throughout that have our back. pay attention, focus, always follow the political science. >> carley: thank you so much for joining us, you always make so much sense. we so appreciate it. >> thank you, guys. have great tuesday. >> carley: all right you have a great tuesday as well todd, you as well. >> todd: crars we have run out of time, time, time, time, time. "fox & friends" right now. >> steve: good morning, it's tuesday, march 22nd, 2022, and it is noon in ukraine and 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. we start this hour once again with a fox news alert. brand new video shows residential homes in ukraine as you can see right there on fire being put out by first responders. as russia continues its endless shelling of civilians. >> brian: all right. you can see police here rushing to aid civilians in hard hit city of kharkiv which has been under attack constantly for the last three weeks. >> ainsley: kyiv is now under a

strict curfew with residents being told to shelter in place and mike tobin is live on the ground in lviv with the latest. mike? >> well, good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. unfortunately i'm going to report to you more of the same particularly in the south of the country as russia continues to just pound unmercifully at the town of mariupol apparently with the goal of breaking the will of the people. one of the targets to be hit is the steel plant. economic driver one of the largest in europe. speaks to the notion if and when russian forces are able to take over -- take control of mariupol, they will be taking control of a broken waste land. 21 buss are headed with food and medicine to the town of mariupol today. the buses out are only coming out of the town of it be enter

dance. buses having a hard time getting in there. civilians get there other things they will get when they get there is free gas first thing they have to go is get out of mariupol and get to berdyansk. the capital city. follow up to missile strike at the mall. guided missile killing 8 people. accusing ukraine of parking military vehicles in a parking garage under that mall, not confirmed by another source. follow the protest in kherson to the far south. russian forces control that city, protesters came out, russian forces ran off protesters. apparently nonlethal crowd control explosive and appeared to fire over their head. not all of the gunfire went over the head a few people were wounded. several were ran off to the emergency room as the russians tried to disperse that crowd. one other development, the

russian resupply line is dependent on railways. particularly these -- those forces that came down from belarus forces surrounding the capital city of kyiv. need those rail lines. the bell resolution railway workers are not in support of this war. some of them are striking and some have gone as far as to subtaj rail lines and it will really inhibit the ability. >> brian: mike is, it also the case the russians haven't made much progress and gained much ground the only urban fighting is in mariupol? >> well, i think it's a little bit different in the town of mariupol. we have more reports and seen some video of the russians getting into the town in mariupol and fighting street to street. but that doesn't mean that they have expelled all of the ukrainian fighters from there what it seems to be is ukrainian fighters are now concentrated toward the center of the city of

mariupol and quite literally fighting for their lives. and civilians in mariupol paid the evidenciest price because they get pounded in the process. >> steve: as those rail lines get pounded by the bombs. hey, there was one bit of good news regarding apparently according to the associated press, ukrainian forces have re-taken a kyiv suburb of kharkiv. i'm going to ask you about that. apparently they forced the russians out. now, good thing is ukrainians have taken control of a key highway and that keeps the russians from coming in through a portion of the northwest. the russians did take other northwest suburbs but that one, it sounds like, the ukrainians just pushed them out. >> i couldn't hear all of your question there. the ear piece is kind of lousy on this side of the world. but i think what you are speaking to is the fact that

wherever the russians are making some ground ukrainians come and menace the roar. they cut them off and terrify the soldiers up at the front and create bad morale. create a bad resupply and make things very difficult for the russians wherever they have made some ground and ultimately force them to pull back. >> ainsley: mike, steve was talking about march kyiv in the beginning of his question that's an important suburb of kyiv, which is the capital city of ukraine. we have heard that the russians wanted to occupy the capital city in two days. that obviously didn't happen. the good news is the ukrainian troops pushed those russian troops back so they couldn't that up northwestern part of suburb out of kyiv. that's good news because they haven't occupied or surrounded or encircled the town of kyiv. what does that mean for the russian troops and for the ukrainian people? >> well, the russian troops anticipated that they would overrun most of these ukrainian cities in a matter of days.

the good news for the ukrainians, as long as this fight continues, that means they are still in the fight. they haven't been run over. the bad news is, as the russians fail to advance their troops, they are backing up and going to the long range fire. that means the missile strikes, that means artillery, that means mortars, things less discriminate. the multiple rocket system. in mariupol like we are seeing in kharkiv. that's when the civilians pate price as have you indiscriminate fire. you can't pinpoint this stuff on military target. we see apartment buildings and bomb shelters they are taking direct hits. in fact, it's pretty y. solid argument that civilian targets aren't hit by accident that they're being aimed at, guys. >> brian: thanks, mike. appreciate it check in with you again. 6 minutes after the hour. more on this. rush has about 13 and 17,000 under arrest for protesting. happening in 150 cities.

yesterday, vladimir putin put -- has put some of his spies in jail who scouted the ukraine -- scouted ukraine before the war started and they gave them money, evidently to pay off the ukrainians to be on their side and not only the ukrainians not only on their side, they don't know where the money is so they arrested these guys for dropping the ball so he and his deputy are in jail and we also for this. russians are having some supply issues. and out of nowhere, since taken down on the national media. it popped up what seems to be accurate numbers when it comes to death and casualties. over 10,000 on a national news media service that was taken down in about 15, 20 minutes. so, there is something going on in there. >> ainsley: what's interesting last night i was watching sean hannity's show and lindsey graham broke some news everyone is wondering are we going to send the migs over there no that will get nato involved. he said we could get nato

involved if vladimir putin decides to use chemical weapons on the ukrainians, because he says that radiation will travel all over europe and would instantly get the nato countries involved. listen to this. >> putin owns biden. biden is afraid of escalation. he is afraid of making putin mad. as the troops are building up around the ukraine, republicans and democrats have put sanctions on putin for the provocation of a military build up. don't wait until the invasion. so here's two questions the world needs to ask and answered. there is going to be a nato summit. here's what i would say on your show to nato. if there is a chepsz attack by the russian military against the ukrainian people, we should impose a notifies immediately because that's breaking all the rules that we have established since world war ii. if putin explodes a nuclear weapon inside of ukraine, the radiation will affect most of europe. we should consider that attack on nato itself.

so, the one thing i have learned with bullies like putin, if you are not clear, then they will assume you are weak. >> not that we want beauty to use chemical weapons owb, no, at least this is a threat to putin and he might say i'm not going to do it because there will be a no-fly zone and nato will instantly be involved. >> steve: absolutely. the president of the united states said yesterday the reason mr. putin and the president had verified that putin and the russians have used a hypersonic missile because the president said it's the only thing that can get through. he said there is a reason they are using it. because it's gobble to stop. he says cyber and chemicals are probably going to be next on his list. that gave the white house an opportunity to once again remind american companies you should be ready for russian hacks. because they are -- you know, they were surprised that they didn't start hacking things on february 24th after the invasion but nonetheless, they urged companies to start using

multifactor authentication, encrypt sensitive data and update your software. how many times are you over your smart phone got hey update this app.? that's because the apps are doing their best to try to block the russian hackers. they are trying to get into your phone. >> brian: central bank reserves are frozen in 70% of the central banks across the world have frozen 70% of the banks hooked to swift in russia. a dozen many of the high call gear oligarch assets have been. they think they took vladimir putin's yacht from italy yesterday, they seized it. >> ainsley: talking to the italian parliament as we speak. let's go live there. ♪ >> our nation begin this army it when we so which, um, are this

evil invader are [inaudible] there was a meeting in florence addressed all the will [inaudible] of europeans to remember the number 169. the number that represents the killed kids. more -- 38 more kids have been killed recently. this is the price. i ask to stop russia. tens of thousands of ruined families. millions. millions abandoned houses. and this all started from one person in the occupied region.

the people are buried right in their yards near the buildings. in 2022, -- and we know that the next day of war will take more lives of our kids. the russian invasion will keep ruining ukrainian families, the full scale invasion continues. the rockets, the air bombs keep killing ukrainian people and some cities like mariupol are fully destroyed. the city on the shore of the black sea. 500,000 people live there. i want to [inaudible] mariupol there is nothing, there is just ruins. everything been totaled. there was a blockade, continuous

shelling. the shelling doesn't stop. the people -- beautiful people -- our beautiful people are going where it's safe. i address you from kyiv. our capital. it has for us the same meeting as for you, rome. [inaudible] kyiv is essential for grand culture and grand nation. and now it's on the brink of survival. did it doesn't deserve this it deserves life and peace and the same way with rome deserves --

unfortunately there is daily air alert in kyiv. there are rockets in the suburban areas there are different groups of russian troops that are killing and raping and stealing kids. there are murders. they're stealing things. i think the last people who did this were nazis. the russian troops managed to even put mines into the sea near our ports. you know, so the neighboring countries cannot have access. time to do everything to provide the peace. this is the war that russia has been preparing for a long time and one person, we are talking about one person who has been

preparing this. and earning huge amounts on export of gas and oil. their goal is not just ukraine it's europe. control over your life, over your politics, over your values. not just ours. democracy, human rights, equality, freedom. these are the same values we have. ukraine [inaudible] russia is the -- europe, -- ukraine, one of the first -- you know, you need to help during pandemic. when you needed it. we sent our doctors. italians were one of the first people who came to our -- to help us. you supported us. sincerely.

without asking anything in exchange and we value this allot. but now do not stop on this. the war has been continuing almost for a month for us. >> and create more pressure for russia so that those hired troops. one person shoot looking for peace. the consequences are felt in the whole world. the worse consequence is the famine, is the lack of food. it will echo in different countries. ukraine is one of the biggest exporters, but how can we plan grain? how can we start planting if there is shelling?

the fuel depots are being destroyed. we don't know if we will be able to export when our ports are blocked. our corn we plant oil, wheat, and many other goods. needed goods, including for your neighbors the price is already increasing a lot of people will need help. italian people, you know ukrainians very well. ukrainians never wanted to fight. it's as european as you are. you know who gives orders to fight. you know who propagates it.

and a place to go for vacation block their real estate. yeah. starting with [inaudible] freeze their assets. whoevers that this influence. supply this influence to bring peace so that increase the sanctions against russia. support the -- don't let russian ships into your port. they -- there shouldn't be any exclusion sanctions for any russian banks. do not allow for the economic crisis in the neighboring region. save ukrainian families. this one needs to be ended as

soon as possible. we have to return to peace. and the enemy army should leave ukraine. we have to reconstruct ukraine after this war. together with you, with the whole of europe, european union, before the war i used to visit your beautiful country a lot. i valued your hospitality. i saw what means -- what the family means to you. you have beautiful kids. what life means to you. i want to thank you for this help to ukrainians that came to your country to get [inaudible] a lot of people came to your country, to hide from the war.

over 25,000 of kids -- been will [inaudible] by your family. in italy, first ukrainian baby was born on your land. and dozens of your -- and severely sick ukrainian kids are staying in your country. we're thankful that you are taking care of them. you can help us to [inaudible] you shared our pain from the very beginning, helping us. we'll remember this forever. your warmth. your empathy. and your power that should stop just one person.

just one in order -- in order for us to live in peace. glory to ukraine. >> steve: okay. and there you can see. we don't have the audio from inside the italian parliament. you can see they are giving mr. zelenskyy a standing ovation. if you are just joining us, vladimir putin zelenskyy just about 20 minutes ago started speaking to this audience there, the italian parliament. among other things, he said that the city of mariupol is completely destroyed. that the russians are killing as many people as they can. he said russia is trying to control europe and ukraine is the gateway to europe. he said we helped you, the italians during the pandemic and you helped us a lot.

don't stop. and he talked about food. he said, you know, when it comes to wheat and corn, we can't plant when they're shelling. and the ports are closed. so we don't know about the crops going forward. he said we need your help rebuilding the country. >> ainsley: he talked about the capital city in ukraine kyiv. he said it deserves life and peace. instead we have daily air alerts and he said imagine if this were happening in roadside bombment smart he is talking to the italian parliament. talked about putin and called him an evil invader. he said this all started by one person. he said the latest is when it comes to the children that are being killed. 38 yeent kids. 38 more children that have been killed. >> brian: what they got to do make sure not buying russian oil. talk about seizing assets of the oligarchs. and they are doing both the best they can. it seems and they have got to continue to put aid in there. for some reason they can't seem to get it to about three separate cities and seem to be running out of food and water rapidly.

mariupol, kharkiv and soon it's going to be kyiv as well. they have to find why to either drop from the skies or find inroad in to find water. i know the willingness is there. i don't know if there is a way. also opened up it seems where we took him and talk about the number of kids die. 169 kids have died and 30 plus over the last few days. because that's what these cowards are doing. they are shelling elders, they are shelling women. and they are killing families. >> ainsley: holocaust survivors. >> brian: they can't handle one-on-one fighting with the very motivated and organized ukrainian officers and fighters. >> ainsley: they killed a holocaust survivor 98 years old. >> steve: i heard a story about one survivor had survived like four concentration camps and died in ukraine. he said that so many people are being killed there and there's no place to put the bodies. so they are being buried all over the country.

people are buried everywhere, he said. >> brian: there is more indications that the russians are running out of ammunition. they are running out of troops interest is certainly a sentiment within that country they are in a war that's unnecessary that's going terribly for them. remember, two years after afghanistan. the russians -- the soviet union fell apart. this country if the ukrainians can hold out, fight back and get on the offensive, even if they can just hold out, this country's close to maybe having to recede. >> we don't know the exact number of the russians killed but i know it's in the thousands. we see different numbers. >> brian: 10,000. >> ainsley: exactly. so many russians killed there put in body bags, black bags and loading them it in cars and vans and shipping them back to russia. >> steve: it is tragic essentially what he said to the italians was help us. and we'll see what they are able to do. >> brian: next up japan. what he is doing by talking to

the parliament, he is talking to the people. he want the people to motivate the lawmakers in various countries to see their -- his conflict as their conflict. i think it's so effective. >> ainsley: he will be talking to parliament about 10 minutes in japan and bring you that live if it happens during our show. meantime hand it over to carley for headlines. >> carley: much more news to get to starting with a fox weather alert. multiple tornadoes tearing through parts of texas including this wild scene outside of a walmart. watch this. >> get inside, get inside. run, run, run. run, run. >> a school in jack borough, texas devastated by the storm gymnasium torn to pieces one person killed north of dallas. in addition to serious storm damage thousands without power. a string of shootings in miami beach prompting the city's mayor to declare a state of emergency and impose a mid night curfew.

five people shot in two separate incidents over the weekend despite a massive police presence on the streets of south beach. >> our city is well past its end point. we can't endure this anymore. we just simply can't. this isn't your father's, mother's spring break. this is something wholly different. >> police in miami beach have seized 37 guns in just the last few days. the initial curfew will be in effect from midnight to 6:00 a.m. on thursday, friday, and saturday and will likely continue next weekend. los angeles a person of interest in a wild hit and run captured on camera. the viral video shows a black tesla launching 50 feet into the air before crashing into parked cars. police offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to a tiktok user claiming to be behind the wheel. can you believe what you just saw on your screen? guys? >> steve: that looks like another one of those incidents we showed one yesterday who

people who do stupid stuff with cars and take pictures of it. >> ainsley: recover froms get so close to those cars. >> steve: that looked like a movie. actually movie. >> brian: dom delo would he see and burt reynolds smoky and the bandit and i remember jackie gleason was a brilliant sheriff in that. >> steve: all right. 6:26 here in the east. >> brian: not brilliant. played the role. he adapted to many roles. now to the border where shows appear mexican cartel aiming a rifle at the texas patrol chopper. >> ainsley: gun battle between cartel. >> steve: that isn't any ordinary rifle is it todd? >> todd: you thought that video was wild take a look at this. suspected mexican cartel member appears to aim his ak-47 to steve's point at patrol helicopter listen to that reaction. >> units. the red suv, i think it's in

between you guys they have an ak-47 they just pointed at us. >> todd: i don't know if i would be that calm if i had an ak-47 pointed at me. that helicopter texas department of public safety monitoring a deadly gun fight involving cartel members. five were killed by mexico's military outside of a expected cartel compound. four others arrested. mexican authorities recovering several rifles and a red car from that scene. meantime near laredo border patrol agents finding more than 100 i will real immigrants packed inside an 18-wheeler. this all happening as white house press secretary jen psaki announcing the u.s. could drop title 42 introduced at the start of the covid pandemic. >> there are discussions about any ways we could be helpful and welcoming refugees. it's done by a decision would be made by the cdc and then would be implemented when that is done and it will be done at some point, of course, with the interagency including the

department of homeland security. >> by way of reminder every 60 days the cdc reevaluates title 42 to decide whether or not refugees should be sent out of the country due to the pandemic. back to you. >> steve: all right. thank you very much, todd. >> brian: 20 minutes now after the hour. coming up straight ahead china claims to be for peace but it's escalating three islands what does it fails to condemn russia for waging war on ukraine. (johnny cash) ♪ i've traveled every road in this here land! ♪

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>> brian: china is fully militarizing three of the islands they made in the south china sea. the move coming as communist country leaders fail to condemn russia's war in ukraine. it never occurred to them. >> why can't you condemn this as an invasion? um-huh, well, let's don't be naive. condemnation. >> it sounds naive to say that's not an invasion. >> it doesn't solve the problem. >> brian: don't be naive. we are not naive that's a scary part. they think we are. former commander of the u.s. naval europe and africa admiral. great to see you. what was your reaction to that response? >> well, what i think we have in the form of the ambassador is another one of the wolf warriors, brian used to be i met

the previous ambassador he haded indicated here in the united states at johns hopkins he was a diplomat. these guys are not. both the foreign minister and chin gong have carried a message after the two hour meeting between president biden and president xi to try to resolve the crisis and you just said what he said don't be naive. >> brian: we know as the ally of russia you could stop this in a second as soon as you don't back stop and buy their oil, continued supply whatever they need, this would be over in a moment. they have the leverage obviously know that didn't like to be challenged for that and didn't see much diplomatic skills. china is happy we are not focusing here as we take a look at map. you point out three islands here. what's significant about these and what china did? >> this has been going on for a long time, brian, this is like the boiling frog scenario in the south china sea and pointed out starkly by my good friend admiral chris as these islands

nothing more than rocks have been filled with sand and concrete and turned into something akin to a stationary aircraft carrier that allows china to project power outside the first and second island chain. so you can see an airstrip there they are well-defended. and if there was ever a conflict in the south china sea, it would give them a logistics hub and ability to move their forces forward against whatever is coming back at them. >> brian: the fifth or seventh fleet we have here that continues to patrol an international waters, correct? where are we allowed to go that is not china territory? we are allowed to go through here? >> absolutely. i mean you saw that p 3 fly over airspace the other day, and they were warned by the chinese but this is international airspace. these are international waters. the chinese have this artificial claim of something they call the 9 dash line. it's largest prefecture in china

but the smallest amount of land. they have declared under domestic law that they own it. these are contested areas by other countries south korea, japan, vietnam the philippines. they talking scarborough hole is. these islands don't just belong to china. they have simply taken them. >> brian: all right. so they always think long term. they are looking to defend. they are under the assumption we are going to attack or is it all about taiwan to make sure they are blocked any type of defense? >> well, i think this is part of a broader strategy that allows china to project power and become a global power and also to threaten taiwan. you know, you have heard that china one china policy which we observe is to assimilate taiwan by 2049. but the previous commander of the indo-pacific said that he expected that to happen within the next six years by 2027.

and so that could be a peaceful reunification or violent like the ukraine. which is why i think xi jinping is reluck toont i have the size putin. >> brian: we have to flood that country with the arms necessary to defend themselves. i think we are learning something from ukraine i hope. i hope we do just that thanks, admiral, appreciate it. >> you are welcome, brian. thanks for letting me to be on the show. >> brian: no problem, our privilege. still ahead on this show press secretary john kirby will join us live this hour. first, republican lawmakers raise concerns about judge ketanji brown jackson during day one of confirmation hearing. leo terrell on her pledge to be end next. are fire! slider sunday! i want that. everything's better between king's hawaiian bread.

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>> i'm going to quote you, the transformative power of progressive education end quote. these are deeply concerning. >> judge jackson handed down a lenient sentence that was below what the federal guidelines recommended. >> ainsley: g.o.p. senators pressing judge ketanji brown jackson of her record as day one of hearings gets off to heated start. pledging to be independent day two starts at 9:00 a.m. fox news contributor leo terrell here to react. good morning leo. >> good morning how are you. >> we heard 22 senators yesterday tell her exactly what they're looking for in the next supreme court justice nominee. josh hawley said not interested in playing gotcha. we are interested in hearing your answers. ted cruz said no one is looking at your teen dating record or if you like beer what can we expect today today is a tough day when they get to ask the questions

and hear her answers. >> you are going to get a lot of ducking and dodging. clear about judge jackson. on paper, ainsley she is qualified. she is dangerous because she is a political operative for the far left. the republicans have legitimate right to challenge her on her judicial opinion. opinions like soft on crime and her refusal, ainsley, to answer the question about court-packing. because basically, she is basically a left wing justice. we know that when she made thaty disingenuous statement. no one believes that finally, ainsley, her race and gender should not be a shield to ask hard questions. she should answer the questions that are put forward to her today at the hearing. ey: do you think they will be soft on her because of that and because she is a woman? >> let me think about that, yes. let me be clear theare hypocrit. let me mention a black female

jurist who they filibustered janice roger brown if anyone in this country honestly believes if this woman or justice is going to be independent. they are being naive. you have to be a liberal black female to get nominated by joe biden and the progressive left because they will not nominate or support conservative minorities. everyone knows that. >> ainsley: conservatives were mainly concerned, we heard a lot about, she has been positive or she has supported the 1619 project. they say she has been soft on crime when you look at her record, especially child sexual abuse which is concerning to everybody. she delivered a 13-minute speech in her opening remarks and she said she is going to be neutral. listen to this. >> i have been a judge for nearly a decade now. and i take that responsibility and my duty to be independent they seriously. i decide cases from a neutral posture. >> bottom line is, leo, they are

exchanging a democrat for another democrat. i think there is some concern from especially conservatives does she actually mean that? will she be neutral. >> let me be very clear, i want to be very concise, no, she will not, ainsley. you look at her record. she is soft on crime. democratic cities have been tormented by criminals. there are soft prosecutors in democratic cities. ainsley, we do not need a soft on crime supreme court justice. she is a danger if you believe in the rule of law. it's a victory for criminal defendants. if this woman gets elected as or confirmed as a supreme court justice. >> ainsley: leo, always good to see you. thanks for coming on thoroughly. >> thank you, ainsley glad -- >> ainsley: thank you. hand it over to carley for more headlines. >> carley: i certainly do. a 9-year-old girl is sucker punched in new york city in a random attack over the weekend. assault happening in a violent

weekend leaving three dead and 29 shot. there is a 383% increase from 2021. the new nypd gun unit has already made 31 arrest in its first six days of existence. search crews in southern china find nothing survivors or the flight recorders after monday's boeing 737 crash with 132 people on board. that's according to chinese state media. video circulating on social media show the plane taking a terrifying nose dive and crashing the mountains near the city of wuzhou the plane plummeted from 30,000 feet in the air. china airlines says an investigation into the cause of the crash is underway. we have all heard of inflation but what about lunchflation. payment company square finding huge price increases in popular lunch items since last march the average price of a wrap is up

18%. sandwiches up 14%. salads up 11% and burgers rising 8%. so it looks like a lot of people are going to be bringing their lunch to work, ainsley but even that is expensive. >> ainsley: burgers, that's meat. i would think that would be one of the higher ones. >> carley: good thing burgers are less than inflationary things than salads because we all like burgers more. >> ainsley: we do cheeseburgers. over to janice we have a fox news weather alert one person dead and several others injured after multiple tornadoes janice has been telling us about tore through parts of texas including that wild scene right there at a walmart. >> oh my god, a car. [bleep] run, run, run. run. run. >> also a gym at a school in jack borough, texas, tore through pieces by the storm. in addition to serious storm damage, thousands are without power. check back in with senior

meteorologist janice dean for our fox weather forecast. january anything, you were right. >> janice: unfortunately, another day of ahead of severe weather and this one could be worse in terms of tornadoes. we had reports of 20 tornadoes yesterday across texas. we still have that risk for eastern texas. severe thunderstorm worn storm for the eastern area up towards louisiana. a lot of lightning with these systems and the potential for in effect 8 a.m. centrality time watches and warnings throughout the day today. know what to do if there is a watch or warning in your area. there is your future track. not only tornadoes risk but very strong winds, hail and heavy rainfall that severe thunderstorm threat again if significant for portions of louisiana and mississippi. it's not often that you see that pink hatched area. and that's where we could see the potential for tornadoes ef 2 or higher. so that's a big concern for lake charles, new orleans, up towards starkville. this area needs to be on alert throughout the day today. we will keep you up to date fox

where.com for latest forecast details and watches and warnings as they come in. ainsley, back to you. >> ainsley: thank you so much, janice. coming up as the price of products as our wheat and gas prices all kinds of things. they are soaring. the people who make it cannot cash in. two farmers are joining us live with the reason why there may be a serious shortage very soon. om so you only pay for what you need. isn't that right limu? limu? sorry, one sec. doug blows a whistle. [a vulture squawks.] oh boy. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty♪

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>> steve: earlier this hour ukraine's president zelenskyy addressing the ukrainian parliament about the impact of the invasion on his country's food and wheat supply to the world. >> the fuel depots are being destroyed. we don't know if we will be able to export when are ports are blocked. our corn, they plant oil, wheat, and many other goods, all the needed goods including for your neighbors. >> steve: meanwhile the rest of the world feeling the price, too as the price the of wheat surged about 30% in the last month. hitting highs they haven't seen in decades. unfortunately u.s. farmers for them higher wheat prices does not mean a bigger profit.

here to explain guests joining us from kansas. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> go hawks. >> steve: jayhawks. >> there is a blizzard out there. >> steve: there is indeed. vance, when you saw these wheat prices you probably never seen these prices so high they are so high. >> one other time back in 2008 wheat actually got up to $12 a bushel. we were approaching that here a couple of weeks ago and then all of a sudden the buyers, you know, we have a lot of mills out here in kansas. they got spooked by high prices and just quit buying. and so, you know, the market dropped easily $2 a bushel. right now we are at 10.50. one of the good questions here is you know, while we can't even sell wheat right now bausbyers aren't buying.

ultimately, you know, there is a very, very strong probability that these wheat prices are going to roar right on past $12 and who knows how high they are going to go. >> steve: louise, because the prices are so high the buyers are reluctant they have to make it up the futures market works that way. >> right. right. >> steve: a lot of people are going you know what? you have got that big john deere tractor right there and plow, why don't you plant more wheat? people don't realize you planted the wheat you are going to harvest in 90 days last fall. >> right. right. this is winter wheat and you plant it in the fall. that's why those mennonite, those german mennonites that came from ukraine and that part of the world brought their turkey red wheat here because they could plant it in the same time frame. you plant it in the fall and have investments in it all the way up until june.

>> steve: vance, let me ask you real quickly last question. are people watching this going to wind up paying more for bread and things like that because ever the shortage? >> without a doubt. there is no way around it. this is going to add significantly to the inflation problems that we have got right now. there is no way around it. >> steve: all right. louise just went to get the phone because somebody just called you are on television. >> steve: vance and louise, thank you very much. for joining us from my own state of kansas. >> all right. >> go hawkeyes. >> steve: go jayhawks. >> steve: love that couple. straight ahead. pentagon press secretary john kirby joins us live coming up on "fox & friends." ♪

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what's to come. >> this adorable little girl who was singing frozen from a bunker ♪ ♪ >> she just sang her country's national anthem in poland at a charity concert. ♪ >> brian: we begin with a fox news alert. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy addressing parliament. >> steve: mike tobin joins us on the ground with the very latest from lviv. mr. tobin, we heard the president say just about 45 minutes ago, mariupol completely destroyed. >> it's a shame. the bombardment of mariupol is still, with all that destruction, unrelenting. and the russian forces have to

show for it few gains on the ground as they continue to try to pound the civilians into that town. frankly into submission. to say hit them with artillery until their will is finally broken. mariupol has been under siege for two weeks. sergei who holds the title of people's deputy says the buses hauling civilians to safety yesterday were fired upon and two children were struck. so today the buses to haul civilians out are only going as far as the town at enter dance which is 50 miles though have to get there first. russians increase the pressure to take this port city. meantime president zelenskyy also spoke with the pope and then he addressed italian parliament. >> unfortunately, there is daily air alert in kyiv, there are

rockets, -- in suburban areas there are different groups of russian troops that are killing and raping and stealing kids. >> and a follow up to that missile strike on a shopping mall north of kyiv, prosecutor general says 8 people were killed in that strike. the russian defense ministry now says that mall was hit because ukraine was parking military vehicles underneath that mall in a parking garage not incidentally confirmed. here we are almost a month into it and russian forces control few population centers. steve, ainsley and brian? >> steve: mike, real quick question for you, mariupol pretty much destroyed as he said. but what about the fate of the 400 people who were in that art school and the thousand people who were in the bomb shelter at that theater? their fate is unclear, right? because nobody can go rescue them because the shelling just

continues. >> right the even the contact that we are talking with are looking at dispatches from the city of mariupol. what they are say something they can't get in because there is fighting in the area. not only that they say the rescuers have been fired upon. and a lot of the rescue equipment has been broken during the siege of mariupol. >> steve: all right. mike tobin. >> ainsley: there was a heart-warming moment, i believe it was over the weekend but we are just getting video of it that 7-year-old little girl amelia, you remember her, she was in the bomb shelter in ukraine and she sang the frozen song let it go. everyone said bravo, bravo. wonderful feeling knowing what they're going through knowing that heart warming moment. she again performed in poland. she ended up leaving ukraine, getting out of ukraine with her grandmother. went to poland, and she sang the national anthem at an event, a huge event. it looked like in a big auditorium or a big coliseum, a stadium. and she was trying to raise money. they raised a lot of money. they raised more than 650,000 in

one night. she took to the stage and she sang and she was wearing a traditional ukrainian dress. and she sang their national anthem. listen to this. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> steve: so precious. she is now a refugee there in poland. she is there in poland with her grandmother and her brother. and her mother and father are still in ukraine. so you have got to figure while she is singing that song of her national anthem, she is thinking about the parents. >> brian: there is about 10 million displaced. 1.8 million alone are believed to be in poland.

i don't know how many more she can take. poland can take. we know the president of the united states not only going to brussels going to poland. look at the war right now russia is sitting on the outside and they are haphazardly bombing buildings where they get mass casualties. no doubt about it this is war crimes every single day, multiple times a day. and you are looking at kherson this was the first town they took. they take the city and the people won't even accept their presence. do you imagine this? they take a small town, they can't take any others. they can't control the one town they take. this is utter disaster for vladimir putin. who is being bled dry not only by sanctions but by a military that looks totally inept and unprepared by intelligence officers two of which just got arrested. the new kgb two officers who evidently are supposed to pay off key ukrainian officials to turn over cities to them. the money disappeared or they just pocketed them and said we don't like russia anyway. we are not going to do it. right now russia is having a

problem within their own borders. we saw yesterday state run newspaper published actual casualty reports that many think are accurate. that talks about over 10,000 dead. and while close to 20,000 wounded. some of which these soldiers are shooting themselves to get out of the line of fire. and so far they sit on the outside. they put. awesome devastation into these cities. they know they are not going to take the capital. they can't surround the capital. they shell in the outside. guess what is happening? spring. which means the heavy armament, the tanks and the people movers have to stay on the roads if the roads are still together because they will sink and get caught in the mud. this is perilous but fascinating time. because you have a chance to break the back of this military and perhaps the putin regime but how much longer county ukrainians last in some cities

without food, without water and not getting quick enough the drones and armament needed to take out the russians when they are confronted. >> president zelenskyy said late yesterday he would wave any nato manipulate in exchange for whatn exchange for what he has been asking for all along. troop withdrawal and guarantee. he is open to discussing the status of crimea which russia seized in 2014 and eastern donbas of the break away republic region but that is a topic for another time. another topic regarding, you know, pressure on vladimir putin, his own people are starting to freak out. because there are some videos, you probably seen them online where russian shoppers are scrambling. they are hoarding food because they are afraid of what is coming next. videos of russians fighting over the last bags of sugar in a grocery store. there is rationing going on. there is one video that shows a guy who this five bags of sugar

somebody else said hey come on you can't have five bags of sugar. left him in the kisser. it's a mess there. page 6 is in our "new york post." and it says that apparently friends of putin's mistress in switzerland, they are saying to her can you go to moscow and talk to him? he won't listen to nibble, persuade him to end the war. he won't listen to anybody. maybe he will listen to you. it sounds like there is a chance she might be thrown out of switzerland. >> ainsley: there are so many wonderful os and i love the positive stories that are coming out of this mess. out of this horrible situation. save our allies helped rescue fox news correspondent benjamin hall who was injured in ukraine. and i listened to the interview. she was on with dana yesterday, the lady who started this organization. if you want to help it's save our allies.org. and they send experienced individuals to go in. in the middle of that fighting, to pull out americans or to pull

out the innocent victims. and they put their own lives at risk. i talked to a lady in west palm beach. she decided to go over to ukraine. because she wanted to help. and wanted to visit the orphanages and get food and supplies. another lady down in florida said they found a flight and they packed the plane with medical supplies. and i heard millions of meals were being sent over there another lady got my number and she emailed me, text messages me about. she has collected all of these items from all of her friends and she was saying do you know anybody that can get these items over there. so i have connected her with many so of these people. americans are just pouring out their hearts and opening up their wallets and giving so much. it just warms our hearts. >> brian: we got to find a way to get water and food to these cities and drop them from drones or whatever because they are starving. meanwhile, the other major story is the role china has. they could ease easily say.

you could see the anger and lack of preparedness to actually deal with the actual issues for pretending by saying that they have no influence over russia. so, when you look at what china is happy about, they are happy focused on ukraine and not on them. meanwhile, every day that goes by, the islands that they created about 10 years ago have become more and more militarize militarized. former commanders of naval forces for europe on china, he was on with us. and he talked about this build up, this boiling frog theory that they have to slowly take over the south china sea. we will not let them do it. but he pointed out how close they are to executing their plan. watch. >> i think this is part of a broader strategy that allows china to project power and become a global power. and also to threaten taiwan. you know, you have heard that

china's one china policy which we observed is to assimilate taiwan by 2049. the previous commander of the indo-pacific said he expected that to happen within the next six years by 2027. and so that could be a peaceful reunification or violent like the ukraine. which is why i think xi jinping is reluctant to criticize putin for the war crimes and crisis that he has created in ukraine. >> steve: coming up in about 15 minutes john kirby the pentagon press secretary is going to be joining us right here on "fox & friends." >> ainsley: real quickly before we change topics. mike tobin mentioned that zelenskyy. >> the president of ukraine sat down or talked at least to the pope. he tweeted out. talked to the pope told his holiness about the situation and blocking of by russian troops. the roll of the holy sea would be appreciated. thanked him for prayers for ukraine and for peace. >> steve: can't hurt. >> brian: 12 minutes now after the hour every time you see kamala harris speak you wonder

can things get worse? the answer continues to be yes. seems totally out of her depth on every other issue. especially when she has to ad-lib or talk from the heart or extemporaneously about the issues she should have thoroughly digested of this on the heels of news she lost her 10th staffer who thought there has got to be something better for me to do. >> ainsley: 10th staffer quit. she was the national secretary advisor you see on the screen all the people who quit the little more than a year since she became our vice president. this lady's name is nancy mikhail downey and replaced by her deputy. said she had to i step down to focus on pressing personal matters. >> steve: we don't nope what that is. >> with the latest harris staff shakeup there have been well publicized stories in the "the washington post" and politico about how hard she is to work for. brian, you alluded, to you know, what is she talking about. this particular woman who just left who is going to be replaced

by her deputy. she was the woman who went with her as her national security adviser when she was down in centrality america. and she was talking to lester holt and she is saying, you know, we have been to the border. and lester holt said you haven't been to the border and she said inexplicably well i haven't been to europe either. it's not uncommon for a staff member to leave after the first year. but, given the fact that there are so many and she has gotten so much bad publicity and one of the things that is not helping her is when she actually says things that people start scratching their head over. here she is yesterday in sun set, louisiana, talking about the significance of the passage of time. see if you can follow this logic. >> the governor and i, and we were all doing a tour of the library here, and, um, talking about the significance of the passage of time. right? the significance of the passage of time.

so when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time in terms of what we need to do so lay these wires, what we need to do to create these jobs, and there is such great significance to the passage of time when we think about a day in the life of our children. >> steve: somebody should come up with a drinking game where every time she says passage of time you take a shot. i think there were four or five passages of time during that short passage of time. >> ainsley: we reminds me of we will circle back on. that was. >> steve: there is a lot of circling back. >> brian: evidently a book coming out that talks about the vice president and the president, especially their offers. one thing they talk about is how unorganized it is, not unlike her senate office there was high expectations when she was appointed senator and then won election and then evidently she was never organized. not got herself together with a message and she has brought that magic to the vice president's

office. >> ainsley: maybe she needs a teleprompter. no knows how that will go. >> steve: we do know apunishmently the number one website she is looking at is indeed. quarter after the top of the hour and carley joins us with terrible news out of pennsylvania. >> carley: tragic news. two pennsylvania state troopers killed by a car in a highway near philadelphia brandon and marvin were helping a male pedestrians struck by a woman driving an suv. the podesta also killed in the crash. police are investigating and saying it is, quote, dui related. new labor statistics in new york city show the big apple unemployment rate is among the worth in the country standing at 7.6%. covid cases may be down but many workers and international tourists are steering clear because of a major strike in crime. mayor eric adams is asking business leaders to prioritize getting workers back to the

office to stimulate the city's economy not just new york cityible suffering. desperate to attract families to the public school system. listen to this, 120,000 students and families have left the last five years. many calling it quits over the big apple's strict covid restrictions enclosures, the 200 million federal punsding to make up for some of those. golf star will not play in the masters for the first time in 28 years comments he made from break away pro-golf league backed by saudi arabia. the pga champion called the idea once in a lifetime opportunity to change the landscape of the sport. mychalson has not been out of the green for a pro-event since his support for the league was

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back pain, and fatigue. >> steve: a dozen democratic congress members sent a letter to president biden warning they could vote no on biden's plans to reenter the iran nuclear deal dealing the president a symbolic defeat. the house members asking several questions about the new

agreement including the administration plans to remove the terrorist division of the irgc the revolutionary guard and lift sanctions. new jersey congressman and a guy who lives in my town and democrat as well, he is my congressman josh gottheimer spearheaded that letter and he joins us now. good morning to you. >> good morning. thanks for having me, steve. >> steve: you know, i can't get into joe biden's head why he thinks this is a good idea. but let's get into your head. why do you think it's a bad idea? >> i think as you just said in your introduction, my biggest concern is giving billions and billions of dollars and allowing the iranians to suddenly sell all this oil and have money to fund terror. whether that's through the irgc or through all their proxies that we know they fund whether that's hezbollah, hamas palestinian jihad all forces in the region that have shown time and time again that they want to

kill americans, they want to attack our base. they want to attack our allies. the idea that we would suddenly unleash all these resources and remove sanctions on a clear terrorist sympathizing country makes zero sense to me. >> steve: in addition to the dozen democrats we have on the big wall in our studio country of israel says hey, united states, you can't do this. this is crazy. >> i mean, there is a -- one of the biggest concerns is the impact this would have on the region of suddenly and one of the -- what have you seen publicly reported is potentially removing the division of a foreign terrorist organization from the irgc saying they are no longer considered a terrorist organization and all of the sanctions that go along with that can you imagine the impact that would have on the region, the destablizing impact of course on our key u.s. ally israel which is critical in the fight against terror and democracy in the region but also other partners in the region

what would uae think. key to stability in the region and suddenly giving all these resources to the iranians proven time and timing again truth on every single inspection we have seen them try to avoid inspections to lie to inspectors, so my concerns are ones proven by fact over the years and it's why many of us were concerned about the original iran deal back in 2015 and remain concerned because the proof year after year is that the iranians are not to be trusted. >> steve: absolutely. as we look at them fire off some of their rockets in a symbolic show of force. you know, once upon a time, the breakout time, the time it would take iran to have the materials to build a bomb was north of a year. now they are down to three months. as we have seen with vladimir putin, mr. scott heimer, over the last month, you know, he has

got nukes and he is essentially holding the world hostage. can you imagine if iran had nukes. trust them? what would possibly go wrong? >> listen, i remain deeply concerned and obviously the administration does as well. which is why they are at the table pushing to keep iran from getting nukes. and i share that concern and i think we need to make sure we do everything humanly possible to stop them. my concern is that this approach that we are going down will not resolve the issue. and in fact, you know, you have to as you said you have to trust the iranians would actually stop production. i any we need to use every means to stop them but the idea as you pointed out and russia has proven that. having a nuclear iran would be devastating to the region. we have to stop them. this, to me is not the right approach. >> steve: if you and the other 11 democrats that we detailed a moment ago voted against the president. it would hand him a gigantic

loss during a midterm election year. and that would not be good for him and that into the be good for your party. is everybody 100 percent saying nope, we can't vote for this? we will vote against that if you do it, mr. president? >> are well, i don't think we should look at it that way. i think when this comes to the united states, the key is as americans we need to focus on what's best for our country. i mean, obviously, we are seeing democrats and republicans come together and the ukraine right now in supporting zelenskyy. the allies come together. and nato. i think the president has done a phenomenal job leading in my opinion on getting the backs of ukrainian people. that said, you know, we need to actually do what's best for the country on all these fronts and on this one i just don't think it's the right decision. i think democrats and republicans will have concerns and we should express the concerns. and hopefully it will get resolved. the reason we are speaking out early and working with the administration is to express what we are concerned about to

make sure we don't go down a path like we are moving the division as iran as a foreign terrorist organization or removing sanctions that are key to holding iran accountable. the economic sanctions have been critical in crippling iran over the years. and the irgc. i think we need to continue that these are -- these countries have proven time and time again they are interested in funding one thing, terrorist against the united states, either directly or through their proxies, they have shown it time and again. they recently launched an attack again. they claimed it wasn't aimed at our embassy and our consulate in the region. that's just once again not true. that they have just -- they have proven to us that they are not a trustworthy partner here. so we shouldn't assume they will be if we give them more. i guess that's our concern and i think we need to express it early. >> steve: i think the white house just heard you loud and clear. josh gottheimer from the great state of new jersey. sir, thank you for joining us today. >> i hope to get to see you soon buy you a cup of coffee.

>> steve: see you at the market basket that's where everybody in our time meets up. russia says relations with the united states are at a breaking point after president biden said this about vladimir putin. >> he is a war criminal. >> okay. that's pretty clear. pentagon press secretary john kirby said there is clear evidence of war crimes in ukraine and mr. kirby is going to join us live coming up next.

>> carley: we are back with your headlines starting with this new surveillance imagery a man suspected of abduct ago nevada teen lurking in a walmart parking lot before driving off in her car. naomi was last seen on

march 112th while waiting for a company shuttle to take her to her job. her car was later found abandoned. officials are part of the search effort for that 18-year-old. footage from a doorbell camera catching a gun battle and car crash in milwaukee over the weekend. the camera capturing the sound of gunfire followed by a head on collision. four people were taken to the hospital with injuries from the crash. the milwaukee police arrested 17 people, including a 15-year-old boy. restaurant workers rush to the rescue after an suv crashes into a pond right outside their business. no serious injuries were reported and employees in orange county florida say the family vehicle calmed their rattled nerve by having lunch at their eatery. teachers in the sunshine state can look forward to a pay raise. florida governor ron desantis is adding $800 million to the state's new budget to increase the salary for educators. the minimum salary for teachers

will now be around $47,000. the measure will also give veteran teachers a bump in pay. those are your headline guys, over to you. >> steve: all right. thank you very much. >> you are very welcome. >> steve: we have a fox news alert for you right now. the kremlin is warning the united states that branding branding vladmere putin criminag point war crimes in the invasion of ukraine. >> brian: pentagon press secretary john kirby joins us now. mr. secretary, great to see you. thanks for joining us. about that moment john sullivan relays that to president biden that they're at the breaking point, what would that do to relations already ready to rupture anyway and russian is leading the iranian talks now would that effect that. >> we obviously still want to pursue a nuclear deal with iran and the united states is very much involved in that discussion, brian. it's not like it's being led by

russia. the united states. >> brian: you are no the in the same room, admiral. >> i will tell you that brian. >> brian: brian you are not in the same room? >> i'm actually not at the negotiating table. >> brian: america is not in the room negotiating. >> we are involved in these talks. we want to see a deal. we think that's the best outcome here. >> brian: you are not in a room. >> iran not to pursue nuclear weapons. look, brian, russia is the aggressor here. and i think we have seen here at the pentagon we certainly have seen clear evidence that russian military is conducting war crimes. we think it's important for the investigative process to continue. we are going to contribute to that. but, obviously relations with russia are not at a premium nor should they be given the unprovoked and illegal aggression that russia has put on the people of ukraine. >> ainsley: mr. secretary, why are we still investigating? why are we collecting evidence still because by definition it says -- by definition you are a war criminal if you are intentionally killing civilians. >> there are still active

investigative processes going on at the international level and the state department is leading the legal review in the united states. the united states as well as so many other nations, ainsley are documenting what we can so that we can help these investigative process come to the conclusion about what russia is doing. but, look, we have been honest. i said it yesterday from the podium, we see that the russians are clearly -- there is clear evidence that their military, their forces are conducting war crimes. we are not shying away from that you can see it for yourself in just the video footage that you guys show every day. >> ainsley: what happens when the investigation is wrapped up. >> i don't want to get ahead the process but clearly consequence gos are that on the international scale. what needs to happen now, ainsley this war needs to end. mr. putin also had diplomatic options. he didn't have to do this. can he take those didn't i can options now. sit down with the ukrainians in good faith and negotiate a settlement. get his troops out of there and start respecting ukrainian sovereignty that can happen today if mr. putin wished it to. >> steve: obviously, john, he doesn't want to. you know, the president

yesterday admitted that apparently our intel thoughs that the have used one of those hypersonic missiles. i also heard the president say essentially and i think he was alluding to the migs deal where we're not going to facilitate that migs deal brokering with poland because the president said that the ukrainians have all the military equipment they need. is that what the pentagon thinks? >> why are working very, very hard and the president is right to give them the capability that they need, that they know how to use, they are trained on in the fight. and you are seeing it every day, steve. in fact, the president just signed on another 800 million. we are working really hard to get that into their hands. i can tell you there are shipments arriving literally every day that the united states is helped coordinating. here is the other thing people are forgetting. we have been helping train that military for the last 8 years, since 2014. the united states, the u.k., canada, other allies putting troops on the ground to help

them with their battlefield competence. you are seeing that competence pay off now. it's not just the stuff although that's important. s it's the capabilities that they have. capabilities that so many other western nations helped them get. >> brian: admiral we are watching arrest in 150 cities. protests in 150 cities in moscow. briefly we saw moscow put up what we seen were accurate casualty numbers of over 10,000 on their national press and that was quickly taken down. we saw the arrests of two intelligence officers because they didn't effectively pay off ukrainian officials. and then we see the hypersonic missile being used. some military experts says that shows an act of desperation because that's not conducive to that war environment. i ask you from what the intelligence you can share, is there a panic in no, sir cow? is there a sense that their cupboards are becoming bare. >> there are a couple of things there, brian. we know and again i'm going to be careful here.

we know they are frustrated by their lack of progress. >> steve: who is they? >> the russians, mr. putin. the kremlin. russian military leaders we know they are frustrated by lack of progress. they did not expect the ukrainians to fight back this hard. they thought it would be easier to walk into kyiv and take over the capital city. here we are day 27 they haven't taken kyiv or kharkiv or cher n.i.v. or mariupol although the fighting is very, bloody there we know they are frustrated. why did they use a minor sonic missile? difficult to know. maybe they were trying to send a message negotiating at the table or send a message to us or maybe because we know they are having trouble with some of their inventory with precision guided munitions. they are running low on food. they are running low on fuel. the morale of their forces is in the tank. their leaders are frustrated in terms of their ability to communicate with one another. their commands and control on

the battle feeding is clearly weakened and all the while ukrainians are getting stronger and more effective on the field. >> ainsley: the president says they are using those missiles because it's the only thing they can get through. what if vladimir putin does escalate this to the next weapon and uses chemical weapons. i assume you have a contingency plan. what would that be? >> nobody wants to see that kind of rhetoric coming out of vladimir putin is biological call and chemical weapons and all of that is unhelpful and not the way a responsible power would communicate. i don't want to get into hypotheticals, ainsley, but the president has been very clear that there would be consequences. there would be -- there would be consequences from the international community from the united states should vladimir putin decide to use weapons of mass destruction. >> ainsley: lindsey graham said that would be an opportunity for a no-fly zone. he said that would be an opportunity for nato to get involved. because, if he used chemical weapons, then that would travel throughout europe and it would be -- there would be, you know, deadly consequences possibly to

these nato regions. >> look, the senator is right. the use of weapons of mass destruction would certainly have the potential to broaden this war. the president has been very clear. we are not going to put u.s. troops in ukraine to fight. we are not going to put u.s. pilots in the air over ukraine. we can all understand no-fly zone is essentially combat. talking about combat between the united states and russia. that dramatically escalates the war here. now you got two nuclear powers facing off that gets to the expansion that senator graham was talking about. no one wants to see it go that way. focused on one make sure ukraine can defend itself as bravely and creatively as they have been and we are shipment are arriving every day. and shored up nato's eastern flank. that's one of the reasons the president is going to brussels this week to make sure they know how committed we are to defending every inch of nato territory about. a month or so ago, ainsley, we had about 80,000 u.s. troops on europe on rotation or permanent deployment orders. now we have got about 100,000.

and we are not taking off the table the possibility of sending more troops should it be necessary to shore up that eastern flank. secretary austin was just in slovakia and bulgaria a few days ago. >> steve: sure, you know, john, admiral kirby going back to the frustration you say the russians have that they weren't able to take kyiv want first two days they have moved on to something else indiscriminate bombing in the east. what does their plan b look like right now i know you analyzed troop movements and you have got intel. what is their plan b that they're executing right now. >> it's very difficult to know, steve. i wish we had a good answer to that question. we are not in their brains. we don't know exactly what their plans are. what we are seeing is because they have been frustrated on the ground and they have, you are absolutely right. resorted to more indiscriminate bombardment. cruise missiles, artillery, surrounding cities they haven't been able to take on the ground and bombarding them.

you are seeing the video footage the same as we are. we know that's the tactic they are trying to force the surrender of ukrainians in these cities. that's not working the ukrainians are the counter attacking in places like kyiv and mykolaiv in the south. that appears to be what they are trying to do. whether they are trying to negotiate -- i'm sorry not negotiate. whether they are trying to gain leverage at the negotiating in terms of these attacks that could be one outcome it could be the sign of a prelude of even more violent attacks here inside these population centers. we are not exactly clear what their end game is now. it's just that we know that the end game they started with 27 days ago, they have been frustrated that they have not been able to achieve. >> brian: odesa was shelled yesterday. we were wondering when they were going to move warships in. if they are moving up and trying to get through mykolaiv and unable to get through, thankfully, then there would be a clear path to odesa, strategically, what did you think the shelling yesterday of

those beaches meant? >> we are not exactly sure. we have seen increased activity in the northern black sea. they have a dozen or so ships they are maneuvering south of odesa. some surface combat tans and some amphibious. it could be prelude to a move on odesa. could be a way to shore up a ground assault mykolaiv down to odesa we think is possible. could take a left turn out of mykolaiv but haven't been get through it. it could be, just could be, brian, a chance to sort of pin down the ukrainians in the south there so that those ukrainians are tied up trying to defend odesa and not able to come a to the north and to assist the defensive places like kharkiv and kyiv. so it could be a fake just to try to hold the ukrainians down. we are seeing a similar sort of tactic in the east, brian one of the reasons want mariupol cut

off the east of ukraine. keep ukrainian forced fixed there in joint forced operations area so they can't move to the west to help their comrades in defending kyiv. again, we are not exactly clear. but we certainly have seen more increased naval activity in the northern black sea. >> ainsley: when it comes to the migs, didn't the former soviet union send migs, send fighter jets over to our enemies in the korean war and in vietnam and why did president biden veto the migs? >> well, again, we didn't veto anything in terms of the migs, ainsley. i think this is a miss conception out there. if a sovereign nation that has mig aircraft for instance like poland or any other wants to give those aircraft to u.k., that's certainly a decision we would expect much respect. the united states would not try to veto that or stand in the way of that what we are focused on is giving them the kinds of capabilities we know they are using most effectively. again the defendant sent another $800 million out there the migs would be transferred to our

custody and we would provide them to ukraine. if another nation wants to do that they absolutely can i would tell you by and large the kinds of air defenses the ukrainians are using and using to great effect are actually not the fixed wing aircraft it's the air defense systems both the short range, the shoulder-launched man pads if you will and the longer range sort of the old soviet systems the s 300s that you are talking about that they know how to use. that's what we're doing is working with allies and partners who have access to those systems to see if they would be willing to provide them. even willing to talk to these allies and partners about backfill options, for instance, if there is something the united states could provide to help offset if they were to lose a system like that and provide to ukraine. >> steve: thank you for coming back on the show today. thank you as well for your -- the department of defense and the pentagon in assisting getting our man ben gentleman minute hall out of ukraine. >> ainsley: thank you. god bless you for that. >> well, our thoughts and prayers go to mr. hall and all the people at fox and of course

mr. hall's family. we were very glad to be able to help get him the care that he needs and we look forward to seeing him come home to his family where he belongs. again it was the right thing to do and we were pleased to be able to help. >> brian: administration you didn't help a little, you head a lot. >> thanks, brian. again, we, unfortunately, as i think y'all know, we are all too familiar with these kinds you have injuries. and we built up an expertise on how to treat the kinds of injuries that mr. hall had. so, again, it was our honor to be able to help and, again, we just want to see him get home safe and sound and get back to his family and we applaud the work that he, other fox journalists as well as all journalists are doing even today on the ground in ukraine. it's really important that you they're to tell these stories and to make sure the american people understand how bravely the ukrainians are fighting for their country and what we are doing to help them it's a dangerous place but that's usually where you find the best journalists. >> brian: no american troops to

protect them. so it's stuff. admiral, thank you so much. >> steve: back to work. >> ainsley: pray for our leaders including you. he served our country. still serving our country. >> steve: he is. >> ainsley: just over an hour the supreme court nominee judge judge ketanji brown jackson will face questions after senators laid groundwork for tough grilling on capitol hill. >> your public comments about and i'm going to quote you the transformative power of progressive education, end quote. these are deeply concerning. >> in every case in each of these seven, judge jackson handed down a lenient sentence that was below what the federal guidelines recommended. >> ainsley: but, could her potentially historic confirmation be tainted by president biden's vow to only consider a black woman for the high court? yale law school graduate and author of the upcoming book nation of victims vivek ramaswamy is here to weigh in. good morning to you vivek.

>> good morning, ainsley. >> ainsley: good morning. is it discrimination if you say you are only going to choose someone because of their gender or their race? >> absolutely. i think that nobody should be selected for a job in this country especially a leadership position on the basis of their race and gender. i think it's a disservice to our country. i think it's a disservice to the institution of the court. most of all, i think it's a disservice to judge jackson herself who has actually said in the past that she would not rule differently as a function of the fact that she is a black woman. but that actually defies president biden's justification for having to choose a black woman for the high court. look, it's my prediction she is going to be confirmed. be confirmed with bipartisan support from what i know about her, i actually quite like her. i think there is a lot to like about her personally. i think this is president biden's error because he has cast a paul on this entire process by making that declaration up front. and even it's a funny declaration to make about our court, actually. if you look at the supreme court of the nine seats, three of them

are women today. one of them is an hispanic woman. there is black man on the court but now there has to also be a black woman. and this is the problem with intersectionality because pretty soon we will hear calls for lgbtq candidate, a transgender multiracial candidate. and i'm not even kidding when i say this. i bet you that is going to soon become one of the justifications for expanding and packing the court. and so it's that kind of politicization and racialization of something that we should view through a race neutral lens that actually creates the problem. my problem was with president biden, not with judge jackson. >> ainsley: you might be right about that. what if a republican president made these same promises? >> look, i think that people -- you could look at the different different reception that ointd got in the initial stages of her nomination rather than judge jackson. and you can see how the race enters the politics here, actually. jonathan turley wrote a piece that ultimately questioned some of judge jackson's judicial philosophy and that's exactly what we should be talking about in the confirmation of any

justice. yet, that was actually dismissed and even yelled off the stage being called a racist dog whistle. so this is a way of actually using race as a way of deterring healthy debated about questions surrounding judicial philosophy which is exactly the kind of thing that we should be talking about. so i think there is a big difference in a symmetry standard that's part of the standard that joe biden had in the first place. >> ainsley: ted cruz says you won't hear him ask questions about the type of beer or the party he she went to in high school. we look forward to watching at 9:00. vivek, thank you for coming on. >> thank you. >> ainsley: just last week our russian team hit by fire while news gathering at the outskirts of kyiv killing two of our colleagues pierre and sasha. correspondent benjamin hall survived the attack and currently seeferg treatment in germany. his journey there would not have happened at all if not for the

polish and ukrainian secretary. lloyd austin and the dodd as a hall and the group save our allies. they were there to extract ben from behind enemy lines in ukraine to get him to safety. sarah joins us now. she is head of that group. sarah, thanks so much for doing what you did. can you tell me how save our allies came to be. >> brian, good morning. it's always great to be on with you. thank you. save our allies was stood up following the attack of the taliban marching across afghanistan. taking over. and we came together to say we are going to keep the moral obligation that our own government is failing to our allies and we were able to extract more than 17,000 americans and other vulnerable citizens and populations from afghanistan. and so when we saw what what is happening with ukraine. we felt that same call to be part of doing something good. each if our own government would not. >> brian: there is almost no troop presence there. none, zero. had you to get in and get out. you needed some professionals. how did you put it together?

>> sir, when we formed save our allies, it was myself and i am the caregiver and wife of a catastrophically wounded veteran. and i was able to pull together just the a team, including dear friends who founded save our allies with me who have extensive experience in the special operations and intelligence community that they were able to do this effort to extract ben that would take -- take conventional groups months of planning to do they were able to do with that with speed precision and safety. >> brian: managed to get him out of a ukraine and into a hospital. steve harrigan said it took him 40 hours to drive out of the country without giving away how you did it, what could you tell us about what took place? >> i would tell you, brian, that we have people that are trained in five continents in precision extraction behind enemy lines. we have the world's best field trauma surgeons, all of whom are volunteering with save our

allies to provide this difference. to do operations like the one that we executed last week for ben. these are men that are saying send me. they are formed after isaiah 6-8 here i am lord, send me. go out of the way to protect and preserve human life. >> brian: sarah, did you the impossible too got coordination from our government and not put them down very hard to do small things when they really honed for bill of information big things. how did you get their attention that you are legitimate organization and you could in fact get this done? >> well, brian, as you know, i'm also the ceo of the independence fund. we have been partnering with fox for 10 years, along with many other great partners. we have credibility and decades of collective experience in the ngo and nonprofit space to show that we are the real deal we are going to bring in the right subject matter experts to get the job done now with save our allies. other countries, especially our ukrainian and polish allies and friends are willing to step forward and do the impossible to

extract ben and get him to a place of safety and stabilization thanks to our team and an incredible multinational effort. >> brian: sarah, what did they tell you about ben's condition? >> ben was gravely injured. my thoughts and prayers are with his family. of course, i'm well-read into ben's condition as a wife and partner of a catastrophically injured veteran. i have been in touch with ben's wife. they have three little girls. he has a road ahead of him he and i had his family are fighters. >> brian: go to save our allies.org. thank you sarah, appreciate it? >> thank you. >> brian: definitely take action. we'll be right back. you're watching "fox & friends." . i'm gonna let it shine. help special olympic athletes shine. grab a jersey mike's sub on march 30th.

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launched a hypersonic missile. >> we should be careful what's about to come. >> here we are day 27. they haven't taken mariupol. >> president zelensky addressing members of the italian parliament. >> brian: it is 2:00 in the afternoon in ukraine. where the president has within the last hour called for more sanctions saying everything must be done to bring peace with country. president zelensky delivering that message to the italian parliament earlier this morning. you saw it here on "fox and friends" as russian missiles continue to rain down on civilian areas of his country. >> unfortunately, there's daily alert in kyiv.

the rockets in the suburban area. >> ainsley: the italian prime minster saying his country must offer military aid to ukraine. >> brian: mike is following the developments in lviv. >> reporter: we have confirmation that ukrainian force have taken back the little suburb of irpin. you saw the evacuations taking place. due west of the capital city of kyiv. it really speaks to the inability of the russian forces to advance south and to take up positions on the west side of the capital city. what russian forces have succeeded in doing to the south of the country is turn the town of mariupol into a wasteland. buses were hauling civilians to safety were fired on yesterday

going from the town of mariupol. we have one politician in the south of the country reports that children on the evacuation buses were shot. today the buses only going to the next town. estimation of civilian casualties for mariupol are in the hundreds. there was too much bloodshed and chaos to get totals. >> russia is committing real act of genocide against ukrainian in mariupol. for three week, 400,000 citizens have been surrounded. without food, water, life. >> reporter: president zelensky spoke to pope francis and tweeted, told his holiness about the difficulty humanitarian situation and the blocking of refuge corridors by russian troops. zelenskyy suggested that the holy sea can get involved and

mediate. >> brian: mike, from the best you know, i know we're not military experts, can missile defense systems, could they help protect these cities from the rocket attacks they are experiencing now? >> reporter: it really depends what kind of rocket attacks you're talking about. one thing i can tell you, ukrainian certainly want them. they sort of transitioned from asking to kose the sky and force no-fly zone. they're asking for more air defense. at this point, the ukrainians want all the help they can get. if you can shoot some of the armaments out of the sky. >> steve: the pentagon says that the russians flew 300sordis.

they really amped up the air game in the last 24 hours. >> reporter: it's interesting too. lot of the russian sordis and bombing missions are flown over belarus and flown over russia. if you talking about dog fight they wouldn't be engaged in dog fight. we do know that the ukrainian migs are taken to the air. >> ainsley: mike, thank you so much for joining us. to your point, brian, you said that he's really reaching out to everyone. he talked to the italian penalty, -- parliament you saw that video. italian responded saying we will send in military aid. he's also speaking to the japanese parliament later today as well. he's speaking to the the lower

level, which is more important more powerful chamber. he's going to address them for about 10 minutes. >> brian: they got a huge problem with russia and the islands. they're not on friendly terms nor friendly terms with china. it's very interesting, we trying to get a handle on vladimir putin. it's of his choice. they had to reign in ukraine. they will never be a threat. they want him in his influence. you have to wonder if he's starting to feel the pressure. as i mentioned with the arrest of two intelligence agents, killing of five generals. to see they haven't taken a single major city and they are sitting on the outskirts shelling cities trying to kill as many as civilians and seniors as possible.

john kirby was with us earlier and talked about how that hypersonic missile plays into his erratic behavior. >> we see that russians are clearly, it's clear evidence their forces are conducting war crimes. we're not shying away from that. we know they are frustrated by their lack of progress. they did not expect the ukrainians to fight back this hard. they thought it will be a lot easier to walk in and take the capital city. this rhetoric coming out of vladimir putin with respect of biological chemical weapons and all of that is dangerous. it's not a way responsible power would communicate. mr. putin always had diplomatic options. he didn't have to do this. he can take those options now. sit down with the ukrainians and negotiate and start respecting ukrainian sovereignty. that can happen today. >> steve: mr. putin doesn't wish to happen. joe biden said yesterday that

mr. putin using hypersonic missile because that's only thing that can get through. he said it's reason they are using it. he said cyber and chemicals could be next. the question, though, lot of people have it, they are mystified why the russian hackers, their ransomware is famous. why they haven't been hack into us? yesterday at the white house from the podium, they were talking about u.s. company need to beef up their security because we're worried about the russian hackers hitting the united states in response to the sanctions. as the president said yesterday, mr. putin is growing erratic and at the same time, we told you the story yesterday that according to ukrainian intel officials, mr. putin is apparently being targeted by russian elites who hate that the sanctions that are costing them

billions of dollars. they have a plan to poison putin and put somebody else in. >> ainsley: putin, during the invasion, he had two russian spies that were in charge of going in pressing ukraine. go figure it out. because he expected the ukrainians to welcome the russians in and because they dropped the ball, he has put them on house arrest now. >> brian: they pulled out. they pulled out the brooms. we still control this place. we'll clean it up the best we can. now it's mykolaiv is right before odesa. they haven't lost it yet. you can see them out there sweeping up. okay, look at this. where do you start? they say we're going to start. that's ukrainian attitude. that's part of the attitude i think america and most of the world is in awe of.

that's part of the reason fox oned to do a special on who is volodymyr zelensky. what he knows about moscow, what he knows about the holocaust. what he know about his country is going through now, when he got the job. i think you'll like this look that's now on fox nation, which i think we will expand and make a special for sunday. here's a clip. >> it's been really inspiring to ukrainians to see their president taking the same risks they are taking. also, inspiring to see him optimistic that they will prevail in this war. >> ukrainians didn't just need an inspirational leader, they needed a statesman who can rally the world as well. >> he stepped out of the role of a comedian into the role of a world leader and into the role

of a major shaper of history. >> brian: check that out on fox nation right now. there will be a special this weekend, sunday. at 10:00. >> ainsley: now we have "who is zelenskyy." >> brian: people want to know more. when things like that happen, you want to know. he's one of the most fascinating characters to emerge. over the last 40 years, can you imagine paying that role in a sitcom and saying, i think i'll run for office. he does and wins. he's like, i thought i tell you later. wait a minute, you mean a tv star becomes president? stave he did tell his wife on the escalator. >> steve: let's come in the western hemisphere let's talk about our southern border. alarming new video appears to

show a mexican cartel member aiming an assault weapon. >> ainsley: todd is here with the latest. >> reporter: this is some video. suspected mexican cartel member appears to aim his ak47 at a patrol helicopter. listen to their reaction. >> the red suv, i think it's in between you guys. they have an ak47. they pointed it at us. >> reporter: the helicopter from the texas department of public safety was monitoring a deadly gun fight. officials say fiver killed by mexico's military. four others were arrested. that red car you saw there from the scene, near the -- this all

happening as white house press secretary jen psaki announced the u.s. can drop title 42 which was introduced at the start of the covid pandemic. >> there are discussions about any ways we can be helpful and welcoming refugees. it's done by a decision would be made by the cdc and it will be implemented when that is done. it will be done at some point, of course. with the interagency including the department of homeland security. >> reporter: cdc reevaluates whether or not refugees should be sent out of the country. >> steve: the pilot started to maneuver away. >> brian: you hear the calmness in his voice? >> ainsley: we heard you on the

rollercoaster. >> steve: to that side to that side. >> we'll start with headlines and fox weather alert. multiple tornadoes tearing through parts of texas including this wild scene outside a wal-mart. watch this. >> run! >> a school in texas devastated by the storm. the gymnasium torn to pieces. at least one person was killed and several injured north of dallas. in addition to serious storm damage to homes and businesses, thousands are without power. a string of shootings during spring break in miami beach prompting the state mayor to declare state of emergency and pose a curfew. five people were shot over the weekend despite a massive police presence on the streets of south beach. police in miami beach have seized 37 guns in the last few

days. the initial curfew will be in effect from midnight to 6:00 a.m. on thursday, friday and saturday. we'll likely continue next weekend as well. arnold schwarzenegger made a comment in a viral video. it's gaining traction in the country. watch this. >> my father arrived, he was all pumped up from it lies of his government. when he left, he was broken. physically and mentally. i don't want you to be broken. >> schwarzenegger asked russian not to believe what the kremlin is telling them about the invasion. little ukrainian girl who sang let it go from frozen is reprizing her moving cover raising money for charity in poland. listen to her sing the ukrainian national anthem.

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super chargers there morning, because it's hard to get one. both availability and cost first to cost. we'll price it out for you. the average vehicle in january cost about $46,000. but the average ev that was closer to $63,000. getting them is the problem. the new cadillac lira was introduced yesterday. they make it in tennessee. it cost about 60 grand. res vases are of -- reservations are sold out. ev sales had been going up even before the gas price crunch, 148,000 sold in q4 of last year. that's a 4.5% market share. that's the largest it's been. tesla controls most of that market about 72%. they are now 25 models of evs available. every time get into whether they are cheaper or not to fill up than a gas-powered car, people

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if not, stick with the old gas power. >> ainsley: jeff, two or three days, don't drive for two or three days, that plays in our next story. thank you, so much. that's interesting. international energy group has a solution. stop the global pain at the pump. the iea10 point plan to cut oil use includes tips to reduce speed limit, work from home may be three days a week and even car-free sundays. our next guest calls this a version to the 1970s that will not work. here to explain is copenhagen president and huber institute and author. i was reading these last night. they also suggest using high speed trains instead of planes. people won't like that. it will take longer to see your

relatives. what is your naught when you --t is your thought when you heard this don't drive at all on sunday? >> it sounds like we're going back to the '70s. it wasn't good idea the first time around. it's not a good idea this time. if we want to get rid of russian fossil fuels. that's a good idea. then clearly, there will be a problem with supply. it's weird that would say, then we have to reduce our demand. we have to make people poor. we have to make them less satisfied. that's not the right way. we should look to make supply bigger. we should have more fracking, we should make sure we get more oil to the market so people can do the things they find productive and they like. like getting to their relatives in time. the idea here is to say, what we should really be focusing on is expanding supply in the short run that's fracking. we should look at other energy

sources like fourth generation nuclear and longer run, we should look to develop new cheaper green energy. >> ainsley: you're right. why don't we share some of our oil that's produced here with our allies in other countries so they are not dependent on other countries like russia. >> we would like that very much here in europe. the important point is not really the oil it's more the gas. they are deciding to talk about, may be you should turn down your thermostat. it's the '70s mindset that we solve this. that's not the long-term solution. it may be a short-term solution. but the reality is, we should be focusing on getting more. we should get the supply up. not the demand down. >> ainsley: you're right. bjorn, thank you. good to see you. coming up, you heard of

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i think right now, look at this economy. who is it hurting? they are hurting people like myself and the brown community. i think the democratic party forgotten about that. >> brian: i haven't seen lot of outreach with senator loeffler and purdue. the theory was to maximize the vote in the white area. they haven't gone in the urban areas. have you? >> i have been going in the urban areas. that's where i live. i am from georgia. i was born from georgia. i have family in georgia. that's one of the things i learned on my listening sessions, lot of my tour through georgia. there's a lot of candidates never went into the areas, thet didn't think they could win the areas. i represent all the people. not just if you a republican or democrat. i represent everyone. i want to hear what everyone got to say. >> brian: what are you hearing? that's -- that's one of the best things to spend time listening. what have you picked up?

>> what i'm hearing, lot of the people have lost confidence in our elected officials. right now, they feel that our elected officials is putting us second. that mean putting georgia second and putting this country second. we're good people. we work hard. we do the right thing. right now, we gave our energy independence up. i think that will affect so much. they know that. they know that but yet they're not doing anything to change it. >> brian: with this war in ukraine, where do you stand on this? are we doing the right thing? are we doing enough? >> it's hard to say whether you're doing enough? what is enough? people are dying now. you have a guy that's totally committing war crimes but yet it continues to happen. people are running for their lives. up see brave patriots that are defending themselves, they are defending their country. they want the liberty and freedom that we have in this

country here. we want to change the way we live here and this is the greatest country in the world. we got to continue to fight and continue to have those liberties and freedoms we have here we're the greatest country in the world. >> brian: zelenskyy seems to be pointing that out too from his bunker when he addressed congress. herschel, you're off to a great start. congratulations. i look forward to talking to you again soon. >> thank you so much. continue to tell people to go to teamherschel.com. i'm going to win this seat and get this country back on track. >> brian: thank you very much. herschel, great to see you. >> steve: this morning, op ed in the "new york times" warning parents to pay attention as education takes center stage in the republican midterm agenda. they're going to capitalize.

>> ainsley: the op ed arguing for 30 years. polls show that americans trusted democrats over republicans to strengthen our schools. within the past year, however, republicans have closed the gap. voters who feel looked down on elite are finding common cause and alliance that could not only cause democrats midterm election but fundamentally realign u.s. politics. >> brian: will cain join us now. lot of people underplaying education. that was for the off year election. do you think it will be a midterm election, big deal? >> i think it's going to be a big deal for elections here into the foreseeable future. not just midterm. for presidential elections as well acknowledging the limits that the federal government has over our local education. although, they willed quite bit of per -- persuasion.

look what's going on. school board meeting, education is one of the main things they want to discuss. i have school-aged children and i have elementary aged children. everybody is concerned about whether or not their children are being taught what is in their correct estimation, a racist ideology. whether or not they are having racism forced down their throat. whether or not journaled ideology, sexual ideology is forced down the throats of kindergarteners through third graders. there are certain things in politics you should never mess with. top of the list has to be people's children. don't mess with my kids. if you do, you don't just lose me for an election, you lose me for all elections. >> brian: it's interesting you mention, that's the one topic that so many parents want to talk about. my kid out of school. i talked to my next door neighbor about half an hour about our middle school. in the midterm, what we saw last year in virginia was essentially the democrats were the party of

the union. it seem like the republicans were the party of the parents. that's why the "new york times" says, hey, pay attention to this. >> yeah, advising their reads to not take education for granted despite decades of support. we shouldn't overlook that same party has embraced an ideology that punished our children unnecessarily unscientifically when it came to covid. i have children that had their sports canceled for the better part of two years. there in new york city, they have been forced mask until very recently. they are the last holdouts on who had to mask. not the children. the children have been punished. there's one more element to this, there was an idea that spanned both democratic and republican party. that was that the way to succeed this country was through education. education's job was to give you the tools through call --

calculus or history. to become more productive, more wealthy and more grounded member of society. the democratic party moved education from the tools of merit to the tools of social activism. they're not trying to create citizenry who is ready to go out in society and create that next great company. they trying to create children who ready to take to the streets and change the fundamental nature what they see as a flawed country. parents don't want that. parents want children to have the tools to succeed. not the tools to change elections. >> ainsley: we saw in virginia when glenn youngkin won in america is waking up. momma bears and papa bears saying don't mess with my baby bear. that's the most important thing in my life. what do you expect for the

midterms? >> i think not solely but primarily or at least heavily because of the issue we're discussing, republicans are going to have historic victories during the midterms. it's going to be covid policy. it's going to be war and immigration. yes it will be education as well. find me an issue now where republicans won't be winning over democrats? >> brian: i imagine lot of five hour "fox and friends" weekends. i know you love that. >> i think that was one hour weekend. >> steve: thank you very much. meanwhile, a live look at the u.s. supreme court as judge ketanji brown jackson will face questions across the street on her judicial record. west virginia senator shellie moore just met with the judge. she's going to join us next.

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>> ainsley: president biden will visit poland later this week where more than two million refugees have fled ukraine. >> brian: our next guest where she got firsthand look at the humanitarian crises on the ground.

>> steve: western senator shelley moore capito join us now. it's one thing to see it on television. it's something else to see it in person. what was it like? two million people have streamed over the border from ukraine into poland. >> well, it's powerful. it's heart breaking. many of the 1500 refugees that were in the shelter that we saw were in the processing center where mothers and children, young children. we met a young mother from ukraine. she talked about her 6 and 8-year-old and how the constant air raid sirens were frightening them so much. she left her husband and her home. it is already powerful to see. 6000 meals served in that one facility every single day. it's got to stop. >> ainsley: what about the children? did you see any orphans? it breaks our heart when we talk about that. we heard some stories about little girls, little boys losing

both parents. >> sure, i'm sure there were orphans in the building. there were lot of children there. there were volunteers there in rooms letting the kids dress up and do make-believe. that was very refreshing to see. then you go to the next room and everybody getting on a train or bus to go somewhere else away from their loved one. it's very impactful. very sad. i tell you what, the polish people have stepped up like nobody's business. they're coming to these processing centers and saying, i have an extra bedroom. i can take a family of three or four, please, let us help. >> brian: what about the fact in the president is going there after brussels and his decision not to go into kyiv. do you believe he should do that? those three prime minsters did from the eastern european countries? >> i think obviously, the president safety is most important for all of us and the world. i think they have to make those security decisions. i can tell you that we met with

some ukrainians who were frustrated. we were meeting two miles inside the border in poland. they're like come to ukraine, come to lviv. i think probably, honestly, in this situation is probably best for the president to remain in poland. i know that our nato neighbors are very concerned about the safety along the border. >> steve: in the meantime, about six minutes from now, there on capitol hill, judge ketanji brown jackson will face questions from senators. i know there have been -- as we like at the high court across the street -- i know there have been a number of republican senators who have questions about her past. watch this. >> i'm also interested as others have mentioned in your opinion why pro-abortion, dark money

groups like demand justice and anti-religious groups are pour millions of dollars in support of your nomination. >> your public comments, about, i will quote you the transformative power of progressive education. these are deeply concerning. >> every case, each of these seven, judge jackson handed on a lenient sentence below what was recommended. >> steve: it was a chance for the senators to make statements. today she was in the chair and will be asked questions. what are your concerns about this nomination? >> i share the concerns of my colleagues, certainly. my great concern where is she on overreach of the presidential powers. we see an administration that is reaching into every aspect, making laws all of the time.

it goes to the courts in many instances. this is very important in the environmental space and other spaces. that's the big question to me. i think also her philosophy on education, her philosophy on packing the court. she didn't get specific with that when she was meeting with me. i think that's a legitimate question to be asking her. how did she base her sentencing decision? we should be asking. today and tomorrow, we will get a much fuller picture of her and her opinions, per past opinions and hopefully, what her opinions are in terms of the issues of the day. >> ainsley: after meeting with her, do you think you will vote yes for confirmation? >> i pledged to be open minded. i want a respectful process after we saw happened to judge kavanaugh and judge aim my coney barrett. i will be making that vote based on that. >> brian: thank you so much.

appreciate it. keep it tuned to fox news channel. our continuing coverage of her nomination is going to start just in 10 seconds. this morning, we've got dana perino and tray gallagher in the big studio upstairs. they're going to take over right now. >> judge ketanji brown jackson on capitol hill for a second day of her confirmation hearing. lawmakers >> dana: trace gallagher is here. >> trace: good morning. i'm trace gallagher. this is "america's newsroom." each member of the judiciary committee will get 30 minutes to question judge jackson after yesterday's opening statements, democrats defended jackson's criminal justice record while republicans vowed to keep the

process civil. >> dana: despite largely uncivil hearings for brett cavanaugh and amy coney barrett. character assassinations, here is what senator lindsey graham told judge jackson yesterday. >> it will be challenging for you, informative for the public and respectful by us. i hope we can do meet those criteria. it won't be a circus. we're off to a good start. most of us go back to our offices and couldn't help but getting spit on with judge cavanaugh. >> good morning. this may be the only time president biden has an opportunity to put someone on the u.s. supreme court to make his mark in history. yesterday judge ketanji brown jackson greeted senators with an opening statement.

>> i have been a judge for nearly a decade now and i take that responsibility and my duty to be independent very seriously. i decide cases from a neutral posture. i evaluate the facts and i interpret and apply the laws to the facts of the case before me without fear or favor, consistent with my judicial oath. >> the judge has been non-controversial for the most part. senator josh hawley accused her of going soft on sex offenders that prey on children. >> what concerns me, and i've been very candid about this, in every case, in each of these seven, judge jackson handed down a lenient sentence that was below what the federal guidelines recommended and below what prosecutors requested. so i think there is a lot to talk about there. >> the white house defending

its nominee arguing hawley is misleading the public but taking the court out of context. she repeated testimony from someone else and he says it is her quote. hawley praised her experience and said he looks forward to questioning her today. also important to note many questions about her time as a public defender and for her to get on the bench this time where she was now at the court of appeals three republicans, murcowski, collins and graham all voted in favor. we'll see what they do this time. >> trace: david spunt live at the justice department. >> dana: two fox news contributors. andy mccarthy and constitutional law attorney jonathan turley. we have gone through this a few times together. one of the things i was thinking about is how different some of these hearings are when it is a democratic nominee versus a republican nominee. you posted a column in usa today saying ketanji brow