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mr. president were you calling for regime change. >> no. [siren] >> i'm not sure i would have walked it back. he's a war criminal. he is slaughtering innocent men, women and children. such a person should not remain in power. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> steve: good morning, everybody. it's 6:00 in new york city. it's 3:00 a.m. in the los angeles where 15 minutes ago they wrapped up the oscars. and if you did not see it, something happened late in the show. that was will smith who just slapped or punched chris rock after chris rock made a joke about will smith's wife. >> will smith did not appreciate that he laughed at first and jada rolls her eyes because the comment about about her aloe peterson shah and l.s.u. her

hair. and he walked up and did that. i watched this thing a thousand times this morning. i thought chris rock barely moves. i thought wow, it looked real. and then i said as soon as you see the story you find out there was cut aways and what happened. he was screaming from the seat and they killed his audio. and he was using explicatives. thought to himself okay, that can't be good. and you wonder, i guess there is a history between these two. and i guess we will talk about that later. i don't want to give away the whole story now. they evidently dates back to 2016 when chris rock said something about jada pinkett boycotting the oscars. and he made a comment that you have to look up it's really not my sense of humor. >> carley: will smith won for the acceptance speech crying for king richard. crying and apologized. we are going to play a little bit of that are coming up. >> steve: it's crazy. lots on. that was in the meantime. get to the serious stuff. and we turn to a fox news alert.

president zelenskyy is pleading for additional help while accusing the west of being cowards. >> and a new round of peace talks set to begin between russia and ukraine this week in turkey. >> brian: such a pivotal week. mike tobin is on the ground in ukraine with more. it used to be quiet there those days are done? >> air raid sirens were just sounding. more airstrikes come into the west. most recent target is in the town of lutz. airstrike just hit yesterday. a fuel depot. that makes three fuel depots in the west of the country to be hit in the last two days. the trend is really developing with russians hitting ukrainian supply in the west of the country while the fighting intensifies in the east. russians have taken a position really in a semi circle hugs the eastern border starting in chernobyl to the town of kherson on the black sea. new emphasis placed on the

southeast of the country as the country's spokesperson says what russia's is for ukraine to give you have donbas russian separatist reason land bridge down to crimea and leave crimea in russian control. those russian demands will be front and center as ukrainian and russian investigators puts it down as early as today informs cease-fire talks in istanbul, turkey. >> negotiations does not mean what ukraine is ready to surrender. negotiations mean that, you know, there should be a solution and diplomatic pressure to stop russia. so, no, we are not ready to give up. >> a new round of negotiations is ahead because we are looking for peace. our priorities in the negotiations are known. ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity are beyond doubt. >> territorial integrity from zelenskyy means carving up the donbas region as a reward for russian hostility is a nonstarter. he did offer neutrality meaning

no nato membership for ukraine. all russian troops would have to pull out of this country, steve, ainsley and brian? >> steve: i have a question. there was a story circuiting cig over the weekend. i'm wondering if you know whether it's true. the story is apparently some russian tank operator surrendered his tank. he said you know what in the people who are running our war only going to give you a tank for $10,000. i want to be a citizen and live here. do we know if that is a true story? >> i don't know if that is a true story what we do have report low russian morale, fighters not committed to this fight loot of them didn't know they would be part of this invasion. they thought they were going on a training operation in belarus and very surprised that they had to invade another country.

you got that from the interviews with the pows as well as text messages they were sending back to their mothers. >> brian: mike, there was a statement over the weekend generals focus on the south and donbas region and mariupol which could fall this week. general keane said there is no indication that they have given up on the capital on the capital or carrive or am wition bigs to the west. what are you hearing? russians are digging into defensive positions. talk to your military analysts, what you have to think about. is they can't necessarily pull out of the kyiv area and just focus on the east because then the ukrainian also do in kind. if they focus all of their resources on the east and the donbas region, will the ukrainian forces will just turn and fight them there. so, strategically, they are going to want to keep the ukrainians spread out as they try to carve off that piece of real estate.

>> ainsley: mike, what's the latest on the space talks, the saying start tomorrow. ukrainians saying today. we are reading 28th through the 30th. what exactly does zelenskyy want and what will they be discussing? >> well, first and foremost what zelenskyy want is for the russian troops to leave his country, to start over at the beginning. he says he is willing to offer up a neutrality, which means no nato membership, but it will have to be backed up by a referendum of the ukrainian voting public. so, when you think about that, they're really far apart. the russians saying they want the eastern portion of the country. they want i don't of crimea. ukrainians are not going to go for that either. essentially a reward for russian hostility. >> steve: all right, mike tobin reporting live from lviv, thank you very much. >> brian: thanks, mike. >> you got it. >> brian: also that report a ukrainian intelligence officer told cnn that they are looking for a -- possibly the russians are dialing back their ambitions

and looking for a korean solution. a north korea, south korea solution. where they would keep their version of north korea and that would be the donbas region and crimea. and maybe even try to take odesa and say okay, you can have the rest. they want to create a dmz line between that would anybody ever agree to that in the -- what's left of what would be left of ukraine? i imagine the answer is no because they keep winning all these face-to-face battles. it would be different if they are getting routed and that's all they can have. as mike mentioned earlier and indications are since this war started, the ukrainian people would no longer even accept giving up the donbas region let alone crimia, and call it peace and truce. they are more determined than ever to get their country back and more convinced they can win because ruggless sit on the outside and blow up the city but face to face it.

>> ainsley: this intel chief says the ukraine would not be able to keep the court and eastern part of the country. not going to happen. not going to give up odesa and port cities along the black sea. growing alarm about odesa. we saw that video playing bon jovi and packing sand bags and trying to fortify the city. they say the city could be next as russia is attempting to it strip ukraine of the coast line. they want control of the black sea. >> steve: russia is putting on the happy face say would he go have achieved exactly what we were looking for in the first stage. >> ainsley: they don't want to admit defeat or it has taken this long. >> steve: it is a mess. meanwhile owe they had this was really, really good until almost

the end. joe biden could not resist ad-libbing so he went off script. he added this line that has caused him a major headache. here he is taking a shot at vladimir putin watch this. >> we'll have a different future. brighter future rooted in democracy and principle. for god sake this man cannot remain in power. >> steve: that was not in the script. and immediately the white house jumped into damage control mode because that's the last thing we want to do. we don't want to make him angry. >> ainsley: he called him a butcher. he comes back to washington. a reporter stopsen him on the street as he is trying to get him in the car. you can hear him answer but there is a pole between the president and the camera getting into the car. he is trying to clean it up. listen. >> mr. president, do you want putin removed? , mr. president, were you calling for regime change? >> no.

>> brian: pretty significant. everyone feels the seam way president biden does. how can he stay in power. he is evil incarnate. as bad as stalin killed millions of his own people and as bad as hitler killed. >> ainsley: children and innocent people. >> brian: putin belongs in that class. on the emotional part you get it what you do is if you say regime change it plays right into russia's hands his message to the people. i told you they don't like us. they want to take our leaders. and that gets the russian, i guess, national pride. >> steve: it's a win for them. >> brian: vladimir putin knows. this the west doesn't want me they want me out that plays into it. they never released the speech ahead of time. don't know what's in it. clearly by the walkback it shows it was not close to what they wanted in it macron has come back and said we wouldn't use those words. germany has come back and said that's not how we feel. he also said the day before to

the 82nd airborne you willing be in ukraine soon. just mentioned when asked by a -- someone meeting with the refugees in poland, what do you think of vladimir putin? he is a butcher. well, those are the type of comment that has our allies as disturbed as our enemies. not because we don't feel that way, because diplomatically, strategically it, doesn't work on our best interest. what i was hoping is that president biden feels so moved what he harrs behind the scene and talking to the people and seeing what is hang. i want those harpoon missiles in that country. i want to make sure the s 300 system is in zelenskyy's hands within the next 10 days. i want to make sure that they have what they need to be successful. if we can't close the skies. let us stopping these cruise missiles from coming from the seas and from moscow. be able to give them some sense of defense. they deserve that but, instead, he says things publicly and publicly gets us into trouble diplomatically.

and then privately he is not doing any of that to push these weapon systems forward. look. most of the planet wants putin gone but demanding it is not policy right now. the u.s. is not going to be able to make that happen for a variety of reasons. >> ainsley: talking to him on the phone. german chancellor says that's how the president feels but diplomatically it's dangerous to say those kind of comments. >> steve: it put our allies in the bind and put the white house officials on the hot seat because they had to walk it back. here they were yesterday on the shows. >> you heard us say repeatedly we do not have a strategy of regime change in russia or anywhere else for that matter. >> the u.s. does not have a policy of regime change towards russia. >> steve: "the washington post" referred to joe biden's sometimes inarticulate rhetoric sometimes. it's funny, because there were three gaffes in three days, the regime change thing you just heard. he threatened to use nonexistent chemical weapons.

we don't have them. and he told u.s. troops they are going to be going to ukraine. so when he goes off script he goes off message and it screws up everything. >> ainsley: jeh johnson who was dhs for the white house under obama, he said he's a war criminal, this putin guy. he's a war criminal. he's killing innocent women and children that the president shouldn't have to walk back that comment. >> brian: you know, in the big picture, if past is prologue, if you want regime change in russia, make sure they lose the war. because after they lost in afghanistan, and they lost already more people now than they did in afghanistan in, i believe they were there 10 years, they had a regime change. and the soviet union broke up. they lose, they lose thousands of people. they lose all their money, they lose all their rip station, that's how you get regime change in russia. >> ainsley: russia media is not going to report. they will report it as a win. >> steve: do you know what they will feel in russia the economy is in free fall right now.

>> ainsley: true. >> steve: then the people are like you know, there is a two-hour wait for bread. i don't think this is what -- i don't think we are on the right track. >> brian: can't keep giving them 5 to $7 billion worth of oil purchases. we have not gotten serious about stopping their oil production. meanwhile, 5 minutes after the hour. come up, the moment everybody is talking about last night at the academy awards. >> oh, wow. wow. [shouting] >> wow, dude. >> brian: i'm sorry about that. could will smith be forced to give back his actor award after attacking chris rock on stage? the answer could be yes. >> stage is set for the final four as st. peters cinderella story comes to an end. the march madness. not talking about the oscars, straight ahead. ♪

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brian tried watching a lot of this. seemed so boring because i knew we would be talking about today. hollywood's biggest night the oscars have plenty of memorable moments but no, sir quite as big as the slap heard around the world. >> ainsley: will smith attacking chris rock on stage after he made a joke about his wife. >> steve: todd piro is here with details from tinseltown. >> todd: guys, it's the moment everybody is talking about this morning. will smith wants unhinged outbeyers maybe have named slap gate after chris rock makes a joke about jada pink.

>> ji jane 2 can't wait to see it. >> oh, wow. wow smack the shut out of me. had. [shouting] >> wow, dude. >> yeah. >> it was a j.i. jane joke. >> todd: that joke coming at the expense of smith. aloe peach shah causing hair loss. smith later apologizing for the academy for the slap while accepting oscar for best actor. notice who he does not mention frm. >> i want to apologize to the academy. i want to apologize to all my fellow nominees. i hope the academy invites me back. thank you. the actor getting the standing ovation for the tearful speech, which of course, makes no mention of rock. online praise for congresswoman and squad member ayanna pressley

she also suffers from aloe peterson shah. al nation stand up. shout out for all the husbands press charges against smith sonar. the lapd has in the desired party desires a police report at a later date lapd will be available to complete an investigative report. this who might not call the criminal yet but is he now a lord. he is one of hollywood's elite who get a gift bag worth more than $140,000 just for showing up to the award show. here is what it includes. a plot of land in scott land as well as a royal title. smith being lord of glen co. he and other blockbuster actors went home 12 grand for lipo section. a life coaching session. no word yet on whether smith

might have to give the oscar back academy did release a code of conduct condemning abuse of any kind also awards handled out. first movie made by a streaming service to win best picture. so much to break down. >> steve: no kidding. all right, todd, thank you so much. page 6 in the "new york post" says that sources at the oscars thought that went and cover of the "new york post" right here best smacktor. everybody at the oscars thought it was a joke. two guys they are funny guys. it must have been staged. right now on drudge, the headline is what is it staged? and 40% of the people who are responding said yeah, absolutely. it was staged. you think about, we had heard going in that the ratings were going to be historically low. what would they do to spice things up? some people think that it was staged. although it sure seemed real and sure seemed raw. >> dana white put on instagram,

finally an oscar show worth watching. chris rock has a chin. that was a hard rock. he swung all the way back. >> brian: for him to finish and keep his composure is unbelievable. for obviously your first instinct is to hit back or say okay, i'm done here. you don't know. but he said that he kept going back. just unbelievable composure. number 2 is page 6 page 6 exclusively learned about will smith and chris rock were expected to work their issues out last night as they attended the annual vanity fair bash but unclear. after smith smacked security immediately started strategizing because smith had 20 plus attendees at the party. so we don't know if they made up. the one thing that will smith could use chris rock if he wants to limit the damage if they could appear together and do it. if not, will smith is really

damaged with this. because number one, he was unbelievable as richard williams. it was the best acting job. civilian watching a movie. best acting job. >> ainsley: about serene neigh. >> brian: i can't believe he captured all the nuances and kept that message and for this to overwhelm it is incredible. >> ainsley: it was a joke about her appearance when which is over the line. it's someone's wife. they are in hollywood. they are ache doors. this is part of what. they do obviously it hit a nerve with will smith. and if you saw -- she didn't think it was funny. he laughed at first. jada rolled her eyes. we didn't see what their exchange before he walked up on stage and slapped. but obviously he realized this is a sensitive subject. >> brian: is it known that she has it. >> brian: is there some way she didn't know. >> ainsley: she is beautiful, a gorgeous lady.

she looks beautiful on the red carpet. >> steve: she came out in 2018 and announced her battle with aloe speech shah. aloe peterson shah. al >> apologizing for slapping and move on. >> brian: until they work it out i will not rest. >> steve: i have got a feeling when they get it all worked out, it will be televised because we want to know. the fight televised we should see the resolution. >> ainsley: i wonder going forward these actors for sensitive to their jokes. >> brian: then what now you have to be politically correct. >> carley: i love the idea of them coming together in a public way. i thought it was ainsley's idea. >> ainsley: i'm used to this carley. any time it's our idea it's brian's idea.

>> carley: famous rascal flatts. but you know i do have to say i was reading the social reaction from hollywood. a majority of people are backing smith in this. which is odd because even when it got violent. >> steve: he did getting a standing ovation when he won the award. >> ainsley: even if people think he crossed the line violence is never the answer. you talk about it behind the scenes and say listen it made my wife feel comfortable and move on. he is an actor. so he is a leader. a lot of people look up to him. even young people. i don't think that hitting somebody is a message that you should say i really didn't slap him. i'm an actor. >> carley: they are actors but that would be some solid acting. all right. got some headlines here, turning to this. a 73-year-old man brutally attacked in manhattan yesterday in broad daylight.

actor tried to rob a man followed him into the street, shoving ground and kicked him repeatedly. police are still looking for attacker. new york city mayor serious rob the most important on the city laughing stock war time general. i'm going to be on the frontline border agents whipped haitian migrants based on photographs is still ongoing six months later. that despite alejandro mayorkas promising the investigation would be completed in days if not weeks. many democratic lawmakers and media outlets condemning the eafingts inhumane treatment with no investigation into the images. agents say they used the long reins to control horses and migrants along the border. the stalled out investigation comes as fears are growing that

title 42 the provision that blocks migrants from seeking asylum due to the pandemic could soon be lifted leading to a new surge at the southern border. to march madness, the lone surviving number one beats kansas punching ticket to the final four with a win over 10th seed miami. the jayhawks exploding with 47 points in the final half leading to a 76-50 win. >> we have happy steve doocy. meanwhile the big dance cinderella st. peters falling to unc. the 8th seed tar hills ending then run. final matchup with retiring coach k and top rival duke this saturday for a spot in the ncaa tournament finals. those are your headlines. so a lot of blue bloods there i'm hearing. those are all the teams that are expected to win. do you like my term blue blood?

>> brian: have the vernacular down. >> steve: on saturday cu vs. villanova where peter and mary went to college. >> ainsley: what do you do. >> steve: i was routing for st. peters. >> ainsley: they made it so far that was a cool story. >> brian: coach k's final season that is also a subplot. 30minutes after the hour. will this remark from president biden only escalate tensions? >> for god sake this man cannot remain in power. >> brian: brigadier general will join us live to discuss why is guy fieri in the neighbors' kitchen? it's slider sunday! sliiiiiiiiii-der sunday! these chicken parm sliders on king's hawaiian rolls are fire! slider sunday! i want that. everything's better between king's hawaiian bread. mmm!

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>> i don't think i was upset about those comments but what did bother me and i think it's what the crux of the problem is. he had to go it there and do really three things. affect leadership. inspire people. build confidence and show strength and at the end of the day he did the opposite of that weakness, ineffective leadership. and that has caused us problems. remember, back when rondell ronaldreagan was president he ha debate with the staff about evil empire. he used it. they didn't agree with it and they didn't roll it back and they showed strength. now, you know, putin is putin. he is a war criminal. is he a dictator. is he going to do what he is going to do. he is going to threaten. at the same time we can't keep walking back statements. we can't be doing these things. it shows weakness.

>> brian: it makes everybody unhappy. >> exactly. >> brian: he was familiar with the copy. he felt it but he went over. >> he felt it. >> brian: it's true. >> that's what leaders do, brian. leaders feel things and then they go with it. and then oh, their staff rolls it back? that's just, you know, that just shows weakness. it's not good. >> brian: i hear you. meanwhile, talking about as we look at the map here, general, talking about possibly a korean solution. since he knows he can't win. he is going to try cut ukraine in half and say tough, we're staying. they forced so many people out about 4 million people have left. they will try to cover this in and try to keep it will they be successful? >> well, i think -- you know, i think that anything short of russia leaving the ukraine is probably a nonstarter and would only revisit violence later or, you know, more military incursions later.

we all want peace, right? but we don't want peace with a compromise that's going to lead to further violence later. and we see this historically as it goes on. we got to support zelenskyy on the ground with air assets, air defense assets, the harpoon. everything that he needs. help the refugees, establish these corridors and take away right now the only advantage the russians have and that's in the air. >> general, zelenskyy has to be successful. because he could actually saul in the victory and then every other country in that area is going to be in danger within five years. because he will make that a victory. he will squash any defense. resewerss he requires in coal, iron, gas and oil in that area, correct? >> i agree with you, brian. 100 percent. the message it sends to china, north korea and iran is equally as bad. and so this imbalance in national security we have with a weak homeland policy and a weak

foreign policy has got to stop. >> brian: general, thanks so much. good luck in your run for senate in new hampshire. >> thank you, sir have. great day. >> brian: you got it up next, new york's bravest call out the mayor double standard vaccine mandates end for athletes and performers not for people who protect and serve. >> putting hundreds of firefighters, police officers, and other emergency workers out of work is not in the best interest of the city. it's not safe.

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>> ainsley: fdny leader ripping decision to end mayor adams claims it's not a double standard. >> you think the city is a double standard. i consider analysis that i made and i'm comfortable with my decision? >> fdny uniform firefighters joins us now. good morning, andrew. >> good morning. >> you know, do you consider it a double standard? i mean, when the lights were out, when the stages were dark, when the city was shut down, you guys still went to work. you were the heroes and now people are being fired nor not getting vaccinated. >> absolutely. for the last two years, we have been through the entire pandemic every single wave of it we bore the brunt of it as have all the workers of new york city. now the mayor believes it's performers get on the in the

arenas. they're getting around to firing have vaccinated and at the same time athletes that have refused to get vaccinated are allowed to go back to work. >> ainsley: why do you think that is. >> i'm glad to see it happen i'm glad to see the city is reopening. you can't have it reopen for some and put others on the unemployment line at the same time. >> ainsley: there were reports gave adams campaign $1.5 million. do you think that's a factor here? that woosh speculation. common sense good for business or the city to have the theaters open and to have the athletes playing. it's good for everybody. what's not good for everybody is firing new york city employees. there is a lot of money involved as far as retention and training of employees. it doesn't make financial sense. but it's also extremely unfair. this is, you know, this is a civil rights issue at this point that you have different rules for different feel in the city

where you are bringing some people back to work and at the same time, same exact time you are firing other people and people has kept this city going the last two years. >> 1400 city workers were fired for not getting vaxxed and eric adams went on to say that he will not entertain the idea of rehiring them. how do you feel about that? >> well, we are going to keep the pressure on until he changes his mind. you know, he said he wants to listen to the science. and then entold us we can speak to his lawyers. you know, i would like to speak to his doctors. i want someone to talk to his doctors that said it's okay for athletes performers to go back to work and at the same time fire employees. fire their essential workers and fire, you know, teachers and everyone else that works for the city. let's talk i want him to explain why it's okay. it's a little shocking natural immunity you say is acceptable. and many of your men and women the firefighters, do many of them have covid and they have

natural immunity? >> almost everyone has had covid at this point. i would say pretty much everyond it at this point. natural immunity, you know, we believe in it. it's being accepted everywhere else. we are a young, healthy workforce. you know, just firefighters in general. the last wave of covid came through and it was a relatively mild and it's now becoming like they said it would two years ago. all they talked about was natural immunity. can't wait until we get to that point. that point is past. it's time to put this behind us. and if covid is always going to be here. we have got to live with it we can't live with it with firing employees and also stopping new employees from coming on because they refuse to get a vaccine that they don't need. at what point does it end? how many more vaccines are going to be required for anyone to be employed? at what point do you lose total control of your own health decisions? >> ainsley: if you had told me at the beginning of this pandemic that these heros were going to be fired, i mean, no

one can believe this. it's just so sad. so many people have worked so hard and now they are not getting a pay comic to put food on the table. thank you so much for your fight. >> thank you very much. for having me. >> ainsley: you are welcome. check in with janice dean for fox weather forecast. her husband is a fighter. >> god bless the fdny. it's good. that's my advice today to dress warmly live across the northeast and great lakes. temperatures 24 in new york. with the wind chill it, feels even colder than that it feels like 12 here in new york. baltimore 19, so, temperatures are 15 to 30 degrees below average. and that's going to kind of be the story not only today but through the workweek. wednesday, things will start to moderate. it moves into the west. bringing beneficial rain to rafael, parts of the southwest as well as some mountain snow and this area of low pressure is going to eject out into the plain states. this is a typical set up that we

see for severe weather that we see during the season. fox weather.com will keep you posted. all right, ainsley, back to you. >> ainsley: get back inside, janice. it is cold out there. president biden's approval falls to new lows as gas prices and inflation are surging, we are going to crunch the numbers with fox news contributor brian brenberg.

♪ steve: president biden's approval rating now at the lowest point of his presidency with 63% disapproving of his handling of the economy as america grapples with record inflation. you know that because you do, too. here with reaction is fox news contributor and king's college business and economics professor brian brenberg. brian, good morning. >> good morning. >> steve: you know, it doesn't take a professor to figure this out. when you sit down at your kitchen table and you are talking to your spouse about, okay, gas is bucks a gallon and

we -- if i'm going to be able to drive to work and back, we're going to have to not pay one of the bills. >> that's the point. it's taking up more and more of people's budgets. my wife holds up a bag of chocolate chips and says look how small this is. it shrunk in half and the price is what it used to be. people are feeling this they don't have the margin or money to spend on all the things that they need to do so they are having to start to cut back a little bit. that's why you are seeing these poll numbers go down because people feel it they don't have to listen to the professor. all they have to do is look at their grocery it bill, their gas bill and get what is going on in america. >> steve: did she make you cookies? >> how many can she make with a bag that small. three kids. family of five. we need bigger bags of chips than that. >> steve: direct appeal to the president. so in the fox news poll, is inflation under control in the united states? over half said not at all. what is interesting about this nbc poll, professor, that came out, who blame for inflation?

38% blame joe biden. 23% blame corporate price increases. and 28% blame covid. so i guess the white house is trying to demonize big corporations has actually worked. >> they are trying to pass the buck on to corporations but a lot of these businesses, forget about corporations for a second. just think about the small businesses. they are out there telling the truth. what they are saying is i can't stay in business with the kind of costs i'm absorbing from all my suppliers if i don't raise prices. nobody -- there is no business out there that wants to raise prices and risk losing customers. but you get to a point where you have to do that because if you don't you can't stay in business. the problem is consumers will quit paying it. and you can see the consumer confidence really falling now. that's where you start to get the risk that they're not going to pay the high prices. >> steve: your wife is a perfect example. i picked up the bag. it used to be 16 ounces.

now it's 12? >> yeah. >> steve: you are going to be talking all about gas and energy tomorrow at a summit out in staten island. >> yeah. live on fox nation. this is the issue of our time oil and gas prices. it it's going to dictate whether we have a healthy economy or stay in stagnation in the decade to come. a lot of great people out there. charles payne, maria bartiromo, larry kudlow, i can't believe they let me join that group. we will be out there talking with a really big issue with the folks on the frontline dealing with sell the oil and gas to customers to heat their homes and fuel their cars. >> steve: ultimately though, when this administration came in power they wanted gas to go up so people would drive less. fast forward to now and what are we doing? we are going hat in hand to venezuela and iran saying can you give us more gas. >> people get that the president wanted to see higher and oil prices. they campaigned on. that was what they don't understand now.

exactly going to iran. going to venezuela when we have got these resources in america. we can control our future. that is why we are talking about energy independence. >> steve: man o man one of the things going to be talking about. make sure you sign up for fox nation to join brian tomorrow at noon eastern for the energy independence summit. all right. take cookies. >> i will try. >> steve: thanks. >> you bet. >> steve: threats of nuclear warfare leading to a rise of sales of private bunkers. lawrence jones visits the texas company that is building them 1. >> and when people call you, what do they say? >> seems like the majority of people don't have any clue. it's like they never even knew a bunker existed until putin started threatening nuclear war.

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we are ready to negotiate but not ready to surrender. >> president biden's approval rating hitting the lowest point in his presidency. >> only 40% of americans approve of the job biden is doing. >> this is jimmy carter 2.0 but much, much worse. >> the crisis at our southern border worse next week when a trump era policy ends. >> really frustrating because biden created this crisis. >> nuclear threat looming ever

closer sparking a rise of sales of private bunkers. >> people that would have never thought about buying a bunker are now going here we are. >> jada, i love you. ji jane 2 can't wait to see you. >> oh, wow. wow. will smith just smacked the [bleep] out of me. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ainsley: good monday morning it is march 28th. if you stayed up late last night to watch the oscars you saw quite a show. chris rock suspect on stage presenting an award he jokes about will smith's wife jada. he didn't think it was funny. thought was insensitive he walks on the stage and slaps chris rock. >> steve: look at that, indeed. according to the "new york post." people at the oscars thought it was a bit. thought the hit was a bit essentially. and thought it was all in guest. but, it apparently was not. although on drudge right now.

there is a poll where you vote whether or not you think this was staged. and about 40% think it was set up between the two of them. >> brian: conan o'brien said i watched that will smith slap does anyone have a late night show i can borrow one night? pretty cool that chris rock can get hit in a face like that. >> steve: hard. >> brian: international television turn with it a guy that trained as muhammed ali he got the best training around. and he hits. obviously i would think that will smith is upset by it because he was crying when he accepted the award. i hope they invite me back. but, maybe he is not. because he was seen dancing at the vanity fair party a little bit later. at the vanity fair party the rumors were, according to the "new york post" page 6. going to evidently make amends at that party last night did. they? we don't know. >> steve: doesn't seem like it.

>> brian: i checked my email before the show no invite. >> ainsley: have all the details. show you what the joke was. show apology to other nominees and to the oscars coming up. a little bit later we have todd piro on deck and going to tell you all the details. >> steve: it was one of the most shocking moments in television history. and most of america missed it last night because nobody was watching. >> brian: do you think that's bigger than kanye west when he walked up to taylor swift and said beyonce. >> ainsley: i do. physical, yes. >> steve: it was crazy, nuts. todd is going to have that in a minute. let's turn to a fox news alert. president zelenskyy of ukraine is calling for additional help while accusing the weapons of mass destruction of being a bunch of cowards. >> and a new round of peace talks are set to begin between russia and ukraine this week in turkey. >> brian: all zelenskyy wants is the weapons to win. mike tobin is on the ground in lviv, ukraine with more. hey, mike. >> good morning, brian, steve

and ainsley. could be as early as today that russian and ukrainian negotiators sit down for cease-fire talks in turkey. meantime, the civilian casualties continue to mount. the destruction and the brutality of this war continues. one of the negotiators from the ukrainian side posted that talks will take place from today through wednesday. it should be noted that the russians said the talk also start tomorrow. ukrainians point out that these are not discussions for a surrender. >> negotiations does not mean what ukraine is ready to surrender. the negotiations mean that, you know, there should be a solution and push and diplomatic pressure to stop russia. so, no, would we are not ready to give up our territories. we are not ready to give up our people. >> now, russia has pivoted to centering their demands on the east of the country, the donbas region that ukraine recognize the independent and they give up land bridge to crimea as well as

control of crimea or a claim to crimea. ukraine has formally offered a guarantee that ukraine won't join nato and they want to full withdrawal of russian forces. with everything they are dealing with the school system in kyiv, you are looking at a school out of kharkiv, kyiv public schools are returning to class with remote learning. the city state administrator says classes aren't just about learning but psychological support and a distraction from all the stress that students in kyiv are under. steve, ainsley and brian? >> brian: wow, thanks, mike. quick thing. i understand that president zelenskyy spoke to the russian press. and the russian press has been warned not to publish this interview. but to the russian press he said he would be interested in compromising on the donbas region and being in neutrality. but, to the ukrainian people, he says he will not do any of that. do you know where the truth lies? >> well, no. he said he would do neutrality. meaning that ukraine wouldn't join nativity toe.

but, the carving off of the donbas has been a nonstarter for zelenskyy. and no one has done any sophisticated polling, but it seems to be a nonstarter for the ukrainian people. >> ainsley: mike, this remote learning, that just shows their resilience. if they are going back to school, the kids are back in school. they are remote learning. these primary schools. professional schools, and the tech neck schools. i technical schools. are those kids getting tablets? are they also going to be back in school? >> you know, i think the logistics of that are just very difficult to deal with. not only do you have to get them tablets, laptops or whatever. get them hooked up to the wireless and communicate how they flog and how their passwords happen. you can imagine how difficult that was just within the local l school district. handling this with refugees in war time or in shelters, you

know, they're lucky to get food and water right now. i shouldn't say lucky but unfortunate to be in that situation. >> ainsley: we know what you mean. >> brian: france and greece are talking about humanitarian corridor to mariupol. do you know how that would work? >> you know, they don't work, largely. what we have seen with the humanitarian corridor coming out of mariupol, they fall apart as quickly as they go into effect. if you remember in the early days when there was a humanitarian corridors would go into effect, people would wait and see if the cease-fires would hold and they would fall apart before the people would get on the road. what we are seeing now in the later days of the war that people are so desperate the cease-fire falls apart, the gunfire and artillery comes in they go anyway they are desperate to get to a safe area, place to get food and water. >> brian: they would be targets if they got to an area. do you think they would take a shot at greek or french vehicle heading to mariupol? >> how would they know it's a

greek or french vehicle. all the vehicles out there just look the same. everything according bringing in humanitarian aid and bringing out civilians are being fired upon. >> steve: absolutely. all right. michael, thank you very much. >> brian: make farnt it's almost a red cross type vehicle. >> steve: all right. 7:08 now here in the east and in washington, d.c. live shot of the white house there chilly in d.c. joe biden and the white house in damage control after the weekend. >> ainsley: the president's approval ratings plummeting overshadowing the trip to europe. the loyest it has been in entire presidency 40%. >> brian: david spunt is live at the white house with the latest. >> good morning to you three. the president is also here back in washington after speaking in poland. he also met with ukrainian refugees. but it was nine words that are gathering attention from his

speech in poland on saturday and has white house officials now further explaining. watch. >> for god's sake this man cannot remain in power. >> the white house cleaning up the president's statement about vladimir putin. saying the president's point was that putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. he was not discussing putin's power in russia aura jet stream change yesterday the president leaving church in washington was asked about his more putin cannot remain in power comment. >> there president, do you want putin removed? mr. president, were you calling for regime change? >> no. >> but words math and french president emmanuel macron who is in touch says president biden's call to remove president putin from power is not helpful. we also have an nbc poll you

mentioned right now. i want to show you the overall approval of the president. 40% positive. 55% negative with just 28% positive on the handling of ukraine and 71% negative of the handling of ukraine. rob portman said it was a good speech but that specific part about taking putin out of power falls into the hands of, quote, russian propaganda. >> brian: makes you wonder who is running the country? they are not saying to the secretary of state you are out of line. they keep telling the president he is out of line. it's unbelievable. thanks. so, when you have policy and comes from the president and he's having hallmark speech, you would think what he says matters. especially when most of it son prompter. but right now, if you look at this nbc poll. if you combine the somewhat and

definite, 71% americans say they do not have a lot of confidence in president biden's ability to respond to the war. really? during times of conflict, the numbers usually go up. 57% say they were already at war with russia or will be within a year. only 34% disagree. >> steve: we have heard from the white house communications team they made it very clear they hate it when the president takes questions from reporters because then he is off script. but thens when he actually reading the script it's a problem. we have put together -- he made three big gaffes in three big days. if you missed it, here's some of it. >> chemical weapons were used in ukraine. would that trigger a military response from nato? >> it would -- it would trigger a response in kind. >> the united states has no intention of using chemical weapons, period under any circumstance. >> i did not say that, in fact, the sanctions would deter him.

sanctions never deter. >> look, before the war, obviously we were laying out the consequences in pretty explicit detail with the hope that president putin would take an alternative course. >> granted people have a lot of backbone. they have a lot of guts. and i'm sure you are observing it. you will see when you are there. >> as i made clear, american forces are in europe, not in europe to engage in conflict with russian forces. american forces are here to defend nato allies. >> ainsley: jeh johnson former secretary under obama said he should not have walked back those comments that vladimir putin cannot remain in power. he said this man, is he a war criminal. is he slaughtering innocent men and women and children. he illegally invaded ukraine and he has got command and control over nuclear weapons. he said this person should not remain in power. so he agreed with him. >> brian: you say to yourself if the american people, 06-plus

percent want us to do more to help ukrainians. and we see people care about whatever is happens in this world. do your own personal poll. everyone is talking about this. why are the president's numbers low but people care? it is president zelenskyy. he has talked past everybody. including our nato. says i'm talking to your parliaments, but i'm really talking to your people. i'm laying it out. you are seeing the destruction and seeing how we are fighting. so we thoroughly support that but if you look over all the bad news keeps on coming for the president because inflation 38% blame him. 28% blame covid. also on the same poll, the generic poll for the first time since 2014 in this poll, the republicans have an advantage, 46-44. 2014, that's unbelievable what's going okay. unless republicans have great message more people are seeing what the democrats are doing and they are horrified. >> ainsley: a lot of what is happening in our economy is

affecting everybody, democrats and republicans and independence. you have got gas prices through the roof. our electric bills are really high right now. people can't afford all of the essentials that they need. if they can even find them at the grocery store. brian brenberg was talking about the same price for a bag of chocolate chips, something simple but something that we all have. but only half the bag is full of the chocolate chips. in addition to that afghanistan, the way he handled afghanistan and then what we are seeing in ukraine. we don't want boots on the ground but we do want to answer the call. zelenskyy saying give us 1% of your weapons. we need to be doing everything we can to help the people. >> brian: we are not. >> ainsley: that's why the american people the ratings have gone down and down, the approval ratings. >> steve: 2020 race it was about covid for the most part. now the 2022 race is all about your pocketbook because you have less money and costing you a lot more to do. >> ainsley: he actually did well in that poll when it came to covid. >> steve: that's his better. >> brian: only thing percolating is the border. i think people cannot believe that we're allowing this and we are going to talk about this

later. now they are going to get rid of title 42, which is going to say there is no reason to throw single men out who want amnesty here. they show them showing up in their neighborhoods, overcrowding their classrooms and see him doing nothing about it. the other thing is, he refuses to drill and use our own natural gas. is he saying -- he is vilifying the fossil fuel companies at the same time knowing the way to take down russia is to get more natural gas and oil and gas to that country -- to our allies in order to not to use russian gas. the american people are not dumb. they don't have to be in the oil and gas industry to realize what's happening right now what happened is in our control and what is out of our control. >> steve: going to be talking more about this. the plenty of memorable moments at the oscars but nothing quite as big as the slap right there. >> ainsley: will smith attacking chris rock on stage after chris rock made a joke about his wife

jada pinkett smith. >> brian: todd piro has been called in to tell us about this blow and where it goes from here. >> todd: how do you think we get ready for the show she just wails off. >> brian: i'm pretty sure you don't do this. >> todd: we start about this moment of course. everyone talking about will smith's outburst everyone always named slap gate. you always have to slap a gate in this case slap. after chris rock makes a joke about jada smith. >> i love that. gi jane 2 can't wait to see it. >> oh, wow. wow! will smith just smacked the [bleep] out of me. >> out your [bleep] mouth. >> wow, dude. >> yeah. >> it was a g.i. jane joke. >> that joke coming at the expense of pinkett smith who is open about her battle with alopecia which causes hair loss.

denzel washington and bradley cooper after the slap. >> thank you, denzel said to me a few minutes ago he said at your highest moment, be careful be careful that's when the devil comes for you. >> smith later apologizing to the academy for the slap while accepting oscar for best actor. notice who he did not mention. >> i want to apologize to the academy. i want to apologize to all my fellow nominees. i hope the academy invites me back. thank you. >> todd: the actor getting a standing ovation tearful speech with no mention of rock. also some online praise for congresswoman and squad member ayanna pressley. she also suffers from alopecia and shares support for smith in now deleted tweet. alopecia. thank you will smith. shout out a to all the husbands who stand up. daily ignorance and insults. chris rock.

any charges against smith. the lapd has this smack on radar. tell the daily news, quote: the incident involved one individual slapping another. if the involved party desires a police report at a later date, lapd will be available to complete an investigative report. no word yet on whether smith might have to give that oscar back. but the academy did release a code of conduct in 2017 condemning any kind of abuse. as for the award show itself coda which i know kilmeade loves was the night's big winner first movie made by streaming service to win best picture. i believe coda was seen by tens of people. >> brian: it was a great movie because he was a deaf actor. >> steve: it looked really good going to have to stream it. >> brian: apple streaming the first streaming to get best picture so that was -- >> ainsley: did you see king richard. >> todd: i saw zero movies this year. >> ainsley: about venus and

serena and their dad. >> steve: that's why they opened the show they were at the very beginning. "new york post" best smacktor. their can you see chris rock. >> ainsley: it was a samardzija smack. >> brian: chris rock was able to continue after being slapped in the face is now clearly unscripted moment and then continued to go back and forth and finish the set. that shows you how experience that is. i don't know if anyone was prepared for a physical threat when you are on stage and number two is there is a story on page 6 in the "new york post" that's online that said both parties were supposed to talk at the vanity fair party afterwards. steve the fact that todd said, you know, that will smith apologized to everybody but chris rock, i couldn't see them getting together last night. but, you know, will smith could have handle this so differently. after the joke he could have sat in his seat and just yelled as he did. then, when he got up and he climbed up the stairs, he

crossed a line. as the academy has put out a statement violence is never appropriate. >> ainsley: or maybe privately say i didn't appreciate that joke. would you please apologize to my wife. he was crying in the speech. so he was very emotional. it clearly hit a nerve. 19 minutes after the top of the hour. threats of nuclear warfare leading to a rise in sales of private bunkers in the united states. >> i'm receiving calls and messages from all around the world. you know, i have got shelters to be built for customers in japan, south africa carrasco australia, so i mean, it's a worldwide concern. >> the whole world is freaked out right now? >> the whole world. >> ainsley: lawrence jones joins us live with a tour of these underground shelters. they are massive. every four years it happens, the special olympic usa games. so join us, this wednesday, march 30th, where 100% of sales from all jersey mikes subs , will be donated to help raise up these special athletes.

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>> brian: vladimir putin's threat of nuclear warfare prompting sale of private bunkers. >> steve: one company specializing in the underground safe haven host of lawrence jones cross-country enterprise reporter lawrence jones took a trip to texas to see how gigantic safe rooms protect us from catastrophe. >> ainsley: lawrence, we all live in new york or youened a i do. it looks bigger than a new york city apartment. >> lawrence: that's right, ainsley. good morning, family. so texas should be exporting energy to be shipped all across the world. but, instead, tension is exporting bunkers a record number. had the opportunity to tour one. take a look. >> there's a lot of things going on in the world that be protected from. it doesn't matter if it's a financial collapse or some kind of societal collapse. but tinderbox can catch on fire and just burn out of control.

recently it's a nuclear super power threatening to use nuclear weapons on the rest of the world. >> lawrence: so, has there been a change in sales? >> there has definitely been uptick in sales. time frame when i would have had 60 or so phone calls. i fielded a little over 3,000. i'm receiving calls and messages around the world i have shelters to be built for customers in japan, south africa carrasco australia. so, i mean, it's a worldwide concern. >> lawrence: the whole world is freaked out right now? >> the whole world. >> lawrence: when people call you, what do they say. >> it seems the majority of people don't have any clue. it's like they never even knew a bunker existed until putin started threatening nuclear war. >> lawrence: should people be concerned right now. >> you have got russia using nuclear weapons. >> this going to brexit them. >> this protects from you all of the fallout. >> lawrence: how big can they get. >> the biggest one over 14,000 square feet. >> what's in that bunker? >> swimming pool, bowling alley,

movie theater, a gym. >> you with put anything. if you can put it above ground in a house we can put it below ground in a bunker. >> will: smallest one. >> smallest one 102 square feet. just as safe as one 14,000 square feet. just not as comfortable. >> lawrence: okay. let's go see them. how thick is this door? >> this door is 3 inches thick. not going to break into this door. >> can a bullet go through here. >> no. this is ar 500 steel. plate on the exterior. >> lawrence: once you close this door right here. is there a lock from inside? >> just -- no one can get in. >> can't come through that door without a lot of effort. >> this is your kitchen? >> correct. you have food storage, shelving. little pantry here. >> lawrence: this is restroom right here. >> master bedroom. this is clean bunk bed.

got air filtration here. got closets. got emergency escape hatch. in the event that you had to retreat. emergency and. >> this can be 11 feet underground. >> 10 feet underground. >> this is my favorite room right here. >> you like guns, huh? >> i love guns. this is tactical wall we put in. you can buy weapons holders for different size rifles, pistols. every piece of this. this ladder built right here. bed springs built right here. that wall you had your hand on. literally every piece of it we built. solid entire thing encased in concrete. >> after all of this. >> after all of this 208,000 pounds of concrete on and around this shelter. >> when are you all building mine? >> let's go in and talk about it when the camera off. [laughter]

>> lawrence: i can't confirm or deny if they started building my bunker, guys. if you would like to purchase one, can you go to horizon s bunkers.com. >> brian: best episode of happy days is when bosley, the dad, wants to build a bunker in his backyard because he is sure they are going to have nuclear war. he realizes in the end he would rather not live if everyone else has to die. and i think that's something we should all think about. >> lawrence: good point, brian. one was a sitcom and one was real life. >> lawrence: way to bring down the mood, right? >> brian: i'm just telling you. >> steve: speaking of real life, lawrence. we have been talking about will smith vs. chris rock. will slapped chris if people are just joining us last night. i'm looking at your twitter feed and you say i'm not buying it. what aren't you buying? >> i really don't believe that it happened. i think it was more of a staged act, you know, chris is getting ready to go on tour with kevin hart.

i just don't see this happening. but if it did happen, i mean, obviously disappointed at will. i'm the type of person that believes all jokes are acceptable. i love dark humor. chris is a comedian and quite frankly i don't know what i would have done if someone would have put their hands on the guy. >> brian: but you are on stage. >> you put your hands on me, all bets are off. >> brian: you try to tell will and pete that every weekend. they just don't listen. hey, lawrence, by the way chris rock was quoted as saying this back stage. that was the greatest moment in tv history. i just got punched in the face by muhammed ali and didn't get a scratch. >> ainsley: because he played muhammed ali. >> i will tell you what, chris got a chin on him. he took it. he ate the punch. >> ainsley: that's what dana white said. finally an oscar show worth

watching. chris rock has a chin. >> brian: imagine if he was in the people's choice awards, whatever that was. ricky gervais hosted where he insulted personally golden globe awards he ripped everybody in hollywood. he would have got beat up like 25 times. >> that's comedy. this is what we want. and quite frankly this goes back to my initial theory that it was staged. there is no way we would be talking about the oscars if this did not happen. >> ainsley: maybe it hit close home. we don't know. maybe he had a few cocktails before he went to the oscars. who knows. >> brian: coon miss from ukraine i guess. and she gave a statement generic statement about people oppressed and being held up and hit. not even mentioned ukraine. so it was a gutless broadcast as well. i heard that they wanted to have zelenskyy come in. actor comedian and address producers didn't want to do it. instead when they had a chance

to address it with a ukrainian star she doesn't bring up ukraine. par for the course. >> brian: that's why i don't want to be a famous actor. >> steve: thank you, lawrence, from joining us from dallas. as president biden's approval sinks to new record lows, new poll shows majority of voters want republicans in charge of congress. former speaker of the house newt gingrich on that coming up next.

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>> carley: we are back with your headlines starting with this. dolly parton's amusement park closing drop tower ride after death of 14-year-old in florida. the dolly wood drop line made by the same manufacturer as the orlando ride where samson fell to his death last thursday. the boy's family lawyer believes orlando's icon park will be held liable for his death. he shouldn't have been allowed on the ride since he weighed more than 300 pounds. comedian prime minister justin trudeau now facing criticism from members of the european parliament over his treatment of freedom convoy protesters a croatian member accusing him of engaging in dictatorship of the

worst kind after trudeau invoked a war time emergency act to shut down the trucker protest last month. another member saying trudeau's actions during the protest were, quote, a disgrace for any democracy. nearly 50,000 grocery store workers in california are authorizing their labor union to strike against top chains in the state. the workers not accepting the grossry chain's proposed salary increase which would amount to just about 60 cents per hour. they had been asking for a raise of at least $5 an hour among other demands that were not met. those are your headlines, steve, over to you. >> steve: thank you, carley. with the midterms months away new poll show republicans surging over democrats who want in congress. this spells trouble for the president's party. >> going to put up our generic ballot test here. the public will look at it republicans up 46-44.

that's a coin flip. this the is irs too time we have had republicans leading in the generic ballot in our poll since september of 2014. eight years ago. it's a huge red flag. >> it's a huge red flag coupled with the idea that people are blaming president biden's policies for inflation. when you ask people right now, they are essentially saying that republicans are the ones who they trust with the economy. that's going to be a hard thing for democrats to overcome. >> steve: fox news contributor and former speaker of the house newt gingrich joins us now. newt, good morning to you. >> good morning. the panelists right there just said people are blaming president biden's policies for inflation. well, i think there is a reason why. >> yeah, look. i mean, the problem for the biden presidency is that they have no believable explanation for the various disasters, whether it's the millions of crossing the southern border. it's the rise in crime rate. it's the difficulty with

education. or the two things that are going to ultimately, i think, defeat the democrats this fall. the price of food, and the price of gasoline. food is actually going to be a bigger issue than gasoline. there is enormous worldwide food problem created in part by what's happening in ukraine which was a fourth largest food exporter in the world. the food agricultural organization just released a statement that this is the highest price of food in history and that their index indicates millions are going to be starving in much of the world and america they are just going to be at great pain. and they are going to say joe biden did this and i think the theme is going to be we can't afford it we can't afford the gasoline price. we can't afford the heating oil price. we can't afford the price of chickens. i mean, just go down the list. >> steve: yeah. >> going to be impossible for democrats to answer that effectively. >> steve: well, as we just saw chuck todd and company said this is a huge red flag.

let's say, newt having been the speaker of the house let's say the republicans take over the house and the senate as well in 2022, how does that lead to -- there are abulbasher in of people say that would be the perfect opportunity after the midterms for joe biden to say, you know what? we need some new blood and new ideas, i'm ducking out? >> first of all i don't think there in s. any reason for president biden to duck out. he spent his lifetime trying to get there. is he now there he thinks he is doing fine. remember, you sit in the white house. you are surrounded by staff. the staff all tells you are terrific. that's the problem of communications. and among democrats, he is still, i think, popular enough he probably could win renomination. now, i think it's going to get worse all year as it did with jimmy carter the only administration comparable than biden. biden is much worse than carter

on almost every fronget the pain level is going to be higher. the embarrassment is going to be higher. just look at the speech in warsaw which ends with, you know, for god's sake putin has to be gone and within an hour the white house is saying oh, be gone doesn't really mean be gone. well, all this stuff adds up and you go, you know, he is bad and kamala harris is worse. >> steve: sure. you know, newt, when the president came out and said a couple of weeks ago, we are going to be paying more for fuel in this country, because of the short and he blamed, among other things big corporations but also blamed putin. putin's price hike. so we are paying more per gallon. how long are the american public -- will the american public say, you know what? i'm okay with paying an extra dollar and 50 cents for ukraine. at some point they are going this is starting to hurt me. >> i don't see any poll that indicates people blame putin more than biden.

the problem for biden is he canceled the pipeline. he has been anti-gas and oil. he campaigned as a green candidate. he said he would close down the fossil fuel industries. you know, he can't go back now and say he didn't mean it and the price of gasoline and the price of food were going up before you had the problem with u.k. and the russian invasion of ukraine. so i don't think the average person is going to say oh, boy i would really like to vote against putin. they are going to say look, you are the guy in charge and the president. by the way, the president doesn't pay for marine one gas. doesn't pay for air force one gas. he doesn't pay for the limousine's gas. he doesn't feel any of this pain and neither does his staff. it's the country that is suffering. and it's biden and kamala harris who are out of touch with reality. >> steve: all right. newt gingrich, joining us from d.c. newt, thank you very much. >> thanks. good to be with you. >> steve: good to have you. still ahead on this monday, president biden is answering aoc's calls to tax the rich. his plan to take more money from

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more sanctions. because the words of president biden in warsaw about the united states will stay with ukraine until the very end it resonated into ukrainian hearts but what is the end for ukraine for us it's only the victory. we need to keep our russian soldiers, russian troops be out of the country can tri and to defender our air. because every day missiles are coming peaceful city. when president biden was speaking in warsaw, russians were hitten very close, less than 100 miles close to polish border. a few hundred miles from the place where president biden was taking his speech and say ising about war. it's not war in ukraine. it's the crash of civilization. putin's regime and western civilization. and ukraine route illinois now is the shield.

>> brian: i hear you. you want tanks and you want the s 300 systems. you don't have them and you believe they can get across the border. what is the problem? >> we need air defense system. we need jets to do air-to-air. artillery take russians out of the territory they are controlling right now and invaded february 24th. so, actually, i want to call also to american people because i know that the american people, no matter what -- they support ukrainian people. >> brian: we do. >> and we see call. and it resonates into our hearts as well. >> brian: listen, the american people are there just real quick, is it true that the sentiment in ukraine would not be to allow the donbas region to go to the russians in exchange

for peace? is it true that you would not accept that for the most part? >> integrity is our red line. president zelenskyy and members of parliament are not trading territory. as the fate of the whole country. and of the whole nation. putin just wants to destroy this nation and to show civilized word to humiliate the western world [inaudible] that's why we need, you know, we can't have this bureaucracy and having weapons. we are thankful for american -- for america for the government for, you know, giving us the stingers and javelins. i'm not going to sugar coat because i am representing the people. >> brian: you also need harpoons to be able to take out these ships, right? >> yes. we need the antimissile. they are coming from black sea.

targets in few thousand miles. >> brian: gotcha. it happens every day. >> brian: the president knows. this he could get it done. thank you so much. i hear your frustration. >> thank you. >> brian: all right. still ahead. massive influx of immigrants is bad. it's going to get worse this week. we will give you the details. don't move. why is guy fieri in the neighbors' kitchen? it's slider sunday! sliiiiiiiiii-der sunday! these chicken parm sliders on king's hawaiian rolls are fire! slider sunday! i want that. everything's better between king's hawaiian bread. mmm!

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>> good monday morning. it's cold here in the northeast. at 20-30 degrees below average. we have freeze advisories and effect. let's take a look at those temperatures. my husband had to take out the winter clothes again this morning for my kids for 20 right now in new york city. 26 in philadelphia. 19 in albany. it feels colder than that with the wind chills. it will set some records called highs today my friends and parts of upstate new york and massachusetts, boston is 31. meanwhile, across the plains states, we are breaking some record highs where temperatures are going to be into the 80s and close to 90 degrees head of this next storm system that's going to bring us another round of severe storms and especially tuesday and wednesday. an area of low pressure. we've got heavy snow for the mountains. strong and severe thunderstorms tuesday and wednesday. this is what we call tornado

alley especially this time of year when you have a difference between the cold air and the warm air and everywhere in between that we could see the risk for tornadoes especially on wednesday for areas that you see shaded in the maroon for the large hail damage and we will keep you up-to-date. meanwhile, it is cold my friend. we will keep you up-to-date with the latest details. >> thank you so much. it's cold out there. it's the moment everyone's talking about this morning from last night's academy awards as best actor winner will smith it's physical with comedian chris rock. >> data, i love you. g.i. jane 2, can't wait to see you. oh, wow. wow will smith just smacked the [bleep] out of me. >> keep my wife's name out your [bleep] mouth. >> wow, dude. >> yes. >> it was a g.i. jane joke.

>> wow, right? >> what is your reaction? >> i had somebody reactions. first i thought it was nice to see how they would beat up each other instead of bashing conservatives all the time. i do like a man who defends his life. but also, i thought chris rock is a comedian. he's doing his job. truthfully, ainsley, i mean, it was a pretty light-headed joke. i know alopecia and losing your hair is a woman can be pretty dramatic. it was light touch compared to what most conservative politicians get on their wives by the way. imagine all the things that have been said about melania trump by the media and by many of the people in that same room. that was a little interesting to me how thin-skinned chris i mean will smith about spirit and then he definitely should not go into politics. on the other hand, this story is a lot more complicated. this is where it gets really interesting, ainsley. jayda and will smith have had

periods of an open marriage. will smith has endured a lot of ridicule over that in the past. also on a very sort of emotional level, he has been very open about having survived domestic abuse in his home. he literally talks about there has talk about being a child being only nine years old and feeling like a coward because he had to endure watching his father beat up his mother in front of him. and he could not do anything about it. maybe this was some sort of, like, i can defend my family. i can defend my wife in this moment. he was overcome by that. the other layer of this of course is that he was receiving an oscar for, you know, this movie about serena and venus williams which is them defending, you know, this father figure defending his family. in the end, no matter what, he is a grown man. he ought to keep it classy. he's got to keep his emotions in check.

i don't think this was the moment to do what he did. i don't think we should resort to violence. but there are lots of interesting pop-culture emotional and marriage relationship layers to this moment that we can unpack. >> he did apologize when he won best acord. he apologized to the academy and apologize to the other nominees. but not the chris rock. we will see where this goes. hopefully they can mend fences and get together and get along. tomorrow, shannon's book comes out. daughters of the bible speak. i know you're moderating the event. tell us about it. >> so excited tomorrow. 6:00 p.m. a live signing event. this is a wonderful book as you know what her last book was a runaway best seller. women, mothers and daughters speak from the bible. it's very interesting. it's not just for women. he sent one to will smith. there's a lot to learn from the

bible and a lot of intrigue as well and there. these stories, you know, cover all of that. i'm excited to be part of it and help shannon sell's book. i think it's a wonderful thing to put out there in a culture. >> if you're interested in partaking in that, it is livesigning.com. she will pop them in the mail and send them to use you can have an autographed copy of the book. thank you so much for being on with this, rachel. >> great seeing you in the morning, ainsley. >> you did a great job. >> our number three starts right now. >> their new round of peace talks set to begin between russia and ukraine. >> anything short of russia leaving -- >> we will not surrender. >> the lowest point in his presidency. >> this is a huge red flag. >> he's bad and she's worse.

>> new york's bravest calling out the mayor's double standard. not for people to protect and serve. >> this is a civil rights issue at this point. different rules to different people. >> the crisis at our southern border may only get worse this week. >> title 42 is repealed. >> biden created this crisis. >> i love you. it g.i. jane 2, can't wait to see you. oh, wow, wow. will smith just smacked the [bleep] out of me. >> there it goes. will smith is not happy with the joke about his wife, so he does what you would do if you are -- >> a movie star in a movie. a lot of people about this was fake. i don't think it's fake. you see how upset will smith get spirit a lot of people and they are befuddled by the whole thing could a little bit later, he would be crying about it.

i just don't think in any moment when it comes to chris rock and stand up comedy, that's what he does purity take shots at people all the time. it used to be an edgy show. ricky gervais' with the golden globes. he had hollywood so personally. such a prolific way, they want to invite him back again. evidently behind the chris rock was calm. he said great moment in tv. he said i just got hit by muhammad ali and i didn't flinch. >> she has been vocal about alopecia. we don't know if that is why he got up and hit him. maybe it is so sensitive an issue. any person who has that our lives as they hear of course, i would be just devastating. maybe that's what it was. maybe it had a few cocktails before this event. who knows? it definitely hit a nerve. he went up there and dip and life. >> steve: he did and it's what everybody is talking about it these oscars were probably going to go down as one of the least watched in american history.

so many people are looking at that particular exchange. i have three friends, you know. it played after i went to bed. they said to me that japanese are the australian -- you can see the whole thing. right now, about half of the people who responding think that it was stage. these are actors. >> if you're an actor, you can cry. >> here's the thing. of the rage on will smith base when he's yelling at chris rock, that just seems so raw and so real good only the two of them, you know, know about it. but it looks like a spontaneous -- it's going to be one of the most shocking moments of tv history. and it -- >> ainsley: will smith started laughing and then you saw her face and she rolled her eyes to the joke. she didn't think that g.i. jane joke was funny. and then the next thing you know, he's on stage slapping him. >> i am a friend in japan that

did -- there's no excuse for it. a couple of things. chris rock and take a hit. for him to finish this speech in the introduction is unbelievable. afterwards. and then this will be the biggest story that overshadows. evidently a great day a great night for women. there was a lot of great movies. it was a historic movie. apple streaming plus is able to do a movie based on juco deaf characters. that was a story. everyone's talking about this in particular. i'm just wondering if they will take his oscar away. because there is a code of conduct, i'm pretty sure. you're not supposed to punch anybody on stage. >> they came up with this statement and said we do not condone violence. >> brian: will he take the statue back? >> steve: i think what is happening right now is oprah winfrey's bookers are calling both parties and they are trying to arrange some sort of a summit and a sit down to figure out what's happening. >> ainsley: we will all be watching if she gets that interview and we will play clips for you.

>> brian: does anyone have a late night show i can borrow for a night? >> ainsley: he wants to joke about it. let's talk about what's happening overseas in ukraine and with the russia invasion. president zelenskyy is pleading for additional help now while accusing the west of cowardice behavior. >> brian: he's added. a new round of peace talks is set between russia and ukraine. >> steve: live on the ground in ukraine with more. i just saw something from russia. they have declared the first stage of their operation where they take over parts of the east and a complete success. then again, that's exactly what you expect the russians to say. >> you do expect in the essay that appeared with a second phase, they say they are going to focus on the east. we have seen so many air strikes now coming here to the west. the headline out of here today is another round of cease-fire negotiations is getting ready to start despite the fact that

previous cease-fire negotiations and agreed to as quickly as it was agreed to. the civilian death toll is in the thousands. one ukrainian negotiator says the talks could start as early as today in istanbul, turkey. ukrainians insist this is not about surrender. >> the negotiations do not mean what ukraine is ready for some interpret the negotiations mean that there should be absolution and diplomatic pressure to stop russia. we are not ready to give up. >> a new round of negotiations ahead. we are looking for peace. our priorities and negotiations are known. ukraine suffered territorial beyond doubt. >> territorial integrity for volodymyr zelenskyy means he will not give into rose's demand that ukraine give up the rage into the far east of the country in a land bridge down to crimea.

mary opal is a city key for control of that land bridge. that is a city that has been subject to siege warfare for more than three weeks. civilian deaths are so widespread that people are burying their loved ones in the yards. starvation is a real threat. in the capital city of kyiv, classes are set underweight yet again. the regional administrator says students are going to start going back to school but with remote learning. he says it's as much about distraction as it is about reading, writing, and arithmetic. >> is truly a humanitarian catastrophe. the president zelenskyy contrast what's happening in -- as opposed to considering sending as 300. considering sending tanks. we are looking at your request. we understand what's going on. let's make sure we don't do this. meanwhile, people are fighting for their lives. i don't think zelenskyy is

overstating it saying they are fighting really stop this russian aggression that is in existence since vladimir putin took over. if they don't stop him here, if he is able to annex half their country, he's going to continue. >> we have seen in the past president biden make comments. that happened over the weekend. the president was in poland warsaw on saturday. made the comment about vladimir putin should not remain in power. white house cleaned up on sunday. take a listen to what he said on saturday in poland. >> we will have a different future, hope and light. for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power. >> that sounds pretty clearly like regime change. however, it does appear as if the president went off speech. he was asked -- it appears he's leaving church yesterday. and there were a number of reporters nearby the white house

press will call to the president. does he walk that back? watch this. >> mr. president, do you want putin removed? mr. president, were you calling for regime change? >> president biden: no. >> steve: the reason the white house is trying to clean this up is what the president had done as he had given vladimir putin some first-rate propaganda. >> even though a lot of people agree with it that he should step down. >> steve: is not u.s. policy to do that at this point. the propaganda for putin is the united states they want me gone. i told you that all along. and so it makes his case which is the last thing we want. >> the german chancellor said this is not the aim of nato or the american president. he asked if biden made a dangerous mistake with his comment. he says no, he says what he said. he said i wouldn't use this type of wording because i continue to have talks with president putin pretty wants to have that open dialogue as most of these world

leaders do so they can at least negotiate with them or talk them down. >> steve: we are so careful about upsetting vladimir putin. we don't want to galvanize the russian people and say we are fighting for our future and our right to pick our own leaders. if they just wanted to walk it back, they could simply have just said, but we understand -- it's up to the russian people to pick their leaders in the event that they could actually have a fair election. german chancellor reacts to biden got off by regime change is not what we want. the white house walked back the regime change call is unlikely to wash. putin will see it as confirmation of what he is believed all along. bad lapse and discipline that runs the risk of extending the scope and duration of this war. the white house officials walking back -- listen. >> you have heard essay repeatedly. we do not have a strategy of regime change in russia or anywhere else for that matter.

>> the u.s. does not have a policy of regime change toward russia. >> bilo way, they walk it back. immediately after, it just makes you wonder who's in charge. the president saying things, the secondary state, ambassadors are walking him back. >> the secretary under obama said why do you walk it back? this guy is a war criminal. he is killing innocent civilians purity should not have walk it back. >> that was his trip to poland and to brussels as well. there is a new poll out that shows how many americans think that he is doing a good job when it comes to the question is, do you have confidence in joe biden's ability to handle the war in ukraine. at the first2 up. 42% on very level and 20% -- 71% of americans have just a little confidence in how our commander in chief is operating

this thing. >> just about 60% want america to do more. why is approval dropping when it comes to a war that american people understand as necessary we clearly have picked a side. it is ukraine's side. this is a right and wrong. this is got to really worry the president. his approval rating dropping by the economy. he said this is a good time for democrats, the best time we've had in months. that's not the case. they've got a generic poll are the first time since 2014, republicans over democrats. >> this is an nbc poll. low confidence in the president's ability to deal with the russian invasion which is probably the one you were talking about, steve. 8 of 10 worry it will involve nuclear weapons >> the key to this graphic we are looking at right now is the bottom line. joe biden's approval rating is at 40%. look at the top one. that was april of last year.

he has dropped 13 points. so much of it has to do with the prices you pay at the pump. >> he has dropped three-point since january. this is the lowest of his presidency and 71% believe the country is heading in the wrong direction and disapproved of the president's handling of the economy. >> if you think he is unpopular now when it comes to the taliban, kicking girls out of school and my kicking bbc out of the country, becoming a terrorist haven just as predicted. what's happening in ukraine for the president's number still dropping as perceived. he's not leading and not doing enough. that's what the perception is. i think it is the reality as well. it is my view. add to this. if he does this iranian deal which is so unpopular with the american people when they propose to the 2015 even less popular now with the russians leading it, other democrats including democratic senators are going to pay the price. i wish democrats would stand up and just do what's right for the country. >> steve: one of the problems is in so many different aquatic

cities, that crime wave is just crazy. here in new york city, the new mayor said that new york city is a laughingstock as crime and homelessness urges. let's bring in former new york city police officer dan bongino, the host of "unfiltered." eager eric adams say it's a laughingstock and also there's an item and i believe "the new york post" and says that two years ago, politicians passed a bill to ban repeat subway criminals. that's a real problem in new york city. people are getting, you know, murdered in the subway. not one person has been put on the do not ride list. two years later, apparently they pass the bill. they don't -- they don't enforce it. there's nobody to enforce it. there's no cops in the subway. >> have and i told you this before? the problem i find with eric adams and democrat politicians in new york is you can play dumb. sometimes, you legitimately don't have a policy prescription

to fix a problem, right? but you don't really have evidence whether it worked or not. you do whatever it is. you seek economic regulation. the problem i have with eric adams and the democrats of new york which i have stated here so many times and really like a broken record is they literally know what works. the toolkit is right there. broken windows, comp stat policing. when they brought the captains and from the precinct and said, our computer statistics show you got drug dealing going on on sutter avenue in the 75 precinct at this intersection, why are you doing something about it? i captains where, like, my gosh, maybe i should do something about it. the fact that the nypd under this awful democrat leadership is not being allowed to fully implement the old rudy giuliani air of broken windows policing keeping people off the subway

which apparently has not been used one time. it tells you that they are not serious, guys. they are not serious. please explain to me how they are serious. you have a tool to keep bad guys out of the subway. and it has been used on how many people? 0. a doughnut, an egg. zero, none. you are not serious. i'm sorry, stop the nonsense. you are the mayor of new york city. >> brian: is telling everyone to clean up the homeless encampments. that's more than what the mayor of los angeles is doing. he does say stop allowing people to jump the turnstiles which is called beating the failure. >> way to go, eric. let's remove homeless people from this policy that has been done in new york city did years ago. you know, i mean, this is all, come on, this is all nonsense. i said before about eric adams. i hope you prove me wrong. i mean it. i was born in new york city in new york city. i'm a native new yorker.

i hope you prove me wrong, but i've known who eric adams' for a long time. the minutes there's a use of force incident they get some kind of publicity on the left, all this stuff is going to get dialed back. i hope i'm wrong. >> ainsley: no one knows what to think about impurities allowing all these nypd officers and firefighters to be fired because they didn't get the vaccine. all the kids 4 and under in masks. many people don't agree with that. they like it is tough on crime stance. how do you feel about them? >> the yankees have to play. >> improves one thing. i'm a fan of baseball. i have done professional sports. i grew up with don mattingly and all. let's be honest. this is a have and have not situation. the yankees and mets are pretty influential in new york city. there honestly owned by people with a lot of money bring a lot of economic activities. the fact that cops and farming

got fire didn't bother anyone. the democrats didn't care at all. it came down to the haves and the people with the money a good influence that tax revenue in the city and give some bad p.r. to the mayor, all of a sudden, he cares. that's why i'm sorry, man, i'm not on the whole eric adams bandwagon. again, i really hope he proves me wrong. my family lives up in new york city. i want to see people get hurt. i'm not crazy. i have zero optimism he will do the right thing. >> steve: we want to ask you about something we've been talking about all morning. will smith slapped or punched chris rock. the best -- there is -- the l.a. police kind of involved. watch this and we want you to tell us what you see. >> data, i love you. "g.i. jane 2", can't wait to see you. all right? [laughter] that was a nice one, okay. i'm out here, [laughs]

oh, wow. wow. will smith just slapped the [bleep] out of me. >> keep my wife's name out of your [bleep] mouth. >> wow, dude. it was a "g.i. jane 2" joke. >> keep my wife's name out your [bleep] mouth. >> i'm going to, okay? >> i want to apologize to the academy, to all my fellow nominees. love will make you do crazy things. i hope the academy invites me back, thank you. >> he declined to file a police report. l.a.p.d. said if he changed his mind, we will open an investigation. >> let's get real at this. let me give you -- i grew up in new york city.

i'm not going to over dramatize the situation. the streets i grew up in white the easiest one. i don't condone that kind of stuff. obviously, you know, you really probably should not smack a comedian if the joke was kind of stupid. but i get it. obviously, i get it. and i would be lying if i said i'm gonna sit her on tv and try to be like oh, because you insulted a dude's wife, man. i mean, i don't know will smith situation with his wife. -- speak i wanted to hear the rest of that. he understands will smith's sentiment towards it. >> it clearly hit a nerve. >> had a lot of nerves. >> brian: chris rock said afterwards, he goes, i just got hit by muhammad ali and i don't have a scratch. >> ainsley: 20 minutes after the top of the hour. a lie look at the white house where president biden is set to unveil a new task on billionaires later today. will the tax the rich push? helpless party november.

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>> president biden is sent to unveil a new tax plan today targeting america's most wealthy, super wealthy when he unveils his 2023 budget later on today. >> ainsley: the billionaire minimum income tax proposal reported will include a 20% minimum tax rate on all households worth more than $100 million with more than half the revenue coming from households worth more than $1 billion. >> how do you do that?

michelle announced. stuart varney is also with american fox business which is a great show. >> first off, this is not a big surprise. how do you do it? how do you tax people who are rich for being rich? >> if you are very rich and have a net worth of more than $100 million, the irs will come along and say, how much did you gain on your investments in the stock market and your house? even artwork. how much did you gain in that year? and they will say, right, you made a gain of x number of dollars. we are taking 20% of it. that is the seizure of wealth. they are just saying -- >> ainsley: how do you determine that? >> very good question but how do you determine the value of your house and how much is gained? are they valuing it on december 31st or april the first? which is it? we have no clue. >> you can't implement this tax. i think it is unconstitutional because it is not a tax.

it is the seizure of wealth. they don't do that in this country. >> if your value went down, they will give you a refund, absolutely not. one of the reasons why the richest guy on the planet elon musk tweeted this out in october of last year. eventually, they run out of other people's money. then they come for you. they are coming for him. >> is supposed to affect 20,000 people. no sympathy whatsoever. it's got some? this is the democrats laying out their strategy for november. they found on the border. they failed on crime. they fell on inflation. tax the rich. let soak them, why not? we want their money. i could see out that might be popular. >> brian: i think it's going to be interesting how it's all going to start, how they are going to do it. what about the 50% that don't pay any taxes? he said i think they should pay something into that system. john roberts question on sunday

and he said, are you raising taxes on the american people? what you think? >> overall, he would not raise taxes on the american people. he wants to have somebody to have skin in the game. i've not seen the planet detail. he wants to spread the taxation burden around a little bit so that everybody's got a piece of the action. speak out you make $25,000 a year -- >> it would be very much on lower income people. not much at all. >> it's all about november. it's all about inflation in november. >> your show is coming up in about 30 more minutes. >> i better get away. >> ainsley: 9:00 a.m. >> steve: the biden administration is bracing for another influx of migrants as soon as this week. former acting dhs secretary chad wolfe warns thousands could be heading your way as a critical shop era policies about the

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>> responsibility for what is unfolding. >> of course i take responsibility. it's horrible what you saw. to see people treated like they did, horses running over people being strapped. it's outrageous. i promise you, those people will pay. there will be consequences. >> president biden about there would be payback last year after images of border patrol agents using clips cause uproar and false accusations. dhs said there would be a quick probe, six months later, that investigation is still ongoing with no information released. here to react, acting dhs secretary. >> good morning. >> you would think that investigation like that would take maybe a week, two weeks. it looks like it has taken six

months. we may never know the results of it, because what the president said did not happen. >> well, that's exactly right. at that time if you recall, the dhs secretary said the investigation would be closed in a matter of weeks. we are now six months, you know, not only does that dhs secretary o an apology those border patrol officers but also the president of the vice president who made disparaging comments. i've been briefed on many of these types of investigations. it should not take six months when all the facts around video, you have access to those border patrol agents down there on the border. you can get into an investigation and close it pretty quickly. i think it's going to reveal that they did not do anything wrong. the video shows that. eyewitness accounts show that. i don't think the administration wants to admit that. >> never toggle photographer who took the images in question said no one saw border patrol agent whipping. that was the whole thing, you

know. it shouldn't take six months to have that guy come out and say that. something else we wanted to pick your brain on. that is coming up on april 1st. it sounds like title 42 is going to end. it looks like as many as 170,000 refugees could be heading into the country. where do we put them? >> it is a great question. title 42 was always a temporary measure. it was always going to go away. with this administration has not done as they haven't planned for it and they have up with other policies in place to deter illegal activities that we see. not only do you have the amount of folks that are coming to the border every month, 170 -- 8 million. we also held a surge that's going to come once the cartels and the smugglers and other start advertising that title 42 has gone away. it's a double whammy heard this administration should have planned for this better. they should've put procedures in place.

unfortunately, they continue to do and i just don't understand that i don't believe it is they continue to treat this as though it is a capacity issue. if they throw more resources and more bodies added, they can process these individuals best or. that's not addressing the underlying cause of the illegal behavior and the pull factors that are causing a lot of these individuals to continue to break the law a month month after month. >> after they are processed as we are looking right there in texas, that they are released into the interior. and then, they are told, coke queue in i.c.e. office. often times, they don't. >> they have broken the system along the border. it's overwhelmed. it will release individuals into the country. we don't see them showing up. we know that 80% to 85% will never qualify for asylum. we are going to have to from the country. >> we will see what happens. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> still ahead on this monday,

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>> president biden: this man cannot remain in power britain >> mr. president, were you calling for regime change? >> president biden: no. >> ainsley: damage control mode frantically walking back then, they made about putin's regime. our next guest warrants the damage is already done. arizona congressman andy biggs joins us now. we've seen a lot of when it comes to the recent happenings in russia and ukraine we have seen some gaps, the minor

incursion, the sanctions not meant to deter and now this over the weekend. putin cannot remain in power. in the white house save face or is it too late? >> it's probably too late because you couple that with a chemical weapon statement that he made in troops on the ground. you know, when you have french president macron -- explaining exactly why that it's going to cause trouble and then a withdrawal, you know that we probably stepped over the line there with president biden's comments. >> i know that if you congressman, you are one of them. you've written a letter with the fbi. they have the internal audit and was highly redacted. 747 compliance errors, 353 separate cases and sensitive investigative matters. what does that letter say? >> we are asking specifically that they unredacted the information they put out.

it was heavily redacted. there were things like search warrants and other procedural errors. we really need to get to the bottom of that. the other aspect to it, ainsley, is that christopher wray was before congress testified that they always follow these predicates in these rules. we need to find out if they have actually corrected these. it was targeted, why they were targeting how these errors might have been impacted these investigations. >> ainsley: what is your biggest concern? >> that we have an ongoing lack of trust not just by members of congress but the public with the police apparatus of the police united states government especially the fbi. >> they said the fbi takes compliance very seriously especially when it comes to sensitive investigative matters. in 2019, we conducted an internal audit of those matters. while the number of -- approval notification administrative requirements noted in the report is unacceptable, we began implementing imported changes in training and awareness, raising awareness even prior to

assurance of the report. we remain -- internal investigative and operational guidelines. is that satisfactory to you? >> not really. it's a vague response. i don't talk specifically about half of the people they've investigated where with the officials. we don't know what the predicates wherefore that, if they even have predicates. we don't know what they've done specifically to correct these problems. we don't know if there's been disciplinary action taken. we don't know if these investigations and ultimately whether any charges would be brought based on the errors they've found. >> ainsley: let us know how it turns out. let's hand it over to carly. she has some headlines for us. >> police in philadelphia are asking for tips to track down this man. they say with the taxi driver before stealing his car. the driver's, capturing the chilling encounter. the suspect smacked the driver

with his weapon seconds into the ride. he holds the driver at gunpoint, ordering him to give up his car and cash. the driver complies jumping out of the car before the suspect speeds away. police found that car abandoned. heineken saying they are withdrawing from business in russia following hundreds of other businesses. the dutch beer company which employs 1800 people in russia saying they are "deeply saddened by russia's invasion of ukraine." heineken said it would aim for an orderly transfer over its business to a new owner in compliance with international and local laws. starting today, united airlines employees who are not vaccinated against me 19 are allowed head back to their jobs. the end of the mandate will apply only to those who receive an exemption and were removed to unpaid leave. the 200 employees fired for not getting this shot will not be rehired under the new rules. those are your headlines.

ainsley come over to you. >> ainsley: thank you so much. let's check in with our senior meteorologist. >> it's cold here in the northeast. we are going to set some cold-weather records. let's take a look at the temperatures over the windshield. when it feels like with their wins. it feels really cold. let's do that right now. 10 degrees is what it feels like in new york city. teams across much of the northeast and the great legs, i know we can get those up at some point. can we? they may go. when jill, five is what it feels like in buffalo. eight in pavement. that's take a look at those maps. we are going to break some records. 24 as the nighttime low this evening. philadelphia 23. atlantic city 21. it's just a pocket of cold air across the northeast and the great lakes. you look at the plane states. we are going to be setting some records for parts of texas up towards the northern rockies. then we are going to track this next storm system that moves

into california bring a beneficial rain. that is the storm that's going to produce the severe threat we think on tuesday and wednesday for some of these areas from texas across the mississippi and ohio river valley. large-scale damaging winds. some of those areas you want to make sure you know what to do. watch means conditions are favorable. warnings mean that the warning is imminent. fox weather.com will keep you up-to-date. ainsley, i'm running back inside after this. >> ainsley: thankfully, we are a few weeks away from each day. hopefully it will be warmed by then. thank you so much. coming up, the stage is set for the final four as saint peter's cinderella comes to end. march madness match up coming up next. let's check in with dana perino for what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> i should watch that so i could talk about sports tonight on "the five."

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>> steve: it is the number one topic in the world on this monday morning. it is the slap heard around the world during last night's big oscar casts. will smith attacked chris rock on stage after he made a joke about his wife. >> if you still have a water cooler, you are talking about this today. didn't stop will smith from partying after the show. dancing with valley hollywood elites at the "vanity fair" party just hours after the show's mike and chris rock from making a joke about his wife's haircut. >> i love you. "g.i. jane 2", can't wait to see you. [laughs] oh, wow, wow, will smith just

smack the [bleep] out of me. >> keep my wife's name out your [bleep] mouth. >> wow, dude. >> yes. >> it was a "g.i. jane 2" joke. >> keep my wife's name out your [bleep] mouth. >> that joke coming at the expense of jada pinkett smith which suffers from alopecia which causes her law. hair loss. >> denzil said to me a few minutes ago, at your highest moment, be careful. that's when the devil comes for you. [applause] >> smith later apologizing to the academy for the slap while excepting oscar for best actor. notice we does not mention. >> i want to apologize to the academy. i want to apologize to all my fellow nominees.

hoping the academy invites me back. thank you. >> with no mention of some online praise from congresswoman. she also suffers from alopecia and shares her support from an anow deleted tweet. in the face of daily endurance and insults. chris rock has declined to press charges against smith thus far in the l.a.p.d. has it on its radar. "the incident involved one individual slapping another part of the of all party desires a police report at a later date, l.a.p.d. will be available to complete an investigative report. no word yet on whether smith may have to give that oscar bag. the academy released a code of conduct in 2017 condemning abuse of any kind. making history as the first movie made by extreme service to win best picture. the number one take away online. this oscar was mostly peaceful. back to you.

>> it was and told him very end. >> brian: the one we scripted, the stage of the final four. duke will play north carolina in the first time in the final four in their school's history. that is significant. meanwhile, saint peter storybook season has come to a crashing end. they lost. here to react is saint pete's remarkable run and put in perspective jim gray who is covered at all, seen it all, and was not one to give into overstatements. this story seems to have gotten everybody talking about sports for the first time in a long time. do they have any perspective? >> no one had ever done it before, brian, as you mentioned to have the number 15 seed make it to the elite 8. there has been some great upsets in north carolina when you look back on north carolina state when they won mike at her back in 1983, beating john thompson then georgetown and 85. butler coming up i hear short

when hayward missed that half-court shot against due back in 2011. this is really unprecedented. unfortunately after beating kentucky and beating murray state and beating purdue, the glass slipper finally broke. and they were never able to recover from that bad start. >> it looks like a high school gym. what they are able to do, recruiting -- i'm sure north carolina did not call any of those players to play. i'm sure kentucky did not contact any of those players to play on their squad. they were able to do it to the mid-major. i understand they're going to get about $8.1 million from this run. it goes to the conference. i love that. to spread it out. mid-major to grow their programs a little. >> it is going to grow the program through the coach makes 220, $240,000. he is going to have offers possibly from seton hall. going to make ten times that probably. it's just a wonderful story. it just shows you, not only --

college basketball has changed so much now with all of the one end on a guys being able to transfer in the portal and so forth. all of these teams that never had a shot before and even saying it in the tournament. yes, we do have villanova and kansas and duke and north carolina, probably the most storied rivalry in the history of college basketball. those teams did end up making it. look at all the upsets they went into this along the way. college basketball is much, much different. it's going to give everybody hope and it's a legitimate hope. >> you talk about a seton hall star. the assistant coach there. i didn't know this. it was hurting so much, they asked him to take a pay cut and he did. he also said being that they had covid-19, he said they were locking together. nobody went home for the holidays. they are so tight right now. it's not just a trite saying. they are like family. it to seem so composed sidelines

was so interesting. his approach to this whole thing. >> yes, and he said after the game in the locker room by himself that he just felt awful. he was taking the blame. they were outmatched and finally, you know, they were just beaten by a much, much better team on that day. the best teams don't always win, but usually they do win it out in the end where they meet three teams that they probably should not have ever been in the same gymnasium with. you know, as just one of the feel-good stories about this tournament. they call at march madness. and that's why it is that madness. it's so much fun to watch and it's going to be a great final four. >> coach k's final season. they were struggling at the end. no one thought they were really going to get here. back in the final four against north carolina. can you put his career in perspective and 40 seconds? >> it has been a pursuit of excellence. he has achieved it. he now passes the legendary john

wooden. not a national championships. no one's going to do that with what was able to do at the ucla bruins with those in the undefeated seasons and so forth with bill walton. he's going to his 13th final four. 13. one more than the wizard. he is the winningest coach in the history of college basketball. his name will forever be remembered. and he will be the standard. we get to watch one more weekend and it's going to be a lot of fun. >> steve: but you continue your podcast with tom brady now he's playing again? >> absolutely. let's go. we will be back. >> you will see the eye black under his eyes for another season at least. thank you so much. always great to get your perspective. >> thanks, brian. it spake on going to gradually walk back to the couch and make it seem natural. >> the great thing about march madness is the unexpected. >> you can only see that at the

college level. it happens every year. there's always one team that get somewhere. saint peters, everybody -- >> i wanted them to win. >> i didn't care. and they are the underdog and i love their story. >> we missed 19 of 22 shots. it's hard to prevail. >> thank you very much for joining us. we will be back on the couch. >> have a good one. >> dana: critics accusing the president on dangerous rhetoric of russia. america's allies aren't happy. bill has time off and trace is with me again. >> trace: good morning to you. i'm trace gallagher. this is "america's newsroom." the president going off script during a speech in poland declaring vladimir putin cannot re main in power. the apparent call for regime change sending shock waves through nato. the gaffe threatening to undo