think. >> steve: you see, tammy, youou aalways make me feel optimistic because you know what the country needs and always advocate for it. so grateful to see you asalwa always, tammy and make sure you dvr that show so you never miss an episode and mike pompeo, never give in inches up next we will see you next sunday on "the next revolution" which will be televised. >> todd: president biden on the road today headed out to baltimore to tout his infrastructure bill with soaring inflation still top of mind for many americans who are not buying what biden is selling. you are watching "fox & friends first" on a monday morning, i'm t todd piro. >> as ashley strohmier in four carley shimkus. >> asked to describe where america is headed this next year, more than two-thirds of negative words and phrases down

hill, wrong track, disaster, hard times on both sides of the aisles. >> ashley: that is how americans feel but alexandria hoff with a brand-new tweet from the president who is getting a lot of reaction this morning, hi, alex. >> the message from the white house is don't worry about those hard times in uncertainty about the bank account because a person is feeling positive. i don't make my word as biden i've never been more optimistic about america's future than today. the president takes the online because those were not biden's 71% of plain old americans believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction. according to nbc news poll. 60% said their income is falling behind the cost of living. omar president and ceo bill simon. >> we have to get this inflation under control. another year of high single

digit, low double-digit inflation and we are going to be in a world of hurt because inflation hurts 100% of the population. a recession might hurt 2%, 3% that have lost their job or gdp declines. speak with today the president heads to baltimore alongside pete buttigieg to discuss bipartisan will aid 150-year-old amtrak tunnel, and he will tell them act out in new york the democratic committee. a don't like the president with first white house sit down with kevin mccarthy. this weekend, raising the debt ceiling could or should coincide with spending cuts. then on thursday alongside vice president harris, the president will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the federal medical leave act. on friday they had to address the countries "economic progress." i wager the president will give a deservedly big shout out to the eagles as well.

i had to throw that and they a are. be when i tell you this much, this one is from the kids and so you'd know, coanchor solidarity and despite the eagles every fiber of my being >> ashley: now eric swalwell and teaming up to badmouth mccarthy for removing them. a seat in and post puts them in the hot seat as the response to the reasons for putting them, listen. >> you said there was direct evidence of the fact that donald trump colluded with russia back in 2016 but republicans argued that is proof that you used your position on the intelligence committee to potentially mislead americans, which is why you should not be

on the committee. >> the only real explanation is he needs votes, and he wants to retaliate for their role. >> did you put yourself in a vulnerable position in any way so that this alleged chinese spy would have benefited or even learn american secrets? >> absolutely not. there is nothing there. i did what every american should have. this is b.s. it is kevin mccarthy weaponizing his ability to put his political views because he perceives me like adam shift as a political opponent. >> about what republicans are saying about you is a pattern of anti-semitic and other controversial statements and make you unfit to sit on, in your case house foreign affairs committee. >> i wasn't aware of the fact that there are tropes about jews

and money. that is a part of this journey. speed to speaker mccarthy responding to the democrats in defending his decision yet agai. >> the democrats will come to me and tell me that i am right. that they have been so beaten down by speaker pelosi that they had to vote and defend. remember what they did to the intel committee. they turned it into a impeachment committee. now, they missed what happened in afghanistan. they missed what happened around the world. and love having adam shift and eric swalwell here they defend it because they were not doing the job they are supposed to. i'm trying to bring the intel committee affected the national security that it is supposed to. but republicans and democrats on there that will focus on theft and protect the american people of what it used to be. >> todd: in the meantime a four-star general telling his officers to prepare for all-out war with china in the next two years.

general mike manahan a 50,000 minute air command wanting "i hope i am wrong. my gut shows that we will fight in 2025." house foreign affairs committee reluctantly agree with the generals addiction. >> i hope he is wrong as well but i think he is right. china is looking at reunification of taiwan, that is how they call it. there are several ways to do that but the first one is to influence the election that will take place a year from today. running for reelection and if they don't win they are looking at a military invasion. >> todd: to present on multiple occasions employing in response to a chinese invasion. the military -- america's military might not be prepared to counter china or any other threat. >> this is a huge problem.

we don't have the industrial base or ramp up that industrial base. what industry will tell you is the reason they don't have the ability to make as many weapons as we now need is because i don't want to make that major investment without referred to as a demand signal. without knowing we are going to buy them. we need to increase the ability to search when we needed and we desperately need to increase manufacturing for the weapon systems. >> todd: i will talk with joey jones later in the show. make sure you stick around for that appeared in your reports with notebooks found in the fbi's president biden's wilmington home may have referenced classified information. those note buds which biden used as vice president or sensitive information on family affairs, diplomatic engagements during the obama administration appearance be to james comer as the house oversight committee chairman and joins us now. how are you doing this money que?thank you for getting up wih us. >> good morning. >> ashley: you know, there is

a lot of people think may be hand written scratch notes that are found in biden house but i believe there was an nbc report that saying, "he's not living these notebooks around." that is more constrained because again, proving the point who had access to these documents? >> >> it isn't concerning joe biden didn't know we have the documents and has no idea how the documents got from point a to point b to point c. that should consider every american. we are bringing national archives for a transcribed interview. we will ask all these questions and hopefully we will have answers for the american people very soon. >> todd: is it normal for a vp to take notebooks when they leave office? >> no, nothing joe biden has done with respect to mishandling classified documents as normal. take into consideration that he is also being investigated for

influence peddling with our adversaries around the world. and it's more concerning. more information comes out every day where his son, especially as well as his two brothers had shady business dealing with adversaries around the world. part of what they would do when they would make a pitch to these shady characters in these foreign countries has proved to them that they actually had direct access to a brother and access to people at the highest level of the federal government. so, when we learned joe biden had classified documents all over the place, and hunter biden especially lived in his house where he had those classified documents, we became extra concerned. that is why this investigation is of the utmost importance for the united states congress as well as the american people. >> ashley: that gets us to the next topic. set to testify for the house oversight committee next week on big tax roll in censoring the

hunter biden laptop. we don't care about hunter biden's laptop but how do you switch that over, this is not just about the sitting president. >> this is an investigation of joe biden. the laptop happens to contain a significant amount of evidence that would not only implicate the biden family but also the united states. we want to have this hearing to begin with to show the american people what evidence is on the laptop. we want to show the american people that the federal government tried to suppress the story. that the fbi according to the twitter files in these three former twitter employees have to explain what happened and came in and misled big tech telling them this was russian disinformation. i think it is no secret. we have heard an overwhelming majority of twitter employees like all big tech employees are

overwhelmingly liberal. therefore they are biased. my thoughts isn't so much big tech as it is with the federal government. why was the federal government trying to suppress the story? and we want to go into the details of the laptop. we have heard cbs and they came out and said that they did a forensic audit and we know it is authentic. and we know several and cnn are finally getting on board is pressing concern what is on the laptop. we are starting from the very beginning with his first which is the laptop. we will prove that the government tried to cover this up from day one. in some of the associates of the biden family includes peddling schemes. we will keep going until we bring people into the government to see what will exactly the president played in this influence peddling. >> todd: congressmen, these are three former executives. where these three responsible for the decision to ultimately

band the hunter story from twitter? >> well, that is what we are going to find out. i think the american people should be very concerned about what happened. i think the american people should be paying attention. i think there is a lot of media interest in this committee hearing. this will give those three twitter employees an opportunity to explain themselves. we know the laptop is legitimate. we know the laptop has very damaging evidence for several members of this biden family including the president of the united states. we want to know why they took such extreme measures to ban "the new york post, the fourth largest newspaper in the united states. i think everyone would agree has done a tremendous job reporting and investigating about this scandal from day one. we want to know what process the federal government took in coordinating with twitter. and we also will learn later on what process they did, they

played in having facebook and other social media platforms to suppress the story. i think we will see there are a lot of stories that the federal government and i'm talking about the fbi, doj played in suppressing conservative speech. but this investigation that the house oversight committee is leading is based solely on the biden family influence peddling. >> ashley: looking forward to see what comes out of all of this. congressman james cromer, thank you for getting up with us early on a monday morning, we appreciated. >> todd: thank you, sir. >> thank you for having me. >> ashley: when in his australian opening with bringing him to the record-tying 22nd grand slam.

so, it was a huge win for the star against greece. he climbed into the stands hugging and fist pumping with his teammates who are going absolutely wild, crying tears of joy on the sidelines. a grand slam ever, and the victory is in stark contract to novak djokovic last australian open. remember he was deported from the country for refusing to take the covid vaccine. >> todd: and we know who is headed to the super bowl. afc ashley strohmier's team, the kansas city chiefs, outlast the cincinnati bengals after final drive game-winning field goal. that drive that by one and only patrick. >> take your time and take your shot and maholmes rolling out third and four, and he is can stop it. he hit the bench, a flag is coming in to put closer.

>> todd: achieves taking home 2023-20 win but there was controversy besides roughing the passer. just over 10 minutes left here at the chiefs to force a fourth down. but they duel because the chiefs would get a first down after a penalty. then there was this after the game travis kills he sending a message to the mayor of cincinnati who spent the week talking smack. >> i have some wise words for the cincinnati mayor. know your role and shut your mouth! [cheers and applause] you got to fight for your right to party! [cheers and applause] >> todd: that of course was professional wrestling translation. and then this happened, the 49ers and the eagles have won both games, and that references

my giants. not the only one celebrating. this is glorious. the entire state building turning green and white and many new yorkers it should be all new yorkers not happy about this but check out "the new york post" this morning calling the display birdbrain. >> how does this happen? you can watch super bowl sunday and actually it is on sunday this year. only on fox. >> ashley: i tell you what if you've never been to a game arrow had it is absolutely incredible. one of the most wild things and i guarantee you that place was deafening. ashley: we liked them when they were not so good either. >> todd: as i explained in the toss back from alexandria hoff, i despise with every fiber of my being the eagles. so the empire state building in the city in which i work, it is

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♪ ♪ >> ashley: authorities have set a bond arraignment date for the five officers who killed tyre nichols after body cambridge. speak with a five officers will be arraigned on friday february 17th. all five officers involved are facing charges including second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, and official oppression. they are accused of beating nichols to death earlier this month when they pulled him over on suspicion of reckless driving. four of the five officers are out of police custody after posting bond on friday. the memphis district attorney

said there could be additional charges for others involved, listen. >> we will need time to allow the investigation to go forward and further consideration of charges. nothing we did last thursday and guarding the indictment precludes us from bringing other charges. >> this comes after memphis police department release body cam footage of the night of nichols death on friday. that sparked a nationwide protest over the beacon and rick united close to defund the police. civil rights attorney benjamin crump said the officer showed racial bias in the case even though all five were black. listen. >> i believe it is part of the institutionalized police culture just as much as those officers are responsible for the death of tyre nichols, so is the implicit bias police culture that exists in america. >> nichols mother said she will not rest until justice is served. >> i am not going to stop until

every person that had anything to do with my son's death is prosecuted to the fullest of the law. i hate the fact that it was five black men that actually did this to another black man but my son is probably their age. >> ashley: tyre nichols parents accepted an invitation to president biden state of the union address next tuesday, ashley, todd. >> todd: thank you very much. let's bring in a police officer james craig former police chief and sergeant. spokesperson for the national police association. thank you to all three for being here. simone how do we stop something horrific like this from ever happening again? >> good morning, todd, thank you for having me on. i just want to say first of all, my condolences to the family. this is horrific and i couldn't imagine being in this position.

but i want you to look at this video. i looked at it from a police officer standpoint. in this video, what i saw it as a group of men that have not only done this to this young man mr. nichols, but it looked like they had done this before and it was how they empowered each other and what we as police officers call "at a boys" after the trees. how they looked at it when they finally put him under arrest leaning against the car and talking. these people had done this before. they had empowered each other. this video shows that they sold the situation and then this egregious beating of this man and still took forever to call an ambulance at the scene and he was laid over and just said, he is high. did you see him grab for my gun? those are idiosyncrasies as a police officer and i thought, yeah, this is not the first time this has happened but just the first time they have gotten

caught. >> todd: they were new recalls for qualified immunity for the police. what would that do to the profession of policing and what is a better alternative to that? >> if we reduce or eliminate qualified immunity, we will have even a more critical problem bringing people to this profession. we will not have police officers anymore. people unde need to understand t qualified immunity means and we can't act shamelessly like these five dead but we have frivolous lawsuits when doing our job. look this is not police culture. the police culture have been in 45 years and this is the culture and the previous guest is correct. these men have done this before, gotten away with it and we need to look at this police department, memphis pd from the top down because where were the

supervisors? where was the leadership? in this specialty unit if you are walking around in a black hoodie, you better be ultra-professional and ultra-restrain peer that is not what we saw here. let's not attacked the entire profession like we did after george floyd because of the horrible crimes of a few. >> todd: and i'm glad you mentioned george floyd because george floyd act is back on the table. president biden telling the family of tyre nichols that he was going to push this forward and make the case to congress to pass it. george floyd, no-knock warrants collecting data on police mismanagement limiting military equipment and mandating body cameras for police officers. chains come are those the proper reforms to put in place to improve the public's trust in policing? or is there something else we should be doing and are you worried these reforms were tied the police as hans? >> as you know, todd i've worked

in a number of departments as chief and the federal oversight and adopting best practices clearly is the right thing to do. however, as we learned yesterday to talk about qualified immunity, those are the kind of things that affect not only -- [indistinct] i'm not saying you ignore it but we can't take the police department and say everyone is on drugs. but the commentary, where were the supervisors? and this is the first time they've done this? probably not. there is a cultural issue in the memphis police department, especially corporal units come i applied early steps but it should not end there. even in admission to the chief, she says right away, they were not supervised. if they were not supervised -- [indistinct] with these less tenured officers without appropriate supervision.

the end doesn't justify the means. so, bad policy, there's a lot of work that still needs to be done. if they want to restore trust in the public, they have got to look at this and talk about the good, talk about the bad. >> todd: i think it also must be said that these five just made the job of policing that much harder for decent, hardworking cops who go out there every day determine to do the right thing and put their lives on the line to do it. that is sad. c'mone, betsy, james, thank you for your insight. we appreciated. >> thank you, todd. >> ashley: turning to the border crisis, the search at the northern border as migrants trench through a foot of snow to come to the u.s. through canada. our next guest has been on the front lines of the migrant surge and here to tell us how we shut this down once and for all.

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♪ ♪ >> todd: we are back with a fox news exclusive on the border crisis. florida congressman is urging dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas to reconsider allowing for cosenior to testify before congress. this after alejandro mayorkas veto after over site committee chairman james comer. the american rights, people are horrified to be denied for border patrol agents to testify at the congressional hearing held u.s. border patrol agents are managing the crisis. i urge you to reconsider this decision and allow your cheap patrol agents and honorable law enforcement officers the right to share their experiences with the american people. james comer says the move obstructs congressional oversight which could lead him to use compulsory measure is likely a subpoena to force that testimony, ashley. >> ashley: okay, todd, thanks.

the border patrol sources not telling fox news 300,000 illegal immigrants have slipped past border agents in less than three months. that is 2500 a day. not just the southwest border we are worried about, a 743% spike in migrants trying to cross the northern border. the images are showing some of those migrants at the u.s./canada boundary waiting through 12 feet of snow. and the texas department of public safety is joining us now. thank you for being with us this morning and getting up. i have to go to this issue that we are starting to see if the northern border. when you hear there has been 743% increase of crossings up north in canada, do you think that is because now it is getting around, hey it may be tougher to get through the southern border so let's head up north? >> good morning, ashley commit definitely is.

and it impacts the southwestern border but also northern border. you have people all over the world coming to the united states because they see what is happening on the southern border and how easy it is. those individuals coming through the border are rewarded in incentivized to be released into the country and provide all the resources to come into the country. so the fact that they have no strategy in place and i mean the federal government, this is a magnet for those trying to make it to the united states and it will continue to happen and we will see those numbers increase not just the southern border but the northern border as well. >> ashley: lynn tenant, you see 1.2 million got a ways since biden took office and the lack of what the federal government is doing and to tie it back to title 42, is it even working or does there need to be something else put in place because it's totally out of control. no matter how many resources at the border, it is a lost cause.

>> you have to go back when the crisis started back in 2021 when that number started to increase peer that was with title 42 in place. we sell record after record and every single year surpassed the previous fiscal year in terms of encounters, got a ways, the drugs across the board or, fentanyl to increase every single year. that is what title 42 in place. the fact title 42 is in place, the government is not enforcing it to how it should be. that is why so many people are coming across the border. what is the gotaways, those illegal immigrants coming into the country illegally and law enforcement in the country or in the interior right now and we do not who they are or their backgrounds. we know those we have been able to apprehend, some are on the suspected terror watch list. and so it is concerning and not

only make humanitarian crisis but a threat to public security. >> ashley: when you say some have ties to criminal records and things like that, what are we talking about, 10%, 15%, or hire a question mark >> it is hard to put a percentage. but i can tell you from experience being on the front lines working with our troopers, we encounter illegal immigrants and some that are ms-13 gang members from mexico and some are gang members from the united states as well and also some wanted for murder and other countries. that is the problem when border patrol apprehends the individuals when they are able to apprehend them, this whole vetting process are not able to determine crimes and other countries. so they could be wanting for murder in another country and we would not know. so this shows the perspective how many released in the country that are not properly vetted that are in the interior. that is concerning and the

numbers continue to increase peer that has been our focus to go after those criminals to those got a also increase of smuggling. because again, it actually exploits the situation on the border. because palpable for those organizations to increase the network throughout the united states. >> before i let you go, i want to get your take on this, the high-speed chase is becoming more of a daily occurrence for texas dps troopers. how often do you see this at the southern border? how dangerous is it not only for law enforcement but really, the public? >> this is everyday. this is a daily occurrence and dangerous not only to those being smuggling but children involved in these cases. and we had most recently and the valley a 2-year-old being smuggled by human smugglers and the result of an high-speed chase and luckily no one was hurt. these high-speed chases is a daily occurrence.

the smugglers they have no regard and don't care for the safety of immigrants they are smuggling in the border republic. they want to get away and that means crash their vehicle and bail out and run. that is one thing we tried to focus on is prevent some of the human smuggling cases. but back to the got a ways, you have an increase in human smuggling and these people try to get away. >> so sad to hear a 2-year-old is involved. it is heartbreaking, it really is. thank you for what you do with the southern border. lieutenant chris oliveras, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> ashley: senator elizabeth warren giving up to president biden's election bid but what about vice president harris? >> yes, he is running and he should because he's got a tremendous amount of done. >> [indistinct] >> i really want to see what

makes biden comfortable. >> ashley: we will break that down with patrice. >> plus, did you see this? that ain't dance and sally. chicago mayor lori lightfoot dancing her way to the final week of her mayoral campaign while crime spikes and businesses flee the city under her watch. we will show you more at that tape next. tape next. ♪ ♪

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entire marxist agenda. do you hear the word "it equity" replaced equality and equality is an important word, equality under the law or you should not be distributed to mike discriminated when it comes to housing. but equity is completely different ideology. it is being pushed everywhere. equity means equal outcomes. if you want equal outcomes, there is discrimination, racial discrimination. it isn't nothing that can ever be achieved. because people fail and people succeed for a thousand different reasons having nothing to do with race. how motivated they are, how hard they work and if it gets them good luck, where they might live, how they might live. the kind of parental situation a child has an on and on and on having nothing to do with race. if you are one of these folks, it always has some to do with race. the word equity is perfect. because it is unachievable!

equity. now, the problem is we have joe biden who is out there promoting this. >> todd: senator elizabeth warren eager to see president biden run again in 2024, but she is not so sure about vice president kamala harris as his running mate. listen to this. >> yes, he should run again and he is running again. because he has that gotten a tremendous amount done. >> should kamala harris be his choice is vice president? >> you know i want to defer what makes biden comfortable on his team, but they have to be a team. my sense is they are, i don't mean that suggesting there are problems, i think they are. >> ashley: a director for the center for economic opportunity, she joins us now. so why do you think the main reason that elizabeth warren elizabeth warren is seemingly backing biden and kind of pushing harris off to the side? >> good morning, todd, and

ashley. senator elizabeth warren hit on something which is president biden is still wildly particular in his own party and a poll such as 58% of democratic voters would want him to run. but you don't see that popularity with vice president harris. frankly, she's been a no-show for her party. every political battle in every significant legislative fight, she has not been in the trenches working with former senate and colleagues to whip up support or really try to get at these issues she has been assigned to tackle. she has shown up for the last tiebreaking vote or necessary for the voter watch. and so i think senator elizabeth warren is positioning herself, although she said she is running for senate again, i think she thinks of herself as that fighter, in the trenches and that person who can get past any democratic agenda. >> todd: i like how the election season for 2024 is already here. patrice, someone tapped into

washington, would you say basically elizabeth warren said they are, we are not sure about kamala harris in 2024. is that what you get from democrats in congress, there i say the majority of democrats in congress? >> i don't hear them talk about the vp ticket. i think they are grappling frankly with the top of the ticket. certainly the classified document scandal that president biden has now been forced into because he, himself has had. they were trying to figure out if that is enough to knock him off of his top perch. the vp position, i think it is much more inside baseball. when you consider the house side and the senate side, there is not a lot the democrats can get done frankly from their agenda. at best an obstruction with the republican-led house puts forward. there were lots of good ideas coming out of the house. there is not much they can do other than just try to defend their position over the past couple of years.

set the president of her reelection campaign. >> ashley: i want to get to this a new nbc poll res reveal % of the countries on the wrong track. meanwhile president biden said, "my word is a biden come i've never been more optimistic about america's future than i am today." who was the intern who rode this because we know biden was not tweeting on his page, but what are they talking about and what are they optimistic about because americans are struggling pretty badly? >> everyone generally is optimistic about america because it is an ideal we believe in and the leading nation of the world. however, you look at the current bottom line and the household budget, there is a lot to be pessimistic about. it is not surprising it is showing up in these numbers appear the rising cost not just inflation which is ridiculously higher than it was before the president took office but also rising costs. mortgage rates increase as our pricing out new home buyers.

you know, what we are spending on credit cards, because of rising interest rates. just to fight inflation. so when you look at the bottom line, a lot of families are sagging, what is president biden took bill mike talking about? this guy is not sunny and the birds are not tripping everywhere. the daily number of corporate layoffs we are seeing not just in the sector but -- the tech sector, financial sector but will trickle down to every other sector. people are understandably worried. >> todd: kudos to the entrance for actually getting in joe biden's voice. that sounds exactly like something joe biden would say. the only thing missing and that was a reference to corn pop. patrice onwuka, we appreciate your time is always. >> thank you both. >> todd: chicago mayor lori lightfoot dancing to the final month of her reelection campaign, literally. ♪ ♪

>> todd: i'm sorry you had to watch that. the crime and homelessness and the windy city, since january 1, crime in chicago has spiked across the board and already up 61% from this time last year. do you remember last year not good, much worse than the year before that? it is going like this but it is not a good direction for the people of chicago. >> ashley: no commit is not. >> todd: nba star steph curry in the california neighborhood with safety concerns. he wants the town to build a bigger fence around his mansion. >> the sheriff is here and joe concha and joey jones all live in the 5:00 hour of "fox & friends first." ♪ ♪

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>> todd: the former memphis police officers charged with murder in the death of tyre nichols have arraignment date set. there is a brutal and disturbing encounter with nichols. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. brooke singman is here with the very latest. >> brooke: the five officers charged for murdering tyre nichols will be arraigned on friday, february 17th. all five officers are facing charges including second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping and official oppression. they pulled tyre nichols over on suspicion of reckless driving. four of the five are out after posting bond on friday and t