>> dana: will you rather do that or go to qatar for the world cup? you aren't going to make that choice right now. even i would go on blue origin. >> bill: it has to be 1a and 1b. if fox is doing it. >> dana: nice to be back with you. >> thanks, marie. >> dana: marie and george. sandra is in for harris. here she is. >> thank you bill, fox news alert. ukraine with key victories against russian forces. troops -- president zelenskyy says it's the moment for defenders of freedom to keep up the pressure on vladimir putin. this is "the faulkner focus". welcome, i'm sandra smith in for harris. russian forces bombarding major

cities. in the south putin is expanding the ground presence in the dan bas region and an you are again message today from ukraine. >> we are fighting for freedom and in defense of democracy together. there is a real situation on the battlefield and now is the most important. we won't give up anything and we'll fight for every meter of our land, for every citizen. >> ukraine says russia is storing massive amounts of ammunition near the chernobyl nuclear power plant putting the surrounding area at risk. the former army special op soldier will be our guest and standing by. alex hogan first, though, reporting live from lviv for us at this hour. hello, alex. >> hi, sandra. air raids and bombings showing no signs of slowing up moving clockwise around the country looking specifically at the

north near the capital in kyiv, there have been increased shellings despite russia's words it would pull back troops from that area. russian forces are defending the front lines and targeting civilians. despite the claims to scale back the pentagon says it has only seen 20% of the troops shifting. nato says their units are not noting any withdrawal. there are just troops repositioning. >> we need to judge russia on their actions, not on their words. it remains to be seen whether there is any willingness on the russian side to find a political solution. >> heavy shelling in the donbas region today. ukraine military governors reporting attacks by aircraft, heavy caliber weapons and mortars. the city of mariupol suffering high casualties and it could fall within days. ukraine sending in dozens of buses today to evacuate the

residents who are still trapped there. as russia repositions its targeting luhansk and donetsk. today the head of britain's intelligence agency says russian soldiers have been sabotaging their own equipment and refusing to carry out orders. the white house and european leaders say that there is increasing intelligence that russian president vladimir putin has not received word from his allies and his aides of just how bad the situation is on the ground for his army, for his military especially the low morale we're seeing among some of the russian troops. sandra. >> alex hogan on the ground in lviv. the european union now stepping up efforts to protect ukrainian refugees from human trafficking. more than 4 million people have

fled the country since russia's invasion began over a month ago. the u.n. secretary general tweeting this. for predators and human traffickers, the war in ukraine is not a tragedy, it is an opportunity and women and children are the targets. they urgently need safety and support every step of the way. fox news contributor and former army special op soldier has been on the ground in ukraine for weeks now. you are on the ground involved in these efforts to help protect these people from just that. tell us about what we're seeing so far as far as the preying on these people. >> well, thanks for having me, sandra. over 10,000 orphans unaccounted for across the country since the war began and trying anything we can do to get them out. a major human trafficking concern and putin and russia continue to strike civilians and be a part of this overall exacerbation of the humanitarian crisis and putin is a war criminal plain and

simple. no one on the ground level bleefshs the recent news. in the last 24 hours russia presented a partial withdrawal from kyiv and chernihiv. in reality they're withdrawing to recuperate after suffering massive losses in failed operations in those cities. chernihiv underwent bombing all night and fatalities. the people and forces face a complete lack of water, electricity and heat. trying to pump in american supplies and other cities are having attacks. the russians are killing civilians and children. they are targeting it's not surgical but widespread artillery fire. the latest numbers march 30 u.n. recorded thousands of civilian deaths. there has been over 82 attacks just against healthcare facilities across the country alone. in mariupol specifically nearly

5,000 people have died in the city including 210 children since the war began. 90% of residential buildings, private homes, hospitals, schools, universities are damaged with 40% of the entire city completely destroyed. this is a city not unlike ones we come from. these people are facing this devastation just like they are like you and i. they need our help. my team here has got good news recently and cracked the nut how to get refugees, women and children out of mariupol. if you are out there listening and know specific people and locations they're trapped contact me and we'll try to get them out. >> amazing that you are doing just that. brett, you have been told there are 10,000 orphans that are unaccounted for across the country of ukraine since this fighting began. you are directly involved in efforts trying to find those unaccounted for orphans. can you tell us about those efforts and what you are doing

to help track them down? >> sure. so we signed an mou with the ukrainian government and they're providing the locations of the orphans across the kuhn tree. our team will bring them back to safe area where the ukrainian government can watch over them and protect them. one thing, there is a lot of information coming out from the u.s. administration they don't have enough people on the ground in ukraine. you can't run the war from poland. i have been polite not attacking the administration. they mean well. wild to hear the news about the thooum an tehran aid allotted by the u.s. government. the reality from our perspective most has not made it to the front lines to the people who need it the most. i have yet to have one ukrainian commander said to me they're getting humanitarian aid and -- it's doing the job of the u.s. government and people like ours.

why do i get call from ukraine commanders who haven't received aid on the front lines and sitting in front of commandos in the ukrainian army wearing tennis shoes. people are getting frostbite. it is ridiculous. they are doing doctors on the front lines are doing surgery without the proper medications. people are dying here. i confirmed through a reliable source the switch blade drones are not even in country yet. i'm dealing directly with the people who would be using them and it has been crickets. i have been in ukraine for a month. how do i have more drones in country that we have handed off personally to ukraine special forces than the entire u.s. government alone? these people need help, sandra, and it is just terrible to see what's going on on the ground here. >> your efforts are remarkable and still on the ground trying to help save these people. we appreciate everything you

are doing and appreciate you providing an update. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> our best to you. drivers meanwhile still facing sticker shock as gas prices hover at their highest level in more than a decade. national average is now $4.22 a gallon. the average. only down a penny from just last week. that's a whopping $1.35 increase from where prices were just a year ago. a recent poll shows nearly half of americans are significantly worried about high energy prices. the biden administration's solution to that, buy an electric car. that, of course, is widely criticized. now the president is expected to announce the release of some 180 million barrels of oil from the strategic reserves with the goal of easing prices at the pump. edward lawrence is on that and live at the white house with the details. edward, we've seen historically what that does. sometimes it brings prices down for a moment but not a

long-term solution history has proven. >> exactly. that's what we hear from experts. the president will announce in a few hours 1 million dare else a day for 180 days. 180 million barrels. it would reduce the petroleum reserve to the lowest level since 1984. you can see how far below the high this critical reserve will be after this release. experts are saying this is just a short-term solution. the releases were never meant to handle sustained issues, just short term shock like hurricanes. energy secretary told me the administration has no plan to change any of the regulations related to the oil industry. she says and we understand the president will say coming up in a few hours that the best way to lower gas prices is speed up the transition off of fossil fuels. >> with respect to our own energy independence, we know that it is critical for us to make sure that we are not

reliant on fuels from other countries, for example, oil and gas, and that's one of the reasons why we would like to see the greater push in the u.s. towards electric vehicles and reduce the cost of those electric vehicles. >> the electric vehicles again. the third release from the strategic petroleum reserve since november and the release -- haven't worked so far. these steps are what the white house have been taking. releasing from the strategic petroleum reserve. price gouging investigation. a senior administration official telling me that oil companies are also to blame. choosing to take profits and not invest more in drilling. the president will this afternoon call on congress to add additional fees on oil companies that are holding leases that have not been drilled on. those oil company executives will be if front of a house energy committee next week and hear about the unfriendly

environment, regulatory environment this white house has created for them. >> something about the ev push in the face of high energy prices. the average electric vehicle $60,000. that's tough for a lot of american families now let alone the auto companies are saying there is a two-year wait list for some of these. >> only 3% of sales right now. the white house wants to see it 50% of sales by 2030. can we wait that long for the gas prices to come down? >> edward lawrence live at the white house. our southern border is already overwhelmed and we've seen the images for quite some time. president biden is looking to end a trump-era policy. the white house admits it will cause a massive migrant surge. and there is this. >> every which way these things can be reported. we did our due diligence. they just can't do basic journalism. >> nine months later and more

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>> title 42 is a public health directive, not an immigration or migration enforcement measure. the decision on when to lift title 42 we defer to the cdc. when they decide it's appropriate to lift title 42 there will be an influx of people to the border. >> dana: the white house reportedly planning to drop trump's covid era border restriction by the end of may and admits that will cause an influx of migrants to flood the

border. we're learning they expect as many as half a million within just six weeks of lifting title 42. bill melugin is live at the border in eagle pass, texas. you are looking at the possibility of this for quite some time. now the warnings are definitely out there about what is to come. >> sandra, good morning. they certainly are. dhs says if title 42 drops their own projections show they could deal with upwards of 18,000 illegal crossings every single day. just to put that in perspective right now it's 7,000 illegal crossings every day and they continue. look at the video we shot an hour ago showing a group of 20 migrants crossing in front of us here illegally into eagle pass, texas, the size of this groups pales in comparison to some of the others. this piece of video we got dpr a helicopter showing a massive group of more than 100 migrants

crossing illegally also here into eagle pass, texas the other day using a rope to get across the river before getting to the u.s. shoreline. in del rio sector they are encountering these big groups more and more often averaging upwards of 1500 illegal crossings every day. another wild piece of video. look at this. texas dps trooper body cam footage coming up on the aftermath of a human smuggler crash. the car catches on fire after the smuggler crashes and tells troopers he has a woman inside the vehicle zipped up in a duffel bag who he was smuggling. they go into the vehicle, pull out the bag, zip it open and yes, there was a woman inside that car at risk of burning alive. pull up a quick photo of her quick. they saved her life. she would have burned alive if they didn't go in and save her. back here live, sandra, goes to the point border agents aren't just out here patrolling the

front lines. they are doing paperwork and they save lives. they go out in the desert and do rescues. as you saw in the video troopers and agents saved that woman's life. send it back to you. >> you are highlighting their efforts. bill melugin at the border. jason chaffetz joining us fox news contributor and former republican congressman from utah. great to have you here today. you look at what is happening there. you look at what is about to happen warning from border officials this could cause crossings to triple. the white house even admitting yesterday there could be an influx of migrants into the united states from mexico. what is your warning as this is lifted if it's lifted title 42, if and when. what this looks like for our country? >> they are swarming the border and there will be in 2022 about more than a million people illegally crossing the border. this is a surge that is caused by the biden and harris administration. make no mistake, this is human

trafficking and drug trafficking and this administration is complicit in enabling that. they have created this magnet and created the way and getting rid of the wall, getting rid of the barriers and now they are inviting people to come here illegally and putting them out across the country. it is fundamentally totally wrong to get rid of title 42 is not called for but it is going to absolutely change the trajectory and face of america in all the wrong ways. we're failing the people trying to come here legally and lawfully and opening the door to those coming illegally enabling the drug cartels. >> ted cruz accused the democrats turning a blind eye. you wonder if with months left to go to the mid-term elections if you'll see a change in focus and priority at the southern border by this administration. i want to get this this here as well.

the "washington post". latest legacy media outlet to reverse course on hunter biden's laptop admitting it is real. the conclusion came after the outlet had a copy of the hard drive for months and as it published story suggesting the emails were russian disinformation. the liberal media working overtime to distance president biden from his son. >> look, there is zero evidence that vice president biden or president biden has done anything wrong in connection with what hunter biden has done. >> the trump conspiracy theories are echoed on capitol hill. other reporting on hunter biden has been disturbing. there has been a lot of smoke there but not what the former president trump is claiming. >> as the truth comes out republicans are looking for, quote, meaningful accountability from facebook and twitter. they have now launched a new

investigation over the company's censorship of the "new york post" report on the laptop and its explosive emails. obviously that's an incredibly important angle to the story and one we're just starting to learn more about. jason, how much longer can the media and democrats, members of the president's own party, run interference on this matter? >> not only was it willingful ignorance and just ignoring the story, they actually created another story and a distraction to say it was russian disinformation. where did they come up with that information? how do these people win pulitzer prizes? a stunning reversal. perhaps a key indicator that prosecutors are getting close to taking down hunter biden and holding him accountable. come on, for instance, on those laptops one of the allegations is louiefree, the former f.b.i. director was complicit in

pushing $100,000 into the bank account for joe biden's grandkids. how can they ignore that story and what happened in mexico, ukraine, china? and the millions of dollars that flowed from the former mayor of moscow. these are major stories documented, now everybody is admitting they are true. run the story that they still haven't done that. >> yesterday white house communications director took the opportunity to swipe at former president trump when pressed on hunter biden. days earlier press secretary jen psaki deflected when asked about it. >> any reaction to former president trump calling on putin to release information about hunter biden? are you concerned about that? >> what i would say about that is what kind of american, let alone ex president thinks that this is the right time to enter into a scheme with vladimir putin and brag about his

connections to vladimir putin? >> the president -- >> it is department of justice. >> seems the white house response to questions about hunter biden is to take a swipe at former president trump. your response. >> that's the only excuse they have. hunter biden is brang and telling people in mexico i've opened up the white house and brought you into the naval observatory and provided access to the white house, to the vice president while he was the vice president. all as a quid pro quo for hunter biden to get a deal done. you know, if you are flying on air force 2 and using the resources of the united states of course it involves joe biden himself. this is part of the biden family legacy and it needs to be reported and it should never have been suppressed prior to the election. >> looks like you are anticipating a likelihood of more accountability. we'll keep following that story. finally after all these years the federal election commission

has now reportedly fined both hillary clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and the dnc over their shady steele dossier meant to dig dirt on president trump. a report says the election watchdog found they both lied about payments for that dossier listing them as legal advice rather than opposition research. this as special council john durham's trump/russia investigation nears the three year mark. three people have been charged so far. your thoughts, jason. >> hillary clinton and the dnc funneled money through a law firm perkins coiey to ab vert is process and did it to fund a disinformation campaign that was a lie that was run for years and years throughout the trump presidency. i'm glad they are getting at least a little slap on the hand but they lied and they funneled money illegally and that is the

bottom line. more than a million dollars to do what they did and create this fiasco for four years to tarnish donald trump. it was so wrong. should have gotten more of a punishment. >> great to have you here. president biden getting in on the action as the debate over transgender children explodes and reaction pouring in over leaked videos catching disney executives pushing their extreme woke agenda all while the entertainment giant battles governor desantis over his parental rights law. have a crac? trust safelite. >> tech vo: this customer had auto glass damage, but he was busy working from home... ...so he scheduled with safelite in just a few clicks. we came to his house... ...then we got to work. we replaced his windshield and installed new wipers to protect his new glass, while he finished his meeting. let safelite come to you. >> man: looks great. thank you. >> tech: my pleasure. that's service on your time.

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passed laws regarding transgender youth athletes. president biden calling out florida's new parental rights in education law which has prompted swift backlash from disney. leaked videos disney leadership is heard firing back at governor desantis and pushing their woke agenda on employees. watch this. >> our leadership over there has been so welcoming to like -- my like not at all secret gay agenda. >> we say dreamers of all ages. >> investigative reporter christopher rupe owe who obtained those videos said this. >> they are trying to really make all of their programs this left wing gender ideology compatible systematically telling all their park employees to eliminate the

words ladies, gentlemen, boys and girls. they are projecting onto the governor what they themselves are doing. >> our power panel is here. kathy smedly executive director america rising pack and a former new york state senator. what is happening here, kathy? >> well, what's happening is that you have the left not just in politics but in hollywood and now here in walt disney deliberate mischaracterization of this law as it stands in florida to promote their woke agenda. i have the say it's a deliberate misreading of where the american people are on this issue. the polling is overwhelmingly in support of not just the law in florida but saying teach our kids the abcs, not birds and bees to borrow a phrase. and this need by the left both in industry but also in politics to ignore that is

going to hurt them not just at the ballot box but the free market. people will take their business elsewhere. >> i'll get to the political implications in a moment. put this up on the screen for you. "washington examiner" op-ed argues disney wants to indoctrinate your children saying they believe that indoctrinateing children with these ideas early on is not only good but necessary which is why they turn their own company into a vehicle for this ideology. but unfortunately for disney few parents would agree telling a young child she is pan sexual or a-sexual or multiple genders is either good or necessary. where do you stand on this, david? >> well look, i think disney is not following a woke agenda or the left agenda. they are doing the right thing. what they are saying is our characters should match the reality of the american public. and i think that's perfectly fine. i think that they are doing the

right thing by saying look, we need to be inclusive and that's what we need to remember. and look, president biden is absolutely right to attack these laws that are being passed because they are doing nothing more than securing political points on the right while damaging the future of our children. >> the disney executive wants 50% of all the characters to be gay or they will be underrepresented. you will have to ask yourself if you believe that represents the american public. i want the move on to this. president biden meeting with two groups of house democratic caucus last night reportedly got mixed messages how to jump start his stalled agenda. leftists asking them to use executive power. recent polls show biden's approval hitting an all time low and 33% approval on his handling of the economy.

other surveys show economic issues is a top concern for voters and most blame the president's policies for inflation. now at a 40-year high. even the liberal media sounding the alarm. >> do you think it's down to your failure to take that issue more seriously earlier on or is it something else driving those pretty a business mall poll ratings? >> i think when you get into the confidence measures and poll ratings you have to get under the hood. absolutely inflation is in the mix. so is the pandemic that is still with us after all these months. >> when you start getting below 45 you have a problem and have mid-terms in the bad ratio. >> looks like it will be a bloodbath for the democrats if they don't turn things around. >> david, does it help the president is focusing on things like transgender issues and green energy when gas prices

are spiking? it is showing up at the polls voters aren't pleased with the president's priorities. >> look, the president obviously has a lot on his plate dealing with the pandemic, the war, inflation, yes, there are a lot of challenges. but at the same time the president has done a remarkable job in creating new jobs, in reducing the deficit, and so the agenda has to move forward. i think if you listen to the president what he is saying is he can't do it alone. even the democrats can't do it alone. we need buy-in and need to do it together. we're facing unprecedented challenging both in our country and abroad. the only way we will do it is do it together. >> it seems you are doing, david, ignoring the top concerns of the american voter is inflation and still we're asking -- i had his economic advisor on my show yesterday and asking them what's the plan to bring the prices down? there is not a clearance from the white house on that issue

yet, kathy. >> not only is there not a clearance, there is not a clear acknowledgement there is a problem. they keep trying to say we created jobs. no one believes you because that doesn't jive with what we see in our day-to-day, what we feel in our communities and see on the shelves of the grocery store. that's why the most recent polling every single issue except climate change, which we know is not a top priority issue for the majority of voters. they trust republicans over democrats because democrats in their priorities and policy proposals not only failed the american people but they are out of step with the american people. >> the elections will be an opportunity for voters to speak and let everybody know where they stand on the issues and the white house handling of them. thank you for joining us. russia's invasion sending streams of people out of ukraine fleeing for their lives. what the u.n. is now saying

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>> the u.n. reports more than 4 million people have now fled ukraine since putin's forces invaded that country last month. that figure exceeds the world body's worst case scenario planning. the majority of refugees 2.3 million of them have gone to poland but they are heading to other nearby countries. influx is creating what the u.n. calls an overwhelming burden on ukraine's neighbors. we are live today in poland and we have the latest from there. hi, alexis. >> hi, sandra. here inside this warehouse in poland. one of the most busy warehouses stacked full of humanitarian aid. this is one of the american organizations that is stationed here in poland trying to help out the ukraine refugees. they have stacks of pallets of all of these items, food and

you can look here and see lots of humanitarian aid boxes full of medical supplies filling the shelves with all of the supplies so they can send it right into ukraine and comes as united nations is stepping up their efforts. take a look here. this week cindy mccain, united states ambassador to the united nations toured a large warehouse here in poland. it is part of the world food program. she says the humanitarian crisis is a global food security situation putting the blame on russian president vladimir putin. >> putin can stop bombing. he can pull out of ukraine and so that the ukrainians can go back home. as far as what we can do as the united states of america and u.n. agencies, we'll work with our partners and encourage more partners to come in and help us and work together as the world to not only take care of the ukrainian people but also stop what is going on.

>> as the united nations supplies more aid to refugees the power mission out of florida has been on the ground since day two of the attacks on ukraine. their organization collected $85 million worth of supplies sending 300 large boxes into ukraine. they tell us it's a mir -- miracle to put trucks in ukraine. some will arrive tonight. >> thank you very much. iowa republican senator joni ernst met with ukraine's ambassador to the u.s. and led the bipartisan delegation to poland and germany earlier this month and she met are refugees and heard their stories and is writing a letter to the national security advisor jake sullivan. in the letter they have asked him to specifically clarify the united states' mission in

ukraine. as well as reveal exactly how much arms and aid we have sent. joni ernst from the senate armed services committee joins us now. great to see you. thank you for being here. you have a lot to tell us. first off fresh off the meeting with the ambassador. what was your takeaway from that meeting? >> the takeaway from the ambassador and members of the ukrainian parliament that visited with us was that ukraine can win this fight. however, in order to win the fight against russia and push out the invaders, they do need more lethal aid and they specifically outlined the mig fighter jets and surface to air missiles. things to protect their airspace and counter any russian offensive. so it's very important we are stepping up with our nato allies and insuring they do have the means to win this war. >> i want the hear about your

remarkable visit with those heartbroken refugees and heard so many of their stories. what was it like and what are you hearing from them and what more do they need as we try to assist this humanitarian crisis? >> sandra, thank you. i was honored to lead a bipartisan delegation of 10 united states senators to poland and germany and we were able to visit those refugees, women, children, the elderly, what they want, what they need is to go home. they all said over and over that they really want to go home. but these women and children were not safe staying in the communities that were being shelled indiscriminately by the russian invaders. so what they need at this point just contact places to stay until ukraine wins the war and they can return home to their fathers, to their husbands, to their loved ones. it was absolutely heartbreaking. i am thankful that the polish

government and their people are being so extremely generous and stepping up to help with this refugee crisis, as are a number of partners throughout europe. however, it is one of the largest humanitarian crises that we have seen since world war ii. so again lethal aid and humanitarian aid is desperately needed in this situation. >> i know that's why you have written this letter to the white house demanding really specific answers on the mission for us and how we are aiding in this fight in ukraine. meanwhile, senator, the head of britain's spy agency calling out vladimir putin's failures in ukraine as u.s. intelligence believes putin's advisors are now lying to him about the progress of this war. listen. >> soldiers short of weapons and morale, refusing the carry out orders, sabotaging their own equipment, and even

accidentally shooting down their own aircraft. even though we believe putin's advisors are afraid to tell him the truth, what's going on and the extent of these misjudgments must be crystal clear to the regime. >> general jack keane says the u.s. has no real strategy to help ukraine overcome russia. >> i don't like saying this but the facts are we don't want putin to lose. we don't want putin to lose because we are afraid that if he loses, there will be a provocative reaction on his part. so it explains why we're not all in on helping zelenskyy win, who is begging for all of that help. >> it's really interesting analysis there. i see you in agreement with the general there. >> i am. general keane obviously has great intestinal fortitude and to be so forthright.

that's the feeling i get from that administration. they're so risk-averse when they talk about the possibility of vladimir putin doing x, y and z knowing full well the only way the ukrainians can win this war is if we're aiding them and providing the necessary support to push russia out. i think that it is imperative we are not allowing ukraine to fall to this autocratic murderous thug that has invaded a sovereign and free country. that's one thing i hope our president understands, knows, is that this is a free country. ukraine is. they want their freedom back and the only way they can have that is if nato and the united states is stepping up to assist so they can push the russian invaders out. >> final question to you with a minute left here. what does it mean, though? obviously putin's failures are

being clearly identified but his advisors are lying to him about what is happening on the ground there, what does it mean? >> i hope it means that the russians are doomed. and should vladimir putin decide to exercise any type of weapon of mass destruction, chemical, biological, nuclear he will become a pariah on the world stage. there is no recovering from that. i hope we aggressively aid the ukrainians in their fight for freedom but we want to see russia gone and see vladimir putin pushed back into his corner and hopefully he will stay there. >> thank you very much. tomorrow night by the way please tune in to special report, our bret baier will be speaking with ukraine's president zelenskyy happening at 6:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow right here on the fox news channel. coming up on american reports

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>> kayleigh: president biden tearing into the political attacks on transgendered children, as he describes them, coming from state legislatures across the country, the florida parental rights bill as he is pushing his progressive agenda. mrs. "outnumbered." hello, everyone. i'm kayleigh mcenany with my cohost, emily compagno. with us is julie banderas and also joining us our shannon bream and juan williams. president biden marking transgender day of visibility. he announced a slew of