman had this to say. >> i mean, we go after corporate america because corporate america is often profiteering, if you look at data around this, prices went down, it did not get passed to consumers, prices go up, it is passed on.

>> ashley: senators say the left need to stop playing the blame game. >> joe biden can't hide from the fact he is the president of high gas prices and they are looking for anyone to blame, whether it is putin, republicans, whether it is the energy companies, covid. well >> ashley: rns launching several drives, the first taking place in arizona saturday. >> todd: interesting strategy, looks like china going against its word again. and ukrainian tennis star training his racket for a rifle, the 33 year old taking up arms to defend his homeland joins us next.

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>> todd: ukraine rejecting kremlin demand for surrender of

besieged port of mariupol. >> ashley: a russian strike levels a shopping mall in kyiv killing at least four. jonathan hunt joins us live from lviv with more. jonathan. >> jonathan: good morning to you, we talked a lot about the sense of stalemate here and nowhere is that more apparent than in the southern city of mariupol, where russian troops have surrounded that city and said to the ukrainian, surrender and the ukrainian replied, we will not do that, we will fight for every inch of this city. we are at almost literal stalemate there. that strike on kyiv overnight, we are hearing from one local official that at least eight people died when a missile hit a shopping mall there. those are preliminary figures

and they are subject to change. we are also hearing that dozens of marines died in a strike on a marine base in the other southern city of mykolaiv over the weekend and we are hearing news from chernobyl that decommissioned nuclear power plant that has been under control by russia for a couple weeks. the workers who have effectively been held hostage, are being allowed to go home. no suggestion of leaks from the plant 6789 a lot of ukrainians are beginning to talk about president biden's visit to europe later this week and some questioning whether he will finish the lead of several european leaders issue the prime ministers of poland, czech republic and slovinia who

traveled to kyiv to stand shoulder to shoulder with her sift /* /* >> todd: eight killed reportedly in that attack. again, eight killed in the attack on the mall in kyiv. jonathan hunt live, thank you. >> ashley: a former ukraine tennis star is going from rackets to rifles as he heads back to the war zone to join the fight. alex, tennis star, returned to ukraine to fight. you left the day before the invasion of russia and ukraine. you are back, what is the deciding factor, you left with your mother and sister to go to

turkey, why did you go back? >> it is my country. it is my city. i was born here. people are getting hurt and i need to help. it is pretty much it. >> ashley: you said and i'm no rambo in a week. you were a tennis star, i assume you played your whole life. had you ever shot a gun before? you got ammo in croatia and shooting consistently, have you ever picked up a weapon before? >> just once, i shot a gun once, completely not my thing. i never continued to shoot and now yeah, i shot maybe a few thousand rounds in this week of training, which is as i spoke to people from the army, pretty much what they do and in the whole period of the army, at

least in our country. i know something, i'm not perfect, but i'm comfortable. >> ashley: alex what is fighting like? >> kyiv is better than most cities, tough in mariupol and -- single bombings with rockets, with bombs. we hear them, but it is not as bad as some cities. so yeah, i'm staying more in the center, which is quite calm, as calm as it can be from being in a war. as i'm hearing from different sources, some places are, but mostly we're standing ground,

not losing much and i think they are losing a lot of people. yeah, we're fighting. >> ashley: next question, if somewhere were to happen to president zelenskyy, if he were to be killed in this fight, how would that affect the moral of the ukrainians? >> no idea. we're not thinking about that, we just live hour by hour and take it as it is. i don't think, obviously he's guarded well, i don't think people are thinking what happens if he dies. there is chance of guy just throwing nuclear weapons, nobody thinks about that, we fight minute after minute and day-by-day and i think we're doing okay. >> ashley: okay, alex,

dolgopolov, my apologies. good for you going back to fight for your country. todd. >> todd: china fulling flexing military muscle on artificial islands in the china sea. they they they have build-up of weaponization and it is destabilizing. he says the ccp has three man-made areas arming them with army jets and other facilities, move seen as grave threat to china's neighbors, mostly taiwan. lia thomas the weekend as a swimming champ, the message to the ncaa next. >> ashley: new health commissioner is ordering children to stay masked forever.

our parent panel is next.

>> ashley: a swimmer who missed the competition by one spot is slamming the ncaa for leading lia thomas compete. >> todd: more on speaking out,

brooke. >> brooke: good morning, one students athlete is speaking out against the ncaa handling of transgender swimmer lia thomas. she missed the cut and says it is because the ncaa let thomas compete against biological women. the 2016 olympian writing a letter that reads, it feels like the final spot was taken because of the ncaa decision to let someone who is not a lilogical female compete. i asked the ncaa to take time to think about the other biological women in swimming, think how they would feel if they were in our shoes. thomas went on to win the freestyle event, becoming the first transgender athlete to win a title. protests took place outside georgia tech swimming facility, which host third degree year's national championships and some

demonstrators were left feeling isolated as controversy brewed. >> i would say i'm politically homeless now, i don't think democrats care. >> i cannot be a part of this party anymore that doesn't recognize my sex class. >> liberal people felt they needed to walk away from the democratic party. >> brooke: thomas finished fifth in the 200 meter and last in the 100-meter freestyle. >> todd: from the pool to the court, duke overcomes late deficit to avoid upset and keep coach k's last tournament hopes alive. blue devils getting the win. final match up between coach k

and. cyclones punching their ticket to the sweet 16 after winning two games, quite a turnaround and houston beating illinois 68-53. 66 years old exemplifying the madness. colin sexton shirtless, what a way to begin the celebration. he wants more, give me more. houston moves on to the sweet 16. >> ashley: oh, my gosh.

love it. he is excited, he is excited. dr. fauci warning americans not to get too comfortable easing covid restrictions as a new variant arises. >> one might result in increased hospitalization, we have to be prepared to pivot. >> ashley: fauci predicting the new variant infection rate drops to lowest rate since july of 2021. >> todd: new top doc sparking outrage after saying he wants to keep face masks on toddlers for good. >> it is indefinite at this point, i would love nothing more than to send my son to daycare without a mask, i want to keep

him safe. >> todd: all parents in new york city join me now, why are we still doing this when almost every seat in the union has lifted their mask mandates? >> i wish i had an answer, todd, this makes absolutely no sense. children that bear the least risk from covid should not have the most restrictions and that is happen nothing new york right now. they are spending hours in daycare and other children 5 to 11 or 5-18 year old category are able to go to school without a mask on. >> why isn't a doctor the new health commissioner following the science here? >> well, he says he doesn't want to have egg on his face. when parents heard that we're holding masks on toddlers two

weeks ago and the rest of the kids in schools could go mask optional, we were shocked and holding out hope for the new health commissioner to come on and give us good news and on friday, we heard him saying it will be indefinite. it is outrageous. >> you have a lawsuit against the city focusing on parental choice. how important is it that you win that suit? >> well, you know, high school social studies 101, separation of powers, bedrock of our democracy without making exaggeration. department of health is not tasked with making law and this regulation impacts fundamental intimate life of what a parent decides is best for their child, it is really important we win this lawsuit and push back

against the regulations. >> todd: shouldn't the health commissioner be balancing the harm from children masking and social development and ability for a child to breathe, using all that in their equation when they make a statement like this? >> of course. but also, what they should be doing is respecting the parent's decision and we parents know we are two years into covid-19, we know and understand safety risks, many families have already had covid or vaccinated and many, many parents, 50% of kid necessary 5-11 category are not vaccinated. parents look at data and listen to the experts they have trusted and making their own decisions, of course we know that toddlers need for develop mentsal reasons, see their friend's faces and their teacher's faces and they need to be seen. it is disaster for the developing young child to go to

school masked indefinitely. >> todd: we appreciate your insight. keep up the fight, your kids need that help. we appreciate it. ashley. >> ashley: so today marks two years since title 42 policy was put into place, democrats want president biden to end it and so do migrants heading to our border. we have details and you don't want to miss it. >> todd: claudia tenney, joe concha, carol swain and cheryl casone, don't miss it on "fox and friends first."

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>> todd: we begin with a fox news alert. chinese news alert says a boeing jet liner has crashed in one of china's southern provences, no information on deaths or injuries, we'll update you with information as soon as we get it. ukraine refused to hand over mariupol to russia after kremlin orders citizens to lay down arms in exchange for safe passage. mariupol's 400,000 residents are trapped after suffering heavy