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arthel: vladimir putin's war on ukraine comes into horrifying view as ukrainian forces take back control of kyiv and its suburbs. but now russia has a new target, the southern city of odesa, ukraine's largest port and is home to its naval fleet. missiles slamming the aread today sending thick black smoke across the sky. russian forces are now focused on taking carom of southern and eastern -- control of southern and eastern ukraine after a serious of -- series of setbacks in the north. welcome to a brand new hour of
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"fox news live," i'm arthel neville. eric: i'm eric shawn. vladimir putin again being branded a war criminal as more reports of war crimes by russian forces emerge of them shooting people in the street as they retreated. that after ukrainian soldiers retook control of a key town near kyiv of bucha. the world witnessing what putin's forces left behind. reports of mass killing, people tortured in their basements, genocide, say officials, and crimes against humanity. we have a warning for you, the footage you're about to see is graphic. it shows bodies of ukrainian civilians strewn throughout the streets of that town right outside of kyiv. people walking or cut down, someone on a bicycle shot, his body as you can see there on the left lying in the street. people tortured in their basements. it is being called a genocide there and crime against humanity. ukraine's foreign minister condemns this outrage. [speaking in native tongue]
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>> bucha is the most outrageous, horrid atrocity of the 21st century. without an exaggeration by what we've seen in bucha and vicinity, we can conclude that russia is worse than isis in the scale and the ruthlessness of the crimes committed. arthel: and while russia's assault continues, its failure to achieve a swift victory against ukraine, well, it's bringing both countries to the negotiating table. turkey is now offering to host a isn't between president zelenskyy -- a summit between president zelenskyy and president putin, but moscow is playing down the possibility of a meeting between the two leaders. jeff paul is live in lviv, ukraine, now with more from there. jeff. >> reporter: officials in kyiv say the city is now liberated after more than five weeks of russian attacks, but it's the carnage these invading troops left behind that many here within ukraine say amounts to
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war crimes and, again, the images you're about to watch of are extremely graphic. they appear to show more than 20 bodies scattered on a road in the town of bucha which is just outside of the capital city. this is just one street in one town that was under attack. the images show some of the folks' hands being tied behind them, others face down and lifeless. the mayor also said there's evidence that dozens and dozens of bodies were buried in a mass grave. the russian ministry of defense says this is all, quote, fake, but those of who have seen it up close say this isn't a movie, it's real life. >> translator: i do not understand what kind of person might do something like this. but i'm sure that there are many such scenes in many cities. the aggressor will pay for everything. >> reporter: we're also learning russian forces have targeted yet another fuel depot, this time near the port city of odesa. black smoke and fire could be seen from afar short arely after
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of this latest strike. it's a major blow to ukrainian forces who use this port as their main base for the ukrainian navy. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: this is not a good morning for odesa. we woke up to powerful explosions near our home. the impact was huge. there's still smoke billowing. the children were in a panic. the windows were blown in. it was the terrifying. >> reporter: now, further up the coast in mariupol that is a city that continues to be under siege from many russian forces there who are blocking any aid from coming in and any folks, innocent civilians from getting out there without crucial resources. the red cross, after multiple attempts to get in, still not successful to try and help bring aid to people who need it the most right now. arthel? arthel: jeff paul live in lviv, thanks. eric? eric: you herald the prime minister say putin's forces
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worse than isis. we want to warn you again that the images you're about to see are disturbing. the photo show what authorities say are bodies of civilians just lying in the street, shot by those russian forces as they retreated. others brutalized with signs of torture. officials say more than 400 bodies of civilians have been found in towns near kyiv. images are sparking global outrage now. calls for the investigation by the international criminal court in the hague and a possible -- into possible war crimes committed by president vladimir putin and his russian forces. listen to ukrainian mother olena gnes who crazinged her baby -- cradled her baby when talking to me earlier, and she described the horrors that have been unfolding around her. >> there were women raped, children raped. there were men, civilians who were just tied and killed and tortured.
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it's a terrible war crime. it's a genocide. it is -- putin and his generals and everybody who were, you know, in the russian army, they should be prosecuted for these war crimes, for these crimes against humanity. eric: here now, former cia station chief who served in moscow and knows putin's mind very well, dan hoffman. this is outrageous. st it's horrifying, repulsive. does it surprise you that russian forces in their retreat leaving the area around kyiv would decide to start cutting down and massacring ukrainian civilians as they heft? as they left? >> yeah, i'll tell you, all the years i spent working russian operations, and i gotta tell you that my imagination still wasn't good enough to predict what you would see from the russian military in terms of the atrocities that they commit or the acts of russian intelligence. in this case it's really
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important for us to recognize the work of intrepid journalists including so many of our fox news colleagues who are there on the ground in ukraine recording these war crimes. without that, we'd be hard-pressed to counter russia for these attacks on innocent civilians and to hold russia accountable. eventually, i think we're going to get the u.n. peacekeepers into ukraine, but for now we're relying on journalists, and it's a good time for us all to give them just to owe them a debt of gratitude for the riskings they're taking to themselves to report on this horrific, barbaric war. eric: absolutely. for our colleagues here at fox news and the others who are deployed in ukraine, showing the world for us to be able to witness the barbarism of putin, the houren remember douse carnage that is being -- horrendous carnage that is being inflicted on civilians, people -- bodies in basements. what does this do to world
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opinion? can this spur western governments to take harder action against putin? does this strip away and expose putin for who and what he really is? >> so i think the question that every elected, you know, elected representative of government in the west should be asking themselves is are we doing enough. how could you put your head to the pillow tonight after seeing this massacre without knowing for sure that you've done enough to arm ukraine with a all that they need and, frankly, we haven't. they don't have s-300 air defense systems, they don't have enough drones, they don't have the mig fighter aircraft. and have we done enough to provide humanitarian assistance, doing enough to choke off putin's war chest? he's still exporting oil and gas to western europe, and there's no plans to change that over the next decade. that's really got to change, and it's a moral-ethical component that i'm quite sure voters will hold their elected representatives accountable for in western europe and, frankly,
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in the united states as well. eric: what about putin's calculation? if he sees this, what is his reaction and what do you think is going on in his mind? he is said to have been very much isolated, especially during covid. while he tries to change, apparently, tries to change military movements. but, i mean, who talks him out of this? who in the kremlin says you've got to stop? is there anybody? >> yeah, well, try to talk him out of it, and you might be headed to jail. vladimir putin, this is his war, and it's not going to end until his military decides to stop taking orders from the kgb guy in the kremlin, stop taking orders to commit atrocities on innocent ukrainian civilians. right now you could debate whether putin is receiving all the information about the war or not. the bottom line is this was an intelligence failure, failure of russia's intelligence services to assess accurately ukraine's will and capacity to fight and assess the russian military's
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ability to carry on the fight. they haven't done either one of those things. and vladimir putin has already arrested the head of the fsb's intelligence department. he's holding him accountable because the fsb is responsible for intelligence collection in what they call the near abroad, that would include ukraine. i think vladimir putin knows that his war is a failure, he owns it, and he has to be under great pressure right now because he knows that his inner circle could at any time decide that it's time to take vladimir putin and move him out as the kgb did to gorbachev with that coup back in 1991. eric: do you think that will happen? how do you think this will play out? do you think putin stays in power, or do you think he potentially will be taken out in some manner? >> so is i think as far as vladimir putin staying in power, that would represent an extraordinary threat to ukraine and the west if he were to a stay in power. and ukraine would need massive
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infusion of military assistance from the west and security guarantees, economic assistance. russia has caused billions of dollars worth, in damage to ukraine cities not to mention, as we discussed, the attacks on innocent civilians. russia needs to be held accountable for that. i don't expect that the russian populace are writ large is going to remove vladimir putin, but i do believe his inner sickle may conclude -- circle may conclude that piewpten's war might not suit their interest. they might want to send their kids to western europe for education or to travel. that's no longer an opportunity for them. their economy cratered. not as much as it should be, but it's not looking too good, and they may decide it's time to move him out. i have a low confidence that's going to happen in the near term. i think russia, unfortunately, has a lot more bullets to fire at ukraine, and that's why it's imperative that we make it clear we're going to give ukraine what they need not just to stay in the fight, but to to win. eric: maybe the oligarchs or, as
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you say, his inner circle will give him the hook. it cannot happen soon enough to stop this. dan hoffman, as always, good to see you. thank you. >> you too. arthel: well, dan and eric, five weeks into the war and more european governments are opening their doors to the stream of refugees. more than 4 million ukrainians have fled their homes, and more of those are -- more than half of those are in poland. alexis mcadams is live if in poland with more from there. alexis. >> reporter: good evening, arthel. as people continue to flee from ukraine, as we see those horrific images especially out of bucha, poland is accepting thousands of refugees by the day, but how many more can they take, is the question tonight, as those refugees are now staying with polish families who are opening their homes to these people that were strangers just days ago and now calling them friends. this video right now is where a polish businessman is allowing six ukrainian family members to
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stay with him. he gave them a place to live, food and clothing all for free, picked them up at the train station, didn't know them and now is close friends with them as today go through this horrible tragedy. ukrainian refugees tell us that they traveled with just a few bags because they had nowhere idea where they were going, grateful for the support of the polish people who have stepped up in a time of crisis. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: we're very much afraid for our lives, first of all, for life of our kids. when we were in our summer house, also we we heard shelling and missiles. none of us slept this night. >> translator: the trip was horrible. you know, we were all the time afraid when there were missiles while we were standing in lines. >> reporter: those people had
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no idea if they would make it to poland alive. the border crossings are still really busy, you can see the refugees there. volunteers are preparing for new waves who have finally been able to make it out of some of of the most hard-hit wars like mariupol. e.u. has granted refugees the right to stay and work throughout its 27 member nations for up to 3 years. they also receive social welfare, access housing, medical treatments and schools, but how many more refugees can poland take? >> well, not too many, i think, because we've already received around 2 million, and we as a city and the region, we are just the reception point. so generally we are not the point where they will stay permanently. >> reporter: now, officials here across poland tell us that they cannot take many more refugees at this point because they are overwhelmed. that includes their infrastructure, their hospitals, their schools. they're trying to do the best
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they can, arthel, at point to keep up with this ingoing and ongoing influx of refugees here. back to you. arthel: and, of course, the ukrainian people really appreciate the hospitality and support from poland, but they wanted to be at home where they were, what, five weeks ago? now they're on assistance? it's not right. all right, alexis mcadams live in to rapid, thank you, alexis. eric? eric: as president volodymyr zelenskyy urgings president biden and the west to send desperately needed war planes like those mig 29s, anti-aircraft missile systems and other heavy weapons to help fight the russian invasion, the white house is working to transfer soviet era tanks to ukraine as well as a lot of other items including attack drones. the pentagon has approved another $300 million in military aid that includes those items. david spunt live in wilmington, delaware, where the president is spending the weekend. hi, david. >> reporter: eric, the
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president and his national security team continue to follow this news that we're hearing that the russians in some form may be retreating a bit from the kyiv region, the capital region of ukraine, also some of those northern suburbs. there is also talk from a ukrainian negotiator that there may be talks between russian president putin and ukrainian president zelenskyy face to face to potentially come to some sort of agreement. of course, it's early in the process, and it's not clear how or even if president joe biden would get involved in such a negotiation. >> the political future of ukraine is up for ukraine to decide. but the military future of this attack has to be pushed back, ask that's why we are doing so much to back president zelenskyy and his military. >> reporter: and just a couple days ago the pentagon announced an additional $300 million in
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curt r security -- security assistance to ukraine. since president biden took office last year, the administration has pumped $2.3 billion with a b into the war-torn country. now some of those items on the list include some laser-guided rocket systems, also just forms of artillery that are needed and soviet era-made tanks. >> it's extremely important that we continue communicating with, the od as well as -- dod as well as the national security adviser to the president to find out exactly what is being provided. the ukrainians are asking for equipment. they need everything in their toolbox to push back against the russians. >> reporter: the president will head back to the white house tomorrow where he has a full plate on his domestic agenda from unemployment to inflation, also watching the potential confirmation if vote for judge ketanji brown jackson to make it on the u.s. supreme
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court. eric? eric: all right, david, live in wilmington, thank you. arthel? arthel: as david spunt was saying, to date, the biden administration sending $2.3 billion in military aid to ukraine including a type of drone that one retired general says could be a game-changer. we'll discuss coming up next. that's a lot of cash back. are you gonna stop me? uh-oh... i'm almost there... too late! boom! earn big time with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. how do you cashback? chase. make more of what's yours. ♪ ♪ aleve x. its revolutionary rollerball design delivers fast, powerful, long-lasting pain relief. aleve it, and see what's possible.
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♪ arthel: so the u.s. continuing to provide key assistance to ukraine as the country battles putin's all-out assault. biden administration opting to send armed switchblade drones to ukraine, but' -- retired general david petraeus says those small explosive drones are not enough -- or they're not to be underestimated, i should say. >> those could be game-changers, and those could really augment the counter-attacks by the ukrainian forces as they push further out of kyiv. arthel: let's bring in retired u.s. army lieutenant colonel darren goss, cofounder of restore liberty and former black hawk helicopter pilot. kohl colonel, first of all, do you agree with general petraeus? are these switchblade drones a game-changer? do they give ukrainian forces
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the edge they need? >> hi, arthel. i do agree with him, ultimately, that in this type of a system and others like it in cost and size could be a huge game-changer across ukraine. the cost of a mig 29 compared to things like a switchblade and javelins and stinger missiles is significant, and you could put a lot of those smaller, lighter, more easy to move systems into ukraine a lot faster than you could the bigger things. arthel: well, then as you know, as russia is retreating from kyiv and preparing for an intensified attack on the donbas region which includes mariupol, even though they are currently at a disadvantage there, can the drones help the ukrainians fight russia in and over mariupol, or do they need these fighter jets like president zelenskyy keeps requesting? >> i think it's not necessarily an either/or. i think it could be a process of
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both. you start with the smaller systems that are faster to move into country, that are easier to train people on and easier to employ as a result. and they're a lot less expensive. when they come in their complete kit, they're not that expensive relative to a large fighter e jet. those things could come. but a mig 29 on an airfield with a logistics trail behind it that is significant compared to those smaller items is much harder to defend and sustain in a fight than those smaller items are. and, frankly, with one day most of those systems, you can train almost anybody in how to use them at a basic level. but a sling blade, sorry, a switchblade will help with that as part of the package of small, light, less expensive systems that are easier to use. arthel: right. and easier to transport to get it to the ukrainian forces, i'd imagine. and then so as -- right? and as russia is withdrawing again, ground forces from kyiv, here's what president zelenskyy
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said, he said they are mining the whole territory. they are mining homes, mining equipment, even the bodies of people who were killed. they are, there are a lot of trip wires, a lot of other dangerrings. so, colonel, i ask you, you're an international military strategist, how can the ukrainian forces adjust to this scenario? >> it's difficult, to say the least are, especially since you're dealing with an urban environment. that's the hardest environment to fight in of any of them, and it causes problems for soldiers especially now that they're transitioning over to the offense and moving a lot. you don't know what to trust. the best comparison that we can have with the u.s. military is to use, look at the ied threat that we saw in afghanistan and iraq. every single thing that you see could be a device used to maim or kill soldiers on the ground, so it's going to slow them down, for sure. i think russia would be looking to use that to their advantage, to force them to slow down and take their time to move through
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these areas. arthel: and here's another thing, colonel. last thursday putin ordered 134,500 conscripts to fight his war against ukraine, men ages 18-27, to fight in the his war against ukrainians for 12 months. so what happens when ukraine needs more fighters? >> well, i think one of the things that we are first seeing on ground and talking to people over in russia and ukraine is the fact that the conscripts in russia are doing a lot of things to themselves specifically and physically to not have to be conscripted into this army and this fight that they don't really want to be a part of. and i think as they see more and more of the casualties coming back from ukraine, the people of russia are going to be less tolerant of what's going on there in the first place. as far as ukraine is concerned, i think they've got an entire population of people for the most part that is ready and willing to fight for their nation. we've lost a lot of folks into poland and other portions of
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europe, but they're on their home turf, and they are motivated to keep in this ooh fight, and they're getting a lot of volunteers to come and help them as well, and i don't think that will stop anytime soon. arthel: well, that's good to hear. they are heroic. i want to ask you really quickly a serious question, a loaded question with a short time for answer. is there anything that can stop putin from his atrocious, horrific attack? i mean, what can stop him? >> i think a victory of some point by ukraine is the only way it's going to stop. until -- it's just one of those things that russia does, unfortunately. until he's kicked out of that country, i don't see it stopping anytime soon. arthel: lieutenant colonel darren gaub, thank you. we'll have you another time, sir. thank you very much. >> thank you. eric: the director of the russian space agency said that he is planning to end russia's cooperation with the international space station. he says if the west does not let
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the economic sanctions against russia because of the war. it's a move that critics said would -- say would effectively dissolve the program. molly line live in boston with the latest on this threat. hey, molly. >> reporter: hi, eric. well, russia's space director, as you mentioned, threatening to end the cooperate regarding the international space station when it comes to nasa as well as the west if the sanctions against moscow are not ultimately lifted. the head argued this weekend that russia's role is vital, only their soyuz spacecraft can currently transport astronauts noting that that america has no such craft. he also noted russia's role in delivering fuel, avoiding space trash and maintaining orbit, declaring this -- [speaking russian] >> translator: so working without russia is 'em possible just like working without -- impossible. just like working without america. if they pull us out of this, the iss wouldn't exist anymore.
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>> reporter: he claims that the aim of the sanctions put this place by a collective of nations against russia's invasion of ukraine is to kill russia's economy and put russia on its knees. here is part of the translation. i believe that the restoration of normal relations between partners in the international space station and other joint projects is possible only with the complete and unconditional lifting of illegal sanctions. the recent tensions raised fears that american astronaut mark vandehei might be left behind on the space station, but he and two cosmonauts landed safely last week in kazahkstan. russia may now seek to strengthen its alliance with china on all things safe, but our international space station commander says this: >> that partnership is going to be very different than it is with america. we treated them as equal partners, with respect. we've provided them with a lot of money, and their relationship with china, i think, is going to be much more master and servant kind of relationship.
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if. >> reporter: nasa, of course, as has acknowledged they're a aware of the comments, bill nelson noted that sanctions continue to allow u.s. and russian collaboration on the space station, but the professional relationship between astronauts and cosmonaut, quote, continues for the safety and mission of all onboard the iss. eric? eric: molly, thanks so much. arkansas hell? arthel: this is a fox news alert. at least six people are dead and the man, the manhunt is on for whoever shot them earlier this morning in downtown sacramento, california. we are live in the state's capital city with the latest on the investigation, that is coming up next. at the magical, landscaper larry and his trusty crew... were delayed when the new kid totaled his truck. timber... fortunately, they were covered by progressive, so it was a happy ending... for almost everyone. [♪♪] so it was a happy ending... if you have diabetes,
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claudia cowan live at the scene with the very latest. hi, claudia. >> reporter: hey, eric. the downtown hospitality corridor remains a large and active crime scene after a night on the town turned to tragedy with six people killed, at least twelve others injuredded and the person or persons responsible still on the loose. it remains unclear what led up to the violence that broke out just as the bars and restaurants in this area were closing for the night. at two in the morning, this area is the busiest place in the county. reportedly, there was some kind of fight just before shots rang out. police have not confirmed any details except to say they have recovered a firearm, but the number of shooters involved isn't known, nor if anyone was specifically targeted. fun of the victims have been identified, but this is -- none of the victims have been identified, and family members have been coming down here trying to get news about loved ones they haven't been able to reach. this was a heavy police presence
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at the time and officers on almost every corner which makes this shooting especially brazen. sacramento's mayor says there is nothing a city can do to prevent all random violence, but he called for tougher restrictions on guns. >> this senseless epidemic of gun violence must be addressed. how many unending tragedies does it take before we begin to cure the sickness in this country? >> reporter: investigators are now asking for the public's help to provide any cell phone video or any information they may have that could lead to an arrest and take a step toward healing this heart broken city. police plan to hold a press conference with further updates in just about an hour and a half and, eric, there will be a vigil here tonight. back to you. eric: all right, claudia, thank you. arthel: meanwhile, multiple medical emergencies reported after an illegal spring break
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beach party nor santa barbara, california, this weekend. the unsanctioned rager is a yearly event attracting thousands of college students. maryann rafferty is in our los angeles bureau with the latest on the chaos there. >> reporter: police say at one point they were inundated with emergency calls after thousands gathered in eye la vista in santa santa barbara, county. it was -- santa barbara county. local ems crews posting on twitter, sorry, sbc fire has decomplained a multicasualty -- declared a multi-casualty incident. these are associated with heavy crowds in isla vista for the unsanctioned beach party. many balconies are overcrowded. hospitals on saturday also reporting being overrun with emergency calls, and at one point it was reported that a
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woman had fallen from a roof. no word on her condition. the santa barbara sheriff's condition tweeting about the overcrowded party scene saying, quote: on friday law enforcement has three arrested, 20 citations, 7 reports and 1 traffic collision. today has been much busier. and local residents had been preparing for the onslaught, they were hoping to keep the festivities safe. back in 2020 an 18-year-old dies after falling from a cliff during that event. arthel: i tell you what, i mean, seriously, the parents of those students at uc-santa barbara, this is the last thing they want to hear or see on the news. >> reporter: i'm sure they don't. arthel: all right, thanks. take care. eric? eric: the war in ukraine could be reaching into your computer. the fbi is now warning about russian cyber threats to the web and yet again to america's election infrastructure. ahead of the midterms, just like
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russia did during the presidential election in 2016. the bureau says hackers have already breached election computers in several states. >> what we see is cyber criminals really praying on target of opportunity -- targets of opportunity. we see these criminals looking for opportunities more than precision attacks against one specific entity or one specific sector. they are global, but the most heavy concentration is through russia and surrounding countries in the russian territory. eric: christian whiton joins us now, always good to see you. is this a way, these cyber attacks against us, is this a way for russia to hit back at us and other western nations in retaliation for our support for ukraine? >> eric, it could be. it's the most sort of logical escalatory step, one that doesn't involve actual violence. it's been a little bit of a
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mystery so far in this war in ukraine that russia hasn't used more aggressive cyber techniques against ukraine, the united states or the rest of nato. so far, of course, we saw 8 p.m. shut down in ukraine early in the war, a u.s. satellite operator was hit, elon musk's starlink said it was taking greater defensive measures, but no big, dramatic attacks so far each though russia is thought to have that capability. eric: you kind of trust the system when you're at home and the banks when you go to the atm and all that, but are protections sufficient enough to defeat any type of russian intrusion? >> not sufficient enough, and the evidence, i think, comes from last year when we saw two dramatic attacks, at least one of which -- maybe both of which -- are attributed to russia or russian assistance. the most concerning, i'd say, was so lahrwinds that -- solarwinds. a very patient aggressor has found a defect in a software
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system that it knows about that we don't know about and then exploits it at the time of maximum advantage. and the victims weren't just one or two companies, but hundreds of companies potentially. and so that clearly still exists since it just happened last year. colonial pipeline also was an attack that shut down important fuel pipelines and service to the east. that was more of an attack on the billing system, an attack on physical infrastructure. the threat's out there, but financial companies in particular, obviously, know about this threat very well and have taken significant precautions against it. eric: of course, in 2016 there was a russian attempt, actually, they did hack into some of our election system, i reported on it back then. two counties in florida and in illinois russia actually got into the voter registration system in the state of illinois. the state officials were seeing all these pings and wondering what was going on before they shut the system down, and someone in russia or related got information, they said, on 76,000 voter registration forms,
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people many illinois, 14,000 in the city of gailsburg, for some reason. and they say, when i went out to springfield, they've a taken precautions. and they're seeing it again. what are they trying to do? >> well, there's a range of precautions from the simple which is using complex passwords and two-factor authentication which everyone should try and and to on as many systems as possible, the far more sophisticated thing is changing the nature of how we design software, that instead of trying to get something out the door as fast as possible and hope that beta testing and subsequent usage by consumers to actually design software with safety in mind. that's still a ways off. i think the attacks you just described is very consistent with what the fbi is warning about now, so casting a very wide net, looking for obvious vulnerabilities and then using that information, you know,
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whether it can be used instantly for, well, you know, just generally, if you can attack people and embarrass them with the information you collect, and that's something that -- [laughter] you know, it's a valuable assault. eric: we're looking at pictures of vladimir putin next to you, ask you've got wide-ranging experience on this. how does this end? does he get taken out? does he get forced into retirement or does he a change his mind? what's your sense of how this will -- will it end at a negotiation table? >> well, i think it's probably a negotiating teenage. one can hope for all of those things. unfortunately, our ability to understand the pillars for support for him in russia -- they've changed over time. he was very feint on oligarchs earlier in his tenure, and that's why we've targeted those people. he's entrenched in his position, and his to popp lairty in russia may have increased in the short term but, again, you never know especially with repressive situations. it would be nice to see something weaken his tenure, but
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i don't think we can count on that. so a negotiated solution is likely the only way to end this war. i will say though that the cost to him clearly has been much more than he anticipated. he owe a debt of gratitude to the ukrainian heroes, many of whom have laid down their lives by increasing the costs and exposing the failures of the russian military, it does make it less likely he'll go on these adventures in the future, hopefully. eric: christian whiton, good to see you. >> thank you. arthel: board agents bracing for another record-breaking surge of migrants as the biden administration gets set to end pandemic border restrictions known as title 42. we're live on the border coming up. watch: serena williams... wonder woman... serena... wonder woman... serena... wonder woman. ace.
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covid restrictions known as title 42 next month. bill melugin is live in la joya, texas, with the details. hey, bill. >> reporter: hey, arthel, good afternoon to you. border patrol sources tell us when title 42 drops, they're not going to have nearly as many agents out on the front lines because they're going to be doing more paperwork processing family units, and that's a big problem because there is a criminal element trying to get across sometimes. agents in arizona just announcing within the last hour they've alet'sed a convicted sex offender -- arrested a convicted sex offender from mexico. they just nabbed himmed today. also in tucson, arizona, sector, agents encountering a group of 55 migrants, 45 of them ended up being unaccompanied minors between the ages of 12-17 with no parents or guardians with them. most of them from guatemala and cuba. take a look at these photos from the del rio sector. agents say 22 migrants they
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found basically hiding in car haulers on a moving train that was heading further into the country. we've seen this before where these may can be migrants will hitch rides and after they get deeper into the united states, sometimes they hide in new vehicles that are being shipped to markets like san antonio or dallas, and that that's what you're seeing here in these photos. and lastly, if we can pull up these pictures from border patrol's big bend sector, you're seeing extremely remote, open desert terrain, tracking down a group of runners. these are guys all dressed in camouflage who clearly had no intention of turning themselves in, they did not want to be captured, that's why they're trying to sneak through in a remote part of the open desert. gop house minority leader kevin mccash think announced -- mccarthy announced later this month he's going to be leading a republican delegation down here to the border to highlight the biden administration's
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disastrous border policies. arthel: bill melugin, thanks. eric? eric: did you see "saturday night live" last night taking jabs at will smith? this is no joke. movie studios reportly distancing themselves from the actor after his now-infamous slap. the latest on the fallout against will smith straight ahead. ♪ it wasn't me by shaggy ♪
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♪ eric: well, there's more fallout for will smith after he slapped comedian chris rock on stage at the oscars last sunday. reports now say netflix and sony are suspending projects that feature smith. charles watson live with more. hey, charles. >> reporter: hi, eric. it a apeers will smith could be paying a big price after smacking chris rock live on stage at the oscars. he is now facing pushback from hollywood for the now-infamous moment. smith was set to star in netflix's fast and loose, but that has since been put on hold according to the hollywood reporter, and netflix isn't alone. there are reports sony is putting a pause on the fourth installment of the bad boys series that stars smith and comedian martin lawrence. while smith is facing serious consequences, the jokes keep coming at his expense. meantime, smith resigned from the academy after widespread
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criticism of his actions. denzel washington, who was seen consoling smith moments a after that infamous smack on saturday, he was asked about that conversation. washington refused to go into details but said prayer was needed and said, quote: who are we to condemn? now smith has said that he is willing to accept any and all consequences that the academy if launches his way as they go into a review. eric? eric: charles, thanks so much. that does it for us for now here on the fox news channel, but we will continue our coverage of the ukrainian war throughout the rest of today, of course, right, arthel? arthel: yes, of course we will. stay right here on fox news for all the latest. of that's it for us, but we will be back again next weekend. we appreciate your time and your company as well. take care, guys. ♪ ♪ flub
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♪ ♪ >> hello i am todd with lara trump, and lisa boothe. welcome to "the big sunday show" here's what we have tonight. lara: migraines clashing with matt under mexican police, many headed for our southern border. the border surge is about to get a lot worse. the new warning from republicans as a biden administration lifts covid border rules.
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