>> 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

bombardment. i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier, capital of kyiv, eight people dead in this attack on a shopping mall. >> todd: alexis mcadams will join us, but first we go to jonathan hunt live in lviv with the latest. jonathan. >> jonathan: ashley and todd other thanning , we are hearing air raid sirens, they started one minute ago. we have not heard any explosions. in mariupol, russian forces giving the ukrainian forces a hard deadline to surrender or else. ukrainian forces given the

determination we've seen from them, decline that offer to surrender and waiting to see what the russian forces by "other else," and in the capital of kyiv, local officials saying at least eight killed in that strike. those figures are preliminary, we will await confirmed casualty figures and fighting continues in the city of kharkiv, that is one that the russians desperately want to take, a city that the ukrainian forces want to hold on to to not give russia that kind of strategic foodhold in the east and getting new satellite from the chernobyl nuclear plan. that is the decommissioned plant russian forces took around two weeks ago now, they were holding the ukrainian workers there

hostage, we're hearing that some of the workers are being allowed to finally leave and go home. in the meantime, the former president of ukraine is echoing current president and saying the world has to do a lot more. listen here. >> with this situation, we need everything from nutrition to ammunition, every single day while putin continue to kill ukrainian civilians and ukrainian children. >> jonathan: once again, todd and ashley, we're hearing air-raid sirens here in lviv, no evidence of any explosions or strikes in the area. we will keep you posted. >> todd: you mentioned the word stalemate, if we've learned one thing from last couple of weeks, as russia gets bogged down, they will increase attacks on civilian targets, women and children definitely the focus as

we've seen over the last couple of weeks. you are on the ground, how much longer can interrence will to defeat the russians, how much longer can that survive when the attacks continue day after day after day? >> jonathan: well, if you ask the ukrainian people, todd, they will say indefinitely, they have absolutely unshakable faith, almost to a person i would say they will win this war and we've seen, forces aren't giving an inch. despite what you point out and bombardment of ukraine. ed school in mariupol over the weekend, being used as shelters, including children. they simply are not going to give up. ukraine is their homeland. ukraine is a country they will

defend until the end. they are convinced if they can hold out, they will win this war and they are absolutely determined they will hold out and will win. >> ashley: jonathan hunt, thank you, live on the ground in lviv. the un says 10 million people in ukrainian have been displaced in the fighting. >> todd: alexis has more on the refugee crisis. >> attacks continue, jonathan just mentioned, happening in ukraine. people are fleeing by the hour and millions are coming to poland, where we are. this is what we've seen near the border, people trying to get their hands on as many supplies as possible and find out where they are going next. this center is full of clothes,

canned items, you got it. tax increasing around the capital city of kyiv, not giving up hope as russian troops draw closer. rescue mission is underway. russia is call og peep nel mariupol to surrender in exchange for soft package. they are working to get citizens out of the danger zone and people are preparing for what comes next. listen. >> unfortunately we can't say the situation is improving, we are preparing ourselves for larger number of people coming through. >> ashley: the white house released this statement on

president biden's trip to poland saying the president will discuss how the united states alongside allies and partners responding to the -- has created. another live look in chernobyl, trying to find what they can for their kids. men and women by the thousand? poland, as well. officials we talk to near the ukrainian border say they are running low on supplys and hoping to hear more from president joe biden when he comes to poland and he will meet with nato leaders. >> ashley: thanks. pentagon identifying four marines killed in a chopper crash in nor way.

they lost their lives during the drills, planned before the battle in ukraine started. the crash happened friday, remaining recovered sunday due to poor conditions at the crash site. >> todd: flexing military muscle in the south china sea. >> telling the adlts p, they advanced all their capabilities, he says ccp fully militarized and arming them with fighter jets, any ship facilities. beijing claims the build-up is purely defensive. congressman michael waltz says china is using putin's invasion to help with their o plans for military domination. listen. >> you will see putin becoming a

vessel. banks gobbling up oil and gas and -- i think you will see xi put putin in his pocket and essentially then own russia. putin is on the march. xi is on the march. now we're going to cow down to the iranian regime. we are only a little over year in. >> international threats don't stop with russia and china,

state department -- says they are ready to make tough decisions to revive iran nuclear deal with major concessions believed to be on the table. >> todd: republicans want new investigation into hunter biden's laptop including efforts by big tech and media to censure the story. claudia tenney wants answers, she's next. as a struggling actor, i need all the breaks that i can get. at liberty butchemel... cut. liberty mu... line? cut. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. cut. liberty m... am i allowed to riff? what if i come out of the water? liberty biberty... cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. only pay for what you need.

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>> ashley: president biden catching up on r&r to strategize next steps in responding to

putin's invasion of ukraine. >> todd: all while president zelenskyy says he is gearing up for world war three. alexandria hoff joins us. >> topic of the global economy will likely be discussed and president biden yesterday waved, but did not respond to reporter questions while taking a bike ride in delaware, same day president zelenskyy issued this dire warning. >> we have to use any format, any chance in order to have podcast of negotiates or talking to putin. if these attempts fail, that would mean that this is a third world war.

>> linda thomas says the kremlin has not been leaning into finding diplomatic solutions and said outside of attack on nato nation world war is not inevitable. >> we don't want to escalate into a war with the united states, but we will support our nato allies and the president has made clear if there is an attack on any of the nato countries under article five, we will support those countries and defend those countries. >> concern mounting over use of chemical or biological weapons by russia and in the case of something like that happening, congressman michael waltz said when it comes to that, a red line must be drawn. >> todd: the white house also dealing with threat of iran by doubling down on push to revive the nuclear weapons deal.

>> ashley: state department tells times of israel, we are prepared to make decisions. >> todd: claudia tenney, member of house foreign affairs committee. the phrase, difficult decision, doesn't that wildly understate what we are giving up in this iran deal? >> this is a terrible deal, dangerous to the united states, we're talking about russia and putin operatives negotiating this deal while reeking havoc and destroying lives across ukraine. this deal will actually cut sanctions for iran up to $100 billion, remember the $150 billion in palettes of cash. we will be getting into hostage dealing and give $7 billion to iran to get four hostages back, we will continue in hostage trading.

removes designation of iran as foreign terrorist. president trump killed their major general, they will release these dangerous people back out into the world and threaten people across the middle east, especially israel. they want to do anything opposite of what trump did. iran deal is a bad deal, this deal is even worse and shows what it looks like, almost like what it is like without an american in the world. >> ashley: republicans are demanding a new probe into hunter biden's laptop and big tech, will they be held accountable? iment to point this out, media research center found 50% of biden voters never heard of the hunter biden laptop story and

said they would not have voted for joe biden had they known, significant amount of voters. will the media and especially big tech, will there be accountability held for this story? >> we have to investigate this. i joined former ambassador richard grenell, demanding an investigation. the democrats scream interference with election, we have potential criminal money laundering scheme between hunter biden being used by joe biden to get money, 10% for the big guy, this is exactly what money laundering is, it should be investigated if this is what is happening with the laptop. now they covered up, big tech covered this up, it was critical, out from the election, "new york post" was shut down, amazingly "new york times" is saying, this is something that was actually verified 16 months

later and then look what happened during the time period, 51 former spies, people in the cia, including john brennan and others signed letter claiming this was russia disinformation, there wasn't a laptop filled with information that would implicate the bidens. this is scandalous and we need to investigate this laptop. kudos to miranda dewine. >> todd: this will be a major issue that could be investigated if republicans take over congress. thanks so much. >> ashley: republicans are ready to hit the white house on energy. and they are heading to america's gas stations to fuel their midterm push. >> todd: did you hear about

this, ashley strohmier, a bloomberg reporter slammed for out of touch op ed that has tips for beating inflation, including letting your pets die of cancer. that is not fake, i just read that, that is what it said. joe concha here to react next. welcome to allstate. here, safe driving saves more than just your cargo. safe driving saves you 40% with drivewise. ♪ ♪

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>> todd: fox news alert, chinese state media says boeing jet liner with 130 people onboard crashed in the mountains in one of china's southern provences. we have no information on deaths or injuries on the flight. we will bring details as we get them. >> ashley: bloomberg op ed giving tips to cope with inflation, telling americans take the bus, don't buy in bulk and cut the meat.

>> todd: cut chemotherapy for ethical reasons. joe concha is here to comment. is the liberal media trying to hide disdain anymore? >> joe: i don't think so, happy monday. not the winning bumper sticker for the democratic party. eat lentils and let the dog die if needed. let lassie go by way the cancer, 70 million people own dogs and many, include thanksgiving household, see this dog as eshg kwal family member and would move heaven and earth to save them. my wife and i know this personally. good chunk of the population doesn't have access to a bus to go to work and it doesn't drop you off in front of the building. this bloomberg opinion writer

lives in new york city, we have public transportation that can take you anywhere you want to go, not a good opgsz for people living in other states. >> ashley: i second what you said putting my dog through chemotherapy, i would not take their advice on that one. msnbc after questioning ketanji brown jackson's record. they will start confirmation hearings today, i want to play this montage with holly on ketanji brown jackson. we'll get your reaction on the other side, joe. >> this is someone who let predators, child sex predators off the hook. >> josh hark wley is trying to get her killed, trying to get

violence against this supreme court nominee. >> ashley: how do you think this will go. >> joe: hopefully not like the last segment you just played as far as if josh josh hawley looking at record of this nominee and says she was soft on certain kinds of crimes then we automatically go to is any criticism racist, but that is a sitting u.s. senator calling on violence against this nominee. josh hawley said or did nothing of the kind. nominee for the supreme court, your record is allowed to be scrutinized and there may be criticism. we saw with brett kavanaugh, people going back and looking at his yearbook and bringing up allegations from 35 or 40 years ago, these things always get ugly and this is an opening salvo of things to come. if you criticize this nominee, you are racist or calling for

violence, it shouldn't be on the airwaves any way, shape or form. >> todd: no apology coming from them. let us go to janice dean, fox weather forecast. 73 was helpful to get things done in the yard. >> janice: so glad the wloo cooperated with your yard work. we have severe storms that will start today and go through the work week for parts of the gulf coast and south. we have area of low pressure moving out of the rockies, coldir air across west and warmer air ahead of it, ongoing situation throughout the next couple days. right now, not too active, but will flare up for 80 million under severe threat or potentially severe threat this week. here is a forecast model for

texas, louisiana, arkansas, oklahoma, mississippi, alabama later this week and severe storm threat, so very likely for texas today moving into louisiana and then tomorrow, we have more of all of that ingredients coming together for severe outbreak. damaging wind threat and could see tornados, as well. this is tuesday, louisiana into mississippi and alabama, this is where we think the long track tornados could start tuesday into wednesday. all ingredients coming together. heavy rainfall causing flash flooding and several inches of rain in a short period of time will cause potential for flooding. there is the forecast, you see that warm air mass in front of this area of low pressure and this is what we typically see in springtime, we have leftover winter weather and warm weather

and potential for strong storms and maybe severe weather outbreak. this will happen on tuesday and wednesday. today, yes, a threat, but tuesday is the day to watch. 80 million people need to be on alert. fox weather will keep you posted this week. >> todd: month of march remaining in lion status, not yet lamb status. thank you. we just heard what some have to say about today's supreme court hearing, now we're going to get dr. carol swain's thoughts on her track record. >> ashley: and following breaking news on a passenger plane that crashed in china, an update to the story next.

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>> todd: senate confirmation hearings begin for ketanji brown jackson. supreme court justice clarence thomas hospitalized with flu-like symptoms. >> good morning, ashley and todd and judge jackson will begin with opening statements today. republicans have promised they will be tough. >> yeah, supreme court justices get lifetime pennure and before that happens, there needs to be

rigorous vetting of their records and there are things that are troubling. >> over last few days, gop lawmakers suggest she is soft on crime. her role as public defender, where she represented guantanamo bay -- claiming jackson demonstrated pattern of letting child porn defenders off the book, a concern other republicans have brought up too. >> i've talked to women who are quite concerned when it comes to how she's dealt with crime and been soft on criminals, soft on child pornographers and child abusers. >> democrats calling his statements misleading and inrack rat and argue jackson has been

vetted last year when approved for dc court of public -- mitch mcconnell says the process will be fair. >> will be treated much better than democrats are typically treated republican nominees like clarence thomas and brett kavanaugh, it will be a respectful deep dive into her record, which i think is entirely appropriate for lifetime appointment. >> democratic lawmakers hope to have her confirmed by april 8th. ashley and todd. >> thanks, madelain. thanks for being with us this morning. we heard what was reported there

and two days of questioning will obviously be tough, the gop made that stance clear. when you look at her controversial stances that have come to light, suggesting sex offender registries, how concerned for this to be life-time confirmation of someone who has stances like this? >> we should be concerned about nominees for many different reasons. one is manner of selection, first choice of the most far left groups in america, black lives matter, people for the american way, demand justice. she will being on, no evidence she would decide based on the law and not on her far left

ideological agenda. >> todd: judge jackson is expected to be confirmed, how should republicans play this in your estimation? should they go on the charm offensive you hear people calling for to contradict how dems treated brett kavanaugh, gorsuch, amy comey? no. >> republicans should stand on constitution and civil rights laws and screamed louder when joe biden chose a racist process that violated civil rights laws by confirming the potential nominees to one group, black women, that in itself was racist, it ran counter to nondiscrim nagsz purpose of the

civil rights act, equal protection cause it will impact every american, i'm happening every -- systemically racist country and constitution put together by racists and they should be standing on principles and not allowing themselves to be charmed. >> todd: we will see. >> thanks for getting up early with us, we appreciate it. to this, collegiate championship ends in controversy, swimmer who missed competition by one spot is slamming the ncaa for letting transgender swimmer lia thomas

compete. brooke is speaking out. >> brooke: that is right, one student athlete is speaking out about the handling of transgender lia thomas. she missed the cutoff and it was because thomas was allowed to compete against 2011. it feels like the final spot was taken from me because of the ncaa decision to let someone not biological female to compete. i asked to take time and how they would feel if in our shoes. thomas went on to win the national freestyle, becoming first transgender athlete to win a national title. protest took place outside georgia tech swimming facility which hosted this year's national championship and some

demonstrators were left feeling isolations amid the controversy. >> i say i'm politically homeless right now. i cannot be a part of this parties that does not recognize my sex class. >> i know historically liberal people who felt they needed to walk away from the democratic party. >> in addition to winning the freestyle, thomas finished fifth before coming in last in the 100 freestyle. >> todd: a boeing 737 jetliner with 132 people onboard crashed in the mountains in one of china's southern provences. we have no information on deaths or injuries on board. more information next.

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we're hearing in lviv air raid sirens, they have gone off several times, we have not heard of any subsequent strikes in the area as of yet. we will keep you posted quite obviously. the stalemate this war seems to have made is in the southern city of mariupol, where russian sources said to ukraine, you have to surrender. the russians said there would be severe consequences and we are waiting to see what they mean by that. overnight, there was a russian strike on a shopping mall in the capital of kyiv, we understand from local officials eight people were killed in that strike. over the weekend, dozens of marines were killed at a missile strike on marine base in southern city of mykolaiv. we are see satellite pictures

and hearing some workers held there for several weeks by the russian forces who took control of that plant have been allowed to leave and a new rotation of workers has gone in there, in the meantime, there is talk of ukraine of president biden's visit to europe and whether he might follow the lead of other european leaders, the prime minister of poland, check republic and slovenia traveled to stand shoulder to shoulder with president zelenskyy. it is highly unlikely the president of the united states would do that, but certainly from ukrainian point of view, it would be a powerful statement if he did. jonathan and ashley. >> todd: thank you.

a boeing 737 jetliner with 132 people onboard has crashed in the mountains of one of china's southern provinces issue the character lost contact over the city of wojo and nose dived 30,000 feet. carries passengering and crew members, no immediate information on the deaths or injuries ark board the flight. we will bring details when we get them. >> ashley: crediting success on battle field to tesla starling satellite. >> todd: cheryl casone has more. >> cheryl: these satellites are helping the drones, which have thermal cameras, so they can target russian tanks at night to allow them to operate if there is no internet or power outages, this is from eshg lon musk,

he -- in ukraine with 21,000 downloads per day. elon america usk has, questioning from an official as favor, to the ukrainians, launching this program and it is making a difference. >> ashley: then the title 42 anniversary marks pretty big headache for biden today. >> cheryl: it does. the anniversary of title 42 is today, trump-era policy enacted at the time. it has become a big ahead for now. stop breathing new life into this inhumane trump policy. look at these numbers, up 50%

for this year -- this year. more than 838,000 encounters recorded this year alone. the numbers continue to skyrocket at the southern border and title 42 is in place. >> ashley: cheryl casone live, thanks. despite prices at the pump surging, democrats are pointing the finger at american energy companies. >> these companies have said, you know, we'll pass along cost, let's add extra big doll op of cost increases to expands our profit. >> todd: so does the left have a solution for rising prices? talking to michigan gubernatorial candidate coming up. >> ashley: first check in with brian kilmeade what is coming up on "fox and friends first." hi, brian. >> brian: great to see you guys, we will talk for three hours about this, five hours

confirmation hearings for supreme court judge ketanji brown jackson get started and josh hawley will be among the first to question her, he stops by fox and friends about issues that seem to be gnawing him. ready to make tough decisions to revive the iran nuclear deal, why that idea is dangerous. think so? as president biden heads to europe, we know that, notably not war-torn ukraine, is that good? newt gingrich breaks down what president biden needs to get done in the upcoming trip. and kuala lumpur, also have more coming up all in nine minutes, don't move.

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>> invasion of ukraine and volatility of the market no excuse for the price increases. >> companies have said we will pass along costs let's just add an extra big dollop of price increases to expand our profits. >> it is time to hold these oil companies accountable for pandemic -- for profiteering at this terrible moment of war. >> democrats are blaming everyone but themselves when it comes to soaring gas prices across the nation todd todd first putin and now the energy companies faulted. former steel industry professional joins us now. thank you so much for being here you are out with the people talking to them and campaigning, are they fooling the american people or are the american people seeing right through it

tudor. >> no. the people see through it you already saw the keystone pipeline shut down. gretchen whitmer and her radical attorney general want to shut down line five in michigan this has residents and businesses scared to death. closing line five it's a way of life here in michigan. not only is it your fuel or jet fuel. but it's also your petroleum products. if democrats had their way right now, we would not have any clothes and we would be walking everywhere. we would be walking in loin cloth. that doesn't put news a position of power in the world. >> it seems very reactionary if you ask me. also to me them pointing the finger to everyone else but them just makes it seem like to the american public there is no plan, what do you think? >> no. they're absolutely is no plan. there is no alternative. but you see joe biden talking about going to venezuela and the iranian dictator to get their oil. this is outrageous. we had a relationship with saudi arabia. we had a relationship with the united arab emirates. they won't take his call.

trump's ambassador forged such a good relationship with the uae middle east peace and the abraham accord. look out quickly we lose that all under joe biden and now in an energy crisis in the united states they just won't admit that we have to burn the spigot back on here. >> todd: you are steel energy exec how should the energy companies respond. >> the energy companies have to trust the federal government. there is a lack of trust right now. actually, the federal government needs to go to our energy companies and say we were wrong with our anti-energy policies. we need the united states to be strong in the world. having strength shows these countries that they cannot do what they are doing across the world right now. and that's what the energy companies should require they should require the federal government to come to them and say we will support you and we want you to start back up.

tudor, gas prices as low as 3.84 also as high as 5.54. obviously some come down. look at projections economists say it's going to soar the rest of the years and could be use before we actually see it come down steadily and stay down. what is your take on that and what is the end game here with the fuel and the gas prices? >> the end game is to stick to a narrative instead of actually look out to the american people. the working class people hurt the most when energy price goes up and gas coors more. you need to see a federal government and state governments going to step in and say we're going to do what's best for the measure people and keep this country strong right now, when you look at gas prices like this. you already have folks that right now in the midst of this inflation are wondering whether

or not they can pay their mortgage now they don't know if they pay for gas to get to work. >> todd: taking the bus is not an answer for all people. thank you for your time this morning. ashley, thanks for being with me, my friend. >> ashley: thanks for having me. >> todd: "fox & friends" starts now. ♪ ♪ [gunfire] >> todd: ukraine has rejected russia's demand to surrender mariupol. >> i'm ready for negotiation your cannot pay off that would mean this is a third world war. >> there was another missile strike on the capital kyiv hitting a shopping mall. >> putin is on the trajectory towards nuclear warfare and we have yet to respond. [explosion] >> wednesday the president will meet with