we hear time and time again not enough community policing and police officers are to blame. not only do we need more officers on the street protecting average americans. we need those officers to feel supported and respected so they can do their job with support of not only the american people but most importantly the elected leaders that are supposed to advocate for them. >> todd: tomi, thank you very much. "fox & friends" starts now. ♪ >> russia claims it's scaling back its assaulted. >> but nobody's buying it. >> we all should be prepared to watch for major offensive against other areas of ukraine. >> border officials are bracing for another massive surge of illegal immigration. >> probably next few days a million encounters or appear prehence's. >> house judiciary committee enters the contents of hunter biden's laptop. >> our report expose substantial relationships between hunter and

chinese nationals. >> pushing for school punishment on the basis of race. >> it's out of control. do they think we are so stupid to believe that racial injustice is the way to achieve racial justice? >> oscar is on the line. today a meeting of the academy's board of governors. >> you can't just go smack a man in the face in front of the world and go about business as usual. >> that's a terrible precedent. the award goes to louisville, kentucky. today you are going to have a high of 77. and a chance of thunderstorms today in louisville. meanwhile, here in new york city, where we are in big studio, studio m new york right now. 28 going for 48 and maybe a little warmer tomorrow.

welcome to the mezzanine level. "fox & friends" starting officially right now. brian is back from a trip somewhere. >> brian: yeah. i just want to toll lauren just texted me said for me to let her know i ordered the copy of. i just ordered the coffee. >> do you think she watches this channel come on. >> brian: together we pay the bill she gets to watch capable in the green room. >> ainsley: yesterday people wanted to know where is brian we don't know he doesn't tell us when he is leaving the producer says he doesn't tell us. >> brian: when i'm not here i'm fighting crime on my own. >> ainsley: can't wait to see the city. >> ainsley: you and geraldo. >> brian: very similar personalities and background. >> steve: what city is safer new york city? >> brian: safer yesterday. >> steve: a lot of news. start with a fox news alert. the u.s. and the country of

ukraine still skeptical about russia's claim they are moving troops from the kyiv area because fighting continues throughout the war torn region. >> ainsley: honors the soldier who famously helped defend snake island russian attacks. >> brian: pretty school story. got him in a prisoner exchange. got him back. griff jenkins is on the ground in lviv tracking all these documents. hey, griff. >> good morning. just about 30 minutes ago the sirens going off here in lviv. the residents behind me going about their day after 1:00 p.m. it's a stark reminder of the dangers that putin can strike anywhere, any time. and there are some signs that there could be hopes for these negotiations happening in istanbul but nobody is buying russia's claims that they are reducing drastically their siege on kyiv. both the white house and the

pentagon saying don't be fooled. this isn't a withdrawal. this is a redeployment. meanwhile president zelenskyy in an address last night to his country had this to say. listen. >> yes. we can call the signals we hear positive but they do not drown out the blows of russian shells. of course we see all the risks. >> to his point, residents in kyiv reported some of the heaviest shelling to date. and while russian forces continue to pulverize the cities in the south and east you see the photos showing devastation in mariupol. that city reduced to rubble. in mykolaiv a striking a government building killing 14 and injuring 36 others. meanwhile ukrainian offensives having some successes push back in irpin and out east about 200 miles east of the kyiv capital in chernihiv.

you mentioned earlier in the invasion on snake island ukrainian soldier. remember what he said? watch this. age be ukrainian officials have identified that soldier and presented him with a medal of merit for his courage and bravery. and one other note the russian media reporting that they evacuated two russian border towns near the russian city of bell grad. officials confirming to us that ukrainian officials were fired into russian territory. that is one of the first times taking the fight to them, a member of parliament. ukrainian member of parliament telling me early hours ago this

is really the third stage of their counter osceola as they push the counter forces back. brian, ainsley, and steve? >> brian: hey, griff, do you get a sense of yet of how the president's trip and the eu, the g 7 and the nato meetings, how that let son nateed in lviv? >> yesterday there are several members of parliament refugee humanitarian almost almost 4 million refugees coming through here. there is hope that president zelenskyy constant communication in pushing for things like it military aid is really galvanizing the west and the eu. now, whether or not they continue to provide that aid will be anybody's guess. but, clearly no signs that it is

backing off because you are seeing as we mentioned the ukrainian counter offensive really starting to have successes. not just in the capital area near kyiv but also in other parts of the country. and you are going to see an unbelievable fight where the ukrainian forces will need more of that aid. even the javelins and stingers as they battle in the south and east. mariupol still getting reduced to rubble. that fight in mykolaiv so key. a sea port down there. 70 miles east to the western city of odesa. forces do regroup in the east and try to lock off and block off the black sea. they will go from mykolaiv to odesa. that fight there very, very significant. keep your eye on. that was. >> steve: all right, look like on the southern part port cities like mariupol. what does it look like in lviv? i'm sure you called your wife

when you got there. what's your initial reaction to what is happening where you are? >> griff: ainsley, it's quite remarkable. you see people going about their daily lives. a woman was walking her dog about 20 minutes ago. didn't have a care to the world. and then the air raid sirens began. as we entered the city yesterday afternoon, air sirens ringing out and around 12, 12:30 midnight last night woken up to the sirens. no strikes here. but, of course, saturday a very different picture when actual missiles hit that oil depot and the fire burned for a better part of a day. so, there is concern that people are on high alert. but it is very surreal to hear the sirens going off but yet people going about their daily lives. one thing that is really remarkable, ainsley, since i have been covering it back from washington and some of the overnight anchoring and getting the great reports of our great reporters that have been here.

once you get on the ground you get a sense of the warmth of the ukrainian people and how much they have bonded together in defiance and willing to talk to you and help you in any way they can. they are thankful there are western reporters here on the ground telling their stories. >> steve: all right. griff jenkins, who has been deployed to lviv, thank you very much for the live report. brian, you mentioned in your question to griff about the president and his trip, you know, he was supposed to stick to scripted but he did not and he made a number of gaffes over the last week or two. while he was there on saturday, late in the day, he said essentially sounded like the united states was calling for regime change. earlier he suggested that it sounded lining the united states was going to use chemical weapons. and it sounded like he was talking to some troops over in europe and he was suggesting that they would soon be in ukraine. our white house correspondent asked him about all the gaffes

and essentially the president said i didn't make any mistakes it's just your interpretation. then he revealed something that sounded like a big secret. >> you interpret the language that way. we were talking to the troops. we were talking about helping train the troops in -- that are -- the ukrainian troops that are in poland. that's what the context. i sat there with those guys for a couple hours. that's what we talked about. >> steve: whoa. so the president just said that he was talking to the u.s. troops about the ukrainian troops that that they were training in poland. that is a gigantic headline. >> ainsley: basically saying we are in poland. we are helping the ukrainians there on the ground in poland. jacqui heinrich, one of our white house correspondents she pressed the correspondent for

the white house. did he release information. >> ukraine, yesterday, did the president accidently reveal a previously unknown effort for the u.s. to be training ukrainian forces in poland during the press conference? >> no. the troops that he met with in poland, routinely interact with ukrainians. that is something that is known. many of you were on the trip with us. that is something that is known. that is in no way revealing compromised information. that being said, there is nothing further that i have to say on that beyond what the president said yesterday. >> brian: disaster. no doubt about it for years we have been training the ukrainian troops. you talk to people. and they say you know, we train with the ukrainians, actually fought with ukrainians in iraq and afghanistan. they are extremely adept. extremely tough and smart. we didn't know we were training them right now. we would assume something -- we don't know exactly how our stuff gets into ukraine. we hope it's getting. in it's not getting in nearly the pace it should.

we don't how that happens. there were a problem with the mig transfers. ukrainian pilots heading to poland. we haven't heard with it next. we shouldn't know about it for the president to come out and say something about it i must have missed something. you foolishly thought. i didn't fully realize that he just was breaking news. so, that ends up being the biggs story the next day. that was not on his note card. >> we definitely don't want our troops in harm's way. we don't want putin to know our strategy. what i did take from this is okay, we are doing more behind the scenes that we don't know about. you have this group of bipartisan senators sent a letter to the white house and requesting for information about all the equipment we are giving. they want to make sure. >> brian: way too slow. >> ainsley: exactly. they feel the same way. they said they can win this war. ukraine can win if we help them win the war. we want to know a list of all the equipment and what our allies are giving to them.

>> steve: national security council came back and to a spokesperson said okay. so, over the last three weeks, we delivered -- that's $350 million worth of stuff, which is good. but it was about a week or two when the president promised another $800 million worth of stuff. and it essentially joni ernst of iowa and kirsten gillibrand of new york want to know when is it going to get there? the spokesperson said deliveries are happening every day. we are equities at the dieting the shipments as quick as possible. which means it's not as quick as possible. >> brian: brett velicovich over there helping us. fox news contributor. fought in our wars and drone expert as well. he sent the picture over last night. he said all i see is private aid coming in. and he says every commander he talks to, every ukrainian he talks to says they are not getting much of the aid they are getting is not from the u.s. goya. whole bunch of goya products people are grateful for. why just the private sector helping out? where is the u.s. aid that's

desperately needed especially in war torn areas skill and armament perhaps and the advice to get it to the areas that need it the most? and there is drones out there that could drop aid into places like mariupol? why are they not doing that? the question is, too, what are we sending? are we sending what they need? it's been said to us that they have more javelin missiles than the russians have tanks. we got the javelins, we need the harpoons. we need some tanks. >> i have asked some people can you get tarntion in through that border? oh yeah you can absolutely do it. got the surveillance and know how to get. in would we not give ukrainians what they need to get this? you submit admit you were wrong america. you thought ukraine would fall in two days and the capital would be sacked. you were wrong. ukrainians are better. we were about that down the line. at least fix it by not stopping them from winning a war. >> steve: i think part of the, you know, the -- what they are

figuring out what they can reveal is president zelenskyy has asked the white house don't be completely specific about the inventory you are sending us, because we don't want the russians to know all of the tricks we have up our sleeves. >> brian: let's hope there are tricks. there is a lot of frustration. that's what zelenskyy is saying. officials even on "fox & friends" first we are not getting the stuff. >> ainsley: shows you how strong the ukrainians are. if they are not getting the things and still pushing the russians back. >> steve: listen. they don't need anything from us. look at this brave guy right here. the headline is boot'n putin. this is a guy, that's a bmw. and a machine gun he has got on the back of his car. ukrainians aren't waiting for anybody. they are taking matters into their own hands and own trunks. they are ready. >> they said they will give up a little bit of territory. they want some type of membership in the eu. give up aspiration for nato. have some security concerns. 15-year pause with dealing with

crimea. leave it the way it is and in 15 years they will start negotiating on it they assume just to move these talks forward. >> steve: all right. moving the show forward. up next is disney drops the use of boys and girls in their amusement park settings. newly surfaced videos reveal the real reason why the happiest place on earth has gone totally woke. >> brian: right. look at them dancing. and, joe rogan gives his take on the slap heard around the world. remember, is he a stand-up comic. hear his take on the controversy next. ♪ ♪ put our hands up like the ceiling can't hold us. ♪ my asthma felt anything but normal. ♪ ♪ it was time for a nunormal with nucala. nucala reduces asthma attacks it's a once-monthly add-on treatment for severe eosinophilic asthma.

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>> carley: back with your headlines with a fox news alert. high-speed chase stretched across the city. it started of when officers tried to pull a car over but it took off. police say the suspects inside the car opened fire on police. all three officers who were hit are expected to recover. two suspects were arrested. disney will no longer use boys and girls when greeting guests at parks. the company pushing the new ultra woke agenda in an effort to promote gender inclusion. the changes coming from disney executives in a now leaked video. watch this. >> they brought the fireworks back to the magic kingdom. we no longer say ladies and gentlemen and boys and girls we say dreamers of all ages. we don't want to assume because someone may be in our interpretation may be presenting as female that they may not want to be called princess.

>> being pledging to florida new law ban instruction of sexual orientation or gender identity to kids 3rd grade and younger. american astronaut mark is returning to earth this morning along with two russian cass mow thoughts preparing to reenter earth atmosphere docked from the -- undocked just a short time ago and set to land in kazakhstan, a little over an hour from now. nasa still working with russia despite rising tensions over vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. those are your headlines, guys. over to you. >> steve: see, we were worried he was going to be marooned up there. >> brian: right. we don't have to send elon musk up to get him. >> ainsley: going to be interesting conversations. >> we have been talking about this 48 hours. will smith may soon be punished for now infamous on stage meltdown at the oscars on sunday night. >> ainsley: the academy's board of governors, they are meeting

tonight to decide what should happen to the actor after he slapped chris rock over that joke about his wife. >> brian: slap expert todd piro joins us now. >> todd: researched slapping all my life this is my moment. >> brian: comes in handy. >> todd: will smith's fate will be decided today. the oscar on the line after he of course slapped chris rock on stage after making a joke about his wife's shaved head. tmz reporting rock did not know jada suffered from alopecia which causes hair loss. disciplinary action could include revoking his oscar severe punishment suspension from the academy. whoopi goldberg who sits as a governor on the academy's board says she is leading as a slap on the wrist for the slap in the face. listen. >> we are not going to take that oscar from him. >> consequences. >> todd: meantime jada smith posting on instagram quote this

is the season for healing and i'm here for it and daughter willow smith sharing cryptic quote two days after her father attacked rock you know who is going through a lot right now? literally everyone. just be kind. chris rock finally getting some hollywood support fellow comedian adam sandler sharing caption, quote: can't wait for this. love you, buddy. rock expected to take the stage ginn again beginning tonight with a series of shows in boston as we talked about yesterday. those ticket prices through the roof since sunday. >> brian: is that the name of his tour or the name that adam sandler gave him? >> ainsley: looks like that's the name of the tour. it. >> brian: ego died because he got slapped on stage? >> todd: i'm pretty sure they came up with the title before sunday but i could be wrong. i will research that during the break. >> brian: thought you were on the story. >> steve: we heard a number of people from hollywood come to

the defense of chris rock. it's funny, former l.a. prosecutor for about a dozen years a guy by the name of steve colley, d.a. from 2,000, to 2012, he said regardless of the fact that chris rock did not press charges, he could still face criminal charges. he said the victim does not control whether a prosecutor should file charges. he said the offense was against the state of california. it's not chris rock vs. will smith in a criminal matter. the lapd and the city attorney should not close the door on what was an obvious criminal offense and easily provable. so, in other words, he is saying will smith not out of the woods yet. >> ainsley: at the board meeting today the consequences could be give back the oscar or you are suspended. >> steve: take. >> ainsley: or suspended from the academy. bill cosby and harvey weinstein. both were expelled.

harvey weinstein never had to give back his oscars. his crimes far worse than this is. i doubt he gives it back. >> brian: jim carrey sickening that they gave him a standing ovation after he slapped rock. hollywood spineless. joe rogan not spineless. he started and remains stand-up comedian who owns comedy clubs said this yesterday on his podcast. you can't just go smack a man in the face in front of the world and then go about business as usual. first of all, it sets a terrible precedent. >> yes. >> in so many different ways, sets a terrible precedent for comedy clubs, are people going to decide they are going to go on stage? what are we saying as a society when the people that we look up to for whatever reason, for good or for bad, we look up to actors. and the academy awards is supposed to be them in their most regal -- most regal

outfits. their best behavior. and to drop down to violence for something so innocuous as a g.i. jane joke. >> steve: that's something we were talking about yesterday on this program. that is comedy club owners here in the new york city area are worried that people will try to be the next will smith essentially. they don't like a joke so they get up and slap somebody or punch somebody. who knows? they could be armed. and so i heard on the radio that apparently some clubs are thinking about security. and a number of owners say they are thinking about posting a sign that says quite simply, if you can't take a joke, don't come in. >> ainsley: dave chapelle, do you ever watch him? he is very controversial. i would love to says things pushing the envelope. i want to hear what his response is. >> brian: comedian feel so bad between having to watch what they say to be politically correct and now have to watch for being slapped. o.j. simpson came to his defense yesterday. i understand what would bring somebody to do something like

that. >> ainsley: if you think about it though, most people that are just emerging actors would do anything to be in that room front row. maybe up for a ward. >> and you would probably never rush the stage. it just shows how comfortable he is in hollywood right now. fresh prince of blair probably wouldn't have done this. been there so long comfortable there walked right on stage and hits another actor. >> steve: let's see what the academy does. could be today or a couple of weeks. >> brian: meanwhile straight ahead. border patrol is on track to top 100 million migrant encounters this year nice way to put it how soon will we hit that milestone? former cpd chief predicting after the break. with about 10 minutes of treatment once every 3 months. so, ask your doctor if botox® is right for you,

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when will we hit a million? >> well, we have already probably hit a million arrests along the southwest border at the edged of the month they will calculate those numbers and we expect that probably within the first two weeks of april those numbers will officially come out and it learn is i will be over a million. >> ainsley: what are you expecting for the entire fiscal year? what number will we see? >> most 2 million but i think it's going to be further than that hitting 2.5. anywhere between 2.5 and 2.7 million for the year. what we are forgetting is the only tool left in the toolbox for the border patrol is title 42. and that's the discussion is about ending that relatively soon. once that happens the flood gates will open like we have never seen before. >> ainsley: what is your biggest concern about having such an influx move into our country? >> well, when you look at a million people. if you put them in one spot. the same population of san jose,

california. and if we are looking at 2 to 2 and a half million. that in itself would be the about the fourth largest city in the united states. those are the people that we have arrested or that has been arrested. because when you have shear numbers of that magnitude, you have to collapse your precipitations. the areas of the southwest border patrolled to the highest levels that need to be. what is it that we are missing. we just do not know what we're missing. that's my biggest fear what is out there that we never get our eyes and hands on coming into the interior of the united states. that's the scary thought. >> ainsley: joe biden hasn't even reached the halfway point of his presidency? what can you expect throughout next we have two and a half more years at least with him. >> his numbers are going to continue. it's the idea of per sense. right? when you start looking at these numbers, february of last year. we had a third highest number of

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♪ >> brian: russian officials say scaled back attacks against ukraine in their capital reasonable as part of the negotiations but the white house

not buying it. >> no one should be fooled by russia's announcement. we believe any movement of forces around kyiv is a redeployment not a withdrawal. everyone should expect that we are going to continue to see attacks across ukraine. >> brian: can we trust vladimir putin to act in good faith and how do you get him to act at all? our next stranger. negotiate with the taliban during the trump administration and joins us now. adam, what's the challenge of dealing with vladimir putin. what should you know going in. >> i think what you should always know with putin is. [lost audio] >> brian: i think we are about to unfreeze that, i got a sense. so a couple of things as we wait for adam to queue up again. start again. you said what you should know in dealing with putin and then we

kind of froze you. what do you want to? >> somebody like putin is going to do what's in his best interest, right? so when you see him say hey, we are going to pull back, that's 100 percent of a result of him over estimating his ability from the military's perspective under estimating ukraine. until the end of the day he is saying theying go going to pull back because they have to pull back. that's why he is saying that because he will lose the war otherwise. what's going to happen? is he going to pull back and kind of gather up resources go up to belarus, gather up resources and make another attack on kyiv or is he just going to focus on the eastern provinces and kind of trying to annex those. two options but i wouldn't trust that putin is doing anything for humanitarian causes or anything beyond what serves his purpose or ultimate purpose or goal here is toppling the government in kyiv and installing somebody else. he might just not be able to accomplish that. >> brian: he said he will not

speak face to face with zelenskyy until negotiations are done. then somewhat optimistic that ukraine came with some deal points. number one he says we won't try to join nato. 15 years donbas region in particular. we might be talking about few things when it comes to integrity of our borders. that encourages the russians. was that a good tactic on the part of the ukrainians. >> the ukrainians are showing a path forward if he realizes he can't win. i'm sure that he is licking higg wounds. he is thinking more about it going there doesn't accomplish his objectives. it doesn't take over kyiv. it doesn't install regime change in kyiv. that's what he wanted. eastern side of donbas if that's putin's exit if he doesn't have the strength. our job now in the united states is to continue to arm kyiv to the teeth. because that will change the.

the stronger ukraine is the weaker russia's cashed. and the more that putin is going to have to give. >> brian: adam, how odd is this lebron very much one of the high profile oligarchs knows the ukrainians trying to negotiate a deal basically suffered a suspected poisoning, lost his eyesight a few days and also brought a letter from zelenskyy which vladimir putin responded very violently to. so what does that say when someone who is supposed to broker a deal almost gets killed by poison suspected from the russians who seem to like to do that? >> it shows what you are dealing with and shows putin has a specific aim and the aim isn't ultimately peace. you know, so i -- my view on working with -- whether working with taliban, whether it's working with anybody that is essentially a dictator is you have to look at what their interest is and how they are going to go after it. and they just countered that. in this case you have a guy who take over ukraine he doesn't

have the juice. that's what's happened so far. he may come back. gather forces sit in belarus and try again. only risk try again. if he tries for kyiv again and he fails you might see regime change somewhere else. >> brian: that is the hope. a threat from president trump on our door he said if you do this, if you break your word during the taliban negotiations, we'll kill you, almost like we did with soleimani. that was important. you need some leverage. >> look, at the end of the day, if you think about our foreign policy now, what concerns me is we're not playing our game. we are playing defense. and something like afghanistan and what was a debacle there. that is a gift to someone like russia. we are 50, 100 times more powerful than the taliban no question. five to 10 more times more powerful than russia. my worry is that afghanistan will beget russia which could beget china which is a much,

much bigger issue. >> brian: adam, i fear you are correct unless this comes out right. day 35 and ukrainians have done better than anybody thought. they have more leverage than we thought they would have. and that's why they are in talks to begin with. adam, thanks so much. >> thanks for having me, brian. >> brian: meanwhile, carley shimkus is poised to give us the rest of the news. carley? >> carley: i certainly am. turning to headlines the house january 6th committee is investigating more than during the capital this year. phone call span the time period heart of the riot. during the missing hours trump spoke at the rally the department of justice did not comment to fox news on the specific phone log gap. the fda authorizes a second pfizer or moderna booster shot for americans age 50 and older. it also includes individuals age 12 and old his or her are immunocompromised. the cdc quickly backed that decision yesterday allowing the

shot to be administered. the means tens of millions of americans are eligible for fourth covid shot. former auburn football coach tomi tuberville challenging women's groups not working to keep biological males out of women's sports. >> the woke atmosphere we are living in right now. where are the imwith's rights people and feminist groups that fought tooth and nail for title ix. >> argument comes after trans swimmer lia thomas became the 500 championship. senator tuberville will join us this morning. those are your headlines. check in with adam klotz for our fox weather headlines. good morning, adam. >> >> adam: maybe can you see my breath. it's chilly in the northeast. in the area fire up the stove and put coffee on it cool start. that's not the biggest weather story across the country. dive into maps and we are tracking some severe weather sweeping across texas and

stretching up further to the north, every one of those yellow polygons that is a severe warn thunderstorm. a little bit later this afternoon, we are going to be tracking this as it moves into louisiana, mississippi and alabama. this could turn into big severe weather. that is something we will be watching. here it is your future track. really think 2 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. watching it. those are your weather headlines for now tossing it back inside. >> thanks, adam, appreciate it 13 minutes before the top of the hour. coming up straight ahead he is known as mr. chocolate. even celebrity chocolate tier isn't immune to staggering inflation. how surging inflation are impacting your easter basket yet. don't have to tell the easter bunny he knows or is it a she ♪ who can take a rainbow ♪ wrap it in a tie? ♪ soak it in the sun

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.>> back with a quick look at headlines, florida governor ron desantis hitting back attacks california governor criticized his policies. >> first, i would say how many people are moving from his state

fleeing to come to mine and i believe we win. migration of people are leaving california in numbers we have never seen because of his failed policies. >> carley: data obtained by fox news digital republican voters outnumber democrats by 100,000 for the first time in state history. and are you stressed? it turns out it might be because you live? a new study by wallet hub evaluates stress levels by state and puts louisiana in the number one spot followed by nevada and new mexico. on the other side of the spectrum it says people in utah are the least stressed with minnesota and south dakota right behind. congratulations to people in utah. steve, over to you. >> steve: all right. thank you, carley. even the easter bunny is feeling the squeeze of inflation this year. the "new york post" finding the average cost of filling an easter basket has jumped from over 50 bucks in 2019 to more than $61 this year.

our next guest is celebrity promises not to pass the cost over -- jacques brought us hot cocoa on a cold kay last year. good morning jacques. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> as we look at signature chocolate bunny i was reading and just like every other business you were impacted by inflation. a couple of years ago it cost you $9,000 to buy some packaging from indonesia and recently you spent not 9,000 but 23,000. >> that is the price of transportation. the price of containers coming from overseas triple so and that's not even paying for the packaging. so, yeah. every single to the sugar to the dairy to the chocolate, to, you know, name it. anything. >> steve: that's the problem. people are used to seeing, essentially sticker shock when

they go in the grocery store and that can of soup is a dollar more than it was last year. you are trying not to pass the price on. >> you know, look, we try to make our customer happy. i don't think we have much choice if we want to keep our customer, we have no choice but to make the customer happy and keep our customer and hopefully when things become a little bit easier we will still be in business. >> steve: sure. we have heard different businesses are doing different things like reducing the size of a portion or something like that. >> you are right. steve: you have the little philippines coated with chocolate there are five of them in a row. have you reduced the number of peeps in your chocolate peep selection. >> between the. less chocolate because it will not work with the mold. so, the weight doesn't change. this big rabbit is about 6 pounds. >> steve: i would imagine, star.

before the pandemic you had seven stores. >> yes. >> steve: now fast forward through the pandemic and through inflation you are down to. >> two stores. so we have two stores and this is only way to stay in business. do you know what? we will come back stronger. >> steve: that's what everybody hopes. but, what one of your problems like everybody else who has a small business hard to find people to work. >> it's very hard to find people to work. this is another thing. even if the minimum wage or salary doesn't really go up, we have to pay more. we have to pay more to have people working. keep working with us. no choice. steve: no choice. the average person when they go to the grocery store is paying speaking of easter is paying a dollar more for a dozen eggs than they did last year. you are seeing gigantic price increases in macadamian nuts which you feature in some of your candies and really good chocolate, too. >> our price went up about 10%.

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[explosion] >> the u.s. and ukraine still skeptical about russia's claim that they are removing troops. >> the russian shells. >> minnesota native tyler jacob getting released from russian custody after he was detained trying to escape ukraine. >> they thought i was an american spy. i thought i was going to be stuck in russia. >> >> brian: 100 migrant encounters. >> collapse your operation.

>> 50 and up most benefit. >> the second covid b.s.er dose. >> there is no real data that the fourth dose is reducing the risk of hospitalizations. >> newly leaked video shows disney is going ultra woke. >> our leadership over there has been so welcoming. my not at all secret gay agenda. >> disney only started doing this because the woke mob came at them ♪ ♪ dance, dance, dance, dance. creeping up on you just dance, dance, dance. ♪ all the things i should do dance, dance, dance. >> brian: couple things, fox viewers which is great. beautiful area, which necessary sells up to clearwater. also think tom brady is coming back. this whole will smith thing the most astounding thing of it is after he slipped chris rock, cries his way through his speech, he actually danced the

night away. >> steve: what does that have to do with tampa? >> brian: this song, dance, dance, dance. justin timberlake can say one word over and over again and people download his stuff. >> ainsley: a lot of people dance. >> brian: not after slapping a comedian and getting an award. >> steve: yesterday down in the commonwealth of virginia a defense attorney who is representing somebody who was facing two murder raps he used the will smith defense. sometimes you just snap. did took the jury two hours to laugh in the guy's face and the guy has been convicted. that is just where we are. now suddenly people are going to say i'm trying the will smith defense and see if it works. >> ainsley: definitely a talker. i am sure you experienced that in the workplace throughout the week. ukraine. still people are spectacle

pulling troops out of kyiv as the fighting is raging on throughout this war torn rage. >> brian: pushed out of kyiv. this time dedicating and honor to soldier who famously helped defend snake island from russian attacks using explicative. >> steve: griff jenkins is live on the ground in kyiv. i know you are going to talk more about the guy from snake island. then we thought they were dead and then we heard prisoner of war and now a prisoner exchange and he is out. >> that's right. and, look, that's the nature of covering a war. the information changes. there is a lot of difficulty in confirming it. one thing we are not having trouble confirming and that is that skepticism you talked about about russia's claims that they are trying to withdraw in any form or fashion in a major way assault on the capital of kyiv. the white house and pentagon throwing cold water on it saying they believe it's not only not a

withdrawal but also a redeployment for a new attack. president zelenskyy in an address to the nation last night had this to say. listen. , yes. we can call the signals we hear from the negotiating platform positive. these signals do not drown out the blows of russian shells. of course we see all the risks. >> griff: the shelling continues in a major way in the sea port city of mariupol. you can see here brand new maxar satellite images of what was that children's school there just wiped out and see street by street russian forces just turning mariupol to rubble in mykolaiv. you are seeing rocket hit and government administration building. killing 14, recordly and injuring some 36 others. meanwhile, that snake island soldier that you mentioned, that moment of defiance early in the invasion occurred when he told a

russian warship this, watch. >> griff: ukrainian military awarding that soldier who they identified as roman, gave him the medal of merit for his courage and bravery. meanwhile, guys, that humanitarian crisis for the last 35 days, the u.n.'s office of high commission for refugees saying that more than 4 million refugees have now fled since february 24th. that is 10% of the entirety of the country. brian, ainsley and steve? >> steve: all right. thank you very much. griff. you know, so moscow saying they are fundamentally pulling back militarily from around kyiv.

they have lied before. remember, it was days before the invasion when the russians said you know what? we are putting all these tanks back on railcars and return to the home bases after the exercises. and 10 days later. the lie was proven because they invaded. you know, you got as john kirby said, they are seeing -- at the pentagon, they are seeing a little movement of soldiers but they certainly wouldn't call it a retreat. it's more like a redeployment. they are going to put them some place else. >> brian: you would say this. the only reason russia is even talking because they are frustrated they're losing a ton of people between 7 and 17,000. they have maybe 10% of their fighting force no longer deployable because so many have been wounded and so many -- a lot of them are self-inflicted wounds they want no part of it. they can't take kyiv. by them being pushed back it's convenient for them to say okay. we will stop bombing or lessen it but what they're doing is picking up the pace in the donbas region and trying

desperately to try to take mariupol. connect donbas to crimea and maybe call it a day, perhaps. but it's very interesting that a moscow town has been shelled by the ukrainians. intentionally or not. russia, i should say. those border areas in that area have been hit i'm wondering is that just the beginning? i don't know' if that's a great tactical move? russia can start feeling some additional pain because they evidently are bringing incinerators to the front lines to burn up the dead bodies so they don't have to bring them back to russia. that's where the population would start getting incensed by this unnecessary war which they call a conflict. >> ainsley: russia says in peace greems that they have radically reduced military activity. the u.s. and zelenskyy say yeah, right. don't believe them. they are deceiving us. they are deflecting and blinken says what russia says and what russia does. we are focusing on the latter.

>> brian: they did have a sense of optimism to the day one to the point where oil dropped around the world. and lavrov came out with a statement saying maybe a meeting with zelenskyy and putin will happen sooner than we think. >> ainsley: steve interviewed tyler jacob's dad. the mom saying the biggest fear never season again. tyler lived in wurk his wife. married a lady whose family is from that area. they have a daughter together. is he trying to escape to get across the border. gets on a bus with all these ukrainians. the only one with an american passport. russia pulls him off the bus and said you never showed us your passport. he said that's not true. he said we are looking at your information and you look like you could be a spy since you have had military experience in the united states. they grab him and take him and put him in a small little prison cell and keep him there for 10 days. he was freed and now back in the u.s. listen to this. he was on with carley and todd on "fox & friends first."

>> they decided that they thought i was a spy. so they pulled me aside, made up something, and then detained me for 10 days. they couldn't find anything against me because i'm just an american teacher who chased after his life in a foreign country. so i was okay after the third day of them questioning me because they knew nothing was going to happen but it was a scary time to be stuck in a place like russian prison. >> steve: so, you know, just the fact that he is finally home. there he is apparently at that home of a relative. but, for the longest time, the mom and the dad, we had them on the channel separately. they didn't know where they were. they just know that their son was seized, essentially, captured by the russians. and he was off the radar. until now he has resurfaced and thank goodness he is okay. >> ainsley: he said his cell mate was able through social media to get family.

still together. still in touch with imh he said it was a small little prison cell two beds, three people in there they would not feed them any food. at night fed them food but just gave them ligdz during the day. first thing he did when he got back to america drink a coke coalla. tasted better in the united states. too watered down in other countries. he and his wife and daughter are going to move to florida. is he a school teacher and try to get her family to move to the united states, too. >> brian: what is also heartening too as you look around the world. a lot of people are understanding how evil this russian regime is ireland, netherlands and czech republic kicked out 43 diplomats yesterday. poland said we will go to zero when it comes to importing natural gas and coal. and germany has already knocked off 15% of their imimportance from russia. hopefully people like that family families around the world in other countries realize what we are dealing with this guy. >> ainsley: the white house is still in clean up mode as they are press dollars on whether

president biden accidentally disclosed classified information president a appearing to radio veal the u.s. is training ukrainian troops in poland. >> steve: peter doocy is live with details. when i were with the president you asked him a series of questions. it sounded like upon further review he revealed some big secret. >> peter: yeah, listening to it a couple of times it does sound like that. here at the white house the clean up continues. now, three four days after the president got back from that trip to europe. >> did the president accidently reveal unknown effort for the u.s. to be training ukrainian forces in poland. >> no. the troops he met with in poland routinely interact with ukrainians. that is something that is known. that is in no way revealing compromised information. >> peter: but politico reporting

he may have in my question on monday why it is overseas he told u.s. soldiers about what they are going to see in ukraine i was talking to the troops. we were talking about helping to train the troops that are -- the ukrainian troops that interest in poland. that's what the context. i sat there with those guys for a couple hours. that's what we talked about. >> peter: the reason the contrast so stark between the president and staffers last few days is because of this standard that this president set. >> you heard me say before in different con text the words the words of a president matter. >> the top official in the comms shop over here insist it's all good. >> is he not living up to his standard that he set himself? >> absolutely not. i think the words of the president here were incredibly powerful. he spoke personally about the moral outrage that he felt, which is shared by people all

across the world. it does not mean he is articulating a change in policy. >> peter: no public events on the schedule today about ukraine. instead, they are could seeing to move forward or move backwards depending on how you look at it big speech this afternoon about the fight against covid. back to you. >> steve: they are trying to turn the page. peter, real quickly. obviously, the white house and the pentagon trying to be as vagueas possible how the u.s. ts interact with the ukrainian troops in poland. do we have any idea what that means? they routinely interact what that mean? the word lee az is going around from defense officials. we heard before we went over there the pentagon was trying to train troops -- ukrainian troops remotely could be something in

line with that. >> brian: i can't believe how he kept his composure to slowly go through each. >> steve: the president said it didn't happen. peter said okay you said this you said this. >> brian: be easy to speed up. you knew the president would want to keep you. give you an example walk back. never happened. then he says that i would like to say this. we are not moving our stuff across into that country fast enough and the american people and ukrainian people deserve better. we have $800 million. we said we are going to get those kamikaze drones in there they are not there 2,000 javelins, 100 aerial systems those stingers as i mentioned. the javelins as i mentioned. they all should be there. let alone the harpoons. they are not getting there. we are the slowest out of all our allies in getting the equipment to the ukrainians. ukrainians who we thought had

their -- going -- zelenskyy was going to be dead in two days and the country was going to be decapitated. now they still fight and we still are not getting everything in there. and i'm heartened by the fact that democrats and republicans have signed a letter saying what the hell is going on? tell us what's going on. and demand the administration give them answers. >> steve: all right. meantime, in other news, remember last week we told you a story about how a number of disney employees walked of the job last week because they felt that disney did not do enough to oppose a bill that passed in florida. it's hb -- house bill 155. what that bill does. because it has been signed by governor desantis is it prohibits teachers from providing destruction on sexual orientation and gender identity to children between the ages of cisht and 3rd grade. they don't want teachers talking to kindergartens first second and third graders about sexual

orientation or gender identity that we knew for sure that was in public where they walked off the job. chris ruble a journalist posted on twitter a video pretty much what disney behind the scenes is thinking watch this. >> our leadership over there has been so welcoming to like my like not at all secret gay agenda. i feel like i felt like it was -- i mean like maybe it was that way in the past and i guess like something must have happened in the last, like -- they are turning it around. they are going hard. and then all that, like, momentum that i felt, like that sense of i don't have to be afraid to, like, let's have these two characters kiss in the background. i was just -- wherever i could, just basically adding queerness to like -- if you see anything queer in the show -- i just was like no one would stop me and no one was trying to stop me. >> steve: it's not at all secret

agenda anymore because that video which was apparently an all-hands meeting about the florida law now chris rufo posted that on twitter and everybody is talking about the woke agenda of the world of disney. >> ainsley: hesitant to talk about this bill. a lot of backlash, the walkoff. customers and employees are complaining why aren't you getting involved and strong ron desantis and the florida legislature from this then disney comes out and they oppose it strongly and say they are going to work repeal it florida legislatures they make a good point. students can talk about whatever they want to bring up in the classroom to their teachers. sometimes the right answer from the teacher is you really ought to talk to your parents about that subject. keep in mind these are kids k through 3rd grade. and if these teachers breach the bill the parents can sue. >> brian: this is not a gray area. a smart bill came out of the republican dominated legislator.

parental rights bill. no gay bill is a mislabeling of a bill that the word gay doesn't even turn up in the bill at all. this is another major win for the people of florida. those who represent them and especially governor desantis suddenly to do the right thing parent the right to know talking about sex and sexuality to kindergartens, first grade, second grade and 3rd graders who has the other side of that issue? please define it well and say you need your kindergarten talking about sex. governor ron desantis says look at disney. how dare they ignore what china is doing while they have disney and china on a daily basis. they don't condemn anything happening to the uyghurs but you have a problem mislabeling a bill here in a california-run company. listen. >> this is a real bill that empowers parents. it protects our kids and for a company like disney to say that they -- this bill should have

never passed. first of all, tucker, they weren't saying anything when this was going through the house. they only started doing it because the mob, the woke mob came after them. they don't run this state. they will never run this state as long as i'm governor. you have got to wonder like why is the hill to die on to have transgenderism injected into kindergarten classrooms or woke gender ideology injected into second grade classroom? if we had done a bill that prohibited talking about the abuse of uighurs in china they would have rejected that legislation don't want to say a word about that. odd monday fess station of their corporate values. >> steve: one other bit of information from the leaked video. disney president a woman by the name of carrie burke wants to see at least 50% of disney characters in the future be lgbtq or a racial minority. so disney very all in on their.

>> ainsley: they are determined to teach our little kids about this. this is a parent's right to teach whatever they want at home. if you are for it or against it you can teach that at home. in the classroom, reading, writing, math, the things they need to be learning. >> steve: happiest place on earth? >> brian: not anymore. let's talk crime. chicago mayor lori lightfoot using dozens of officers despite the defund the police movement. reaction next my wife introduced me to prevagen and so i said "yeah, i'll try it out." i noticed that i felt sharper, i felt like i was able to respond to things quicker. and i thought, yeah, it works for me. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. i'd like to invite you to jersey mikes subs day of giving this wednesday march 30th. where 100% of all sales will be donated to the 2022 special olympics usa games.

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>> it's essential that the police department take responsibility for the way in which police and the way in which it has and many intans is alienated people of people of color particularly african-americans in this country. long history of police misconduct. >> we can't rely upon police to provide public safety.

>> unbelievable. chicago mayor lori lightfoot is no stranger to anti-police rhetoric. you just heard it. that's reportedly not stopping her from secretly using up to 65 added police officers for added protection. our next guest is running for the 11th 19th lidges legislative district 911 dispatcher for the city of chicago keith horton joins us. are you surprised that her unit now that protect her is up to 65? i thought cops were terrible? >> i will tell you off, good morning, brian, i appreciate you having me here. before i say anything, this has nothing to do coming from the city of chicago me, my own time and speaking out. >> brian: understood. >> the mayor, this is not even back and forth about the mayor. what this has to do she completely defunds the police. she? not for the police at all. i mean, not only that, but we have in chicago crime soaring through the sky. it's crazy. and we have officers leaving.

retirees 600 plus. hundreds. lateral transfers with officers literally leaving the city right now. most districts are depleted of resources with all defund the nonsense that she spewed on from the very beginning. now she feels what every other citizen north side, west side, downtown has been since she has been in office that hey crime is here. with these bills that they have sponsored and things of this nature these politicians, now she has her own secret patrol on top of her regular detail patrolling her house. 71 i think is the number. and actually she wants more officers on top of that i have heard that is swat officers at her house on and off as well. >> brian: which is insane why just put up those numbers and we will put them up again how bad things are getting in your city. 124 murders, 2022 so far. 794 shootings. 1100 incidents of aggravated battery. that's already happened. you would think any mayor would

say my goodness. i can't deplete the resources of this city which i'm hired to protect by protecting myself but she continues to do this. why is she so politically tone deaf? >> i have no idea. i can't speak for her but i can speak for myself. when you have politicians, for instance, i'm running for state representative of the 19th district in illinois. represents a major portion of chicago and northwest side as well as the suburb what i will tell you just like our mayor here, we have many legislators right here in the city and state who in my area they voted for, you know, a bill that the criminal justice bill 700 pages long and overnight given this bill within a matter of two hours they signed off on it. they didn't come back to the take. didn't talk about it didn't fight for it didn't argue, didn't debate. didn't do any of those things. now, you know, we have half baked legislation and just different things that don't need to come to the table but they are now here within our society. so that's what the mayor is now going through and she is facing

it. like many other politicians do when it is right at their front door. now they all of the sudden want to back the police. nonsense. >> brian: keith it, seems like you are there for the right reason. 911 you don't do that to be rich. do you that to help people and then to serve you don't do that to be rich. you do that because you think you have something to give to the city. keith thornton, thanks so much. >> thank you, good morning. >> brian: you got it up next on this show. washington state teachers getting the green light to discipline students differently. the new metric that's being factored judging by your race. lawrence jones here to react next. ♪ ♪

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>> steve: a shocking story out of washington state where a school policy tata coma suburb now apparently is considering a student's race when it comes time for discipline. >> ainsley: host of lawrence jones cross-country and "fox & friends" enterprise reporter lawrence jones is to react to this. lawrence, what's going on here? >> lawrence: good morning, family. this has been going on for a while, actually. i used to be the student advocate for garland isd the third largest district in dallas county. and i represented the school district within the court system in the juvenile court. and the argument had always been for equality, making sure there is one standard of justice. making sure that you are not charging the black kids vs. the white kids differently. this is going other direction. instead of based on the amount of people that are entering into the system, i don't think that's what we want i think it's problematic. going on for a while right now.

>> steve: do you know what it is using your word. it's not about equality now here in tacoma, it's about equity. that is a different thing. >> lawrence: i think honestly what's going to end up happening as these cases continue to pile up. it's going to make us way through the court systems because it's unjust. you can't apply a different standard of justice to one group of people based on their race. it is unconstitutional. but, it's been happening for a while. but there is going to be a push when it comes to congress to change the whole standard of justice. that's what you have been seeing for a lot of progressing i'm all for getting things unjustly done. when somebody's civil liberty being violated, the bill of rights being violated that's a cause i can support. criminal case or someone is in trouble. they broke the rules in school based on their race, i can't jive with that. >> brian: here is what the

school district had reacting to the outrage like discussing here. here is roughly what it says. the policy does not major race the determining factor for administering discipline. the policy is focused on ensuring fairness, equity and due process in the administration of discipline. the district pointed the legislation that says students of color experience disproportionate rates of expulsionary discipline and correlated with a negative school climate. >> they totally jumped on the point is race being considered in any part of it? in if it is it is unconstitutional, period. like, is it one quarter? they are saying that it's not all of it. it's not the main factor. if it's a part of it then it's unconstitutional. you can't do it. >> ainsley: will smith, what's your reaction because the board of governors to the academy is going to meet today and decide what his punishment should be. >> lawrence: first of all, i was on monday. i thought it was fake initially because it just -- i just can't believe that he did that. now that we know that it is, in fact, real. i think he should get some

consequences from the board of governors. do i think they should take away his oscar? no. harvey weinstein didn't get his taken away. what hasn't been talked about enough denzel washington and tyler perry were in that studio and calmed him down. >> brian: do you think it was good? >> lawrence: i do think it was good. they got in and handled it i think chris rock should have socked him back because, you know, you hit me, i'm telling you hit me, that's where i draw the line. i'm a gentleman until you put your hands on me. >> ainsley: serena and venus' dad said you don't hit unless it's self-defense. that's where i stand on. that was to the criminal thing that earn has been talking about. i have been always been an advocate for talking to the victims. chris rock has said he doesn't want to press any charges. he doesn't want to go through the process. i do find it interesting that l.a. the reason why they are saying they are not doing charges because of what chris rock said. they don't do that at all right now. there are plenty of victims that

have been asking them to keep the people behind bars and they allowed them back on the street. can we have a little bit of equal justice? >> steve: this is a case where there are 15 million witnesses. it's not like there is nobody that can tell the story. he tells the story every saturday night at 10:00, check out his show. cross-country right here. >> ainsley won't do my show. >> ainsley: you have never asked me to do your show. i will do your show. >> brian: the nicest studio. >> lawrence: the set? >> brian: don't you think it's great? >> lawrence: i love my set. jill designed it she was just in the studio. >> ainsley: jealousy. >> lawrence: everybody here 25 years and young buck gets the nice studio. >> brian: talk about it in the break. no, but it's beautiful. >> lawrence: they also don't let me wear a tie either. >> ainsley: take it of o, brian. a little bit of competition. >> ainsley: proud of you.

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♪ >> ainsley: as ukrainians battle to protect their homeland from russia, a wisconsin fire department is responding with help. firefighters in salem lakes are gathering excess outdated fire equipment to donate to the ukrainian firefighters. james lakor joins us now with fire and emtsakur. thank you for being with us. >> good morning. >> thank you. >> ainsley: chief, how did you come up with this idea? it's wonderful. >> art approached me last thursday and said, chief, i got

an idea. it was at night looking on the internet. let's get some equipment together. we had a meeting with our chiefs and phones have never stopped ringing after that. >> ainsley: the chief said yes, we can do this? we have a lot of extra outdated equipment we can send over? >> we have done it before. and different tragedies and fire departments have experienced strife and we'll do it again and that's exactly what happened. >> ainsley: art, i know you are polish and your country has just been tremendous with representing the ukrainians and how is this going to work? how are you able to get all of this equipment over there? i have been working with a lieutenant named mark drew. i found him on the internet one night because i couldn't sleep. we had a lot of calls. and scrolling through and seeing

what those guys were going through in ukraine. i contacted the lieutenant and we but the it together in a couple days. the chief got me on the fire chief's meeting agenda. and we were blown away with the outpouring of supplies and love from the communities around here from oak creek all the way counsel to anti-okay, illinois, including chicago. >> ainsley: how did you get the word out to all these fire departments around the country? >> really. >> we use a system mutual aid box alarm system. we have email chains and strings, we just send it out that way. we used social media and that seemed do work very well. >> ainsley: art, when you look at some of the video what's happening in ukraine. did you notice the firefighters didn't have what they needed? >> we saw they had the gear that they needed unsurmountable odds. we thought to ourselves what can we do to help? some of these photos look like the firefighters in the battle of britain, climbing up to

inferno. it just moved us. all firefighters -- most firefighters are volunteers throughout the world. we all kind of share the same blood we felt what they felt. and we felt like we needed to help. >> ainsley: do you still have family in poland? >> i do. >> ainsley: what are some of the stories you're hearing? >> >> everyone is scared. everyone is nervous. everyone is coming together and helping the refugees. i have never seen a community outpouring like this in my life from across the pond and from here. it's absolutely amazing. >> ainsley: that's wonderful. chief, if people are watching and they are firefighters and have extra gear, how do they get in touch with you? >> we have a village of salem lakes. we have obviously social media, feel free to call or stop by. we can -- we will take gear, all they can get. our phones never stop bring ringing with this. bring it by. we will put another shipment together.

>> ainsley: okay. the bottom of our screen we have help heroes of ukraine.com. thank you both, gentlemen. god bless you for doing this. >> thank you. >> thank you. answers ains you are welcome. okay, carley have head more headlines for us. >> carley: that's amazing story. some people here in america helping out. their stories are endless. we love to highlight them. i do have headlines here. starting with a story outside of new york city. a pizzeria owner and his father stabbed 10 times trying to save a woman from muggers in front of their restaurant in queens. police say the pair rushed to help this 61-year-old woman who was being attacked by three men. despite their injuries they were able to detain two of the three suspects until police arrived. they are both recovering in the hospital, the nypd is calling the father-son duo heroes. absolutely. lawmakers are entering the contents of hunter biden's laptop into the congressional record. fox news contributor miranda devine and author of laptop from hell believes this signals the

end is near. listen. >> hunter biden may be feeling the walls are closing in on him because on one hand u.s. the delaware u.s. attorney coming to the conclusion of its long-term investigation of his finances. all of it adds up to bad news for hunter biden. >> carley: this comes after senators ron johnson and chuck grassley revealed evidence linking hunter to $100,000 payment from the chinese communist party back in 2017. moments ago, american astronaut mark van da hay back on earth along with two russian cass mow not upon a russian space capsule. nasa despite vladimir putin's invasion. landing relief after a russian state news program shared a video earlier thismond that suggested vandehei would be left in space. he is now back on earth.

>> we have good news those are your headlines. back over to you. >> ainsley: thank you, carley. let's check in with adam klotz for fox weather forecast. >> adam: good morning. there is crisp cool air. not the case everyone. actually storms across the south. 31 degrees? new york. you see all that air piled up in the middle of the country the mid west and southeast. those are areas tracking a chance of severe weather. a line of storms moving across texas and oklahoma stretching farther north all those yellow pole gonzales severe warn storms. this entire system is going to be sweeping across the southeast. we have a very good chance of seeing some big severe storms this afternoon. it is something we are going to be paying attention, to louisiana, mississippi and alabama all places to stay weather aware today. those are your weather headlines, for now tossing it back into you budget blow back as president biden hopes to set aside taxpayer money to fund

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we are enticing illegals to come to the united states not for americanism any longer but for the benefits that are offering. it pays to be legal in this country at this point. if you live in connecticut for example to get in-state tuition and a driver's license. you can even vote. what is the point of being a u.s. citizen and a longer? the term illegal immigration has been dropped completely. they started talking about undocumented. now we call them migrants that are irregularly coming to the united states. the border enforcement has become an agency that is processing illegals and releasing them into the united states. my family and i came over here, we went through that process. we waited patiently. we paid for the attorneys. we adjusted our status here and became american citizens at our own expense. why should we reward illegals after they broke our laws? >> steve: when you look at the number of people crossing into our country illegally, two years ago during the pandemic, 36,000.

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>> restaurant claims and scaling back its assault. people are skeptical about vladimir putin pulling trips out of kyiv. >> but nobody's buying it. >> we also be prepared to watch for a major offensive against other areas of ukraine. >> school pause and see out of washingon state considering a student's race when it comes time for discipline. >> you can apply a different standard of justice to one group of people based on the race. >> challenging women's rights to

biological males out of women's sports. >> the feminist groups that fought tooth and nail -- >> best actor oscar is on the line. a meeting of the academy's board of governors. can't go smack a man in the face in front of the world and then go about business as usual. that's a terrible precedent. >> touchdown. back home one year after leaving the planet. ♪ ♪ >> ainsley: that is washington, d.c. look at the start of spring time. the cherry blossoms are in bloom. they usually blew over about 14 days. at the end of march to beginning of april. they were a gift from the japanese back in 1912. >> steve: down in washington,

they have this big cherry blossom festival. invariably, the festival is at a time when the cherry blossoms are blooming. right now, they are in pink bloom. that's what it's all about. it started about ten days ago. gigantic traffic jams around the tidal basin. everyone wants to take a look at it. >> brian: there is a pro blossom field on this couch like i have not seen in quite some time. if anyone was around he made that decision in 1912, thank you, japan. we do have some japanese viewers. thanks for this. thanks for that view. >> steve: in japan, they have been planting cherry trees for centuries. it seemed like the obvious gift for the united states. of course, we don't support what george washington did and that's chopping down that cherry tree. we don't support that. >> steve: you believe that story? >> brian: oh, yeah, but it was a learning moment. >> steve: in 1912,

george washington was around in 1700 -- >> brian: maybe we didn't need it. maybe we had our own ahead of time. we will follow that story as it develops. following -- >> george washington secret cherry blossom. we begin with this, the u.s. and ukraine remain skeptical about russia's claim pulling russian troops away from kyiv's deadly bombs continue to fall but not they are the war-torn country. >> steve: ukraine standing strong taking time to honor one of the soldiers who famously help defend snake island which was under attack from the russians. >> ainsley: alex hogan is live on the ground. good morning, alex. >> good morning. the pentagon says that ed has noticed a small number of ground troops leaving kyiv. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said he's skeptical of russia's premises to de-escalate the situation around kyiv because just last night, there were

attacks not only on homes but libraries and schools. >> yes, we can call as soon as we hear from then negotiate and platform positive. these signals do not drown out the blows of russian cells. of course, we see all the risks. >> in the southwestern part of the country, the death toll is rising to 12 people left or right attack on a nine story government building. it's largely in the hands of the army, the russian army that bear down on the eastern city within just five weeks since russia's invasion. 90% of the buildings have been leveled, destroyed, or damaged according to president zelenskyy. it ukraine of course is fighting back with troops managing to win back territory which is about 1f kyiv. troops have been able to regain outside of khakis on the eastern side of the country. ukraine's u.n. ambassador says that russian occupiers so far

lost more than 1700 armored vehicles and almost 600 tanks. meanwhile, remember snake island which was taken over on the first day of the russian invasion and that ukrainian soldier who famously cursed at the russian advancing troops? >> [speaking non-english language] >> ainsley: initially, it was thought that the 13 soldiers were killed. they were actually captured and they are released and the soldier who was speaking in the video has been honored receiving a medal for his bravery. still, there are so many changes you're on the ground day after day and continued threats for the people who live across this country. the u.n. noting the great milestone that we have reached today. 4 million ukrainian refugees

have now fled the country. back to you. >> steve: thank you very much. >> brian: there was some hope that i came out. it looks like the ukrainian delegation came in and said we will give you -- we will talk about some territorial integrity as it relates to don bosse. we will talk on crimea and who has it for 15 years. we are going to have a security guarantee. france, turkey, and proud of the united states. obviously, the budapest agreement that says russian and u.s. would provide them security has not been effective. or else they would not be at war right now. he says they will look for neutrality. we would like to be part of the e.u. economically. that gave the russians some optimism and something to get done. take the proposals back. immediately, the oil dropped. the russians came back and said, we will stop bombing around kyiv. meanwhile and stop moving on kyiv. meanwhile, they are being pushed

back out of the suburbs because of the effectiveness of the ukrainian forces. of course this doubt and everything the russians said. >> steve: they say it is a goodwill gesture. the reality is they are not making any forward momentum. now's a good time to save a little face and say we are going to redeploy people. >> the white house is saying is just a redeployment. it's not a withdrawal. they just rotating individual units. the fleeting military leadership. >> brian: a government building. the ukrainians took it back. it took the city back which is -- i do not know how to pronounce that correctly. that city is now in their hands. and it's backing ukrainian hands. the other shot that you saw, that is a key city that is held so strong it shocked everyone for it is really protecting -- it doesn't mean they have the city. it means they are heading from afar because they can't win back which is astounding.

>> ainsley: zelenskyy said that talks about positive. there's no intention of reducing military efforts. ukrainians have learned you can only trust concrete results. the white house echoing that say we will believe it when we see it. >> brian: the white house doing cleanup mode today. pressed on whether president biden accidentally disclose classified information. would he do that? >> steve: the president appeared to reveal that u.s. troops are training ukrainian troops in poland, which until then when he said it was a big secret. >> live at the white house with all the details. you're asking these questions a few days ago saying i going to walk back these comments? he revealed something that some are saying is classified information. >> white house officials are trying to figure out how to clarify president biden statement without giving away any state secrets. speak on the president accidentally revealed a previously unknown effort for

the u.s. to be training ukrainian forces in poland. >> now, the troops that he met with in poland routinely interact with ukrainians. that is something that is known. that is in no way revealing compromised information. >> there's a political report. the answer to my question on monday on why it is that in poland he told u.s. soldiers what they are going to see when they go to ukraine. >> president biden: i was talking to the troops. we were talking about helping train the troops and that they ukrainian troops that are in poland. that is the contacts. i sat there with those guys for a couple of hours. that's what we talk about. >> the reason this contrast is so stark a part of the reason between the words of the president on the words of his staffers is because of this standard. the president said. >> president biden: you've heard me say before different context,

the words of a president matter. >> the top official insisted it's all good. >> easy not living up to the standard he said himself? >> absolutely not bear the words of the president were incredibly powerful. he spoke personally about the moral outrage that he felt which is shared by people all across the world. it does not mean he is articulating a change in policy. >> the president is the one who sets the policy for the federal government. -- policy on the fly. back to you. >> steve: peter, as white house correspondent at edit clock this morning, you said me a text message regarding what ainsley was talking about regarding the cherry blossoms. you were a few blocks from the tidal basin. what is the update? >> i'm worried about them because this morning it was a wintry mix.

-- so delicate. they usually at peak flow for a day or two. your botanical report from the white house would be, i don't know how much longer it's going to look like that. >> steve: thank you very much. >> ainsley: 38 degrees right there. >> brian: what would've happened if traub was president? it would've been a lot hotter in washington perhaps. i have no proof of that. we do have a weather app. and probably would not have made a difference. >> steve: the applet probably reported. >> ainsley: he's really worried about those cherry blossoms. >> brian: he is indeed where there is a well, there's a story pretty turning out of this. will smith may soon be punished for his now infamous on stage meltdown slapping chris rock at the oscars. speech of the academy's board of governors meeting tonight and what should happen to the actor after he slapped chris rock over a joke about his wife.

>> todd joins us now. following this lab story as long as we keep giving the assignment. >> i am the slab correspondent. i minored in it in college. will smith's bait as far as the astros goes to be decided tonight at a meeting of the academy's board of directors. smith newly awarded best actor oscar is on the line after he slapped chris rock on stage for making a joke. rock did not know she suffered from alopecia which causes hair loss. disciplinary action could include anything from revoking his oscar for the most severe punishment suspension from the academy. whoopi goldberg who sits as a governor, not a director on the academy's board says she's leaning toward a slap on the wrist for a slap in the face. listen. >> we are not cannot take that oscar from him. >> there will be consequences, i'm sure. i don't think that's what --

>> breaking her silence posting on instagram, "this is the season for healing. and i made for it. their daughter willow smith sharing a cryptic story after her father attacked rock. "you know who's going through a lot right now? literally everyone. just be kind." chris rock is getting some hollywood support. adam sandler sharing rock's upcoming tour on twitter with a caption, "can't wait for this. love you, buddy." and called the ego death to her. he's expected to take the stage with a series of shows in boston in response to your question. the name of that tour, ego death, it was picked earlier. i found that on rolling stone. we have the entire room looking into that. >> those ukraine questions, their brain room can get to as they pursued questions on chris rock's -- >> out a priority i guess. >> thank you very much. there's an item that

says 2 and 3 americans think will smith should be charged with assault. what's curious is there is this online pullback in "the new york post" today from an outfit called blue rose research. what they did was 2,000 people online about who was more in the wrong. the majority of americans younger than 65 blamed chris rock. a nearly 52% of those 65 or older cited smith for losing his cool and the comedian. 52% blamed chris rock. 48% say will smith should have kept his cool. >> discussing the consequences. give back the oscar or suspension from the academy. harvey weinstein and bill cosby. both have been expelled from the academy. he didn't have to give back -- >> he didn't assault somebody on stage. >> ainsley: harvey weinstein assault on a lot of people. not on stage. >> may be banned him from live events.

make them ineligible to win back over the years. something like that would make more sense. you can't take out upper forward that you already did. you can't take away o.j. simpson's heisman, do you? you can't take away an mvp trophy because he did on the field. he murdered two people in real life. >> ainsley: what does it mean where the future of comedy? >> they already find it challenging in this politically correct world when people go back and look at and eddie murphy stand up that was a huge paper view and he's apologizing for it. kevin hart said five years ago. people don't want them to host the oscars. people are going to be saying if you're doing stand up, what am i saying that it is not going to be canceled? what am i going to say that's not going to give me punished? joe rogan who will never be attacked on stage. easily the weapon in his own right said this about his industry. >> you can't just go smack a man in the face in front of the world and then go about business as usual. first of all, it sets a terrible

precedent in so many different ways. it sets a terrible precedent for comedy clubs. are people going decide they're going to go on stage is smacked the comedian? what are we saying is that people that we look up to for whatever reason for good over bad, we look up to actors. the academy award is supposed to be them in their most regal, their most regal outfits, their best behavior. the drop-down to violence for something so innocuous as a g.i. jane joke. apparently, that joke was not in the teleprompter. >> steve: it was one of the things were chris rock looked out and he just ad-libs it. after the slap, he apparently went back into the writers room and talk of the writers who he worked with before. remember, he hosted the oscars in the past. he said was that joke over the line? they said that was a pretty simple joke. the question is to your point earlier is, when these comics go

out now, they're going be thinking, okay, can i make a joke about somebody's wife or husband? back in the day, her entire act was about her husband whom he called fang. it's going to be interesting to see if there's any fallout from how far a comic is going to take it. >> brian: jim carrey said he was sickened by the standing ovation that will smith gone after slapping chris rock and assaulting chris rock and also the guy who is running to chris rock excuse me, will smith's defense of some you everyone defending you. o.j. simpson. they went up to him on the golf course. they said i can understand the rage issue. he's actually on camera commenting on it. chris rock handled it brilliantly. i know a lot of people don't think he did. i thought it was great. for him to introduce this category after doing that and he is not said much of a word afterwards. >> have you seen some of these?

they said will smith left fresh prints on his face. someone tweeted out that next year with those of the academy awards -- they put a picture of mike tyson. [laughter] >> brian: he should guard the next awards. >> the academy is going to do something today which means we will have an update tomorrow. >> may be a fence in the comics. beja put in a visible fence on the comics and make everyone wear a calling. just the way my dog knows not to run out of the driveway. >> my prediction is that you know how if you win the best actor awards, you get to present next year's awards. i think you will be banned from next year's ceremony. one year slap on the wrist. he can't come back for one year. put him in timeout for a year. slap on the wrist. yeah, i put it on record, oh, boy. turning to headlines now starting with a fox news alert

good fox news alert relisted this. three police officers -- are shot during a high-speed chase that stretched across the city. it started when officers tried to pull a car over but it took off. police say the suspect inside the car opened fire on police. all three officers who were hit are expected to recover. two suspects were arrested. a jury dismisses charges against a member of the finnish parliament. he faced years in prison for questioning the national church's sponsorship of an lgbtq plus pride event. a trial sparking international debate over the bible and homosexuality. finding her not guilty on all three counts of incitement against a minority group. that saga began in 2019. moments ago, american astronaut landing back on earth along with two russian cosmonauts. on board a space capsule. >> touchdown. touchdown confirmed.

back home one year after leaving the planet. >> the landing a relief after a russian state news program shared a video earlier this month that suggested he would be left in space. those ear headlines, guys. over to you. he's back on earth. >> steve: thank goodness, because it looked like he wasn't coming back. the hard landing in the capsules. >> ainsley: there's an american in these russian astronauts and cosmonauts on the layer. i wonder if they'd known they would be gone for a year. >> did they know tom brady were tired and i'm retired? they have no idea. at 20 after the hour. thank you, by the way. most cities drop their indoor mass mandates. rules for travel remain up in the air. alabama senator joins us live as his state in 20 others sue over the lingering covid rules.

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>> 21 states are suing the biden administration in an effort to end the federal masked men date. talking about trains and subways. alabama senator tommy tuberville is 11 of those states and sits on the senate health committee. we want this to end right away. you have some support with it. what makes you feel as though we should end right away? we still have about 900 deaths from this. >> brian, it has been proven that it really doesn't help. i've talked to doctors all over my state of alabama and other states. the only mass that would really help probably 8% to 10% would be one of those 95 mass. the master people are wearing airports and schools, they don't work. they don't help. and so, in its control.

it is controlled by the federal government. they want to control everything you do. nancy pelosi says that she's not going to bring it to the floor of the house simply for the fact that she thinks president biden should be able to enforce themselves. one person. that's not how this country is ruled. we need to get congress involved. we need to get the senate involved. it looks like that's the only way we are going to get rid of it. he said we are coming back with more lockdowns more mass mandates and more vaccines. it's just out of control. >> brian: we don't have the market cornered on idiocy. overprotection. look at what candidate is doing. they are so sloping look at australia. china's lockdown 25 million of their citizens on positive tests. most are asymptomatic. >> but they are not a free country, brian. we are supposed to be a free country. we have rights here. we have rights to make decisions on our own. the people in this country should be able to make that decision. this has been two years. two years and we've got to get over this. you've got to understand it.

we want to protect everybody, protect each other. but we can continue to live life like this. people are going to go absolutely crazy and bananas. i know in an airport, wearing these things on planes, i file the time. i see joe biden on television beauty doesn't wear his half the time. it's hypocrisy per the left was control. >> we will watch him walk on the beach alone with his dog. that's great. in the middle of april, we are going to find out if they are going to lift the masked mandate and let it dissipate on planes. you're going to bat for women's athletes, female athletes. you wanted to know when they are when it comes to these trans athletes competing with women. look at the leo thomas situation, case in point. you as an esteemed coach top level football want to bring this forward. how do you plan on attacking this? >> this is a big part of a massive problem. this is the far left marks is in the democratic party. not all the democrats are on that side.

they are for some reason following them. it is an attack on our country, our constitution, our families. identity attack on identity. that's what this transgender issue is about. i coached girls basketball in 1970s when i first started coaching. a title and i just started. at that time, we had 3% to 5% of girls in high school and junior high play in high school sports. title ix says you've got to have the same facilities, the same number of coaches, same number of scholarships for girls. what happens, it worked. it's one of the few things that the federal government has done right and it works. there women's rights people came out and fought for it. where is that same group? now that transgender boy, biological boy wants to compete against biological girls. it's not fair. it all goes back to the far left agenda. they do not want identity. they want to call everybody it. at the end of the day, you know, they are trying to control what they do, why you do it, and they

want to destroy the family in this country. this is not a small part. it's a big part of a massive problem. >> brian: lia thomas won the 500 freestyle by seven seconds. it was an average division i swimmer as a male. it's unbelievable that it has come to this. i would love to see people come out and speak out on this and not get vilified were doing it. it's upper female athletes to stay for a female. i would love to help anyway. thanks so much, senator. >> meanwhile, disney employees going after florida governor ron desantis after parental rights. at the right name of the law. douglas murray reacts to that. there are tape out there -- we will show it. f active duty. i understand the veteran mentality. these are people who have served, they'e been in leadership positions, they're willing to put their life on the line if necessary

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>> welcome back. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy addressing norway's in parliament as the invasion of his country continues. >> the behavior need special attention because this is the biggest threat since the second world war. there were of russia against ukraine is just a follow-up. of their attempt to destroy the foundations of europe.

>> zelenskyy addressing several european governments since the invasion began five weeks ago. g.o.p. lawmakers on the house select subcommittee on the covid crisis released a new testimony cdc officials. a claim of the agency coordinated with teachers unions at an extraordinary level in crafting a school reopening guidance. fox news previously reported on email showing the two largest teachers unions in the u.s. received a copy of the guidance before it was released to the public. that's check-in with meteorologist for our fox weather forecast. >> good morning. pleasant out here. we are attracting some severe weather here today. it's going to be a severe weather day. let's dive right into that. you're saying is, across the country. everything is a severe thunderstorm. the red box is a tornado warning storm. a lot of the heavy rain at this. flooding is going to be a possibility. the best chance for severe weather is going to be from

louisiana and stretching over now into alabama. that's going to last all the way into this evening. of course, all of those areas are going to be very heavy rain. this is the story we will be tracking over the course of this wednesday. those are your weather headlines. tossing it back inside. >> thank you very much, adam. meanwhile, disney theme parks pulling all references to words like boy and girl, lady and gentlemen. it doesn't end there. each video reveals just how far they are going to go in pushing a woke agenda. >> our leadership over there has been so welcoming to, like, my, like, not at all secret gay agenda adding queerness. no one would stop me and no one was trying to stop me. >> they brought that if back to the magic kingdom. they say dreamers of all ages.

>> fox news contributor of the upcoming book, the war on the west joins us right now. >> good morning. >> the woke world of disney. it used to be the wonderful world of disney. now you've got to wonder given the fact that they are pushing this agenda behind the scenes, you know, when you watch a new tv show or a movie. you've got to be thinking, okay, where is the message that i'm supposed to be getting in this? >> we know now apart from the leaked tapes. we know because we just saw him recently a walkout by disney staff about a totally invented claim by members of the company about the build out ron desantis passing of florida. they fell completely into the leftist propaganda. this very basic set of claims that you shouldn't teach a gender nonsense in schools was in fact a so-called don't say gay bill. you have a walkout of disney employees. you've got disney saying they won't say boy or girl.

and he said if somebody is presenting as a girl, it doesn't mean they necessarily are a girl up and we shouldn't, princess. i mean, all of this is meant to be an innocent fantasy world. it is not about how you present or gender dysphoria. >> disney is one of the biggest entertainment entities in the world. what does it say to you that a corporation apparently is so in on what they want to do is they want to get the florida law thrown out. >> it is completely taken over. so many corporations and companies are by justice woke ideology. this ideology says, you know, this is the most important thing for the most important thing is we say dreamers of all ages instead of boys of girls. it makes it sounds like they are illegal migrants of some kind. dreamers of all ages instead of boys and girls. so many companies in america -- they really are not focused on what is meant to be their

primary job which is entertainment in the case of disney. they're trying to dedicate this same boring social justice issues as everything else in america. and i just hope that customers and others just rebelled against this and say, you know, we only come to you for one thing which is entertainment. if you can't prioritize that, then we will go elsewhere. >> steve: somebody who has rebelled against disney is the governor of florida who signed the bill. senate bill 1515 and seven. he was on the tucker last night i talked disney this way. >> this is a real bill that empowers parents. it protects our kids. for a company like disney to say that this bill should have never passed, first of all, tucker, they weren't saying anything when this was going to the house but are only started doing this because the woke mom came after them. why is the hill to die on to have transgender is him injected into kindergarten classrooms or woke gender ideology injected

into second grade classroom? why is that they hope to die on? >> steve: apparently, they are all in on it. >> yes, they are. what governor desantis has done is an amazing thing. he is just so basic children do not need to be confused by a so-called gender ideology which was invented yesterday which a group of adults have just impeded into children don't need to be taught that. i left us tried to completely spend what governor desantis has done. companies like disney have called right into it. >> steve: is not even all children. as children between the grade levels of kindergarten and third grade. fourth grade, it's okay. first, second, and third grade, no. >> beginning your education. you want to have your mind helps, not completely confused by made-up dogmas that the radical left came up with yesterday. thank you very much.

>> steve: still ahead, she lost her own son to addiction. now, she wants to help keep your kids away from drugs. we are going to introduce you to a mom leading the charge against marijuana legalization with the new political action committee. y mikes subs day of giving this wednesday march 30th. where 100% of all sales will be donated to the 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 these athletes raise up to their very best levels. so please, join us wednesday march 30th and make a difference.

speeches this week, parents officially launch the protect our kids political action committee. the group which will lobby federal and state leaders to not legalize drugs is made up mostly of parents who have lost their children to drug use. joining us now to discuss this is luke, the ceo of protect our kids back in vice president of smart approaches to marijuana along with sally schendel. she lost her son andy to suicide in 2,014. 2,014 pretty good morning to both of you. >> good morning. i will start with you. tell us about your son and his story. >> oh, my gosh. that's a big order.

my son was a wonderful kid like everybody's kid is due them. he has hopes and dreams and plans. had a successful life up until about age 25 when apparently, it was marijuana use that caught up with him, changed his life dramatically. change from the person he had been into one who was impaired by the drug. everything started going backwards in his life. he ended up with about five years of serious consequences of what i now know was diagnosed by his doctors as severe cannabis use disorder. it manifested in things like depression, paranoia, possibly ptsd. he was a veteran. he was a u.s. army 82nd airborne paratrooper. i'm very proud of his servicing came out of that feeling mentally healthy. marijuana use changed his life

to the extreme to the point where he died by suicide. the suicide note found in his bedroom and it with some of these -- my soul is already dead. marijuana killed by a soul ruined my brain. sadly, he had been telling us the week before his death -- he had been telling us for some time that he felt suicidal. the week before his death, he pointed at marijuana. he told me he had been trying to quit and he couldn't. he actually had me -- i did not realize his father did not realize that the marijuana he was talking about was today's pot, not what we had known in the ' 60s and '70s. entirely different effects.

mental health, mental illness affect. we knew he had serious mental illnesses. we did not know it was being caused by the pot. >> ainsley: i'm so sorry for your loss. i know you are working with leaders. -- >> brian: too little energetic girls. the first state to legalize marijuana. i met sally. i met dozens and dozens of other parents whose kids have either been lost or harmed by marijuana or other drug use. we are in the midst of a crisis across this country. we are launching the super pac to protect parents and families from drugs. for too long, politicians and of putting the profits of the tobacco company that is quarterbacking marijuana legalization right now. big alcohol, big tobacco. all these addiction and drug industries, they have been putting their profits first at the federal and state level. our message right now is to parents. if you are being harmed by drug

addiction and your lawmakers are listening to you, join us. to go to protect our kids back.com. we are going to. our message to lawmakers for putting in history drug profits over the voices of parents and kids, we are coming for you. you will be held to account. >> thank you so much for coming out with us and telling us your stories. i wish you all the best. coming up next, 48 minutes of the top of the hour. american lawmakers trying to replace russian oil with ethanol. what could be standing in their way? we are going to bring you live to a cornfield. >> i could i listen to them keep going. that was an amazing interview. thank you so much for that. russia pulling back or reloading. bill hemmer is back in the billboard is loaded for you to former prime minister to the u.k. david cameron joins us on europe's apprehension over putin's next move. can i count him effectively?

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>> question lawmakers are trying to expand the use of ethanol to lower gas prices. >> does not make sense? high corn prices may be getting the way. >> ainsley: grady trimble is live from below illinois to explain. >> good morning, guys. we found something senators and a host of other bipartisan lawmakers can agree on. they might want to make a 15 fuel available year-round. right now, you can only get in the summertime. that's because they say of the lower the cost of gas. ethanol is and that more than in the eat-in gas which is regular. farmers like ryan duncan, you guys like this idea. >> is not just those that shed like it. it's good for america. how long do you have it i environmental policy and energy policy and of its policy and agricultural policy come together for a product that is cheaper for the american consumers? >> it's rare but there are people that push back against

this type of plan including people at the american petroleum institute. they say get fewer miles per gallon and emits more greenhouse gases and damage the vehicle and void the warranty and increase food cost when corn is already skyrocketed. >> we have plenty of ethanol in reserve to me that a man if we would go to year-round to eat 15. i think the american petroleum institute would say about anything to protect their market share. >> i think you're right about that. without the people decide. at this does pass, it has been tried before. if it does pass, you can see 15 right alongside all the other gas elections at the pump. >> one of the things that gas station i go to, it's not even a choice. they just have the ethanol already and they gas. i think it is 15% ethanol and the rest regular gas, and the car works great. >> is hard to find in certain gas stations don't have it all. if you became available would

either have to replace eat-in which is the regular gas right now or they would have to add an extra selection at the pump. by and large the folks that gas but he say if you do use e15 it will save you $0.05 to $0.10 per gallon. >> steve: what about the argument from the petroleum people that if you use the corn to make the gas, then your price of corn at the grocery store is going go up? >> it is already high right now. you know, corn prices have skyrocketed especially because of the conflict in ukraine. but also as brian mentioned, they are part trying to protect their market share. we use e15, it has about 50% ethanol. 85% gaza regular fuel. it reduces the amount of gas demand. also as they argue could drive up food prices. i guess we won't know for sure what would happen until it does happen. >> brian: they green maniacs going to be upset by this?

>> the reason it was added in the first place is because they argue it burns better. more clean. >> ainsley: okay. i could go without eating corn buying it from the grocery store if it's going to be more expensive if i saved at the gas pump. >> they feed their cows corn in the pigs. they need their meet. >> thank you very much. live report from polo. >> ainsley: below illinois. or "fox & friends" just moments away. nated to the 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 these athletes raise up to their very best levels. so please, join us wednesday march 30th and make a difference.

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>> how pretty is that? looks like a jersey mountains we were talking about yesterday. >> has anyone ever been there? >> it's beautiful. daytime high of 77 in tennessee. >> run to the radio 9:00 to noon. >> bye, everyone. >> bill: day 35, war in ukraine goes on now. that fighting has forced more than 4 million to flee and a russian pledge -- drawing major skepticism from every corner of this conflict. good morning, everybody. back together, i'm bill hemmer. >> dana: you still have it. impressive. >> bill: it's early. >> dana: i'm dana perino. "america's newsroom." wonderful to be back together. russia said it would draw down its operations around kyiv as good faith during peace talks. the promise appears