not a biologist and i don't feel qualified to say madame speaker. >> laura: i think that is qualified becauses it's funny. it is your final day of the month with the proceeds going to samaritan purse. next month a different charity all made in the usa. check this out freedom matters hoodie. you know you love it, you do. gutfeld is next. ♪ ♪ >> todd: a fox news alert, the kremlin to ramp up its campaign this morning as british until warren's russian troops are in to escalate attacks on the ukrainian capital. we are live in the ground but another fox news alert, president biden announcing 1 million barrels of oil per day from the strategic reserves but takes no blame for the energy crisis. speak with the gas prices has two roots, first the pandemic. when covid struck demand for oil

plummeted, the second route is vladimir putin. now the price hike is hitting americans at the pump. >> that is not bulky inflation with a 40 year height despite fracking and economic pa good sign with your hard-earned dollars. >> todd: no it is not watching "fox & friends first" come i am todd piro. and in washington with all the details. >> ashley, todd one of the two ways is through customer spending and new data shows the personal consumption expenditures price index rose 54%, the highest since the early 80s. president biden feels the economic strategy has worked and is still working. in a tweet, $360 billion deficit. when it comes to storing gas prices, the white house has printed the issue and pointing the finger at war in ukraine and

covid-19. covid-19 with a historic relief the petroleum reserve and we spoke with little confidence of the direction. look. >> we will see it continue to come down. but how far down come i don't think anyone can tell. and i'm talking matter of i think days and weeks but it is hard to tell, but it will come down. it could come down fairly significantly. it could come down the better part of $0.10 to $0.35 a gallon. it is unknown. >> ashley: it is indeed unknown right now and will take place 6 billion barrels a day. skeptical's are curious how well this can be stretched. they are attempting with oil production but lindsey graham sang to control the house that will reduce foreign oil reliance.

>> we can vote on energy independence for our economy, reduce our lives on foreign oil. that is what we do if you get the house and senate with an agenda that makes sense. >> the report will be released later today. >> ashley: alexandria half live for us, and the pipeline worker, neil, i could go into everything that just heard with alexandria but one thing stood out to me more than anything. it was something that you said though oil reserve is not meant to bail out incompetent president whose bad energy policies. like i said come at the stands out to me and a lot of other people explain how if only tapping into those reserves, we don't have a long-term plan. >> well, you know reserve was meant to, you know, vital things like disruption in supply like war. if we take 1 million barrels a day over the next six months, we

could get this reserve down to a level where it doesn't really mean anything. but as far as administration, take no blame for what is going on. i can remember in the early days of administration the keystone, john kerry gave his reasoning. he said demand for fossil fuels was going down the markets were moving to green energy. it was the hottest new labor market in the country. that just doesn't seem to be the case right now though. but i put like to congratulate the president. he is the first president to have to tap this reserve not once, but he's done it twice in a less than a year's time. >> todd: neil, do you think this will do anything to lower gas prices or is this merely a six-month political band-aid until the midterms? >> they say it is to bridge a gap when people like myself can get out there and ramp up production. but this bridge the gap until november is what it's doing. the polling numbers are it

absolutely zero when you do nothing to stop it. but over what i found interesting yesterday when i was reading the story the democratic lawmakers want to bring the ceos to capitol hill and basically use it as a political stunt to ask them why they aren't producing energy. back in october, the same democratic lawmakers, the same ceos to capitol hill and i was in the hearing and told them stop producing oil in this country. so, a time to be in the industry that i'm in. >> ashley: i want to talk to the gas prices, $4.22 an hour and that is nothing to celebrate. these prices can be down so much lower. so we are coming into the summer months. gas is supposed to spike as it is already. what you think it is going to look like the summer? you think tapping into the reserves will help at all? where will it stay where it is?

>> until the administration realized fossil fuel is not a dying industry and that we are nowhere near capable of running the country on green energy come i think we will have a problem with it. typically memorial day is where you see the highest prices. we are not there yet. i think there is more to come as far as the price hikes. >> the democrats blame everybody but their own policy. president biden and here is nancy pelosi's turn. >> right now, of course we have the putin price hike at the gas pump going up when he started circling ukraine. >> putin contributed to the gas hike. so i'm not saying it's all him, no. >> neil, democrats love to blame everybody but their own policy but solutions that involve everc oil production. we are looking at venezuela, iran instead of south dakota. what happens if democrats somehow maintaining the hold of the senate and the health in

november. >> you know the president cancel my job on his first day in office and i will spend the rest of my time to make sure the democratic lawmakers in his job is canceled in november 2024. i don't believe they will win the house. i think the republicans will come back and fix this problem. >> ashley: very strong words for the president. it will be interesting to see what happens midterm. thank you for being with us early this morning. we appreciate it. a fox news alert british intelligence in a position to ramp up attacks on kyiv in the days ahead. >> todd: it all comes as president biden shares details on the current state of the kremlin. listen. >> self isolated in some indication that he has fired or put under house arrest some of his advisors. >> todd: on the ground in ukraine with the latest, chris. >> good morning todd and ashley.

there is clear evidence russia has no intention of pulling back their attack on the capital. kyiv is continuing to get pounded with aerosols. the senior official tells fox news that some 330 in the last 24 hours. secretary general and stoltenberg had this assessment of the battles ahead, watch. >> they lie about their intentions. so only judge roger on the actions, not on its words. russia maintains pressure on kyiv and other cities. so we can expect additional offensive actions read don't make bringing more suffering. >> this is fierce battling in kyiv. the territory just days ago. the most intense fighting, todd and ashley, in the seaport city

of mariupol cut off from the rest of the world without food, water or electricity. this morning ukrainian official said russian forces have blocked 45 red cross buses trying to evacuate civilians. now, this comes as a pentagon confirms russian forces have fled chernobyl nuclear plant but cannot confirm if it is due to poisoning. >> he will assess of this early-stage piece of a larger effort to route recent in supply and not necessarily dumb because of health hazards or some sort of emergency or crisis in chernobyl. >> meanwhile, there are indications there may be fractures inside putin's inner circle over invasion. the international crisis group "some think russia should be realistic about the goals and its resources. they would never say this in public if you read carefully a

statement and talk to people, you can see it. this is the state department but then ukraine and russia may be singling out u.s. citizens and urge americans to lead both countries immediately. finally, todd and ashley we know the peace talks are set to resume today virtually that they are very low expectations of any significant advances being made, todd and ashley. >> todd: chris you highlighted the continued barrage of attacks by the russians. there is also report until think that russia is about to ramp up even further its attacks. this despite the fact that russia has promised that it is doing the exact opposite ramping down. now, there is a report again we have to be clear to say this report is from russian news sources. ukraine has struck a fuel depot in russia on russian soil. do you get the sense that

depending upon the falsity of the latest report that the russians will use that as a pretext to either continue or ramp up its attacks on ukraine? >> well, that is exactly correct, todd. that is the correct read on it and to be fair as she pointed out, these are unconfirmed. the ukrainian officials have not confirmed this report we are following closely which is stemming from the russian news service citing russian regional governor saying ukrainian helicopter gunships fired missiles and struck a fuel depot. this is exactly the provocation that many are suggesting would be an event that russia would like to see perhaps go on the counteroffensive. so, as we are taking it in stride trying to confirm with ukrainian sources, we are also wary of the fact this may, indeed be a classic example of

russian disinformation for intended purposes. >> todd: it is a delicate balance, griff jenkins, thank you for explaining it to us. president biden with $500 million in aid to ukraine. >> ashley: but u.s. army on the ground a vet said it's not getting the vote in needs. >> its way old to hear the news by the humanitarian aid in the u.s. government but we see the reality from our perspective, most of it is not made it to the front lines for the people that need it the most. ukraine have said to me they are getting you military aid or weapons from the united states. organizations like ours are towing the job of the government. i wish people could see the reality on the ground here. >> todd: army combat veteran and advisor under the trump administration and florida congressional candidate, corey, what is the hold up? >> again, todd, good morning

this is about the biden administration to slow role this war. they want to stay involved. they want to draw attention so it distracts from the domestic issues we have at home. so the things switchblade drone's not making to the front lines and that is going to be a continual narrative by the administration. they will claim that they have control in the key areas but again, they will blame putin everything russia, russia russia continues and even the trump administration. gas hikes, logistics and it all seems to be putin as opposed to the real fact that the biotin administration is trying to slow role of the war. >> ashley: let's look at the time line biden promises that he. it's december 24th the invasion started my march 6800000000, march 24th 1 billion appear that is a total of $2.5 billion, cor.

that is a lot of money when we have issues, you know, especially i'm not discrediting money and aidan is to go to ukraine but we have issues at the southern border so where is this money going? >> you are exactly right. it should go to america first agenda to provide and protect the borders, 900 miles away instead of 9,000 miles away. look i'm not saying the actions of vladimir putin is not atrocious that we have to look at this as a element. this is the border expansion and china russia alignment. this is a bigger geopolitical strategy to take over the economic resources that are in the area to try to cut off supply to america. we need to start thinking more domestically and start securing our borders. when you think about domestic production, we need to look at the fact $2.5 billion why is it the biden administration did not

approve to go over and help. so this is the biden administration trying to slow role this war and take away the domestic issues at home. >> todd: biden won't focus on the border but we will come up 100 migrants on the way to the u.s. after report that joe biden will in title 42. and cory, not just republicans like you but democrats are sounding the alarm on ending title 42. and from new hampshire, in the battle admittedly for a political life she does say unconcerned. and then come of course kyrsten sinema hiding her concerns as well about the border state. and then porter agent talking about title 42, "we are expecting to get wrecked." despite all of that, cory, why is joe biden doing it anyway? >> well i will tell you right now i laugh when the hhs

secretary said they go by the cdc guidelines. these are the same guidelines that you and i must match air transportation but how safe i had to go ahead and allow the borders. it is a laughable joke. the real problem we have fentanyl coming across poisoning americans. we have human trafficking and child sex trafficking both of which should be human and health services issue. but instead, they are trying to play politics because the reality is title 42, which was put in under the trump administration, i think should be a permanent policy. expel people for trying to violate the sovereignty of our nation and those trying to invade and violate our laws on the borders, i think these are people that should be expelled. but this is not the first time. we knew even during the candidacy of joe biden, large migrant caravans are coming to the border with kamala harris and joe biden t-shirts. so, this is something that benefits them from a political stance, and again from a

political science over medical science. >> todd: cory mills, have a great week and serve. president biden on the campaign trail said there was nothing unethical about hunter biden's business deals in trying to peer at the white house has asked if they stand by that comment. take a listen. >> we absolutely stand by the president's comments and i would point you to the reporting on this which reference statements at the time but as you know i don't think for hunter biden so there's not more i can sound that. >> todd: white house communications director was also asked if the president would consider using empower for his son hunter. that was nonhypothetical but she's going to entertain. the republicans on the oversight committee all records of communication between hunter and the white house while joe biden was being paid. the opposition to the supreme court nominee kentanji brown jackson. >> i think she has a judicial activist. she is very smart and she will

be capable. she will be exactly what president biden wants as a supreme court justice. we went senator lindsey graham supported jackson in the past proofing to appellate court but now says things have changed. >> my decision is based upon her record of judicial activism. the methodology and i believe judge jackson will not be deterred by the law when it comes to liberal causes. i know that kentanji brown jackson was the favorite of a radical left, and i will vote no. >> a final confirmation vote for judge jackson is expected monday. >> ashley: the l.a.p.d. was on-site with arrest for will smith after he smacked chris rock on stage. >> they said we will go get him, we are prepared to. we will go get him right now and press charges. chris has been very dismissive of those options.

no, i'm fine. no, no, no. >> ashley: the academy lying about asking smith to leave. tmz telling a reporter "we don't want you to leave." looking not so happily ever after, monty santos calling to end the company special privileges imported. >> todd: this is a big deal marianne rafferty joins us with more, marion. >> florida law allows disney to govern itself on its own ground but he may repeal that law. >> the state should be governed by the best interest of the people. you should not have one organization able to dictate policy in these different realms. >> the suggestion coming after desantis said disney crossed a line with new florida parent rights legislation should have never been passed. a disney employee said to congress in florida spoke to

tucker carlson, most workers support the bill but are simply overshadowed by aggressive walkouts and protests. >> i don't want to speak for the company but it is very evident over the silent majority. as a matter of fact, we are lucky to have someone like governor disanto speaking for us. >> congressman jim banks said disney's copyright laws are in jeopardy. >> a letter today and i said when copyright laws expire which is coming up in the next few years and they come back to congress, i'm not going to vote for it. it. >> rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel said issues like this will take center stage midterms telling fox digital, they are out of touch with the american mainstream in doing so with their own risk. meanwhile the republican party remains committed to protecting american values and ensuring that our kids are not used as pawns in the far left scheme to underline our way of life. the daily wire is invested

$100 million over the next three years to create children's content to give americans an alternative to the walt disney company. ashley, todd to. >> ashley: all right, thank you so much. besides the democrats picked up pennsylvania school board and it started with a concerned mom to challenge the mask mandate. we are talking to her live. >> todd: from one major midterm issue to another, candidates who support have the edge over those who don't. the panel is on deck. as a comusical

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♪ ♪ >> todd: did you hear about this? the white house releasing a series of documents encouraging gender reassignment surgery and hormone treatment for minors. the president with this video message. >> to parents of transgender children, affirming your child's attendant t is the most powerful thing to keep them safe and healthy. too many transgender americans who are struggling, please know you are not alone. to parents and children alike, please ask for help and know this, you you are so brave. you belong, and we have your back. >> todd: the administration also signaling they would cite laws which limit how transgender

athletes may compete in sports, ashley. >> ashley: 5 out of 9 westchester board members, after they completely ignored the petition filed by parents that said they have no right to force masts on their kids. and filed that petition, thank you for being with us. so you filed this petition basically to challenge the masked mandate in a classroom and found a loophole. tell me why other than the obvious, one thing your kids not to be massed until you filed this? >> parents all over the state, the country and in our own school district in westchester have been incredibly frustrated in feeling they have not been heard by the school boards. haven't been list listen to and have been dismissed. so we filed a petition in the state of pennsylvania to ask a county court judge to remove them from office for forcibly masking the children. >> ashley: i want to pull up

the five school board members that were fired. they are all democrats. these are the five on your screen. >> can i clarify one thing? it is interesting because the stories have been saying five democrats and i honestly don't know the party affiliation of all five of them. in pennsylvania you can cross failed to run as a school board member so you can run as a republican and democrat. i only know for certain one of them is a democrat. my perspective, the party affiliation is not even relevant. it is really about they made a poor decision to vote to mask our children. >> ashley: right, you will be in court five and a half, six hours today. you are supposed to be submitting a recommendation for the board members. that brings me to the next question is you broke it up does political affiliation have to do with who you would select to be in replacement of the five

people and if not, what are you looking for to replace them? >> absolutely i will share that political affiliation is absolutely not important to me as they make these decisions. we have a group of parents who are venting the volumes of people who have reached out to us speak in the order came out on wednesday as to be considered for school board. we have a group of parents, they are interviewing parents. we are looking for people who live in their community that are going to put our students, our parents, and even our teachers first and out the political agenda of groups like the teachers union. >> ashley: and inter 45 seconds with the or less with this particular situation with you and this challenge has to do with democrat or republican. you saw in virginia a couple of months ago parents are really fired up and really tired of school board members in particular, schools taking advantage of their kids and not doing what the parents wanted

them to be taught. do you think this will have momentum in the midterms come november? >> i certainly hope so. we need a change in pennsylvania because our governor and many elected officials have failed our children and have failed error state. and we need to change. >> todd: okay, the court hearing this morning we apprecie you getting up early with us this morning. >> thank you so much for having me on the show. >> ashley: no problem. so whoopi goldberg going off on cohost about will smith and celebrity privilege. >> some people feel like hollywood elites. >> i have got to stop you. it really upsets me when people start to talk about people who work in hollywood. >> todd: she wasn't laughing but jada pinkett smith was spirit new moment showing the moments and a whole new layer to the story. tinseltown and eddie scarry

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♪ ♪ >> ashley: tense moments on the "the view." whoopi goldberg not laughing when cohost expressed frustration. watch. >> some people feel like hollywood elites are a bunch of hypocrites. >> people i have to stop you. it really upsets me when people start to talk about people who work in hollywood appeared don't put it on all of us that's like saying all black people like chicken. >> ashley: cohost also challenge the standing ovation smith received after he won his oscar. and the cohost sonny hawken chimed in knowing smith was asked to leave and people showed alleged "hollywood power." in newburyport lied about asking

will smith to leave the oscars after slapping chris rock. >> todd: even will smith accepted his award. one producer said the l.a.p.d. was ready to put him in handcuffs. >> we will go get him. we are prepared to. we are prepared to get them right now. you can press charges. we will arrest him and they were laying out the options. as they were talking, chris was being very dismissive of those options. he was like, no, i'm fine. no, no, no. >> todd: this comes with "the federalist" the author of "privileged victims" great to see on friday. 30,000-foot view of this mess. why does hollywood blame the moral high ground when it cannot clean up its own darn house? >> i guess that is true about hollywood. they do pretend to be the most progressive and morally pure crowd there is there and yet

willing to tolerate an actual assault on live television. the one thing i will say about this because have everything has been said about this and it is unacceptable and it was my immediate impression when i saw this happen was, if this had been two white people, two white actors, two white actors the next day the media would have said, they would have been saying, if this had been to black men it would be acceptable. why do white people feel they can echo it this way? but the exact opposite and they are saying we would not tolerate we are actually tolerating. >> ashley: i know we just saw the video jada pinkett smith laughing after will smith slapped chris rock. right here. what does that tell you? because she looked at will whenever he made a joke. she looked ticked off. now she's laughing about it. so what is going on here?

this is confusing to everyone. >> it is confusing. i think if i was going to really read into it, i would say she was uncomfortable as everybody else. anybody watching that was very uncomfortable even if you were in the audience watching live on television as i was. it was shocking. it was astonishing. and again, just very uncomfortable. and that was her reaction seeing something very, very uncomfortable. mind you this is a couple that had been very open about very awkward relationship to say the least that they have. so to see something, to see someone get physically violent on live television, i mentioned that made it all the worse. >> todd: a follow-up to that question, that means i get to do my absolute favorite story of probably the last month. maxine waters gets into intense exchange and section 8 housing doctors. then she want a reporter not to

cover the story. but it is what maxine said that is so amazing. watch. >> there are no more applications. i want everybody to go home. >> we don't got a home. >> nobody in washington once they are [bleep]. i don't want to hear. >> todd: okay, not only telling the homeless people it is time to go home but then trying to quash the story with the "l.a. times" to not report on that event. you will hurt yourself in the community trying to put this together without background. i don't want you to start right it. so again to refute telling homeless people to go find homes and then to try to really censor a media outlet. doesn't that sum up maxine waters perfectly? >> i think the entire democratic party come i think i'm with you, todd, the story of the year. most democrat story i've ever

heard, you have maxine waters long time democrat been in washington forever telling a crowd of homeless people to go home. i've heard a lot about junior republican named madison hawthorne lately. i had not heard about the story, actually outside of fox. caught her in a wheelchair and maxine waters been in washington for years representing california. can't do anything and tells homeless constituents to go home. you don't hear about that much very much in the media at all and i would say that is more of an important story. >> ashley: i've got 50 seconds with you right now. eric adams actually said not likely but kind of similar months ago when he was telling the homeless population there was an uptick in crime and telling them to get off the street. so do you think maxine waters and mayor adams saying this proves that they are incredibly out of touch?

>> i think they think they can get away with it and they do often get away with it. maxine waters with another element of the story, trying to persuade the reporter you don't need to report on this. don't do this because this will actually not look good. you are doing this wrong. they think they can get away with talking like this in fact, they do because i haven't heard about the maxine waters story outside of fox news. they think they can get away with talking how they want and they oftentimes do. that is the privilege of being a democrat in america. >> todd: frightening and scary at the same time, ed scary. aoc, alexandria ocasio cortez making a political fashion statement at the met gala with a rally for amazon union workers. crystal ball saying these are your constituents and you couldn't be bothered to show up until on the cusp of victory? alexandria ocasio cortez tweeting back in part, the warehouse is not my district.

defensive reactions next. and to defund the police even though that messaging is not selling to the american voters. and they want to cut police funding, violence against cops is escalating. >> ashley: the panelist explains this is the most violent time to be a police officer. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> ashley: a fox news alert of the sister of missing florida mom missing since sunday. she said she was around her child's father before disappearing. blessing on sunday saying she was going to pick up her daughters from father's custody. cassie's father said she never returned home after a series of text messages citing car trouble. her daughter was found safe with her father. cassie's sister will join us later. a 12-year-old boy shot and killed sitting in a park minivan in brooklyn. the boy was with two relatives eating in the car when the gunfire erupted. a 20-year-old woman in the car was shot. she is hospitalized in critical condition but expected to survive. two cars fled the scene after the shooting but no arrests have been made. a family of a baltimore police officer killed in an ambush and

that once her name removed from maryland bill after a drastic amendment. now originally, stacy x would have made it impossible for anyone to try to kill a police officer. to get parole. the bill offer scholarships to children of fallen officers. the family says we are extremely disappointed about the way the bill was amended. basically, made a mockery of. he completely took everything away of any criminal charges and slept us in the face with the extension to scholarship fund. >> todd: a chicago cop shot at while another pinned between two vehicles during monday night traffic stop gone wrong. walking communities all around the country. >> we've had to change the bail reform, which is not for the criminals. they can do whatever they want and get away with it. i've never seen such criminality. the one here to react president

of chicago fraternal order of police, and 9/11 first responder and retired nypd, thanks to the both of you for being here. john, we start in chicago made is your city. the war on cops we have been reporting on for months now. why is nothing improving? >> chicago specifically because of the leadership at the mayor's office and the police department. the sad reality is we have a major void of leadership. we have a superintendent post payroll and if he stood out with these policies the mayor policy wouldn't matter. but that is not happening at this point. it is general morale which affects the work product. >> todd: how hypocritical -- oh, sorry, please finish. >> it is a never ending cycle. one thing and dominoes over to the next and layer after layer of incompetence. >> todd: angel how hypocritical is it for democrats to walk back to the defund the

police movement when it is that movement that got us here in the first place? >> welcome with the midterm elections are coming and obviously scared because people are getting tired of living in fear. if you have criminals who have no fear attacking police officers. you have three shot in lebanon, pennsylvania, last night. one in critical condition fighting for his life. there have been 103 shot in the line of duty this year. if these people can attack these resources, what will they do with citizens, right? there is no accountability for these criminals. the democrats are getting nervous because midterm elections are coming and people are tired of this. >> todd: angel let's say in your city new york city and here in our city, children have become victims here in record numbers. take a look at these numbers. 26 times so far this year in the big apple. that is nearly double this time last year, it was 13 his time last year. and of course ashley reporting a

12-year-old boy shot and killed in brooklyn. if new york city doesn't protect its most vulnerable, what hope do the rest of us have? >> exactly my point. these criminals don't care. they are shooting police officers and they are shooting children on virtual signaling policies and the united states, you don't see him having a news conference. stop this violence against children and against police officers. if the government does not hold these people and politicians do not hold these criminals accountable, it will only get worse. it is getting harder and when it gets harder the criminality goes up goes up. >> todd: we touched against the violence against officers with a general overhang of stay safe in the community's period. the candidates are most popular of those that want to defund are the least according to a new poll going into the midterm spear the numbers there is no margin for error 75% more likely to vote for candidates that support funding.

11% less likely to vote for those individuals appear john come don't those numbers perfectly capture how fed up people are? >> well, it never should have got to this point the first place. it will take five years to recoup manpower and what it has cost the country. chicago specifically. we are looking at 700, 800, 9000 resignations, departures in comparison to 200 or 300 recruits coming to the door in the process. that is not a sustainable number and will make the streets less safe to come for a long time to come. if you flipped the switch it will take a time to change it. >> todd: angel why did they played this so poorly? they went with the mob in 2020 and out trying to backtrack as fast as possible. >> well, they jumped on what happened with george floyd, right? they wanted to run with that.

they claim to care about police officers after january 6th, they didn't care before then. they miscalculated how people in the inner-city, right, mostly people of color are fed up here they are fed up with having children attacked and fed up not being able to go to school, work and being accosted, assaulted,, shot, stabbed. it is out of control. maybe people are finally realizing this is due to democrat policies and blue cities and states. >> todd: they lean on those individuals for votes and do nothing to help them. it is sad. john catanzara, thank you very much for your time this morning. >> thank you. so how is the war on cups affecting officers day-to-day will work? nypd cop says after 30 years on the force, the city has turned on men and women and blue. >> ashley: lara trump and

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>> todd: a fox news alert, british inteleshows russian troops are on the suburbs of kyiv in the days ahead as the kremlin appears to be ramping up the propaganda campaign. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier. president biden is sharing new details on current state of the kremlin. listen. >> president biden: problem we're face withing gas prices has two roots. first the pandemic. when covid struck demand for oil plummeted. second is vladamir putin. the price hike is hitting americans at the pump. >> todd: griff jenkins live on the ground in lviv with