we have had correspondents on the border documenting the thousands coming across with no consequence fres the administration. >> dana: president biden is giving a news conference this afternoon. i'll help covering the news conference and analyze everything he says coming outs of that. >> trace: we'll watch you as well. "the faulkner focus" starts right now. >> harris: president biden in europe today for an emergency nato summit on russia's invasion of ukraine and today we enter the second month of russian dictator vladimir putin and his army of terrorists destroying cities and murdering ukrainian citizens and now officially the white house is accusing putin of war crimes. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". no one could have known how mighty the ukrainian forces and civilians would fight back. they have now destroy a russian

warship in the black sea off the coast of mariupol and the pentagon says russian forces are taking defensive measures. they have lost as much as 20% of the enormous ground movement. but key cities like mariupol and kharkiv the second largest in the country remain under constant siege and bombardment. ukraine president zelenskyy urging world leaders and nato to stand for freedom. >> we are bright people and we have been defending all these values for a month now. a month of heroic resistance. a month of the darkest suffering and the world is waiting and ukraine is very much waiting. waiting for real actions, real security guarantees from those whose word is trustworthy and whose actions can truly keep the peace. all offers are on the table.

our needs are on the table, we need peace immediately. the answers are up to you. >> harris: peter doocy following the president in brussels, belgium. general jack keane standing by with reaction. we'll begin in ukraine. our journalist mike tobin in lviv. >> it was more than one russian ship hit in the port. initial reports came in that 310 long foot ship was hit by ukrainian ballistic missile. we now have reports that ship, which hauled and off loaded armor sank at the dock. another ship was hit and on fire and two other ships were damaged and pulled out of port. this could prove to be a significant counter strike since the russians claimed control of the port.

it had become an important fly hub. ukraine has been fighting back northwest of kyiv. the video is from a town claiming they took back a cluster of villages northwest of the capital. the pentagon says russian forces are no longer advancing. they had to fall back or digging in to defensive positions. >> the russian forces advanced somewhere between 20 and 30 kilometers to the east of kyiv the ukrainians pushed them 40 to 50 kilometers away. in the north of kyiv. >> northeast of kyiv there is a town in bad shape where american james hill was killed. no power or heat. the bridge connecting this town to aid convoys is blown up and the mayor is now rationing water. mariupol is an ongoing humanitarian disaster. refugee buses are fired upon.

most housing is destroyed. 9300 dead but acknowledged the figure will be low, the figure will be much higher when the dead are finally counted. russian forces are making progress in mariupol at a terrible, terrible cost. ukrainian forces are hanging on. harris, back to you. >> harris: thank you for starting us with the news. we're closely watching the developments that are coming out of today's emergency summit at nato headquarters in brussels, belgium. they have met and there is some to listen for if there are sideline talks ahead of the president's news conference at 3:00 p.m. eastern today. nato has tried, as you know, to walk a line between helping ukraine a bit without provoking direct conflict possibly nuclear, with putin. in america republican lawmakers are accusing president biden of slow walking critical wartime

aid for ukraine and its military. >> name one weapons system we've given the ukrainians they haven't used effectively. denying them the migs is irresponsible. the reason changes every week. admiral kirby who is a nice guy said that's after the poles. if you give them the migs it will lead to world war iii. this administration is incredibly slow, incredibly indecisive when it comes to ukraine. >> harris: peter doocy is live in brussels. bring us up to speed on all the things going on per the white house now. news is being made. >> yes, harris the first announcement of the day deals with the possibility that putin is not going to stop in ukraine. russia will continue into the alliances, the nato alliances eastern flank. nato will start sending troops to defend a couple of countries there. president biden is telling us

today's establishment of four new battle groups is a strong signal that we will collectively defend and protect every inch of nato territory. we're also expecting an announcement to measures help europe stop padding putin's pockets by purchasing his oil. "washington post" is reporting that will include surging liquid natural gas to europe and expecting the nato leaders gathered today to discuss china's role in aiding ukraine. so far it hasn't been with military equipment but nato officials are instead upset about chinese propaganda and cover for russia at the united nations as the u.s. prepares for possible russian retaliation by way of a cyberattack in the u.s. against critical infrastructure. >> obviously consult on potential contingencies. the possibility of cyberattacks by russia against the united

states or other allied partner countries. possibility of the use of chemical or biological weapons in ukraine. the possibility of escalation in the conflict in other ways. >> most of today's sessions are behind closed doors and the president has straight up ignored shouted questions at nato hq today so far. the press is going to have a chance to pick his brain to figure out exactly what happened today in about four hours. harris. >> harris: straight up ignoring questions. that would be consistent with what he does on u.s. soil most of the time. peter doocy, thank you. the "wall street journal" editorial board calling out nato in an op-ed. the headline ukraine can win with enough help. the public message out of thursday's meeting of nato leaders in brussels is sure to be heavy on unity and resolve in support of ukraine but the unfortunate reality is that the

democratic alliance confronting vladimir putin still isn't doing enough to insure the russians' defeat. a fox poll finds 63% of voters say they believe the united states should be doing more to help ukraine. that's a mix politically. 63% of anything is a lot. and there is strong bipartisan agreement on that issue as i'm mentioning. look at that. general jack keane is in "focus." retired four star general, fox news senior strategic analyst and chairman at the institute for the study of war. general, thank you for being in "focus" today. i want to begin with where or how we begin to lead rather than waiting to see what putin is going to do. chemical weapons are being talked about. cyber-warfare going on to fight as well. when do we -- how do we take charge at this point? what should next steps look

like? >> we've been talking about the same thing for weeks here that is you applaudable we give support to the ukrainians but we've been parsing are words. what are is mission here? the mission is to help the ukrainians defeat the russians and drive them out of the country and there really is an opportunity to do that. obviously the situation is stalemated at the strategic level and ukrainians are making tactical gains. let's get all in to help them do that. obviously the greatest deterrents from russia ever attacking a nato country is their defeat in ukraine. and biden administration for some reason doesn't even want to use the word we want to win. we want the ukrainians to win against the russians. and why do we keep wringing our hands almost daily about russians possible use of wmd,

chemical, biological, nuclear weapons and cyberattacks. let's stop talking about that. we should be making unequivocal strong statements. the united states and nato when it comes to wmd, harris, it is unacceptable, we will not let it stand, and we will take decisive action against you, and you will be responsible for expanding the war, not the united states and not nato. that's what is needed. i'm looking to see if it comes out of this nato g-7 meeting. i suspect it will not. >> harris: you just gave a red line. that's something we have not gotten from the biden administration and when you talk about the possibility, the threat of nuclear war, a new fox poll shows a large majority of voters are concerned about not only russia's invasion of ukraine, but also about the threat of both a conventional and nuclear war between the united states and russia. and today this from russia's

deputy ambassador on nukes. >> russia is provoked by nato or attacked by nato, i don't know. we are a nuclear power. it is not the right thing to set on russia and to try to interfere so when you are dealing with a nuclear power, of course you have to calculate all the possible outcomes of your behavior. >> harris: "the new york times" reporting that the white house is quietly assembling a team of national security officials to sketch out scenarios of what to do if russia unleashes its most powerful weapons like nukes, chemical or biological called team tiger. that team may have its work cut out for it, general. a stark warning this morning from nato's chief. we'll watch together. >> we see the rhetoric and we see that russia is trying to create some kind of pretext accusing ukraine and the united states of nato allies for

preparing to use chemical and biological weapons. >> harris: as you are talking, general. i will ask my team to pop up the polling again so people can see where americans are falling on this and how worried they are. is that worry legitimate at this point? >> well, look, you just heard the nato chief. the hand wringing again. no positive statement about where we stand on that. he is just hand wringing. and what the deputy from russia was doing there is trying to intimidate us. it is brinksmanship. trying to get inside our head. i think the fear inside this white house is palpable when it comes to nuclear weapons. but think through this issue just a little bit. we can have a conversation with the american people about it as well. not a lot of leadership in talking about it other than the hand wringing. i mean, if russia used nuclear weapons, the loss to them and the loss to europe and the

world at large is devastating. there is no advantage for them to do something like that. but listen, we didn't deter putin from invading because our policies were so weak. they showed up on the border 60 days after biden took the oath of office. and we delayed the shipment of arms that the trump team had scheduled for that period of time because we didn't want to provoke them. we have always been taking a step back and operating from a position of weakness. what i'm suggesting is the way to deter the use of those weapons is make certain that they know that we are going to hold them accountable and they absolutely will pay a price for it. that's what i'm seeking here. not the hand wringing that we keep seeing going on and you just saw it from the chief of nato, who i have a lot of respect for. >> harris: wow, what you said the fear is palpable in the white house.

if we see it, we know the enemy sees it, too. i want to get to this. this is where we are with russia right now according to pentagon spokesperson john kirby a bit ago on "america's newsroom." >> we have tried on numerous attempts to try to get in touch with russia. they have declined to take these calls. >> harris: they are not taking our calls, general. >> not surprising. given the performance of the russian military and they are back on their heels as opposed to knocking down one city after another, which was their intent, they are digging in outside the capital city which was the main effort. russia has gone to ground and they are preparing defensive positions against the ukrainians. who would have ever thought

that was possible a month ago? certainly not the russian generals and not most of us and why they aren't taking the call. they don't have much to say. >> harris: it has to be quick, general. if they use chemical weapons, then basically putin is saying he is willing to hurt his own people. there is no way to hit that urban area if that's his disastrous plan without killing some of his own troops. it would be horrible. what if that cloud reaches a nato nation? it could happen. >> well yeah, most definitely. listen, russian troops were in syria at air bases and spread out multiple bases when assad was using chemical weapons. i don't think the russians care one way or the other about anything like that. all they care about in this case is their military objectives and the political and strategic objectives and that's just the facts of it. if they really cared about their military they would --

that unit would be taking care of their dead and taking them off the battlefield and sustained logistically with food and water and supplies. they don't have systems and the moral compass even to take care of their own troops properly. they would be somewhat dismissive of the idea that russian troops could be hurt by the use of a chemical weapon. they don't have that kind of moral underpinning. >> harris: those are the facts that the russian citizens need to hear. he is blocking all of that right now. those people waiting for their soldiers to come home, those families of the military men and women in the russian force, that's the truth they need to hear. general jack keane, always great to have you, your expertise and your time. thank you. >> thank you, harris. >> harris: biden's border crisis could get a lot worse. the administration may scrap trump-era restrictions which expire at the end of the month and that could mean thousands

of additional illegal immigrants flooding into the united states across our border. remember, the dhs is asking agency-wide can you volunteer and help us out at the border? then there is this. >> we'll take in more than 100. a lot more deaths but what can we do? >> how much will that help? >> a short term band-aid that doesn't address the long-term issues. >> harris: i'm seeing this up close now. ground zero, california and the nation's gas prices. people are paying unbelievable prices at this point considering we could be producing oil. we could. democrats' answer, throw more taxpayer money at the problem. tammy bruce in "focus" next. homeownership more than veterans. with the newday zero down home purchase loan, you can buy a home with no down payment. and they're still holding rates in the 2s.

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>> you had the fed chair admit it is not about putin. going after energy made us weaker in the process around the world and added to inflation. the thing people don't quite understand oil doesn't just go into your car. it goes into your clothing, the purchase of your phone. i paid $6.59 a gallon to fill up our car. it is every single day the price goes up while the democrats are in power. >> harris: house minority leader kevin mccarthy on yesterday's "focus" as his state, california where i am on special assignment, california has become ground zero in the nation's gas crisis. gas prices here nearly $2 more than the national average of $4.23 a gallon. and even higher if you are in los angeles where the average tops $6. actually within like a few blocks of where we are at the

fox bureau, it's well above that. it's close to $7. the crisis, as the mid-term elections loom, has the absolute attention of democrats. california's governor has announced that some people in his state could get up for$800 in payments. he will pass out cash to offset the gas prices. >> that direct relief will address the issue that we all are struggling to address and that's the issue of gas prices. not only here in our state but across this country. >> harris: wow. you know that cash won't last forever and the policies aren't changing. i digress. tammy bruce, fox news contributor host of get tammy bruce on fox nation. great to see you today. your top line thoughts when you see the struggle. it seems mighty, among democrats to try to deal with the biden inflation and gas prices nightmare. >> right, i'm a native of los

angeles and i know where you are and i know what happens with gas prices and i look at gavin newsom and i think 150 years ago he would stand next to a snake oil cart next to the road touting the cures of what he is willing to sell. he is that kind of person. but this is the problem for californians. gavin newsom knows that this is a policy problem and this is very much like an abusive relationship. this is like a guy who punches in the face and breaks your nose and brings home a big screen color tv thinking that will make up the difference for the damage that they've done to your life. that happens over and over and over again. the reason they won't take the re-- reduce or eliminate the taxes for a period of time is then they'll want to put them back and that is bad for politics. so you've got this sending out these checks are very much like i'm your big daddy and i'm going to save you from the evil high gas prices which they

created. i'll remind everyone when it comes to california and pandemic relief this is reiff for accuse. there is over $100 billion that has now been lost or taken or stolen in california alone. $20 billion mostly in the extra unemployment benefits people were getting went to certain people on death row, harris, like scott peterson. it's fraud. if it is about cars being registered to you i can see everyone scrambling now who will have a couple of duds registered in their name. beyond that it means they have no intention of addressing the real problem and why this has happened. they want the problem to continue. leftists don't like this idea, harris. they want gas guzzlers to suffer. that's who the democrats are and all of this is pain and will not solve the problem any more than the $600 stimulus

check they sent out of the goodness of their heart during the pandemic. >> harris: wow. when you look at it, it is almost as though they don't want to understand places like oklahoma, texas, where you could frack and where you have so much oil respectively. it really is driven by politics and some governors on the right are dropping those gas taxes. i didn't hear gavin newsom say putin, though. he better get the notes from the white house. that's the latest blame game. republican congressman tony gonzalez of texas who i just mentioned tweeted images of illegal immigrants being released because of overcrowding at a detention facility. this is mind-boggling. he wrote this. it is the consequence of a broken immigration system and failed policies and the crisis could get even worse. the biden administration reportedly planning to lift covid-era restrictions title 42

which allow agents to bypass standard procedures and immediately deport most migrants. that is set to come to an end in april. that means they'll just stay here. preliminary border patrol data obtained by the "washington post" shows authorities are on pace to make more than 200,000 detentions along the mexico border in one month this month, the highest monthly total since august. this on top of the fact that dhs has been holding more than 15,000 immigrants illegally per day at border facilities far exceeding capacity and about to double last month's numbers. tammy, i want to feather in something else before you lay it out. when the department of homeland security says agency-wide we're looking for people who will work with us at the border, right? they didn't specify the percentage, if there is a high

percentage of people with military or law enforcement background. if you are sitting at your desk right now is that the person who is going to go? it is dangerous at the border. you need to know what you are doing. >> yes, there are many different roles clearly what they are indicating here, what they are signaling is that at every level, if it's somebody sitting at a desk, someone dealing with data, someone dealing with communications, someone dealing with health issues, someone dealing with law enforcement and security, it is clear that across the board it is completely depleted. i have to say for the left and the democrats this is not a broken system. this is what they want. this is why it will get worse. in 2021 at least 14 known associated terrorists on the terror watch list who had concrete relationships with terrorism were captured at the border and all those numbers you stated, harris, those are just the ones that we know of that were caught. we don't know about the volume that has gone beyond that and that should be the concern.

>> harris: wow. just put your mind around 200,000. that is unbelievable. and will we break in the process those border states? their economies are being affected by this, health systems are with covid at the border. it is odd. covid was not cured because the administration doesn't want to deal with the border crisis. it is really. i can't wait for you to come back. tammy bruce, thank you. critics at home and abroad are hitting president biden's handling on russia's war of ukraine. as he faces high stakes meetings with nato in europe today. then there is this. >> no one case can stand in for a judge's entire record. >> i'm discussing every one of the cases. if you aren't going to -- >> senator, please let her respond. >> not if she is not going to answer my question. >> if you are just going to get a speech. >> harris: it got chippy at the

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>> harris: a lot of pressure on president biden today to step up u.s. support of ukraine especially walking on the world stage with the g-7. the leaders at the summit in brussels. a new fox news poll finds 59% of americans disapprove of how biden has handled russia and a majority say they disagree with how he has overall responded to the invasion. an tony blinken is accusing russia of car crimes -- war crimes. credible reports of indiscriminate attacks targeting civilians as well as other atrocities. we're committed to pursuing

accountability using every tool available including criminal prosecutions. however, on this issue, some like senator lindsey graham are warning biden to tread lightly. >> i need the president of the united states to stop betting on putin winning. what i fear now is pressure on zelenskyy by biden, germany and others to end the war in a fashion that would make putin stronger. i know there is pressure being put on the ukrainians to do a peace deal that i think would be dishonorable and make putin stronger. i would like to end the war. the best way is to help the ukrainian people break the russian army. >> harris: pete hegseth. co-host of "fox & friends" weekend. admiral kirby, spokesperson from the pentagon on last hour said exactly the opposite of what senator graham just said. he said no, there is no pressure on zelenskyy to get -- if he gets to peace, he is negotiating on his own.

no pressure. you heard senator graham. >> of course there is pressure and increasing pressure from not just germany and but france leading the negotiations which have connections to the kremlin deeper than we do including energy needs. those poll numbers don't surprise me. the reason is this is the administration that brought to you hits like afghanistan, hits like what you covered in our southern border right now. sheer incompetence with the execution of things they are charged with doing or ideological perspective against our interests. wanting to do more to support zelenskyy and ukraine for folks like me who give a lot of credit to the ukrainians for what they are doing, i also don't want to see this administration leading the charge into a wider war as it relates because of their afwoilt actually conduct that. so i think containing putin to ukraine and giving zelenskyy what he needs without

escalating a wider war is a best case scenario. we failed from the outset and didn't deter the war. now showing putin that going no further is in his best interest is what we should be doing not based on his words or kowtowing to him. i agree with general keane and others but based on our interests. right now it is not allowing this war to widen and shouldn't tell zelenskyy to beg for a bad deal when he stared down the russian army in incredible ways and put putin in a very bad place. >> harris: the american government right now, our president is basically begging russia to do a deal with iran so he can get that. i want to get to this. we have some new images. interesting digging on some of the reporting out there from business insider and what it shows. if this is suspected to be vladimir putin's $700 million

yacht moored in italy. putin's people are suffering under sanctions and slaughtering ukrainian citizens. at least 15,000 people of his own citizens inside russia are in jails now. reports of torture and all sorts of things of people in custody for speaking out against the war. they have aboard this ship just to let you know, this yacht, dance floor that goes to a pool. marble and gold bathrooms and golden toilet paper holders and the party boat can take down drones and fire missiles. the reporting says that this actually has the capacity to hurt the surrounding community's economy in italy. people are denying that it is his boat there on the ground. there were russians boarded just a couple of days ago running it, the crew. now brits are aboard. there is a lot of intrigue about what is happening with

this yacht. one thing is for sure and you are russian and you look at how he rolls he could face something deeper at home in terms of pushback about the war in ukraine. >> putin will never see that thing against because of the outcome. russian dictators who don't win wars rarely keep their power. you have bigger problems than his mega yacht. this is authoritarianism and dictatorship and communism and socialism. the ruling elite enrich themselves on the backs of regular people and they go make those regular people, the peasants go fight wars in foreign lands because of their egos or ambitions of recapturing the past. the worst of human nature laid bare in vladimir putin. his ugly yacht is part of it. >> harris: i want to get back to the war for a second before i let you go. we're learning of some of the weaponry that's being used on the ground. they will try to collect war crimes. what stands out to you as war crimes evidence?

>> if you are blatantly targeting civilians, hospitals, schools, that's a predicate for pointing out war crimes. the complicating factor. if civilians are holding weapons and fighting at the russian army from apartment buildings and high rises or other buildings are those legitimate military targets? the kem -- kremlin will say they are. you have to prove they were civilians and willfully targeted and the people dropping bombs are told they're tanks. the generals and others making the targeting decisions to demoraleize and kill civilians. very complicated. there is no doubt there are war crimes being committed. the russians don't care. they want to bring ukraine to their needs. it won't work but it is how they fight. >> harris: remember the theater that had the words in russian children to let them know. there will be some receipts as i like to put it.

we'll get to breaking news with new video coming into us. thank you for being here. new from ukraine. russians are shelling sparking a fire at a warehouse on the outskirts of kyiv. they have stopped penetrating the capital city trying to flip the democracy what putin wants. they're on the outskirts and hunkered down but doesn't mean they will do damage everywhere they sit and stand. they are. emergency respond rs had to duck as more shells targeted the area and they were working to put out the fires and rescue anybody in the damage path. we'll continue to show you brand-new video, brand-new pictures as they come in this hour. and tensions at the white house caused a big drama from vice president in vogue over her outfit. that report is raising eyebrows and new questions. power panel next.

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>> we know we have a lot of work ahead to address the destruction and ciels is after crisis in our unified far left government whether the inflation christs, historic prices at the pump or national security crises with the war in ukraine or skyrocketing crime

crisis. the american people know they are looking for a different direction. they see the democrats doubling down on failed policies. house republicans are unified in providing an alternative agenda to help save our country. >> harris: did you hear that? identifying all the trouble points and they have ideas among republicans. they're fired up about the mid-term elections and see success ahead. a new fox poll shows they are in good spots by a slight margin more people would rather vote for the republican candidate in a race for congress than the democrat. plus 52% of republicans say they are extremely interested in the mid-term elections compared with 44% of democrats. majority of gop voters say the results of the election are extremely important. fewer democrats say the same. power panel now. david avella chairman of gopac. jason nichols from the university of -- great to see you. david, i will start with you.

what's happening do you think with such disparity between republican voters saying hey, we can't wait for november and democrats saying well, maybe not so much? >> harris, the shocking thing is you pointed out the one number democrats could be happy about. look a little bit deeper. in nevada three times as many democrats became republicans as republicans converted to democrats. in texas you had the democratic base, hispanic and independent voters who voted in the republican primary. probably the most concerning for democrats long-term is that the bernie sanders wing is unhappy and lacks the enthusiasm because president biden and congressional democrats haven't been progressive enough. you take all that together, the democrats are unhappy because they aren't being progressive enough. independents and hispanic voters voting republican and democrats converting to

republicans in higher numbers spells disaster for democrats and a good day for republicans. >> harris: jason, your quick response to that and i will come to you again. >> there is certainly an enthusiasm gap, customary for the party that holds the white house to feel a bit complacent. democrats i will agree with my colleague that democrats have been out messaged at every turn. their primary message has been to save democracy which i think is a laudable goal but not a message that resonates with a crowd that no longer sees trump every day on social media and they have done a really poor job in marketing their accomplishments like creating 6 million jobs or orchestrating the biggest drop in unemployment in a single year, reducing child poverty to its lowest rate on record. you know, improving our infrastructure. these are all things they should be selling to the american people and they've done a poor job of doing that. and that spells trouble. i will concede that.

>> harris: all right. i want to get to this. also a notable drop-off for support for democratic candidates among all groups who were polled. the largest drop-off was seen among black voters, down 13% from the 2018 mid-terms. what is turning black voters off, jason, in your opinion? >> well, again, i think, you know, right now i think after 2020 a lot of people said ding dong the witch is gone. and that witch was donald trump so they don't see him as much of a threat and again, i think some democratic black voters were disappointed by the biden administration's actions on voting rights. so there are a lot of things that i think have people either frustrated or feeling complacent which is kind of helping republicans. >> harris: that's interesting because the way i would wrap that up jason is broken promises, right?

they got infrasfruk tour, the white house, but they didn't get the police reforms that everybody was voting for or wanting to have because you can't defund the police. no matter what the messaging, you can't take that to law books. it doesn't work. david, what is your take on it? >> you are seeing the numbers because ultimately communities aren't safer, harris. you have progressive district attorneys who are not enforcing the law. they are putting out memos that say these are the laws we won't enforce. it is making communities unsafe and they won't continue putting those politicians in office. >> harris: wow. they just disengage according to the polling. a digital fallout now from a forthcoming book detailing major friction between the white house and the vice president's office. according to the book the vice president wasn't happy with biden appointing her as border czar. a quote.

some of harris's advisors believe the president's almost entirely white inner circle did not show the vice president the respect she reserved. david, back to you. >> it is surprising there is anybody to put her position out there given her inability to keep staff. internal fights within the white house aren't new. the problem for this white house they can't keep their message going if they have to constantly talk about the internal fights going on. >> harris: the palace intrigue we don't want to get too down in that. the vogue cover was a touchy subject for the vice president apparently? >> i think she wanted to be portrayed like other world leaders. i definitely thought it was kind of funny that david talked about keeping staff when we've seen so much turnover in the last administration. not sure -- >> harris: oh, david. >> harris: putting kamala

harris was a tough issue that hasn't been solved over three decades on the border. it was a tough spot to put her in. >> harris: you could have talked about the giggling and the missteps and word salads but you capitulateed to the old refrain of trump. wow. thank you both. "outnumbered" is next.

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>> we are expecting to hear from president biden any minute now, he's in brussels for a high-stakes emergency nato summit on the war on ukraine. it comes after the u.s. officially accused vladamir putin of war crimes. this is "outnumbered." hello, i'm emily compagno, here with my co-host harris faulkner and kayleigh mcenany and joining us kennedy and jason. president biden is expected to announce a new round of