>> carley: congresswoman you are absolutely right $150 million for lawyers representing migrants during the immigration process. so everybody at home that is what the biden administration is proposing your money get used for. got to leave there. thank you so much for joining us this morning congresswoman cammack, we appreciate it. >> thank you so much. have a good day. >> todd: with that "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ wake me up when it's all over ♪ when i'm wiser and i'm older ♪ all this time. >> steve: i'm wiser and older so i'm going to wake you up. good morning, everybody, san antonio, texas, central daylight time it is 5:00 a.m. in san antonio. beautiful town. great food. 68 currently. they are going for a daytime high of 85 and it's going to be cloudy. unlike the "fox & friends" set which is always sunny. >> ainsley: usually san antonio

is pretty sunny though. the riverwalk have you ever been down there. >> steve: a million times. they have the best enchiladas. >> ainsley: this celebration called fest that where they take a week or two weeks off the school to just party. they have all these floats. >> steve: what month in spring? >> ainsley: i believe it's april. coming up. >> steve: fantastic. >> pete: freezing in new york. >> steve: that's why we brought in the complainer: >> pete: sunny in the studio. >> ainsley: thursday it will warm up. >> pete: thanks for having me. we begin this 6:00 a.m. hour with a fox news alert. the behavior mariupol saying the city has fallen into russian hands and nearly 5,000 people have been killed. >> ainsley: peace talks are set today in turkey as ukraine is insisting it will not give up any territory. >> steve: alex hogan is live in lviv with the very latest. they say they won't give up any territory but now it sounds like

they are willing to discuss being neutral. >> yes. that's right. being neutral often refers to not creating any alliances about any other countries. i do also want to note that right now we are just starting to hear the sirens sound off here in lviv the first time we have heard the sirens here since earlier on in the night when the sirens ran out. one thing we should look at is mariupol. the center of attention today with the city, they are now mainly under russian occupation according to the mayor. the mayor is asking everyone to flee if possible. half of the residents already have done. so but roughly 160,000 people remain trapped there. and the mayor of mariupol says that about 5,000 people have been killed since the start of the war. 210 of them are children. now, let's also take look at some of the devastation in mykolaiv their people are trying to comb through the rubble of

their homes. so many buildings and homes decimated entry point to the black sea port. if seized that would cut off ukraine to much of its coast. refugees escaping on a bus with blown out windows completely at a loss at how this is their life now. >> we have been sitting in a basement for a month and have not been able to go out. look how i look. like a normal person? untiedy, all dirty. yesterday they were bombing and nearly killed us. how is it possible to live like that? >> moan while back over here on the western side of the country, a russian strike targeted another oil depot overnight. this one taking place about 75 miles from lviv burning up much of the fuel. ukrainian troops are ramping up their offensive tactics of their own by taking back irpin outside of kyiv and near kharkiv. negotiations begin in turkey ukraine says it will not budge

on giving up any land. >> we will never accept this. we can speak. we can watch for solutions but the price of compromise could not be our territorial integrity. that is absolutely for sure. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy addressed the station last night telling people to not take some of these small victories to heart and to not show any emotion. right now what people need is endurance and to continue on and to keep fighting. guys, backs to you. >> steve: they are doing all of that all right. alex hogan live in lviv, thank you very much. the big worry with ukrainians is that the russians want to split the country into two parts like the korean model. you would have a north -- rather as in north south korea. you would essentially an east ukraine and west ukraine. for the most part i think the east would be the red part that

we saw on that map where a lot of people speak russian, have forever. and it's been one of those regions where there has been fighting for the last 8 years. >> ainsley: the president was over in poland over the weekend and he called for a regime change. he said putin needs to go. on sunday a reporter asked when he was coming out of church and he says no, no. that's not true. and then his entire staff everyone in the administration they were on the sunday shows and they said no, we are walking that back. that didn't happen. that's not what he meant. well then peter doocy asked him yesterday in the white house and this somewhat so bizarre. he asked him about the chemical weapons comment we would respond in kind and regime change and also asked him about the u.s. boots on the ground. sounded like he was saying that's a possibility. and the president responded by walking back the walk backs. listen. >> i'm not walking anything back. the fact of the matter is i was expressing the moral outrage i felt toward the way putin is dealing, the actions of this man

just, just, brutality. i want to make it clear i wasn't then nor am i now articulating a policy change. i was expressing moral outrage i feel and i make no apologies for it. >> are you worried that other leaders in the world are going to start to doubt that america is back if some of these big things that you say on the world stage keep getting walked back? >> putin -- what's getting walked back. >> sounds like in the last couple days it sounded like you told u.s. troops they were going to ukraine. it sounded like you stead it is possible the u.s. would use a chemical weapon. and it sounded like you were calling for regime change in russia. and we know. >> none of the three occurred. >> none of the three occurred? >> none of the three. >> ainsley: now he is denying they occurred. >> steve: we heard them. we heard them out of his own mouth. >> pete: that's why almost every question this that press conference was about that. huge kudos to your son.

unflappable. indispensable in walking it through. laying it out for joe biden who basically looked at him and just said i didn't say that. >> ainsley: first he said i'm not walking back anything. and then at the end of the soundbite what did he say? i didn't say any of that. >> pete: i didn't say any of that and then he laid out what he had said. the other question is who is making the decision to walk these things back in the walk back happened so quickly it almost makes you wonder whether or not joe himself is consulted about the walk back. so who is setting the policy in the white house if it's not what joe is saying? you get the worst of both words. he says it, they walk it back. and then he denies it. none of the power of the statement and all of the confusion. >> steve: the way you described it, pete, when he is on script, he is perfect. for the policy. but when he ad-libs, then he gets into troubled average person would think whoever is putting the stuff in the prompter is actually running the

country. who is the typist at 1600 pennsylvania avenue that the president is relying on? for him to say yesterday i'm not walking anything back after his staff walked everything back and then he said i never said any of that stuff, apparently they are not telling the president what they are doing because they all came out and they walked stuff back immediately. one of the people who walked back putin regime change immediately was jake sullivan. isn't it interesting yesterday, after the briefing, where the president asked that question. jake sullivan was supposed to answer a question shortly after joe biden finished. jake sullivan never showed up to answer questions. maybe it is because he didn't want to be asked hey your boss just said he is not walking back what you just walked back. >> ainsley: he said i'm not prepared to handle these questions. >> pete: smart move. why would you put yourself in that. >> ainsley: when the president

says vladimir putin uses chemical weapons and we will respond in kind. then jake sullivan says the u.p.s. has no it intention to use chemical weapons period. kellyanne was on last night -- he said i'm not walking back anything. then he denies ever saying it and we haven t. on tape everything that he says. >> steve: regarding that peter asked him well it sounds like you said we'll use chemical weapons in kind. and joe biden said well, there would be a big response. peter said what does that mean? and joe biden said well, that's a silly comment. i'm not going to tell you punk. okay. i'm adding that part. >> pete: pretty close. >> ainsley: called him a son of a b. before. >> steve: oh e yeah. >> pete: mike huckabee was on sean's show last night and talking about evercascading

series of events. watch this. >> the thing that's frightening about what joe biden has been doing, this walkback he is having to give, and he says he is not walking back anything, sean, we have never seen a walkback like this since michael jackson moon walked to the tune of billy jean back in the mid 80s. but the fact is he doesn't even know that he is walking it back because he is not aware, obviously, of what he is saying the first time. >> steve: to my earlier point about whoever is writing the script for the president, with the official policy, yesterday and we are getting the picture, yesterday the president was holding in his hand a piece of hard paper and it had his talking points on it. and, you know, keep in mind he gets in trouble when he goes off script. so they gave him a script. and it essentially was a cheat sheet. the top of it said if you weren't advocating for regime change, what did you mean? can you clarify?

so he is expecting that question. and then the president was supposed to say and should have said you say this: i was expressing the moral outrage i felt towards the actions of this man. and then the second point is, i was not articulating a change in policy. we heard the president say that a number of times. but, nonetheless, somebody had to write it down so that he made sure he said it. >> ainsley: i saw that cheat sheet picture i was zooming in to see what the notes said. it was typed out. someone put some effort. >> pete: for everybody watching it's unacceptable to have a president of the united states who is not capable of answering basic questions on a foreign trip in the middle of a shooting war. it just isn't. >> ainsley: honestly, it is very serious. we can mock and whatever. senator rand paul says it's a national security risk. people are dying in ukraine. they are hoping we'll have a response strong enough so we can prevent this. they want our weapons. they are asking everyone in nato countries to send 1% of their

weapons. we need to step up and help them without putting our boots on the ground but we do need to help them. people are dying. innocent women and children. elderly people. i read in mariupol it was how many have died there? 5,000 people have been killed. 210 children. >> steve: at the bottom of the cheat sheet joe biden was supposed to say nato has never been more unified. the problem for joe biden. >> pete: we heard that. >> steve: yeah we did hear that the problem for joe biden is, you know, the weekend get together with the leaders over with nato and our allies over there was supposed to rally the troops. we are all on the same page. everybody was on the same page until joe biden started to ad-lib and that is where we got into trouble. because now he has given vladimir putin some grade a first class propaganda. where vladimir putin can say you heard the president. it's not about ukraine. he wants me out. it was a gift.

and it was unforced error. >> ainsley: he has only been in office a little more than a year. we have three and a half left. >> pete: want to play the donald trump game. this would have been the third time in four days when the left was screaming for the 25th amendment, if this were donald trump. that's just -- that's where the conversation would be. that's how bad this is right now. steve: well, there is other news. and it was a big story yesterday. coming up, will smith, the actor, has issued a public apology to chris rock, the comedian for that now infamous oscar slap. the latest on the fallout as the academy launches a formal review. will something happen to will? >> ainsley: plus we have new video showing the dire situation that's unfolding down at our southern border why the biden administration is bracing for another record breaking surge of migrants. ♪ all right now. baby, it's all right now. ♪

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and u.s. border patrol agents encountering two large groups of total of 95 illegal immigrants in the new mexico dessert on thursday. new footage emerges from eagle pass texas of another large grouch migrants being released into the community under the catch and release policy. that group was reportedly more than 300 migrants. texas governor greg abbott promising jobs to any border patrol officers who receive discipline over claims that they whipped haitian migrants trying to illegally enter the united states. the biggest airport in austin, texas, is sending out a fuel shortage alert yesterday. austin international warning passengers to arrive at least two hours early for their flights as it's fueled with flight. the buckling increased demand for flights as the city's population city booms.

austin fourth largest. hit airport features foreign structures. >> you fly into san antonio or fly into houston and drive. >> steve: you could, thank you very much, carley. apparently the problem comes down to because there are so many people who are traveling now. and the austin airport for whatever reason, perhaps environmental, they never expanded their original two great big fuel tanks. so when they built the errant in 19 9 they had two fuel tanks, which is about half what another airport its size would have. what they are telling the airlines are saying hey, why don't we fly into austin with a bunch of extra gas so we don't have to gas up there because we might not mapg it out of up to. >> pete: those are interesting facts, steve. it's a city run by liberals so it doesn't work. every other city in texas, more or less run by conservatives they steam to get their airports right. probably a basic recipe at this

point. basic manual here is how you run an airport this is how much fuel you need. here is how you figure it out. >> ainsley: south by southwest is there. >> steve: think about it it's texas. they are awashed in gas and they can't get gas to the airport. that's nuts. anyway, back to yesterday's big story and we have got some developments will smith the actor and the academy are speaking out after he slapped chris rock at the oscars, initially people thought it was a bit. it was not a bit. >> he within the big award so there was video after the actual academy awards much him dancing. will smith dancing the night away after he slapped chris rock. he could face the music for his actions, according to the academy. >> pete: tv's todd piro joins us with the latest. >> todd: it's a story america can't stop talking about including all of us during commercial breaks. will smith finally apologizing to chris rock after the slap

heard around the world at the oscars. >> jada, i love you, g.i. jane 2 can't wait to see it all right? uh-oh. >> oh, wow. wow. will smith just smacked the [bleep] out of me. >> don't say my wife's name out your [bleep] in-n-out. >> wow, dude. it was a g.i. jane joke. >> keep my wife's name out your [bleep] mouth. >> i want to apologize to the academy. i want to apologize to all my fellow nominees. i hope the academy invites me back. >> todd: that was a lot to take in. did you not miss it. smith did not apologize to rock on sunday night. he tearfully apologized to the academy finally shared this late yesterday quote my behavior at

the academy awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. jokes at my expense is about a job. jokes about jada's medical condition is too much for me to bear. i reacted emotionally. i would like to apologize to you, chris. tmz says rock did not know jada pinkett smith had alopecia. he could still face the heat from the academy. quote the academy condemns the actions of mr. smith last night's show. we officially started a formal review around the incident and will explore formal action and consequences. insiders tell page 6 attendees were just as confused and shocked as we were watching from home. most disapproved of smints violence. some people say smith may have done the right thing this story not going n. away any time soon. >> steve: who said that? >> todd: "the view." we ran a montage. will smith was in the right there. let's face it do you think

george gascon the liberal d.a. is going to press charges on this? i think not. >> steve: you are a lawyer, you know if chris rock were to press charges, he has 15 million witnesses. >> todd: he does. but will george gascon go ahead with it? that's the real question. i don't think rock is going to do anything. rock wants this to go away. his prices for his shows have already skyrocketed. he is going to take his chips and leave the casino. you never know. >> ainsley: he is a comedian. people feel sorry for him now. that was quite a slap. you could hear it thanks, todd. sources say that chris rock had no idea that jada had alopecia and said he doesn't have a mean woken in his body. richard williams we don't know all the actions but we don't condone anyone hitting anyone else unless it's in self-defense. >> steve: according to page 6. the smith's publicist they walked into a private room who figure out what was going to happen. because according to page 6. they knew that after this

happened and then will sat down in his chair. there is a possibility that will was going to get up and win the oscar, actually they already knew. say they knew he was going to get up. and they had to figure out what to do. apparently now there are stories this morning that apparently they talked about maybe, you know, having him. >> pete: removing him. >> steve: that did not happen. because they could not figure out what to do in time. >> pete: clearly so much more going on behind the scenes of dysfunction inside. >> ainsley: very open about their. >> pete: open about their marriage. there has been stories -- this is the moment he decides to defend her. he actually initially laughed at the joke then probably looked over. ains instance i wanted to see what her reaction was. at first she rolled her eyes. but when he -- i wish both of them. >> pete: are you going to let this happen? >> ainsley: if she started crying or something. he goes on stage. >> steve: here's the thing about

the will smith apology, he didn't call chris rock up on the phone. he didn't say hey, let's get together and have lunch, i want to talk to you. he just put it out on social media. >> pete: typical hollywood. >> steve: i was reading one thing today in the "wall street journal" this is their op-ed. it's will smith wins the oscar for battery. why do famous people behaving badly think the rest of us want to watch. >> ainsley: you also felt for of the crew that put this movie together that worked so hard and i think that's why he apologized e said i would like to apologize to the williams family and king richard family. i deeply regret my family has stained what has otherwise been a gorgeous journey for all of us. i'm a work in progress, sincerely will. >> steve: yeah. todd alluded to this. chris rock's tickets before the incident were selling for $46. >> ainsley: that's all? he is so famous i would think it

would be really expensive. >> steve: now on tick pic whatever that is 350 bucks. they sold more tickets after than last month. >> pete: because of the way he handled it, he is coming out of this thing looking good. >> steve: absolutely. >> ainsley: will smith did apologize. and we are a country mainly of forgiveness. we should be at least. >> pete: let's hope. >> ainsley: he said he was sorry. >> steve: heard a story this morning where comedy club owners in new york are worried that people are going to hear a joke, take offense and assault the comic. which, you know, hey, i saw will smith do it and he got away with it. >> pete: unwritten thing, you go to a comedy show you take what you get. >> ainsley: fair game. >> steve: we are telling people if you can't take a joke, don't come in. >> pete: that's a good quote. >> ainsley: will said i can take a joke if it's about me and my wife and medical issues then i was sensitive to that i also

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here to react is dr. rebecca grant. thanks for being here. let me ask you that question to you somebody who is international expert. does saying what joe biden said and walking it back and standing by it, does it complicate our efforts in trying to bring this war to an end? >> well, it's too late for him to walk it back. everybody geraldo it. i'm tired of either biden or secretary blinken trying to pretend that there was some diplomatic meaning or it meant something else. we all heard what he said. but i think the real complication is that biden is all notion and no statesmanship. while they tip toe around trying not upset russia and give ukraine first class weapons, right? so it's the policy flaws. >> the other disturbing part is

what is our strategy right now as it pertains to the war in ukraine. >> excellent question. of course we are 100 percent behind ukraine. we have given some great military assistance. and don't forget, pete, a lot of training from 2014-2015 on. >> pete: that's true. >> we are basically asking ukraine to fight 500 yards against the russians juicing the javelins and other close-in weapons. no american army has fought without air power for 100 years. we are hardest possible thing. i think they need more support from us, more direct support as well as the intelligence and the military assistance that we are giving them. >> we are showing images from irpin which reportedly has been taken bye bye ukrainian forces in the last 24 hours considering the situation. 's amazing what ukrainian fighters have done there let me ask you about a news development. apparently the u.s., country

sending growler aircraft to germany with 240 navy personnel. our bolstering of the eastern flank of nato, does that send a signal to putin, did we think he was going further to begin with? >> yes. that tells me that nato russian air activity. either air defenses with ring europe are lighting up more jets flying and don't forget, pete, the russians are flying about 300 sorties per day against the ukraine and some of that is moving a little further west, the growlers battle space. they are there to assist nato's air policing and keep surveillance air cavity flying as well. >> pete: real quick, precursor to a no-fly zone which they before said is not going to happen? >> i wish. i don't think we can say these aircraft are but when there are 300 russian sorties a day up over ukraine. you can understand why zelenskyy

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the streets for community policing so they get to know the community they are policing. >> ainsley: that's the president promising to refund the police as part of his $5.8 trillion budget proposal. the announcement comes as the commander-in-chief's approval rating dropped to their level in his presidency. will this pledge help the parties in the midterms. here to discuss this is president and partner at maslansky and partners good morning, lee. >> good morning. >> so he is not in lock step with a lot of the progressives, most of all the progressives in his party who have said defund. we have also heard reimagine. even the president at one point said redirect. why do you think is he doing it? because the poll numbers have dropped because his poll numbers have dropped so significantly? >> well, i think there is no question about it he needs to address the concerns of the american people. and the american people are more concerned about crime than they have been in a very, very long time. nothing that he said up to this point has restored confidence. if you look at his approval rating on how people feel about

his treatment of crime on gun control on all these issues and especially on the police, he is not getting the support even among his own party. he needs to address that. and he needs to come out strong on it now is it enough to make a commitment in this way people are skeptical. what does it mean to fund the police. funding mental support. is he has talked about it meaning a number of different things. people aren't feeling safe, it's more than just about funding the police. it's about what are we going to do to make people in cities, especially, where people are feeling most unsafe feel safer. it's not just about the police. it's about a comprehensive plan on how is he going to do this. this alone is not going to be enough but a step in the right direction. >> ainsley: about sending a message to the criminals they're not going to get away with this. not walk outside and worry about somebody robbing or holding up at gunpoint. nbc polls show 46% of the registered voters want a republican controlled congress for the midterms.

44% of the voters want democrats to control congress. it is a 2 point margin though. i was a little surprised by that what are you finding? >> yeah. i was really surprised by that i think that the republicans should be ahead by a lot more given the polling the biden administration as a hole economy. about inflation. about national security handling of ukraine and personal safety across the board. you would think a lot of people would want an administration change. we're not seeing that part of the problem is republicans haven't set a path forward. they are attacking biden and plans and saying things aren't going well. american people want to hear what they are going to do for them to make it better. as we are going to the midterms and as we get closer, republicans need to lay out a plan on what we are for. we need to be talking about what we are going to to address inflation. what are we going to do for the economy. how are we going to feel safer on streets and abroad as we watch what is happening in ukraine. what would be different if the

republicans are in charge. that's what republicans need to be focusing on not what the biden administration is doing wrong. the american people are seeing that loud and clear. no problem people are really now tired of politicians mistrustful of politicians in general. a page out of youngkin in virginia his playbook and say what did he do? he gave choice back to the american people about the people of virginia. he talked about parents having a right to choice. i think we need to see what we're for and not what we are against. that's what republicans need to do to run away with it going into midterms. >> ainsley: he wasn't scared to tell the people what he thought about crt and vaccine mandates and listened to the parents. the parents when we went down there said he listen to the us. it's the parent's party not the republican party. independence and even democrats but he listened to us. thanks so much, lee, for coming on. >> thank you, great to see you. >> ainsley: great to see you,

too. and this over to carley for headlines. >> carley: police in panama city, florida enough guns for army. chaos in the area. a total of 75 weapons taken after 2-year-old man was injured in a sunday shooting. florida police arresting more than 160 spring breakers. late congressman don young will lie in state today in the capitol rotunda. friends family and lawmakers will pay their respect to the longest serving republican in the history of the house of representatives. president biden is expected to visit the capitol later today to honor young. first congressman elected to congress in 1973 died earlier this month as he was traveling home to alaska. he was 88 years old. the hunter biden hack probe is picking up speed. the "wall street journal" reports prosecutors have started interviewing several of the first associateds about foreign income and his personal life.

particularly they're interested in burisma payout and purchase of $142,000 sports car it comes as g.o.p. congressman darrell issa is preparing his own investigation into big tech's role in suppressing the hunter biden laptop story. issa send social media requests and top biden officials. headlines over to ainsley: >> ainsley: thanks, carley. a fox weather alert. 30 people dead snow squall pile up in pennsylvania. at least 24 people injured. 60 people were involved including cars and tractor trailers. a wild dash cam video from the scene showing one person jumping out of the way as an 18-year-old barrels through the pileup. it is unclear whether or not that person is okay. so let's check in with our senior meteorologist janice dean for fox weather forecast that's one of the nightmares out of control spinning on ice. >> those snow so-called can come

fast and furious. almost like a flash flood. you don't get warning whiteout conditions localized blizzard. can you see where we have cold air trapped across the great lakes and the northeast and this is the past 24 hours. can you see some of those bands. coming from the great lakes down towards pennsylvania and as well as new york. so. those things can come quickly and they there was a warning. there was an alert. but when you have whiteout conditions that come so quickly it can cause so much damage and obviously hearts and prayer to all of those arvelgted. wind chill it's cold outside. right? across the northeast where it feels like 12 in new york. 9 in buffalo. one lake. that cold air is going to remain in place today then things will start to moderate as you get into wednesday and thursday. now, big weather system coming out of the rockies. the same set up as we saw last week at this time. severe storms for pars of texas all the way up towards iowa today and then the bulls eye comes tomorrow on wednesday.

where we could see significant severe weather from louisiana, mississippi, alabama. all of these regions. need to be on alert for hail, damaging winds, tornadoes as well as heavy rainfall. and then that is going to move across the southeast on thursday and friday. heavy rainfall could cause flash flooding. fox weather.com to get your latest details. ainsley. keep you up to date. >> ainsley: i know that you will. thank you so much, janice. coming up. will they or won't they take back will smith's oscar for best actor. will cain is going to react to smith's apology for slapping chris rock as the academy begins a formal review now.

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and sciences has condemned will smith's actions and initiating a formal review after the best actor winner slapped comedian chris rock. >> jada, i love you, g.i. jane 2, can't wait to see it. [laughter] oh, wow. wow. will smith just smacked the [bleep] out of me. >> keep my wife's [bleep] name out of your [bleep] mouth. >> will smith issued an apology to chris rock on social media writing in part, quote: violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. my behavior was unacceptable and excusable. i would like to publicly apologize to you, chris. i was out of line and i was wrong. here with reaction "fox & friends weekend" co-host wily kaine as he is referred to by paula deen. hey, wily. >> will: good morning, stevi. >> steve: thank you. so, what do you make of the fact that it appears rather than actually call chris rock on the

phone or meet him to discuss it. he just put it out on social media. i'm sorry, it was wrong. >> yeah. and i think that is weak to your pointed, steve. i'm glad that will smith has taken some level of accountability and apologized. there has been this weird segment. and i don't know how big it is, steve, but a segment that seems to think what will smith did that night was somehow chisel russ. somehow standing up for your woman. when i see what will smith did that night reeks of weakness. i think why it's more important than simply behavior of rich hollywood sense of moral compass. it's more important masculinity is important in society. a moment where we are losing a sense of what is virtue and masculinity. will smith, i don't think in any way was standing up for jada pinkett smith. i think what will smith was

standing up for and i'm playing armchair standing up for his own fragile ego. he laughed at that joke. we all saw the clip he was laughing until he got the death glare from jade do. in a relationship trying to reestablish or show that he will do what it takes in that relationship to make jada pinkett smith happy and b this is well known open relationship. romantically, sexually. and i think he is sitting there saying i have to -- my ego has been drug through the mud. this is going to be the line in a sand a joke about jada's hair reports are chris rock had no idea that she had aloe peterson sexual harassment what will smith did. speech accepting that oscar was all about will. it wasn't about jada. and i think that was just incredibly weak.

>> steve: he could have made the same point and said those same things if he would have sat in his seat. he got up. that's why we are talking about it today. real quickly you are a lawyer. does the academy take it away from him or sanction him somehow? >> well, it wouldn't have anything to do with the law. it would what the academy thinks is the right thing to do. just to clarify. it wouldn't be a legal opinion. what i would say is in opinion they earned it. they earned it maybe what you do is suspend them for the future and say you are not going to be awards in the future. you can't be here. you hit a man and so you are going to take away his ability to win the awards in the future for some period of time. >> steve: all right, wily kaine, thank you very much. >> will: thank you. >> steve: coming up ron johnson on why he says president biden's spending proposals out of control.

the pat for ukraine's independence this week. >> the mayor of mariupol says the city has fallen into russia's hands. >> do you believe what you said or do you now regret saying? >> did not remain in power. >> i'm not walking anything back. >> biden is all emotion and no statesmanship. >> president biden has unveiled budget request. >> the answer is not to defund our police department. it's to fund our police. >> the president's approval

rating hits a new low. >> i think people are skeptical. what does it mean for him to fund the police? >> chicago mayor lower light foot has a secret group of officers protecting her. >> many democrats call for defund police. >> you can't rely upon the police to provide public safety. >> oh, wow. >> will smith publicly apologized to will smith. part of the job. >> academy condemning will smith's actions are launching a formal review. ♪ hey, hey ♪ we fancy like applebee's on a date night ♪ got the barbecue steak with the oreo shake and whipped cream on the top two ♪ two straws, one shack ♪ got to. >> ainsley: can you dance right here on the beach. >> pete: i would love to, my wife knows this very well and the kids. i never got it down. if i knew it, i would do it for you right now.

>> ainsley: we saw myrtle beach now you are looking at new york. weather really nice in myrtle beach, well, it's going to be sunny today, a high of 55. known for the golf courses and beaches and boardwalk and beaches. >> steve: that was dave who had the camera aimed up at what we call the chandelier and behind him ted and joel here in the studio. we have pete who has been with us for an hour and two minutes and done nothing but complain where's my coffee. i lost minus reel. i can't believe the game is going to be so late. [baby crying] >> pete: game saturday night duke, carolina past my bedtime. now i have to worry if i say something wrong they might come up and slap me. i never thought about that before. >> looking for a reason. >> ainsley: fresh print on your face. [sigh] >> steve: talking about oscar

wild. >> pete: easy, easy. >> steve: just a moment. >> ainsley: give you brian's sippy cup if you like. brian has a sippy cup for the -- for whining too much and spilling his coffee and i'm sure. >> pete: thank you, brian. appreciate it. >> steve: brian is on assignment today we think. >> ainsley: we don't know where he is brian does this takes vacation and doesn't tell us. >> pete: barely tells the producers we find out 8:00 p.m. the night before. >> steve: no wonder he is complaining. >> pete: thanks, brian. >> steve: a lot of news you probably saw this yesterday afternoon >> steve: let's run some sound. the president making no apologies after a series of off script remarks on the world stage when he was traveling in europe even insisting that russia's vladimir putin cannot stay in power. regime change, essentially. >> ainsley: this all despite his team desperately doing damage control walking it all back. >> pete: that's right. the man ha asked the questions

that we all want the answer to peter doocy outside the white house after pressing joe biden. peter? >> peter: good morning. after spending several days overseas in eastern europe and having the white house tell us the president didn't really mean what he said, the president is telling me directly he did mean it. >> putin -- what's getting walked back. >> you made it sound like just in the last couple days it sounded like you told u.s. troops they were going to ukraine. it sounded like you said it was possible the u.s. would use a chemical weapon and it sounded like you were calling for regime change in russia. and we know -- >> none of the three occurred. >> none of the three occurred? >> none of the three. >> peter: those are all based on direct quotes from the president. he had some himself on a note card in his hand that some of the photo agencies picked up with some expected questions and sample answers like one of the sample questions. can you clarify regime change and he said i was expressing the moral outrage i felt toward the action of this man.

the bit about putin not remaining in power though has the kremlin saying now this is a statement that is certainly alarming. we will continue to track the statements of the u.s. president in the most attentive way. russia and ukraine are readying for peace talks but so far state department officials sound skeptical putin is going to compromise at all as republicans on capitol hill are more concerned about president biden's public comments changing. >> it is actually a national security risk. because he is sending signals that no one in their right mind would want to send to russia at this point. we aren't trying to replace putin in russia. we aren't trying to have regime change. >> i also was able to drill down with the president about what he exactly means when he said that the u.s. would respond to a russian chemical weapons attack in kind. he said that to ask that i've got to be silly, back to you. >> ainsley: that's a nicer than what he has called you in the

past. >> peter: he is probably right that i'm silly but the question is very serious. >> ainsley: very serious. >> steve: very good question. peter, i was reading this morning and you would have had this as an assignment, after the president made his comments, jake sullivan was supposed to come out and brief reporters at some briefing and he never showed up. why is that? any idea? >> peter: it seemed to me that was just a miscommunication and a lot of the white house staffer who were overseas on the trip take yesterday to go through a covid testing protocol and so i think it was just a miscommunication where he was where he was not going to be here and we didn't know about it for a little bit. >> peter: they forgot to tell you. pete. >> peter: where are we now? have we walked back the comments? are we standing by them? are we both -- i think a lot of people are confused. >> peter: no, something he told

me if i thought that he was calling for regime change, that is just how i interpreted the remarks that he made. >> steve: oh you are the trouble maker. >> peter: interpreted by world leaders, u.s. lawmakers and everybody else in the press that was there. but where we are is he claims that he never meant to call for regime change because that is not u.s. policy. >> ainsley: what are people there at the white house and on the hill saying? do they think he even really knows they are walking back what they are saying, one thing on saturday and walked it back on sunday. monday you asked him and he said no, i'm not walking back anything. does he just not know they are covering it up or cleaning it up for him? >> i think he follows a lot of the coverage of big diplomatic trip like that very, very closely. he knows what people are saying but they have to be so careful that it doesn't sound like they are calling for putin to be removed because he wants to go

through the normal diplomatic process however they decide that that's going to be. >> steve: yeah. peter, we started this segment talking about how pete was complaining. one of the things he was complaining about was that the north carolina game was going to be so late on saturday against duke. the ville nova k.u. game -- i went to k.u., you went to villanova, much earlier. joel, the stage manager said villanova is going to win. i just wanted you to know joel fulton is on your side. >> peter: i love joel. thank you, are joel. >> pete: thank you, peter. >> ainsley: your dad went there, but you paid for your son to go to villanova? >> peter: it just makes more financial sense go to villanova. me and my sister went to law school there. >> steve: you got like 20 kids. >> peter: i'm not there yet. >> steve: all right, peter, thank you very much.

>> pete: mayor of mariupol saying the city has fallen into russian -- get this a tragic stat. nearly 5,000 pima city have been killed. >> steve: something like over 200 children as well. in the meantime, talks between ukraine and russia set to resume today in turkey as ukraine insists it will not give up any land, not one square inch. >> ainsley: alex hogan is live in lviv with the latest for us. good morning, alex. >> good morning. so we are seeing bombardment and counter attacks here and across the country in ukraine. there was intense shelling in kyiv. just by the capitol there was shelling in kharkiv. take a look at this footage. family and teachers combing through what was once a school. blasted by afl m mariupol is now mainly in the hands of russia, according to the mayor who has called for a complete evacuation saying that 2,000 -- or 5,000

people have died and roughly 160,000 people there are currently trapped. volunteers rallied to help the army in mykolaiv as others there flee in droves. one woman explaining when a russian army arrived there at her house, she, like so many others, grabbed her kids and went to the basement during the bombing. and they are facing the harsh reality of how desperate their life has become in just a matter of weeks. >> we have been sitting in a basement for a month and have not been able toe go out. look how i look. like a normal person? untiedy, all dirty. yesterday they were bombing and nearly killed us. how is it possible to live like that? >> negotiations between russia and ukraine delegates have begun in turkey ukraine says it will not compromise or territorial integrity over anything else. >> no. >> we have simple answer. we're not going to give up our

territory because this will be a [inaudible] from putin. he will cut our country piece by piece. meanwhile at the same time right now ukrainian president vladimir volodymyr zelenskyy calling. european nations here as they continue to fight. guys, back to you. >> steve: all right, alex, thank you very much. the lead story @foxnews.com i'm going to read it to ukraine's defense intel ministry has released a list of more than 600 alleged russian spies working in europe in an apparent attempt to burn them and weaken russia's counterintelligence operations across europe. the list russian and apparently unavailable on the english version has names names, phone numbers, addresses and home addresses of the alleged spies. so obviously ukraine is biology

back. headline is burn notice. >> ainsley: 5,000 people have been killed in mariupol. 210, they are saying, are children. yesterday ukraine had to close the humanitarian corridors to allow for these evacuations because they were getting word intel was telling them that russians are now going after those corridors so they can attack the people just trying to survive and get out with their children and luggage, bag each. they are taking the minimum amount. >> steve: white flag means nothing. >> pete: it's true. formerly military member himself in ukraine was on "fox & friends first" earlier and talked about, ainsley, to your point, how russia attacking civilians seems to be a tactic in and of itself. watch. >> don't let these other news reports fool you. larger military gear and aide packages allotted by the u.s. government is not making it to the front lines as fast as it needs to be. aid from larger organizations is moving slow. we are sitting in front of these

ukrainian military units and commanders daily begging for more items now. they can't wait any longer. they are at war. russia continues to bomb balderson cities to help demoralize the population and using these attacks on civilians as main weapon of choice and committing war crimes across the country. >> pete: there was report from a.p. reporter who was the last cameraman in mariupol before he had to flee. that's what russia is counting on as well. once you besiege a city enough and then you target any journalist there, allowing photos to get out. then you can commit whatever atrocities you want without any accountability because no one is seeing it. i think, unfortunately, that's what you are seeing. >> ainsley: i know the international criminal court the chief prosecutor will open an investigation because he says there are war crimes being committed. when you kill innocent civilians that's by definition a war crime. >> pete: if only putin cared. >> steve: today the big story is, we thought this would happen on the first day of the invasion. apparently the enemy who is

ukraine is referring to it as. but their big telecommunications outfit cyberattack. so there is no cell phone. there are no phones. there is no internet to get the word out today. >> pete: still amazing they didn't do that to start and that they didn't take out all ukrainian air defense. the fact that they still don't control the skies today. it's amazing. >> ainsley: ukraine reportedly shot down 4 russian planes 4 ua vs. >> pete: a drone. >> ainsley: they destroyed several russia armored vehicles. >> we saw those pictures this morning tanks completely bombed. >> pete: still flying over hundred sorties a day, trips with russian fighter jets. so something doesn't add up there. >> ainsley: the other story, will smith. will smith and the academy speaking out after the actor slapped chris rock at the

oscars. >> steve: the actor was seen dancing the night away after the attack. he could soon face actions by the academy. >> pete: todd piro with the latest. >> will smith finally apologizing for the slap heard around the world sunday night at the oscars. >> jada, love you. gi jane 2 can't wait to see it oh, wow. wow. will smith just smacked the [bleep] out of me. >> keep my wife's name out your [bleep] mouth. >> wow, dude. >> yeah. >> it was a g.i. jane joke. >> keep my wife's name out of your [bleep] mouth. >> i want to apologize to the academy. i want to apologize to all my fellow nominees. i hope the academy invites me back. >> todd: you didn't miss it. smith did not apologize to rock

sunday night. instead he tearfully apologized tout academy but finally shared this late yesterday. quote: my behavior at last night's academy awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. jokes at my expense are part of the job but a joke about jada's medical condition was too much for me to bear and i reacted emotionally. i would like to publicly apologize to you, chris. tmz reports rock did not know that jada pinkett smith suffered from alopecia and he has not yet responded to smith's apology. smith could face heat from the academy. quote the academy condemns the actions of mr. smith at last night's show. we have officially started a formal review around the incident. and we will explore formal action and consequences. some around hollywood slamming smith. tim allen tweeting quote it's not okay to come up on stage and hit a dude because you don't like the humor. it's not okay at a comedy club, concert hall or hosting some cheese ball award show. chris rock was s. a stand up

comedian. i think i would have run. telling page 6 attendees were just as confused and shocked as we were from home. most disapproved of smith's violence including comedians like tim allen. this is how they make their money. if you have people come up on stage every time they don't like a joke it could be the ending. could be the real end if it's something more than just words. if you are getting punched, that's scary. >> steve: thank you very much. kathy griffin tweeted out now we all have to worry about who wants to be the next will smith in comedy clubs. and theaters as well. and she makes a great point. and also tim allen thinks the oscars is a cheese ball award show. >> pete: which it is and the ratings have reflected that although they had a little rebound this year still down 30 million viewers. >> steve: second lowest. >> ainsley: i'm curious what the academy does do. they won't take away the award but they have to do something as a punishment.

>> pete: will cain had some great commentary on this earlier. he pointed out he laughed then there must have been a stare and did she say something? was it like do something? nonverbal? verbal? >> ainsley: she was off camera at that point. >> pete: then he reacted to me it's a reflection of utter dysfunction inside a relationship which has been out in public already. which is very unfortunate. >> ainsley: will said it was an igoe thing. he had to get up there some people have criticized him for having an open marriage. >> steve: will cain and not will smith. >> ainsley: will cain said that yes. >> steve: more on that later. >> ainsley: new video shows a massive group of migrants being released into the united states. invasion like this are making every single city less safe, even if you are north near the border. our next guest is going to explain. >> pete: risk school district claims parents are not entitled to know their own child's sexuality. the fierce and justice backlash still ahead. ♪

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ains border patrol agents are bracing for record breaking surge at our southern border as we could hit 200,000 detentions this fiscal year this month. brand new video from the border shows a group of more than 300 migrants released by the federal government into eagle pass, texas. next guest says the impact of biden's border crisis is obvious as drugs and crime are skyrocketing in his community in florida. joining us now is the husband of g.o.p. congresswoman kat cammack who serves as a firefighter and paramedic in gainesville, florida. matt harrison. good morning, matt. >> good morning, thank you for having me. >> ainsley: thanks for coming on. you have a lot of experience. 15 years with the fire department and five years as a

swat medic. what are you seeing now? you are definitely seeing more drugs and more fentanyl, right? >> yeah. absolutely. recently the last data we have gotten a 10% increase in call load across the board. most of that is medical calls. we are seeing the opioid crisis is absolutely affecting us. i can give you examples of our department responded to a vehicle middle of the day parked at a stoplight and everyone in that vehicle is overdosed. you have got families driving by. kids seeing this happen, yeah. yeah. we are feeling the effects of it. >> ainsley: fentanyl in the drugs they were taking? >> yeah. absolutely. most of the overdoses is the synthetic fentanyl that's being put into all these drugs that are coming across the border. they are putting in synthetic fentanyl it's cheap and easy for them to put in there. people buy drugs off the street and they have no idea what they are getting. >> ainsley: when your wife was in new york, i think it was last week we had her on set with us. they said you were supposed of to come with her but you weren't

able to travel with her because you had to work. i know we were talking during the commercial break so many overtime hours given to the fire department now because you all are just working around the clock. and she told me a story and you can elaborate on this that some of the drugs you are taking are stamped with the cartel's emblem. >> yeah. so, the -- one of our bordering counties, marion county they seized last summer they seized a block of fentanyl and on that block had a stamp and it was directly tied back to the mexican cartel. and that block was enough to kill every man, woman and child seven times over in the region. >> ainsley: yeah. cbp says mexican cartels are partly to blame in what we are seeing in all the fentanyl. 3900 pounds of fentanyl at the border, seized at the border so far in 2022. en in fiscal year 2022. how deadly is this? because we have had so many guests on that say just a little bit can kill you. found in drugs and young kids are experimenting with this and they don't realize it and then they die. >> yeah.

absolutely. just give you an idea of fentanyl, the sin they thibleg version, the morphine it's 100 times more potent than morphine. just little grains of this. and then you have even more deadly strains, car fentanyl as well. you can breathe that in and die. if you don't have the proper drugs to reverse that and get the treatment and we are seeing it. kids kids have died from these overdoses. we are feeling that. >> ainsley: matt, thank you for what you do. god bless you. >> absolutely, thank you for having me. >> ainsley: you are welcome. 26 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up. president biden proposing a large investment in national security. but just how much will be spent here at home? wisconsin senator ron johnson going to react to biden's budget plan right after the break. enjoying chocolate cake. now, she can have her cake and eat it too. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn?

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>> manual for the ride shows sampson exceeded its weight limit yet he was allowed on. meanwhile his family has started a petition to have that ride shut down. florida governor ron desantis signed education rights bill into law yesterday. the governor saying is he not backing down to critics. those critics include the walt disney company vowing to help repeal the legislation they say is anti-lgbtq. this, while disney maintains silence on the alleged genocide of uyghur muslims by the chinese government. and the nfl is making a controversial play during of the off season. commercial roger goodell says all 32 teams must hire a diverse person each team's offensive coaching staff expanding on the rule. the mandated coach must be a woman or a minority and will be paid from a league wide fund. there are currently five minority head coaches. those are your headlines, pete over to you.

>> steve: carley, thank you. as the war ghadges ukraine president biden is unveiling $5.8 trillion budget proposal. >> security also means national and international security. this will be among the largest investments in our national security in history. >> steve: well, his budget also includes billions for progressive policies including the biggest increase in climate spending, along with $10 billion to send out free postal ballots in less than $310 million to protect the southern border. g.o.p. senator ron johnson sits on the senate budget and foreign relations committee. he joins right now wction are a. he represents the great state of wisconsin. senator, good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> steve: where are we going to get this money? >> we're going to print it. no. i would say the biden administration is so many other people in washington, d.c. are whistling past the graveyard. $5.8 trillion budget. more than 70% of that is on

automatic pilot. so the discretionary portion is only about 2%. a little under 800 billion for defense. over 900 billion for domestic programs. and green energy. some of those fantasy programs. but, everybody should be concerned for example saudi arabia talking to china about trading their oil in the juan rather than the u.s. dlamplet world creditors look at the united states not very good credit risk. if we ever lose our position as the world's preferred currency. interest rates are going to go to just basically world rates. and we are going to be in a heap of trouble. >> steve: what do you make of the fact that he is proposing wealth tax on super wealthy people. when he was running for president, he did not get behind that bernie sanders and elizabeth warren did. but he would not. he thought that was a blue ridge bridge too far.

apparently we are at that bridge now. >> personally i think there is better ways of taxing the american people. i would like to rationalize and simplify our tax process here. that's not what this is going to be doing. i think it would probably do more harm than good. what i would suggest is that we tax all income equally. i understand that progressive rates are here to stay. but, it's absurd that we have different categories of income and i think it also is a real problem that you have these big tech billionaires really never realizing their capital gains. they just have their wealth caught up in their business. my proposal would be to turn all businesses into pass through entities and tax income every year like you do for 945% of american businesses. people don't realize this the vast majority of american businesses are pass through entities. business income is taxed at individual rates to the shareholders, it's entirely possible to do that for all the c corpse too.

that would simplify things and go a long way toward addressing the problem that joe biden is trying to address here with the wealth tax. >> steve: yeah. something else. you and chuck grassley were on the senate floor yesterday talking about, you know, essentially how the media continues to use their power to smear republicans and cover for the bidens. and to that point, according to media research center it has been 259 days. 37 weeks since abc, cbs, nbc on their evening newscast mentioned hunter biden. gee, i wonder why that is. >> yeah. it is pretty remarkable, isn't it? you know, senator grassley and i were doing our investigation into a number of corrupt areas of the federal government. one of the things that got on the radar screen was the conflict of interest that hunter biden had, forearm, with burisma in ukraine. we started looking into it and we uncovered a vast web of foreign financial entanglements

report before the election. we thought it was important the american public would understand the extent that joe biden would be compromised as the a united states president. but the media just ignored it they actually instead ran the false accusations created by our democrat colleagues in the senate that senator grassley and i were soliciting and disseminating russian disinformation. nothing could have been further from the truth. in fact, democrats entered russian disinformation into our investigation record but let's face it, we have gotten no apologies from those democrat colleagues. we are gotten no apologies from the mainstream media acknowledging the fact that we were right. they were wrong and that's part of the problem here, steve, is we have a complicit media. they are not impartial. they are basically advocates for the democratic party. they have joe biden who campaigned from his basement elected president. now they are going to be covering up for all the disasters of his policies that are weakening this country and quiet honestly tyrants do what vladimir putin do in u.k. >> steve: i don't think i would hold my breath, senator, waiting

for that apology, just saying. you are from risk, in owe clair during a recent development teachers for teachers there. the staff was instructed, quote remember parents are not entitled to know their kids' identities. that must be earned. talking about their gender identity. what do you make of that? >> i think it is appalling the way some school districts are showing such utter contempt and disdain for parents. parents should not have to give up their parental rights when they send their children to public school. unfortunately that's what's happening. so in wisconsin, i have been traveling around the state and encouraging people. if you want crt taught to your children don't let it be taught. if you are concerned about the pushing, that's what the left is doing pushing this gender identity issue on our children. on our children i said don't let it be pushed. so show up to school board meetings. respectfully. if your school board doesn't

listen to you. run for office. a lot of parents are running for school board right now that's the best way to take ware of it. >> steve: could be the new loudoun county. the school district said essentially if parents have questions or concerns, contact the teacher, the principal or the district office. senator ron johnson, we thank you very much sir for joining us today from washington. >> have a good day. >> steve: coming up the austin, texas airport warning incoming flights to land with more gas than usual due to a fuel shortage as tsa gas lines wrap around the outside of the building. however tourism is turning into a texas travel nightmare. injectable cabenuva.every, for adults who are undetectable, cabenuva is the only complete hiv treatment you can get every other month. cabenuva helps keep me undetectable. it's two injections, given by a healthcare provider every other month. it's one less thing to think about while traveling. hiv pills aren't on my mind.

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10 u.s. firefighters they chose the great career to honor their dads who were also firefighters. how great is that? next, five, that's the number of new burgers that will be premiered at the fast food chain dairy queen today bacon 2 deluxe and original cheeseburger. record sales in 2021. finally 14, that is how many consecutive final four appearances uconn women's basketball has made the huskies beating nc state in double overtime thriller last night. uconn will face stanford in the final four on friday. guys, over to you. >> thank you, carley. >> ainsley: one of the nation's largest airport fuel shortage alert passengers to arrive at least two hours early.

>> steve: great, the lines at the austin international airport about wrapped around the outside of the buildings as the city's booming tourism has turned travel into a nightmare in texas. >> pete: here to react making money on fox business host charles payne. charles, always great to see you. >> charles: thank you. >> pete: what do we make of this. >> charles: the boom. austin biggest boom towns in the country things like south by southwest. all these corporations moving there. like one of the hip towns. tech center, tech hub. not just tourism it's authentic business. it's really a good problem to have and, you know, i don't want to fault the city managers too much but certainly maybe 10 years ago they didn't have the foresight to say maybe we should have more capacity to handle that sort of traffic. but it's, you know, on one hand it's good. on the other hand it does when it comes to things like energy, jet fuel and things likes that what we use at home. you got to have foresight. you got have proper planning. and i think it's a cautionary

tale from where we are as a nation right now. we shouldn't be reason sphricketting oil supplies in a economy we want to grow like austin's economy. >> steve: to your point about infrastructure, essentially. that's the pickle that europe is in right now. we would love to send a bunch of liquid natural gas to them but we don't have the infrastructure. >> r. >> charles: we could have done more. i remember in cheniere energy i called the company thinking about buying the stock. got a second no one can talk to you we are are all celebrating getting drunk. great i'm buying the stock today. it costs a lot of money again you have to have the foresight and got to have the will and be smart about this. and i think we use austin as a cautionary tale. go to your local gas station some of these companies didn't have the foresight they didn't expect this. tesla, google, facebook, oracle and some of the billing companies moved there recently.

how long will it take to fix the problem? >> i'm not sure. it will get gixed if apple and tesla are there. they went there for talent and no beings thats. listen, it's a business friendly state. and it's colleges and got everything. right? you got smart folks. you know the only thing you hope is that they don't end up having politics that deter the very reason these folks are moving there in the first place. >> pete: charles, you have charts you were showing me in the break. just about our overall crude oil stock we don't have as much as we did. >> u.s. supply is 413 million. put that in perspective a year ago over 500. our overall oil when president biden came in office. regular oil stocks are down 72 million barrels. strategic petroleum reserve is down 67 million barrels. we can't keep dipping into this. how about just producing the oil that's under our feet. that's the elegant, easy, smart solution if you care about the people who are getting crushed at the pump. >> steve: austin, texas, needs to have an energy independence

summit oh wait there is one on fox business this afternoon. >> pete: absolutely, live on fox nation at 12:00 noon today energy independence summit. what are we going to see? >> we will devil noah deeper into though comment. ultimate topic number one thing on everyone's mind. energy inflation overall. by far it's the number one topic. like i just said smart elegant solutions we will dive into them. >> pete: the who is who of fox business. >> steve: one of the solutions you and i carpool? >> charles: yeah. that's one. >> we just take the bus. come on, man, you are one of those rich guys, man, car pooling. pretty good ride. [laughter] >> ainsley: tesla. >> see those check those out. >> ainsley: he has great cuff links every day. >> pete: cost more than my

house. >> ainsley: toe paz? beautiful. everything matches: thank you, charles. >> charles: great. >> ainsley: making money on fox business. >> steve: obviously he has. >> ainsley: now to a fox news alert. at least three people -- a sad story to tell you about -- are dead after a snow squall causes massive pileup on a highway in pennsylvania. >> pete: at least 24 other people were hurt. as many as 60 vehicles were were involved including cars and tractor trailers. massive slipping and jumping out of the way if we rerack it right there. >> steve: is that -- are those propane tanks? >> pete: i don't know. as an 18-wheeler barrels through the pile it's unclear whether that person right there is okay but let's hope they are. >> steve: check in with senior meteorologist janice dean for our fox weather forecast. janice, out in jersey there were snow so-called yesterday my wife and i were watching. >> janice: so dangerous comes so quickly even though you have warning to have localized blizzard and white out

conditions could cause deadly, you know, deadly car crashes on the roadways which is what happened yesterday. part of the reason is it's really cold. so we have got those snow bands that come down from the great lakes across i-81. i-95. up state new york and pennsylvania. that's where you can see those snow squall events and the temperatures remain cold today but we will start to warm things up. we are getting into the april situation where spring is on its way, finally, and so as we get into thursday, we will finally start to see those temperatures mod der rate of to more seasonal levels. next storm system moves into the plain states. this is the one i want people to pay attention to if you live anywhere from texas through oklahoma, all the way up through iowa. some of the same spots hit this time last week from severe storms and then tomorrow that is where we think we could have a tornado outbreak in some of the same areas, louisiana, mississippi, alabama. pay very close attention to your local forecast. we have all of those ingredients coming together for severe weather outbreak and then that's

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the company did not disclose how many locations would be affected by "the wall street journal" says florida, colorado, and new mexico will be affected. jetblue bringing 5,000 new jobs in new york city. mayor adam says the move is essential to rebuild the states industry. the airline is looking to onboard flight attendants, crowd opposite raiders, and technology specialist by the end of 2022. >> chicago mayor lori lightfoot has a long history of antipolice rhetoric like this. >> it's essential that the police department take responsibility for the way in which it is policed on the way in which it has in many instances alienated people of color. we live in the city that's traumatized by a long history of police violence and misconduct and misconduct. >> we can't rely upon the police

to provide public safety. >> traumatized by the police, can't rely on them, but that's reportedly not stopping -- get that status by new information -- from secretly using up to 65 extra police officers dedicated just to her for added protection. that's on top of her 20 bodyguards she already has. here to react fox news contributor and former democrat, our friend leo terrell. some stories just tell themselves they do already have a body guard duty 20 people, which is now knowing about to up to 70 other chicago police officers whose only job -- they're called unit 544 is to also guard the mayor, yet she wants to defund it? >> it's embarrassing, pete, she has over 85 officers total. she has a battalion to protect her 24/7.

she sleeps well at night when she goes to bed. the citizens of chicago up to sleep under their bed to protect themselves from stray bullets. she has allowed the city to run amok. criminals make a good living in chicago because crime is up. when you have an antipolice attitude how in the world can you protect the citizens of chicago, it's the capital city of crime in this country. >> 660 cops in chicago retired in 2021. you have cups were cut tearing it record rates. what's the justification the mayor would make? is it just i'm that important important or at such a threat that i need this much manpower up the street protecting me? >> pete it's the democratic playbook. those who run the city, on the

state like california they don't have the roles. they love security when it comes to them. they love police protection 24/7 like you have there in chicago. but as far as the average citizen black on black crime what goes on and they play that hateful race card. again, she is a black mayor, pete, she has a black superintendent. black people are being victimized by the police. it comes right out of the democratic playbook. >> if you're a police officer in chicago what do you do? you're condemned effectively on a regular basis by her? >> it's very simple, pete, you the chicago and you go to florida come you go to a state that supports the police. when you laugh police officers during the cultivated mandated

vaccines ignoring natural immunity. these officers gave their life and protected the city during the covid crisis you leave chicago and you go to florida. >> you do 85 officers and were just learning about it now. do you think voters will take notice of this in chicago? it's a notorious left-wing city but is there a point when you look at 2019 -- sexual assault up, gun violence up to democrats wake up to this at some point? >> they wake up this year. the nation -- joe biden's budget plan -- they don't support the police because they don't prosecute the criminals. you're going to see this tsunami of republicans winning even in deep blue states like illinois,

she does like chicago and in los angeles. leo terrel, our friend kemal is love having you. the final hour of fox & friends starts right now. ♪ ♪ speak of the for ukraine's independence now enters its fifth week. >> do you believe what she says or do you know regret saying it? i'm not walking anything back. the team is doing damage control. a new video shows a massive group of migrants being released. lori lightfoot apparently is a secure group of officers protecting her.

>> you can't rely -- >> out. >> oscar wilde. ♪ ♪ >> live from clearwater beach, florida. it looks like one of those great big inflatable as we inquired about that on the shot. what is that? it's an inflatable slide. >> was just there are people sitting along the beach already. it's 801 eastern time. daytime high of 80 degrees. >> and you have kids you can

back may and maybe get a little cocktail with friends, right on the beach. big like my dad, i'm hungry -- that he. >> go get dads medicine. >> oh, my gosh. >> glad to be here today if. he has been complaining the whole time. a moment ago he relived one of the big controversies sing there are no mountains in new jersey. we know there are. we brought that up again -- >> he was talking about squalls that came through new jersey and she said what's a squall? a squall is a big storm like mountains in new jersey are to real mountains. >> we have mountains in new jersey where pete lives, right? >> i grew up on a mountain. >> it's like a, right?

it puts its 50 feet over the technical definition of being a mountain. i think it might be president trump telling you you got a hole-in-one. >> he did by the way. all right, meanwhile let's talk about the current president this morning. joe biden making no but ologies after a series of off script remarks in the world stage over the weekend. russia's vladimir putin cannot stay in power, insinuating there should be a regime change. >> this all despite what his team has desperately doing damage control trying to walk back everything he says. >> the man asking the questions we all want answers to. >> the president says he's not watching tell mike walking anything back. for days for officials will for them have been.

i brought some direct quotes from the overseas trip to the president. >> just in the last couple of days -- it's on the bike you u.s. troops they were going to ukraine. it sounded like you said it was possible the u.s. would use the chemical weapon and it sounded like you were calling for regime change in russia. >> none of the three occurred. >> the president gave us a peek at how he prepped. look at this on the little card, some quotes and air quotes of what eventually said like i was expressing the moral outrage i felt towards the action of this man know is not articulating a change in policy. right there on the part on the card. saw the crimson saying that this is a statement that is certainly alarming. we will continue to track the statements of the u.s. president and the most attentive way. republicans and out of the president is back in the states are coming the president should be the one more attentive.

>> watching the cascade of blunders from biden. every time he explains one thing he gets worse and worse and worse. it's incredibly dangerous, this kind of presidential weakness. >> i also followed up with the president of what he said when he said the u.s. would respond to our russian chemical weapons attack and kindly. he told me that i have to be silly. >> so, peter, here is a silly question. when joe biden announces his big program in the back of the room you're at there's a bit big teleprompter he can read. but when he answers questions on the press in particular since he was clean up i'll win yesterday, he's got a little cheat sheet that has the answers he supposed to respond to, right? >> and he's got a whole common staff and national security staff and this is an issue where they want to make sure that his wording is exactly right. so that's what you see there on

the card. if you check the quotes he was using he repeated them almost exactly. that's what this huge national security apparatus wants to make sure he said. >> racing however it typed out that cheat sheet it's really the president? >> no, i just think they want to make sure that he states the policy exactly right because this weekend he said something about u.s. policy that everybody in the world thought meant let's go get pete and bud they just keep repeating that over and over but the president is in walking anything back. >> you're there went these things happen. when it comes to the corrections and the walk back so you able to confirm the president is consulted before a walk back happens? was it issuing these

corrections? >> when we were in warsaw the other day when the president said for the love of god this man cannot remain in power. with the white house official i reached out to uttered back from almost immediately to say he's not talking about a regime change. he's not talking about the politics of russia. he's just talking about his feelings for vladimir putin. were not the only ones to catch these things in real time. >> what if you meant it? his staff would be contradicting him. >> or what if you change the policy on the fly? >> the president does set the policy but usually not on-the-fly. they're probably going to have a meeting about that. >> while these questions you are asking him are needed. everywhere i go i hear people say tell peter doocy he's doing

an excellent job and you really are because these are questions well one another. it's an important question to ask about chemical weapons. >> credit to president biden for taking so many questions we can be clear about what we heard overseas and what it is that he meant. >> he set the record straight. you got it wrong, peter, that's what he said. sorry. >> probably would not be the first time. >> senator rand paul said his the caps our national security threats. who is running the white house? does he even know what his own policies are? if somebody in the background is walking back everything he said? >> it's unacceptable and very dangerous. not only do we not know who's calling the shots, world leaders don't know who's calling the shots. it's not leadership, and that makes everything else feel more precarious.

>> it's in a time before. words matter. he said some stuff that really matters. >> peter's interpretation of what he said. >> and everybody else's interpretation. >> we are getting so many mixed messages. one minute he's single respond in kind, they'll say will walk that back anything know there are no walk back. the mayor of mariupol is reporting the city has fallen into russian hands. >> we hear the talks between ukraine and russia have just wrapped up in the country of turkey has ukraine says it will not give up any territory. >> alex hogan his life in the lviv with the latest. >> conversations just wrapped up after five hours today in turkey. ukraine had said that it would

be willing to talk about neutrality but it would not discuss giving up in its territory. leaders are saying it is a slippery slope when we talk about chopping a part of a country really where does it end? >> we will never accept this. we can watch for compromises and solutions but the price of compromise could not be our internal integrity. >> russian troops are clamping down on mariupol today paid heavy fighting in the last month has decimated this town. the mayor defeated late urging all remaining residents to escape today. that's more than 160,000 people being told to leave their homes behind. ukrainian advances into separate parts of the country with near the capital -- last week russian forces shifted their focus to

the don bass region but it was an exit strategy after a failed attempt to quickly take over much of the country or possibly at play of distraction with new attacks overnight on the west blowing up on oil depot about 7e are. in the meantime battles to hold onto towns has turned them into rubble after the destruction. like the footage here between kharkiv. volodymyr zelenskyy speaking this morning to the danish parliament describing the bloodied devastation that has taken place within this country and missed this past month. take a listen. >> the means of the structure and the russian troops have used cannot be a calculated we could say that the intensity and brutality being conducted against us is has now reached a level that is higher than it was during the second world war.

>> single level that was higher than what was reached during the second world war. we've seen destruction across the country from military sites to residential buildings, private homes or people been forced to flee. were also hearing from the ukrainian government that about 60 religious buildings have been destroyed and just this past month. guys, back to you. her headline was that they have wrapped up the talks in turkey between ukraine and russia. world learning over the past 24 hours apparently one of the russian oligarchs, roman abramovich. apparently he was asked by the ukrainians to be part of the negotiating team. apparently when they all got together to negotiate peace talks earlier in the month of march apparently they suspected they were poisoned.

the symptoms were consistent with chemical weapons poisoning. red eyes, painful tearing, peeling skin on their hands and faces of the big question was whether it was chemical it would have done that. there was some suggestion that could've been a third party to make one of the parties like that. now a u.s. official says the cause was environmental. in other words don't worry it's not chemical at this point. it's just the environment. >> he was very vocal at the beginning of the invasion. reporters are saying are you not worried about the backlash from putin? if you're a billionaire and you're in america speaking out against russia and he said there are too many of us now -- there are too many of us going against putin. he didn't appear worried but now i sang -- >> that he was there today at at the negotiation.

>> you talked about in an earlier hour, steve, they'd ukrainian intelligence has released a list of 600 russian agents undercover in europe releasing their names and their phone numbers in the passport numbers letting nations on the european continent. either you have somebody inside the roman we have very good espionage services. >> they are fighting back. >> they have taken -- do you pronounce it irpin? the u.s. believe they have also taken the count to town in the east. that's too good points. also the ukrainians have actually shot down eight russian planes, for uavs, three helicopters, and destroyed russian armored vehicles. >> more in the war and a little bit but let's talk about america's second city as it is known. we know a couple of years ago

lori lightfoot was completely behind d from the police. she was suggesting they slash the police budget by $80 million in 2020. not long ago she begged merrick garland to send in atf agents because the murder rate was at a 25 year high. so there she is in the midst of this crime-ridden city. they need every cop to be outside to keep people safe in yet today were learning the shocking detail but about a hundred of them are off the beat and they are taking care of her. >> incredible the the chicago sometimes reporting she already has 25 bodyguards assigned to her as a mayor. that seems a lot as well. no reloading 65 police officers, five sergeants in the your tenant command entire unit of the chicago pd is also

exclusively use assigned to her production. 90 and law enforcement officers in chicago to gua guard lori lightfoot at 660 chicago police officers or retired in 2021 alone. the crime rate is spiking. i know how in your mind you can justify that that. >> another example of rules for the not for me. in chicago we see murders every monday morning we come in to get the list of family people were murdered in different cities. it she's going to surround herself with bodyguards. i'm glad she has. we are pro-police. however, give them to the community too. >> you're right, is the key point, it was always supposed to be a secret. >> meemaw i just got an important text message from from

joe concha, who referring back to what we were talking about earlier about the mountains of new jersey. i literally live off a road called high mountain road. >> that's not a mountain, joe, that's a road. >> now are you part of the nt new jersey mountain faction? >> you've all just made such a big deal about this and that's been going on for weeks. >> because it's hilarious. the highest mountain is like 15 feet. anyway, joe concha, who lives off of high mountain road in my town 2022 special olympics usa games. it happens every four years where special athletes come together to compete. it's an opportunity for all of us to be part of helping

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>> jayda, i love you. g.i. jane two, can't wait to see it. wow. wow. will smith just smacked the [bleep] out of me. >> key my wife's name out of your [bleep] mouth. >> wow, dude, it was a g.i. jane joke. >> will smith finally apologizing to chris rock for the slap on the oscars. my behavior was unacceptable, jokes at my expense or part of my job but i joke about jayda's medical condition was too much for me to bear and i reacted emotionally. i like to publicly apologize to you come across. our next guest says hollywood's inaction exposes their own hypocrisy. to help media columnist who lives off of high mountain roads, joe concha, joins us right now. joe? >> steve, just got back from a high kid was exhausting feel like mount everest but

different. >> would he make about the fact that rather than call him up, will smith apologized via social media? >> feel interesting things to impact. mr. rock has not responded to any of us. he's not talking. perhaps the apology is not accepted. by the way, will smith was man enough to smack chris rock out in front of 15 million people. a baby if you're going to apologize to the guy man up and pick up your phone and go see him instead of having your p.r. folks chair something for instagram. it's so disingenuous. chris rock is coming out of this looking good. he's in huge demand. i can't see the academy taking away a will smith sauce car. how would you like to be the end turn to go to his house get that statue back. hi, mr. smith, who were graded independence day. after take that oscar back. how do you think that's going to

go? >> you told the producers it will be interesting to see what they do. outside jon voight insulted chris rock. his -- >> yeah, that's the thing. if this were a trump supporting white actor, that had chris rock so openly in public i have a feeling the academy would have probably acted by now i done something. either way i think will cain brought up the point before and he's correct, you probably ban him from attending the award show next year but you cannot take away the statue for his performance in the great movie about the williams sisters. meanwhile, steve, you have howard stern and one cnn analyst and steve schmidt of the lincoln project blaming donald trump for will smith's actions pretty new at some point trump would be worked in here somehow. either way you look at the numbers, 15.4 million viewers

from the show. that's pretty good until you consider they had 43 million people watching. so 30 million viewers are gone because the escapism is gone because the thing has gotten so political at this point that many people are predisposed to sam not watching it because i don't want to be lectured to. >> if chris rock were to file a police report there are 15.3 million witnesses who could officially say this is what i saw. also, tim allen from home improvement, he said this, it's not okay to come up on stage and hit it do because you don't like the humor. it's not okay at comedy clubs, concert halls, or hosting some cheese ball award show. chris rock is a stand-up comedian and a stand-up guy who carried on. i think i would've run. that's the worry now, who is going -- is there a possibility somebody's going to be at a comedy club, didn't like the joke, and is going to take matters into their own hands?

>> on the night i was engaged, steve, i brought my wife, jean come up to the comedy cellar in downtown new york city. if you've ever been to that place -- i surprised everybody and perform that night -- but you could walk up -- is a 2-foot walk up to the stage and there's no security there to stop you. if somebody doesn't like the joke that's the way. not only my going to be offended a walk i'm going to walk forward instead and hit the comedian. that's the point where i now. hopefully it doesn't set some sort of precedent where people are attacking comedians. i think one of the comedy clubs in new york is already said don't bother coming if you can't take a joke. i think that's a good policy. >> joe concha who would not only works for us, he also works for the hill. not the mountain as pete had seth says my air -- >> is going skiing up north. mountain creek new jersey. it's one of the most challenging to deal anywhere outside of

eastern -- >> we've been there many times with the peter doocy family and it is technically a mountain. all right, joe, thank you very much. goodbye. see you next time. up next on our telecast, more serious news. as russia wages war in ukraine schools there have not been in session. that is changing with remote learning. our next guest is speaking makes life. it was time for a nunormal with nucala. nucala is a once monthly add-on treatment for severe eosinophilic asthma that can mean less oral steroids. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection site reactions, back pain, and fatigue. ask your asthma specialist about a nunormal with nucala.

>> chile new video shows more large groups of migrants being released in droves as the crisis at the southern border continues. border agents in del rio say they've encountered more than 2500 migrants just this weekend. film lujan joins us live from the border with the latest. good morning, bella. >> good morning to be that's exactly right. the del rio sector, where we are right now, has been inundated in recent weeks. their numbers year over year are up over 200% at several border patrol stations they are now well over capacity. as a result the federal government has now been mass releasing migrants into local communities to take off some pressure. take a look at this drone video saw to child right here.

what you're looking at here is video of dozens of migrants, crossing illegally into texas by waving across the rio grande, some of it walking around some of them that she see there's not much resistance on the u.s. shoreline. this was a group of about 50 or so. these boot grade groups are happening day in and day out and some of the big groups and virtually good. we can tries photos as well as a single group of 187 illegal immigrants encountered here on sunday. it was mostly made up of cubans and nicaraguans. border patrol taking all of the minute custody. particularly here in the ego sector. that's putting a lot of pressure on border patrol. take a look at this video, also remove susie jackson rode tony gonzalez. what you looking at here is a massive upper to release of 300

immigrant right here in eagle pass. this ngo has been getting there from 400-600 drew lewis zerek saenz. wahoo's blouse is else. these are happening in small little cities all over del rio sector. here an angle pass, and move all day. we caught up with the mayor yesterday and he is not happy about what is going on. take a listen. >> we are not equipped to handle these people. i get paid $50 per month to be mayor. the last thing i want to be handling is an immigration issue. the federal government should be handling it. >> and, guys, recently vh just announced they're going to start having all migrants get vaccinated for covid-19 while they are in focus the vp that breaks the question why now? photo government is used

migrants into the u.s. without vaccinations before so why will they do this now? it could be that we are hearing orange and tell us who could be happening in a matter of days. thank you so much. as their lives are torn apart by war students in ukraine's capital city of ukraine are taking a step towards normalcy is schools serving to support nonbeing through -- it was not just to impart knowledge to student but also to provide a short form of psychological support and opportunities to converse. meaning there will not be any bad ways or homework. a feature of the british unit and nationally school in ukraine. if you want to >> i know you are at the school and kyiv, you took the school bus back to help. the students no other loved

ones. where are you now? >> i am in lviv at the moment. we've managed to get there. >> and you are setting up virtual school systems for all the children. why is that so important to you? >> open virtual system or are less in school. there's been no interruption to what we've done, we've just been doing it on a different platform. >> how many students attend the british international school in kyiv. how do you find them? many of them have evacuated and are in different parts of the region. how do get in touch with them, get them tablets, and make sure they have internet? >> a lot of the students will have that still be in different

parts of the world. a lot of the international students of got other domicile countries. basically lee's teams as our platform. this a lot of different time zones to track, but we deliver lessons pretty much same as we did before. we have a timetable working to deliver that wherever they are. it does come with certain challenges. obviously some students are still moving around. we'll have to be flexible. the important thing -- >> i know you say it's strange to be working during a war but people have a lot of practice with virtual learning because of covid. how are the children reacting? >> i think children aren't going to be able to touch base with students and colleagues and members of staff as well. it provides consistency and support in a world that is very

absurd at the moment. what's equally important is that -- >> they are very fortunate to have you taking the lead on this so these children are not punished and not forgotten. thank you. the supreme court facing historic changes as the senate votes on whether to confirm judge ketanji brown jackson next week. fox news anchor and chief legal correspondent, shannon green, on the high court's future coming up next. it was a tragedy. with knockoff batteries, little miss cupcake never stood a chance. until, energizer ultimate lithium.

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friend, shannon bream. write the sale. you wanted to tell mike watch this whole process unfold. any surprises or reasons why she wouldn't be confirmed at this point? >> i think that would be the surprise at this point. she has to get through this first hurdle of the senate judiciary committee pair they're the ones that held hearings last week. each senator probing into the scum of the chairman worried because i've got several senators on this committee left presidential aspirations and he thought that may come up the work is if one tries to get their sound bites. cheaper to much came through as expected. tough questions on a decisions but not enough that you would peel anyway and the democrats. they have the vote if they stick together. she has to get their committee first. it looks like it will probably end in a tie. there are 22 members and they can vote next week. we go from there. you can get to the senate floor for your confirmation vote without having a majority vote

in the committee. the last time that happened was with justice thomas back in the early '90s. we'll have to watch in sepia there will be some drama but probably by the end of next week she'll be officially confirmed. >> shannon, she's been confirmed by the u.s. senate three times before. there been a number of republicans who voted for her before. we believe that those three are still on board? >> it's possible. senator graham was one of the toughest questioners of her last week. he's been very cagey on whether he is a "yes" or "no." he's voted for a number of democratic nominees from democratic presidents in the past. president should have their purview as long as somebody is not wide out of the mainstream of traditional thought they should get a "yes" vote. even though we gave her a really hard time during the hearings i will not be surprised if he turns around and goes yes on her appeared she also got a "yes" vote from senators collins and murkowski less than a year ago.

but those senators will also say this is a lifetime appointment. this is a different situation and so for the supreme court i reserve the right to change my vote. >> another book you've written is coming out appeared to grew up in florida, she's a woman of faith, she went to liberty university and she's written several books about her faith. this is called the mothers and daughters of the bible speak. it's out that i just before mother's day which is on may 8th. tell us about it. >> i just hope people will be encouraged. i think we all need that right now. the fact is that things we are experiencing today through these mothers and daughters, that they experience famine and war and infertility and widowhood. financial ruin and physical challenges, all of those we can see working through their story. i hope that and seeing how he works through the stories will be encouraged today because i

think we'll need to know is love and faithfulness and promises are good. >> i understand you're going to be doing a special event tonight at 6:00 eastern time during supper time. it's alive signing. how does this work? >> listen, people have already started submitting their questions. some of you get cheeky in the questions and that's okay. rachel and i can take it so fire away. you go to lives signing.com/speak and you can sign up there. rachel and i will answer your questions although i'm hoping there will be none. that may be tougher. >> you can settle it right now for me, shannon. >> listen i grew up in florida, i know nothing about mountains. >> great answer. >> shannon, congratulations on the book appear lives signing.com/speak.

it's a great book. >> it's also available everywhere you buy books. to cut the mothers and daughters of the bible speak. >> it's check in with the senior meteorologist was also a mother and our fox broadcast host -- >> that's going to be fun tonight. shannon bream has hosted one of those for me. i can tell you some of those questions to get a little risky, not going to lie. >> about the bible. >> that's true but anything can happen. it will be -- if that makes any sense at all peel let's take a look at the weather, right? cold temperatures across chicago. 27 here in new york with the windchill it feels like 11 or 12 come i'm so grateful to the producers for keeping me inside today. i want to tell you about a sure del mike storm system moving across the rockies. that's going to break the next severe weather event. is going to last today, tomorrow, thursday. not much going on on the radar and about watch what happens as

we do tuesday afternoon. i have a way to get you hurt -- there is the best severe threat from texas all the way to iowa and that crosses over the mississippi river valley tomorrow. these areas are a significant risk for all of those ingredients to come together bring a severe weather outbreak of wednesday and that moves towards the east coast on thursday. bottom line is going to have watches and warnings. you need to have a way to get them. fox weather.com for the very latest. all right, steve, ainsley, pete come over to you. >> thank you, janice. they give. >> all right this morning we are marking national vietnam war veteran's day with two men who put their lives on the line for our freedom. how they are honoring those who served next. but first let's check in with dana perino for what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> that looks like a great interview. thank you, guys, peace talks

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>> today is national vietnam veterans memorial day. our next guests are dedicated to recognizing the courageous acts of every single vietnam veteran. vietnam veteran patrick henry brady and founders on hero honor festival peterson. president trump signed into law in 2017 the vietnam war veteran recognition acts. what does it mean to have a day that specifically honors vietnam vets? >> pete, you know i understand you are a veteran also. america has no kings or queens or dukes or duchesss but we do

have a nobility, america's nobility is our veterans. the vietnam veteran was as noble as any warrior we ever had. a great warrior and became a great citizen. we don't we believe we did america our favor by our service and sacrifice. we believe god did us a favor allowing us to be born in this great country. >> so well said. sergeant peterson we both served in iraq for the first people that thanked me and greeted me and our generation were vietnam vets who didn't get that greeting. >> absolutely. you know, i was in iraq in may 2009 and then protestors showed up at funerals of veterans. it was an organic movement of vietnam vets that rose up and never again will we allow what

happened to our sons and daughters what happened to us. i got off the bus and hundreds of vietnam veterans lined up shoulder to shoulder american flag welcoming us home. >> you are doing the hero honor's festival at daytona national speedway. >> it was after that experience with vietnam veterans that god put a clear vision into my heart to give vietnam veterans and their families the biggest, baddest, most patriotic welcome home and honor in american history and that's what the heroes honor festival was become with toby keith, justin moore, military flyovers. governor desantis. we want to give these guys an incredible experience because they're so worth it. >> what is the website? >> heroes honor festival.com. event is free for vietnam vets

and families and we're calling on america to show up and show their support. >> what does it moo en to finally get the welcome home you didn't get? >> you know, there is still -- they've been trying to get the congressional gold model through the congress to recognize vietnam veteran. hasn't been done and it would be a great way to do it. it's the only war that no unit in that war received that congressional gold medal. you know what dust-off does on the battlefield and that's what it is for. >> god bless you. patrick henry brady recipient of the medal of honor speaking for so many vietnam vets we cherish. check out the heroes honor festival down in florida. more "fox & friends" just moments away. ♪♪♪

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today. today is cold in new york. >> i wasn't expecting it to be so cold. >> it is march. >> i did not know it would be that cold and did not dress appropriately. >> fox nation energy independence is outside at noon. tune in to watch business hosts be cold and talk about energy. have a great tuesday. >> see you tomorrow. >> dana: 8:34. war in ukraine, president zelenskyy is reporting several victories on the ground as we get an update on the first peace talks in three weeks. i'm dana perino. bill is off today. good morning, trace. >> trace: good morning to you. i'm trace gallagher. this is "america's newsroom." ukrainian and russian negotiators resuming talks in istanbul. the two sides didn't shake hands. >> dana: zelenskyy has said his forces have given russian rc