>> straight to a fox news alert, the biden administration expected to hit ukrainian with a new round of sanctions today in coordination with the g$7 and european union. >> todd: ukrainian president zelenskyy is calling to do more to punish the kremlin or dissolve yourself all together.

watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. i'm todd piro. >> carley: and i'm carley shimkus, griff jenkins has details from the war in ukraine. griff. >> griff: good morning, todd and carley, president zelenskyy could not have been clear, when he issued a stark warning to the un, we can expect more of the same horror we've seen in bucha if the world does not hold putin accountable. watch. >>the un security council exists and security in the world didn't for anyone. the united naegszs is unable to carry out functions for which it was created. >> griff: this as more sanctions are expected today from the u.s. in coordination with g7 and eu, including banning new invest nment russia, increasing sanctions on financial institutions and brand-new sanctions for russian government officials and their families.

white house admits it will take time before they have an impact. >> press sect. psaki: sanctions are just one comb poenent of the tools at our disposal. what we are seeing happen is the financial system in russia is near the brink of collapse. >> griff: it comes as the pentagon announces $100 million in security circumstance aft -- assistance. these images are graph and i can disturbing from bucha. six charred bodies in a pile, one small enough to be a child, unclear who they were and what circumstances involved their death. meanwhile, the state department says they are investigating an attack involving chemicals, senior defense official telling fox new its is unclear if it is

was part of a -- if deemed chemical weapon event president biden previously said the u.s. would respond. british intelligence reports heavy fighting in mariupol that besieged city cut off from civilization. humanitarian efforts continue to try to get 100,000 plus out of there. todd and carley. >> todd: another fox news alert. deadly chopper crash involving two blackhawk hellers at a georgia says it was no being, it is a criminal investigation. spokes dlts man for the third infantry says the captain was

the only crew member involved, all other crew members were asleep at the time. battling and two people dead in texas and georgia, dozens of tornados reported leaving residents in shock. >> i am in pembroke, georgia, tornados come through here. i don't believe this. >> carley: storms in south carolina capital so severe that state lawmakers forced to seek shelter in the white house basement. people are under weather threat as another powerful storm is taking shape. two million peep nel georgia and florida are under a flood watch. >> todd: janice dean has the fox weather forecast, not looking good. >> janice: this is the third week storm systems have affected the south and southeast, mid-atlantic and northeast.

very active time, you can see the radar, we have rain moving across the ohio valley, more moving up toward the northeast and another round later on today. there is severe threat for the southeast parts of florida toward the mid-atlantic. looking at hail, damaging winds, heavy rainfall and tornados again today. there is future track, you can see the storms bubble up in the afternoon into the overnight hours for the southeast. let's go to the northeast, we have the rainfall impacting us right now, behind it, 6-12 inches of snow for parts of the great lakes and upper midwest. we'll be done with this first round and thursday and friday, the next round of inclimate weather impacting the i-95 corridor, especially trying to get to work or home, listen to the local forecast warnings. there is the forecast today. warm across the south. we're still below average across the northeast and have been for

a while now. however, across california, we will break records in terms of heat, heat advisories along the coast, we will hit 93 in los angeles, sacramento 90 for thursday and friday, shattering records from california to the nevada region and the southwest. wind alert, we have santa ana wind advisory through today, we account see offshore winds, that could enhance fire danger and temperatures well beyond 90 thursday and friday. calling this a scorcher for california, they are warm, but to get to 90, close to 100, we will break records today in california. cold enough for snow across upper midwest great lakes, we will watch the severe storms for the southeast. >> carley: record set in the

1960s. >> janice: foxweather.com, for the latest. >> todd: governor greg abbott will make a major announcement as biden administration phasing out the title 42 policy. >> carley: expected to cause a migrant surge. live in washington with more, lucacircumstance. >> governor abbott will speak at 4 p.m. eastern today in response to president biden ending public health order that turned away $1.7 million migrants over the past two years. republicans want to stop the covid bill from moving forward unless congress gets vote on rescinding title 42. >> i think there will have to be an amendment on title 42 to move the bill, we'll need to enter into some kind of agreement to process amendments to go forward with the bill. >> this mass release of single

adult migrants from federal custody yesterday in brownsville, texas. centers for disease control says it will understand title 42 on may 23rd. it dates back to a public health services law that gave surgeon general and cdc authority to stop migrants from entering the country during a pandemic. vote on title 42 would likely pass because at least five democrats support it. senator john tester says i'm opposed to the decision to let title 42 expire next month, it will add to the strain. i urge secretary mayorkis to address increased security needed when title 42 expires. u.s. border patrol says they encountered 802 migrants from mexico to south texas. title 42 has peculiar strt for the fight for covid-19 relief. carl and he todd.

>> carley: thank you, lucacircumstance. we spoke about the border serj with heritage foundation president kevin roberts. take a listen. >> all of the migrants who come across illegally will pail in comparison to next month when title 42 expires. i applaud governor abbott for doing everything he can and with his limited ability as a governor in addressing this, this is not a democrat or republican problem or shouldn't be. the democrats turned it into a problem, it is important to understand this is changing our american way of life. >> carley: the heritage foundation announced new center for border security and immigration. did you see this yesterday? former president barack obama had advice for this struggling democratic party. >> mr. president, what do you say to democrats worried about the midterm?

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>> todd: special counsel john durham releasing new evidence that seems to show that clinton lawyer lied to the fbi after claiming he did not work for the dnc. >> carley: wisconsin congressman joins us, you saw the text message on the screen from susman to jim baker, i have something time sensitive, i'm coming on my own issue not on behalf of client or company, want to help the bureau. that seems like the smoking gun, what does that mean for michael sussmann and the investigation into the origins of the russia probe overall? >> sean: the quality of evidence matters. you can have the fbi testify to recollection of what was said before a meeting, they might have notes to refer to. i took immediate notes, that could be admissible, but when

you have a text message from the defendant incriminating himself, that is unimpeachable evidence and goes to the quality of special counsel case against sussmann. what this says about what hillary clinton was doing, they were trying to dupe the american people, the press, the fbi. you have willing participates to be duped in the fbi and the press. this was concerted effort to drive the narrative donald trump was cocludeing with the russians and the american people turnod our new sitting president, outrageous stuff that started with lying to the fbi. >> todd: interesting to see if hillary is in legal trouble because of this as the drip, drip continues. former president obama insisting worried dems should tell their story to win the midterm.

here he is. >> mr. president, what do you say to democrats worried about the midterm? >> you have a story to tell, you got to tell it. >> todd: seems like a nightmare to me, what story do the dems have to tell? >> sean: yeah, listen, todd, you tell your story of open borders, more crime. the real story is a lot of american families are going to grocery stores and gas stations and can't afford the new prices, that is the story of this election cycle. talk to any candidate in any district, unless it is a rich district, this is what everyone is talking about. democrats have no response to this. how do you rebuff an attack that inflation is not your fault from borrowing and spending and printing and attacks on american energy from democrats, you can't argue against what real americans are feel nothing pocketbooks, homes, hard decisions they are making. it is a nice comment, tell your

story issue not a good story to tell. the voter will hold democrats accountable to huge extent in the spring election and i think democrats wish they could pivot and go in a new direction, they are back in a corner, in a bock, and democratsville them in the corner and punch them with inflation all day long and it will not get better before election day. >> carley: it is not. speaking of election, big day in your home state of wisconsin, there were school board election in nearly every district and conservatives came out on top in wisconsin, 29 school board incumbents losing their feets and three republican-backed candidates won and what they are calling nonpartisan school board election. what is your reaction to this and what it says about how parents feel overall about education in this country? >> sean: this is a good stor

walkarksheart attack a is a conservative county, conservative people. it is a story of republicans and conservatives not paying attention to local races, city council, county board or school board and they let liberals come in and do liberal things, wark ucircumstance eshg sheart attack a, just moms and dads care about school and get involved and you saw three conservative board members win against three incum. republicans, conservatives, grassroots were not paying attention in the past, they pay attention and take the seats back, which is important. in wisconsin there wasn't victory all over the state, but by and large, good night for republicans who paid attention to the races. republicans won on an appellate court in wisconsin, which was positive. again, you see this tired bear waking up of conservatism and getting involved in the results

show at the ballot box. >> todd: a lot of money pumped into the race, it will happen throughout the nation. sean duffy, thank you. a journalist speaks out after a joke about that out dltd fit kamala harris was wearing. >> first mistake, the woke mob is never satisfied, they always want more scouts. second mistake, they thought i was going to roll over and shut up about this. that is not who i am. >> carley: joe concha gives his take on this coming up next. ♪

>> carley: jen psaki reportedly has a new gig lined up at msnbc and democrats are launching fundraising efforts to capitalize on it. >> todd: joe concha, are you okay with jen psaki being

promoteod her msnbc show by the d.c.cc? it seems state media ee to me, you? >> joe: just a bit, whatever that is, a smidge, read the quote, she's thought to restore trust in the free press after horrific attacks on the media and planning to join msnbc to hold republicans accountable. nothing says restoring trust in the free press like saying you will only hold one political party accountable. by the way, jen psaki has been portrayed as this great purveyor of truth, this the same person who claimed republicans were for defunding the police, they are not. she blamed the trump administration for the crisis at the southern border. no. claimed president biden takes questions all the time from the press, not even close.

claims russian hacked the election, implies they changed vote totals, never happened. claimed no americans were left in afghanistan, they were. and trillions will have negative impact on inflation. the cbo says otherwise. jen psaki needs to resign today, not today, not tomorrow, today. this is clear conflict of interest. taking questions and doing interviews with media outlet she may be negotiates salary terms with, because they have not announced the deal officially. she was pressed on friday and she's back at the podium today as if all this is not going on. she will be at mooesz in may, for certain, guys. >> carley: joe, there is a journalist who was fired from her job at conservative radio station for tweeting a joke

about kamala harris' outfit. she posted this tweet, it said, kamala looks like a ups employee, what can brown do for you, nothing good apparently because she was wearing a proun suit. she was fired over that joke. she appearod tucker carlson last night, take a listen to what she had to say. >> the woke mob is never satisfied, they always want more scouts. when a young woman from a working class background with parents who didn't go to college can't criticize the outfit of the most powerful woman in the united states and the woman is considered the marginalized victim in this scenario. >> carley: why would she get fired for posting a tweet making fun of the vice president's out fit? >> she was clearly making a joke off the ups slogan, what can brown do for you? this is benign as anything you

will read on the internet from any individual. she should not take this lying down, this is corporation bowing to a small and misleading mob in an effort to avoid what they think is controversy. any accountive person can read that tweet and not see anything conlo versial at all. >> todd: hope this is the best thing that happened to that young lady's career. >> carley: she handled herself well on tucker's show, huge plate form. joe, see you tomorrow. >> joe: see you thursday, bye. >> carley: stick withing kamala harris issue the vice president responding to criticism after going maskless in a dc school surrounded by masked students. harris pointing to local guidance that mask suggest optional for students and staff. the biden administration continues to enforce mask mandate. stacey abrams went maskless during a visit to a school where

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>> todd: fox news obtaining e-mails revealing president biden carried out a favor for the son of hunter biden's chinese business partner. >> carley: the white house is doubling down saying the president never talked to hunter about his business dealings. >> brooke: i obtained e-mails saying president biden wrote a recommendation letter for hunter's chinese business partner in 2017. ceo of the chinese investments company wrotes, gentlemen, please find the attached resume of my son, he is applying to college for this year. hunter's associate responds,

let's see how we can help, chris. hunter asked me to send you a copy of the recommend agsz letter he asked his father to write on behalf of christopher for brown university, the original is being fed exed to brown. senators chuck grassley and ron johnson revealing documents detailing business links between the biden family and corrupt actors. chinese energy company moved millions to companies owned by hunter biden and his uncle james biden. detailing hunter joining burisma board for $50,000 a month while he received $3.5 million from the sanctioned wife of the mayor of moscow. listen. >> the president has said that he never spoke to his son about his overseas business dealings, is that still the case?

>> press sect. psaki: yes. >> brooke: hunter biden has been under federal investigation for tax affairs since 2018 and sources tell me the investigation was prompted by suspicious activity regarding -- >> todd: house republicans trying to subpoena hunter biden, the move is being blocked by democrats, the gop wants any records to be preserved. congressman james comer, ranking member says corruption might run in the biden family. >> so many of joe biden's policies have been so damaging to the average american, in so many ways can be tied back to shady business dealings from his son and his brother. joe biden has a lot of questions to answer and we saw with jen psaki, they are not going to answer the questions. i will tell you, the world is cave nothing on hunter biden. >> todd: white house insists no

need for a special counsel to investigate the president's son. carley. >> carley: confusing political satire for fake news in ron desantis hit piece issue headline reading desantis calls out fake news, his campaign used fake news site to raise cash. joining me is the ceo of babylon bee, which was targeted, seth dillon. how did it feel when you found out you were fake news, musting horrifying for you. >> it is funny, they cite our tag line which says fake news cutrust, as evidence we are fake news. we don't proport to report the news, we tell jokes and write satire. they are citing a joke as reason to believe we are fake news. they are publishing fake news about us. >> carley: absolutely right. i said it before and will say it again, if babylon bee is fake news site then "saturday night

live" is a news show and dave chapelle is a news anchor. ridiculous. elon musk's move to twitter on the board of director, largest shareholder. twitter has censored the babylon bee, what is the push to start working together? >> very interesting, i was not expecting this type of movement, this type of possible solution to the problem of free speech. musk has been publicly open about the fact he thinks there is a free speech problem on twitter. censorship is heavy handed and he wants to do something about that. i was thinking the courts might get involved, hope musk has influence there, interesting. >> carley: what do you think is going to happen? he's been critical of twitter censoring conservative speech, do you think he changes that policy? will we see donald trump back on

twitter? what will happen in the future for the company? >> that's a really good question, i don't know the extent to which he will affect the policy. twitter put out state saying employees and managers control those terms of service, not the board. i don't know how that gallon from here, maybe that will change in the future, maybe he will try to get more influence and get more aggressive in terms of what he's trying to do there. he is invested in this problem and spent billions to get that stock. looks like he is trying to exert influence. >> carley: we made it clear earlier babylon bee is a satirical website, it was censored on twitter for making a joke about transgender member of the biden administration. how did that go down? are you censored on twitter? >> we are, they took down our

text about -- delete that tweet if we want to get back in, they are requiring us to affirm we engaged in hateful conduct as we delete the tweet and we are refuseing and we are locked out until something changes at twitter or the law changes, we'll will be locked out. it is crazy. >> carley: weird to have a speech platform silences jokes, maybe elon musk will change that. thank you for joining us. democrats have a long list of culprits for record high inflation and they are back to blaming american businesses. >> corporations continue to enjoy huge profits. i think the american people are based on the polling i've seen, have had enough. >> carley: is that fair, we're crunching numbers with cheryl casone coming up. >> todd: i saw you crunching the numbers. speaking of american

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back. president biden getting heat from the right and left over report he plans to pause student loan repayment. >> carley: cheryl casone is here. >> cheryl: good morning, the president going to extend student loan moratorium to allow 43 million borrowers to not make payments on student loan debt. this was supposed to end may 1, republicans say the nation cannot afford to allow nonpayment of $1.6 trillion in debt, it is unfair tax boarden on taxpayers. aoc tweeted, "i think the extension is savvy politics, i don't think those folk understand the panic and disorder it causes folks to get close to deadline to extend the uncertainty. we should cancel them." >> cheryl: let's just cancel the

$1.6 trillion. >> carley: covid is over at the border, but not for students. >> todd: nobody forced them to go to college, they went on their own. >> cheryl: palm springs california setting aside their 200,000 to grant universal income to transgender and nonbinary residentss, voted to give each person $900 a month. the mayor says she doesn't believe guaranteed income is the way to go. this pilot program will last 18 months, i think the discussions are just beginning about this thing. >> carley: democrats playing the blame game with inflation. >> cheryl: a house panel is set to hold a hearing on gas meeting, calling it gouged at the gas station, big oil and america's pain at the pump. there you go.

expect to hear comments like this one. >> during this pandemic, during the war in ukraine, all of this instability that this be a moment in which large corporations continue to enjoy huge profits. i think the american people, based on polling i've seen, have had enough. >> cheryl: which poll is he talking about? senator lindsey graham says the blame is misguided. listen. >> the idea of wind fall profit tax in middle of this, would be a disaster. we're trying to get our economy back, what i would say is at the best cause for inflation lies in the policy choices of this administration. >> cheryl: well, the american petroleum institute previously stated there are many factors behind rising energy cost from geopolitics, supply chain, policy uncertainty from washington. if bernie sanders wants to look at a poll, look at inflation, where is inflation coming from,

misguided policies from the administration. >> todd: thank you. speaking of which, inflation hurting homeless americans and american businesses. i went to billings, montana to speak to the owner of a family cattle ranch that is feeling the squeeze as prices rise on beef and everything else. ♪ >> cattle industry is largest single segment of agriculture in the united states and is critically important to well being of communities across america. >> we're here to talk about strengthening competition, which will bring down cost. >> joe biden gave billion dollars to the meat industry on the whole, what is that doing for snu >> nothing at the moment. our expenses keep going up and up and up and not on the other end. i need $600 off that calf just to pay for her way.

if you buy hay it is $200 a ton higher than two years ago. >> that is just in two years. >> buy the hay or sell the cows and get out of business, see if we can go another year. >> you cannot get a more american scene than this. thanks to inflation, how worried are you this scene will go away? >> there is no question this scene will go away if you look at the past several years, the american rancher is not receiving cost of production from the market place itself. simply will not survive. >> rise of fuel hitting snu >> i contracted for $2 a gallon, people think it is going to get better, you think it will get worse? >> i don't see it going down any. >> one of the costs skyrocket suggest labor, walk me through what a worker cost last year and this year? >> pretty much, you could get somebody hired for $12, $13

part-time labor and now it is $25, tough finding somebody who wants to work period. go back to this bail-out money, they can sit home and get a check in the mailbox. >> when you come out to a ranch and walk around each part of the ranch and see how each part is a cost that goes up when inflation is rising, like it is now, you get to see a sense of how the local rancher is squeezed. why doesn't dc understand that? >> i don't know, we've lost half a million cattle producers in the industry in the past decades and that hasn't phased them. consumers went to the grocery store and found beef shelves empty. >> it is over $5 for a pound of hamburger meat, $5. >> when you hear the presidency say, i didn't know beef is this high, how confident can you be he understands scope of the problem. >> there is a belief in washington that what is good for

the packer is good for the producer, obviously they believe today would trickle down and it never happened. problem lie necessary manufacturing sector thf multi segmented beef supply chain, lies with the meat packers, foreign meat packers controlling 85% of the market. >> todd: to the mom creating her grocery list and trying to buy beef for her family, when she looks at you and says why is it so expensive? >> because the packer is making too much money. we are not getting it, the producer is being exploited in the united states and the u.s. consumer. >> todd: that is the key takeaway, guto stores, especially with summer barbecue season around the corner and spend more than you did last year and last year was more than the year before. if you think those guys are getting the money, they are not, it is going to meat conglomerates, two are foreign owned, we have a problem in the

country, it needs to be spread out so the people can make a little cash, otherwise the american farm beef industry will go away. >> carley: it is unbelievable to think about what companies have gone through, covid, labor shortage, gas prices, inflation issue the list is endless. great job. >> todd: bo jangles, they don't want americans to choose, they are serving chicken with side of free gas. ceo and chief marketing will tell us about this. >> carley: we will check in and see what is coming up on "fox and friends first." >> carley, i was out there, you didn't link me with cool, we would not be on speaking terms rest of the show. 10 before the top of the hour. yesterday on "fox and friends first," we showed live footage of buses filled with migrants arrive nothing brownsville. it is not happening anymore, i am not telling the truth, it is

happening more. we will discuss the impact on lone star residents and democrats are upset, just not enough of them. and more fallout from the laptop from hell. can the doj fairly conduct an investigation with his father in office? i'm talking about joe biden, with revelation to expose to you today about a college letter that joe biden wrote from a business partner in china of hunter biden, remember he never talked to hunter biden about his business dealings. i will have ask chris christie, and miranda devine. and making waves on twitter, can the millionaire, majority holder, save free speech on twitter? steve forbes will share questions he must ask the company. and an update on efforts to help ukrainian refugees and douglas murray and travis on tiger woods and more, that's a lot of show, please get

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♪ >> carley: americans are struggling to keep up with fuel costs with gas prices still averaging over $4 a gallon. >> todd: so now chicken chain bojangles trying to ease the pain by giving away 1 million bucks in gas cards. bojangles ceo and jacqui woodward join us now. thank you both for being here. jose, why did you choose this way to help people out? >> well, good morning, carley and todd. thanks for having us on this morning. big fans of the show. thank you. you know, it's simple. bojangles cares. right? everyone is feeling it everywhere. especially at the pump. and we thought this would be a great way to help our customers and our communities that we serve get a little bit of relief when they go to the pump after having a great meal at bojangles. >> carley: how does this work?

this is such a great idea. what do people need to buy to get these gas cards and are they still available? >> they are. we just started on monday. and while supplies last, it's a million dollars of gas so come get it while supplies last. it's really simple. we want to make sure our families that frequent bojangles can fill their tummies and film their tanks. so when you bay large meal, a family meal to feed your family and bring home for dinner, 12 bees or 20 piece fried chicken meal and all the fixin's and half a gallon of sweet tea then you get a $10 gal card. you can both fill your family and fill up the pump. >> todd: that's awesome. jose what is the response so far? >> so far it's great. we just start wanted the campaign on monday. but, you know, we are a southern brand. and southerners are known for being friendly and caring about their families, their friends,

and their communities. so it's in our d.n.a. that we would want to help out any way we can during these tough times. so the customers are responding phenomenally. we hope to have plenty available for everyone over the next few weeks. >> carley: yeah. either jose or jacqui, you could take this one, i think it's unbelievable that at this time when inflation is so high, you are giving away a million dollars. so how has inflation affected your business? >> let me start. i will just say first, let me thank all of our franchisees and our company folks, because they have made the donation to give back to our communities with these gas cards. so, we are thankful for all of them being very supportive with this. but, like all businesses, we're seeing it at all stages of the p and l whether it's the cost of goods whether it's the p and l price of inflation in our country. it's hit us. it's in the pocketbooks of our

customers we want to help them out. a million dollars in gas. we hope it makes a little bit of help for them in their daily lives. >> todd: jose, before we let you go, please, jacqui, go. >> we are very foe quusd on foce our customers have great at bojangles. no matter what costs might be the bottom line is great chicken dinner, helping out our friends and family and being good family neighbors which as jose said that's what bo zhang gels is all about. >> todd: if you don't have a bojangles near you and can't do this. how sad it sometimes people have to make a choice between eating and filling up their tank. >> it's tough but we are on ath path growth, todd. you will be happy to know we'll be coming to the great state of texas. we will be coming to new jersey and closer to you in new york. and certainly more inroads and growing our great brand over the coming months and years.

>> todd: connecticut jose. >> next year. next year we will be there. >> todd: yea. >> carley: this is great news. i was looking at the menu earlier today and that gravy smothered sandwich looks delicious. thanks for coming on this morning and doing what you are doing and putting a smile on our face. we appreciate it so much. >> todd: and, with that, "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> the battle for ukraine's independence. [explosion] >> is now in day 42. >> president zelenskyy is seeing a stark warning if the world doesn't act. >> war crimes. >> president biden wrote a college recommendation letter for the son of hunter's chinese business partner. the white house insists the president has no knowledge of hunter's overseas endeavors. >> the president said he never spoke to his son about his year seas business dealings. is that still the case? >> yes. >>