he is a scam. he is getting over on gullible people. doing a publisher a big book publisher is such a bad thing why not do with a a small publisher? >> dana: why not self-public. then you would get nothing. jimmy failla. >> bill: respect the hustle. >> dana: great to see you. fox news alert top of the hour. three big stories topping the news. a major new challenge for the border patrol. illegal immigration jumps to record levels along the northern border now. agents are being asked to volunteer for duty along the boundary from new york to new hampshire. chaos breaks out as reckless street racers take over a main drag in austin, texas and wild crowds attack officers as the city's police department faces a severe staffing shortage. new evidence that school closures with a major policy

blunder. hundreds of thousands of students have disappeared from u.s. classrooms. so where did they go? we're on the stories throughout the hour. but first watch here. >> president biden: i thought it was critical there not be any doubt, none whatsoever, about u.s. support for ukraine in their war against the brutal attack by russia. the sacrifices have been far too gr great. we mourn alongside the families of those who have been lost to the brutal and unjust war. >> dana: president biden vowing solidarity with ukraine as he makes a dramatic visit to kiev meeting with president zelensky in a major show of support for the fight against russia. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. good morning. >> bill: good morning. hope you had a good weekend. >> dana: not bad. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer, good morning.

to today's unannounced visit. biden spent five hours on the ground in ukraine announcing additional half billion in u.s. aid. florida governor ron desantis, potential contender saying earlier russia's military is much weaker than feared and making president biden's open checkbook policy for ukraine unnecessary. >> i think it's important to point out the fear of russia going into nato countries and all that and steam rolling. that is not even come close to happening. they've shown themselves to be a third rate military power and suffered tremendous losses. >> dana: peter doocy live in warsaw, poland this morning. evening for you. hello, peter. i was a little distracted seeing you with a new baby at home and now you are in poland. good morning. >> yes, i can't wait to tell my

baby about president biden's surprise trip to eastern europe. dana, we're getting new details about how exactly president biden got into a war zone in a country where there is no u.s. military presence. >> traveling party accompanying the president was extremely small as well consisting basically of a handful of closest aides. small medical team and security package. >> he took a train from poland, according to the "new york times." as he walked the streets of kiev you can hear it now air raid sirens were wailing warning of possible incoming even though we can now report the u.s. gave russia a heads-up about this visit. >> president biden: freedom is priceless. it is worth fighting for for as long as it takes. and that's how long we'll be with you, mr. president. for as long as it takes.

>> while there in the capital president biden signed a guest book and then he got out the checkbook announcing a half billion dollars in new security aid. no f-16s at this point like zelensky wants but not diminishing talk about zelensky is describing in historic terms. >> the most important visit in the history of ukraine/u.s. relationship. this is the visit in those most difficult peered for ukraine when ukraine is fighting for a road and the liberties of the world. >> he is also saying it will be a world war if china winds up helping russia in this war effort. that is something the top diplomats in the u.s. are warning about. we do expect to see president biden at some point today here in warsaw. we just don't know exactly when

his movements are being kept much more secret than usual for security reasons. dana. >> dana: understandable. warsaw is a beautiful city. maybe you can get about a little bit before he gets there. thanks. we'll have a lot more on this when general jack keane joins us coming up later this hour. >> bill: america's border crisis is not exclusive to the southern border. customs and border patrol officials now asking agents to head up north to secure our border with canada saying that officers there are overwhelmed by a new surge of migrants. internal email reads u.s. border patrol headquarters is seeking volunteers from the northern and southwest border second to go to vermont to increase transportation and flight line security operations. former yuma border patrol sector chief chris clem standing by for

his reaction on that move. casey stiegel begins our coverage in mission, texas today. casey, hello. >> good morning to you. according to cbp data there have already been close to 56,000 migrant encounters not down here, but up north at the northern border. that is since october 1st when fiscal year 2023 began compared to just over 27,000 for all of 2021. it gives you some context. in this sector alone january apprehension numbers at 367. not terribly high number when you look at the apprehension numbers down here each month but up there it is higher than the previous 12 januarys combined. officials say canada is becoming a popular choice because migrants can fly to that country using what is known as an electronic travel authorization.

in other words, visa-free travel. cbp says they are seeing mexican nationals crossing over and at a time typically slow because of the extreme winter weather conditions. >> we don't believe the organizations utilizing this area are going to stop just because it is cold. these folks are just taking advantage of the narrow distance between the two countries along the river and easy access. >> the internal border patrol email verified by fox states any agent volunteering for deployment up north should be prepared to do so as early as march 1st. it is not clear how many will be needed but raises the obvious question here, are there enough resources to go around especially when you consider how badly they've been struggling to fortify this border and do the work down here that we've been reporting on, bill. of course, now we're talking about moving more agents up north. it is just all over. back to you. >> bill: it sure is.

it's all over. casey stiegel, mission, texas. >> dana: let's bring in chris clem a former yuma sector border patrol chief. i have family there. when you hear about taking people from the southern border, which they are already stretched thin and ask them to go to the northern border, what do you think what the mexican drug cartels are doing now? is this their next move? >> good morning. that's a great question. what this does is when we talk about border security as national security, it is all about the nation. we often forget about our northern border because the volume that has been encountered at the southern border is just astronomical. we pull resources from the northern border to secure the southern border the last two years. i do believe this has created a vulnerability. obviously adversaries are watching it closely. why we need the resources not just on the southern border but

the northern and coastal as well. >> bill: nice to see you again. can you help us understand how somebody would be able to fly into canada on behalf of the cartel and move themselves to the border with vermont? how does that work? >> so, you know, because of the policies in north america, electronic travel authorization allows them basically visa-free to fly in from mexico to canada which means now they have access to move about canada freely and then at that point they are coming in where we've seen the numbers. what the chief up there is doing a great job. if he is asking for help, we do know we have a problem up there. >> dana: what do you think about the cooperation between the biden administration and the trudeau government? we understand the importance of our national security and what

this means to our national interests. does canada have a same interest and concern? >> we should all have the same issues and concern when you look at the amount of people coming in. the countries they're coming from. i have said all along we can fix this. it is not always a brute force response but a policy response. we have to stand firm with our partners. we need the administration to reach out to canada and mexico and hold them accountable to make sure both borders are secure. a healthy and secure border increases commerce and everything for everybody. so there should be no reason we're not working and engaging with canada in a strong level to keep this from happening. >> bill: i want to play a sound bite from over the weekend, dhs. he captures the moment here about what the cartels are up to. >> empowered the cartels to a point at no time in history.

they are able to chew a lot more off operationally based on the amount of wealth that we have allowed them to accumulate. now allowed the cartels to target our northern border. why? because it's all tied to profits for them. >> bill: anything in our policy, chris, getting at the money today that the cartels are making? by the billions? >> i think when you have a consequence for entering the country illegally, what is happening on the southern border and today in vermont like casey mentioned in his report the last 12 years combined we have to have a firm consequence and be able to use our networks to be able to attack the cartel network to take the profits. as i mentioned last week in yuma, it is about making money for them. the report at dhs was correct. we have given control of the border figuratively speaking to

the cartel to deflect. now they are taking loopholes in what is supposed to be good commerce between -- good relations with our north american partners to travel freely. now they found the loophole and making money off it and putting people in harm's way. putting our citizens in harm's way when bad people get across. >> bill: thank you for your time and thank you for your contribution to this. you did the best you could. now retired, chris clem after 27 1/2 years in border patrol. >> dana: good to have your expertise. >> bill: there is going to be a hearing in yuma this week and in yuma city at the town hall there. a few democrats will be there, which will be. >> dana: i thought last week they said they weren't going. >> bill: based on my understanding there is a good chance a few democrats could be with republicans in the hearing. i hope that's the case. if it is we'll try to get them on our air, too. then there is this.

that's a wild scene. austin, texas, as illegal street racers take over a neighborhood. huge crowds chase off badly out numbered police in austin along the way. >> dana: new evidence that american schools are failing our children. why hundreds of thousands of students are no longer even enrolled and what it means for education and learning loss. >> bill: the long road ahead for residents of east palestine, ohio, their growing health concerns and what is being done to try to help them now. >> the matter appears in my opinion to be getting worse, not better. this community is in shambles. the photos alone show the pure devastation. hurt by inflation, and you need to cut hundreds, off your monthly expenses, call newday the newday 100 va cash out loan lets you take out an average of $70,000. use that low-payment home loan to pay off your high-rate credit cards. then, pay off your car loan.

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council member is saying she called 911 but on hold for 28 minutes. street racers took over a busy austin intersection saturday night. cars doing donuts at high speeds appear to come within close range of spectators. one car hitting a person. they also drag raced. some people throwing up the middle finger at police cars as they began to arrive. it shows a large mob of people forcing the squad car to reverse down a street. at some point video appears to show the large crowds aiming fireworks and setting them off in the direction of one police car. now some austin city council members say police budget cuts and department vacancies are to blame for this chaotic scene. city council member told the austin american newspaper she herself tried to call 911 for the street takeover but was on hold for nearly 30 minutes. another council member said

sunday the possibility of a catastrophic cascading failure due to lack of support from our police department puts the city, its residents and visitors at risk of danger. both of those city council members endorsed improving police oversight but says austin needs more officers. they slashed police funding by a third during the height of the defund police movement in 2020. for months now austin police department's emergency communications division has faced a staffing crisis. in october the average wait time for a 911 call was 2 1/2 minutes. >> dana: thank you. >> bill: a new study finding a quarter million american students have essentially gone missing from public school classrooms. it is raising fears the pandemic learning loss will have a greater impact than originally thought about. bill mcgurn back with us, fox news contributor. good morning to you. i saw a few reasons as to where

they might have been, truancy was one. growth in homeschooling. that's not reported to the states. more toddlers skipping kindergarten. what makes sense to you when you try to add this up? that's a lot of kids. >> yeah, i think there are a whole bunch of contributing factors. but when you think of it misplacing a quarter million kids, the public school system especially in our big cities is broken. it does not serve these kids. we see from the other pandemic-related information, a lot of kids not only were behind but a lot are behind in a way they'll never catch up. it is just a sign of the appear agenty. look at the test scores that came out that shows 22 schools in baltimore where there is not a single kid proficient in math. we're not preparing these kids. these kids are destined to end

up on the fringes of the american dream and not have a living and future that they should. >> bill: true on that. wow. in the meantime honor students are losing their honors. there is a push now, bill, various school districts in the name of equity to go ahead and get rid of honors classes. one paragraph out of the "wall street journal" today. school district doing away with honors classes argue students who don't take those classes from a young age start to see themselves in a different tier and come to think they're incapable of enrolling in advanced placement classes that help with college admissions. in other words, that's life. that's what happens if you are good enough to make the grade or not good enough, i should say. >> yeah. look, achievement is at odds with equity. equity is about having the same outcome no matter what you

produce, what you did, if you studied or not. and we see this all over. northern virginia the best public school in the nation, thomas jefferson, revised its admissions policy, which is based solely on merit, a merit test. they did it so they could admit more kids who wouldn't have otherwise gone in. everywhere you see this, it's a war on achievement. the same thing with doing away with the s.a.t.s and so forth. no one wants to see differences. i think the progressives, they've given up on the idea they can lift achievement for a lot of these kids. it is a cynical move. okay, you can't lift achievement for the kids not doing well. well, just pretend the other kids aren't achieving and cut them down to size. it is very cynical. >> bill: i saw the story out of culver city, california.

they're doing it there. parents if they have a good student as a child, parents want those kids to be challenged. if you get away from the honors programs, bill, they lose that competitive edge that they would have normally. not right. last comment. >> i think you are right. especially for a poor kid, school performance is a way up the ladder. it is a great equalizer. now we're basically saying poor kids can't compete so rather than embarrass them, we'll punish good kids. it is so perverse and robs so many children of a bright future. i think it's probably the greatest scandal in america today, what we're doing to our schools. parents are fighting a rear guard action to protect merit and honors. >> bill: that they are. bill mcgurn, nice to see you from the wall is journal.

we'll see you soon. >> dana: such a great champion for america's children having raised three beautiful daughters doing well. he -- i think the "wall street journal" editorial page is capturing what he says is the greatest scandal of our time. >> bill: a big parents meeting in their school district and they came to be heard in a big way. >> dana: the u.n. ambassador said something this morning. listen here. >> what the chinese did with these balloons was totally unacceptable. it was an extraordinary effort against our sovereignty. >> dana: u.s. sending a stark warning to china against future spy flights. did the chinese even listen? general jack keane is here with analysis. the supreme court about to hear a case involving big tech companies and the families of isis terror attack victims. they say big tech is complicit in the deaths of their loved ones. ♪

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communications decency act which has been in effect since 1996. it gives social media companies and other digital platforms immunity from some criminal and civil claims. in congress members from both sides of the aisle have complained about the scope of section 230 arguing when it was written in 1996 the online landscape was very different and section 230 protections need to be changed and modernized. whether companies like google and twitter can receive civil immunity when algorithms recommend what should be shown to users. they allegedly -- any decision would not only affect web search results but could hurt social media feeds, online marketplace listing community and streaming services and apps. if stricter measures are in place tech experts say it could

harm more harm overall. >> a lot of useful and relatively harmless but potentially controversial content such as political content might get swept up in that net. that would damage the way that many people currently use the internet as a form for discourse, a form for politics. >> the two arguments this week, tomorrow and wednesday. a decision is expected by late june. dana. >> dana: we'll pay attention to that. that happens tomorrow. thank you. >> president biden: unchecked aggression is a threat to all of us. we built a coalition of nations from the atlantic to the pacific, nato in the atlantic, japan in the pacific. across the world. a number of nations of over 50 helped ukraine defend itself.

>> bill: those comments before you woke up earlier today. president biden in an unannounced visit to ukraine meeting with zelensky as russia's unprovoked war marks the one year mark later this week. general jack keane is here to talk about this. he pledged $5 hundred million in u.s. assistance coming up on the one year mark. putin doesn't look like he is backing down at all, general. will we be sitting here a year from now marking the moment for the war entering year number three? >> i think that's likely. part of the reason for that has to do with the administration because zelensky has been asking for advanced weapons for some time going all the way back to last year and we slow roll these weapons and provide them piecemeal to them out of the mistaken belief that each weapon would force putin to escalate with the threat of nuclear

weapons and follow through on that. as we have seen, putin has never escalated. we've done this about ten times now and i think that policy is no longer founded. what we should do is give zelensky everything he needs now. the fact is the center of gravity for ukraine's success is two-fold. one is the iron will determination of their military and their people to fight the russians with everything they have regardless of the cost of it. and the second is the u.s.-led western coalition support as the president mentioned to help the ukrainians. they would never have been able to achieve the success we have seen to date without that support. they will not be able to drive the russians off their territory without that support. but the opportunity is in front of us, bill, to be able to do that. the russians are starting an offensive slowly now. elements of four divisions.

they will struggle with that. we at the institute for the study of war assess they'll make some gains but eventually culminate much as they did back in november of last year when they were on the eastern part of the donbas. that opens up huge opportunity for the ukrainians militarily to begin to retake territory. but they need the weapons to do that. >> dana: he announced more tanks and ammo but nothing more than that and also $5 hundred thousand -- $500 million and more to come. people are concerned with a blank check. something americans are saying how long will it go on? there was this from governor ron desantis asked about the biden trip this morning on "fox & friends." listen to what he said. >> i think it's important to point out the fear of russia going into nato countries and all that and steam rolling. that's not even come close to

happening. they've shown themselves to be a third rate military power. they have suffered tremendous, tremendous losses. >> dana: what do you think about that point of view? >> on the firsthand i do agree. russia is not going to be able to immediately go into a nato country based on their losses. but you cannot underestimate them. the governor is saying something that president obama said. he looked at russia as weak, declining power implied not to be taken seriously. in the meantime, putin for 20 years and particularly after the late 90s when he took over in 2000, had said very specifically that he fully intends to take back the former soviet republicans and break nato. the way to achieve that is to invade a nato country and nato isn't able to respond quick enough or resoundly enough to deal with that.

that has never come off the table for putin. if he is able to outlast the ukrainians and achieve a victory there, not only is that going to encourage him to do that at a time that's convenient to him, but the strategic implications for china and iran are really significant here. i think everyone sees that. certainly president xi is watching this war like a hawk in terms of political will of the united states and the west. and its implications to him and his designs on taiwan and domination of the indo pacific region. >> bill: thanks, general. >> great talking to you. >> this has been devastating to this community. i want to make sure you understand i am terribly sorry that this happened to the community. norfolk southern is fully committed to doing what's right for this community. >> dana: it took two weeks for the head of the train company

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>> dana: a horrifying trend growing on social media. we want to talk to you about it. cyber criminals are posing as young girls and convincing boys to send them explicit images and then once the criminals secure the pictures, that's when they pounce and threaten to send them to the boy's friend and family for money. brian montgomery lost his son to suicide after he was the victim of in type of sextortion plot. he joins us now. i'm sorry for your loss and hear about walker and what you found after you lost him that led you to understand this was what was happening to him behind the scenes. >> thanks, i appreciate you having us. i think the message here is walker like any other kid. he was -- loved football and outdoors and his family. you know, and the tendency, i think, is that people

automatically think that this -- a kid like we do, we didn't know about what happened and we were lost and didn't understand and so once we figured out that walker was a normal kid just like every other kid. f.b.i. is good at figuring out what is on a person's phone and the best reference of who they really are. nothing in walker's history that showed he had any issues other than any other 16-year-old boy would. >> dana: when you look into the phone after he passed, what was the scam if you could explain that to people? >> yeah. the scam was they send a message. in this case they used instagram to say i know somebody you know, pretending to be a young girl and obviously very attractive girl. this particular one was more advanced they convinced walker to open a video chat like a face

time like we're on now within instagram. well, that proceeds to follow nudity between walker and this person he thinks is just a regular girl that he thinks he has some connection to and on the other side of that they are videoing walker. my best way to describe it is imagine a very embarrassing sexual event for yourself or anybody in the audience and that's on video for everybody to see. that led once that was over with they came back to walker asking for $1 thousand and the information we collected shows that the pressure walker was under was unbearable. to the point that during this exchange, walker finally tells them i'm going to commit suicide and kill myself. they respond with go ahead because you are already dead. as a parent you hear that and it is heartbreaking. i want people to understand the

evil that is out there in the world that is after our kids. >> dana: it's so important to tell them. we're showing these beautiful pictures of your son, walker. you had a strong bond with him and he was the oldest of your other children. this must be extremely difficult for the family. is there anything that the f.b.i. can do or law enforcement or are there laws you would like to see changed in order to track it down on that side of the equation? >> yes. the f.b.i. has done a great job working through this and identified the threats came from nigeria. there is floating theories it was local. it was not. it was originating out of nigeria in this case and they are working whatrd to bring those people to justice. we're interested in that. there is a lot of criminal activity originating within social media. our tech companies have the

ability to filter and censor some of this for minors and they aren't investing in the technologies as aggressively. that's the financial result of this. the other side is as parents. something that i would say today that if you could make an instant difference in your family don't allow your children by themselves in a bedroom, in a bathroom, anywhere with these phones without supervision. they are not capable of understanding the dangers on the other side of it. as a parent something i have to live with as a regret. walker had access to his telephone in his room by himself. that's a reality. i'm telling you that because i want other parents to heed that warning. it is something you can do today to guard yourself against this. we have no question about where walker is at. we're christians, walker is in heaven with christ waiting on us. we have no question about that. i was fortunate enough to speak

at walker's funeral and posted on my facebook page. love for people to see that. a message of hope in christ and that's where our hope is. >> dana: brian, i wish i could be there with you now to give you a big hug. impressed with your ability to express all of this with such grace and dignity and conviction and a real tribute to your beautiful son, walker. sorry for your loss and thank you for coming on the show. >> thank you, we appreciate you so much. >> bill: a lot of strength. important story, too. he was best known as the detective on law and order now they are morning the death of richard bell stecher. a new jersey restaurant is banning kids under ten. that set off a heated debate. ♪

murder suspect brian kohberger could be moved 300 miles away. this after concerns that he can't get a fair jury in moscow, idaho what his lawyers are arguing. he is charged with first degree murder in the killing of four idaho students. stabbed to death in their bedroom at an off-campus home last november. >> dana: comedian and actor richard belzer has died at 78 years old. he passed away at his home in the south of france yesterday morning. he was an accomplished stand-up and numerous acting credits over his decades-long career but best known for his role on law and or order. cause of death has not been released. he is survived by his wife and two stepdaughters. >> bill: he was living in france. on that show for 23 years. >> dana: that show is very popular. that's a long time. can you and i make it that long?

>> bill: not sure. >> dana: we'll see. i say yes. >> bill: i say yes, too, then. so now a popular italian restaurant banning children under the age of ten sparking a maiming major debate in new jersey. it is where madison all worth from fox business is standing by. what's the deal, madison? >> the competition is appleby's offering free meals for kids under ten. it all started because a restaurant down the road changed who was allowed in the restaurant. they announced they would ban kids under ten years of age from eating in their restaurant. it caused backlash. the restaurant sent us a statement they had to re-evaluate how they approached dining and didn't mean to offend anyone with their decision. but the reality is you are getting a lot of push back from families and diners who say they

get it. we polled some people. here is what they said. >> it's all over social media. to each their own. i will choose to go somewhere else. it is what it is. i see both sides. it used to be a family place. >> i think it is pretty much their right to do whatever they want with their restaurant. >> they are right to do whatever they want but the right of diners cog where they want. this boy is ten years old eating free with dad. let's start with the decision. what do you think about a restaurant saying no one your age or younger is allowed inside? >> i don't think it's fair. everyone should be allowed to eat at a restaurant. >> i this i the restaurant feels like a 10-year-old cannot behave with class and elegance. do you think you are a good diner in a restaurant? >> i don't know why. kids don't cause any mayhem. they're not bad. >> no mayhem here today.

what do you think about this meal that will be free for you? >> it's great. i really like free food. it is amazing. my dad doesn't have to pay. i don't have to pay. it's great. >> i'm glad you don't have to pay. i think it always tastes better when it's free. i will dig into some food behind me. you get reactions on the ground. families excited about getting the free meal. send it back to you. >> price is right. you go. >> dana: the big word mayhem from a 10-year-old. earlier we showed you before we go here. we showed you about that mayhem in austin with the cars going around and around. this is yosemite national park in california and beautiful. aunt patty sue is and my mom. what did you used to do the

rollins, wyoming. it is called buzzing main street. you would go to jay's drive in on spruce to 5th, cedar, bronco inn and turn around and do it again and parked at the safe way parking lot and honked to say hi. thanks for getting back to me. trace gallagher is in for harris. trace trace president biden heading to warsaw after an unannounced stop in kiev this morning promising unwavering support for ukraine. four days from today marks one year since putin's invasion of the country. i'm in for harris today. the leader of the free world visiting an active war zone making the nearly ten hour train ride from the polish border where he was originally scheduled to recognize the grim milestone.